_Estienne MAYOR _____+
| (1575 - 1618) m 1599
_Jean MAYOR _________|
| m 1641 |
| |_Esther TRIPOD ______+
| (1576 - ....) m 1599
_Gaspard MAYOR ________|
| (.... - 1694) m 1670 |
| | _Isaac MONOD ________+
| | | (1590 - 1622)
| |_Jeanne MONOD _______|
| m 1641 |
| |_Jaquemaz CONVERS ___+
| (.... - 1623)
|
|--Magdelaine MAYOR
|
| _____________________
| |
| _Gabriel FAVRE ______|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jeanne Imberte FAVRE _|
m 1670 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
He is noted as Curial of Etoy 1725-1727.
_Isaac MAYOR ________+
| (1590 - ....) m 1615
_Jaques MAYOR _______|
| (.... - 1671) m 1647|
| |_Claire BOZON _______
| (1599 - 1646) m 1615
_Benjamin MAYOR _____|
| (.... - 1716) |
| | _Benjamin FAVRE _____+
| | | (1600 - ....) m 1626
| |_Susanne FAVRE ______|
| m 1647 |
| |_Jeanne VALIER ______+
| (1610 - ....) m 1626
|
|--Marc Estienne MAYOR
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Jean MAYOR _________+
| m 1641
_Pierre MAYOR ____________|
| |
| |_Jeanne MONOD _______+
| m 1641
_Jaques Isaac MAYOR _|
| (.... - 1728) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Jeanne Urbaine REVERDIL _|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Marc François MAYOR
|
| _____________________
| |
| __________________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Marguerite PELVET __|
(.... - 1748) |
| _____________________
| |
|__________________________|
|
|_____________________
He may have been the Marc Louis Mayor of Ballens, habitant at Bière, who was "commissaire" in charge of compiling a terrier at the time of his death in 1771, age about 32: "Monsieur Marc Louis Mayor commissaire terrier de Ballens habitant à Bière agé d'environ 32 ans est mort le 26 Juillet 1771 et a été enseveli le 28e dit" (ACV Eb 16/7 p. 59). There does not seem to be another Marc Louis Mayor at this period.
_Pierre MAYOR ____________+
|
_Jean Samuel MAYOR __|
| (.... - 1754) m 1707|
| |_Jeanne Urbaine REVERDIL _
|
_Isaac Henri MAYOR __|
| (1708 - 1768) m 1732|
| | _Jean George MAYOR _______+
| | | (.... - 1704)
| |_Susanne MAYOR ______|
| (.... - 1750) m 1707|
| |_Jeanne Judith ROBERT ____+
|
|
|--Marc Louis (Rodolphe?) MAYOR
| (.... - 1771)
| __________________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |__________________________
| |
|_Susanne PIROD ______|
(.... - 1748) m 1732|
| __________________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__________________________
Marriage record at Pampigny calls him "bourgeois de Ballens, Mollens, et Tartignin, demeurant à Vuillerens". It is not clear when the Mayor family (or indeed which Mayor family from Ballens and/or Mollens) acquired citizenship at Tartignin (parish of Bursins).
_Jean Samuel MAYOR __+
| (.... - 1754) m 1707
_Isaac Henri MAYOR __|
| (1708 - 1768) m 1732|
| |_Susanne MAYOR ______+
| (.... - 1750) m 1707
_Marc Louis (Rodolphe?) MAYOR ___________|
| (.... - 1771) m 1766 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Susanne PIROD ______|
| (.... - 1748) m 1732|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Marc Louis Rodolphe MAYOR
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jeanne Julie Elizabeth (Louise) SOUDAN _|
(.... - 1813) m 1766 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
Parentage is problematic. Two records identify her as daughter of late Pierre Mayor (1586), but her brother Anthoine is identified as the son of Jaques (nourry de feu Pierre). It is hard to see how this could simply be an error. The discovery that there may be two Anthoine Mayors living around the end of the 16th Century, one the brother of Marguerite who died in 1595, and the other Châtelain d'Yens at least as late as 1610, suggests a solution. The first Anthoine would be the son of the elder Pierre, and the second would be the Châtelain, son of Jaques.
_Michel MAYOR _______+
| (.... - 1506)
_Ottonin MAYOR ______|
| |
| |_____________________
|
_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1512 - 1570) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Marguerite MAYOR
| (1560 - 1617)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Françoise _____ ____|
(.... - 1570) |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Jaques MAYOR _______+
| (1482 - 1564)
_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1500 - 1569) |
| |_____________________
|
_François MAYOR _____|
| (1522 - 1581) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Marguerite MAYOR
| (.... - 1572)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Collarde MESSIEUX __|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
One of the sponsors at her baptism was her paternal uncle Jean Marc Rodolphe Mayor.
______________________
|
_Gabriel MAYOR __________|
| (.... - 1803) m 1740 |
| |______________________
|
_Isaac Gabriel MAYOR _____|
| (.... - 1803) |
| | _Jean Pierre CONVERS _+
| | |
| |_Jeanne Susanne CONVERS _|
| (.... - 1803) m 1740 |
| |_Anne DESSEL _________
|
|
|--Marguerite Susanne Charlotte MAYOR
| (1779 - ....)
| ______________________
| |
| _________________________|
| | |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Marie Magdelaine SANCHI _|
|
| ______________________
| |
|_________________________|
|
|______________________
Identified as daughter of Philippe Mayor and sister of Jeanne Estienne Mayor in land sale of 02 may 1707, Daniel Marmet, notary. Daniel, husband of Susanne Mayor, is identified as their brother-in-law.
_Jean Jaques MAYOR ___+
| (.... - 1657) m 1605
_Gédéon MAYOR _______|
| (.... - 1677) m 1641|
| |_Jeanne MAYOR ________+
| m 1605
_Philippe MAYOR _____|
| (1653 - ....) m 1683|
| | _Jean Francois CLOUX _+
| | |
| |_Marthe CLOUX _______|
| (.... - 1677) m 1641|
| |_Judith VALLOTON _____
|
|
|--Marie MAYOR
|
| _Pierre VALIER _______+
| | (1573 - 1636) m 1603
| _Pierre VALIER ______|
| | (1607 - 1656) m 1630|
| | |_Louise JAILLET ______+
| | (1575 - 1645) m 1603
|_Marie VALIER _______|
m 1683 |
| ______________________
| |
|_Françoise TRIPOD ___|
(1609 - 1671) m 1630|
|______________________
_Jaques MAYOR ________+
| (1482 - 1564)
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _|
| (1504 - 1582) |
| |______________________
|
_Jaques (dit Mathey) MAYOR _|
| (1544 - 1599) |
| | _Jaques MATHEY _______+
| | |
| |_Mermette MATHEY ___________|
| |
| |______________________
|
|
|--Marie MAYOR
| (1565 - ....)
| ______________________
| |
| _Ansermus (Sermoz) BAUDIN __|
| | (.... - 1550) |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Claudaz BAUDIN ____________|
|
| _Jaquemod CONSTANTIN _
| |
|_Michère CONSTANTIN ________|
|
|______________________
_Pierre MAYOR _______+
| (1538 - 1564)
_Félix MAYOR ________|
| (1560 - 1624) |
| |_____________________
|
_Isaac MAYOR ________|
| (1590 - ....) m 1615|
| | _Jean HUGUET ________
| | | (1540 - 1597)
| |_Mya HUGUET _________|
| (1560 - ....) |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Marie MAYOR
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Claire BOZON _______|
(1599 - 1646) m 1615|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
The baptismal record, while clear, appears to have been crossed out, and without any notation that would indicate a reason.
_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 _____
|
|
|--Marie MAYOR
|
| ______________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Anne MAYOR _____________|
m 1682 |
| ______________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|______________________
_Jean MAYOR ___________+
| m 1641
_Pierre MAYOR ____________|
| |
| |_Jeanne MONOD _________+
| m 1641
_Jean Samuel MAYOR __|
| (.... - 1754) m 1707|
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_Jeanne Urbaine REVERDIL _|
| |
| |_______________________
|
|
|--Marie Henriette MAYOR
|
| _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
______________________
|
_Gabriel MAYOR __________|
| (.... - 1803) m 1740 |
| |______________________
|
_Isaac Gabriel MAYOR _____|
| (.... - 1803) |
| | _Jean Pierre CONVERS _+
| | |
| |_Jeanne Susanne CONVERS _|
| (.... - 1803) m 1740 |
| |_Anne DESSEL _________
|
|
|--Marie Silvie MAYOR
| (1787 - ....)
| ______________________
| |
| _________________________|
| | |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Marie Magdelaine SANCHI _|
|
| ______________________
| |
|_________________________|
|
|______________________
_Jean MAYOR _________+
| (.... - 1565)
_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1538 - 1564) |
| |_Jaquema CHALLET ____+
|
_Félix MAYOR ________|
| (1560 - 1624) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Mia MAYOR
| (1585 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _Jean HUGUET ________|
| | (1540 - 1597) |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Mya HUGUET _________|
(1560 - ....) |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
Michel is added as a son of Pierre Mayor and Nycollete Saudan in order to explain the joint ownership of property between his grandson the "pupil" François son of Claude Mayor son of Michel, and the grandchildren of Jaques Mayor son of Pierre. In order for François to have a half interest, he would have to descend from a branch separate from that represented by the descendants of Jaques (including, among others, the notary Claude Mayor). In addition, he would have to attach to the common ancestry at approximately this point in the descent from the "original" Antoine Mayor alias de Vernay. François could not descend from Antoine's son Michel, whose descendants already have a reasonably well understood genealogy and a different set of jointly owned properties.
___________________________
|
_Antoine DE VERNAY ALIAS MAYOR _|
| (1400 - 1455) |
| |___________________________
|
_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1430 - 1507) m 1455|
| | _Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _+
| | | (.... - 1455)
| |_Johanneta MAYOR _______________|
| (.... - 1488) |
| |___________________________
|
|
|--Michel MAYOR
|
| _Hudricus (?) SOUDAN ______
| |
| _Aymonetus SAUDAN ______________|
| | |
| | |___________________________
| |
|_Nycolleta SAUDAN ___|
(.... - 1485) m 1455|
| ___________________________
| |
|________________________________|
|
|___________________________
His three sons Antoine, Jean, and Ottonin are mentioned several times in the terriers. The terrier ACV Fg 125 (compiled by Eg. Etienne Mayor, reconnaissance dated 04 oct 1603, fol. 967v ff.) , covering Mollens, reveals that the three brothers were the owners in 1531 of the mill at La Goille (usually called Gollies, Goillie, etc., apparently the same location as Goiles or Goylies, site of a leprosarium between the villages of Mollens and Ballens circa 1257), on stream called Le Veyron. The brothers also had a half interest in property for which the other half belonged to the Claude Mayor who had married Mermette, daughter of Jaques Matthey dit de Ballens. This fact might be taken as an indication that the Mayors of Mollens derive from a brother of Michel, father of the three brothers Antoine, Jean, and Ottonin. We hope to find more information in the earlier terriers for Mollens, particularly the one from about 1530 compiled by Egrège François Gros of Bière, the source of the information about the history of the mill in Fg 125.
A further set of reconnaissances in Fh 137 and Fh 153 concern vines at Aubonne "en Chevrajon" (modern spelling Chivrageon), property that was already divided between the representatives of Michel and his brother Pierre as early as 1506, consistent with the present analysis.
The reconnaissance in Fh 153 (fol. 318), dated 25 feb 1566, is especially important for our purposes. The text describing the parties and the vineyard "en Chevrajon" reads as follows:
(fol. 318v) ...Pierre filz de feuz Jehan Mayor de Ballens agissant en ceste partie tant a son nom proper que aux nomz de Humbert filz de feuz Othonin Mayor et de Gabriel et Jaques filz de feuz Loys Vyoux ses compartissantz... (fol. 319v) des biens dernierement es mains dudict feu Jehan Brasier recognuz par feuz Anthoine filz de feuz Michiel Verney aultrement Mayor de Ballens oncle dudict confessant, par advant aussi recognuz es mains de feuz Nycod Brasier par feu Michiel filz de feu Anthoine Verney aultrement Mayor de Ballens et (fol. 320) par Pierre son frere, par legitime et loyale sucession paternelle, ascavoir environ la quarte part d'une pose de vigne partie de deux poses de vigne sise au territoyre d'Aulbonne au lieu dict en Chez Vrajon, lesquelles deux poses esdicts precedentes extentes estoient recognues par ledict feuz Anthoine Verney aultrement Mayor indivisement avecq Jaques de Verney aultrement Mayor pour ungchascung d'iceux pour la moitié, et est ladicte quarte part jouxte la vigne de Janne fillie de feuz Anthoine Mayor femme de François Gondoz de Eschandens du present fied partie de ceste devers le lac la vigne dudict confessant que fut des hoirs de feu Pierre Challet de Bougiez Sainct Martin meuvante comme il dict de l'hospital d'Aulbonne devers la joux la vigne de Nycollarde fillie de feu George Challet femme de François Robbert aultrement Gaddel de Crosaz soubz Feschier laquelle il tient a tiers fruict Glaude Vigniez aultrement Bugnyon d'Aulbonne devers la bise et la vigne de François filz de feuz Pierre Mayor de Ballens et de ses condiviseurs du present fied partie de ceste devers le vent, pour laquelle quarte part sus limitée et recognue confesse debvoir ledict (fol. 320v) recognoissant aux noms susdictz pour luy et les siens predictz audict Seigneur Baron et es siens que dessus en deduction de dixhuyt deniers genevoys de cense aultresfois pour le toutage desdictz deux poses de vigne dehuz estantz faicte equance avecq François Mayor et Janne fillie de feuz Anthoine Mayor femme de François Gondoz de Eschandens tenantz le reste desdictz deux poses, ascavoir deux deniers et la quarte part d'ung aultre denier genevois de cense annuelle et perpetuelle a une chescune feste Sainct Michiel payable...
Notice that the payment listed here is 1/8 of the original 18 deniers, corresponding to 1/4 of 1/2 of the original 2 poses of vines. Another 1/4 of this 1/2 is assessed in a separate reconnaissance (fol. 704) to Jeanne daughter of Anthoine Mayor. The solution required to generate the total of 18 deniers still due for the original 2 poses is as follows:
Thus, the present reconnaissance appears to be in error in not stating that each of the parties represented by Pierre should pay 2 1/4 deniers annually for this particular property.
_____________________
|
___________________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
_Antoine DE VERNAY ALIAS MAYOR _|
| (1400 - 1455) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |___________________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Michel MAYOR
| (.... - 1506)
| _Stephanodus MAYOR __+
| | (.... - 1438)
| _Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _|
| | (.... - 1455) |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Johanneta MAYOR _______________|
(.... - 1488) |
| _____________________
| |
|___________________________|
|
|_____________________
This is the Michel "Mayor" whose descendants seem to have taken the family name Monod, placed here for lack of a better alternative. Michel seems most likely to be a son of Mondet Mayor son of Aymonet Mayor of Ballens, but it is also possible that he was another son of Aymonet, or else of Mondet's brother Estivent. Because the Monod family was also known as Mayor (as well as other names) until approximately the middle of the 16th Century, it is more difficult than usual to distinguish this Michel from others who might have been known by these names about the same time.
One of the many transactions recorded by the notary Claude Mayor (ACV DB 26) dealing with land owned by the "pupil" Francois Mayor son of the late Claude Mayor of Ballens goes one step further: Claude is said to be the son of the late Michel Mayor. Is this correct? And if so, is Michel the one who was also known as Monod? In the terrier of 1622 (ACV FH 175) there is a "Michel Mayor autrement Monnod" who would be about the same generation, but the only son noted for that Michel is a Jean Mayor alias Monod, who seems to be the one called Jean Monod of Ballens in the records of the notary Claude Mayor. (All of the "Mayor alias Monod" cited in the terriers seem to be known exclusively as Monod in the records of this notary.) After extensive research, we feel we have a sufficient understanding of the several men called Claude Mayor to begin to deal with the identity of one or more men named Michel Mayor (or Mayor alias Monod).
In the terrier ACV FH 31, circa 1580 (see fols. 46v-64), the Lambert family shares a number of properties with a Jehan Monod son of Michel. Reckoning from the descriptions of the properties, the Jehan Monod in question is none other than Jehan Mayor aultrement Monod whose parents were Michel Mayor aultrement Monod and Françoise Lambert. Françoise seemed most likely to be a daughter of the Michel Lambert who made a reconnaissance (Fh 137) in 1507, but see below, where she is said to be the daughter of Pierre Lambert instead.
At the moment, we leave several children who apparently belong to Michel Mayor and his wife Françoise Lambert, while moving the Claude who left the orphan son François circa 1568 as the son of a different Michel whose descendants were never called Monod. The Claude Mayor who was dit Mathey is removed to his own branch, of uncertain parentage (but now attached, at least for the moment, as son of the Jaques Mayor who was also the father of another Claude Mayor, notary). Further, since Jean son of Michel Mayor dit Monod shared many properties with Pierre Monod in the middle of the 16th Century, we first thought to attach Pierre to this same parentage. This idea had to be abandoned, however, when we discovered a "reconnaissance" dated 14 mar 1569 (ACV Fh 155, fol. 197) in which several representatives of the Monod family recognized their obligation for an annual rent in support of the clergy of the Barony of Aubonne. While the details are still rather murky, the total sum of 18 sols was to be shared as follows:
We are guessing, also, that the father of this Michel Mayor alias Monod should be Mondet Mayor, son of Aymonet. Further study of the terriers will be needed before this assignment can be given much weight.
Although a different set of properties is involved, the terrier Fh 31 (about 1580) speaks of some these same parties: Pierre son of the late Claude Monod alias Mayor, and Jean son of the late Michel Monod alias Mayor. Fh 31 also includes several other Monods whose relationships are more difficult to reconcile with other sources: "Anthoine filz de feu Pierre Monod et Claude filz de feu Thivent Monod et ses freres", "Jaques filz de feu Thivent Monod", and Claudaz and Genon, the daughters of the late François Monod. It is certainly possible that these last parties are all descendants of the Estivent Monod who was already deceased by 1568. And Estivent may be the person known as Stephanus Monod alias Cigoen in some of the earlier terriers.
A small sheaf of "reconnaissances" involving the noble de Mont family (IB 296b/896) includes one dated 30 aug 1561, resolving a dispute between: Jehan Vuallisfin (?) bourgeois de Gex and his wife Françoise, daughter of the late Jaques de Mont, and Noble Claude de Mont as administrator for Jehan minor son of the late Perrod de Mont of one part, and Michel son of the late Philibert Lambert in his own name and also for the heirs of Christine daughter of the late Michel Lambert formerly the wife of Estienne Bernard of Martherey, also Anthoine son of the late Humbert Lambert, Françoise daughter of the late Pierre Lambert, formerly the wife of the late Michel Monod and now the wife of Jehan Jaquenod of Estuey (but later in the document he is called Michel Jaquenod), and Pernon, widow of the late Jaques Lambert, for her children Pierre, François, and Claude Lambert. The de Mont family had obtained title to the property from the de Plaict family, and their subjects the Lamberts and the others had inherited their feudal obligations on these properties from the late Soudans family of Ballens, as cited in a previous reconnaissance (Egs. Pierre Cuynssin and Pierre Malliez dated 16 nov 1474, and before that by a reconnaissance in favor of the de Mont family by Pernette daughter of the late Perrod Soudans, wife of Aymonet de Plaict and mother of Jehan de Plaict, 16 jun 1450 (Eg. Pierre Thomasset). There was a further obligation to repay a debt in 1468, guaranteed by the following parties: François son of the late Jaques Mayor, and his brothers and nephews, sons of the late Egrege Claude Mayor (this is the elder notary of that name, not the younger one, his son, whose registers begin in 1567), and François son of the Claude son of the late Michel Mayor, and also Pierre son of the late Nycod Soudans and Pierre his nephew son of Anthoine Soudans of Ballens. The effect of the settlement is to determine the exact amounts that each of the party owes or is entitled to collect.
_Stephanodus MAYOR __+
| (.... - 1438)
_Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _|
| (.... - 1455) |
| |_____________________
|
_Mondet MAYOR _______|
| (1453 - ....) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |___________________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Michel MAYOR
| (1520 - 1561)
| _____________________
| |
| ___________________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|___________________________|
|
|_____________________
He was probably still under the age of majority in 1580 when his father made a reconnaissance on his behalf (ACV Fh 164 fol. 68). By 19 mar 1587, he had definitely reached the age of majority, since he sold a large number of parcels at Ballens on that date (Claude Mayor, notary, ACV DB 26/6 fol. 40). The sales continued until 26 mar 1587, when one of them mentions also his brother Pierre (fol. 48). Many of the parcels adjoined property of the notary Claude Mayor, but otherwise there is nothing that established the parentage of his father Jaques Mayor. Michel also sold his share of an unspecified woodlot at Ballens on 05 may 1588 (fol. 100).
His widow Jaquemaz made a "reconnaissance" for her children François and Zacharie (Fh 171 fol. 218, circa 1606).
_____________________
|
______ MAYOR ________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
_Jaques MAYOR _______|
| (.... - 1580) m 1564|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Michel MAYOR
| (1555 - 1606)
| _Claude DARZIER _____
| | (.... - 1506)
| _Laurent DARZIER ____|
| | (.... - 1564) |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Pernette DARZIER ___|
(.... - 1564) m 1564|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
Witness with Sulpice Mayor 1582, both of Ballens. A long series of sales is noted in 1587 (Claude Mayor, notary), naming Michel's father as the late Jaques Mayor de Ballens, and naming other relatives.
He was a notary.
One document shows his widow Barbille, heir according to the testament of the late Egrège Michel Mayor, selling a vineyard at Lavigny 11 nov 1616, Claude Mayor notary. As no similar documents appear in the minutaire, it is likely the rest of his holdings were disposed of in transactions handled by some other notary. In the document, Michel is listed as bourgeois d'Aubonne. This raises the possibility that the man who died about 1616 was a different person from Michel Mayor of Ballens.
In fact, it appears likely that there were actually two contemporary Michel's, one son of Jaques, the other son of Pierre, who have been confused in some instances. We show the records that seem to pertain to the son of Pierre, but with the understanding that more evidence is needed.
Michel Mayor the notary is also the subject of a document recorded 20 mar 1581 by Jean Jaquier, notary at Moudon (ACV DL 53/3 fol. 116), naming his wife and requesting distribution of property that would have come to his wife in her first marriage to Benoit Favre of Thierrens. This document gives the surname of Barbille and indicates her family lived in Bern. Thus, Michel the notary is the one who married Barbille Kuch and who seems to have been recently dead by the end of 1616.
It is apparently his daughters Jeanne and Françoise who made a "reconnaissance" for the hospital of Aubonne on 04 oct 1618 (ACV Fh 173 fol. 485) for property formerly recognized by Pierre son of the late Jean Mayor of Ballens 27 feb 1565 based on another "reconnaissance" (P. Cuinsin, commissaire) made by Antoine Mayor of Ballens. This is not the property, originally comprising two poses, in the territory of Aubonne "en Chevrajon" (modern spelling Chivrageon) that is also enumerated in the terriers Fh 137 and 153 and taxed for the benefit of the Baron of Aubonne. Rather, it is a different vineyard in the same vicinity that was taxed for the benefit of the hospital of Aubonne. The version in Fh 173 adds some significant history that should eventually help to place some constraints on the dates of the early generations of the Mayor family.
It is apparent from the above that the Benoit Favre of Thierrens who was the first husband of Barbille Kuch was not the same Benoit Favre of Aubonne who was still married to Sara Tripod as late as 1607.
Egrege Michel Mayor is also noted in several places as bourgeois de Lausanne. A volume devoted to the "anciens bourgeois" de Lausanne (AVL D 438), apparently compiled in the late 17th Century, lists Eg. Michel Mayor among those who were received as bourgeois about 1570, the original records and the dates even then having disappeared (fol. 22).
_Michel MAYOR _______+
| (.... - 1506)
_Ottonin MAYOR ______|
| |
| |_____________________
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_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1512 - 1570) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
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| |_____________________
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|--Michel MAYOR
| (.... - 1616)
| _____________________
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| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
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|_Françoise _____ ____|
(.... - 1570) |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
Exactly who were the children of Mondet Mayor alias Monod is still far from clear. We can be completely sure about a son Pierre (called junior in 1496) who is attested many times. Two additional sons Johannes and Franciscus left children, cited in Fg 52, fol. 167 ff (1531). The terrier ACV Fh 155, fol. 197 ff, contains some language suggesting additional possibities that have so far defied explanation. Also, Mondet may have had a brother Estivent (this is stated more or less directly in Fg 125, but could easily be an error). Beyond that, there are some very confusing citations in the terrier Fh 175 (from about 1622) that paraphrase a terrier of 1570 that has not yet been located. This terrier of 1622 quotes apparently the same reconnaissance of 1570 in at least three or four contradictory versions. Whatever it said originally, the paraphrases are so garbled that they cannot be used to clarify relationships; however, one of the versions is somewhat similar to the one reported in 1569 in Fh 155 (fol. 197). The same properties that were described in the missing terrier of 1570 should also be described in Fh 31, a summary of the same jurisdiction compiled about 1580.
The somewhat confusing information concerning the early Claude Mayor may be resolved by a statement in Fg 125 that Pierre Mayor/Monod, nephew of Thivent Cigoen, was a son of Claude son of Estienne Mayor, who was in turn apparently a brother of Mondet Mayor. This Pierre son of Claude may be the same one who is known from the records of the notary Claude Mayor, thus perhaps tying the generations together. For the moment, it seems best to rely on the relatively clear account in Fg 125, and thus attach the early Claude Monod as a son of Estievent Mayor, son of Aymonet Mayor.
For the moment, we also attach the Michel Mayor alias Monod whose son Jean Monod was active at Ballens around 1580. There is evidently some connection with the children of Mondet, but we have not yet found any document where Michel appears in his own name and that might thus help to establish his dates.
Mondetus Mayor is mentioned several times as a neighboring tenant in the terrier Fh 7, in a reconnaissance dated 21 oct 1478 (fol. 119 ff.). Consequently, we can assume that he had reached the age of majority by 1478, and so was born before 1453. It has not been established whether the Mondetus mentioned in Fh 7 might be the same person called Aymonetus in the same terrier. This possibility can be investigated by comparing the descriptions of the properties where these names are mentioned as adjacent tenants.
_Girard MAYOR _______+
| (.... - 1455)
_Stephanodus MAYOR __|
| (.... - 1438) |
| |_____________________
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_Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _|
| (.... - 1455) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
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| |_____________________
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|
|--Mondet MAYOR
| (1453 - ....)
| _____________________
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| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
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|___________________________|
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| _____________________
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|_____________________|
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|_____________________
"Gouverneur de Morges l'an courant", 1587.
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| |__
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_François MAYOR _____|
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| | __
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| |__|
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| |__
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|
|--Nicolas MAYOR
|
| __
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| __|
| | |
| | |__
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|_____________________|
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|__|
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|__
__
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_François MAYOR _____|
| |
| |__
|
_Jean MAYOR _________|
| (.... - 1588) m 1585|
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Nicolas MAYOR
|
| __
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| _____________________|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Marie BAUDAT _______|
m 1585 |
| __
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__
_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 ________+
|
|
|--Nicolas MAYOR
|
| _Claude CUVIT ______________
| |
| _Guillaume CUVIT ___________|
| | (.... - 1605) |
| | |____________________________
| |
|_Michère CUVIT ______|
(1587 - ....) m 1605|
| _François COENDOZ __________
| | (.... - 1585)
|_Claude COENDOZ ____________|
|
|____________________________