Not only is Catherine Bosson apparently the mother of Thomas DuToict, brother of Esther DuToict who married Isaac Margueron, but also she may be the same Catherine Besson who appeared at the baptism of Claudine Margueron, daughter of Isaac Margueron by his first wife Jaquemaz DuToict in 1643. If this is so, the conclusion that Jaquemaz and Esther were sisters is further bolstered, but it does not much clarify the identity of Catherine and her husband.
Moreover, there may be confusion over the surname. In 1662, we find a marriage contract of Agathe Bosson daughter of the late Jean "Bosson", surgeon, to Pierre Dutoit pellatier. The same Agathe is identifed as Bosset in all other records we have found. Is it possible that Catherine was the sister of Jean Bosson the surgeon, and that the name was either interchangeable with Bosset, or evolved into the surname Bosset that was already well known in Moudon? Is the epithet "guererier" applied once to Catherine's husband a recognition of Jean Dutoit's connection with the healing arts, a connection reflected by a business assocation with the surgeon? We have come to doubt this interpretation on two accounts. First, there are several citations giving the origin of Jean Bosset the surgeon as Gléresse, where the minister about one generation earlier was a Jean Bosset from a family documented at La Neuveville and Neuchâtel. Second, the term for healer should be "guerisseur", although the word we transcribed as "guererier" remains a mystery. It is difficult to reconcile the word as written with "guerrier" (warrior), the only other similar word that comes to mind. There does not seem to be any connection between Catherine Bosson and Agathe Bosset.
In fact, the obvious parentage is Michel Bosson and Jeanne Garnier, who baptised a daughter Catherine at Moudon, 18 apr 1618. However, there are many records dealing with four surviving daughters of Michel, including a marriage of Catherine to François Vulliery, notary at Yverdon, 27 dec 1642 (contract recorded by Benoit Giraudet, notary at Moudon). It is possible that this was Catherine's second marriage, but it is somewhat surprising that the marriage contract does not mention this fact. Therefore, we are leaning to the explanation that Catherine not the daughter of Michel Bosson, or else that there were two men of that name, whose children are not clearly identifiable.
Esther Dutoit lived with her mother in Moudon after the departure of her first husband Jules Croserens and before her second marriage to Isaac Margueron. This fact is revealed in a pair of documents recorded by E. Dance, notary at Lutry, 17 mar 1664. Notices of forfeiture of property that Esther's son inherited from Jean François Croserens, late brother of Jules Croserens, were reported to have been sent to Moudon and affixed to the door of her mother's house. This would imply that Esther's father had already died. The name of her mother is not recorded in these documents. There is nothing in these documents that would preclude the mother having remarried before 1664, but they do seem to establish that Esther's father had died before March, 1664.
While the first mention of Catherine Bosson as the wife of Jean Dutoit is in 1634, the inferences reported above require that she should be the mother of the children of Jean Dutoit dit au Clerc at this period. We therefore add Susanne, baptised 30 nov 1633, to this family.
Partage among his daughters Eve, Jeanne Françoise, Catherine, and Louise recorded 07 feb 1642 by Benoit Giraudet, notary at Moudon, with their uncle Jaques Bosson acting as their guardian. There are several other mentions in the records of this
notary, and many earlier records involving financial transactions by Michel before other notaries. Baptisms for Eve and Louise have not yet been located. It is likely that the documents found so far only concern the division of the estate between the
heirs who had not already received a marriage settlement. However, the presence of Benoit Giraudet as a guardian makes us wonder if we have the wrong set of baptisms here: perhaps we should be looking for a younger Michel Bosson in a different parish
whose daughters were born in the 1620's and 30's!
Among the problems that require a different parentage for the Bosson's connected to the Dutoit clan, we note:
1. The Susanne Bosson who married Jaques Chatellanat and was the mother of Daniel François Chatellanat should have been born no earlier than 1615, in order to have her last child in 1660.
2. Catherine Bosson daughter of Michel Bosson mentioned in the notarial records seems to have married someone else, François Vulliery, notary of Yverdon (1643).
3. Catherine's baptism is too late for her to be the mother of Jaquemaz Dutoit, or indeed of any other of the known children of Jean Dutoit "guererer", though he may have had a prior marriage.
4. If Jean Dutoit "guererier" had a prior marriage, the Esther Dutoit who married Isaac Margueron would not be related to Daniel François Chatellanat and Michel Bridel, as stated by Jaques Crausaz, notary, in 1691.
Testament recorded by Isaac Dutoit, 17 sep 1688 (another version dated 18 sep 1688), with codicil of 05 feb 1694, naming her children Philippe, Jean , Isaac, Samuel, Daniel François, Marie, Elizabeth (wife of Sr. Bridel), and Susanne (these documents are in the register of testaments identified as ACV DL 37/11). It is possible that the baptism noted here is from the wrong generation, and that she was actually born about 1621, and not baptised at Moudon. However, she appears frequently in association with the other daughters of Michel Bosson.
The two versions of her testament and the codicil of 05 feb 1694 seem slightly ambiguous. The testaments appear to show that her son Jean Chatelanat already had a son Jean as early as 1688, for whom a sum of 50 florins was reserved. This bequest was withdrawn in 1694, but another bequest of was substituted, to provide for the education of the sons of her son the Minister Chatelanat, whose name is not given in the codicil. From this substitution, we supposed that it was her son Jean who was the minister. However, we now think it is far more likely that Jean son of Jean had died by 1694, and that her son Samuel was in fact the minister in question. Three of the sons of the minister Samuel Chatelanat became ministers; they were young schoolboys in 1694. The testament does not indicate that any of her children had died by 1694, but it establishes this fact only by omission; that is, the codicil simply changes the provisions regarding Jean and "the Minister", leaving the other provisions in force.
The registers of the notary Pierre Dutoit of Vevey (ACV DS 36) show that he was alive as late as 06 feb 1700, but dead by 24 jul 1702, when his son-in-law Antoine Oboussier mortgaged property to pay off the debts of his estate (DS 36/34).
His testament of 05 aug 1698 was recorded by Bermond (probably the notary called "Pierre Bermont, père", in the Archives Départementales de l'Isère), notary at Mens. His "heritier universel" was his nephew Pierre Marcel. This information comes from the monograph of Pierre Béthoux on the protestants of Mens and Trièves, which also mentions other connections of the Marcel and Bouchayer families. (For a document that may relate to this material, mentioning a connection with the Boutilhon of Boutillon family, see Marc Fornet, notary at Geneva, vol. 8, pl. 101, 05 nov 1708, marriage of Jean son of Moise Boutilhon de Vasson, parish of St.Jean-d'Hérans en Trièves, cardeur de laine, now living at Lausanne, to Jeanne daughter of Pierre Bouchayer de Toige in the said parish.)
Notarial records at Geneva contain 2 references to the Bouchayer surname, both of them originally from St.-Jean-d'Hérans. (J. Fornet, notary, marriage of P. Jaubert from La Mure to Guillauma Bouchayer from "St. Jean d'Ayrans", vol. 6, p. 192.)
[2907]
Location given in published genealogy does not match any known French placename. Probably a misspelling of St.-Jean-d'Herans, Isère.
[14426]
Date of contract recorded by Rey, notaire at St. Jean-d'Hérans, now at the archives départementales d'Isère, at Grenoble (cited by Pierre Béthoux, but we were unable to find a listing for this notary on the web site of the Archives Départementales de l'Isère).
Mentioned in records of Isaac Dutoit, notary at Moudon, 02 oct 1693, as the widow of the late Philippe Dutoit. Only a few days earlier, 18 sep 1693, the same notary recorded the marriage of Jacob Jossevel to Susanne Marie Dutoit, daughter of the late Philippe Dutoit. We are assuming that the two late Philippe's are the same person, thus establishing which Philippe Andrianne is the widow of. It is possible that Philippe died much earlier, as Andrianne had married her second husband, Jacob Frossard, in 1673.
By 01 dec 1680, she is cited as the widow of the late Jacob Frossard, with sons-in-law Philippe Decrevel and Jean Falconnier, who have married daughters of Jacob Frossard, evidently by a prior wife (ACV B i l 54, records of the cour de justice de Moudon).
[14348]
Contract dated 05 may 1647 recorded by David Curlat (ACV DG 71/1), mentions that the groom was accompanied by his uncle Dutoit, judge at Moudon.
