Louis (Louis) Desormeaux & Marie HÉBERT

Family Group Sheet

NameLouis (Louis) Desormeaux, Son

Birth19 Sep 1673, Calais, France

MemoAccording to Elisabeth Burton.

Death1748

Baptism20 Sep 1673, Calais, France

Residence1702, Zandstraat, Belgium

Residence1672, Rouen, Normandy, 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.

Flags***, Desormeaux, Le Noble

FatherLouis DESORMEAUX (~1628-<1692)

MotherSuzanne (Claude) Le Noble (~1632-1678)

Other spousesMachtelije Jacobs van Dijck

Marie Colas

Maria Mandels

Marriage21 Apr 1712, St Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, England

Married MemoOr the French Chapel, Greenwich, England?

SpouseMarie HÉBERT

Birthabt 1682

Death1763