Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameLouis (Louis) Desormeaux, 5G Grandfather
Birth19 Sep 1673, Calais, France
MemoAccording to Elisabeth Burton. Or 20th.
DeathJan 1748
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 (Louis) Desormeaux (~1628-<1692)
MotherSuzanne (Claude) Le Noble (~1632-1678)
Other spousesMarie Colas
Marriage12 Sep 1702
Married MemoAccording to Elisabeth Burton.
SpouseMachtelije Jacobs van Dijck
Birth?
Death?
Burial2 Nov 1703, Nieuwe Kerkhof, Zandstraat, Belgium