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I3157: Charles Eug�ne Louis Gabriel DUTOIT (b. 25 JUL 1793, d. 12 AUG 1865)
Among the sponsors at his baptism was his uncle Gabriel J�r�mie Dutoit. The identity of the "wards" (this is the word used in some American versions of their story) Charlotte and Marie who traveled with the family to America in 1817 have been a matter of speculation. Is it possible they were actually DeTrey relatives instead of Dutoit? No Dutoit relatives of the right age have turned up.
What conclusions can be made about these wards? The first point is that, from their ages, they are clearly not the children of Eug�ne Dutoit and Lydie de Trey, unless they were born well before their marriage. This couple is not supposed to have met until about 1815 (Lydie's story is told in some detail in Les de Trey, Philippe Mottu, Morges: Editions Cab�dita, 1988) Further, it was usual for children to be "legitimized" by the subsequent marriage of their parents. Also, it does not seem likely that they were siblings of Eug�ne, since in that case their father Marc Philippe Dutoit and his wife Sabine Secr�tan would have been perfectly capable of caring for them. There is a slim chance that they were illegitimate daughters of Eug�ne, but if that were true, it is hard to believe that this circumstance would not have been mentioned prominently among the objections of Lydie's father concerning the marriage.
The ages of these "wards" are somewhat in doubt. Charlotte's tombstone is now broken in such a way that the age at death is missing. However, earlier transcripts indicated she was age 66 when she died in 1875. Unfortunately, she died just at Christmas time, when the local newspaper took a week's vacation. No notice of her death appeared at that time. The 1860 and 1870 censuses agree in making her several years younger, implying a birth date in 1812 rather than 1809. In the 1850 census, she is in the household of Philip "Betten" (senior), where she is age 40, born in Switzerland (Jefferson Tp, fol. 422—the enumeration of this family is misleading; one of the members is Amelia Duplan, who is followed by a number of other members of the Bettens family, including Charlotte, without a notation that their surname is not also Duplan!). From the apparent ages of the "wards", and from the fact that Eug�ne had apparently become their guardian, we would have to conclude that they lost their parents no earlier than about 1814, in order for Eug�ne to be old enough to assume this responsibility. That he served in this capacity at all seems convincing evidence that he was a close relative of the children, who would almost certainly be therefore grandchildren of the minister Jean Philippe Dutoit-Aguet. (The minister died in 1790, so the children cannot be his.)
As far as we know, there were only two other sons of Dutoit-Aguet: Charles Victor, who was also a minister, and Gabriel J�remie, of whom very little is known. Charles Victor was still alive as late as 1834; secondary sources place his death in 1838. Gabriel J�remie is last known alive in 1793, when he was a sponsor at the baptism of Eug�ne Dutoit. For lack of a better candidate, the most likely father of the "wards" Charlotte and Marie Dutoit is therefore Gabriel J�remie, or, perhaps, an unknown son of either Charles Victor or Gabriel J�r�mie.
Catechumen 27 apr 1771 at Bern, where his father was minister. He may well have been the C. V. Dutoit who served as chaplain of a Swiss regiment commanded by Major-General Mey and garrisoned at Mastricht as early as 1786. He was pastor at Vevey and Montreux 1796-1800, Cully 1800-1815, and later (?) at Pully and Vevey (1823 until at least 1834).
Mentioned in testament of Henriette Perrod, 1590. Henriette was either the sister-in-law or mother-in-law of Maurice's brother George. She does not seem to be mentioned in the disputes among the heirs of her father in 1616, so probably dead by then.
This would seem to be the Claude Dutoit the elder, son of the late Nicod Dutoit, who reaches an agreement with Claude son of the late Pierre Dutoit 05 oct 1511 (Michel Frossard, notary at Moudon), regarding payment of costs for the marriage of Pierre's niece Perissone Dutoit, daughter of the late Jacob Dutoit. If so, we suppose that Nicod's father Vuillerme was perhaps another brother of Jacob. The dispute about the cost of the wedding was not definitively settled at that time, however, as we find documents concerning it as late as 1538!
If he is indeed Claude the elder, he was also the one who represented the Dutoit family along with Pierre son of the late Nicod Dutoit in a complaint against Jacob d'Estavayer, prothonotary of the church of St. Etienne in Moudon regarding ownership of the "disme" of Chavannes, a feudal tax still claimed by some of the Dutoit family two centuries later. As both Claude and Pierre were children of Nicod, it is possible that it was only the descendants of Nicod, or perhaps of his father Vuilleme, who were entitled to the proceeds of this "disme". Neither the origin nor the specific terms of the "disme" have been discovered. By the end of the 17th Century at part of the "disme" was also owned by the Demont family of Chavannes, but the individual shares had become so diluted by the increase of the descendants that they were referred to as "particules".
Documents of Jean Jaquier (or Jaqueri), notary at Moudon, 04 may 1559, mention a number of transactions between members of the Dutoit clan. Those that refer to the late Claude Dutoit are possibly confusing, but seem to indicate that he had a son Maurice who had died recently, a living son Claude, and a living son Jaques. If the references to Jaques son of the late Claude all refer to the same man, the one that gives the late Claude's father's name as Pierre would thus establish his parentage.
Claude's testament was recorded by Rodolphe Demont, notary at Moudon, 24 mar 1524. It names his wife Antonia, sons Maurice and Claude, and daughters as follows:
Fran�oise, wife of Jean Gremoz alias du Russel;
Clauda, wife of Claude Gremoz alias du Russel;
Katherine, wife of Pierre Gremoz alias du Russel;
Fran�oise, wife of Antoine Martin.
That he had two daughters named Fran�oise (Francesia or Francesca, in Latin) is confirmed through several sources. This situation alerts us to the possibility that Claude had two wives, and one other indication of this situation has surfaced so far, the parentage of Nicolletus, son of this Claude and Johanneta Mestraulx of Villars-le-Terroir. We show Nicolletus as a child of the first wife, leaving the others as the children of the second wife, for lack of additional information.
He is identified in the testament as the son of the late Jacobus Detecto, parish of St. Maurice of Mollens (modern Morlens). He leaves bequests to that parish as well as the religious community of St. Claire in Vevey. He asks to be buried in the tomb of his predecessors at the church of St. Maurice of Morlens.
The same Claude is probably not the Claude Dutoit of Chavannes who appears in the marriage contract of Louis de Costel alias Bellaz to Guillemette daughter of Claude Girard of Blessens. Claude Dutoit is listed as the maternal uncle of Guillemette. However, we have not figured out whether the relationship is through Claude or his wife (not mentioned in that document, however -- 10 apr 1524, Rodolphe Demont, notary).
In 1522, Claude appears with his son Maurice to record a settlement with Antoine Lombard of Morlens on behalf of his daughter Isabelle, "ad opus eiusdem Mauricii, videlicet de per super Defloracionem suis corporis ditte Ysabella sibi per dictum Mauricium facta..." A few months later, in January 1522/23, Maurice married Anteine, daughter of Jean Trolliet of Seigneux. (Documents of Michel Frossard, notary at Moudon).
Documents recorded by Claude de Place, notary at Lutry (ACV DI 48/7 and 48/11, date 13 may 1576 and 21 feb 1578) relate to a settlement between Fran�ois DuTey and his nephew Claude DuTey regarding property at Cully of which Claude DuTey son of Antoine Dutey of Pal�zieux owned a half interest ("reconnaissance" of 15 may 1501, copy signed by Egr�ge George Ansel). The document of 1578 further reports that on 28 aug 1545, recorded by notary Henri Perriard, a "partage" was executed among the heirs of the same Claude DuTey. The heirs were Perrod du Tey of Vuarmarens, parish of Morlens, in his own name as well as in the capacity as guardian and administrators for Jean, Claude, and Jeannette, the sons and daughter of the late Claude du Tey his brother, for two thirds of the late Claude's estate, and Jean du Tey, brother of Perrod and the late Claude for the other third. The estate included property that had come to them by inheritance from "Uldriette", the mother of the three brothers, and the "partage" specified that some property went to the surviving brothers Jean and Perrod only, and not to the heirs of the late Claude. By 1576, Fran�ois, heir of Perrod, held this property, and his "nephew" Claude duTey claimed that he should inherit part of it. The question was settled in favor of Fran�ois when he produced the earlier documents mentioned above. Exactly how the younger Claude is related to Fran�ois is not immediately clear, but the rest of this family can be reconstructed with reasonable certainty. The mention of Vuarmarens in the parish of Morlens assures us that we are in fact dealing with the Dutoit clan, but how this branch relates to the Dutoit family noted at Pal�zieu circa 1560 is still murky. The documents give us hope that the problem can be resolved through the "terriers" of Cully.
Many appearances in early notarial records at Moudon, as the son of the late Claude and brother of the late Maurice Dutoit. A marriage contract recorded by Humbert Demierre 05 jan 1567 has his daughter Jeanne marrying Fran�ois Gauly (?) the elder, which helps to establish his dates. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that this is the same Claude DuToict whose son Balthazard appears in 1576 sharing a 1/2 interest with Jaques son of the late Mauris Dutoit (cited by Jaques Richard, notary, 30 may 1599). Other documents (1599, 1602) recorded by Jaques Richard, notary at Moudon, identify Balthazard as the brother-in-law of Fran�ois Gauley, and refer to a partage recorded by another notary in 1576, between Balthazard for himself and the other children of (the late) Claude Dutoit (1/2 interest), and Jaques Dutoit for himself and the other children of (the late) Maurice Dutoit (the other 1/2 interest). However, we have not yet figured out who Claude married, or which baptisms pertain to his children.
Somewhere among the many Claude Dutoit's, mentions of Claude son of the late Pierre in documents that also mention Maurice son of Claude are evidently referring to another man. One possibility is that the other Claude was the son of Pierre son of Nicod brother of Guy.
Among the fragmentary notarial records of Vevey, there is a section of a register belonging to Clement Butty (DS 106/113) that contains a reference on 21 apr 1593 to Thomas and Jaques Dutoit of Chavannes-sur-Moudon, tuteurs of Jeanne de Boloz. We recognize her as the Jeanne du Bouloz who married Andr� Dutoit, son of Claude Dutoit "le jeune", in 1594. It is not entirely clear if Claude "le jeune" was still living at that date, but as Andr� was baptised in 1569, it is clear that "Claude son of Claude" is not the same man as "Claude le jeune", whose children would have been born as early as the 1540's. And he can hardly have been "le jeune" if he was born around 1515! (It seems quite likely that Thomas and Jaques arranged the marriage with one of their close relatives in order to consolidate her estate with that of their own family, and that Claude Dutoit "le jeune", father of Andr� Dutoit, is most likely a sibling or cousin of Thomas and Jaques.)
We see in another record of Henri Garrod, notary at Corsier, 15 dec 1574, Pierre son of the late Humbert Perrod of Chardonne in the parish of Corsier selling to Claude son of the late Claude DuThey of Chavannes sus Mouldon, vineyards at Chardonne. Thus, Claude may be one of the first of his family to branch out to the area around Vevey.
Claude son of the late Claude DuTey of Chavannes also acquired citizenship at Chesalles-sur-Moudon in 1560, though we have no evidence that he or any of his children actually lived there (document cited in the inventory of the communal archives of Chesalles-sur-Moudon, and a copy at the ACV examined by Anne Bohy).
The terriers of Moudon appear to give additional information about this Claude. By 10 jun 1593 (ACV Fn 131 fol. 3v), Claude du Tey de Vuarmarens had died, and his son Jehan du Tey made a "reconnaissance" jointly with his "beau-fr�re" Antoine Frossard, who had married Anne, daughter of Gervais Gervais, mercier and resident of Moudon. The text reveals that the mother of Anne Gervais was Claudaz, daughter of Fran�ois Demont. Claudaz was also the mother of Jehan du Tey, making Anne the step-sister of Jehan. Anne and Jehan had inherited the property in question from their mother. The next reconnaissance (fol. 4v) concerns Egrege "Baptizard" (=Balthazard) du Tey filz de feuz Claude du Tey, but for property that he purchased from Pierre Demont. The simplest explanation for this is that Balthazard and Jehan were both sons of the same Claude du Tey, but they had different mothers. Under this hypothesis, since Claudaz Demont survived Claude du Tey, she must have been his second (or even third) wife, but whether Claude was her first or second husband is yet clear. We should be able to resolve this issue of chronology from the terriers, which contain several other mentions of Gervais Gervais. Therefore, we at first interpreted this Jean Dutoit as the son of the present Claude by his second wife Claudaz Demont.
However, the records of the notary Jaques Jaquery (Jaqueri, Jaquier) of Moudon (ACV DL 53/1 fol. 30v) suggested that we had conflated two families here. On 15 mar 1559, Claude Demont (the name of his late father is left blank) sells to Claude Duthey son of the late Fran�ois Duthey of Vuarmarens, the 1/4 part of land belonging to him at Moudon dessous Sainte Catherine, which was owned jointly as follows: 1/2 to Fran�ois Demont and the heirs of Pierre Demont, 1/4 to the seller, Claude Demont, and the remaining 1/4 to Bernard Demont. The heirs of Pierre Demont are evidently those listed as such on fols. 47-48 of the same register: Pierre, Benoyte, Abel, Jean, and the late Catherine who was the wife of Jean Burgade, minister at Granges. As a result of these discoveries, we are forced to separate the two families.
(ID #I3155)