THE LISTINGS ON THIS PAGE WAS TAKEN FROM A BOOK:
"CHRONOLOGY OF THE FRENCH FAMILY OF REMY
IN FRANCE". WRITTEN IN 1941, FORT WAYNE INDIANA.
THESE ARE ALL PAGES FROM THE BOOK:
“AN ACTION by the factor agent of Lady Francoise de Fresnierre, widow of
Francois de Remy deceased, Equerry, Sieur de Turique; Plaintiff vs the
Directors of Finance of the House of Lorraine, defendants;- The complaint is
that the plaintiff possesses the land of Thuilly, or Thuilley aux Gorselles,
located in Lorraine, and is sentenced to pay said directors 600000 Lbs., with
interest due the House of Lorraine, and if not they must vacate.” The said
Directors are not receivable and their demands are unfounded;
1. An agreement made between them is not a sufficient title to form a demand
in declaration of a mortgage, which must be founded on titles, and formed by a
former creditor at the grant of 1609, in consequence of which the land of
Thuilly passed to the authority of the plaintiff.
the defendants to pay all costs and damages with interest.”
“Monsieur de Fleury, Recorder.”
62...Nicolas Remy, Lord of Turique, Captain of the Guards of his royal Altese,
m.N. Pouletier, dau. of Pierre de Puletier, Lord of Nainville, Master of
common feasts of the Hotel de Ville for the Kind, Overseer of Lyons, etc.,
and his wife Henriette Guillaume de la Vieuville.
63... ABRAHAM REMI (Remedius), Latin poet and Prof. Of Eloquence at the Royal
College of France was b. in 1600 at Remy, village of Beauvaisis, Dept. of
Oise, France. He d. in 1646. Guilleume Duval in his book “College Royal de
France”, Pages 46 and 124 says; “Remi was the successor of the chair of
Oratory at the college Royal, to Grangier who was dismissed, by letters
granted by the Kind Louis XIV, the Queen Regent his mother being present, on
June 8, 1642 in Paris. He made his inaugural address the following Dec. 16th.”
They had from this time on many more Latin poems that Duval cited. He taught
there for 25 yrs. with honor, at the Univ. of Paris and was Prof. Of Latin.
(See Dictionarie Historique.) He wrote in 1621 an epic poem on the military
expedition of King Louisle Taste (Just) divided into 4 books under the title
of La Bourbonide. This poem precedes some stanzas to the King in French verse
and followed several little pieces by Remi in Latin verse, in honor of
Monsieur de Verneuil Bishop of Metz and then stanzas in French verse to
Monsieur le Comte de Moret. The dramatic poem held in esteem entitled ‘Dophne
Triumphus Virentitatis in five acts with chorus’, was printed in Paris in
1643. Remi dedicated this poem to Cardinal Alphonse de Richalieu, Arch Bishop
of Lyons, and Grand Almoner of France. Duval in his College Royal, p. 124 says
“Remi prepared these poems in 1644 and also put to press a Universal Abridged
Commentary and notes on Virgil. He wrote other Latin poems which were
collected and printed into two books in 1646, the year of his death. This
mixed collection of well constructed Latin poems had that which caused the
author to be regarded as one of the best Latin poets of his time.” Of his
poems the one most highly prized was the one which he composed o the Chateau
de Maisons near Saint Germain in Laye, belonging to the President of this
name, entitled Maesonium. Saurel in his Antiquities de Paris, Tome 1, Book 4,
p. 327 says; “All that we have of Remi are a few little Larin poems entitled
Maesoniam and Nympha Palatic, of which Nicolas Bourbon, best poet of his
century, esteemed so much, that he said in time Remi was the equal of the
ancients.” Guillaume Colletet composed the following verse on the death of
Abraham Remi, Prof. Of Oratory, poet and interpreter of the King in the Greek
and Latin languages;
If death spares the mind and the doctrine
Remi lives yet in the temple of honor,
And singing of the heroes glory and happiness
His voice is the echo of the Latin muse.
He fills yet this precious throne
In which Turnebe and Dorat were so glorious
He makes Longueil relive in his style supreme,
And of this great sun exalting the Maisons
What Passerat did for illustrious of Messine
Remi has yet done for the illustrious Maisons.”
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THIS NEXT SECTION DEALS WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE LISTED
ABOVE, A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON EACH AND DIFFERENT LOCATIONS:
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE REMY FAMILY IN
THE PROVINCE OF LORRAINE, FRANCE
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“This family has long been known in the Province, a branch of the ancient
House of St. Remegio coming from Chalons sue Marne in 1254.”
“Pierre Remy of Lorraine was Treasurer for charles IV, King of France from
1322 to 1328.”
NICOLAS REMY, b. 1554, son of George , son of Didier Remy (Didier de
Rheims) , Lord Seigneur de Rosieres en Blois en Breuil. Councileur in Law,
Secretary to his Royal Altesse Monseigneur le Grand Duc Charles III, and
Eschevin of Lorraine, Sheriff of the Court of Nancy and presently Lieutenant
General of the Bailiwick of Voges of Nancy.
HE MARRIED: N. Pouletier
ENNOBLED: by Letters Patent of the Grand Duke Charles III of Lorraine Aug. 9,
1583, verified March 6, 1584. These letters gave him the right to carry arms.
He inherited from his mother the Manor of Rosieres, which belonged to her
mother, as shown by the proven Will of her mother the Marchioness de Busancy.
Earlier titles to the Marquisat de Busancy were made at Pont a Mousson in May
1350, and by an Act of March 31, 1420, and by a last Act made Oct. 23, 1566
this Seigneuri came into possession of Nicholas Remy.
HE DIED: in Nancy in 1600.
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Arms of the family of Rosieres;
“D’or a deux leopards d’azur courtaourne armes et lampasses d’gueules, l’un
autre la Bordure engraille d’gueules.”
Arms of Nicolas Remy (given 1584); (4 versions extant)
NICOLAS DE LA RAMEE, b. about 1440, son of Pierre Remy of Liege (221),
Commoner and Notable of Liege fled from the city after its capture by Charles
Le Camaraire, Duc de Burgoyne in 1468, and found refuge in the village of Cuts
(Cuth), Vermandois, Picardy, France. Being destitute, as all refugees are, he
found work as a collier, or coal man. His family consisted, when he left
Liege, of his wife and son Jacques.
Arms;
1. “D’argent au sautoir de gueules, dans 1 et 2 et 3 4 une merliettes d’sable.
(A silver field with a St. Andrew’s cross of red, between each corner of the
cross a blackbird.)
2. “De Sable au sautoir d’argent cantonne de quatre merliettes due mem.” (A
black shield upon which is a St. Andrew’s cross of silver between four
martlets of silver.)
Source; Huguenot Soc. Of America Library, 2 West 45th St., New York City.
Count N. de la Ramee is said to have gone into the coal busiess for the reason
that Cuts at that time was surrounded by woods and there was little land open
to cultivation. It was a very small hamlet, very old and situated in the
oriental limit of the Dept. of Oise, a very short distance from Noyons, the
country of John Calvin the great Protestant theologian (1509-64), which
probably had some influence on the career of Pierre de la Ramee, grandson of
the Count.
JACQUES was b. in 1470. He m. Jeanne Charpentier, b. in Cuts about 1510.
Jacques left the coal trade and became a farmer and cultivated with great
trouble. He d. and his widow was left with 2 sons and a daughter. These
children were raised in the rude school of poverty, sometimes being hardly
able to find food and warmth in their home. But one of these sons who was b.
in the first year of the reign of Francois I (1515) was to make his name
famous in all Europe.
Children
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PIERRE DE LA RAMEE (Latin Ramus), b. Cuts, Picardy in 1515 of a noble
family which had fallen to such poverty that his father and mother had to
earn a living by working in the fields. He worked his way through the
College of Navarre, got a teaching position and in 1551 by order of Henri
II was given the Chair of Philosophy in the College of Navarre. He adopted
Protestantism and became a follower of Calvin in 1561. After many trials
and tribulations he was assassinated on St. Bartholomew’s Day Aug. 26,
1571. No children known. See later.
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FRANCOISE, sister of Pierre, b. in Cuts, Picardy just before 1515. She m.
Noel Gaudefroy, laborer of Paris and lived with her father and mother.
Children
ALEXANDRE
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GUILLAIME was a cook in Paris. Mentioned in an estate settlement of Noel
Gaudefroy, of Paris along with his wife Francoise de la Ramee Gaudefroy,
having received an equity in the house of Septeuil in Mentes, dated June
6, 1542. Children - a son
LA RAMEE, b. 1570, a son of Guillaume de la Ramee and a citizen of
Paris, pretended to have been brought up secretly in the home of a
Britain gentleman there miles from Nantes. This person was a pretender
to the throne of France, almost forgotten by historians; about 24 years
old who called himself the natural son of Charles IX, and who under this
pretense went to Reims and demanded to be crowned King of
L’Cloiles who went to see him during his trial said “When he was
arrested they found a red scarf in his pocket, about which President
Riant interrogated him.” he said “The scarf was to show that he was a
good man and an honest Catholic, and a fierce enemy of the Huguenots of
whom he would kill as many as he could and prosecute them until death.”
The President demanded of him on what authority he pretended to make
these executions and he replied that “as the son of King Charles, his
father, who had begun St. Barthelemy, which he would finish, God
granting it, to regain possession of his kingdom, which they had stolen
from him, and with several other designs that he held along with certain
revelations that he said he had received from an angel.” He was also
accused of having made an attempt on the life of Henri IV. When his
Majesty heard this story he laughed, added Astoile, and said “That he
had come to late, as it was necessary for them to hurry away while La
Ramee was in Dieppe.” LaRamee was hanged in the Place de Grieve in Paris
March 8, 1596.
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PIERRE DE LA RAMEE (2811)
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PIERRE DE LA RAMEE (Also ramus-Rameau-La Ramee and Pierre de la Verure), said
to be the wisest humanist of the 16th century and the first French philosopher
before Descartes, was born of poor but noble parents in 1515 at Cuth, Village
of Vermandois, Picardy, son of a gentleman of Liege, who fled from Liege after
its capture in 1468, and took refuge at Cuts. His mother raised him carefully,
and saw to his education in the local schools.
His father was a farmer and both he and the mother worked in the fields. I his
early years he was said to be a profligate, but gave his mind to science and a
thousand little things. He was scarcely 8 years old when drawn by an
irresistible desire to learn he set foot along on a trip to Paris. He was
twice driven back by hunger and his maternal uncle, names Charpentier, brother
of his mother, who was a carpenter in Paris, touched by his perseverance,
consented to keep him, even though his only means were his daily wages. Ramee,
trained early to think of his needs, at the age of 12 took a place as domestic
of a rich scholar in the College of Navarre. Thus assured of his living, he
registered at the Academy of Paris in 1527 and followed the course
assiduously. He waited on his master in daytime and studied at night, given
himself about 3 hours for sleep.
At this rate he gained rapidly in his studies until at the age of 21 he
received his Master’s Degree, after having upheld for an entire day with such
skill and dexterity a thesis, against the theories of Aristotle. His judges
whoever saw only in his thesis that “nothing that Aristotle advanced was
true”, and thought it was an ingenious paradox. In this they were mistaken for
he devoted his life to defend his assertions against Aristotle. Ramus was very
clever, a good dialectician, a great mathematician, and of good morals. In his
teaching he contributed much to the reestablishment of the sciences and
influenced minds to make new researches instead of stopping at the philosophy
of Aristotle. His Degree entitled him to teach the Liberal Arts, so he opened
a public course in the College of Mans where he won many friends. He with two
other established themselves I the College of L’Ave Marie, wher
novel methods of teaching attracted a large following, Ramus combined the
study of oratory with philosophy, for the first time, leaning to the rules of
logic other than to antiquity, so that the pupils of the University of Paris
heard for the first time that the authority of reason was above all even
Aristotle. These efforts for reform did not please the fanatical followers of
Aristotle, so when Ramus dared attack their idol Aristotle, with an energy
sometimes unjust, violent protestations were raised against him. Finally the
Rector had the two published books of Ramus censored by the faculty, and as a
result Ramus was denounced before Parliament as an enemy of religion. Francois
I then took the controversy before his Council, and had Ramus appear before
them and defend himself.
His Judges rendered a verdict March 1, 1544 in which the books were said to be
full of lies, misstatements and falsehoods. Francois I sanctioned the sentence
and Ramus’ two books were condemned and he was forbidden to teach philosophy.
Thus overwhelmed by adversity and limited to teaching oratory and mathematics,
he waited and hoped for better times, which came sooner than he dared hope. In
1545 fleeing from an epidemic of Plaque which scourged Paris he went to visit
his mother and sister Francoise. While there the position of Principal of the
College of Presles in paris was offered to him. By consent of the King, Ramus
accepted this proposal as most advantageous in spite of the opposition of the
Sorbonne. Under his direction this school which had been poor and little
frequented became in a short time most flourishing. Pupils flocked to him from
all parts in spite of the rigid discipline Ramus imposed. Although he
restricted his teaching to rhetoric, his enemies still jealous conspired
against him, particularly the famous Jacques Charpentier at the head of the
Sorbonne, who tried to ruin the college of Presles by all sots of vexations
and to torment professors and pupils. Charpentier tried to exclude pupils of
Presles college from credits in the University, but the Assembly of
philosophers reestablished the rights of the pupils. Indignant by these
bickerings the Cardinal of Lorraine, who had become a staunch friend of Ramus
while both were pupils at the University, and who remained his zealous friend
until he turned Protestant, asked King Henry II to create a 12th chair in the
Royal College in favor of Ramus. The King granted this request and Ramus was
appointed Professor Royal of Oratory and Philosophy about Aug. 15, 1551. He
opened his course with such dignity and force the following month and his fame
soon spread throughout Europe, while at Court he acquired a reputation which
served him well in later adversity. His enemies did not dare openly to attack
the Lecturer for the King so did their best to run down the other teachers of
the College of Presles. In his routine of moderation, which he had promised to
follow, he patiently refused to reply to his tormentors, so that most subsided
except Prof. Charpentier who alone remained vicious, until the wars of
religion, he found way to do away with this man of whom he was so jealous.
Until 1561 Ramus remained at least exteriorly a Catholic, although openly
accused of being a Protestant by his enemies. It is said that after the Edict
of Jan. 1561 he had broken or taken away the images of the chapel of his
college.
However his autobiographer M. Waddington affirms that all he did was to give
his pupils religious freedom, of which the majority were Huguenots. The
persecution to which he was continually subjected, under pretext that he was
Lutheran, forced him to leave Paris after this famous Edict of Parliament, and
hide at Fontainebleau under the protection of
The Queen Catherine de Medici. His enemies discovered this and he had to
escape by sudden flight. He went to the Chateau de Vincennes which he soon had
to leave. He wandered around Paris in various disguises until the Peace was
concluded, when he returned to his Royal Chair of Philosophy, which
Charpentier claimed he owed, not to merit but to Des Guises and the Jesuits.
During this period of hiding his library was pillaged. In 1557 the civil war
began again and he again had to leave Paris. This time he threw himself into
the arms of the Huguenots and was in their army at the battle of Saint Derris.
Peace was again signed and he returned to Paris but seeing another storm
brewing, he asked Charles IX for a safe conduct to visit in other lands. With
this, after a trip full of danger, he arrived at Strassburg, where he was
received with open arms. From Strassburg he went to Basle in 1568, and then to
Geneva. The Protestant professors did not like him there, so he journeyed to
Jurlich and then to Heidelberg, where he was retained by the Palatine Elector
to take the chair of philosophy made vacant by the death of Strigelius. While
here he received many offers; from the King of Poland, the King of Hungary and
others but he refused them because he wanted to return to France. He left
Heidelberg at the beginning of 1570 to visit Frankfort, Nuremberg and
Augsberg, and on the way learned that negotiations for peace in France had
been begun. He started home, but as peace was not yet concluded he gave a
course at Geneva. The University of Bologne offered him the chair of Romulus
Amascus with salary of 1000 ducats, but his love for his own country made him
refuse the brilliant offer. An epidemic of Plague drove him from Geneva, and
he went to Lorraine where he gave a few lessons. The Peace of Saint Germain
was then signed and he returned to his beloved Paris. He found the College of
Presles taken over by his enemies and the Order of Oct. 8 forbade any person
not a Catholic to teach or be a school principal. Ramus then demanded help
from the Kind and Queen mother, who had never ceased to show him kindness, and
he received for his long service the title and salary of a Professor and a
Principal, they even gave him the right to name his successor at the college
of Presles. From this time he reentered his college and occupied himself
wholly with literary work.
He also began the study of theology and tried to introduce some reforms in
procedure resulting in censure by the National Synod. Of Nismes. He during his
life published some 62 works in Latin on philosophy and allied subjects. Ramus
was a large handsome man, headstrong, with black beard and hair, large
forehead, aquiline nose, bright black eyes, his face pale and brown. His mouth
sometimes severe, sometimes smiling, was graceful, his voice grave and soft,
his manners simple and severe, his clothes the same, but this simplicity did
not exclude elegance and distinction. He treated himself harshly, lying on
straw, up before daybreak, spending the entire day reading, writing,
meditating, and eating the simplest diet. He had a strong soul and a noble
character, coming to the help of needy but worthy students, refusing to sell
his work. He remembered his early poverty and raised at his own expense poor
children who seemed worthy scholars. He showed great love for country and
family, his mother especially, whom he visited often with rich presents. He
was generous to his only sister Francoise and took care of his uncle, who had
helped him to his old age. His faults were an irritable humor, and excessive
obstinacy, and a too great love for contradiction, which joined with
circumspection and extreme presumption, in time brought
about his destruction. Monsieur Francks said; (Academy of Moral and Political
Science, Aug.-Sep. 1855) “ramus was one of the most fearless reformers of the
16th century, preparing the way for Science, and the new literature to be born
a century later, by calling the human spirit to new hopes, new ideas of
progress and liberty, to compose in short the foundation of the human spirit.
Ramus had other calls on our gratitude for studying the master pieces of
antiquity renewing literature, introducing along with Latin into colleges the
study of Greek, and composing Grammars which were praised a century later,
Books of Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry, which were
translated and used in all the universities in Europe.” According to Tenneman,
his principal merit was to provoke a reaction against the ancient methods of
teaching philosophy, which had been used since the Middle Ages, under blind
faith in Aristotle. However if he had given no other service than to
revindicate the rights of reason and freedom of liberty to think not only in
France but in all Europe, his part of glory would still be beautiful. It was
in these peaceful pursuits that a horrible death surprised him. He had just
refused to go to Poland because he did not want to sell his eloquence when the
Massacre of St. Bartholemy occurred. On Tuesday Aug. 24, 1572 this frightful
drama took place. Assassins directed by Charpentier forced an entrance into
the College of Presles, discovered Ramus in a closet of his working room where
he had retired for death in meditation and prayer. He was pierced by wounds
and while still living was thrown from the fifth window into the garden. One
saw his entrails leaving his body during the fall. Charpentiers pupils spread
these on the street and also dragged the body through the street, while
beating it with whips, by the feet, in scorn for his professions, and finally
threw his body into the seine. Thus ended the life of one of natures great
noblemen, whose life was filled with zeal for the good of humanity.
PIERRE DE LA RAMEE dit Ramus.
Last Will and Testament.
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“In the name of God the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost.
I, Pierre de la Ramee, Professor Royal of the Academy of Paris, sane of body
and of mind, but thinking of the fragility of life and of all the
misfortunes of a trip that undertakes to visit the most celebrated academies
of foreign countries, I dispose and order my will as follows:
I recommend my soul to God who made it, praying him to be admitted into
Heaven in the Communion of the Saints. I give back my body to earth from
where it has come, until the day of judgment.
In my yearly income of seven hundred pounds at the city hall of Paris, I
will of them five hundred for the yearly salary of a professor of
mathematics who, in the space of three years shall teach in the Royal
College arithmetic, music, geometry, optics, mechanic, geography, and
astronomy, not according to man’s opinion, but according to reason and
truth. I name and establish as a professor for the first three years,
Frederic Reisner, in order that he finish the works we have begun together,
especially in optics and astronomy. If, during this time, he has
accomplished the task that I have confided in him to following the method
exposed in the “Proeme de mathematique” I shall continue his title for three
more years. At the end of this time, or even after the first three years, if
he does not conform to my wish, I wish that the royal professors proceed to
a new choice in the following manner.
of Lyons, and Grand Almoner of France. Duval in his College Royal, p. 124 says
NICOLAS RAMEE (LaRamee), whose family originated in Todoigne, Prov. Of
Ardennes France, and from there to a community of Fauchelette, Belgium, at
which place there is also an Abbey in 1657, for the Order of Cistercien for
women, was Councilor and Collector for the farms of Rocroi, Dept. of Ardennes,
m. 1st. Madeline Borre, m. 2d Jeanne Noiset who died July 16, 1683, m. 3d.
Marie Anne Heurart. He was b. in 1620 and d. March 1707 at Renwez near
Busancy. He had 3 sons; Thomas, Nicolas, and Tharlotte, and daughters Nicole
and Marie.
Children
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THOMAS RAMEY of Luxeuil les Beins, Lorraine. Arms Registered April 15, 1701;
“D’azur au trois colombes d’argent, tenant d’une le bec une rameau d’olivir
In Germany. This particular family emigrated from Germany to New York in 1729
and are now in the 5th generation. As for myself I am in the 7th generation from
the original Remy who went from France to Germany. I will add that the family
had Grants of Nobility in France and the title of Barons of St. Remy and also a
Grant of Nobility in German, registered in Amsterdam, Holland.”
THE CROSS OF LORRAINE
Arm; “Porte d’azur, a un croix d’Lorraine, d’argent. Cimier; a un croix d’argent
surmounte de un casquee grille, de son bourelet et d’un lambrequin aux d’ecu.”
Motto: Semper Fidelus.
Inscription: “Armories de la famille Remy, originaire de la Lorraine et
confirmees a Jacques (Jacob) Remy, ne a Ivoy, France en 1568, mort en Novembre
1628 a Grenshausen et l’autier de la branche protestante, venue en Amerique de
Nord en 1660.”
Translation;
Arms of the Remy family originally from Lorraine; Jacques Remy b.
in Ivoy, Lorraine 1568, d. Grenshausen, Germany in Nov. 1628 (Ivoy-Ivoux-Ivoiry,
and ancient forest and village in Lorraine, known since 1200. The site of this
forest and village are today part of the village of Epionville, a small village
of 142 inhabitants 10 kils from Buzancy, in the ancient Marquisat of Buzancy
near Verdun, St. Menehauld, and Bar le Duc. The Marquisat of Buzancy has existed
from 1557 down to the 18th century, and came into the possession of the
Roseriers family in 1350.)
Archives of the Dept. of Ardennes; Rights in property of the Marquisat of
Buzancy; of the Seigneurs de Rosieres;
"Became the property of Beatrix de Rosieres, a widow, by Will made at
Pont-a-Mousson, first in 1359, by another Act March 31, 1420 and last of Will
Oct. 23, 1566.”
DIDIER LA RHEIMS ennobled 1554, was father of George Remy who m. Beatrix de
Rosieres, and had sons; Jean b. 1535; Hon. Sir Pierre Remy, (Rene) Remy, and
Nicolas Remy b. 1554, Seigneur de Rosieres and Blois, Councillor and Secretary
to the Duke of Lorraine, and who was ennobled in Lorraine Aug. 9, 1583.
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JACQUES,REMY b. .in Ivoy, Lorraine in 1568, fled to Germany as a Huguenot in 1586
and placed himself under the protection of the Prince of Neuwied in a small
town Greenhausen on the Rhine.
THIS JACQUES IS THE UNCLE OF THE JACQUES THAT MIGRATED TO
AMERICA, HIS BROTHER PIERRE’S SON:He engaged in the manufacture of pottery,
making millions of large mineral water jugs. Later he became an iron founder,
and the foundry is still in operation under management of descendants. In Feb.
1595 he m. Catherina (Heimestrain) Wingender, b. 1552 and d. at Greenhausen
Dec. 24, 1621.
Children; 3 died young - 6 in all.
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WILHELM, REMY eldest son and heir, b. 1602, m. Anna Jost who d. in 1631. He d. in
1647.
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WILHELM REMY Jr., the heir, was b. in 1640, m. Elizabeth Giertz, b. 1644, d.
Sept. 16, 1690. He d. Aug. 1, 1714.
Children; 20
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GILES, the heir, b. Mar. 14, 1667, m. Catherine Marguerite Caesar, b.
May 1, 1677, d. June 3, 1748. He d. Jan. 5, 1719.
Children
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WILHELM, b. May ___, 1697 - See Family.
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JOHANNES, b. Dec. 12, 1713 - See Family.
“Four Cents and ACRE”, a book by Georges Oudarad; the story of Louisanna under
the French. The opening paragraph reads as follows: It was the twelfth of
September 1665 that the good ship St. Sebastian had set sail from La Rochelle,
just 117 days before bearing DANIEL DE REMY Sieur de Courcelles, the first
Governor of New France, and Jean Talon resident of Quebec, first Intendant of
the colony, sighted, as do all ships entering the St. Lawrence River at the
Porcee situated at the extremity of Canada.” On P.8; “DANIEL DE REMY, former
Lieutenant of the King at Thionville, was a gallant soldier, impatient and
touchy, but devoted to the pubic welfare.” P.32; “The Intendant set sail for
France from Quebec and DANIEL DE REMY Sieur de Courcelles in Nov. 1672.”
French Genealogical Dictionary (in French) by Tanguay;
“JEAN REMY, b. in 1651 established himself at Beauport, Canada and m. Marie
Maillou, b. in 1649.”
“RENE REMY (REMI), (fils d’Edmond Remy et de Jacqueline Quentin) son of Edmond
and Jacqueline (Quentin) Remy, of Luitre in Champagne, Procurator of the
Jesuits at Beauport. M. at Three Rivers P.Q., June 2, 1667 Marie Leonard, dau.
of Etiene Leonard and of Madeleine Debois of St. Sauveur de Rochelle, d. at
Quebec July 2, 1688.”
“MARTIN REMY, Sieur de Montdidy, son of Nicolas Remy and Georgette Nolin of
St. Amand-de-Chauvauey, diocese of Reims, Champagne, m. Feb. 28, 1724 at
Champlain Angelique Poisson, dau. of Francois Poisson, widow of Jacques
Poisson, b. in 1668.
Children;
JOSEPH MARIE, b. Champlain July 28, 1726.
MARIE ANNE, b. at Champlain Aug. 18, 1730.”
“ANDRE REMY, (dit l’Esperance) son of Pierre Remy and Marie Charbonneau of
St. Paul, City of Orleans, France, m. at Quebec May 1, 1730, Louise Boucher,
dau. of Francois Boucher, widow of Jean Christophe Cretot, b. in 1681, (dit
l’Esperance).
“LEOPOLD REMY, (son of Jean) of the diocese of Thou, near Senlis, Dept. of
Oise, France, m. at L’Ange Gardien Canada, Jan. 9, 1758, Angelique Trudel.”
(Drouin of Montreal prepared a genealogy in French for Mr. Leo Bellafleure
of Ste. Cecile de Milton, Shefferd P.Q., near Granby, Canada).
54
JEAN REMY, of the diocese of Thou, France, near Senlis, Dept. of Oise (about
40 miles north of Paris).
Children;
541
LEOPOLD, b. in the diocese of Thou, France in 1730 at L’Ange Gardien. He m.
at L’Ange Gardien, Canada Jan. 9, 1758 Angelique Trudel, dau. of Nicolas
Trudel and Barba Tardif, b. St. Augustin P.Q. Nov. 6, 1725. Leopold arrived
in Canada in the spring of 1755 as a soldier of infantry in the Queens
regiment (Regiment de la Reine), and in a company commanded by Becourt
Leopold was first stationed at or near L’Ange Gardien, near the city of
Quebec, and m. Angelique Trudel. Later he was transferred to Ft. Chambly
near Montreal, which explains why after the termination of hostilities with
the Iroquois, the Remy Family remained established in the nearby counties of
Vercheres, St. Hyacinths and Rouville in the province of Quebec. Later
descendants emigrated to Mass., Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine. He m.
2nd. Marie Louise Tetreault at Beloeil P.Q. in 1782. He d. at St. Hillaire,
P.Q. Canada March 3, 1803.
Children; 3.
5411
LEOPOLD, b. 1775, m. Marie Louise Larrivee. Had a son MOISE REMY - 54111*
5412
FRANCOIS, b. 1780.
40 5413
RENE (Remi) b. 1790, at St. Hillaire, P.Q. Canada, m. in 1813 Marquerite
Varry, who d. in 1863 at St. Jean Baptiste. He d. at St. Hillaire Sep. 30,
1832.
Children;
54131*
FRANCOIS, b. April 17, 1814, d. July 18, 1886.
Children - See Family Later.
CHARLES, b. Aug. 9, 1815.
REMI, b. Aug. 4, 1816.
MARGUERITE, b. Sept. 24, 1818.
JEAN BAPTISTE, b. July 18, 1820.
LOUISE, B. Aug. 24, 1822.
JOSEPH, b. Aug. 26, 1825.
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FAMILY OF FRANCOIS REMY, SON OF REMI, SON OF LEOPOLD,
SON OF JEAN REMY
54131
FRANCOIS REMY, b. St. Hillaire, Rouville Co., P.Q., Canada April 17, 1814, m.
1st at Beloeil, P.Q., in 1835 Marie Ayot Malo, who d. in 1858 at St. Jean
Baptiste, P.Q. He m. 2nd at St. Hyacinth, P.Q. Jan. 20, 1859 Christine Leduc,
dau. of Francois Leduc and Marie Galipeau, b. in 1830, d. Sept. 1905. He d. at
St. Jean Baptiste July 18, 1886.
Children by first wife; 10
541311
FRANCOIS, b. Jan. 8, 1838, d. Fall River, Mass. Oct. 6, 1880.
Children - one
JOSEPH, m. Florentine Hermapais.
Children; 8
REMI, LOUIS, HONNERDAS, JOSEPH, JOHN THEODORE, FLORENTINE, ANGELICA
ALBERT, m. Aloysia Continue, and lived at Webster, Mass.
Children
“The printed Lists of Immigrant taken by Masters of Vessels do not represent the
true spelling of the names of at least half of the immigrants, for English
Officers were not always able to spell correctly the French and German names,
and wrote them down as they sounded to the English ear.” Rupp’s “30,000
Emigrants to America.”
1
JACOB REMY (name spelled variously Remy, Reamy, Rhemy, Remey, Rhamey) a French
Huguenot refugee, was brought to Virginia in 1654, by Nicholas Spencer, Esq.,
under the Indenture System. His wife came under Indenture to John Brayton in
1654 but died on shipboard. See Page 45.
2
ABRAHAM REMY, a French Huguenot refugee, came on the ship Peter and Anthony to
Virginia, landing at Jamestown Feb. 1, 1700. See Page 375.
Harrison’s “Virginia”, Vol. II, p 160-1; “In 1690 King William sent a large
body of French Huguenots to Va. And I 1699 he sent 600 French Huguenots to
Va., under Phillip de Richebourg, who assigned them to lands on the south side
of the James River, about 20 miles northeast of the present city of Richmond.
This settlement was named Manniken town, from the Indian name Mannachoetan.”
3
JACOB REMY, (Rehm, Ram, Riehm, Remey, Remy) came from Germany, by was of
England, to Pennsylvania on the ship Virtuous Grace, Sept. 24, 1737. He was
from Alsace-Lorraine and of French extraction. Settled Berks Co., Pa. See Page
403.
31
FRANCIS REMY (Reamy), his son, came from Alsace Lorraine to Pa. In 1788.
4
KONRAD REEME (Conrad Remy, Reamy, Ramey) came from Germany via England on the
ship Europa, Nov. 20, 1741. See pages 404-410.
5
MELCHOIR RHIME, brother of Conrad (Remy, Rahm, Ramey) came from German on the
ship Fane, Oct. 17, 1749 to Pa. See page 404.
6
ABRAHAM ADAM REEME (Remy, Rehm, Rahm, Reamy) another brother, came from
Germany to Pa in 1740. See page 404-429
7
JOHN OLIVER REMY (Ramey) a French Huguenot refugee, fled to Holland then to
Nova Scotia about 1773; to New York in 1800. See page 431.
8
JOHN REMY (Remmey) came from France via England to NewYork in 1760 .
New York City Records:
“Will of John Reamey dated May 23, 1786, proved July 18, 1793 to sons Henry
and John W. of New York City.”
John W. Remmy was a Professor, and his son Prof. John W., Jr. Corresponded
with Dr. Thaddeus Reamy of Cincinnati, and with Admiral George Collier
Remey of Washington, D.C. about Remy family history. See Page 44.
9
NICHOLAS JOSEPH REMY (Ramey), a soldier of Napoleon, escaped from a Prison
ship of Robespierre’s Commune and landed in Boston, Mass. in 1812. His home
was in Lyons, France. His story fascinates the imagination. Read it. See page
436.
10
ANTON REHM (Remy) came from Innsbruck, Austria, to New York in 1816. He knew
his name was spelled wrong, and had it changed by legal action to Rhame.
(Still wrong). See page 442.
11
JOHANN PETER REMY and Gustav, came from Germany to Pa. In 1882. Sons of Johann
Peter were Professors in Columbia University, N.Y.C. See page444
45
JACOB REMY, ORIGINAL FRENCH HUGUENOT IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR
1 (French 372421)
JACOB REMY (Jacques), a French Huguenot refugee of noble birth, son of Pierre
Remy (French 37242), was b. about 1630 in Picardy, Lorraine, France. He m.
Francoise, dau. of Antoine Haldat II, Seigneur de Bonnet and his wife
Madelaine Marchand. Fleeing from France on account of Huguenot persecution he
got to England. He came to Virginia from England in 1654 under the “Indenture
System”, bound to “Nicholas Spencer, Esq., who was appointed Secretary of the
colony of Va., during the pleasure of the King Charles II (1606-1702) - March
2.”
Original Lists of Emigrants, Vol. 1-1600 to 1637; Vol. 2-1662 to 1700, by John
C. Hotten, 1874, p. 271, Vol. 1: “Fra. (Francois) Rame to Westmoreland Co.,
Va., by John Drayton, 1654.” His wife Francoise evidently did not survive the
trip to Va., and he m. 2nd. In 1671 Mary Miles. He became a land owner in this
year and was naturalized in 1680. He d. in 1721.
“Westmoreland Co., Va., Court Records, Deed Book 5, p. 628; “Francis Spencer
vs. Carderoy Vaughan, July 27, 1715; Deposition of Jacob Remey, that in the
year 1661 he carried chains in a survey that was made on the land, which
Nicholas Spencer, Esq., his then master, afterward purchased, and lived on by
the aforesaid Nicholas Spencer, Esq., and one Richard Wright, etc. We find by
the oaths of Mary Taylor, Mary Remey, and the aforementioned JACOB REMEY, that
John Armsbys successors did live in the old field a little above where we
began the survey, etc. that they (Jacob and Mary Remey) never knew the
aforesaid John Armsby, but they heard and always understood that he lived
there and that the land was called his, etc.”
Forthergills Wills of Westmoreland Co., Va.; p. 4; “Will of John Armsby dated
1659”.
Note; As John Armsby d. in 1659 and above deposition shows Jacob Remy living
there in 1661, this places his importation at 1654 or before. His first wife,
Francois, was imported in 1654 under Indenture to John Drayton, while Jacob
was Indentured to Nicholas Spencer. Under this Indenture System large land
owners and other influential men in the colonies made a contract whereby many
worthy men and women were obligated to work out their passage money as
servants to their “masters by indenture”. These so called Masters received
from the crown 50 additional acres for each person so imported.
Westmoreland Co., Va., Deed Book 1, p. 403; “Jacob Remey is deeded by William
Pierce, 200 acres of a tract of 1200 acres in Nominee Forest in Cople Parish
July 21, 1671. Deed recorded Nov. 28, 1671.” (Nominee forest was the wooded
land adjacent to Nomini River and its branches.)
Westmoreland Co. Va., Deed Book 3, p. 72; “John Spencer godfather of John
Thomas on April 29, 1702, deeds to John Thomas 50 acres of land, being part of
200 acres formerly sold by Jacob Reamy unto my father Nicholas Spencer, Esq.,
dec’d., being in Nominy forest, bounded as follows; a path leading from Jacob
Reamey’s to Richard Doziers”, also French who lived next to the Remy
plantation.
Original Lists of Persons of Quality, etc., from Great Britain to America;
“Entries from 1606-1702, March 2, Nicholas Spencer is appointed Secretary of
the Colony of Virginia, during the pleasure of King Charles I”. (Reign
1600-1649). Vol. 31, p. 6.
46State of Virginia, County of Westmoreland, Deed Book 3, p. 94;
“RAMY’S NATURALIZATION PAPERS;
By the Deputy Govr. Of Virg.
Whereas the Kings 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, or his
Majesty’s natural born subjects within the said Colony and, Whereas by the
said Act it is enacted and declared that the Governor and Commander in Chief
for the time being in said 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 the 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.
Westmoreland Co., Va. - Wills and Adms., by Fothergill, pg. 16; “Will of
Marmaduke Miles, dated May 16, 1695, proved Aug. 28, 1693: Trustees of my
estate; Jacob Remy and Morgan Williams.”
Jacob Remy, dated July 1702, proved Dec. 5, 1721; To loving wife Mary, the
furniture in her room. To oldest son William, on shilling on demand. To
youngest son Jacob, 200 acres of land, the land on which I now live.”
Westmoreland Co., Va. Deed Book 7, p. 336; “Abraham Smith on Sept. 27, 1721
deeds to John Ramey, 50 acres, being part of a deed of 200 acres of land
bought of Jacob Ramey, Sr., by Coll. Nicholas Spencer, and afterward made over
to John Spencer, Gent., by deed of gift to Abraham Smith, his godson, etc.,
land commonly called and known by name of Beatles Neck, and bounded on the
land of Jacob Ramey, Sr.”
1 Children of JACOB AND MARY REMY.
11*
WILLIAM, b. in 1672, m. Catherine Asbury and d. in 1737.
12*
JACOB JR. B. 1675, m. Ann, daughter of Robert and Anna Sanford, who m. 2nd
Richard Omohundra before 1735. Jacob Jr., d. in 1726.
47The Remy Family in America - Page 4747
FAMILY OF WILLIAM, SON OF JACOB REMY, SR. (1)
11
WILLIAM REMY, b. in 1672, m. abt. 1693 Catherine, dau. of Henry and Mary
Asbury, receiving his inheritance when he married. He lived in Westmoreland
Co., Va., and d. 1737.
Westmoreland Co., Va., Deed Book 81, p. 448; “William Remey is deeded 100
acres of land from the heirs of Peter Duncan, and enters into possession of
same in 1693.”
Westmoreland Co., Va., Order Book 1698-1705, p. 9; “May 25, 1698, Benjamin
George is bound as apprentice to William Remey.”
Westmoreland Co., Va, Deed Book 2, p. 186; “May 30, 1699, William Remey
witnesses deed from Edward Ransdell to Jacob Remy, Jr., his brother.”
Va. County Records, by Drozier; Proprietor Deeds of Grants, Book 2, p. 291;
“William Reamy, 123 acres of land - 1698.”
Westmoreland Co., Va,, Order Book 1698-1705, p. 110; “William Remey, appointed
Constable April 30, 1701.”
Va. County Records, by Crozier, Book 3, p. 47; “Henry Asbury received Grant
for 80 acres of land in 1704.”
Westmoreland Co.,, Va., Will Book 4, p. 13; “Will of Henry Asbury, dated Feb.
3, 1706, proved April 1707; to sons Henry 400 acres, Thomas 400 acres,
Benjamin 100 acres, daughter Catherine, one cow. Executor: My wife Mary.”
Westmoreland co., Va., Will Book 4, p. 49; “Mary Asbury, widow, give unto Mary
Remy, her granddaughter, daughter of William and Katherine Remy, a yearling
heifer marked with a crop on the right ear and cross and nick under the left
and branded on the right buttock with the figure 3, which at the said Mary
Asbury’s request is entered on the records of W.Co., Va., the 19th day of June
1709. Pr. Ja: Westcomo, Clerk Court.”
Westmoreland Co., Va., Will Book 82, p. 548: “Will of William Remy, aged 65,
dated Nov. 19, 1737, proved May 30, 1738:
To wife Catherine, use of plantation for life
son William, one shilling
To son Jacob Remeys heirs
son Asbury Remey
dau. Mary Sanders
dau. Catherine Wormeth
son John Remy, unmarried
son James Remy, unmarried
son Daniel Remy, under the age of 17 - the plantation when wife Mary dies
granddau. Elizabeth Sanders, one feather bed when she marries.”
48DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM (11) AND CATHERINE (ASBURY) REMY
Children
111*
WILLIAM, b. about 1696 in Westmoreland Co., Va., m. Barbara Byram, and lived
in Stafford Co., Va. D. 1758, Frederick Co., Va.
112*
JACOB, b. abt. 1698, in Westmoreland Co., Va., m. Ann Carr and d. in
Westermoreland Co., Va. Abt. 1735-6.
113*
ASBURY, b. abt. 1700-2, m. Elizabeth Hannah Neale and was living in
Westmoreland Co., Va. In 1759.
114
MARY m. William Sanders, June 19, 1709, at which time her grandmother on her
mother’s side, Mary Asbury, gave her a yearling heifer. They lived near the
Remy farm.
Children
ELIZABETH
115
Katherine, b. abt. 1710, m. ________ Wormuth.
116*
JOHN, b. abt. 1712, m. Mary Linton, Apr. 6, 1740, and d. in Henry Co., Va. in
1791.
117*
JAMES, b. abt. 1715, m. Elizabeth ______ and moved to Frederick Co., Va.,
where he died 1757-60.
118*
DANIEL, b. abt. 1720, m. Darchus Brickey. He inherited according to Will, his
father’s land, when his mother died. He died before 1763, for his wife is
recorded as a widow living in Frederick Co., Va. in 1763.
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FAMILY OF WILLIAM REMY, JR. (111) SON OF WILLIAM, SON OF JACOB REMY (1)
111
WILLIAM REMY, b. in Westmoreland Co., Va., abt. 1696m. Barbara Byram, and
lived in Prince George Co,. Va. He was living in Stafford Co., Va. in 1741, in
Fairfax Co., Va in 1746 and d. in Frederick Co., Va. in 1758-9.
King George Co., Va., Court Records, Deed Book 1, p. 599; “Deed between
William Remey of the Parish of Sittenbourne and county of King George, and
Thomas Davis of the same Parish and county on July 1, 1730 for 125 acres lying
in county and Parish as above; bounded by the lands of William Carter, John
Quisenberry (formerly belonging to John Spicer) and the land of Joseph
Carpenter. Witnesses - Byles Carter and William Clater.”
King George Co., Va., Deed Book 2, p. 140; “William Remy of the county of King
George and Parish of Hanover, a carpenter, and Barbara his wife of Sep. 2,
1737, deed to John Dodd of county and Parish aforesaid, 50 acres called
Wolvepitt Neck, situated in count and parish aforesaid, on a line with the
land of John Quisenberry, line of Edmund Barker, said land having been sold to
William Remy by Thomas Davis. Witnesses - John Drake, Edmund Barker, and John
Quisenberry.”
King George Co., Va., Deed Book 2, p. 234; “William Remey, a Planter of the
Parish of Hanover and county of King George, on Jan. 25, 1738, deed to Henry
Drake of the same county and Parish, two parcels of land; one containing 50
acres, the other 100 acres, lying in the Parish of Hanover and County of King
George, bounded by William Carters Orchard, to John Dodds line, in line with
Joseph Carpenters, thence along the line of the said Carpenter; 100 acres
being land bought of Thomas Davis, bounded in line of William Carter near
Mattox Path, to line of Brown and Conner, line of Original Wroe, line of John
Chins to line of Thomas Randolph; all of said parcel excepting one School
House built by the neighbors on the 50 acres. Barbary the wife of said William
Remey relinquishes her Right of Dower. Witnesses: John Beddo, William Clater
and Clapham Drake.”
49Westmoreland Co., Va., Fid. Book 1, p. 259; “William Remey is paid a small sum
of money in the estate account of John Remy, son of his cousin Jacob Remy Jr.,
as returned by John’s wife Mary on Feb. 23, 1741.”
Fairfax Co., Va., Court Records, Book B, p. 18; “William Remy was appointed
Constable in the room of John Asbury Dec. 3, 1745, and being called, appeared
the Oath of Allegience and Supremecy, and the Abjurement Oath; and having
subscribed to the Test, was sworn into office as Constable.”
Fairfax Co., Va., Book B., p. 73; “William Remey in open court on April 2,
1746, acknowledged himself indebted to our Sovereign Lord and King, his heirs
and successors, in the sum of 40 Lbs., to be levied on his goods and chattels,
lands and Tenements, in case he does not keep his Majesty’s Peace toward all
his Majesty’s liege people, but more especially toward Zereriah Borden, for
the term of 12 months.”
Fairfax Co., Va., Book B, p. 132; “Marquis Calmea Gent., is ordered on Aug. 7,
1746, to pay to William Remy 75 Lbs. of Tobacco, for attending Court 3 days as
an evidence for him against James Burns.”
Fairfax Co., Va., Book B, p. 40; “Deborah Borden and Massie Fernley are
ordered on Aug. 7, 1746 to pay William Remy 75 Lbs. of tobacco for attenting
Court 3 days as an evidence for them.”
Frederick Co., Va., Date from Frank Crawford of Winchester, Va., “William Remy
had his house and home at Greenway Court in Frederick Co., Va.,; when Lord
Fairfax established his home at Greenway Court, in 1749. William Remy is said
to be the ancestor of most of the Ramey’s hereabouts.”
Frederick Co., Va., County Seat Winchester, Will Book 2, p. 343; “Will of
William Remy, dated Dec. 1, 1758, proved at Winchester May 1, 1759;
To my dear wife Barbara, for life or until she marries again, my whole
plantation.
Sons William and his heirs
Jacob and his heirs
(Thaddeus) Matthew and his heirs
James, any of above, if there are no heirs at the death of either brother
without heirs.
Jacob and William, my plantation after the death of my wife Barbara, or is
she marries again.
James, remainder of my estate.
Executors; wife Barbara and Thomas Sharp, Jr. Witnesses; Wm. Hawkins, John
Hawkins, Richard Hawkins and Andrew A. Thorp.”
Children; 5
1111
JOHN, b. abt. 1735-8 in King George Co., Va., m. Joanne Page and lived near
Berryville, Clark Co., Va. He moved with his family in 1783 first to Mason
Co., Ky. (then including Floyd Co.) and d. in Bourbbon Co., Ky. In 1805-6.
Family Traditions; “John Ramey came over with Lafayette and he and his 2
brothers thus escaped from the assassins of Robespierre.” (Lafayette was
here from 1777-1779, while Robespierre flourished from 1789-1794.) ‘There
were four original ancestors who came from
France; One lived near Berryville, Clark Co., Va. This one had 3 sons;
William Page Ramey, John Ramey and Thomas A. Ramey.”
“There were 4 brothers in Stafford Co., Va., and their names were Jerry,
Page,
Archibald and Lewis: William Page lived in Clark Co., Va. One (Archibald)
located near Maysville, Mason Co., Ky. One located near Louisville,
Jefferson Co., Ky., (Jacob Remey, brother of John’s father William had a
Land Grant of 666 2/3 acres in Jefferson Co., Ky., dated Sep. 21, 1780,
while William had one in Jefferson Co., Ky. Dated Aug. 26, 1783, for 1500
acres.) One located near Indianapolis, Ind. (Lewis, Jr., son of Lewis Sr.,
located in Marrow Co., Ohio.)
Children of John and Joanne
11111*
ARCHIBALD, b. March 17, 1759 in Stafford Co., Va., went to Mason and then
to Fleming Co., Ky. He m. Martha Cassidy and d. in Fleming Co., Ky. 1859.
11112*
LEWIS, b. abt. 1760 m. A. Valentine, and lived at a crossroad in Page Co.,
Va. He was a jolly blacksmith beloved by all who stopped to have their
horses shod. At first they called him Lu Ramey, but later this was even to
long and they shortened it to ‘Lu Ray’. The town of Luray grew up around
his corner shop and the famous Luray Caverns near there are also named
after him.
11113*
WILLIAM PAGE, b. abt. 1765, m. Eliza and lived near Berryville, Clark Co.,
Va. Later he moved to Rappohannock Co., Va. where he d. abt. 1820.
11114
HANNAH, b. abt. 1762, m. 1st. a Harrison and m. 2nd, John Harper. Harrison
Genealogy; “Hannah Remey, b. about 1762, m. 1st., a Harrison, m. 2d., John
Harper. Her Will was made in 1794.”
Westmoreland Co., Va., Wills; “Will of John Harper, dated April 18, 1798,
proved Jan. 28, 1799;
To wife HANNAH (Harrison) HARPER, land bought of Robert Harrison.
Son WILLIAM RAMEY HARPER
son JOHN H. HARPER”
Children
WILLIAM RAMEY HARPER AND JOHN H. HARPER
11115
JEREMIAH (Jerry), b. abt. 1767, moved to Bourbon Co., Ky.
11116
MARY (Polly), m. Thomas Puckett in Floyd Co., Ky. On June 29, 1818.
11117
HENRY, b. abt. 1775-80. Prince George Co., Va.; Tax Records; “Henry Ramey
paid taxes in 1811.”
Children
HENRY C. lived in Floyd co., Ky. History of Johnson Co., Ky., Floyd Co.,
Tax Records; “Henry C. Ramey paid tax in 1790.”
Children (all married in Floyd Co. Ky.)
“ANNA m. John Wheeler April 12, 1838.”
“TEMPERENCE m. Eleazer Pelfrey July 1838”
“PHOEBE, m. Wm. H.H. Nott, Jan. 14, 1840.”
“MARY, m. Sam Nott, Sept. 15, 1841.”
“WILLIAM J., m. Elizabeth Turner, Sep. 29, 1839.”
1112
WILLIAM BYRAM, b. abt. 1740, lived in Stafford Co., Va. He went with his
nephew Archibald Ramey to see Col. Bailey Washington about enlisting in the
army. Morgan Co., Ky., Circuit Court Records, May 19, 1835; “Application and
Affidavit for Pension of Archibald Ramey - I and my uncle William Byram
called on Col. Bailey Washington in Stafford Co., Va., about enlisting.”
1113*
JACOB, b. Aug. 27, 1741 in Stafford Co., Va., m. Sussannah Grigsby and d. in
Loudon Co., Va., in 1799.
1114* THADDEUS MATTHEW, b. abt. 1746 in Fairfax Co., Va., is given in his
father’s Will as Matthew. He m. about 1777 Christina Stump and moved to
Shenandoah Co., Va., and d. in Lawrence Co., Ky., about 1840.
1115
JAMES, b. abt. 1750, the youngest child mentioned in his father’s Will,
MOVED TO KY
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