1. 1----1.....SIR GEORGE REMY B: 1519: WAS ENOBLED IN
   LORRAINE FRANCE 1560 GEORGE WAS ENOBLED SAME YEAR HE DIED 1560
   MARRIED A DESCENDENT OF HER HIGHNESS THE MARCHIONESS DE BUSSSCANY
   BUSCANY AND IVOY WAS BOTH IN THE DEPT OF ARDENESS.(SOURCE):
   ARCHIVES OF THE DEPT OF ARDENESS: Property rights in the Marquisat of
   Buscany 10-13-1588
   1----2.....FRANCIS REMY B 1522 (MALE SPELLING) NAMED AS KINSMAN
   AND WITNESS TO THE MARRIAGE OF HIS BROTHER GEORGES GRANDSON
   JEAN REMY JR WHO MARRIED CLAUDINE VAULBOURS 4-24-1583.

1. 2----1...JEAN REMY B 1526 Merchant of CHALONS SUR MARNE,(ALIGNY) FRANCE
   M: NICOLE L'AVOCAT 1542-1616 AND WAS CANON OF CAMBIRE IN 1540
   HIS SEAL, NOW IN TEH ARCHIVES OF THE NORTH ABBEY OF ST AUBERT WAS
   " A ROUND OF 34(unreadable)ARMS: "ECU AU CHEVRON ACCOMPAGNE DE DEUX
   QUINTE FEULLEE EN CHEF AT D'UNE CROIX A HUIT POINTES EN POINTE,
   SUPPORTEE PERER CERF." INSCRIPTION: "S. JOHANNES.REMICCII. CANONICI
   CAMBRIENCIE."
   CHILDREN:
   
   1. 3---1...PIERRE REMY, GENTLEMAN MERCHANT OF CHALONS SUR MARNE.(ALIGNY)
      MARRIED: JULY 13, 1593, ANNE DEAPY, DAU. OF THE NOTABLE QUENTIN
      DEAPY, MERCHANT OF CHALONS SUR MARNE AND WIFE MARIE.
      3---2...JEAN REMY JR. A TANNER OF CHALONS SUR MARNE(ALIGNY)
      B ABT.1560 MARRIED 4-24-1583 CLAUDIA VAULBOURE, DAU OF THE DECEASED
      HON. THIBAULT VALBOURE AND HIS WIFE CLAUDIA BRICHOT.

2----2...SIR PIERRE DE SAINT REMY 1528-1634, FRANCE, A PRIEST OF
THE CHAPEL OF CHARMES WAS LIVING IN 1588. HAD A SON FROM AN AFFAIR
WITH THE DUCHESS DE GUISE 1546-1592
NAMED: THIERRY (THIRON WHO MARRIED: CLAUDIA DU PEYS AND HAD A SON
FRANCIS REMY..SEE THE SITE ON THE REMY'S OF FRANCE.
2-----3...SIR JACQUES REMY B 1545 IVOY DEPT OF ARDENESS LORRAINE
FRANCE. D 1588 IVOY MARRIED: MAGDALENE 1559
HE WAS A HUGUENOT AND WAS KILLED IN IVOY IN 1585.
2-----4...NICHOLAS REMY BORN IN LORRAINE IN 1554 ENNOBLED 8-9-1584
WITH THE TITLE OF SEIGNEUR DE ROSIERES EN BLOIS, COUNSELOR AND
SECRETARY TO THIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, DUC DE LORRAINE. HIS FAMILY STOOD
HIGH IN LORRAINE AND HE DIED AT NANCY IN 1600.D:

1. 4----1...PIERRE REMY B: 1586 IVOY ARDENESS
   4----2...JACQUES (JACOB) REMY BORN ABOUT 1588IN IVOY LORRAINE,
   FLED TO GREENHAUSEN ON THE RHINE RIVER FROM THE HUGUENOT PERSECUTIONS
   UNDER THE PROTECTION OF PRINCE OF ZEUWIED. THERE HE FOUNDED A POTTERY,
   LATER CHANGED TO AN IRON FOUNDARY WHICH TO THIS DAY IS OPERATED BY HIS
   OWN DESCENDENTS. HIS COAT OF ARMS" THE CROSS OF LORRAINE" WAS
   REGISTERED IN ROTTERDAM.
   4-----3...MATTHIAS (MATTHEW) REMY FRANCE 1585- KILLED
   BY CATHOLIC ZEALOTS

The ancient French family of Ramey(Remy) was originally a tribe of Gaul (Northern France and Belgium). The family was represented in French history by Bishop Saint Remi of Rheims (437-533), Abbot Remi of Strasbourg who died in 768, Archbishop Remi of Rouen who died in 771, the King of the Lombards(750-800), and many other famous people. Didier Remy of this French family was ennobled 13 Sept. 1554 and died in 1556. His son George Remy was also ennobled. George's son Jacques Remy was born in Ivoy in the Department of Ardennes about 1545-7. Jacques Remy became a Huguenot and was killed in Ivoy. His son Pierre Remy who was born about 1600 was also a Huguenot and was killed. Pierre's son Jacques Remy was born about 1630 in Picardy, Lorraine. Jacques Remy married Francoise, daughter Antoine Haldat II, Seigneur de Bonnet, and Madelaine Marchand. Jacques and Francoise fled to England because of Huguenot persecution. Franciose was also a huguenot. during his childhood and after his marriage to franciose he experienced religious persecution by the Catholic government of france.Because he had left all his posessions in ffrance and could not afford passage to america ,(jacob) Jacques Remy, a huguenot refugee and a nobleman by birth, was brought to Virginia in 1654 by Nicholas Spencer, Esg., under the indenture system. Spencer was appointed Secretary of the colonies of Virginia during the pleasure of King Charles II 1606-1702. jacob and wife fled france to england. there they found passage as an indentured slave. they sold themselves since they had fled france in a hurry with no possessions. franciose was bound by roger drayton. wife Francoise started for Virginia under indenture to John Brayton also in 1654, but died at sea. when John Armsby died in 1661 his will stated Jacob Remy living on the land. Jacques(Jacob) (his name was anglicized in Virginia) Remy served his indenture in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Then he worked as a freeman for other people until he was able to become a landowner in that county in 1671, and married Mary Spenser Miles that same year. (Possibly his masters daughter) this land was located in the Nominee Forest in Cople Parish near the Nomini River.Jacob died in 1721. westmoreland deed book 3 p72. Jacob Remy is deeded 200 acres of a 1200 acre in Nominee Forest in cople Parish 7-21-1671 (probably) when he married. Jacob was naturalized in 1680. The following is a copy of his Naturalization Papers: ORIGINAL LISTS OF PERSONS OF QUALITY FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO AMERICA: ENTRIES FROM 1606-1702, NICHOLAS SPENCER IS APPOINTED SECRETARY OF THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA, DURING THE PLEASURE OF KING CHARLES I (REIGN 1600-1649) VOL 31.P6 "State of Virginia, County of Westmoreland, Deed Book 3, pg. 94 "Remy's Naturalization Papers Also listed in the Original Lists of Emigrants, Vol1-1600 to 1637: vol2-1662 to 1700: john C Hotten, 1874 p 271 vol francios remy was indentured by John Drayton 1654. By the Deputy Governor of Virginia Whereas the King's most Excellent Majesty in his most Special Grace and favour hath been graciously pleased for the Greater promotion and propagation of this his Majesty's Colony and Dominion of Virga: by Act of Assembly, to enact and declare all Aliens coming into this country and here residing, taking the Oath of Allegience, to be invested with all rights and privileges of any, of his Majesty's natural born subjects within the said Colony and,Whereas by the said Act enacted and declared that the Governor and Commander in Chief for the time being in said Colony, by a public Instrumentunder the broad Seal thereof to declare any Alien or Sovereign being settled and inhabiting this Colony having taken the Oath of Allegience before the Governor and Commander in Chief for the time being to be to all intents and purposes fully and completely naturalized, and the person or persons so approved of and named in the letters Patent to have and enjoy to them and their heirs, the same immunities and rights of and unto the laws and privileges of their colony, and as fully and amply as any of his Majesty's natural born subjects of this colony have or enjoy within the same. Therefore I, Sir Henry Chichley, Knight, his Majesty's Deputy Governor and Commander in Chief, do by virtue of the said Act, hereby certify and declare that Jacob Remy, a Natural born subject of the French King, Hath taken the Oath of Allegience before me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused this Colony Seal to be hereunto affixed. Dated in James City, Sept. The nine and twentieth, 1680, and in the two and thirtieth year of his Majesty's Reign. He: Chichley. Recorded: Octavo die Octobris, 1702. Pr: Ja: Westcomb Civ. Comm. Westmoreland Co., Va. Copy by Deputy Clerk; Richmond Co., Va"

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