_____________________ | __________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Jean TROUILLIER ____| | (1709 - 1788) m 1756| | | _____________________ | | | | |__________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Esther TROUILLIER | (1761 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _Andr� SALT� _____________| | | (.... - 1726) m 1708 | | | |_____________________ | | |_Marie Anne SALT� ___| (1722 - 1795) m 1756| | _Jean MOURGUE _______+ | | (.... - 1722) m 1679 |_(Eve) Elizabeth MOURGUE _| m 1708 | |_Eve FALLOT _________+ m 1679
Marriage record at the Hague (transcribed in Leiden Index and in the Mirandolle Collection) identifies him as a widower. There is a further notation in 1774 (source of this extract is given as Actes du Consistoire de l'Eglise Wallonne de Rotterdam, E fol. 246, 05 jun 1774) that members of a Le Court family from Barb�zieux requested to know whether Marie Elizabeth, daughter of Jean Trouillier the elder and Marie Le Court were still alive. Since the death record of his widow also calls him "the elder", we suppose that Marie Le Court was indeed his first wife, but we found no record of the daughter Marie. The Consistory appointed someone to investigate, but the reponse of the Consistory to the Le Court family has not been discovered.
A Jean Trouillier, Troulliet, Troulh�, etc. is mentioned (from extracts in the Mirandolle Collection) in the account books and the separate records of assistance to refugees by the same church ("pour legement et nourriture") from June, 1754 until July, 1756. Assistance was also given during the same period for the support of an unnamed daughter of the same man.
Among the baptisms of the children of the second marriage, one of the sponsors in 1761 was a Paul Trouillier, surely a relative, but not mentioned further in the Leiden and Mirandolle indexes. There must also have been a Jean Trouillier "the younger" in Rotterdam.
A Jean Trouill� is found among the gal�riens in Gaston Tournier's Les Gal�res de France et les gal�riens protestants des XVIIe et XVIIIe si�cles (1943-1949, reprinted 1984, Presses du Languedoc; see vol. 3 p. 254). While most of the accounts of those condemned to the gal�res give significant details, this one fails to give his age, and there is no information after his condemnation:
Trouill�, Jean. De la Fragn�e, pr�s de la Martini�re, non loin de Melle (Deux-S�vres), pr�dicant en Poitou. Il �tait �tabli marchand de boeufs en Saintonge et sous ce couvert circulait beaucoup. En 1749, il est qualifi� de chef des r�form�s dans l'�lection de Cognac. A la suite de l'Assembl�e du 1er f�vrier 1751, pr�s de Melle, il est condamn� � vie par l'Intendant de La Rochelle, le 7 mai 1751, fait amende honorable devant la cath�drale de La Rochelle et est fl�tri au fer chaud (cf. Edm. Hugues, Hist. de la Restauration du Protest., II, 467). Un Jean Trouill� �tait d�j� cit� en 1723 comme pr�chant depuis 1712.
Was the Jean Trouill� who settled in Rotterdam in 1754 the same man who was condemned for life to the gal�res at La Rochelle in 1751? Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer this question from the evidence at hand. If the gal�rien is really the same Jean Trouill� who was already active in 1712, he would be much too old to be the man who married at the Hague in 1756. However, it seems more likely that the preacher of 1723 was not the gal�rien. It seems extremely unlikely that it would have been possible to elude the authorities for a quarter of a century. Direct evidence of the true origins of Jean Trouillier of Rotterdam might be discovered by a close reading of the church records there.
A partial answer to one important question, the age of the Jean Trouillier who was condemned at La Rochelle, is found in a transcription on the internet of a paper that appeared in part in "Bulletins et M�moires de la Soci�t� Arch�ologique et Historique de Charente, 1875." The entire manuscript, now at the Archives de Charente, France, has been transcribed for the Histoire Passion web site. Under the title "�tat des personnes d�tenues dans les prisons de La Rochelle pour cause des assembl�es qui se sont tenues en Saintonge", the document gives a summary of the interogatories of 1749 and other related documents as late as 1752. Among others mentioned, we find Marie Surenne, widow of Paul Trouillier, age 70, and her children Suzanne, age 25, and Jeanne, age 37. Their older brother Pierre Trouillier the elder was denounced in 1752, and Jean Trouillier, livestock merchant, was interrogated 07 may 1751, age 50, and condemned to the gal�res. The family was living in the parish of Bonneuil. The widow stated that she had been married in the Catholic church.
The Jean Trouillier condemned at La Rochelle was thus born around 1701, but since his age is given in round numbers, it may well be nothing but an estimate. For that matter, there is some chance that his recorded age at death may also be incorrect. It is now clear that the preacher of 1723 was probably not the gal�rien, but there is as yet no proof that the gal�rien eventually found his way to Rotterdam.
The manuscript that was supposed to have been published in 1875 is also available on the internet in its final, published form, on Google Books. The corrected citation is L. Meschinet de Richmond, 1876, "Les assembl�es des protestants au d�sert dans l'Election de Cognac, apr�s la r�vocation de l'�dit de Nantes, d'apr�s les Archives de la Charente-Inf�rieure," Bulletin de la Soci�t� arch�ologique et historique de la Charente 10:343-380. The volume was a report of the activities of the society "for" 1875, but the publication date was 1876. The published version contains significant details not found on the internet transcript on the Histoire Passion web site. Marie Surenne was the widow of Paul Trouillier, of Ch�marou, parish of Bonneuil, and had a son Paul as well as sons Pierre and Jean. When the authorities were unable to capture Jean Trouillier in 1749, after several attempts, it was suggested that they should take his brother Paul into custody, in order to induce Jean to show himself. Paul was apparently living with his widowed mother and his sister, and managing the cultivation of the family's considerable estate. If Jean's brother Paul were imprisoned for any length of time, the subdelegate of Cognac and the vicar of Bonneuil thought that Jean would eventually need to go to Bonneuil to see to the family business, and so they could ambush him there.
A statement that seems to settle the question is found in a history of the protestant churches of Charente by Georges Fr�d�ric Goguel (Histoire et statistique des �glises r�form�es ou protestantes du d�partement de la Charente, depuis leur origine jusqu'� nos jours, 1836, Cognac: Ded� & P�ronneau). On page 78, we read: "... Jean Trouillier l'a�n�, de la commune de Bonneuil qui, � cette �poque, lisait des pri�res et l'Evangile dans les r�unions, se vit contraint, pour �chapper � une arrestation arbitraire et qui aurait, sans doute, eu les suites les plus f�cheuses pour lui, de quitter sa patrie et d'aller finir ses jours sur une terre �trang�re, apr�s avoir perdu toutes ses propri�t�s. Plus tard, concevant quelque esp�rance de recouvrement de sa fortune et instruit des dispositions de l'Etat � l'�gard des R�form�es, il envoya de Rotterdam, en 1785, une procuration � sa famille. Depuis son s�jour dans cette ville, il avait fait passer aux siens divers ouvrages propres � les �difier, comme on le voit par une de ses lettres, du 23 Mai 1786, � J. Grondin, auquel il parle d'un ballot de livres qu'il lui a exp�di� par un gabarier de Jarnac." Now, Goguel's account was published well before Gaston Tournier's, so it is somewhat surprising that Tournier was not able to provide any information about Trouillier's life after 1751. The records of the city of Rotterdam are vast; if this story is true, there should be some evidence of it in the municipal archives.
[2579] Computed from age at death.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Jean TROUILLIER ____| | (1709 - 1788) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Marie TROUILLIER | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marie LE COURT _____| | | __ | | |__| | |__
_____________________ | __________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Jean TROUILLIER ____| | (1709 - 1788) m 1756| | | _____________________ | | | | |__________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Marie Elizabeth TROUILLIER | | _____________________ | | | _Andr� SALT� _____________| | | (.... - 1726) m 1708 | | | |_____________________ | | |_Marie Anne SALT� ___| (1722 - 1795) m 1756| | _Jean MOURGUE _______+ | | (.... - 1722) m 1679 |_(Eve) Elizabeth MOURGUE _| m 1708 | |_Eve FALLOT _________+ m 1679
_____________________ | __________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Jean TROUILLIER ____| | (1709 - 1788) m 1756| | | _____________________ | | | | |__________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Susanne TROUILLIER | (1759 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _Andr� SALT� _____________| | | (.... - 1726) m 1708 | | | |_____________________ | | |_Marie Anne SALT� ___| (1722 - 1795) m 1756| | _Jean MOURGUE _______+ | | (.... - 1722) m 1679 |_(Eve) Elizabeth MOURGUE _| m 1708 | |_Eve FALLOT _________+ m 1679
[162] Data from Ellen Wilson, attributed to Benjamin F. Uran Jr.
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_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _William Harrison TRUAX _| | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Harry Wendell TRUAX | | _____________________ | | | _Wiley B. POWELL ____| | | (1861 - 1899) m 1886| | | |_____________________ | | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____| (1893 - ....) m 1913 | | _Joseph MCCOY _______+ | | (1838 - 1912) m 1860 |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____| (1864 - 1942) m 1886| |_Mary J. STINSON ____ (1840 - 1912) m 1860
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_William Harrison TRUAX _ | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 _William Don TRUAX ____| | | | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____+ | (1893 - ....) m 1913 _William Allen TRUAX _| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |_Katherine Aline LOVE _| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Johnnie TRUAX | | _________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Nancy GOLIVER _______| | | _________________________ | | |_______________________| | |_________________________
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_____________________ | _William Harrison TRUAX _| | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 | | |_____________________ | _Harry Wendell TRUAX _| | | | | _Wiley B. POWELL ____ | | | (1861 - 1899) m 1886 | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____| | (1893 - ....) m 1913 | | |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____+ | (1864 - 1942) m 1886 | |--Katherine Ann TRUAX | | _____________________ | | | _________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Aleta LOVE __________| | | _____________________ | | |_________________________| | |_____________________
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_____________________ | _William Harrison TRUAX _| | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 | | |_____________________ | _William Don TRUAX ____| | | | | _Wiley B. POWELL ____ | | | (1861 - 1899) m 1886 | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____| | (1893 - ....) m 1913 | | |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____+ | (1864 - 1942) m 1886 | |--Leslie Susan TRUAX | | _____________________ | | | _________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Katherine Aline LOVE _| | | _____________________ | | |_________________________| | |_____________________
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_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _William Harrison TRUAX _| | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Mardelle Marie TRUAX | | _____________________ | | | _Wiley B. POWELL ____| | | (1861 - 1899) m 1886| | | |_____________________ | | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____| (1893 - ....) m 1913 | | _Joseph MCCOY _______+ | | (1838 - 1912) m 1860 |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____| (1864 - 1942) m 1886| |_Mary J. STINSON ____ (1840 - 1912) m 1860
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_____________________ | _William Harrison TRUAX _| | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 | | |_____________________ | _Harry Wendell TRUAX _| | | | | _Wiley B. POWELL ____ | | | (1861 - 1899) m 1886 | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____| | (1893 - ....) m 1913 | | |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____+ | (1864 - 1942) m 1886 | |--Richard Wesley TRUAX | | _____________________ | | | _________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Aleta LOVE __________| | | _____________________ | | |_________________________| | |_____________________
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_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _William Harrison TRUAX _| | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Wanda Lohrea TRUAX | | _____________________ | | | _Wiley B. POWELL ____| | | (1861 - 1899) m 1886| | | |_____________________ | | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____| (1893 - ....) m 1913 | | _Joseph MCCOY _______+ | | (1838 - 1912) m 1860 |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____| (1864 - 1942) m 1886| |_Mary J. STINSON ____ (1840 - 1912) m 1860
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_____________________ | _William Harrison TRUAX _| | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 | | |_____________________ | _William Don TRUAX ____| | | | | _Wiley B. POWELL ____ | | | (1861 - 1899) m 1886 | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____| | (1893 - ....) m 1913 | | |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____+ | (1864 - 1942) m 1886 | |--William Allen TRUAX | | _____________________ | | | _________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Katherine Aline LOVE _| | | _____________________ | | |_________________________| | |_____________________
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_William Harrison TRUAX _ | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 _William Don TRUAX ____| | | | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____+ | (1893 - ....) m 1913 _William Allen TRUAX _| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |_Katherine Aline LOVE _| | | | |_________________________ | | |--William David TRUAX | | _________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Nancy GOLIVER _______| | | _________________________ | | |_______________________| | |_________________________
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_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _William Harrison TRUAX _| | (1889 - 1968) m 1913 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--William Don TRUAX | | _____________________ | | | _Wiley B. POWELL ____| | | (1861 - 1899) m 1886| | | |_____________________ | | |_Allena Belle POWELL ____| (1893 - ....) m 1913 | | _Joseph MCCOY _______+ | | (1838 - 1912) m 1860 |_Louie Ann MCCOY ____| (1864 - 1942) m 1886| |_Mary J. STINSON ____ (1840 - 1912) m 1860
__ | __| | | | |__ | ______ TRUFFEL ______| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Anne TRUFFEL | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | ______ TRUFFEL ______| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Guiges TRUFFEL | (.... - 1676) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | ______ TRUFFEL ______| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Jean TRUFFEL | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | ______ TRUFFEL ______| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Susanne TRUFFEL | (.... - 1678) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
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