His origins are specified ("Nycod Rojoz d'Estrier [or possibly this could be read as Destrier] parroche de Flerier en Foucignye") in the ,margin of a transaction recorded by Pierre Chuard, notary at Payerne (ACV Dp 16/8, attachment to fol. 479v) dated 21 feb 1563, in which his son Jean purchases a house at Payerne from Pierre Grivat. In other records, he is mentioned as being from Foucigny.
The same notary (Dp 16/10, fol. 64) records that Claude Rojoz the elder of the same Estrier, in the parish of Flerier en Foucignye, owed Noble Rod d'Yllens of Cugy 22 1/2 florins for purchase of a horse, 06 jun 1563. Could this Claude be a brother or nephew of Nicod Rouge?
We have probably conflated two men of the same name. The one who married Marguerite Comte is probably not the one born in 1607. The church records seem incomplete, and we have not been able to resolve this problem. The solution will be sought in the records of the notaries.
He appears in 1756 as a witness at a baptism, identified on that occasion as a resident of London! Exactly what he was doing there has not been discovered, but he must be the Samuel Rouge of London who is mentioned as the brother of Susanne Rouge, wife of Victor Fivaz and mother of the first wife of Isaac de Trey, in the testament of the latter. His death (as Samuel Rouge, Esq.) was reported in the Gentleman's Magazine, and his will was probated at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (not yet examined). The papers of John Achard at the Nottingham University Library (Pw C 514-520) include seven letters from Samuel Rouge, 1745-1762.
She is identified as the wife of Victor Fivaz from her relationship to Samuel Rouge of London, as stated in the testament of her son-in-law (by his first marriage) Isaac de Trey.
This is the minister whose notations in the church register at St. Aubin are of such interest. He recorded comets, earthquakes, epidemics, visits of notables, political events (the entry of the Prince of Orange into London!), fast days, successions of
ministers in neighboring towns, and especially his own relationships to others in his congregation. He calls Bernard G�lieu, son of Abraham, his "Cousin", implying most likely that Abraham G�lieu married someone of the Rougemont or Rognon families.
(He spells his own surname Rougemond, though everyone else uses Rougemont.)
The "cousins" identified in the course of the records of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, beginning 1659, are the following:
Jean Rognon de St. Aubin (1659)
Pierre Rougemont (1659)
Anthoine Rognon (1661)
Jean Jaques Lambert de Gorgier (1661)
Nicolas Rognon (1665)
Henry Fran�ois Rognon (1665)
Fran�ois Anthoine Rognon (minister, ordained 1667, noted at B�le and Rochefort in 1677)
Henry Fran�ois Rognon, brother of the above, Lieutenant de St. Aubin, not necessarily the same as the one listed above (1680)
Abraham Borquin (1668)
Bernard G�lieu (1668)
George Baillard or Baillod (1668)
Abraham Cosandier (1670)
Andr� Marthe or Marthy (1671)
Jean Jaques Rougemont, dit DonJaques (1671)
David Baillod (1677)
Jean Fran�ois Rognon, son of the Chatelain Rognon (by then Henry Fran�ois, not the Lt. of St. Aubin, but likely the son of Gu�rard Rognon) (1678)
He also identifies his son Jean, daughter Esther, and brother Daniel Rougemont.
A number of "nephews" are identified:
Jean Fran�ois Gavon (1662), perhaps son of his brother in law Jean Gavon, d. before 1661
Jean Gavon (1667)
David Gavon (1668)
Pierre Gavon (1671)
Jean Gavon son of the late Pierre Gavon (1671)
Estienne Luderic (?) Gavon (1677)
His first wife was Susanne Jaquet, daughter of the late Pierre Perrin Jaquet of Travers. She died 12 feb 1672. He must have remarried, for there are later references to "my wife" appearing as sponsor at numerous baptisms.
So far the only one of these that can be identified even tentatively is Henry Fran�ois Rognon, Ch�telain de Gorgier. If he is indeed the son of Gu�rard Rognon, then the most likely explanation for Fran�ois Anthoine Rognon's relationship to Bernard
G�lieu is that Abraham G�lieu married another of the daughters of Beat Jacob Rognon, as did the father of Fran�ois Anthoine Rognon.
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His notes in the parish register at St. Aubin refer to his ordination in 1637 and subsequent service at St. Blaise before coming to St. Aubin in 1659. He would have been at least 20 at the time of his ordination. Date from SGB VI.
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Date from Schweizerisches Geschlecterbuch VI, p. 612.
In addition to children positively identified, the Henri Rougemont who married at Grandson 28 jan 1628, Magdelaine Rougemont who married Beat Jacob Rognon, and perhaps the wife of Abraham G�lieu would also belong to this family. Limited information provided by Nicolas Junod at Neuchatel from Pierre-Arnold Borel, Livre de Raison: Les Rougemont de St.-Aubin.
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Date from Schweizerisches Geschlechterbuch VI, p. 612.
