Early Records from the Districts of Aubonne and Morges, Canton Vaud, Switzerland
Ottonin MAYOR (ID #I14256)
(male)
Father: Michel MAYOR (d. bef 1506)
Family 1
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- +Humbert MAYOR (dates unknown)
- +Pierre MAYOR (b. bef 1512, d. bef 1570)
He may have inherited property held in the distant past by someone called Girard Cigoen or Agoen, or perhaps one of each. Some of the terriers seem confused about these names, but Ottonin's descendants ended up with a shared interest in property from this source, whether by inheritance or as the result of a sale, forfeit, or other transaction. Interestingly, there was also a Thivent Monod dit Cigoen, apparently in the early 16th Century, mentioned in a later terrier of Mollens. The connection with the Cigoen family probably dates from a period when the Monod family was still a part of the Mayor family.
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_Antoine DE VERNAY ALIAS MAYOR _|
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_Michel MAYOR _______|
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| | _Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _+
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Philippe MAYOR (ID #I10967)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: Lieutenant de Mollens
- BIRTH: bef 1653, of Mollens, Vaud, SWZ
Father: Gédéon MAYOR (bp. 19 FEB 1615, d. bef 1677)
Mother: Marthe CLOUX (bp. 9 DEC 1621, d. aft 1677)
Family 1
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Marie VALIER (bp. 26 JAN 1647)
- MARRIAGE: 9 JUL 1683, Mollens, Vaud, Switzerland
- Jaques Louis MAYOR (bp. 28 FEB 1684)
- Benjamin MAYOR (bp. 7 JUN 1685)
- +Jeanne Estienne MAYOR (bp. 16 JUL 1686)
- +Susanne MAYOR (dates unknown)
- Marie MAYOR (dates unknown)
- (son) MAYOR (bp. 21 MAR 1690)
In addition to the named children, there is a baptism for a son 21 mar 1690 at Mollens, where the given name is blank. In spite of evidence for some sort of inheritance from Gabriel Mayor, a document dated 29 dec 1677 has Philippe acting on behalf of his mother Marthe Cloux. In spite of the implication that Philippe had reached the age of majority in 1677, it may be that he was born at little later.
As far as we have been able to determine, there was only one Philippe Mayor in the last half of the 17th Century. He had a brother Estienne Gabriel Mayor, a sister Gabrielle Mayor wife of Jean Michel Morel, and a sister Jeanne Marie who married Jean François Baudin. These relationships, documented in the records of the notaries, help bridge the big gap in the church records.
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _+
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_Jean Jaques MAYOR ___|
| (.... - 1657) m 1605 |
| |_Marguerite MAYOR __________+
| (1560 - 1617) m 1578
_Gédéon MAYOR _______|
| (.... - 1677) m 1641|
| | _Pierre MAYOR ______________+
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| |_Jeanne MAYOR ________|
| m 1605 |
| |_Claudaz BARBIE ____________
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|--Philippe MAYOR
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| _Jean Francois CLOUX _|
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|_Marthe CLOUX _______|
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|_Judith VALLOTON _____|
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Pierre MAYOR (ID #I14266)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: alias de Vernay, "Petrus Mayor senior"
- BIRTH: bef 1430
- DEATH: bef 1507
Father: Antoine DE VERNAY ALIAS MAYOR (b. abt 1400, d. bef 1455)
Mother: Johanneta MAYOR (d. bef 1488)
Family 1
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Nycolleta SAUDAN (d. bef 1485?)
- +Jaques MAYOR (b. bef 1482, d. aft 1564?)
- Humbert MAYOR (dates unknown)
- +Michel MAYOR (dates unknown)
The most significant source for the dates for this Petrus Mayor senior come from ACV Fh 123, fol. 204v, where Petrus Mayor, who appears frequently in this terrier, is revealed to be the one whose wife was Nycolleta Soudan.
There are many men called Pierre Mayor in the terriers that cover Ballens, and many of them are mentioned in the context of an indefinite past. It has been extremely difficult to determine how they should be connected. This one is usually fairly easy to identify because of his association with the de Vernay alias, the designation "senior", the association with his wife Nycolleta Soudan, his brother Michael, and his father Anthonius de Vernay.
One Pierre, already noted as feu Pierre Mayor in 1569, is mentioned in connection with the house of his son François, located next to the house owned by François pupil of the late Claude Mayor (1/2) and by Mory Saudan (3/8) and Pierre Saudan le Jeusne (1/8). This Pierre Mayor must not be the father of Egrège Anthoine, Egrège Michel, Pernon, and Marguerite, as that Pierre dictated his verbal will late in 1570. Unless there is a different Jaques who was the adult son of Pierre circa 1570, we suggest tentatively that "Jaques nourry de Pierre Mayor", mentioned as early as 1569 in the records of the notary Claude Mayor (ACV DB 26), is the illegitimate son of the same Pierre who had the son François. Another reason for this suggestion is the fact that a Jaques Mayor is mentioned frequently in the 1622 terrier of Ballens in citations from a previous terrier of 1570, with his nephews "Sulpy" and Pierre Mayor. Given the apparently ancestry of the uniquely named "Sulpy" (properly Sulpice), it is necessary that this same Pierre had a son Jaques.
However, we have come to believe that the Pierre just described must be brother of the elder notary Egrège Claude Mayor.
The present Pierre is apparently the grandfather of the Pierre just described. He must be old enough to be the grandfather of the elder notary Egrège Claude Mayor, and old enough to be the ancestor of the "François pupil de feu Claude Mayor" who is cited in 1570. In 1496 (Fj 5), because he was aged and infirm (vallitudinarius et senex), his sons Jacobus and Humbertus signed a reconnaissance for him. At that time, his brother Michael was still alive, not described as aged and infirm, but nevertheless his nephew Jacobus signed for him as well.
The terrier Fh 137, dating from 1506-1508, describes holdings of his son Jacobus (=Jaques), and tells us that Pierre had already died by 22 oct 1507 (fol. 436, also another reconnaissance on fol. 448). This reconnaissance mentions that Pierre had previously recognized the same properties (Eg. Jean Vulliet) on behalf of his children Jacobus and Humbertus, his children by his (late) wife Nycollete Saudan. During the process of describing about 20 properties held by Jacobus, additional relationships are revealed. Jacobus had a brother Humbertus Mayor, still living in 1507. Their father Pierre Mayor had married Nycollete, daughter of Aymonet Soudan. Another daughter of Aymonet Soudan, Pernete, had married Mermet Solliard. Mermet and Pernete had a son Nycollet Solliard who was thus first cousin to Jacobus and his brother Humbertus. Jacobus and Humbert were also related in some way to Antoine son of Michel son of Antoine "de Vernay alias Mayor", whose reconnaissance on fol. 421 (28 may 1506) of the same terrier actually refers to "Jacobus de Vernay alias Mayor" and indicates that Michel de Vernay alias Mayor had a brother Pierre, thus providing the link. Unless there is another generation between Antoine de Vernay alias Mayor and the present Pierre Mayor, we can add another generation to the pedigree of the Mayors.
A complication arises when we consider the ancestry of the branch of the Mayor family "dit Mathey" at Mollens. The progenitor was Claude Mayor, already an adult and married to Mermette, daughter of Jaques Mathey dit de Ballens in 1529 (ACV Fg 125, compiled about 1603-1612). At least some of the property that Claude Mayor had recognized in a previous terrier, not yet located, was stated in Fg 125 to have been jointly owned with Antoine, Jean, and Ottonin, sons of Michel Mayor alias du Vernay, who was the brother of the present Pierre. Prior to that, at least part of the same property was recognized in a terrier compiled by "Expert Aymonet Pollens" (Fj 5, circa 1490, not yet studied in detail) , by the same Michel Mayor and his brother the present Pierre. It follows that Claude dit Mathey ought to be a descendant of these brothers as well, but how? He could be another son of Pierre who settled his inheritance with his brothers and relocated at Mollens, but if that were true, how would he end up with a 50% share of property for which the other 50% was held by the sons of Michel? It would be necessary to imagine additional settlements, very plausible individually, but complicated enough that we hesitate to reach a conclusion. The earlier terriers, if they still exist, should help us resolve this proplem. One possibility is that we are missing a generation in the present lineage. Perhaps the present Pierre is not the same Pierre whose brother was Michel, but rather a nephew or uncle of that Michel.
Leaving the problem of Claude Mayor dit Mathey aside, however, the history of a small vineyard containing 2 poses at Aubonne "en Chevrajon" (modern spelling Chivrageon) provides a comprehensive inventory of the Mayor family at Ballens. In the terrier Fh 137 (reconaissances beginning at fols. 421 and 436v), among the many properties enumerated for Jaques son of Pierre son of Antoine de Vernay alias Mayor, and for Antoine and his brothers, sons of Michel son of Antoine de Vernay alias Mayor, we read that this vineyard, originally from the estate of the first Antoine, was held jointly by his sons Michel and Pierre, and then divided in half by his grandsons Antoine son of Michel and Jaques son of Pierre. (The first of these two reconnaissances attributes the feudal tax to Aymonet Mayor, "predecessor" of Antoine son of Michel son of Antoine de Vernay alias Mayor, thus providing evidence for some sort of connection between the Mayor family of Ballens and the Monod family that appears to have descended from Aymonet Mayor.)
The same vineyard is described, though not without several serious errors, in the terrier Fh 153, in three separate reconnaissances dating from 1566. The half of the original 2 poses that had gone to Jaques son of Pierre Mayor was still held jointly by his descendants. The other half had been split, whether formally or not, into four parts, of which three were treated together in a way that obscures the nature of the division. It was only by following the tax that was due that we were able to find the relationships that are implied. An additional implication is that any other children of Pierre seem not to have left descendants, or else such descendants had sold their interest in this vineyard to their siblings or cousins.
The descendants of Jaques son of Pierre who held his half of the vineyard "en Chevrajon" as of 29 apr 1566 (Fh 153, fol. 411v) were:
- Sons of the late Pierre son of Jaques:
- François fils de feu Pierre;
- Jaques fils de feu Pierre;
- Antoine fils de feu Pierre;
- Sons of the late Claude (he was a notary) son of Jaques:
- Claude (soon to become a notary) fils de feu Claude;
- Louis fils de feu Claude;
- François fils de feu Claude;
In addition to these, there is one more branch that seems to belong here, that of François, minor son of the late Claude son of Michel circa 1567. The latter Michel appears to be another son of the present Pierre, because of relationships inferred from other property owned jointly.
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_Antoine DE VERNAY ALIAS MAYOR _|
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|--Pierre MAYOR
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| _Stephanodus MAYOR __+
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| _Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _|
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|_Johanneta MAYOR _______________|
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Pierre MAYOR (ID #I14264)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: "Pierre Mayor junior"
- BIRTH: aft 1473
- DEATH: aft 1531, BEF 1536?
Father: Mondet MAYOR (b. bef 1453, d. aft 1478, BEF 1488)
Family 1
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Johanneta CIGOEN (dates unknown)
Family 2
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_____ NOBLET (dates unknown)
- Jacobus MAYOR (b. bef 1506)
This Petrus Mayor had not yet reached the age of majority (25 at that time) as of 23 jun 1488 (he was therefore born certainly after 1463; however, he is also called impuberis on this date, i.e., under the age of 14, which would place his birth date after 1474), when he was represented by Petrus Cigoen alias Bosson (later noted as his father-in-law, in 1508), who had married Stephana Mayor, the daughter of Stephanus Mayor. Both Stephana and Mondetus (father of Petrus Mayor junior) were grandchildren of (the same) Aymonetus Mayor (ACV P de Mestral I 1507, 326v ff, and Fh 137, 850 ff) and were thus cousins. The reconnaissance of 1588 does not mention any siblings for this Petrus, but that does not necessarily mean that he had none.
The property that he recognized in 1506 (terrier ACV Fh 137) was later held by members of the Monod family. A later terrier, Fh 175, compiled about 1622, cites his "reconnaissance" and also on another page says Claude son of Mondet Mayor executed a reconnaissance at the same time. The reference to Claude might be an error, since Fh 137 only mentions Pierre, not Claude, in this connection. An intermediate terrier from about 1570, not yet located, may help to resolve this problem. On the other hand, there was evidently a Claude who was probably the brother of Pierre, likely the one who was the son of Mondet. This Claude was deceased before 1569 and had left a son Pierre who is well documented.
The same Petrus Mayor, son of Mondetus, is cited as the late paternal uncle of the children of his two brothers Franciscus and Johannes in a reconnaissance dated 04 mar 1531 (Fg 52, fol. 167), which cites a reachept to which he was a party, dated 06 jan 1512, thus placing his death after that date.
So far, there seems to be no evidence that Petrus Mayor junior left any descendants except the son Jacobus.
_Stephanodus MAYOR __+
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_Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _|
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|--Pierre MAYOR
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Pierre MAYOR (ID #I747)
(male)
- BIRTH: bef 1500, of Ballens
- DEATH: bef 1569
Father: Jaques MAYOR (b. bef 1482, d. aft 1564?)
Family 1
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- +François MAYOR (b. bef 1522, d. bef 1581)
- +Jaques MAYOR (b. bef 1537, d. bef 1575)
- Antoine MAYOR (d. aft 1566)
The terriers, for example the section relating to Ballens in the terrier ACV FH 31 from about 1580, indicate that this Pierre was the father of Jaques and the late François, who had left two sons Sulpice and Pierre. This Jaques, with his nephews, held a 1/4 interest in a number of properties, another 1/2 owned by François son of the late Claude Mayor (the one designated as "pupil" above), and the remaining 1/4 held by "Discret" Claude Mayor (the notary whose records have survived 1567-1618, ACV DB 26) and his brothers Louis and François. These proportions would naturally follow if Pierre and Egrège Claude (father of Discret Claude the notary) were brothers, and if their uncle was Claude Mayor, father of the still-living François.
A different shared property, a vineyard at Aubonne "en Chevrajon" (modern spelling Chivrageon), which had been in the family since the end of the 15th Century, provides additional evidence concerning the relatives of Pierre, discussed more fully in the notes for his paternal ancestors.
_Antoine DE VERNAY ALIAS MAYOR _
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_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1430 - 1507) m 1455|
| |_Johanneta MAYOR _______________+
| (.... - 1488)
_Jaques MAYOR _______|
| (1482 - 1564) |
| | _Aymonetus SAUDAN ______________+
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| |_Nycolleta SAUDAN ___|
| (.... - 1485) m 1455|
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|--Pierre MAYOR
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Pierre MAYOR (ID #I115)
(male)
- BIRTH: bef 1512, of Ballens
- DEATH: bef 1570
Father: Ottonin MAYOR (dates unknown)
Family 1
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Françoise _____ (d. aft 1570)
- +Marguerite MAYOR (b. bef 1560, d. bef 1617)
- +Antoine MAYOR (b. bef 1550, d. 1595)
- +Michel MAYOR (d. bef 1616)
- +Pernon MAYOR (b. bef 1558)
This Pierre is apparently not the father of "Jaques norry de feu Pierre Mayor" mentioned as early as 1570 in notarial records. The latter Pierre is listed as deceased as early as May 1570, while the present Pierre died in November, according to the proceedings to establish his verbal will. This Pierre cannot be the son of the late François, either, as that Pierre is known to have been alive as late as 1596. However, this Pierre seems to be the brother of a somewhat mysterious Humbert Mayor, son of Ottonin (see notes on Pierre's son Anthoine). The terriers are clear on this point, so it seems that he was the Pierre who was the father of the notaries Antoine and Michel Mayor.
It must be another Pierre, this one the son of Jean, who was the father of Félix Mayor and his brother the minister Jaques Mayor, according to a number of "reconnaissances" found in the terriers of Aubonne. While there is at least one citation in the church records of a Félix son of Humbert Mayor in the early 17th Century, it now appears that he did not survive. The Félix who left children and who held property jointly with his brother the minister Jaques Mayor was the son of Pierre, son of Jean. See, for example, ACV FH 175 fol. 44 and elsewhere in the same terrier.
On the other hand, we are still wavering, because of the language of the nuncupative testament of the present Pierre. It was presented for probate 23 nov 1570 (Claude Mayor, notary, ACV DB 26/2, fol. 44v) by Egrège Michel Mayor in his own name and for Egrège Antoine Mayor his brother and their sisters Pernon and Marguerite. It also mentions Pierre's widow Françoise. The residual heirs are the said "Anthoine et Michel Mayor ses filz par egales portions", which seems to rule out Pierre as the father of two more sons Félix and Jaques, unless perhaps these two were sons by a previous wife. But that does not seem very logical, either, since Félix and Jaques left at least part of their inheritance—whatever it was—undivided until 1603. The conclusion we derive from the terriers examined so far is that there were two Pierres, one the son of Ottonin, the other the son of Jean.
A division of an obligation, this time derived from holdings originally dedicated for the support of a chapel at Aubonne, recorded in the terrier ACV FH 161, relates the succession of this obligation from Girard Cigoen and/or Agoen, represented 14 apr 1578 by Egrège Antoine and Egrège Michel Mayor (each obligated for 1/4), both sons of the late Pierre, and Humbert (for the other 1/2), son of Ottonin Mayor. The proportions again support the conclusion that Pierre and Humbert were brothers, and that Pierre left only the two sons, Antoine and Michel. How the family (Ottonin, in particular) came to hold property from Cigoen and/or Aigoen is not clear; in fact, the terriers seem perplexed: the name wavers among Cigoen, Tigoen, Aigoen, Agoen, etc., and it is not clear whether this constellation of similar names represents one Girard or two.
In the terrier FH 137 (1506, for the Château d'Aubonne) there seem to be three individuals: Girard, Pierre, and Jean Cigoen. The name in this terrier is clear almost everywhere it occurs. In the terrier FH 161, for the chapels of Aubonne, there are several spellings, apparently derived from a prior terrier compiled by Jean Thomasset, not yet identified.
_Antoine DE VERNAY ALIAS MAYOR _
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_Michel MAYOR _______|
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|--Pierre MAYOR
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Pierre MAYOR (ID #I14261)
(male)
- BIRTH: bef 1538
- DEATH: aft 1564
Father: Jean MAYOR (d. bef 1565)
Mother: Jaquema CHALLET (dates unknown)
Family 1
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- +Félix MAYOR (b. bef 1560, d. aft 1624)
- Jaques MAYOR (d. aft 1625)
He might be the Pierre son of the late Jean Mayor who made a reconnaissance for property subject ot the Chapter of Geneva 15 jun 1563 (AEG Titres et droits Cc 159 fol. 24, this volume apparently a copy of ACV Fh 157, which has not yet been examined). This reconnaissance and its "addition" are informative:
AEG Titres et droits Cc 159, fol. 24:
Recognoissance de Pierre Mayor de Ballens.
L'an mille cinq cens soixante trois et le quinzieme jour du moys de Juing au pourchase instance et solicitation de moy etc. en personne c'est establiet et constitué Pierre filz de feu honneste Jean Mayor de Ballens et de Jaqueme fille de feu Pierre Challet de Bougier Sainct Martin lequel de son bon gré etc. pour luy etc. confesse tenir avoir et possedir en fiefz et emphiteose perpetuelle des prememorés magnifiques et puissants Seigneurs sindiques et conseil de Geneve et des leurs jasdicts des biens dernyerement tant par luy dict confessant que par feu Christofle filz de feu Tivent de Passier soit par feu Aymé[e] mere dudict Christofle es mains de feu Egrege Pierre Cuynsin en son vivant bourgeois d'Aulbonne notaire et des presentes extentes dernyer et devant dernyer commissaire recognueuts et paravant en deux pieces aussi es mains dudict Cuynsin à ung chappitre de Geneve duquel lesdicts Seigneurs ont cause par feu honneste Tivent Challet en terre recogneuts, Assavoir une piece de vigne (margin : Tient Discret Michiel Mayor) contenant environ une pose et demye sise au territoyre d'Aulbonne lieudict en Chivrajon jouxte la terre de Françoys filz de feu Discret Estienne Movillat (margin : tient hoyres de feu Anthoine Mayor) et la Michiere fille de feu Jean Girod devers bise la vigne d'honneste Jean Cuynsin que fut de Aymé Favre du present fiefs devers vent la vy publicque devers lac et plusieurs contors de vigne devers joux avecq ses fonds, en laquelle piece de vigne sus limitée et recogneue le prenommé recognoissant soloit et avoit accoustume prendre et lever la tierce partie de tous les fruicts croisants en ycelles avecq ledict feu Christofle de Passier et ladicte feue Aymé[e] sa mere mais à present des tiltres soubs designés le premier est d'une vendition de la moytié d'icelle piece jasdictz avecq le susdict Aymé[e] faicte audict Pierre Mayor confessant par la predicte Aymé[e] fille de feu Girard Convers d'Apples comme heritiere du susnommé feu Christofle de Passier pour le pris de trente florins petit poys et huict sols monnoye constant instrument par Egrege Bartholomé Tripod notayre et bourgeois d'Aulbonne le vingt et sixieme jour d'aoust l'an mil cinq cens cinquante neufs receu et par lesdicts magnificques Seigneurs deuement loué par la main de Spectable Roset le dixieme jour de novembre l'an mil cinq cens cinquante neufs, le second d'une vendition auxdict confessant faicte par Claude Gonvers d'Apples du reachet et prevalance d'icelle piece jasdicte avecq luydict acheteur pour le prix de six florins par Discret Pierre de la Pierre notaire de Reverola le vingt et deuxieme jour d'avril l'an mille cinq cens sioxante ung, le troysieme d'une vendition faicte par ledict Gonvers de la prevalance d'icelle piece pour le pris de trente ung sols et six [deniers] dict instrument par ledict de la Pierra receu le vingt et sixieme jour de Janvier l'an mil cinq cens soixante, et semblablement pour le quattrieme d'une aultre vendition pour celluy et à qui dessus faicte de la prevalance d'icelle vigne pour le pris de quinse florins instrument par le souvent nommé de la Pierrat notayre receue datte du septieme jour de decembre l'an dernyer escript par lesdicts magnifiques Seigneurs deuement loués par la main de Egrege Gallatin, pour laquelle piece de vigne sus limitée et recogneue confesse ledict recognoissant pour luy et les siens que dessus debvoir esdicts magnifiques et redoubtés Seigneurs sindiques et conseil de Geneve et es leurs predict suyvant la forme de sa precedente recognoissance, assavoir vingt et sept deniers genevoys de cense annuelle et perpetuelle poyables esdicts magnifiques Seigneurs ou à certain leur mesagier deuement depuis ung checung an et perpetuellement sus le penultieme jour de Septembre appellé Sainct Michiel avecq damps, confessant etc. promettant etc. renunceant etc. protestant etc. faict Aulbonne en la maison d'honneste Selme Frisot...
Fol. 54 : Addition à la recognoissance de Pierre Mayor de Ballens.
L'an mil cinq cens soixante quattre et la dixhuictieme jour du moys de mars au pourchase et instance de moy jasdict commissaire etc. c'est constitué en personne Pierre Mayor de Ballens lequel sachant etc. pour luy etc. adjoingnant à sa recognoissance desja si devant faicte et suivant la proteste en icelle contenue, confesse etc. tenir avoir et posseder en fiefs et melioration du fiefs des prelibez magnifiques et puissantz Seigneurs sindiques et conseil de Geneve et des leurs que dessus des biens dernierement es mains de feu Egrege Pierre Cuinsin et (=en) son vivant notayre et bourgeois d'Aulbonne ce (=et) des presentes extentes dernier commissaire par feu Egrege George filz de feu honneste Jaquemet Challet de Trivillin auxdict[s] magnifiques Seigneurs recogneues et paravent aussi es mains dudict Cuinsin à ung chappitre de Geneve duquel lesdicts Seigneurs ont cause par feurent Jaquemet et Tivent Challet recogneues auxdict confessant par tiltre d'une donation testamentayre à luy faict par le susnommé feu honneste Estivent Challet son oncle maternel (this should presumably be taken as a statement that Estievent or Tivent Challet was the "maternal uncle" of the "confessant" Pierre Mayor — his mother was Jaqueme daughter of Pierre Challet, and that would make Jaqueme a sister of Estievent; however, at this period "maternal uncle", consistant, at least, with other records that make Jaquemet and Estievent or Stephanus the sons of Pierre Challet) aper... comme d'icelle donation apert instrument par feu Noble et Egrege Loys Challet notayre de Perruys receu et signé le trezieme jour de decembre l'an mil cinq cens trente huict, assavoir (margin : Tient D[iscret] Michiel Mayor) la tierce partie de tous ledict fruicts croisçants et à debvoir croistre tous les ans sus une piece de vigne qu'estoit aultreffois terre continant environ deux poses laquelle tient et cultive Peronette fille de feu Jean Bolley en son [vivant] residant Aulbonne relaissée de feu Aymé Cochet de Saubra partie avecq une aultre pose ou environ laquelle tient et possede Claude Vignier bourgeois dudict Aulbonne aussi à tierce fruicts d'honn. Nycollarde fille du susnommé feu Egrege George Challet et femme de Discret Françoys Robert de Crousa soubs Feschier sise au vignoble d'Aulbonne lieudict en Cursille jouxte la charriere publicuq de la part de la joux la vigne de magnificque Seigneur Monsieur le Baron d'Aulbonne de la part de la bise la vigne partie de ceste et du present fiefs laquelle tient le susnommé Claude Vignier de la part du lac et la vigne du prenommé recognoissant du fiefs de l'hospital d'Aulbonne devers vent et sus ses fonds, pour laquelle le tierce partie de fruicts soit pour icelle piece de vigne confessante ladict confessant pour luy et les siens jasdictz debvoir esdicts magnificques Seigneurs et a leurdicts successeurs par egance nouvellement faicte par prodhommes à ce desputez avecq la susnommé Nycollarde femme dudict Françoys Robert, assavoir la moytié de deux sols lausannois bons de cense annuelle et perpetuelle poyable ung checung an et perpetuellement esdicts Seigneurs ou à certain messagier et admodiataire que de leur part sera commis et deputé sus ung checung jour penultieme de septembre aultreffois dict Sainct Michiel avecq damps, et l'aultre moytié peoyé et recogneues la prenommée Nycollarde Challet comme en sa recognoissance de declayrée, confessant etc. les lods et vendés avecq le diesme accoustumé, promettant etc. renunceant etc. protestant etc. fait en la mayson de ville tesmoins George Fonjallé ... Montellat et Bernard de la Vy...
"Chivrajon", in the territory of Féchy, is also written Chievrajon, Chyevrajon, etc. Evidence associating the Mayor family of Ballens with a vineyard somewhere within this lieu-dit is found in several sources: Fh 103, fol. 61, in a sale by Petrus filius quondam Johannodi Germagnier de Albona et Roleta dicti Petri uxor filia Francisci Monrichier burgensis Albone, 23 mar 1393, to Johannodus Gavit ? burgensis Albone as prior of the Confratria Sancti Spiritus de Albona, quandam peciam vinee site in territorio de Feschier loco dicto en Chievrajon juxta vineam heredum Jaquerii Reymondi de Albona a lacu, et vineam hospitalis Albone quam colit Johannodus Savariet de Monthero a juria, with a notation indicating that a later reconnaissance involving the property was made by Aymonetus Mayor.
_Antoine DE VERNAY ALIAS MAYOR _
| (1400 - 1455)
_Michel MAYOR _______|
| (.... - 1506) |
| |_Johanneta MAYOR _______________+
| (.... - 1488)
_Jean MAYOR _________|
| (.... - 1565) |
| | ________________________________
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| |_____________________|
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| |________________________________
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|--Pierre MAYOR
| (1538 - 1564)
| _Jaquetus CHALLET ______________
| | (1412 - 1506) m 1437
| _Pierre CHALLET _____|
| | (1417 - 1506) |
| | |_Ysabella LOVAT ________________+
| | m 1437
|_Jaquema CHALLET ____|
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| ________________________________
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|_Colleta _____ ______|
(.... - 1506) |
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Pierre MAYOR (ID #I497)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: (dit Tabourinaire)
- BIRTH: bef 1557, of Ballens
Father: Jaques MAYOR (b. bef 1537, d. bef 1575)
Family 1
:
Pernette LAGNEL (b. aft 1553)
- MARRIAGE: 9 DEC 1582, Ballens, Vaud, Switzerland
- Pernette MAYOR (bp. 16 NOV 1588)
- +David MAYOR (bp. 6 AUG 1598)
- Jaques MAYOR (bp. 5 NOV 1598)
Evidently the son of the late Jaques Mayor (1582), as the other candidate Pierre Mayors would seem to be too elderly. This one seems younger, though this depends on the identity of the "late Jaques". In 1598, the Pierre assumed to be identical is dit Tabourinaire. The scribe at that time spelled the surname Majour, with an unusual J that looks somewhat like a T. A reconnaissance of 1589 (ACV Fg 102 fol. 170) says he is Pierre son of the late Jaques Mayor.
_Jaques MAYOR _______+
| (1482 - 1564)
_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1500 - 1569) |
| |_____________________
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_Jaques MAYOR _______|
| (1537 - 1575) |
| | _____________________
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| |_____________________|
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| |_____________________
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|--Pierre MAYOR
| (1557 - ....)
| _____________________
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| _____________________|
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|_____________________|
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| _____________________
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Pierre MAYOR (ID #I1075)
(male)
- BIRTH: bef 1559, of Ballens
- DEATH: aft 1609
Father: François MAYOR (b. bef 1522, d. bef 1581)
Mother: Collarde MESSIEUX (dates unknown)
Family 1
:
Claudaz BARBIE (dates unknown)
- +Jeanne MAYOR (bp. 29 NOV 1584)
- +Urbaine MAYOR (dates unknown)
This is also the Pierre son of Francois who acquired the vineyard at Nonsering that had been purchased in 1538 by Claudaz Darcier, widow of Pierre Bollosat, then inherited apparently by her daughter who was the wife of the notary Claude Mayor, then ceded from Claude to Pierre. It is possible therefore that Pierre and Claude were brothers. There are other hints in this direction, including association of Claude and Pierre with Louis Mayor.
However, a "recognoissance" made by Louis Mayor, officier de Ballens, 16 jun 1623 (ACV FH 175 fol. 90), shows that Louis was the son of the late Discret Claude Mayor son of Jaques Mayor of Ballens. The same Louis had a brother Claude, adult in 1570 and apparently deceased by 1623 (that Claude Mayor was the notary whose registers have survived, ACV DB 26). The ancestor Jaques is implied to have been the son of an earlier Pierre, and a part of the property mentioned was held jointly with Urbaine Mayor, known to be the daughter of Pierre Mayor from other entries in the same terrier FH 175. Thus, the parentage of the present Pierre may turn out to be in error.
On 01 sep 1609, François Barbyer of Ballens, with authorization from his uncles Paul and Rodz Barbyer of Ballens, made a settlement with Pierre son of the late François Mayor, acting for his wife Claudaz Barbey, regarding their claims on the estate of the late Moyse Barbey (Claude Mayor, notary, DB 26/9 fol. 88).
_Jaques MAYOR _______+
| (1482 - 1564)
_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1500 - 1569) |
| |_____________________
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_François MAYOR _____|
| (1522 - 1581) |
| | _____________________
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| |_____________________|
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| |_____________________
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|--Pierre MAYOR
| (1559 - 1609)
| _____________________
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| _____________________|
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|_Collarde MESSIEUX __|
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| _____________________
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|_____________________|
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|_____________________
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Pierre MAYOR (ID #I1648)
(male)
- BAPTISM: 31 MAR 1616, Ballens, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Gaspard MAYOR (bp. 30 AUG 1584)
Could this be the Pierre identified as Pierre Mayor l'aisné in the 1680's? He would then be in his 60's. Pierre Mayor le jeune at that period was Pierre the Operateur, husband of Jeanne Urbaine Reverdil.
_Claude MAYOR _______+
| (1510 - 1556)
_Louis MAYOR ________|
| (1551 - ....) m 1576|
| |_Pernon BELLOSAT ____+
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_Gaspard MAYOR ______|
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| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Anthoine BOVIER ____|
| m 1576 |
| |_____________________
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|--Pierre MAYOR
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| _____________________
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| _____________________|
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|_____________________|
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Pierre MAYOR (ID #I2009)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: "operateur" (surgeon)
- BAPTISM: 2 JUN 1644, Ballens, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Jean MAYOR (bp. 9 JUN 1615)
Mother: Jeanne MONOD (bp. 18 AUG 1616)
Family 1
:
Jeanne Urbaine REVERDIL (dates unknown)
- Claudine Catherine MAYOR (bp. 7 APR 1668, d. 20 SEP 1688)
- +Estienne Benedict MAYOR (d. aft 1726)
- Jeanne Juliane MAYOR (bp. 18 FEB 1677)
- +Jaques Isaac MAYOR (bp. 2 MAR 1679, d. 12 FEB 1728)
- +Jean Samuel MAYOR (bp. 10 OCT 1682, d. 30 JAN 1754)
- Jeanne Marie MAYOR (bp. 23 FEB 1686)
- +Jean Pierre MAYOR (bp. 8 APR 1688, d. aft 1759?)
Family 2
:
Jaqueline MAYOR (dates unknown)
His descendancy, and his wife's ancestry, are given in our Dutoit database, www.rootsweb.com/~chevaud/dutoit.
_Jaques (dit Mathey) MAYOR ___+
| (1544 - 1599)
_Estienne MAYOR _____|
| (1575 - 1618) m 1599|
| |_Claudaz BAUDIN ______________+
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_Jean MAYOR _________|
| m 1641 |
| | _Gabriel TRIPOD ______________+
| | |
| |_Esther TRIPOD ______|
| (1576 - ....) m 1599|
| |______________________________
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|--Pierre MAYOR
|
| _Thievent MONOD ______________+
| | (.... - 1622)
| _Isaac MONOD ________|
| | (1590 - 1622) |
| | |_Catherine GUIBERT ___________
| |
|_Jeanne MONOD _______|
m 1641 |
| _Abraham CONVERS _____________+
| | (1566 - ....) m 1582
|_Jaquemaz CONVERS ___|
(.... - 1623) |
|_Léonarde ("Henarde") BARBIE _+
m 1582
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Pierre François Félix MAYOR (ID #I16361)
(male)
- BIRTH: abt 1715
- DEATH: bef 1781
Father: Jean Pierre MAYOR (bp. 8 APR 1688, d. aft 1759?)
Mother: Anne Jeanne Barbille GUEX (d. 26 FEB 1759)
Family 1
:
Jeanne Françoise DEVENOGE (dates unknown)
- +Jeanne Françoise Elizabeth Susanne MAYOR (dates unknown)
- +Jeanne Susanne MAYOR (b. abt 1753?)
- Jean Louis MAYOR (dates unknown)
- Françoise MAYOR (dates unknown)
- +Jeanne Louise MAYOR (b. 04 JAN 1762)
As an adult, he is usually called Félix or François Félix,
There was a Pierre François Félix Mayor who was a catechumen in 1732, implying a birth date about 1715. No corresponding baptism has been located, and very little additional information has been discovered. There are a number of small gaps in the church records of Ballens scattered throughout the first half of the 18th Century, perhaps explaining the lack of baptisms and marriages for this family. He had a brother Gabriel Mayor, who appeared at a sponsor at a baptism in 1751. This was evidently the Gabriel whose wife was Judith Berger.
His baptism could conceivavly be the one added later "on the word of the godfather", the councillor Saudan (19 jun 1752), for "Jean Felix" son of Albert Mayor and Gabrielle Fallerand. The baptism was supposed to have taken place "about 1730". However, that Jean Félix Mayor apparently married in 1781. It is possible, of course, that more than one baptism was not recorded in that family.
His full name is given in the baptism of his daughter Jeanne Louise, in 1762, a record that includes the name of his wife as well. Further, after he died, his daughterJeanne Susanne had an illegitimate child, baptised 24 aug 1770 at Bière. The sponsors for the baptism included Judith Berger, wife of Gabriel Mayor. There does not seem to be another Gabriel who could have been the brother of Pierre François Félix, so Judith's appearance at this baptism sems to support the parentage shown here. However, we have not yet identified the baptism of Jeanne Susanne herself! It may be possible to find her as a catechumen.
_Jean MAYOR _________+
| m 1641
_Pierre MAYOR ____________|
| |
| |_Jeanne MONOD _______+
| m 1641
_Jean Pierre MAYOR _________|
| (.... - 1759) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Jeanne Urbaine REVERDIL _|
| |
| |_____________________
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|--Pierre François Félix MAYOR
| (1715 - 1781)
| _____________________
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| __________________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Anne Jeanne Barbille GUEX _|
(.... - 1759) |
| _____________________
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|__________________________|
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|_____________________
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