Early Records from the Districts of Aubonne and Morges, Canton Vaud, Switzerland

Isaac Gabriel MAYOR       (ID #I16186)

(male)
Father: Gabriel MAYOR (d. bef 1803)
Mother: Jeanne Susanne CONVERS (d. 14 JAN 1803)

Family 1 : Marie Magdelaine SANCHI (dates unknown)
  1.  Marguerite Susanne Charlotte MAYOR (b. 18 DEC 1779)
  2.  Jean Louis MAYOR (dates unknown)
  3.  Marie Silvie MAYOR (b. 07 FEB 1787)

 

Based on the presence of his brother Jean Marc Rodolphe Mayor at the baptism of one of his children in Vevey, he is the Isaac Gabriel Mayor of Vevey, Ballens, and Mollens who married Marie Magdelaine Sanchi in Vevey.

                                                  _________________________
                                                 |                         
                           ______________________|
                          |                      |
                          |                      |_________________________
                          |                                                
 _Gabriel MAYOR __________|
| (.... - 1803) m 1740    |
|                         |                       _________________________
|                         |                      |                         
|                         |______________________|
|                                                |
|                                                |_________________________
|                                                                          
|
|--Isaac Gabriel MAYOR 
|  (.... - 1803)
|                                                 _Christophle CONVERS ____+
|                                                | (1662 - ....) m 1682    
|                          _Jean Pierre CONVERS _|
|                         |                      |
|                         |                      |_Jeanne Françoise JORAN _
|                         |                         m 1682                 
|_Jeanne Susanne CONVERS _|
  (.... - 1803) m 1740    |
                          |                       _________________________
                          |                      |                         
                          |_Anne DESSEL _________|
                                                 |
                                                 |_________________________
                                                                           

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Isaac Henri MAYOR       (ID #I14884)

(male)
Father: Jean Samuel MAYOR (bp. 10 OCT 1682, d. 30 JAN 1754)
Mother: Susanne MAYOR (d. bef 1750)

Family 1 : Susanne PIROD (d. 13 SEP 1748)
  1. +Marc Louis (Rodolphe?) MAYOR (bp. 19 FEB 1741, d. 26 JUL 1771)
  2. +George Rodolph MAYOR (bp. 12 AUG 1742)
  3. +Jean Etienne MAYOR (bp. 12 APR 1744)
  4.  Anne Charlotte Henriette MAYOR (bp. 11 SEP 1746)
Family 2 : Jeanne ROCH (dates unknown)

 

Noted as son of Jean Samuel Mayor, Juge de Ballens, in marriage record. From the date, it appears Isaac Henri must have been born before Isaac Samuel. His father apprenticed him to Isaac Fine, surgeon in Geneva, 14 jun 1724 (Jean François Choisy I, vol. 3, p. 214). Since it is hard to believe he would be apprenticed to a surgeon at age 12, it is tempting to believe that Isaac Henri was born about 1708, even though no record has surfaced. His death record in 1768 says he was about age 58, which conflicts with the birth date of his sister Jeanne Marie (however, her baptismal record was added later and is thus also subject to some uncertainty).

The apprenticeship contract, at least, is clear and precise:

[AEG, Notaire Jean Jacques Choisy (I), vol. 3, p. 214, 14 jun 1724]

Apprentissage, Isaac Henry Mayor passé par Jean Samuel Mayor son père, au Sr. Isaac Fine.

Du quatorzieme Juin mille sept cents vingt quatre apres midy.

Establi en personne honnorable Jean Samuel Mayor de Balan Bailliage d'Aubonne en Suisse, lequel de son bon gré baille et remet pour aprentif, Isaac Henry Mayor son fils icy present et ainsi desirans estre fait, au Sieur Isaac Fine maitre chirurgien bourgeois de cette ville icy present et acceptant, et c'est pour le terme de trois ans entiers et consecutifs à commencer dès ce jourd'huy et qui finiront à pareil jour pendant lequel tems ledit Sieur Fine promet d'instruire ledit aprentif en la craint de Dieu et bonnes moeurs comme il est convenable à un père de famille, et en particulier lui enseigner sadite profession de chirurgien [et les] circonstances et despendances dont il se mesle sans lui en rien cacher ni celer, et en tant toutesfois que ledit aprentif le pourra comprendre, lequel de son costé devra travailler avec assiduité fidelité et vigilance chès ledit Sieur Fine pendant lesdites trois années sans absentir son service, à moins qu'il n'ait congéance legitime, et en outre le present aprentissage a esté fait moiennant le prix et somme de nonante escus blancs monnoie de cette ville de principal, et trois louys d'or sçavoir deux pour les épingles et un louys d'or que ledit Sieur Fine devra donner à la boete de la Maitrise, lesquels trois louys d'or ledit Sieur Fine a receu presentement et reellement à la veue de moidit notaire et tesmoins, de mesme que nonante florins, à conte du prix principal et le surplus d'iceluy ledit Mayor père s'engage d'en paier audit Sieur Fine sçavoir trois cents huitante florins six sols dans un mois prochain, et tout le surplus à moitié terme du presente apprentissage, moiennant quoy ledit Sieur Fine enseignera comme sus est dit audit aprentif sadit profession de chirurgien, et le nourrira couchera et reblanchira pendant tout le susdit tems, le père dudit aprentif demeurant chargé de vestir et entretenir sondit fils, sauf ledit blanchissage, de mesme aussi demeure chargé de l'execution entiere du present acte, ainsi que esté dites devant pour plus grande securité dequoy il s'engage de donner audit Sieur Fine entre ci et un mois une caution resseante et solvable dans cette ville de la fidelité de sondit fils et de l'execution de tous les engagements où il est entré par le present acte, ce que les parties vont promir par semblable demande à chacune (?) et l'observer, à l'obligation de leurs biens presents et à venir, submissions, constitutions, renonciations et autres clausules requises, fait et prononcé audit Geneve dans mon étude present Spectable Gedeon Martine, Sieur Ancien Auditeur et Saulnier de cette ville et Sieur Jacob Gaudy estudiant de cette ville tesmoins requises signés avec les parties.

[signé] H. Gaudy, J. S. Mayor, I. H. Mayor, Choisy, Martine

                                                  _Jean MAYOR ___________+
                                                 |  m 1641               
                       _Pierre MAYOR ____________|
                      |                          |
                      |                          |_Jeanne MONOD _________+
                      |                             m 1641               
 _Jean Samuel MAYOR __|
| (.... - 1754) m 1707|
|                     |                           _______________________
|                     |                          |                       
|                     |_Jeanne Urbaine REVERDIL _|
|                                                |
|                                                |_______________________
|                                                                        
|
|--Isaac Henri MAYOR 
|  (1708 - 1768)
|                                                 _Jaques MAYOR _________+
|                                                | (.... - 1671) m 1647  
|                      _Jean George MAYOR _______|
|                     | (.... - 1704)            |
|                     |                          |_Susanne FAVRE ________+
|                     |                             m 1647               
|_Susanne MAYOR ______|
  (.... - 1750) m 1707|
                      |                           _Pierre Jaques ROBERT _+
                      |                          | (1613 - 1673) m 1638  
                      |_Jeanne Judith ROBERT ____|
                                                 |
                                                 |_Magdelaine GÉLIEU ____
                                                   (.... - 1673) m 1638  

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Isaac Henry MAYOR       (ID #I14895)

(male)
Father: George Rodolph MAYOR (bp. 12 AUG 1742)
Mother: Louise Marianne MONTHOUX (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Hélène Françoise DELAMORTE (dates unknown)

 

[2987] Contract recorded by Gabriel Binet, notary, vol. 19, p. 166. Contract recorded by Gabriel Binet, notary, vol. 19, p. 166.

                                                   _Jean Samuel MAYOR __+
                                                  | (.... - 1754) m 1707
                             _Isaac Henri MAYOR __|
                            | (1708 - 1768) m 1732|
                            |                     |_Susanne MAYOR ______+
                            |                       (.... - 1750) m 1707
 _George Rodolph MAYOR _____|
|  m 1772                   |
|                           |                      _____________________
|                           |                     |                     
|                           |_Susanne PIROD ______|
|                             (.... - 1748) m 1732|
|                                                 |_____________________
|                                                                       
|
|--Isaac Henry MAYOR 
|  (1774 - ....)
|                                                  _____________________
|                                                 |                     
|                            _____________________|
|                           |                     |
|                           |                     |_____________________
|                           |                                           
|_Louise Marianne MONTHOUX _|
   m 1772                   |
                            |                      _____________________
                            |                     |                     
                            |_____________________|
                                                  |
                                                  |_____________________
                                                                        

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Isaac Imbert MAYOR       (ID #I9345)

(male)
Father: Gédéon MAYOR (b. abt 1638, d. SEP 1704)
Mother: Jeanne PIDOUX (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Magdelaine MUNIER (dates unknown)

 

                                              _Antoine MAYOR _______________+
                                             | (.... - 1616)                
                       _Jean François MAYOR _|
                      | (.... - 1658) m 1624 |
                      |                      |______________________________
                      |                                                     
 _Gédéon MAYOR _______|
| (1638 - 1704) m 1670|
|                     |                       _Gabriel (dit Riguet?) MONOD _+
|                     |                      |                              
|                     |_Jaqueline MONOD _____|
|                       (1606 - 1668) m 1624 |
|                                            |_Jeanne GUION ________________+
|                                                                           
|
|--Isaac Imbert MAYOR 
|  
|                                             ______________________________
|                                            |                              
|                      _Jaques PIDOUX _______|
|                     |                      |
|                     |                      |______________________________
|                     |                                                     
|_Jeanne PIDOUX ______|
   m 1670             |
                      |                       ______________________________
                      |                      |                              
                      |______________________|
                                             |
                                             |______________________________
                                                                            

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Isaac Samuel MAYOR       (ID #I14369)

(male)
Father: Jean Samuel MAYOR (bp. 10 OCT 1682, d. 30 JAN 1754)
Mother: Susanne MAYOR (d. bef 1750)

 

                                                  _Jean MAYOR ___________+
                                                 |  m 1641               
                       _Pierre MAYOR ____________|
                      |                          |
                      |                          |_Jeanne MONOD _________+
                      |                             m 1641               
 _Jean Samuel MAYOR __|
| (.... - 1754) m 1707|
|                     |                           _______________________
|                     |                          |                       
|                     |_Jeanne Urbaine REVERDIL _|
|                                                |
|                                                |_______________________
|                                                                        
|
|--Isaac Samuel MAYOR 
|  (.... - 1804)
|                                                 _Jaques MAYOR _________+
|                                                | (.... - 1671) m 1647  
|                      _Jean George MAYOR _______|
|                     | (.... - 1704)            |
|                     |                          |_Susanne FAVRE ________+
|                     |                             m 1647               
|_Susanne MAYOR ______|
  (.... - 1750) m 1707|
                      |                           _Pierre Jaques ROBERT _+
                      |                          | (1613 - 1673) m 1638  
                      |_Jeanne Judith ROBERT ____|
                                                 |
                                                 |_Magdelaine GÉLIEU ____
                                                   (.... - 1673) m 1638  

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Isaac Samuel MAYOR       (ID #I14901)

(male)
Family 1 : Rose Susanne NIVET (b. 30 DEC 1742)
  1.  Jean Samuel MAYOR (b. 1 NOV 1774, d. 10 SEP 1836)
  2.  Jeanne Louise MAYOR (dates unknown)

 

In addition to confirmed children, there is a marriage at Lausanne, Jeanne Susanne daughter of Isac Mayor of Echallens, to Pierre Antoine Louis son of Jean Pierre Chapuis of Epalinges, 31 dec 1784. This appears to be a different Isaac Mayor. Our Isaac Samuel appears as a catechumen at Bière 12 apr 1732, along with Pierre François Felix Mayor, not yet identified. It is very likely that some record will be found of his estate.

[2596] Bière church records note age at death as "about 90". Bière church records note age at death as "about 90".

[2988] As of the 1765 census of French refugees at Lausanne, she is still living with her parents (age 22). Married at the chu As of the 1765 census of French refugees at Lausanne, she is still living with her parents (age 22). Married at the church of St. Laurent in Lausanne by the minister of Prilly, by a brevet of the Supreme Consistory.

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Jacobus MAYOR       (ID #I14979)

(male)
Father: Pierre MAYOR (b. aft 1473, d. aft 1531, BEF 1536?)
Mother: _____ NOBLET (dates unknown)

 

He made a reconnaissance as "Jacobus Monod alias Noblet sutor filius Petri Mayor a patria absentis des Ballens nunc habitator et burgensis Albone", 04 mar 1531, for various properties subject to the priory of Romainmôtier (Fg 52, fol. 173v). However, by the time the reconnaissance was copied into the final terrier, likely about 1536, the title that was added above the text is somewhat different, "Confessio Jacobi Monod alias Noblet sutoris dez Ballens habitatoris Albone filii quondam Petri Mayor" (and not indicating he was or had ever been out of the country), implying, it seems, that his father Petrus Mayor had been away from the area in 1531, but had since died. Nothing further had been learned about Jacobus, and we found no indication that he left any descendants.

                                             _Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _+
                                            | (.... - 1455)             
                       _Mondet MAYOR _______|
                      | (1453 - ....)       |
                      |                     |___________________________
                      |                                                 
 _Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1473 - ....)       |
|                     |                      ___________________________
|                     |                     |                           
|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
|                                           |___________________________
|                                                                       
|
|--Jacobus MAYOR 
|  (1506 - ....)
|                                            ___________________________
|                                           |                           
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |___________________________
|                     |                                                 
|______ NOBLET _______|
                      |
                      |                      ___________________________
                      |                     |                           
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |___________________________
                                                                        

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Jaqueline MAYOR       (ID #I13673)

(female)
Family 1 : Pierre MAYOR (bp. 2 JUN 1644)

 

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Jaqueline MAYOR       (ID #I12939)

(female)
Family 1 : Abraham PERRET (dates unknown)

 

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Jaqueline MAYOR       (ID #I1696)

(female)
Father: Abel MAYOR (bp. 24 JAN 1580)
Mother: Claudine RICHARD (dates unknown)

 

                                             _Claude MAYOR _______+
                                            | (1510 - 1556)       
                       _Louis MAYOR ________|
                      | (1551 - ....) m 1576|
                      |                     |_Pernon BELLOSAT ____+
                      |                                           
 _Abel MAYOR _________|
|  m 1606             |
|                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_Anthoine BOVIER ____|
|                        m 1576             |
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Jaqueline MAYOR 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Claude RICHARD _____|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Claudine RICHARD ___|
   m 1606             |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jaqueline MAYOR       (ID #I1743)

(female)
Father: David MAYOR (b. bef 1600, d. bef 1651)
Mother: George CONVERS (b. bef 1606)

 

                                                     _Pierre MAYOR _______+
                                                    | (1538 - 1564)       
                       _Félix MAYOR ________________|
                      | (1560 - 1624)               |
                      |                             |_____________________
                      |                                                   
 _David MAYOR ________|
| (1600 - 1651) m 1625|
|                     |                              _Jean HUGUET ________
|                     |                             | (1540 - 1597)       
|                     |_Mya HUGUET _________________|
|                       (1560 - ....)               |
|                                                   |_____________________
|                                                                         
|
|--Jaqueline MAYOR 
|  
|                                                    _Jaques CONVERS _____+
|                                                   | (.... - 1622)       
|                      _Isaac (dit Berten) CONVERS _|
|                     | (1573 - 1622)               |
|                     |                             |_____________________
|                     |                                                   
|_George CONVERS _____|
  (1606 - ....) m 1625|
                      |                              _____________________
                      |                             |                     
                      |_Thibaude RICHARD ___________|
                        (.... - 1616)               |
                                                    |_____________________
                                                                          

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Jaqueline MAYOR       (ID #I2418)

(female)
Father: Gédéon MAYOR (bp. 19 FEB 1615, d. bef 1677)
Mother: Marthe CLOUX (bp. 9 DEC 1621, d. aft 1677)

Family 1 : Jean Louis CUVIT (d. bef 1701)
  1.  Elizabeth CUVIT (dates unknown)
  2.  Anne CUVIT (bp. 31 AUG 1674)
  3.  Etienne CUVIT (bp. 25 FEB 1676)
  4.  Susanne CUVIT (bp. 17 FEB 1678)
  5.  Pierre Isaac CUVIT (bp. 4 JAN 1680)
  6.  Marie Susanne CUVIT (bp. 2 MAR 1682)
  7.  Jean Pierre CUVIT (bp. 22 APR 1683)
  8. +Marc Frédérich CUVIT (bp. 9 JAN 1686)

 

                                              _Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _+
                                             | (1553 - 1584) m 1578       
                       _Jean Jaques MAYOR ___|
                      | (.... - 1657) m 1605 |
                      |                      |_Marguerite MAYOR __________+
                      |                        (1560 - 1617) m 1578       
 _Gédéon MAYOR _______|
| (.... - 1677) m 1641|
|                     |                       _Pierre MAYOR ______________+
|                     |                      | (1559 - 1609)              
|                     |_Jeanne MAYOR ________|
|                        m 1605              |
|                                            |_Claudaz BARBIE ____________
|                                                                         
|
|--Jaqueline MAYOR 
|  
|                                             ______ CLOUX _______________
|                                            |                            
|                      _Jean Francois CLOUX _|
|                     |                      |
|                     |                      |____________________________
|                     |                                                   
|_Marthe CLOUX _______|
  (.... - 1677) m 1641|
                      |                       ____________________________
                      |                      |                            
                      |_Judith VALLOTON _____|
                                             |
                                             |____________________________
                                                                          

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Jaqueline MAYOR       (ID #I10968)

(female)
Father: Félix MAYOR (bp. 7 MAY 1646, d. bef 1678)
Mother: Marie VALIER (bp. 26 JAN 1647)

 

                                                      _Estienne MAYOR _____+
                                                     | (1575 - 1618) m 1599
                       _George MAYOR ________________|
                      |  m 1633                      |
                      |                              |_Esther TRIPOD ______+
                      |                                (1576 - ....) m 1599
 _Félix MAYOR ________|
| (.... - 1678) m 1667|
|                     |                               _Gabriel CAILLAT ____
|                     |                              |                     
|                     |_Judith (Jaqueline?) CAILLAT _|
|                       (1615 - ....) m 1633         |
|                                                    |_____________________
|                                                                          
|
|--Jaqueline MAYOR 
|  (.... - 1683)
|                                                     _Pierre VALIER ______+
|                                                    | (1573 - 1636) m 1603
|                      _Pierre VALIER _______________|
|                     | (1607 - 1656) m 1630         |
|                     |                              |_Louise JAILLET _____+
|                     |                                (1575 - 1645) m 1603
|_Marie VALIER _______|
   m 1667             |
                      |                               _____________________
                      |                              |                     
                      |_Françoise TRIPOD ____________|
                        (1609 - 1671) m 1630         |
                                                     |_____________________
                                                                           

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Jaqueline MAYOR       (ID #I12148)

(female)
Father: Estienne Gabriel MAYOR (dates unknown)
Mother: Anne MAYOR (dates unknown)

 

                                                 _Jean Jaques MAYOR ___+
                                                | (.... - 1657) m 1605 
                           _Gédéon MAYOR _______|
                          | (.... - 1677) m 1641|
                          |                     |_Jeanne MAYOR ________+
                          |                        m 1605              
 _Estienne Gabriel MAYOR _|
|  m 1682                 |
|                         |                      _Jean Francois CLOUX _+
|                         |                     |                      
|                         |_Marthe CLOUX _______|
|                           (.... - 1677) m 1641|
|                                               |_Judith VALLOTON _____
|                                                                      
|
|--Jaqueline MAYOR 
|  
|                                                ______________________
|                                               |                      
|                          _____________________|
|                         |                     |
|                         |                     |______________________
|                         |                                            
|_Anne MAYOR _____________|
   m 1682                 |
                          |                      ______________________
                          |                     |                      
                          |_____________________|
                                                |
                                                |______________________
                                                                       

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Jaquemaz MAYOR       (ID #I114)

(female)
Father: François MAYOR (b. bef 1558, d. abt 1583)

Family 1 : Gabriel DELAPORTE (dates unknown)

 

[53] Identified as daughter of Francois son of Claude, proving that this Francois had offspring. Identified as daughter of Francois son of Claude, proving that this Francois had offspring.

[2885] So identified 17 feb 1601 in document of Claude Mayor notary involving this couple and Pierre son of late Francois Mayor So identified 17 feb 1601 in document of Claude Mayor notary involving this couple and Pierre son of late Francois Mayor and Pernon sister of Jaquemaz. Husband not named in document of 25 sep 1597.

                                             _Michel MAYOR _______+
                                            |                     
                       _Claude MAYOR _______|
                      | (.... - 1568)       |
                      |                     |_____________________
                      |                                           
 _François MAYOR _____|
| (1558 - 1583)       |
|                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_Hennarde _____ _____|
|                       (.... - 1596)       |
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Jaquemaz MAYOR 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_____________________|
                      |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jaquemaz MAYOR       (ID #I1199)

(female)
Father: Sulpice MAYOR (b. bef 1557, d. 1592)
Mother: Anthoine AUBERT (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Michel MONOD (dates unknown)
  1.  Jaquemine MONOD (bp. JUN 1608)
  2.  Jeanne MONOD (bp. 10 FEB 1611)
  3.  Urbaine MONOD (bp. 11 JUN 1615)
  4.  Louise MONOD (bp. 3 APR 1617)
  5. +Jean Jaques MONOD (bp. 6 OCT 1619)
  6.  Jaquemaz MONOD (bp. 1 FEB 1624)
  7.  Siméon MONOD (bp. 26 FEB 1626)
  8.  Judith MONOD (bp. 16 MAY 1633)

 

                                             _Pierre MAYOR _______+
                                            | (1500 - 1569)       
                       _François MAYOR _____|
                      | (1522 - 1581)       |
                      |                     |_____________________
                      |                                           
 _Sulpice MAYOR ______|
| (1557 - 1592) m 1582|
|                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_Collarde MESSIEUX __|
|                                           |
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Jaquemaz MAYOR 
|  (1590 - ....)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Jean AUBERT ________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Anthoine AUBERT ____|
   m 1582             |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jaquemine MAYOR       (ID #I1115)

(female)
Father: Félix MAYOR (b. bef 1560, d. aft 1624)
Mother: Mya HUGUET (b. aft 1560)

 

Witness 1608 etc.

                                             _Jean MAYOR _________+
                                            | (.... - 1565)       
                       _Pierre MAYOR _______|
                      | (1538 - 1564)       |
                      |                     |_Jaquema CHALLET ____+
                      |                                           
 _Félix MAYOR ________|
| (1560 - 1624)       |
|                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Jaquemine MAYOR 
|  (1589 - ....)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Jean HUGUET ________|
|                     | (1540 - 1597)       |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Mya HUGUET _________|
  (1560 - ....)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jaques MAYOR       (ID #I7125)

(male)
Family 1 : Jeanne AMBLET (dates unknown)

 

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Jaques MAYOR       (ID #I14265)

(male)
Father: Pierre MAYOR (b. bef 1430, d. bef 1507)
Mother: Nycolleta SAUDAN (d. bef 1485?)

Family 1 :
  1. +Claude MAYOR (b. bef 1510, d. 1556)
  2.  François MAYOR (dates unknown)
  3. +Pierre MAYOR (b. bef 1500, d. bef 1569)
  4. +Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR (b. bef 1504, d. bef 1582)

 

He is apparently the Jacobus Mayor or Jacobus de Vernay alias Mayor who acknowledged property in the terrier ACV Fh 137 in 1507, a document that also mentions a brother Humbertus. This reconnaissance is specifically mentioned in the later terrier Fh 175 under the name Jaques Mayor, mentioning another brother Claude. However, there does not seem to be a mention of his brother Humbert in 1570, nor a mention of his brother Claude in 1507. It could be that shares of the estate of Pierre had been exchanged or sold at least twice since Pierre's death, so that Humbert would be a part-owner in 1507 but by 1570 the heirs of Claude had his share. Other records raise the possibility that a generation has been missed, another Jaques Mayor, but those records seem to misquote the terrier Fh 137.

We first thought he was the same Jaques Mayor of Ballens who had married Pernette Darzier, daughter of Laurent, and who made a "reconnaissance" on her behalf on 04 feb 1564 for property formerly recognized in 1506 by her grandfather Claude Darzier. If this is so, then their son Claude Mayor married his first cousin once removed, Pernon Bellosat, daughter of Claudaz Darzier and Pierre Bellosat. This degree of consanguinity was permissible under the rules of Their Excellencies of Bern, and was also permissible before the Reformation. This Claude Mayor died about 1566 (shortly before his son Claude began his own notarial registers, ACV DB 26), leaving Pernon Bellosat his widow and three sons who had reached the age of majority by 1570 (they made a "reconnaissance" of property in 1570, cited in the terrier of 1622, Fh 175—the terrier of 1570 is apparently lost) . In other words, the elder Claude should have been born about 1520 or perhaps even a little earlier, and it is thus entirely feasible that Claude's father Jaques would have reached the age of majority in 1507 (thus born no later than 1482). If he were still alive in 1564, he would therefore have been 82 years old, not impossible but not very likely either.

The history of a vineyard at Aubonne "en Chevrajon" (modern spelling Chivrageon), discussed in the notes for the paternal ancestors of Jaques, confirms many relationships and ties apparently all of the Mayor family of Ballens together.

Michel Mayor, son of Jaques and of Pernette Darzier, and François, son of this Michel, inherited other property at Aubonne from the Darzier family. The reconnaissance of François son of Michel son of Jaques is found in the terrier ACV Fh 176bis (fol. 492v, 23 oct 1623), involving a number of parcels that had come from the sisters of Pernette Darzier. Additional mentions of Michel, Jean, and Jeanne children of Jaques and of Pernette Darzier are found in Fh 164, dating from 1580—but this would make Jaques impossibly old, and seems to confirm our suspicion that a generation has been missed. In other words, the Jaques Mayor who was apparently the father of Pierre and Claude, and the later Jaques Mayor who married Pernette Darzier and had a brother Antoine who married Pernette's sister Françoise (Fh 164), were two different men.

But might there have been another Jaques Mayor, a contemporary of the present one? The terriers Fh 31 and Fh 175, taken together, say that in 1570, the guardian of François son of the late Claude Mayor was someone identified as Claude Mayor son of Jaques Mayor of Mollens (the passage is ambiguous, signifying certainly that Claude Mayor was from Mollens, but possibly that his father was from Mollens as well). Since the only Jaques Mayor known at Mollens in that period does not seem to have had a son Claude, it may be that the original Claude Mayor of Mollens, called Mayor dit Mathey because he married Mermette Mathey of Mollens, was the guardian in question, and thus also the son of a very early Jaques Mayor. Either the present Jaques Mayor had two sons named Claude (not an uncommon situation at this period), or else there was another Jaques who still needs to be separated from the present one.

But how was Claude Mayor of Mollens related to his ward, François? Guardians and their wards are normally found to be related fairly closely, either by blood or by marriage, but not so closely that there would be a conflict of interest. This François appears to be the son of Claude Mayor "dit Graton" and his wife Hennarde. While the origin of the dit name has not been discovered, Claude Mayor "dit Graton" seems to be the son of Michel Mayor, brother of the present Jaques. If this is correct, that would make guardian and ward first cousins once removed. Michel does not seem to have left any other male heirs, so under this hypothesis Claude Mayor of Mollens would be the closest male relative who could serve as guardian for François. The other son of the late Jaques, Pierre, had already died by about 1569, and his sons would be second cousins of François, and in addition, they may have owned property jointly with François. In other words, and in spite of the apparent evidence for another brother Claude (the notary, deceased by about 1566) son of Jaques, the evidence seems to support the existence of two sons of Jaques Mayor named Claude, one the notary, the other the one who settled at Mollens.

                                                        ___________________________
                                                       |                           
                       _Antoine DE VERNAY ALIAS MAYOR _|
                      | (1400 - 1455)                  |
                      |                                |___________________________
                      |                                                            
 _Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1430 - 1507) m 1455|
|                     |                                 _Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _+
|                     |                                | (.... - 1455)             
|                     |_Johanneta MAYOR _______________|
|                       (.... - 1488)                  |
|                                                      |___________________________
|                                                                                  
|
|--Jaques MAYOR 
|  (1482 - 1564)
|                                                       _Hudricus (?) SOUDAN ______
|                                                      |                           
|                      _Aymonetus SAUDAN ______________|
|                     |                                |
|                     |                                |___________________________
|                     |                                                            
|_Nycolleta SAUDAN ___|
  (.... - 1485) m 1455|
                      |                                 ___________________________
                      |                                |                           
                      |________________________________|
                                                       |
                                                       |___________________________
                                                                                   

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Jaques MAYOR       (ID #I65)

(male)
Father: Pierre MAYOR (b. bef 1500, d. bef 1569)

Family 1 :
  1. +Pierre MAYOR (b. bef 1557)
  2. +Antoine MAYOR (bp. bef 1563, d. aft 1616?)
Family 2 : Pernon _____ (dates unknown)

 

Witness 07 jan 1575, also witness specified as son of Pierre 16 mar 1578. Were there one or two Jaques at that time? Parentage not specified in marriage of 1578. Could this be the "late" Jaques Mayor whose son Pierre married in 1582? Appears as early as 1568 as Jaques nourry de Pierre Mayor (Claude Mayor notary), and in 1596 (Claude Mayor notary) there is a Pierre fils de Jaques nourry de Pierre Mayor. In another record, his relationship is "donné", suggesting he is the illigitimate son of the late Pierre. It remains to be determined if there was more than one Jaques Mayor still alive with adult children between 1575 (the first mention of Pierre fils de feu Jaques nourry de feu Pierre Mayor -- this Jaques reported alive as late as November, 1569) and 1600. Jaques dit Mathey was one, son of the late Claude Mayor and Hennarde, and brother of Claude dit Mathey whose wife was Marguerite Mayor, daughter of the late Jaques. There was also a Jaques Mayor who had died before 1580, whose widow was George (Baudin?), aunt of Jaques Baudin whose testament was recorded that year, though he have been the same one who had died before 1575. Humbert Mayor (or Pierre?) had a son Jaques, minister at Oulens and Lignerolles, who is mentioned several times before he makes partition with his brother Felix in 1603. No children have been attributed to him, at least not in the parish of Bière.

While several records have Marguerite as daughter of Pierre, several other records name her father as Jaques and her brother as Anthoine. Anthoine appears to be brother of Pierre identified as son of Jaques nourry of Pierre. No record has yet been found to prove that Pierre, Anthoine's brother, is the same Pierre identified as dit Mathey.

The Marguerite Mayor who married Claude Mayor was the daughter of a Pierre Mayor whose widow was Francoise and whose other children were Egrège Anthoine (d. 1595), Egrège Michel, and Pernon. The other Anthoine, son of Jaques, was certainly alive after 1595 and may have been the Chatelain d'Yens as late as 1608. This Anthoine had a brother Michel and apparently Pierre as well. Their father Jaques died before 1585, and may be the Jaques Mayor of Ballens whose widow George was the aunt of Jaques Baudin (testament 1580). This Jaques seems to have been alive as late as 1573.

The elder notary Claude Mayor who died before 1569 was a son of Jaques, who was apparently the son of Pierre. It is not clear from the records examined so far whether this Jaques was still alive circa 1570. The 1622 terrier of Ballens (ACV FH 175) traces all of the property it enumerates back to a previous terrier of 1570, compiled by George Dunant and Pierre Tripod, and none of those citations mention "Jaques nourry de Pierre Mayor". However, the records of the younger notary Claude Mayor, covering the same period, seem to cite only "Jaques nourry de Pierre Mayor", and no other Jaques Mayor who was a son of Pierre. While we have not yet been able to locate the terrier from 1570, a related terrier, Fh 155 (fol. 197), contains a "reconnaissance" for the Monod family that was witnessed 14 mar 1569 by, among others, Jaques nourry de feu Pierre Mayor de Ballens, as well as Jaques Mayor resident of Aubonne, proving that these were two different people.

                                             _Pierre MAYOR _______+
                                            | (1430 - 1507) m 1455
                       _Jaques MAYOR _______|
                      | (1482 - 1564)       |
                      |                     |_Nycolleta SAUDAN ___+
                      |                       (.... - 1485) m 1455
 _Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1500 - 1569)       |
|                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Jaques MAYOR 
|  (1537 - 1575)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_____________________|
                      |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jaques MAYOR       (ID #I14353)

(male)
Father: _____ MAYOR (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Pernette DARZIER (d. aft 1564)
  1. +Michel MAYOR (b. aft 1555?, d. bef 1606)
  2.  Jean MAYOR (d. aft 1580)
  3.  Jeanne MAYOR (d. aft 1580)
  4.  Pierre MAYOR (dates unknown)

 

Bourgeois of Aubonne in 1573 and 1580. He recognized property from his late wife Pernette Darzier on behalf of their children Michel, Jean, and Jeanne 24 dec 1580 (ACV Fh 164 fol. 68, commissaire Antoine Mayor), and also for his brother Antoine Mayor and his wife Françoise Darzier, sister of Pernette. All of the property was from the Darzier family, so nothing further is revealed in this reconnaissance concerning the parentage of this Jaques. The relationship to the Darzier family immediately suggests a connection with the elder notary Claude Mayor, whose wife was Pernette, daughter of Pierre Bellossat and Claudaz Darzier. Claudaz was the aunt of Pernette Darzier. However, the father of the elder notary Claude Mayor is believed to be Jacobo or Jaques Mayor who was already an adult in 1507, evidently from the wrong generation to be also the same Jaques Mayor who married Pernette Darzier. The identity of Antoine, brother of Jaques, is also unclear. He was certainly not the same Antoine Mayor who was the commissaire in 1580, nor was he the Discret Antoine Mayor who first appears as an adult a few years later.

His son Michel sold a large number of properties at Ballens on 19 and 26 mar 1587 (Claude Mayor, notary, ACV DB 26/6 fols. 40-49v). One of these transactions also mentions a son Pierre.

Another reconnaissance for approximately the same parties is found in the terrier Fh 158 (fol. 23v, 24 oct 1573), Jaques Mayor again acting for his children Michel, Jean, and Jeanne, with Blaise de la Pierre acting for his children Jean and Pernette, and with Anthoine Mayor acting for his wife Françoise Darzier. Even earlier (Fh 153, fol. 71, 04 feb 1564), Jaques Mayor recognized property for his wife Pernette, as did Blaise de la Pierre for his wife. Françoise was represented by other relatives, so she had not yet married Antoine Mayor.

                          __
                         |  
                       __|
                      |  |
                      |  |__
                      |     
 ______ MAYOR ________|
|                     |
|                     |   __
|                     |  |  
|                     |__|
|                        |
|                        |__
|                           
|
|--Jaques MAYOR 
|  (.... - 1580)
|                         __
|                        |  
|                      __|
|                     |  |
|                     |  |__
|                     |     
|_____________________|
                      |
                      |   __
                      |  |  
                      |__|
                         |
                         |__
                            

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Jaques MAYOR       (ID #I934)

(male)
Father: Pierre MAYOR (b. bef 1557)
Mother: Pernette LAGNEL (b. aft 1553)

 

Baptism is only a few months later than that of the previous child, but both records are clear and contain the same dit name, Tabourinaire.

                                             _Pierre MAYOR _______+
                                            | (1500 - 1569)       
                       _Jaques MAYOR _______|
                      | (1537 - 1575)       |
                      |                     |_____________________
                      |                                           
 _Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1557 - ....) m 1582|
|                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Jaques MAYOR 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _François LAGNEL ____|
|                     | (.... - 1589)       |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Pernette LAGNEL ____|
  (1553 - ....) m 1582|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jaques MAYOR       (ID #I1294)

(male)
Father: François MAYOR (bp. 24 MAY 1584)
Mother: Michère CUVIT (b. bef 1587)

 

                                                    _Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _+
                                                   | (1504 - 1582)              
                       _Jaques (dit Mathey) MAYOR _|
                      | (1544 - 1599)              |
                      |                            |_Mermette MATHEY ___________+
                      |                                                         
 _François MAYOR _____|
|  m 1605             |
|                     |                             _Ansermus (Sermoz) BAUDIN __
|                     |                            | (.... - 1550)              
|                     |_Claudaz BAUDIN ____________|
|                                                  |
|                                                  |_Michère CONSTANTIN ________+
|                                                                               
|
|--Jaques MAYOR 
|  
|                                                   _Claude CUVIT ______________
|                                                  |                            
|                      _Guillaume CUVIT ___________|
|                     | (.... - 1605)              |
|                     |                            |____________________________
|                     |                                                         
|_Michère CUVIT ______|
  (1587 - ....) m 1605|
                      |                             _François COENDOZ __________
                      |                            | (.... - 1585)              
                      |_Claude COENDOZ ____________|
                                                   |
                                                   |____________________________
                                                                                

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Jaques MAYOR       (ID #I1717)

(male)
Father: Isaac MAYOR (b. bef 1590)
Mother: Claire BOZON (b. bef 1599, d. aft 1646)

Family 1 : Susanne FAVRE (bp. 29 SEP 1626)
  1. +Jean George MAYOR (bp. 11 JUL 1648, d. aft 1704)
  2.  Isaac MAYOR (bp. 2 JUL 1650)
  3.  Estiennaz Dorothée MAYOR (b. bef 1654)
  4. +Benjamin MAYOR (d. bef 1716)

 

Appears at baptism of Isaac Mayor son of Gedeon Mayor and Marthe Cloux in 1646. He appears in the same capacity with his wife at a baptism in Ballens, 02 apr 1671.

                                             _Pierre MAYOR _______+
                                            | (1538 - 1564)       
                       _Félix MAYOR ________|
                      | (1560 - 1624)       |
                      |                     |_____________________
                      |                                           
 _Isaac MAYOR ________|
| (1590 - ....) m 1615|
|                     |                      _Jean HUGUET ________
|                     |                     | (1540 - 1597)       
|                     |_Mya HUGUET _________|
|                       (1560 - ....)       |
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Jaques MAYOR 
|  (.... - 1671)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Claire BOZON _______|
  (1599 - 1646) m 1615|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jaques MAYOR       (ID #I13631)

(male)
Father: Pierre MAYOR (b. bef 1538, d. aft 1564)

 

Unfortunately, the church records of Lignerolles prior to 1647 have not survived. It is very likely that later ministers Jaques and Isaac Mayor at Lignerolles and adjacent parishes (Chavornay, for one) were his sons or grandsons.

His is cited as minister at Lignerolles as early as 1590, and was definitely still the minister there in 1624, when he made a "reconnaissance" for property at Ballens (ACV Fh 175 fol 277v, dated 20 jan 1624). Other reconnaissances discovered so far, all indicating he was then minister at Lignerolles, are in the terriers Fg 125 (07 jan 1605 represented by his brother Félix, and 04 oct 1603), Fg 132 (03 mar 1624 represented by his brother Félix), and Fh 173 (19 jun and 03 aug 1618). Further, the Dictionnaire Historique, Géographique et Statistique du Canton de Vaud (Martignier & de Crousaz, 1867) cites a transaction (p. 552) of 1625 in which Their Excellencies of Bern purchased Jaques Mayor's personal house at Lignerolles for 7000 florins, to be used as the residence of the successive ministers in that parish.

                                             _Michel MAYOR _______+
                                            | (.... - 1506)       
                       _Jean MAYOR _________|
                      | (.... - 1565)       |
                      |                     |_____________________
                      |                                           
 _Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1538 - 1564)       |
|                     |                      _Pierre CHALLET _____+
|                     |                     | (1417 - 1506)       
|                     |_Jaquema CHALLET ____|
|                                           |
|                                           |_Colleta _____ ______
|                                             (.... - 1506)       
|
|--Jaques MAYOR 
|  (.... - 1625)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_____________________|
                      |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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