The Swiss Settlement of Vevay, Indiana: The settlers, their relatives, their associates

Gaston DELESSERT       (ID #I3834)

(male)
Father: Arthur DELESSERT (b. 1811)
Mother: Julia SALADIN (dates unknown)

 

                                                              _Paul Benjamin DELESSERT __+
                                                             | (1738 - 1818) m 1776      
                       _Armand Jean Jacques DELESSERT _______|
                      | (1780 - 1859) m 1810                 |
                      |                                      |_Marie Anne Susanne MASSÉ _+
                      |                                         m 1776                   
 _Arthur DELESSERT ___|
| (1811 - ....) m 1845|
|                     |                                       ___________________________
|                     |                                      |                           
|                     |_Jeanne Maria Elisabeth Renée ARCHER _|
|                        m 1810                              |
|                                                            |___________________________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Gaston DELESSERT 
|  (1846 - ....)
|                                                             ___________________________
|                                                            |                           
|                      _Auguste SALADIN DE LUBIÈRE __________|
|                     |                                      |
|                     |                                      |___________________________
|                     |                                                                  
|_Julia SALADIN ______|
   m 1845             |
                      |                                       ___________________________
                      |                                      |                           
                      |_Mary DE CAZENOVE ____________________|
                                                             |
                                                             |___________________________
                                                                                         

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Gérard Jaques DELESSERT       (ID #I3696)

(male)
Father: Jean Jaques DELESSERT (b. MAY 1643, d. 1715)
Mother: Jeanne Pernette MONOD (bp. 29 JAN 1650)

Family 1 : Jeanne Elizabethy CORDAY (dates unknown)

 

                                                  _Jaques DELESSERT ____________
                                                 | (.... - 1608)                
                          _Abraham DELESSERT ____|
                         | (1576 - 1642)         |
                         |                       |______________________________
                         |                                                      
 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _|
| (1643 - 1715) m 1672   |
|                        |                        ______________________________
|                        |                       |                              
|                        |_Jeanne Marie D'ARNEX _|
|                                                |
|                                                |______________________________
|                                                                               
|
|--Gérard Jaques DELESSERT 
|  (1678 - ....)
|                                                 _Gabriel (dit Riguet?) MONOD _+
|                                                |                              
|                         _Félix MONOD __________|
|                        | (.... - 1682) m 1635  |
|                        |                       |_Jeanne GUION ________________+
|                        |                                                      
|_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _|
   m 1672                |
                         |                        _Antoine DEMONTARJEAU ________
                         |                       |                              
                         |_Anne DEMONTARJEAU ____|
                            m 1635               |
                                                 |_Susanne _____ _______________
                                                                                

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Gustave Jules Alexandre DELESSERT       (ID #I3827)

(male)
Father: Auguste Etienne DELESSERT (b. 06 JUL 1778, d. 28 MAR 1849)
Mother: Hélène Joséphine ROUX (b. 04 MAR 1792)

 

                                                          _Benjamin DELESSERT _______________________+
                                                         | (1690 - 1765) m 1730                      
                              _Paul Benjamin DELESSERT __|
                             | (1738 - 1818) m 1776      |
                             |                           |_Marguerite BRUN __________________________+
                             |                              m 1730                                   
 _Auguste Etienne DELESSERT _|
| (1778 - 1849) m 1814       |
|                            |                            _Pierre MASSÉ _____________________________+
|                            |                           |                                           
|                            |_Marie Anne Susanne MASSÉ _|
|                               m 1776                   |
|                                                        |___________________________________________
|                                                                                                    
|
|--Gustave Jules Alexandre DELESSERT 
|  (1829 - ....)
|                                                         _Jean Daniel ROUX _________________________+
|                                                        |                                           
|                             _Frédéric Scipion ROUX ____|
|                            | (1762 - ....)             |
|                            |                           |_Hélène Marie Catherine Gabrielle MANDROT _+
|                            |                             (.... - 1819)                             
|_Hélène Joséphine ROUX _____|
  (1792 - ....) m 1814       |
                             |                            ___________________________________________
                             |                           |                                           
                             |_Louise Joséphine _____ ___|
                                                         |
                                                         |___________________________________________
                                                                                                     

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Henri DELESSERT       (ID #I3835)

(male)
Father: Arthur DELESSERT (b. 1811)
Mother: Julia SALADIN (dates unknown)

 

                                                              _Paul Benjamin DELESSERT __+
                                                             | (1738 - 1818) m 1776      
                       _Armand Jean Jacques DELESSERT _______|
                      | (1780 - 1859) m 1810                 |
                      |                                      |_Marie Anne Susanne MASSÉ _+
                      |                                         m 1776                   
 _Arthur DELESSERT ___|
| (1811 - ....) m 1845|
|                     |                                       ___________________________
|                     |                                      |                           
|                     |_Jeanne Maria Elisabeth Renée ARCHER _|
|                        m 1810                              |
|                                                            |___________________________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Henri DELESSERT 
|  (1846 - ....)
|                                                             ___________________________
|                                                            |                           
|                      _Auguste SALADIN DE LUBIÈRE __________|
|                     |                                      |
|                     |                                      |___________________________
|                     |                                                                  
|_Julia SALADIN ______|
   m 1845             |
                      |                                       ___________________________
                      |                                      |                           
                      |_Mary DE CAZENOVE ____________________|
                                                             |
                                                             |___________________________
                                                                                         

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Ida DELESSERT       (ID #I3841)

(male)
Father: Armand Jean Jacques DELESSERT (b. 17 FEB 1780, d. 15 AUG 1859)
Mother: Jeanne Maria Elisabeth Renée ARCHER (dates unknown)

 

                                                                    _Benjamin DELESSERT _+
                                                                   | (1690 - 1765) m 1730
                                        _Paul Benjamin DELESSERT __|
                                       | (1738 - 1818) m 1776      |
                                       |                           |_Marguerite BRUN ____+
                                       |                              m 1730             
 _Armand Jean Jacques DELESSERT _______|
| (1780 - 1859) m 1810                 |
|                                      |                            _Pierre MASSÉ _______+
|                                      |                           |                     
|                                      |_Marie Anne Susanne MASSÉ _|
|                                         m 1776                   |
|                                                                  |_____________________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Ida DELESSERT 
|  (1814 - 1832)
|                                                                   _____________________
|                                                                  |                     
|                                       ___________________________|
|                                      |                           |
|                                      |                           |_____________________
|                                      |                                                 
|_Jeanne Maria Elisabeth Renée ARCHER _|
   m 1810                              |
                                       |                            _____________________
                                       |                           |                     
                                       |___________________________|
                                                                   |
                                                                   |_____________________
                                                                                         

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Jaques DELESSERT       (ID #I3535)

(male)
Family 1 :
  1. +Abraham DELESSERT (b. abt 1576, d. 07 DEC 1642)

 

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Jaques François Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT       (ID #I3790)

(male)
Father: Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT (b. 30 APR 1735, d. 18 JUN 1816)
Mother: Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR (b. abt 1747, d. 23 MAR 1816)

 

In his business dealings in New York, he was known as Jean Etienne Delessert or John Stephen Delessert. As a Lieutenant in the 5th Company of the 8th Batallion (Saint-Eustache), he was part of the contingent of Swiss troops who defended the palace of Les Tuileries in Paris on 10 aug 1792. While he managed to escape with his life, he was exiled from France and therefore settled in New York City, where he founded a bank. He died of yellow fever there in 1794, apparently late in the year, judging from the dates cited in connection with his acquisitions of property at Rosendall, Ulster Co, New York.

His business in New York was apparently the successor to a partnership called Goix, Cart, and Leveillard (though the latter was still cited as doing business in Philadelphia as late as 1794). Cart is of course the famous Jean Jaques Cart, or possibly his son Hector. The identity of Leveillard is revealed in the abstract of his will, filed at the Surrogate's office in New York City (Liber 41, p. 530, the abstract published in 1906 by the New York Historical Society):

William Le Veillard, of New York, merchant, and one of the parties constituting the late House of Goix, Cart, and Le Veillard and the present House of J. S. Delessert and Company; I order that all just demands against me or my own separate account on the accounts of my late copartnership Goix, Cart, and Le Veillard, and on the account of my present copartnership of J. S. Delessert and Company, shall be settled and be paid as soon after my decease as possible; to my mother, the residue of my estate, to her heirs forever. I appoint for the said corporation, as well as for the settlement of all my accounts, John Lewis Steinbach, at present of New York, but of Hamburgh, merchant, and Lewis H. Guerlain, merchant, executors. Dated August 11, 1789. Witnesses Anthony Brunau, P. Malibran, John Wilkes, Notary Public. Proved August 14, 1795.

Louis-Guillaume Leveillard (1733-1794), mayor of Passy, a suburb of Paris, France, was a friend of Benjamin Franklin and was elected to the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia) in 1786. The William Leveillard involved in commerce in America was evidently his son, also called Louis-Guillaume. John Adams, in Amsterdam, wrote to Samuel Adams October 13, 1780 to recommend Mr. Leveillard, a "Young Gentleman" bound for America, to establish a mercantile house. The young Le Veillard sailed for America in March, 1781, but the ship was captured by the British and the passengers taken to Edinburgh. He must finally have reached America sometime in 1789 and died shortly before his will was probated in August, 1795. In the calendar of the papers of Benjamin Franklin, he is referred to as "Le Veillard fils" and at least once as "W. Le Veillard".

                                                                 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _+
                                                                | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   
                                        _Benjamin DELESSERT ____|
                                       | (1690 - 1765) m 1730   |
                                       |                        |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _+
                                       |                           m 1672                
 _Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT ___________|
| (1735 - 1816) m 1766                 |
|                                      |                         _Etienne BRUN __________
|                                      |                        |                        
|                                      |_Marguerite BRUN _______|
|                                         m 1730                |
|                                                               |_Marie SABATIER ________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Jaques François Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT 
|  (1771 - 1794)
|                                                                ________________________
|                                                               |                        
|                                       _Pierre BOY DE LA TOUR _|
|                                      |                        |
|                                      |                        |________________________
|                                      |                                                 
|_Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR _|
  (1747 - 1816) m 1766                 |
                                       |                         ________________________
                                       |                        |                        
                                       |_Julie ROGUIN __________|
                                                                |
                                                                |________________________
                                                                                         

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Jaques Louis Paul DELESSERT       (ID #I3844)

(male)
Father: Paul Benjamin DELESSERT (b. 04 DEC 1738, d. 04 MAY 1818)
Mother: Marie Anne Susanne MASSÉ (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Mathilde GUIGUER DE PRANGINS (d. 1811)
Family 2 : Pauline ROUSSAC (dates unknown)
  1.  Eugène DELESSERT (b. 16 JUL 1819, d. 28 JUL 1877)
  2.  Adrien DELESSERT (b. 15 JUN 1826, d. 26 FEB 1853)

 

                                                   _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _+
                                                  | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   
                             _Benjamin DELESSERT _|
                            | (1690 - 1765) m 1730|
                            |                     |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _+
                            |                        m 1672                
 _Paul Benjamin DELESSERT __|
| (1738 - 1818) m 1776      |
|                           |                      _Etienne BRUN __________
|                           |                     |                        
|                           |_Marguerite BRUN ____|
|                              m 1730             |
|                                                 |_Marie SABATIER ________
|                                                                          
|
|--Jaques Louis Paul DELESSERT 
|  (1782 - 1863)
|                                                  _Jean Baptiste MASSÉ ___
|                                                 |                        
|                            _Pierre MASSÉ _______|
|                           |                     |
|                           |                     |________________________
|                           |                                              
|_Marie Anne Susanne MASSÉ _|
   m 1776                   |
                            |                      ________________________
                            |                     |                        
                            |_____________________|
                                                  |
                                                  |________________________
                                                                           

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Jean Claude DELESSERT       (ID #I3701)

(male)
Father: Jean Jaques DELESSERT (b. MAY 1643, d. 1715)
Mother: Jeanne Pernette MONOD (bp. 29 JAN 1650)

 

                                                  _Jaques DELESSERT ____________
                                                 | (.... - 1608)                
                          _Abraham DELESSERT ____|
                         | (1576 - 1642)         |
                         |                       |______________________________
                         |                                                      
 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _|
| (1643 - 1715) m 1672   |
|                        |                        ______________________________
|                        |                       |                              
|                        |_Jeanne Marie D'ARNEX _|
|                                                |
|                                                |______________________________
|                                                                               
|
|--Jean Claude DELESSERT 
|  (.... - 1723)
|                                                 _Gabriel (dit Riguet?) MONOD _+
|                                                |                              
|                         _Félix MONOD __________|
|                        | (.... - 1682) m 1635  |
|                        |                       |_Jeanne GUION ________________+
|                        |                                                      
|_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _|
   m 1672                |
                         |                        _Antoine DEMONTARJEAU ________
                         |                       |                              
                         |_Anne DEMONTARJEAU ____|
                            m 1635               |
                                                 |_Susanne _____ _______________
                                                                                

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Jean Jaques DELESSERT       (ID #I3693)

(male)
Father: Abraham DELESSERT (b. abt 1576, d. 07 DEC 1642)
Mother: Jeanne Marie D'ARNEX (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Jeanne Pernette MONOD (bp. 29 JAN 1650)
  1.  Gérard Jaques DELESSERT (b. 1678)
  2.  Gabriel DELESSERT (dates unknown)
  3.  Paul DELESSERT (d. aft 1741)
  4.  Jean Claude DELESSERT (d. 27 JAN 1723)
  5. +Benjamin DELESSERT (b. 12 JUN 1690, d. 1765)

 

Marriage contract noted in Gaston de Lessert, Famille de Lessert: Souvenir et portraits, Geneva, 1902. The family name is more commonly rendered as Delessert.

                                               __
                                              |  
                         _Jaques DELESSERT ___|
                        | (.... - 1608)       |
                        |                     |__
                        |                        
 _Abraham DELESSERT ____|
| (1576 - 1642)         |
|                       |                      __
|                       |                     |  
|                       |_____________________|
|                                             |
|                                             |__
|                                                
|
|--Jean Jaques DELESSERT 
|  (1643 - 1715)
|                                              __
|                                             |  
|                        _____________________|
|                       |                     |
|                       |                     |__
|                       |                        
|_Jeanne Marie D'ARNEX _|
                        |
                        |                      __
                        |                     |  
                        |_____________________|
                                              |
                                              |__
                                                 

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Jean Jaques DELESSERT       (ID #I3754)

(male)
Father: Benjamin DELESSERT (b. 12 JUN 1690, d. 1765)
Mother: Marguerite BRUN (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL (dates unknown)
  1.  Marguerite Elizabeth Gabrielle DELESSERT (b. 1770, d. 1827)
  2.  Laure Renée Livie Jaqueline DELESSERT (b. 01 MAR 1772, d. 18 MAY 1823)
  3.  Etienne Henri DELESSERT (b. 10 JUN 1774, d. 1840)
  4.  Louis Benjamin Marie DELESSERT (b. 26 FEB 1777, d. 1822)
  5. +Baptiste Jean Marie DELESSERT (b. 01 DEC 1781, d. 20 NOV 1850)

 

                                                _Abraham DELESSERT ____+
                                               | (1576 - 1642)         
                       _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _|
                      | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   |
                      |                        |_Jeanne Marie D'ARNEX _
                      |                                                
 _Benjamin DELESSERT _|
| (1690 - 1765) m 1730|
|                     |                         _Félix MONOD __________+
|                     |                        | (.... - 1682) m 1635  
|                     |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _|
|                        m 1672                |
|                                              |_Anne DEMONTARJEAU ____+
|                                                 m 1635               
|
|--Jean Jaques DELESSERT 
|  (1731 - 1817)
|                                               _______________________
|                                              |                       
|                      _Etienne BRUN __________|
|                     |                        |
|                     |                        |_______________________
|                     |                                                
|_Marguerite BRUN ____|
   m 1730             |
                      |                         _______________________
                      |                        |                       
                      |_Marie SABATIER ________|
                                               |
                                               |_______________________
                                                                       

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Jeanne Emilie DELESSERT       (ID #I3767)

(female)
Father: Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT (b. 30 APR 1735, d. 18 JUN 1816)
Mother: Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR (b. abt 1747, d. 23 MAR 1816)

Family 1 : Baptiste Jean Marie DELESSERT (b. 01 DEC 1781, d. 20 NOV 1850)
  1. +Adolphe François DELESSERT (b. 15 SEP 1809, d. 06 APR 1869)
  2.  Anne Madeleine Alexandrine DELESSERT (b. 1808)
  3.  Louise Julie DELESSERT (b. 09 APR 1811)
  4. +Etienne Gabriel Jules DELESSERT (b. 24 NOV 1812, d. 1868)

 

                                                                 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _+
                                                                | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   
                                        _Benjamin DELESSERT ____|
                                       | (1690 - 1765) m 1730   |
                                       |                        |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _+
                                       |                           m 1672                
 _Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT ___________|
| (1735 - 1816) m 1766                 |
|                                      |                         _Etienne BRUN __________
|                                      |                        |                        
|                                      |_Marguerite BRUN _______|
|                                         m 1730                |
|                                                               |_Marie SABATIER ________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Jeanne Emilie DELESSERT 
|  (1778 - 1830)
|                                                                ________________________
|                                                               |                        
|                                       _Pierre BOY DE LA TOUR _|
|                                      |                        |
|                                      |                        |________________________
|                                      |                                                 
|_Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR _|
  (1747 - 1816) m 1766                 |
                                       |                         ________________________
                                       |                        |                        
                                       |_Julie ROGUIN __________|
                                                                |
                                                                |________________________
                                                                                         

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Jules Fernand DELESSERT       (ID #I3780)

(male)
Father: Etienne Gabriel Jules DELESSERT (b. 24 NOV 1812, d. 1868)
Mother: Albertine Antoinette Sophie Pauline DE LOYS (dates unknown)

 

                                                                                 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _______________+
                                                                                | (1731 - 1817) m 1768                 
                                                _Baptiste Jean Marie DELESSERT _|
                                               | (1781 - 1850) m 1805           |
                                               |                                |_Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL __________+
                                               |                                   m 1768                              
 _Etienne Gabriel Jules DELESSERT _____________|
| (1812 - 1868) m 1847                         |
|                                              |                                 _Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT ___________+
|                                              |                                | (1735 - 1816) m 1766                 
|                                              |_Jeanne Emilie DELESSERT _______|
|                                                (1778 - 1830) m 1805           |
|                                                                               |_Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR _+
|                                                                                 (1747 - 1816) m 1766                 
|
|--Jules Fernand DELESSERT 
|  (1850 - ....)
|                                                                                ______________________________________
|                                                                               |                                      
|                                               _Jean Louis DE LOYS ____________|
|                                              |                                |
|                                              |                                |______________________________________
|                                              |                                                                       
|_Albertine Antoinette Sophie Pauline DE LOYS _|
   m 1847                                      |
                                               |                                 ______________________________________
                                               |                                |                                      
                                               |_Emilie DE HALLER ______________|
                                                                                |
                                                                                |______________________________________
                                                                                                                       

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Jules Jean Jaques DELESSERT       (ID #I3784)

(male)
Father: Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT (b. 30 APR 1735, d. 18 JUN 1816)
Mother: Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR (b. abt 1747, d. 23 MAR 1816)

 

                                                                 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _+
                                                                | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   
                                        _Benjamin DELESSERT ____|
                                       | (1690 - 1765) m 1730   |
                                       |                        |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _+
                                       |                           m 1672                
 _Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT ___________|
| (1735 - 1816) m 1766                 |
|                                      |                         _Etienne BRUN __________
|                                      |                        |                        
|                                      |_Marguerite BRUN _______|
|                                         m 1730                |
|                                                               |_Marie SABATIER ________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Jules Jean Jaques DELESSERT 
|  
|                                                                ________________________
|                                                               |                        
|                                       _Pierre BOY DE LA TOUR _|
|                                      |                        |
|                                      |                        |________________________
|                                      |                                                 
|_Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR _|
  (1747 - 1816) m 1766                 |
                                       |                         ________________________
                                       |                        |                        
                                       |_Julie ROGUIN __________|
                                                                |
                                                                |________________________
                                                                                         

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Jules Paul Benjamin DELESSERT       (ID #I742)

(male)
Father: Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT (b. 30 APR 1735, d. 18 JUN 1816)
Mother: Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR (b. abt 1747, d. 23 MAR 1816)

Family 1 : Laure Renée Livie Jaqueline DELESSERT (b. 01 MAR 1772, d. 18 MAY 1823)

 

Known as Benjamin during his adult life. Among the highlights of his distinguished career in the military, finance, and commerce, he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by Napoléon for his development of a successful method for extracting sugar from beets, a feat of great important at the time, since trade between France and the regions where sugar cane was grown was at that time under blockade. In addition to these activities, he was also a philanthropist and a dedicated student of nature, making significant contributions in the fields of botany, zoology, and geology. An interesting discussion of his diverse career is found in a little Eloge historique de Benjamin Delessert (Pierre-Marie-Jean Flournens, 1850, Firmin Didot Frères, Paris, 48 pp.), available on Google Books. For further biographical details and discussion of his contributions and accomplishments, see especially the web site of the Institute Benjamin Delessert and the account in the French "Wikipédia". His interests were vast. If anyone can provide a link to a bibliography of his publications, we would like to include it here.

We found the following review in Schweizer Archiv für Heraldik, 21:121-123 (1907), pp. 121-123:

Famille de Lessert. Souvenirs et portraits. Cet ouvrage, publié par M. Gaston de Lessert, est un travail très consciencieux et unique en son genre chez nous. Ce n'est pas une froide généalogie, ni la glorification d'une famille comme on en voit trop souvent. C'est un vrai livre de famille écrit pour la famille et ses amis. En parcourant ce livre merveilleusement illustré par M. F. Boissonnas, en admirant ces vieux portraits et ces maisons, ces campagnes, ces intérieurs, ces objets, en un mot tout ce qui a été le cadre de la vie de ces ancêtres, on ne peut que féliciter l'auteur d'avoir su si bien nous faire entrer dans la vie intime et la vie publique de cette famille. Ce qui nous frappe après avoir lu cet ouvrage c'est de voit en tout temps l'attachement des membres de cette famille à leur cher Pays de Vaud. Arrivés aux plus grands honneurs à l'étranger et à de brillantes positions de fortune, ils reviennent toujours sur les rives du Léman ; il n'est pas jusqu'à E. de Lessert établi aux Indes qui n'oublie pas dans son testament ses combourgeois de Cossonay.

La famille de Lessert est originaire de la contrée d'Oron. Le premier membre de la famille qui joua un certain rôle fut : égrège Abraham de Lessert, notaire juré, qui vint s'établir en 1614 à Cossonay où il remplit les fonctions du Secrétaire du Conseil. Il eut de sa femme Marie d'Arnex : Jean-Jacques qui fut châtelain de l'Isle, Cuarnens, Grancy et Gollion et conseiller et gouverneur de Cossonay, il acheta le château de cette ville. Un des fils de ce dernier Paul châtelain de Grancy et de Gollion fut capitaine, il assista à la bataille de Malplaquet et se distingua à celle de Villemergen. Son frère Benjamin fonda une grande maison de banque à Lyon, et acheta en 1755 le beau domaine de Bougy-St-Martin sur Aubonne. Son fils Jean-Jacques devint seigneur d'Outard, par suite de son alliance avec Madeleine de Mestral, il fut aussi Député au Grand Conseil du canton de Vaud en 1808. Il est le chef de la branche actuelle de Paris. Benjamin eut encore deux fils : Paul Benjamin, chef de la branche actuelle du canton de Vaud, et Etienne allié Boy de la Tour. Ce dernier fut le chef d'une branche actuellement éteinte. Plusieurs de ses fils firent une très belle carrière en France. Nous citerons : Benjamin, membre de l'Institut, fondeur des caisses d'épargnes, vice-président de la chambre des députés, chef de légion de la garde nationale, grand-officier de la légion d'honneur, baron de l'Empire français par lettres patentes du 19 septembre 1810. François, membre de l'Institut, vice-président de la chambre des députés, président du consistoire de l'église réformée de Paris. Gabriel, pair de France, Conseiller d'Etat, général de brigade, préfet de police de Paris, grand-officier de la légion d'honneur.

Les armes de la famille de Lessert sont : d'azur à deux étoiles d'argent accompagnées en pointe d'un croissant du même et en chef d'une fleur de lys d'or. Ces armes se voient ainsi, déjà sur le sceau d'Abraham de Lessert et sur des empreintes de cachtes des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Sa devise est : Tout me vient de Dieu.

A titre de spécimen de l'héraldique de l'Empire nous reproduisons la note concernant les armes de Benjamin de Lessert lorsqu'il fut créé baron par Napoléon en 1810.

Lettres patentes portant concession du Titre de Baron de l'Empire Français à Jules Paul Benjamin de Lessert, 1810.

Napoléon, par la grâce de Dieu, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie, Protecteur de la Confédération du Rhin.

A tous présents et à venir, salut :

Par l'article treize du 1er Statut du 1er mars 1808 nous nous sommes réservés la faculté d'accorder les titres que nous jugeons convenables, à ceux de nos sujets qui se seront distingués par des services rendus à l'Etat et à Nous. La connaissance que nous avons du zèle et de la fidélité que notre cher et amé le sieur Delessert a manifesté pour notre service, nous a déterminé à faire usage en sa faveur de cette disposition. Dans cette vue, nous avons, par notre décret du 15 août 1810, nommé notre cher et amé le sieur Delessert, Baron de notre Empire.

En conséquence en vertu de ce Décret, le dit sieur Delessert s'étant retiré par devant notre cousin le Prince Archichancelier de l'Empire, avons conféré à notre cher et amé le sieur Jules-Paul-Benjamin Delessert, l'un des Régents de la Banque de France, né à Lyon, le titre de Baron de notre Empire. Le dit titre sera transmissible à sa descendance directe.

Voulons qu'il puisse porter en tous lieux les armoiries telle qu'elles sont figurées aux présentes : Ecartelé : au 1er, d'azur, au lys en pal, arraché, tigé d'or, à la forêt de sinople, soutenue de même sur laquelle broche une tour crénelée de trois pièces d'argent, ouverte et maçonnée de sable ; au 4e, d'azur, au croissant d'argent surmonté de deux étoiles du même.

Pour livrées, les couleurs de l'écu, le vert en bordure seulement.

Chargeons notre cousin le Prince Archichancelier de l'Empire, de donner communication des présentes au Sénat et de les faire transcrire sur les Registres.

Donné en notre Palais de St-Cloud, le 19e du mois de Septembre de l'an de grâce 1810. (signé) Napoléon.

Scellé, le 21 Septembre 1810. Le Prince Archichancelier de l'Empire. (signé) Cambacères.

Au quatrième quartier on retrouve les armes primitives de la famille de Lessert, moins la fleur de lys portée au premier quartier, selon un principe de la Chancellerie Impériale de faire disparaître, dans ses concessions d'armoiries tout ce qui rappelait l'ancien régime. Le deuxième quartier est celui des Barons membres des Collèges Electoraux, le troisième quartier rappelle les armes des Boy de la Tour, famille de la mère de Benjamin de Lessert.

                                                                 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _+
                                                                | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   
                                        _Benjamin DELESSERT ____|
                                       | (1690 - 1765) m 1730   |
                                       |                        |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _+
                                       |                           m 1672                
 _Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT ___________|
| (1735 - 1816) m 1766                 |
|                                      |                         _Etienne BRUN __________
|                                      |                        |                        
|                                      |_Marguerite BRUN _______|
|                                         m 1730                |
|                                                               |_Marie SABATIER ________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Jules Paul Benjamin DELESSERT 
|  (1773 - 1847)
|                                                                ________________________
|                                                               |                        
|                                       _Pierre BOY DE LA TOUR _|
|                                      |                        |
|                                      |                        |________________________
|                                      |                                                 
|_Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR _|
  (1747 - 1816) m 1766                 |
                                       |                         ________________________
                                       |                        |                        
                                       |_Julie ROGUIN __________|
                                                                |
                                                                |________________________
                                                                                         

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Laure Adrienne DELESSERT       (ID #I3821)

(female)
Father: Auguste Etienne DELESSERT (b. 06 JUL 1778, d. 28 MAR 1849)
Mother: Hélène Joséphine ROUX (b. 04 MAR 1792)

Family 1 : Louis FOLTZ (dates unknown)

 

                                                          _Benjamin DELESSERT _______________________+
                                                         | (1690 - 1765) m 1730                      
                              _Paul Benjamin DELESSERT __|
                             | (1738 - 1818) m 1776      |
                             |                           |_Marguerite BRUN __________________________+
                             |                              m 1730                                   
 _Auguste Etienne DELESSERT _|
| (1778 - 1849) m 1814       |
|                            |                            _Pierre MASSÉ _____________________________+
|                            |                           |                                           
|                            |_Marie Anne Susanne MASSÉ _|
|                               m 1776                   |
|                                                        |___________________________________________
|                                                                                                    
|
|--Laure Adrienne DELESSERT 
|  (1816 - ....)
|                                                         _Jean Daniel ROUX _________________________+
|                                                        |                                           
|                             _Frédéric Scipion ROUX ____|
|                            | (1762 - ....)             |
|                            |                           |_Hélène Marie Catherine Gabrielle MANDROT _+
|                            |                             (.... - 1819)                             
|_Hélène Joséphine ROUX _____|
  (1792 - ....) m 1814       |
                             |                            ___________________________________________
                             |                           |                                           
                             |_Louise Joséphine _____ ___|
                                                         |
                                                         |___________________________________________
                                                                                                     

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Laure Renée Livie Jaqueline DELESSERT       (ID #I3759)

(female)
Father: Jean Jaques DELESSERT (b. 27 FEB 1731, d. 09 MAR 1817)
Mother: Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Jules Paul Benjamin DELESSERT (b. 14 FEB 1773, d. 01 MAR 1847)

 

                                                           _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _+
                                                          | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   
                               _Benjamin DELESSERT _______|
                              | (1690 - 1765) m 1730      |
                              |                           |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _+
                              |                              m 1672                
 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT ______|
| (1731 - 1817) m 1768        |
|                             |                            _Etienne BRUN __________
|                             |                           |                        
|                             |_Marguerite BRUN __________|
|                                m 1730                   |
|                                                         |_Marie SABATIER ________
|                                                                                  
|
|--Laure Renée Livie Jaqueline DELESSERT 
|  (1772 - 1823)
|                                                          ________________________
|                                                         |                        
|                              _Gabriel Henri DE MESTRAL _|
|                             |                           |
|                             |                           |________________________
|                             |                                                    
|_Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL _|
   m 1768                     |
                              |                            ________________________
                              |                           |                        
                              |_Elizabeth DE JOFFREY _____|
                                                          |
                                                          |________________________
                                                                                   

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Louis Benjamin Marie DELESSERT       (ID #I3765)

(male)
Father: Jean Jaques DELESSERT (b. 27 FEB 1731, d. 09 MAR 1817)
Mother: Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL (dates unknown)

 

                                                           _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _+
                                                          | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   
                               _Benjamin DELESSERT _______|
                              | (1690 - 1765) m 1730      |
                              |                           |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _+
                              |                              m 1672                
 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT ______|
| (1731 - 1817) m 1768        |
|                             |                            _Etienne BRUN __________
|                             |                           |                        
|                             |_Marguerite BRUN __________|
|                                m 1730                   |
|                                                         |_Marie SABATIER ________
|                                                                                  
|
|--Louis Benjamin Marie DELESSERT 
|  (1777 - 1822)
|                                                          ________________________
|                                                         |                        
|                              _Gabriel Henri DE MESTRAL _|
|                             |                           |
|                             |                           |________________________
|                             |                                                    
|_Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL _|
   m 1768                     |
                              |                            ________________________
                              |                           |                        
                              |_Elizabeth DE JOFFREY _____|
                                                          |
                                                          |________________________
                                                                                   

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Louise Julie DELESSERT       (ID #I3776)

(female)
Father: Baptiste Jean Marie DELESSERT (b. 01 DEC 1781, d. 20 NOV 1850)
Mother: Jeanne Emilie DELESSERT (b. 22 FEB 1778, d. 21 JAN 1830)

Family 1 : Adrien CONSTANT DE REBECQUE (dates unknown)

 

                                                                         _Benjamin DELESSERT _______+
                                                                        | (1690 - 1765) m 1730      
                                  _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _______________|
                                 | (1731 - 1817) m 1768                 |
                                 |                                      |_Marguerite BRUN __________+
                                 |                                         m 1730                   
 _Baptiste Jean Marie DELESSERT _|
| (1781 - 1850) m 1805           |
|                                |                                       _Gabriel Henri DE MESTRAL _
|                                |                                      |                           
|                                |_Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL __________|
|                                   m 1768                              |
|                                                                       |_Elizabeth DE JOFFREY _____
|                                                                                                   
|
|--Louise Julie DELESSERT 
|  (1811 - ....)
|                                                                        _Benjamin DELESSERT _______+
|                                                                       | (1690 - 1765) m 1730      
|                                 _Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT ___________|
|                                | (1735 - 1816) m 1766                 |
|                                |                                      |_Marguerite BRUN __________+
|                                |                                         m 1730                   
|_Jeanne Emilie DELESSERT _______|
  (1778 - 1830) m 1805           |
                                 |                                       _Pierre BOY DE LA TOUR ____
                                 |                                      |                           
                                 |_Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR _|
                                   (1747 - 1816) m 1766                 |
                                                                        |_Julie ROGUIN _____________
                                                                                                    

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Marguerite Elizabeth Gabrielle DELESSERT       (ID #I3758)

(female)
Father: Jean Jaques DELESSERT (b. 27 FEB 1731, d. 09 MAR 1817)
Mother: Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL (dates unknown)

 

                                                           _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _+
                                                          | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   
                               _Benjamin DELESSERT _______|
                              | (1690 - 1765) m 1730      |
                              |                           |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _+
                              |                              m 1672                
 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT ______|
| (1731 - 1817) m 1768        |
|                             |                            _Etienne BRUN __________
|                             |                           |                        
|                             |_Marguerite BRUN __________|
|                                m 1730                   |
|                                                         |_Marie SABATIER ________
|                                                                                  
|
|--Marguerite Elizabeth Gabrielle DELESSERT 
|  (1770 - 1827)
|                                                          ________________________
|                                                         |                        
|                              _Gabriel Henri DE MESTRAL _|
|                             |                           |
|                             |                           |________________________
|                             |                                                    
|_Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL _|
   m 1768                     |
                              |                            ________________________
                              |                           |                        
                              |_Elizabeth DE JOFFREY _____|
                                                          |
                                                          |________________________
                                                                                   

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Marguerite Madeleine DELESSERT       (ID #I3785)

(female)
Father: Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT (b. 30 APR 1735, d. 18 JUN 1816)
Mother: Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR (b. abt 1747, d. 23 MAR 1816)

Family 1 : Jean Antoine GAUTIER (b. 1756, d. 1800)
  1. +Julie Elizabeth Sophie GAUTIER (dates unknown)

 

                                                                 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _+
                                                                | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   
                                        _Benjamin DELESSERT ____|
                                       | (1690 - 1765) m 1730   |
                                       |                        |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _+
                                       |                           m 1672                
 _Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT ___________|
| (1735 - 1816) m 1766                 |
|                                      |                         _Etienne BRUN __________
|                                      |                        |                        
|                                      |_Marguerite BRUN _______|
|                                         m 1730                |
|                                                               |_Marie SABATIER ________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Marguerite Madeleine DELESSERT 
|  (1767 - 1839)
|                                                                ________________________
|                                                               |                        
|                                       _Pierre BOY DE LA TOUR _|
|                                      |                        |
|                                      |                        |________________________
|                                      |                                                 
|_Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR _|
  (1747 - 1816) m 1766                 |
                                       |                         ________________________
                                       |                        |                        
                                       |_Julie ROGUIN __________|
                                                                |
                                                                |________________________
                                                                                         

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Marie Emilie DELESSERT       (ID #I3779)

(male)
Father: Etienne Gabriel Jules DELESSERT (b. 24 NOV 1812, d. 1868)
Mother: Albertine Antoinette Sophie Pauline DE LOYS (dates unknown)

 

                                                                                 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _______________+
                                                                                | (1731 - 1817) m 1768                 
                                                _Baptiste Jean Marie DELESSERT _|
                                               | (1781 - 1850) m 1805           |
                                               |                                |_Marie Françoise DE MESTRAL __________+
                                               |                                   m 1768                              
 _Etienne Gabriel Jules DELESSERT _____________|
| (1812 - 1868) m 1847                         |
|                                              |                                 _Gabriel Etienne DELESSERT ___________+
|                                              |                                | (1735 - 1816) m 1766                 
|                                              |_Jeanne Emilie DELESSERT _______|
|                                                (1778 - 1830) m 1805           |
|                                                                               |_Magdelaine Catherine BOY DE LA TOUR _+
|                                                                                 (1747 - 1816) m 1766                 
|
|--Marie Emilie DELESSERT 
|  (1848 - ....)
|                                                                                ______________________________________
|                                                                               |                                      
|                                               _Jean Louis DE LOYS ____________|
|                                              |                                |
|                                              |                                |______________________________________
|                                              |                                                                       
|_Albertine Antoinette Sophie Pauline DE LOYS _|
   m 1847                                      |
                                               |                                 ______________________________________
                                               |                                |                                      
                                               |_Emilie DE HALLER ______________|
                                                                                |
                                                                                |______________________________________
                                                                                                                       

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Nicolas DELESSERT       (ID #I3543)

(male)
Father: Abraham DELESSERT (b. abt 1576, d. 07 DEC 1642)
Mother: Louise DE CHARRIÈRE (d. abt 1640)

Family 1 : Jeanne Françoise PAINDAVOINE (dates unknown)

 

                                              __
                                             |  
                        _Jaques DELESSERT ___|
                       | (.... - 1608)       |
                       |                     |__
                       |                        
 _Abraham DELESSERT ___|
| (1576 - 1642) m 1632 |
|                      |                      __
|                      |                     |  
|                      |_____________________|
|                                            |
|                                            |__
|                                               
|
|--Nicolas DELESSERT 
|  (1640 - 1671)
|                                             __
|                                            |  
|                       _____________________|
|                      |                     |
|                      |                     |__
|                      |                        
|_Louise DE CHARRIÈRE _|
  (.... - 1640) m 1632 |
                       |                      __
                       |                     |  
                       |_____________________|
                                             |
                                             |__
                                                

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Paul DELESSERT       (ID #I3700)

(male)
Father: Jean Jaques DELESSERT (b. MAY 1643, d. 1715)
Mother: Jeanne Pernette MONOD (bp. 29 JAN 1650)

 

                                                  _Jaques DELESSERT ____________
                                                 | (.... - 1608)                
                          _Abraham DELESSERT ____|
                         | (1576 - 1642)         |
                         |                       |______________________________
                         |                                                      
 _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _|
| (1643 - 1715) m 1672   |
|                        |                        ______________________________
|                        |                       |                              
|                        |_Jeanne Marie D'ARNEX _|
|                                                |
|                                                |______________________________
|                                                                               
|
|--Paul DELESSERT 
|  (.... - 1741)
|                                                 _Gabriel (dit Riguet?) MONOD _+
|                                                |                              
|                         _Félix MONOD __________|
|                        | (.... - 1682) m 1635  |
|                        |                       |_Jeanne GUION ________________+
|                        |                                                      
|_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _|
   m 1672                |
                         |                        _Antoine DEMONTARJEAU ________
                         |                       |                              
                         |_Anne DEMONTARJEAU ____|
                            m 1635               |
                                                 |_Susanne _____ _______________
                                                                                

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Paul Benjamin DELESSERT       (ID #I3814)

(male)
Father: Benjamin DELESSERT (b. 12 JUN 1690, d. 1765)
Mother: Marguerite BRUN (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Marie Anne Susanne MASSÉ (dates unknown)
  1. +Auguste Etienne DELESSERT (b. 06 JUL 1778, d. 28 MAR 1849)
  2. +Armand Jean Jacques DELESSERT (b. 17 FEB 1780, d. 15 AUG 1859)
  3. +Jaques Louis Paul DELESSERT (b. 30 JAN 1782, d. 25 JUL 1863)
  4.  Elizabeth Jeanne Sophie DELESSERT (b. 12 SEP 1783, d. 1869)
  5.  Cécile Madeleine Henriette DELESSERT (b. 1785, d. 01 JAN 1852)
  6.  Adrien Etienne DELESSERT (b. 1789, d. 1819)

 

                                                _Abraham DELESSERT ____+
                                               | (1576 - 1642)         
                       _Jean Jaques DELESSERT _|
                      | (1643 - 1715) m 1672   |
                      |                        |_Jeanne Marie D'ARNEX _
                      |                                                
 _Benjamin DELESSERT _|
| (1690 - 1765) m 1730|
|                     |                         _Félix MONOD __________+
|                     |                        | (.... - 1682) m 1635  
|                     |_Jeanne Pernette MONOD _|
|                        m 1672                |
|                                              |_Anne DEMONTARJEAU ____+
|                                                 m 1635               
|
|--Paul Benjamin DELESSERT 
|  (1738 - 1818)
|                                               _______________________
|                                              |                       
|                      _Etienne BRUN __________|
|                     |                        |
|                     |                        |_______________________
|                     |                                                
|_Marguerite BRUN ____|
   m 1730             |
                      |                         _______________________
                      |                        |                       
                      |_Marie SABATIER ________|
                                               |
                                               |_______________________
                                                                       

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