Presumed to have died young, because of the baptism of her sister Marie 10 years later, but there are rare families in which two children in the same family are given the same name at this period. These cases are extremely rare, but we know of one case around Moudon in the 16th Century as well as a case near Payerne.
Cited as wife of Jean Decristaz, Vidomne de Moudon, when she appeared as a sponsor at a baptism in Lucens, 1653. Evidently the same Marie is cited as wife of Sr. Decristaz in 1643 at the baptism of Marie, daughter of Pierre Frarin at Moudon, and as late as 1660 at another baptism. She appears at least once (30 mar 1648) in connection with the family of Claude Bechet and his wife Susanne Dutoit, and with the family of Nicod Clot and Clémence Dutoit (1647), and with the family of Gabriel Dutoit and Marie Fudri (1650).
One possible explanation for these associations could be that she is Marie, daughter of Humbert Dutoit and Jeanne Boeuf, born in 1607. In that case, she would be the sister of Clémence Dutoit. Her brother Abraham Dutoit born in 1598 could be the one who married Jaquemaz Decristaz. Another possibility is that she is a daughter of Jaques Dutoit dit Maillard. Or, perhaps she is the daughter of the previous Vidomne de Moudon, Antoine Dutoit, since the time-honored method of acquiring this post seems to have been marriage to the daughter of the last Vidomne. This last possibility, however, seems to be precluded by the observation that Marie daughter of Antoine Dutoit is known to have been the wife of Pierre Correvon in 1652, and the present Marie is cited as the wife of Jean Decristaz from at least 1643 until 1660.
This is probably the Marie Dutoit step-daughter of Sr. Jean Dutoit who appears at a baptism in 1687. A document recorded by Isaac Dutoit, notary at Moudon (ACV DL 69/1) shows she and her sister Anne had died by 06 mar 1694.
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Date of contract, Isaac Dutoit, notary, and another version recorded by Benoit Giraudet on the same date.
Mentioned in a document of Isaac Dutoit, notary at Moudon, 25 aug 1697. She appears again 13 jun 1737 (Jean Daniel Crausaz, notary at Moudon) with her close relatives Barthélemé and Abraham Poeterlin father and son, selling property to Samuel Daniel Trolliet, and she is apparently unmarried at that time. She is apparently the same Marie Dutoit who loaned money to David Freymond 21 apr 1738 (Jaques Rodolphe Joly, notary).
