Witness in 1605.
_Pierre MAYOR _______+
| (1500 - 1569)
_François MAYOR _____|
| (1522 - 1581) |
| |_____________________
|
_Sulpice MAYOR ______|
| (1557 - 1592) m 1582|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Collarde MESSIEUX __|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Remond MAYOR
| (.... - 1640)
| _____________________
| |
| _Jean AUBERT ________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Anthoine AUBERT ____|
m 1582 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Claude MAYOR _______+
| (1510 - 1556)
_Louis MAYOR ________|
| (1551 - ....) m 1576|
| |_Pernon BELLOSAT ____+
|
_Abel MAYOR _________|
| m 1606 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Anthoine BOVIER ____|
| m 1576 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Remond MAYOR
|
| _____________________
| |
| _Claude RICHARD _____|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Claudine RICHARD ___|
m 1606 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
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|
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| |
| |__
|
_François MAYOR _____|
| |
| | __
| | |
| |__|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Rose MAYOR
|
| __
| |
| __|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_____________________|
|
| __
| |
|__|
|
|__
__
|
_François MAYOR _____|
| |
| |__
|
_Nicolas MAYOR ______|
| m 1584 |
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Salamon MAYOR
|
| __
| |
| _Sebastien CHALLET __|
| | (.... - 1573) |
| | |__
| |
|_Françoise CHALLET __|
m 1584 |
| __
| |
|_Françoise _____ ____|
(.... - 1573) |
|__
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _+
| (1504 - 1582)
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _|
| (1553 - 1584) m 1578 |
| |_Mermette MATHEY ___________+
|
_Jean Jaques MAYOR __|
| (.... - 1657) m 1605|
| | _Pierre MAYOR ______________+
| | | (1512 - 1570)
| |_Marguerite MAYOR __________|
| (1560 - 1617) m 1578 |
| |_Françoise _____ ___________
| (.... - 1570)
|
|--Salomé MAYOR
|
| _François MAYOR ____________+
| | (1522 - 1581)
| _Pierre MAYOR ______________|
| | (1559 - 1609) |
| | |_Collarde MESSIEUX _________
| |
|_Jeanne MAYOR _______|
m 1605 |
| ____________________________
| |
|_Claudaz BARBIE ____________|
|
|____________________________
_Pierre MAYOR ____________+
|
_Jean Pierre MAYOR _________|
| (.... - 1759) |
| |_Jeanne Urbaine REVERDIL _
|
_Gabriel MAYOR ______|
| (.... - 1790) m 1745|
| | __________________________
| | |
| |_Anne Jeanne Barbille GUEX _|
| (.... - 1759) |
| |__________________________
|
|
|--Samuel MAYOR
|
| __________________________
| |
| _Jean Louis BERGER _________|
| | (.... - 1745) |
| | |__________________________
| |
|_Judith BERGER ______|
(1725 - ....) m 1745|
| __________________________
| |
|____________________________|
|
|__________________________
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _+
| (1504 - 1582)
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _|
| (1553 - 1584) m 1578 |
| |_Mermette MATHEY ___________+
|
_Jean Jaques MAYOR __|
| (.... - 1657) m 1605|
| | _Pierre MAYOR ______________+
| | | (1512 - 1570)
| |_Marguerite MAYOR __________|
| (1560 - 1617) m 1578 |
| |_Françoise _____ ___________
| (.... - 1570)
|
|--Samuel MAYOR
|
| _François MAYOR ____________+
| | (1522 - 1581)
| _Pierre MAYOR ______________|
| | (1559 - 1609) |
| | |_Collarde MESSIEUX _________
| |
|_Jeanne MAYOR _______|
m 1605 |
| ____________________________
| |
|_Claudaz BARBIE ____________|
|
|____________________________
Witness at baptism of George Prodolliet, her "half-nephew", in 1623.
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _+
| (1504 - 1582)
_Jaques (dit Mathey) MAYOR _|
| (1544 - 1599) |
| |_Mermette MATHEY ___________+
|
_Estienne MAYOR _____|
| (1575 - 1618) m 1599|
| | _Ansermus (Sermoz) BAUDIN __
| | | (.... - 1550)
| |_Claudaz BAUDIN ____________|
| |
| |_Michère CONSTANTIN ________+
|
|
|--Sara MAYOR
|
| _Bartholomé TRIPOD _________+
| | (.... - 1577)
| _Gabriel TRIPOD ____________|
| | |
| | |____________________________
| |
|_Esther TRIPOD ______|
(1576 - ....) m 1599|
| ____________________________
| |
|____________________________|
|
|____________________________
Apparently the same woman is called Rebeca Mayor at the baptism of her son Jean Salomon Prodolliet 26 sep 1663 at Yens, but the other baptisms of her children say Sara Mayor. Further, she is called Saraz Mayor widow of Jean Pierre Prodolliet (mother of sons Pierre, Jean Salomon, and Etienne) in a "reconnaissance" for property at Yens 20 nov 1676 (cited in the terrier of Yens ACV FH 246, fol. 445 and elsewhere).
She is identified as the daughter of the late Michel Mayor and the wife of Jaques Monod in the terrier ACV Fh 31 fol. 106v, circa 1580. This could be the origin of some of the "Monod alias Mayor" families mentioned in some of the terriers of that period, but this is still far from a complete explanation of the relationships of the Mayor and Monod families of Ballens. Does she belong here, or was she a daughter of the Michel Mayor who was never known as Monod, father of a son Claude Mayor?
_Aymonetus (junior) MAYOR _+
| (.... - 1455)
_Mondet MAYOR _______|
| (1453 - ....) |
| |___________________________
|
_Michel MAYOR _______|
| (1520 - 1561) |
| | ___________________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |___________________________
|
|
|--Sebastienne MAYOR
|
| _Michel LAMBERT ___________
| |
| _Pierre LAMBERT _____|
| | (.... - 1507) |
| | |___________________________
| |
|_Françoise LAMBERT __|
(.... - 1561) |
| ___________________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|___________________________
_Girard MAYOR _______+
| (.... - 1455)
_Stephanodus MAYOR __|
| (.... - 1438) |
| |_____________________
|
_Stephanus (Estivent, Thivent) MAYOR _|
| (.... - 1531) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Stephana MAYOR
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|______________________________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
There are very few clear references to Stephanodus, and it is entirely possible he was also called Stephanus or Stephanetus in some records. The most secure information seems to be that he was joint owner of a house in Aubonne ("in burgo hospitalis") with his brother Aymonetus Mayor senior in 1427, and that he died within a few years of that date, his half of the house then falling to his son Aymonetus Mayor junior (see the notes for Aymonetus Mayor senior for the citations in Fh 119, Fh 4, and Fh 5). In addition, it appears he was the father of a Stephanus Mayor whose daughter Stephana Mayor was the wife of Petrus Cigoen.
For the most part, the relationships stated in the terriers and other sources are relatively consistent with each other. However, there is one statement in P de Mestral I 1507 (fol. 326v, 23 jun 1488, commissaire Guilliermus Berardi, reconnaissance of Petrus Bosson alias Cigoen with his wife Stephana, daughter of the late Stephanus Mayor), namely, that both Stephana and her cousin Mondetus Mayor were grandchildren of Aymonetus Mayor (whether this was Aymonetus senior or junior is not stated), that causes difficulty. The actual relationship seems to be that Aymonetus junior was their great-uncle rather than their grandfather. The passage in question is: "unam posam terre per dictum Johannem de Frigidavilla et Jacobum eius filium Aymoneto Mayor dictorum Stephane et quondam Mondeti avo venditam precio sexaginta solidorum bone monete constante lictera per Petrum (surname of the notary omitted, and we are not certain when this sale was supposed to have happened) recepta et per prefatum dominum in presenti extenta laudata". Perhaps the commissaire did not understand the actual relationship, or perhaps "grandfather" was considered sufficiently precise for the purposes of this reconnaissance.
The relationship of Mondetus and Stephana is of some interest, apart from the identity of their shared grandfather, because in the next generation, Petrus Mayor junior, son of Mondetus, married Johanneta, daughter of Stephana. Mondetus and Stephana were first cousins, and so their children were second cousins, a premissible degree of consanguineity for marriage at that time.
_Vuilliermus MAYOR __
| (1312 - 1337)
_Cristinus MAYOR ____|
| (1345 - 1416) |
| |_____________________
|
_Girard MAYOR _______|
| (.... - 1455) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Stephanodus MAYOR
| (.... - 1438)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
There were at least two, and possible three men who might be called Thivent or Estivent Monod or Mayor at Ballens during the 16th Century. It is often very difficult to distinguish them in the records of that period.
One Thivent Monod was alias Cigoen, at least in a few records, and he had a nephew Pierre. This Thivent or Stephanus is cited at least as early as 1523 (then a minor, represented by Petrus Mayor junior, son of Mondetus Mayor), and apparently as late as about 1555 in various terriers. The name Cigoen, sometimes spelled in very different ways that suggest one of the early terriers was not clearly legible, is associated with the Monod family about 1500. According to several sources, Stephanus was the son of Petrus Cigoen and had apparently married a daughter of Thivent of Stephanus Mayor, son of Aymonet Mayor. The terriers suggest that he must have had children, but the language is vague and sometimes contradictory.
The Monod family of Ballens almost certainly all descend from Aymonet Mayor, whose descendants seem to be those known at first as Mayor alias Monod and later as Monod. A prerequisite for untangling the Monod family would seem to be first to establish the parentages of the two or three men called Thivent. Another prerequisite is to assign realistic dates to as many of the Monod family as possible.
The later Thivent, first cited about 1580 and dead not long before 1622, was the son of Claude son of Pierre, in turn probably son of Estievent son of Aymonet Mayor. His connections are relatively easy to identify because of the fact that his grandfather Pierre had two sons named Claude as well as a grandson Claude, resulting in the existence of two men called Claude Monod the younger.
The Thivent who is cited about 1570 in the terriers in connection with sons or brothers Antoine and Claude, is still extremely obscure. Part of the problem is that most of what is known about him comes to us second hand (in the terrier ACV FH 173, about 1622), in paraphrases derived from a terrier that has not yet been located. One version says that he had two brothers Antoine and Claude, all living in 1570 (this version, oddly, does not name the father of the three brothers). Another version says that he was the father of the two brothers Antoine and Claude who were alive in 1570. In fact, the reconnaissance of 1570 is paraphrased so many ways, it will not be possible to take it seriously until the original version is located.
However, of these two versions, the second comes close to other evidence from the records of the notary Claude Mayor of Ballens (ACV DB 26) whose career spanned the years 1567 to 1618 and whose registers and minutaires provide the most detailed account of the people of the parishes of Bière, Ballens, and Mollens for that period. There were many other notaries working in the same area, but their registers seem to have been lost. Claude Mayor's records show that an Estienne Monod (Estienne and Thivent are the same name, both equivalent to the Latin Stephanus) had died before 15 feb 1568 (DB 26/1 fol. 33), when his unnamed heirs owned property "en Praz soubz Villaz" adjacent to a parcel sold on that date by Pierre Suffry and his wife Légière Besanson (alias of de Froideville at that period). About two years later, 21 jan 1570 (fol. 118v), we find Antoine and Jaques Monod of Ballens, brothers, paying off the marriage settlement of their late brother Claude, whose widow Pernon had now married Bastian de la Pierraz of Reverolle. The same late Claude Monod left a daughter Thievennaz who had married Christophle son of Jaques Genève of Bière, and for whom a donation had been made in her marriage contract by her uncle Jaques Monod (27 nov 1570, fol. 148v). However, the three brothers Antoine, Claude, and Jaques may not be sons of a Thivent Monod at all. A similar set of names, though possibly lacking Jaques, is found in the family of Pierre son of the late Claude Monod in the 1580's. This problem will require more evidence, likely from additional terriers.
One indication that we may be on the right track is a reconnaissance dated 04 apr 1608 (ACV Fg 125, fol. 5), involving property of the Mayor family at Mollens, where an adjacent property is described as formerly belonging to Estienne Monod alias Cigoen and Pierre Monod his nephew. "Formerly", in this case, probably refers to a description in the previous terrier for the same jurisdiction, compiled by François Gross (Fg 52). The description continues with the information that the property belonged at an earlier date to the children of Aymonet Mayor—probably a paraphrase of the next earlier terrier, compiled by Aymonet Pollens (Fj 5, 1496). An even more explicit statement is found in Fg 125, fol. 155, buried in a reconnaissance of 29 dec 1607: one of the properties owned by Thievent Coendoz came from "biens par Estienne Monnod aultrement Cigoen homme censier des jadis prieur et convent dudict Romemostier agissant lors tant à son nom que de Pierre filz de Claude qu'estoit filz de Estienne Mayor de Ballens es mains d'Egrège Claude Bessonis luy vivant notaire de Luyns jadis commissaire... (02 mar 1531), et precedemment par Pierre filz de Mondet Mayor agissant pour lors tant à son nom que dudict Claude Mayor son cousin et de ses aultres condiviseurs es mains dudict Expert Aymonnet Pollens". Aymonnet Pollens was the commissaire or compiler for the terrier Fj 5, 1496.
Can we untangle this passage? The parties are:
The original citation from 1531 that was paraphrased in Fh 125 is found in Fg 52, fol. 170v, a reconnaissance by Stephanus Monod alias Cygoen filius quondam Petri Cygoen, et Petrus Monod eius nepos filius quondam Glaudii Mayor alias Monod dez Ballens absentis, per eiundem Stephanum suo proprio et dicti Petri eius nepotis nominibus facta, dated 04 mar 1531, signed by Franciscus Grossi, but a closer reading reveals that the original reconnaissances were recorded by Claudius Bessonis and then compiled after his death, at the request of Their Excellences of Bern, by François Gros of Bière in 1536.
The citation from 1496 is found in Fj 5, fol. 64, Petrus et Michael dicti Mayor de Ballen filii quondam Anthonii dou Verney, 24 jul 1496.
_Cristinus MAYOR ____+
| (1345 - 1416)
_Girard MAYOR _______|
| (.... - 1455) |
| |_____________________
|
_Stephanodus MAYOR __|
| (.... - 1438) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Stephanus (Estivent, Thivent) MAYOR
| (.... - 1531)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
Witness 1579. Mention of heirs of "Sulpy" Mayor in document of Claude Mayor, notary, 17 oct 1592. A document of 05 apr 1596 has Pierre Mayor son of Pierre Mayor "agissant tant a son nom que des hoyrs de Sulpy Mayor son frere". Another entry, while Sulpy was still alive 26 jan 1591, has Sulpy selling to Pierre son of late the François his brother -- this is more likely the correct parentage, as no Pierre son of Pierre is mentioned elsewhere. A document recorded 02 sep 1581 by the same Claude Mayor involves a settlement with Sulpy Mayor's second husband Claude Bergier of Etoy, and names Sulpy's parents.
In the terrier ACV FH 175, dating from 1622-23, there are several mentions of property that was owned by Sulpy and Pierre Mayor, administered by their uncle Jaques Mayor.
_Jaques MAYOR _______+
| (1482 - 1564)
_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1500 - 1569) |
| |_____________________
|
_François MAYOR _____|
| (1522 - 1581) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Sulpice MAYOR
| (1557 - 1592)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Collarde MESSIEUX __|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Pierre MAYOR _______+
| (1430 - 1507) m 1455
_Jaques MAYOR _______|
| (1482 - 1564) |
| |_Nycolleta SAUDAN ___+
| (.... - 1485) m 1455
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _|
| (1504 - 1582) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Sulpisaz MAYOR
| (1557 - ....)
| _Pierre MATHEY ______
| | (.... - 1496)
| _Jaques MATHEY ______|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Mermette MATHEY ___________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
Surname provided by the baptismal record of Claudine, daughter of Jean Vionnet alias Quiqui at St. Livres (13 nov 1618) with sponsor Claudine Mayor, sister of the mother of the child. Given name provided by the baptism of the next child of Jean Vionnet dit Quiqui (07 oct 1621) identifying the mother as Susanne, but without her surname. We assume the two references do in fact pertain to the same wife!
Identified indirectly from land sale of 02 may 1707, where her husband Daniel Marmet, the undersigned notary, is listed as the brother in law of Jeanne Estienne and Marie Mayor, daughters of Philippe Mayor.
_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 _____
|
|
|--Susanne 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|
|______________________
No dit name on this child.
_Jaques MAYOR _______+
| (1482 - 1564)
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _|
| (1504 - 1582) |
| |_____________________
|
_Claude (dit Mathey) MAYOR _|
| (1553 - 1584) m 1578 |
| | _Jaques MATHEY ______+
| | |
| |_Mermette MATHEY ___________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Susanne MAYOR
|
| _Ottonin MAYOR ______+
| |
| _Pierre MAYOR ______________|
| | (1512 - 1570) |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Marguerite MAYOR __________|
(1560 - 1617) m 1578 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Françoise _____ ___________|
(.... - 1570) |
|_____________________
Appears as a witness at Yens, 1608, and again in 1616. The first of these records specifies that she was the daughter of "Anthoine Mayor chatelain de Yens". However, we have been unable to identify a corresponding baptismal record that would help us with the problem of the two or more men called Antoine Mayor during that period.
_Pierre MAYOR _______+
| (1500 - 1569)
_Jaques MAYOR _______|
| (1537 - 1575) |
| |_____________________
|
_Antoine MAYOR ______|
| (.... - 1616) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Susanne MAYOR
| (1592 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Jaques MAYOR _______+
| (1537 - 1575)
_Pierre MAYOR _______|
| (1557 - ....) m 1582|
| |_____________________
|
_David MAYOR ________|
| m 1638 |
| | _François LAGNEL ____
| | | (.... - 1589)
| |_Pernette LAGNEL ____|
| (1553 - ....) m 1582|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Susanne MAYOR
|
| _____________________
| |
| _Jaques DESAUSSURE __|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Marie DESAUSSURE ___|
m 1638 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
A stray leaf (no date) in the minutaire of Gaspard Mayor, notary, shows that Susanne Mayor is "la plus petite des filles" and notes items she received from the estate. The next girl mentioned is Louise, but the page ends before the rest are named.
_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 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Susanne MAYOR
|
| _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 |
|_____________________
_Antoine MAYOR _______________+
| (.... - 1616)
_Jean François MAYOR _|
| (.... - 1658) m 1624 |
| |______________________________
|
_Jean Baptiste MAYOR ______|
| (.... - 1705) m 1680 |
| | _Gabriel (dit Riguet?) MONOD _+
| | |
| |_Jaqueline MONOD _____|
| (1606 - 1668) m 1624 |
| |_Jeanne GUION ________________+
|
|
|--Susanne MAYOR
|
| ______________________________
| |
| ______________________|
| | |
| | |______________________________
| |
|_Claudine Danielle REGUEX _|
m 1680 |
| ______________________________
| |
|______________________|
|
|______________________________
_Gédéon MAYOR _______+
| (.... - 1677) m 1641
_Estienne Gabriel MAYOR _|
| m 1682 |
| |_Marthe CLOUX _______+
| (.... - 1677) m 1641
_Benjamin MAYOR _______|
| (.... - 1758) m 1739 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Anne MAYOR _____________|
| m 1682 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Susanne MAYOR
|
| _____________________
| |
| _Marc Louis GRIVEL ______|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jeanne Louise GRIVEL _|
m 1739 |
| _____________________
| |
|_________________________|
|
|_____________________
_Isaac MAYOR ________+
| (1590 - ....) m 1615
_Jaques MAYOR _________|
| (.... - 1671) m 1647 |
| |_Claire BOZON _______
| (1599 - 1646) m 1615
_Jean George MAYOR ____|
| (.... - 1704) |
| | _Benjamin FAVRE _____+
| | | (1600 - ....) m 1626
| |_Susanne FAVRE ________|
| m 1647 |
| |_Jeanne VALIER ______+
| (1610 - ....) m 1626
|
|--Susanne MAYOR
| (.... - 1750)
| _Gamaliel ROBERT ____+
| | (1570 - 1638)
| _Pierre Jaques ROBERT _|
| | (1613 - 1673) m 1638 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jeanne Judith ROBERT _|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_Magdelaine GÉLIEU ____|
(.... - 1673) m 1638 |
|_____________________