Family Group Sheet
NameLouis (Louis) Desormeaux
Birth19 Sep 1673, Calais, France
Birth MemoAccording to Elisabeth Burton.
Death1748
Baptism20 Sep 1673, Calais, France
OccupationSilk weaver.
Origin‘Middelbourg en Zeelande’. Middelburg.
Note 1His Will of 6 Jan 1747, (almost five pages) shows he had property in both London and the ‘country’. He appears to have been a rich silk-weaver and employer. He set up complicated trusts for his surviving children (several others appear to have died).
Note 2Louis or Lewis. Also spelt ‘de Zormeaux’. Almost certainly a Huguenot (Protestant refugee) from France. Elisabeth Burton says he was weaver and lived in Norton Folgate near Spitalfields, London.
Note 3Huguenot Society Publication v. 27 Lists Louis Desormeaux in 1709 on the Oath Roll for Naturalization. Weavers Court Books 1610-1730 entry 27 Aug 1711 - Mr Lewis Desormeaux from Holland is adnmitted as a foreign master.
God-parentsClaude Hays and Renée Le Noble.
FatherLouis DESORMEAUX (~1628-<1692)
MotherSuzanne (Claude) Le Noble (~1632-1678)
Other spousesMachtelije Jacobs van Dijck
Marriage21 Apr 1712, St Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, England
Married MemoOr the French Chapel, Greenwich, England?
SpouseMarie HÉBERT
Birthabt 1682
Death1763
Note 1Marie or Mary.
Children
SpouseJohn GILSON
Marriage11 Jun 1747, St Dionis Backchurch, City of London, England
ChildrenDaniel (John)
Margaret Desormeaux (John) (1751-)
Lewis (John) (1756-?)
Elizabeth (John) (1758-?)
John (John) (1748-?)
SpouseElizabeth Porter
Marriage11 Feb 1762, St Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, England
SpouseGabriel Coyan
Marriage18 Sep 1739, St Gregory by St Paul’s, City of London, England
ChildrenAnne (Gabriel)
SpouseMary Clark
Marriage25 Sep 1741, Essex, England
Married MemoEast or West Ham, Essex
ChildrenAbraham (Abraham)