There are two Jacques Sicard noted in the various histories. It is stated that Ambroise and Jeanne Marie Sicard had six children. Jacques who died in France.[1] Five children arrived in the New World without their mother, who seems to have perished as a result of the voyage from England.[2] It is MY conjecture that the second Jacques Sicard (known as James), born about 1675, was so named after his older brother that died.[3]
Jacques Sicard married Anne Terrier in the Eglise Francaise in New York, New York, on 10 April 1700.[4]
In 1701, Ambroise Sicard made provision in his will that Jacques, my son, will help Guillaume Landrin, my son-in-law, to build a house 28 feet long and 16 feet wide and help plough 2 acres of land and will furnish one half of all that will be necessary for said house. Fourthly, I so will and desire that Guillaume Landrin and Marie, my daughter, shall have for themselves and their heirs the third of 95 acres acquired of Guillaume le Conte to be taken from one end from the land of Daniel, obtained from (Jean) Peletreau, and the other end to Ambroise; for these two thirds from one side to the Roux and the other to the said Le Conte, on which side he will allow a passage way 20 feet wide between Le Conte and Ambroise to serve the said Ambroise and his heirs forever to join the main line. [This site is located at the NE corner of 5th St & North Ave., New Rochelle. The earlier part of this house conformed exactly to these dimensions and was of wood with a stone gable.][5]
Jacques Sicard died sometime after 25 December 1730, when another New Rochelle man named Jacques Sicard was referred to as "Jr", implying that this man was still alive.[6]
Children
The following list is based on analyses by Moulton[7] and Gray:[8]
Elizabeth Sicard, born about 1700 (recorded as age 10 in the household list for "James Sycar" in the 1710 New Rochelle census). She may be Elizabeth, wife of Denys Woertman, who is linked to Sicard family members through baptismal records. Elizabeth and Denys Woertman married by 14 March 1724/5.
Jacques (James) Sicard, born (perhaps) 1701 or 1706-7; married Marie Ravaux.
Susanne Sicard, born 14 January 1703/4, probably the Susanne who married Daniel Coquillet.
Catherine Sicard, born about 1707; married Peter Bertain; died sometime after 24 June 1776, when she acknowledged a deed.
Esther (or Hester) Sicard, birth date uncertain but estimated as 1705; she is not recorded in the 1710 New Rochelle census; married Louis Angevin; first known child 1730; died after 8 February 1747/8, when her last child was born.
Anne Sicard, born say 1710 or earlier, assuming she was at least age 18 at marriage in 1728; married Francis/Francois Gurnee/Garnier about 1728; died after 2 April 1734 and perhaps as late as 1750, probably in the Precinct of Haverstraw, Orange County, New York.
Jean Secord, baptized 8 June 1712 in New York City; no further record.
Mary (or Marie) Sicard, born 1 December 1713, married Joshua Conklin by about 1735, died 1 January 1806.
Isaac Sicard, born say 1715, died after 14 May 1785
Eilias Secor, born say 1717; married Annatie Campbell; died between April 1777 and 8 May 1784, probably in Haverstraw.
David M. Secor, born 1721, married Rebecca Halstead in about 1744, died sometime after the 1790 U.S. census, probably in Haverstraw.
Sources
↑ What evidence is there for this earlier child name Jacques?
↑ Where is the record that five children arrived without their mother?
↑ Moulton, R. Kirk. "Early Sicard-Secor Families of New York: Origins of United Empire Loyalist William Secord." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 150 (2019), Issue 3, page 209.
↑ "Deed of Le Conte to Sicards," (1710), Records of the Town of New Rochelle, 1699-1828, page 65
↑ Moulton, R. Kirk. "Early Sicard-Secor Families of New York: Origins of United Empire Loyalist William Secord." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 150 (2019), Issue 3, pages 209-213.
↑ Moulton, R. Kirk. "Early Sicard-Secor Families of New York: Origins of United Empire Loyalist William Secord." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 150 (2019), Issue 3, pages 209-213.
↑ Gray, Henry David. “Early History of the Sicard-Secor Family,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 68 (1937): pages 314–16.
Gray, Henry David. “Early History of the Sicard-Secor Family,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 68 (1937): pages 314–16.
The Sicard family appears in numerous private (and often unsourced) family trees. They are listed here to provide leads/anecdotes for further exploration:
The most specific family tree of Ambroise Sicard's (b.1631) possible family of the 1500s and 1600s. These individuals probably existed, but given that so many Huguenot church records were destroyed during the French religious upheaval of the time, it is difficult to make a definite connection with Ambroise. Worth exploring:
This privately published exploration (1972) of the descendants of Ambroise Sicard focuses heavily on the Loyalists who emigrated to Canada following the American Revolution. The genealogy begins on p.13, and appears to focus exclusively on Ambroise's 3 sons, with no mention of his 2 daughters and their descendants. Some useful family background and anecdotes from pre-1800. Much emphasis on the 19th & 20th centuries, with many family photographs:
Family sources and details supplied in part by Melissa McKay
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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