The Swiss Settlement of Vevay, Indiana: The settlers, their relatives, their associates
Thüring FRICKART (ID #I4180)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: Stadtschreiber, Bern
- BIRTH: abt 1429, Brugg, Argovie, Switzerland
- DEATH: 19 APR 1519, Brugg, Argovie, Switzerland
Family 1
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- +Marguerite FRICKART (dates unknown)
He was secretary of the Petit and Grand Conseils at Bern 1471-1511, a position which involved him in an enormous number of important events in Switzerland. He retired to Brugg about 1514. He was educated at Heidelberg and Pavia.
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Andrivete GACHET (ID #I5822)
(female)
Father: Petrus GACHET (b. BEF 1380, d. BEF 1450)
Mother: Francesca CROSTEL (b. BEF 1392, d. BEF 1450)
The name Andrivete, which occurs in medieval texts such as the epic Escanor of Girard d'Amiens, is occasionally transcribed by modern authors as Andrinete. The script where the name is found in this case could be read either way.
It is not known which wife of her father was the mother of Andrivete. She is mentioned repeatedly in the terrier ACV FL 460, which contains "reconnaissances" for property dependent on nobles Jean, Michel, and Claude Fivvaz, brothers, 1526. The properties are located in or near Villars-en-Vully and many were previously recognized (at a time when the feudal seigneur was Claude de Pétigny) by Bartholomeus Gachet. A "reconnaissance" dated 10 jan 1526 for Pierre Gachet, notary and bourgeois de Payerne (fol. 47v) includes several properties that had previously been recognized by Girard Hugonet, whose wife was Andrivete, daughter of the late Pierre Gachet, bourgeois de Payerne, and on fol. 51 we find an even more explicit reference, that the property consisted of "quasquidem possessiones res bonae et pensiones prescriptas in recognitionibus feudalibus prenarratis antiguitus tenebat dictus quondam Girardus Hugoneti avunculus meus dicti confitentis a dicto quondam nobili Glaudio de Pictignye et suis sub censii perpetuo..." (roughly translated, whatever possessions, goods, property, and pensions had been listed in the said feudal reconnaissance that were previously held by the said late Girard Hugonet, uncle of me, the said confessant, due to the said late noble Claude de Pitigny and his successors in perpetuity...). We cannot take "avunculus" (uncle) in the modern, literal sense here; Pierre Gachet, the confessant in 1526, was the great-grandson of the earlier Pierre Gachet. Girard Hugonet was the great-uncle of the younger Pierre Gachet.
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_Johannes GACHET ____|
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_Petrus GACHET ______|
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|--Andrivete GACHET
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| _Jaquetus CROSTEL ___
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| _Johannes CROSTEL ___|
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|_Francesca CROSTEL __|
(1392 - 1450) m 1409|
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Anne GACHET (ID #I5754)
(female)
Father: Pierre GACHET (b. ABT 1475, d. 21 MAR 1528)
Mother: Jaquaz DUTRUICT (d. 9 MAR 1553)
She attended the wedding of her brother Niklaus Gatschet in Bern, January, 1559, and brought her daughter Elisabeth with her from Payerne. Her married name is not given in the notebook of Niklaus Gatschet, and no further evidence of her existence has been discovered. It is very likely that the name of her husband will be found somewhere in the records of the notaries of Payerne. Was she the Anna Gatschet who married Franz In der Matte at Bern 08 may 1563? If so, she must have married previously, before 1559.
Now, Niklaus often calls his various sisters-in-law his sisters. Could Anne have been the wife of one of his brothers? None of the brothers is known to have had a wife Anne. The only wife whose name is not known is the second wife of François Gachet, whose daughter was named Magdelaine, not Elizabeth.
_Nicoletus GACHET ___+
| (1418 - 1468)
_François GACHET _________|
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474 |
| |_Mermette _____ _____
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_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| | _Nicod CHALON _______+
| | | (.... - 1479)
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________|
| m 1474 |
| |_Françoise CUEX _____+
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|--Anne GACHET
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| ______ DE TORCULARI _
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| _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _|
| | (1460 - 1513) m 1480 |
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|_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
(.... - 1553) m 1503|
| _Pierre BOVET _______+
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|_Perronete BOVET _________|
(.... - 1513) m 1480 |
|_Amphilisia _____ ___
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Daniel GACHET (ID #I5749)
(male)
- DEATH: 19 OCT 1583, Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Pierre GACHET (b. ABT 1475, d. 21 MAR 1528)
Mother: Jaquaz DUTRUICT (d. 9 MAR 1553)
He was at the University of Basel in 1537, "Daniel Gazetus, Paterniacensis". The year before, a "Joannes Gachzedt Bernas" was admitted at Basel, perhaps Daniel's brother, or perhaps someone from the Gatschi/Gatschen family at Erlach or Ins. It is not clear whether the rector at Basel would have used "Bernas" in a generic sense to indicate someone from the territories then controlled by Bern (including the newly-occupied Pays de Vaud), rather than a citizen of the city of Bern.
Married 15 dec 1560 at Payerne, according to the family book of his brother Niklaus, but the name of his wife was not given. We found her in the records of Jean Marcuard, notary at Payerne, in a transaction regarding their marriage settlement, 02 may 1569. The marriage settlement was received in thirds, "soyt en sommes pecuniayres que aultres choses." He was Avoyer of Payerne 1578-1583. The surname of his second wife is still unknown.
An argument arose regarding his wife's inheritance, recorded by Jean Marcuard, notary at Payerne (ACV DP 62/1, this section unpaged, 22 sep 1573):
Prononciation faict entre Noble Danyel Gachet bourgeois de Payerne au nom et comme personne conjoincte de noble Magdelayne fille de feu noble et puissant Gerard Mestral Seigneur de son vivant des deux Combremontz, et de noble Perrisson jugaulx fille de feu noble Pierre Crostel et de feue noble Guillauma Sechaulx conjoinctz acteurs, et les nobles et honorables Mestraulx.
A tous les presents et qui soit advenirs, Soyt chose evidente et manifeste comme il soyt que questions et different fust et procede desiaz queque temps ventile en la justice de Payerne, et venu en appelation par devant l'excellence de nos Magnificques Puissantz lesdits redoutes Seigneurs de Berne, sus certaine despende et accessoyre de la mattiere litigieuse, Esté parfoys venu derechiez [derechef] de nouveau en la justice ordinayre dudict Payerne entre Noble Danyel gachet bourgeois dudict Payerne au nom et comme conjoincte personne de noble Magdaleyne fille de feu noble et puissant Gerard Mestral Seigneur en son vivant des deux Combremont et de noble Perrissone Jugaulx fille de feux Noble Pierre Crostel et de defuncte Noble Guillauma Sechaulx conjoinctz acteurs et demandant
d'une, Et nobles et generaulx Jehan et George Mestral freres conseillers dudict Payerne, Seigneurs des Deux Compremontz freres uterins de la prenommée Noble Magdaleyne sa femme proposoit et demandoit, comme les prenommés feu Pierre Crostel et Guilliauma Sechaulz ses pere et meregrand auroyent en l'an faictz conjointement et par ensemble leur testament et ordonnance de derniere volonté instituantz leurs heritieres universelles et generales de tous biens lors presentz et advenirs, nommement la susnommée perrisson sa mere femme dudict feu noble Girard Mestral et Anna femme de jadix Seigneur de Villardin une chescune d'elles pour la moytié, et pour elles et les leurs enfans naturelz et legitimes, soubz aussi diverses conditions et nottamment de la suyvante, Assavoir que leursdictes filles et heritieres sys instituées, ne puissent et ne doibgent en aulcune maniere a l'advenir desdictz biens aulcune chose vendre alliener leguer ny transporter sinon aux exhistans en la droicte ligne de succeder, Ainsi que plus amplement se peult voir par ledict testament, receu par feu prudent Jaques Clavel notayre de Culliez, et signé par commission en faveur de ladicte Magdaleyne par feu discret Jean de Mur, en vertus duquel testament ladict gachet pretendoit ladicte Magdaleyne sa femme avoir esté en icelluy instituée heritiere avecq ladicte noble Perrisson sa mere selon qu'il inseroit les propres mots et substance singuilliere dudict testament, le porté Signamment la ou est dict, pour elle et les leurs enfans naturelz et legitimes, et consequemment cela estre encoure mieulx declayré, par la narrée condition touchant la non puissance de vendre leguer ou alliener lesdictz biens, tellement que ledict Noble Gachet concluyoit que pour estre ladicte Magdaleyne sa femme fille naturelle et legitime de ladicte Noble Perrisson avecq lesdictz Rées ses frere et aultres ses sieurs da'illeurs proposoit aussi ledit noble Gachet comme Ainsi fust Eue par le mariage d'entre luy et ladicte noble Magdaleyne sa femme passé et contracté avecq lesdictz nobles Seigneurs de Combremont et feu noble Francoys Mestral son tier frere, Ladicte Magdaleyne leur auroit passé quictance de tous sesdictz biens par l'aucthorité dudict Gachet moyennant certaine somme d'argent, Toutesfoys soubz reserve de loyalle escheutte et succession legitime, Si et quand elle adviendront selon raison et coustume dy pays, seroit advenu que lesdictz nobles rées ayantz partagé avecq le predit noble Francoys MEstral leur frere quelques années apres lesdit Noble Francoys seroit decedé laissant ung sien fils de bas aage pour son successeur, lequel parallement estoit decedé l'année passée les biens et heriages duquel, jouxte la forme et condition de la reserve de loyalle escheutte seroit a ladict noble Magdeleyne advenue en sa rate et costé avecq lesdictz Rées et aultres ses consors, Et d'icelle leur en demandoit partage avecq conte des prises perceus, ainsy aussi que cela peult estre veu plus amplement par les escriptz de leurs procedures, A quoy repondoyent lesdictz deux Seigneurs de Combremont Rées, et premier n'estre rien entenuz au petitoyre de ladicte Magdaleyne leur seur concernant les biens procedés desdictz Pierre Crostel et Guilliaumma Sechaux leurs ayeulx d'aultant que le sens de leur testament est aulte que par ledict Gachet au nom de ladicte Magtdaleyne a esté proposé, Principalement au faict de l'institution, en laquelle toute bon jugement ne fera la conclusion telle, ains avoir esté tant ladicte Noble Perrisson leur mere, Que parellement sa feur Anna Dame de Vaillardin en puissance de disposer de leurs biens a leurs enfans differement et a leur bon plaisir, Ainsi que a la verité ladicte noble Perrisson avoit trex bien faict en son testament condict ? avecq le predict Gerard Mestral son bien aymé mary pere de toutes parties par lequel avoyent institués leurs heritiers generals tant lesditctz Rées que ledict feu noble Francoys Mestral leurs troys fils naturels et legitimes et ordonné et constitué grandes sommes pecunyalles de mariage a une chescune des leurs filles, En sorte que ladicte Magdaleyne leur feur estant veneu en aage de mariage, tant elle que ledict Gachet son mary se contenterent de la constitution dotalle lors faicte, avecq sa part des joyaulx dorures chaines d'or et accoustrementz de ladicte Perrisson sa mere, Et passerent quictance generalle et perpetuelle esdictz troys freres pour eulx et les leurs de tous les dictz biens paternelz et maternelz, Avecq serement de non jamais y contrevenir, Selon aussi qu'aparoissoit par l'instrument dedicte quictance receue par Discret Benoit Nible Secretayre dudict Payerne, Au moyen de quoy estans lesdictz biens procedés de ladict Noble Perrisson leurdicte mere, Et par consequent compris de ladicte quictance, Sou\bs le mot de maternelz, ny avoir plus que rechercher. Et touchant la loyalle escheute, que ledict Noble Gachet au nom de ladicte Magdaleyne ou soit de sesdictz enfans juseroit estre advenue par l'obit et decedz tand du predicte feu noble Francoys Mestral son frere que en apres de son petit fils impubere, Respondoyent aussi a telle petition n'estre tenu nyantz precisement aulcune loyalle escheutte luy estre en cela advenue, consideré que ledit feu Francoys Mestral leurdict frere homme de franche et libre doncition, se oyant prest a rendre conte a Dieu, auroit faict son testament et par icelluy institué sondit fils heritier general en tous ses biens, luy soubstituant pourtant en cas qu'il decederoit sans hoirs legitimes, Assavoir les enfans desdictz Rées ses freres, Leguant neantmoing a ladicte Magdaleyne la somme de cent et cinquante Escus, desquelz se debvoit contenter et les recepvoir jouxte les assrtes? desdictz Rées, avecq aussi plusieurs aultres tres legitimes deffences que lesdictz Rées avancoyent de diverses circonstances fort propres neantmoings obmises a cause de la prolixité d'icelles. Qu'est ainsi que lesdictes parties ayantz comparu pour la seconde foys par devant la souveraineté de nosdictz Seigneurs de Berne pour la sequestration des prises desdictz biens furent sommées d'appointement et concorde amyable, et pour ce fayre renvoyes audit Payerne, la ou c'est que journée fut establie pour decider lesdictz differentz, laquelle estoit a ce jourd'huy cadauté ? Et aprez avoir congregé par ensemble les arbitres et compositeurs desdictz differentz, nommement de la part desdictz nobles Rées Noble et puissant Aymon de Glannaz Seigneur de Cugiez et honnorable et provide Claude Banquettaz banderet dudict Payerne, Et de la part dudict noble acteur au nom predict , honnorable et prudent Claude Ruerat conseiller dudict lieu, et Egregie Nycod Morattel notayre et bourgeois dudict Payerne, Leur commirent absolue puissance d'en ordonner et prononcer diffinitivement selon qu'il congnoissient ? estre equitable, Et lesquelz arbitres apres dehue intelligence des demandes et deffences des parties, et entre eulz le tout soigneusement ponderé advisé et de bien pres speculé, et sus ce ordonné et declayré ce que s'ensuyt, Premierement que bonne paix amour et dilectation fraternelle soit et doibge mutuellement entre lesdictes parties estre et demeurer, et que par ce moyen tous propos fascheux par cy devant durant leurs procedures tenuz et usés doibgent estre entierement assouppieds? et mis soubz les piedz. Affin que de ce n'estoit jamais memoyre, et que a l'advenir telle amour et dilection soit observé entre eulx et leurs successeurs quelconques le plus crestiennement que fayre se pourra. En apres ont ordonné et prononcé lesdictz Seigneurs arbitres que d'aultant la donnation a ladicte noble Magdaleyne Mestral par cy devant constituée est petit au regard de la grandeur du bien desdictz Seigneurs de Combremont ses freres, voyre qu'elle avoit quelque raison a l'endroit de l'escheutte par elle reservée, au bien dudit feu noble Francoys Mestral leur frere maintenant comme elle entendoit advenue, que lesdictz Seigneurs de Combremont soyent tenuz donner, excpedier, et remettre a ladicte Magdaleyne leur seur, pour elle ses hoirs et successeurs universlz, Assavoir six poses de terre riere la Segneurie et territoyre dudict Payerne nommement en chescune piaz ? deux poses. Item, une pose de vigne riere le vignoble d'Espesses ou Sabuyt, le tout a ladicte et demonstration desdictz Seigneurs arbitres, Et ce pour toutes repetitions demandes recherches droictz et actions que ledict noble Danyel Gachet au nom de ladicte noble Magdaleyne sa femme (selon les allegations sus exprimées) leurs pouvoit fayre et demander tant au bienn desdictz Crostel et Guilliaumma Sechaulz Jugaulx, que a l'endroict de l'escheutte au bien dudict feu Francoys leur frere, que aussi pour le legat a ladicte Magdaleyne par ledict feu noble Francoys Mestral son frere faict et toutes aultres choses sus exprimées jusques a ce jourd'huy datté des presentes sans en pouvor ? aulcunement a l'advenir lesdictz seigneurs Mestral par ladicte leur seur ny aultres a son nom ny des siens quereller rechercher ny inquieter causant toutes les choses sus eeclairées et maintenant descheuttes, Ains estre du tout par tel moyen paisibles et telle concorde demeurer a perpetuyté, le tout sans agäyt ? et pour plus ample corroboration de tels unité paix et concorde aux prieres et requises de la susdicte noble Magdaleyne Mestral ausdictz Seigneurs de Comgremont ses freres faicte iceulx de don gratuyt et liberallement luy ont faict peur [pure!] et perpetuelle don pour elle et ses hoirs, Assavoir de demye pose de terre size au terroir dudict Payerne lieudit en Condemine du Marchies Jouxte.... [description left blank] , Avecq ses fonds etc. laquelle declaration ainsi aux ambes parties rapportée icelles ont par attouchement de leurs mains acceptees de part a part et ont promys ung chescung d'eulx principalement ladicte noble Magdaleyne de l'aucthorité toutsesfoys et expres consentement dudict noble Danyel Gachet son bien aymé mary, par leurs bonnes foy et oblication de tous leurs biens et d'ung chescung d'eulx, meubles, immeubles, presents et advenirs quelconques, le toutal content des presentes avoir et tenir perpetuellement poru aggreable vallide ferme et stable, et a ce nullement en facon que ce soit a cause des choses susdictes contrevenir a poenne de restitution de part a part toutes coustes missions interests dommaiges et despendz au deffault de non observer les choses susdictes survenantz, renonciations etc, en tesmoin etc. faict et donné le vingtdeuxiesme jour du moys de Septembre l'an de notre Seigneur Jesuschrist courant mil cinq centz Septante Troys presentz en ce les susnommés nobles et honnorables seigneurs arbitres tesmoings.
_Nicoletus GACHET ___+
| (1418 - 1468)
_François GACHET _________|
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474 |
| |_Mermette _____ _____
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_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| | _Nicod CHALON _______+
| | | (.... - 1479)
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________|
| m 1474 |
| |_Françoise CUEX _____+
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|--Daniel GACHET
| (.... - 1583)
| ______ DE TORCULARI _
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| _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _|
| | (1460 - 1513) m 1480 |
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|_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
(.... - 1553) m 1503|
| _Pierre BOVET _______+
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|_Perronete BOVET _________|
(.... - 1513) m 1480 |
|_Amphilisia _____ ___
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François GACHET (ID #I5769)
(male)
- BIRTH: ABT 1450
- DEATH: BEF 1522, Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland
Father: Nicoletus GACHET (b. 1418, d. 1468)
Mother: Mermette _____ (dates unknown)
Family 1
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Jaqueta CHALON (dates unknown)
- MARRIAGE: 15 MAY 1474, Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland
[1505]
- +Pierre GACHET (b. ABT 1475, d. 21 MAR 1528)
Document of Pierre Chuard, notary at Payerne, dated 23 apr 1522, has Jean son of the late Henry Jan of Corcelles selling land to Pierre Gachet son of the late François Gachet clerk and bourgeois of Payerne. François is also identified as the father of Pierre Gachet in Pierre's marriage contract and in the subsequent acknowledgement of the receipt of the dowry. A document of Pierre Moron (père), notary at Payerne, dated 12 feb (?) 1483 indicates François Gaschet acknowledges payment of funds promised in his marriage contract, received from Bartholomé Challon, brother of his wife Jaqueta and son of the late Nicod Challon of Lutry.
[1505]
Date of donation of a sum of money to support the marriage, from Rodulph Prouz and his wife Marguerite Gachet, aunt of François Gachet.
_Johannes GACHET ____
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_Petrus GACHET ______|
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_Nicoletus GACHET ___|
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| | _Johannes CROSTEL ___+
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| |_Francesca CROSTEL __|
| (1392 - 1450) m 1409|
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|--François GACHET
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François GACHET (ID #I5746)
(male)
- DEATH: 31 OCT 1575, Lutry, Vaud, Switzerland
[1240]
Father: Pierre GACHET (b. ABT 1475, d. 21 MAR 1528)
Mother: Jaquaz DUTRUICT (d. 9 MAR 1553)
Appears as adult son of Pierre in 1543. A few references to his marriage and at least two daughters have been found, but there is still considerable uncertainty about his life. The "tuteurs testamentaires" of his daughter Magdelaine are listed, only a few days after his death, as Gabriel de Prez, Sr. de Corsier, and Nicod Morattel (document in the Archives Communales de Payerne, EB 1, dated 05 nov 1575, recorded by Benoit Nible, and also found in the registers of that notary on microfilm). From the circumstances of his death, we suppose his testament was recorded at Lutry.
He died at the house of Noble Aymé de Prez, Sr. de Corcelles-le-Jorat. N. Aymé de Prez has the distinction of being the father of the wife of Isbrand Daux, who used his office of bourgmaîstre de Lausanne in a plot to deliver the city into the hands of the Duke of Savoie in December, 1588. The plot, known in French as "la conjuration d'Isbrand Daux," was discovered at the last minute, but Daux and a number of other conspirators, including N. François de Prez, son of Aymé, were able to escape into Savoie. It has always been supposed that there were other conspirators or supporters of the plot whose names have never come to light. (See the article of Maxime Reymond, "La conjuration d'Isbrand Daux", published in several installments in Revue historique vaudoise, volumes 24-25, 1916-1917.) Gabriel de Prez must have been another son of Aymé de Prez, and after his descendants sold their claim to Corsier-sur-Lutry and other fiefs, and the fief of Corcelles-le-Jorat was confiscated from François de Prez for his part in the conspiracy, the de Prez family seems to have retired to Savoie permanently. The house of the de Prez family, dating from 1421, if not earlier, still stands, in the north section of the old "bourg" of Lutry.
We are left with an interesting question, was N. François Gachet another brother-in-law of Isbrand Daux? Was the second wife of François Gachet also a de Prez? (A general reference, which does not answer this question: Frédéric-Théodore Dubois, "Les descendants des sires de Prez", Annales Fribourgeoises, 4:69-70, 1916.)
There is today a domain and vineyard at Mur, Fribourg, known as the Château de Mur, that was owned in the early 1600's by Samuel von Erlach and the Gachet family. It is most likely that this fact is connected with the marriage of Samuel von Erlach to Magdelaine Gachet, whose parentage was until recently unknown. However, we think that a document recorded by Jean Amey Bondu (ACV DP 11/3, 02 dec 1574) comes very close to proof. The document involved Bernard Jacquier, residing at Mur "en la mayson de Noble Françoys Gachet", renting two cows from him for the term of three years. Unless another of the Gachet family also owned property there, Magdelaine should be his daughter. This has in fact been proved in at least one terrier (see our entry for Magdelaine Gachet and her husband Samuel d'Erlach).
François seems to have spent many years acquiring property. He had at least two houses in the vicinity of Lutry, as well as many other parcels of land. Records of his transactions are scattered through the registers of the notaries. Probably much more could be learned from these transactions and from the "terriers". One document, recorded 09 mar 1582 at Cully (Claude de Place, notary, ACV DI 48/12), concerns a sale by Egrège Nycod Moratel, notary and bourgeois of Payerne, acting as "contuteur" (co-guardian) of Noble Magdeleyne, daughter of the late Noble François Gaschet, of a vineyard, to Jaques Beboz. This piece of property had been sold originally by Anthoine son of Pierre Lyn of Epesses to Discret Jean Chevrod of Payerne on 09 apr 1501, recorded by Discret Jehan de Turiaco (Jean de Thuery). In this case, we can see how the property found its way into the hands of Magdelaine: her father's first wife was Collette du Moulin, whose mother Isabel Chevrod was the daughter of Jean Chevrod. Although François Gachet had a daughter by his first wife, the daughter had long since died and any estate had reverted to François and then to his sole surviving heir, Magdelaine. This document, like all of those discovered so far, does not mention the name of Magdelaine's mother. However, if her mother brought any dowry into her marriage with François Gachet, her name will inevitably turn up in connection with the settlement of his estate.
A slightly different view is provided by a document quoted at length on the web site of Torny-le-Grand (Fribourg) (http://torny.ch):
14 juin 1562: " Reconnaissance de noble Benoîte feu noble Benoît du Molin (seigneur de Macconnens) femme d'egrige et discrèt Benoît Nibloz, secrétaire de Payerne pour 1/3 de Marguerite sa soeur femme de feu noble Charles Meyer, pour 1/3 de Françoise et Samuel libérés de noble François et de feue Collette sa femme, soeur des dites Benoîte et Marguerite, pour 1/3 en faveur des barons de Montagny le mont... Reconnaissons tenir en fief hommage lige des biens et reconnaissance de feu noble Anney de Mouldon, donzel et par lui à feu Messire Humbert bastard de Savoye, chevalier alors du dit Montagny es mains de feu Jean Chalvin, son commissaire reconnu d'acquis par le feu Jean Chevroz fait de feu noble François de Billens, Seigneur de Macconnens, fait pour le prix de 350 florins, le 24 février 1514, laquelle lettre d'engageure depuis a été remise à noble Benoît du Molin, comme Héritier de feu noble François de Billens par Georges Buchin de Crissier conjointe personne d'Antoine sa femme, et par noble Claude Fyvoz comme représentant de Françoise Relaissée de feu Aimé Chuard et à iceux non cohéritiers de feu Pierre Chevroz fils de feu Johan Chevroz, acquisiteur susdit par les mains de noble Benoît le 20 juin 1554 aussi d'une recharge de la somme de 80 florins sur la dite engageure, à savoir toute la dîme de Tornier-Pitet, Tornier-le-Grand et Middes que fut du dit feu noble François de Billens, lequel (quart) ne soloit partir avec les autres qui furent noble d'Aygremont et Item et la sexte part d'un autre quart des dits discours avec Hans Ruyf bourgeois conseiller fribourgeois tenant les 5 autres parts de la dite autre quarte partie sur laquelle autre et dernière quarte partie la Fille-Dieu de Romont percevait les gains..."
The reference give is "Quenet 8b p. 253", which must surely mean "quernet", but in what archives? Also, the document as quoted needs some editing: "Françoise et Samuel libérés de noble François" must refer to children of François Gachet and his wife Collette du Moulin, thus revealing an otherwise unknown son of François, who must have died soon after. Further, there are other people mentioned who figure in the story of the great families of Payerne: George Buchin de Crissier was the husband of Antonia Chevrod daughter of Jean—thus, we are dealing with another component of the extensive Chevrod inheritance. There are several other words that seem to have been rendered incorrectly: "iceux non cohéritiers" must be "iceux comme cohéritiers", and "Anney de Mouldon" is probably "Amey de Mouldon". It would be very helpful to examine the original document.
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According to the family book of Niklaus Gatschet, his brother: "starb myn bruoder Franziskus Gachet in edibus dom. (?) Aymonis (?) de Prez Lustriaci."
_Nicoletus GACHET ___+
| (1418 - 1468)
_François GACHET _________|
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474 |
| |_Mermette _____ _____
|
_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| | _Nicod CHALON _______+
| | | (.... - 1479)
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________|
| m 1474 |
| |_Françoise CUEX _____+
|
|
|--François GACHET
| (.... - 1575)
| ______ DE TORCULARI _
| |
| _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _|
| | (1460 - 1513) m 1480 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
(.... - 1553) m 1503|
| _Pierre BOVET _______+
| | (.... - 1480)
|_Perronete BOVET _________|
(.... - 1513) m 1480 |
|_Amphilisia _____ ___
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Isabel GACHET (ID #I5724)
(female)
- BIRTH: BEF 1551
- DEATH: 1576
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Father: Jean Amey GACHET (b. ABT 1504, d. 6 MAY 1573)
Mother: Marguerite VALLIER (b. ABT 1505, d. AFT 1560)
From the information in the Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse (online edition), it would appear that Isabel's mother must have been Denise Regnauld, not Marguerite Vallier. Therefore, it is possible that one or more of the other sisters are also children of Denise, and not of Vallier. The dates of first marriage, if they can be found, may be the best evidence in this regard. It is possible the date has been seriously misquoted, or that Isabel was very young at the time of her marriage.
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Article "Pierre de Chambrier", in online edition of the Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse.
_François GACHET _________+
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474
_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________+
| m 1474
_Jean Amey GACHET ___|
| (1504 - 1573) m 1540|
| | _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _+
| | | (1460 - 1513) m 1480
| |_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
| (.... - 1553) m 1503|
| |_Perronete BOVET _________+
| (.... - 1513) m 1480
|
|--Isabel GACHET
| (1551 - 1576)
| _Jaques VALLIER __________+
| | (.... - 1500)
| _Pierre VALLIER _____|
| | (1488 - 1552) m 1510|
| | |_Marguerite DE CRESSIER __+
| |
|_Marguerite VALLIER _|
(1505 - 1560) m 1540|
| _Martin "le VERRIER" _____
| |
|_Marie ODET _________|
(.... - 1546) m 1510|
|__________________________
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Jacobe GACHET (ID #I5690)
(female)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: Noble
- BIRTH: AFT 1540
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Father: Jean Amey GACHET (b. ABT 1504, d. 6 MAY 1573)
Mother: Marguerite VALLIER (b. ABT 1505, d. AFT 1560)
Family 1
:
Pettermand PLANCHE (b. BEF 1547, d. 1588)
- MARRIAGE: BEF 1578, Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Daniel PLANCHE (bp. 25 SEP 1580, d. BEF 1584)
- Jean PLANCHE (bp. 1 DEC 1581, d. AFT 1641)
- Pierre PLANCHE (bp. 18 FEB 1583, d. BEF 1641)
- Marguerite PLANCHE (bp. 4 MAY 1584)
- +Anne PLANCHE (bp. 13 DEC 1585)
Identified as "Nobla Jacobe Gachet" in a document of Jean Amey Bondu, 1578. It is not known if she survived her husband, but probably not, as she would likely have been listed as their "mère tutrice" in documents relating to her husband's heirs. Her testament was recorded by the same notary 31 may 1584, at which time she had three living children, Jean, Pierre, and Marguerite. It is possible she was named after the Jacob Gachet who owned land near Payerne about 1550.
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Unfortunately, we have no evidence yet as to which wife of Jean Amey Gachet was the mother of Jacobe.
_François GACHET _________+
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474
_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________+
| m 1474
_Jean Amey GACHET ___|
| (1504 - 1573) m 1540|
| | _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _+
| | | (1460 - 1513) m 1480
| |_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
| (.... - 1553) m 1503|
| |_Perronete BOVET _________+
| (.... - 1513) m 1480
|
|--Jacobe GACHET
| (1540 - ....)
| _Jaques VALLIER __________+
| | (.... - 1500)
| _Pierre VALLIER _____|
| | (1488 - 1552) m 1510|
| | |_Marguerite DE CRESSIER __+
| |
|_Marguerite VALLIER _|
(1505 - 1560) m 1540|
| _Martin "le VERRIER" _____
| |
|_Marie ODET _________|
(.... - 1546) m 1510|
|__________________________
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Jaquetta GACHET (ID #I5751)
(female)
Father: Pierre GACHET (b. ABT 1475, d. 21 MAR 1528)
Mother: Jaquaz DUTRUICT (d. 9 MAR 1553)
In 1562, Jaquette Gachet widow of Claude Berthod, barber of Payerne, sold the barber's tools of her late husband and of her late son Louis, to her son-in-law Jaques Bergeret alias Berset, barber and bourgeois of Payerne (Abraham Chuard, notary). The same notary recorded her testament of 22 aug 1563, which names her children Catherine, Marguerite, Barbli (Barbille), Sabey (Isabel), and Louis (deceased), plus the two children of Louis, Louise and Anna.
_Nicoletus GACHET ___+
| (1418 - 1468)
_François GACHET _________|
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474 |
| |_Mermette _____ _____
|
_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| | _Nicod CHALON _______+
| | | (.... - 1479)
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________|
| m 1474 |
| |_Françoise CUEX _____+
|
|
|--Jaquetta GACHET
| (.... - 1563)
| ______ DE TORCULARI _
| |
| _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _|
| | (1460 - 1513) m 1480 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
(.... - 1553) m 1503|
| _Pierre BOVET _______+
| | (.... - 1480)
|_Perronete BOVET _________|
(.... - 1513) m 1480 |
|_Amphilisia _____ ___
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Jean GACHET (ID #I5745)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: Sr. de Bellevaux
- BIRTH: ABT 1509
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- DEATH: 10 DEC 1591
Father: Pierre GACHET (b. ABT 1475, d. 21 MAR 1528)
Mother: Jaquaz DUTRUICT (d. 9 MAR 1553)
The story of Jean Gachet has been conflated with that of his elder brother Jean Amey in almost every account that has been published to date. The version most often seen claims that Jean Amey Gachet was the Seigneur de Bellevaux, and that his wife was Denise Regnauld. Denise was the daughter of Guillaume Regnauld, who inherited the fief of Bellevaux, near Neuchâtel, from his aunt Marguerite de Bellevaux, the last of her family. Denise brought the fief of Bellevaux into the Gachet family as part of her dowry (however, the marriage contract has not been located), or else she inherited it after the death of Jacob, the only legitimate son of Guillaume Regnauld—both versions of this part of the story have been published.
In fact, it was not Jean Amey, but his younger brother Jean Gachet who married Denise Regnauld, a fact that is easily demonstrated through the documents we have assembled, and with the help of the actual death dates of Jean Amey and Jean, recorded by their brother Niklaus Gatschet in his "Hussbüchli" (now at the Burgerbibliothek of Bern).
Jean Gachet married a second time to Catherine Maillard or Maillardoz, by whom he had a daughter Jacobé, who settled the terms of her inheritance with her brother Josué 30 dec 1612 (Denis Pivard, notary at Moudon; the date is probably significant, for it was at about that time that Josué was exiled because of irregularities in the performance of his duties as Avoyer de Payerne). It is also possible, though not considered likely, that Catherine Maillard and her daughter belong to a later generation that has somehow escaped notice. But if that were true, we would need also a second Josué, and there seems to be no evidence for this. The matter seems to be proven conclusively by a settlement dated 20 mar 1594 (Jaques Richard, notary at Moudon, DL 79/2 fol. 244) between Noble Françoise de Blonay, widow of Noble Cathellin Loys, and Noble Catherine Maillard, widow of the late Noble Jean Gachet bourgeois and conseiller de Payerne, Seigneur de Bellevaux, as tutrice of her daughter Jaquevé Gachet, regarding a mill at Donneloye.
Jean Ballif, notary at Payerne (mainly Combremont-le-Grand) (FHL microfilm #0996235), 30 aug 1583.
Remission et transaction d'entre noble Jehan Gachet et Egrege Jehan Jacquier.
fol. 62:
Noble Jehan Gachet donzel et bourgeois de Payerne comme sachant et bien advisé, cede, quicte, remet et habandonne à perpetuité pour luy, ses hoirs et successeurs quelconques, A honorable et Egrege Jehan Jacquier bourgeois et secretaire de Mouldon, Agissant du nom et comme conjoincte personne de noble Marguerite Morizet, Aussi au nom de noble Jehan Morizet de Romont, et de noble Claude Gachet dudit Payerne, present et au nom de chacung d'eulx stipulant et recepvant pour eulx leurs hoirs et successeurs quelconques, Assavoir les droictz et tiltres que s'ensuyvent. Et par vigueur desquelz ledit noble Jehan Gachet tenoit (?) lesdites pieces de vigne en Iceux speciffiées et limitées, sans deroguer toutesfoys à l'usfruict et jouissance qu'il a de la moytié entiere de toutes lesdites vignes sa vie durant, Aussy à la quart part de l'autre moytié apartenant à noble Josué Gachet son filz comme seul heritier de noble Denize Regnaut sa mere feue femme dudit noble Jehan Gachet. Premierement la vente (?) d'acquis faict par provide homme Claude Croserens citoyen de Lausanne de noble Guillaume Renaud bourgeois de Romont d'un morcel de vigne contenant demie pose size au territoyre de China ex lieudit desoubz Chenaulx jouxte ses limites, ledit acquis faict pour le pris de cinquante six escus d'or au soleil, ungchacung d'iceux vaillant quarante troy solz Lausannois bons, Constant des lettres (?) par discret Pierre Croserens notaire receue et signée, datté du quatorziesme de Septembre l'an mille cinq cenz dixneuf, la remission d'icelle faicte à honnorable Jaques Bonard au nom dudit noble Jehan Gachet par noble Nycod Rambert au nom de Marguerite Grand sa femme; est faict pour le pris dedits cinquante six escus d'or sol delivrées pour rehemption dudit morcel de vigne d'aultant au reachet ne estoit d'aucune appreciation d'iceulz, telle remise receue par discret Claude de Place du vingt et ung Jour du moys d'Apvril l'an mille cinq cenz septante (?) sept. Item, la lettre d'acquis faict par maitre Claude Burdet de Lausanne du prenommé Guillaume Renaud d'ung morcel de vigne contenant quatre fosseries sis au vignoble de Lalex
fol. 62 v.:
au lieudit dessoubz loz Chanoz, jouxte ses limites, ledit vendition faicte pour le prix de vingtsix escus d'or au soleil ungchacung d'iceux vaillant quarante troys sols Lausannois bons, Constant d'icelle noble Rod Chalon notayre receue et signée du Jeudi apres la feste Sainct Bartholomey, l'an mille cinq centz et seize, le reachept sus icelle concedé receu par ledit Rod Chalon pour ledit pris et de mesme datte signé par commission (en vigueur en mandement expres narré au pied dudit reachept) par noble Simon Pierre Chalon. La remission de la prementionné lettre d'acquisition faicte par vigueur dudit reachept et sentence extreme faicte par honnorable Jerome François citoyen de Lausanne audit noble Jehan Gachet pour le pris susdit et missions legitimes receue et signée par discret François Dudey notayre du sexiesme de Septembre mille cinq centz octante ung. Le lod sus l'adjudication de tel morcel de vigne faict audit noble Jehan Gachet par noble et vertueux Ludwig d'Erlach Baillifz d'Oron receu et signé par egrege George Ansel du penultieme de febrvrier mille cinq centz octante ung. Item, et la lettre d'acquis casuel faict par honnorable Jaques Bonard dudit noble Guillaume Renaud de deux morcels de vigne sis au vignoble dudit Grandvaux l'un au lieudit en Platrins (?) des Verchieres contenant cinq fosseries, et l'autre audit lieu là aupres contenant troys fosseries, pour le pris de cinqante escus d'or au soleil, act de (?) discret Claude des Granges notaire du second jour du moys de Janvier l'an mille cinz centz cinquante cinq. La remissive d'icelle faicte par vigueur de rehemption par ledit Jaques Bonard audit noble Jehan Gachet, et à noble Michée fille dudit noble Guillaume Renaud par legitime satisfaction dudit pris receue par egrege Estienne Richard du troisieme d'octobre mille cinq centz soixante sept, lesquelz tiltres prenarrés ont esté par ledit noble Jehan Gachet manuellement remis audit Jehan Jacquier pour le prix et somme de trente escus d'or au soleil marqués du coing du Roy de France de bon et ligitime poidz, et de quarante sept florins et cinq gros par ledit noble Jehan Gachet audit Jacquier au nom predit heuz et receuz pour legitime rehemption des troys partz de la moytié du total prix contenu aux actes susnarrés, lod (?), facions (?) de ... (?) et autres missions legitimes, de quelle somme ledit noble Jehan Gachet en quicte ledit Jacquier au nom comme dessus à perpetuité, par vigueur duquel payement et rehemption icelluy Jacquier au nom comme dessus jouira d'icy en avant desdits troys
fol. 63:
parts de ladite moytié desdits vignes le vie durant dudit noble Jehan Gachet, auquel comme sus est dit, la jouissance de l'autre moytié apartient, et apres son dit deces ledit dessus nommés au nom desquelz ledit Jacquier faicte la presente rehemption et leurs successeurs pourront et debvront rentrer jouir et posseder lesdits troys parts du parentier desdits vignes. En restituant aux heritiers dudit noble Jehan Gachet mesme et consemblable somme sus[dit] par ledit Jacquier audit noble Jehan Gachet expediée pour ledit troys parts de la moytié de ladit rehemption. La quarte part du totage desdits vignes devra à peretuité demeurer et apartenir au prenommé noble Josué filz dudit noble Jehan Gachet comme coheritier de sadite mere. Ainsy ce jourd'huy arresté et convenu entre ledit noble Jehan Gachet et ledit egrege Jehan Jacquier, et est à entendre que d'aultant ledit Jacquier a fourny et foncé la rehemption predit de ses propres desirs (?) ou de ceux de ladite noble Marguerite Morizet, que tous les autres coheritiers prenommés doivent restituer leur part et raste (reste?) de predite somme avant que le premier jour de leur droict et part dedit rehemption, le tout sans aucun fraud, prometant sur ce lesdits contrahans par leur bonne foy et obligation de tous leurs biens la presente rehemption et arrest avoir à perpetuité pour agreable et contre icelle jamais aller faire dire ne venir en maniere que ce soit, soubz poenne (peine?) de rendre et rembourser l'une des parties à l'autre reciproquement tous damps interestz et missions survenans pour le desfault de non avoir accomply, ny observé le contenu des choses prescriptes que sont esté faictes et passés audite Payerne le penultieme jour du moys d'Aoust l'an de grace courant mille cinq centz octante troys. En presence des honorables et prudens Claude Ruerat banderet et François de Trey, tous deux conseilliers et bourgeois dudit Payerne, tesmoins pour ce requis et appellés.
The three parcels and the documents cited with them are:
1. Demie pose, at Chenaux, "dessous Chenaulz": Claude Croserens sold for 56 ecus to Guillaume Renaud (Pierre Croserens, 14 sep 1519). After his death, and that of Denise, rights sold by Nycod Rambert on behalf of his wife Marguerite Grand to Jaques Bonard in the name of Jean Gachet for the same 56 ecus (Claude de Place, 21 apr 1577).
2. Quatre fosseries, vignoble de Lalex, "dessous los Chanoz": Claude Burdet of Lausanne sold for 26 ecus to Guillaume Renaud (Rod Chalon, Thursday after St. Bartholomy—thus late August—1516, with rachept from Simon Pierre Chalon of same date). After death of Renaud, Jerome François of Lausanne rendered a judgement to Jean Gachet for the same 26 ecus (François Dudey, 16 sep 1581). Lods granted by Louis d'Erlach, Baillif of Oron (George Ansel, 27 feb 1581).
3. Two parcels at Grandvaux "en Platrins des Verchieres", the first containing 5 fosseries, the other 3 fosseries: Jaques Bonard sold for 50 ecus to Guillaume Renaud (Claude des Granges, 02 jan 1555). After death of Renaud, Jaques Bonard granted rights to Jean Gachet and to Michée, daughter of Renaud (Estienne Richard, 03 oct 1567).
If this is correct, Guillaume was still alive in 1555, and Michée in 1567. It is not stated whether Michée or her heirs still had a claim on the third item in 1583.
These three parcels must have been in the estate of Denise Regnauld, for they are all treated the same way. Jean Gachet (not Jean Amey, because the latter died in 1573) has a 1/2 interest, the coheirs of Denise Regnauld have the other 1/2 interest. The interest of the coheirs of Denise Regnauld is split in equal portions among:
- Josué, son of Jean Gachet and Denise, but still under the control of Jean Gachet, implying that Josué is still under age, thus born after 1558. He is called "sole heir" of Denise, presumably that means residual heir—but the interest of Josué in these particular parcels must have been the result of a specific bequest of Denise, and not part of the residual estate.
- Marguerite Muriset, wife of Jean Jacquier, secretary of Moudon.
- Jean Muriset.
- Claude Gachet.
Further evidence that the Sr. de Bellevaux is not Jean Amey Gachet is provided in the records of Pierre Jan, notary at Payerne, where we find Noble Jean Gachet described as Sr. de Bellevaux on several occasions, such as 18 nov 1580 and 09 feb 1588, long after the death of Jean Amey Gachet (1573).
Jean Gachet could be the "Johannes Gatzerus ex Peterlingen diocesis Losanensis" who appears in the Matrikel of the University of Freibourg im Breisgau, 22 jan 1523, but we think the entry more likely applies to his elder brother Jean Amey. A number of other names from Vaud, Bern, and Fribourg (Switzerland) are recognizable in this Matrikel (1460-1656), provided one uses considerable imagination for the names that come from French-speaking areas. Certainly there is no other surname similar to Gatzerus in Payerne, and the period is about right for Jean to be attending a university. One could explain the spelling as an attempt to latinize a word heard as Gatché, with the assumption that it was one of those French names ending in -er, rather than one ending in -et, for the purposes of constructing an appropriate Latin nominative ending. As for the substitution of -tz- for -ch-, we may see here evidence of the local patois. French vache becomes vatsche or vatze in the patois of this region. Accoucher becomes akeutzi or acutchi. A large number of words that have -ch- in standard French are rendered as -tz-, -ts-, or -tsch- in the patois. These substitutions reflect prononciation, not a local standard for orthography. The treatment of -ch- in the patois is likely the reason that Gachet became Gatschet when it was transplanted to Bern, rather than the equivalent German spelling that would be expected if Gachet were pronounced in standard French, Gaschet. If the entry at Freiburg-im-Breiskau was for Jean Amey, perhaps Jean attended instead the University of Basel, where there is an entry in the Matrikel in 1536/37 for Joannes Gatzetus from Bern.
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Computed from age at death, as noted in his brother Niklaus Gatschet's "Hussbüchli."
_Nicoletus GACHET ___+
| (1418 - 1468)
_François GACHET _________|
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474 |
| |_Mermette _____ _____
|
_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| | _Nicod CHALON _______+
| | | (.... - 1479)
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________|
| m 1474 |
| |_Françoise CUEX _____+
|
|
|--Jean GACHET
| (1509 - 1591)
| ______ DE TORCULARI _
| |
| _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _|
| | (1460 - 1513) m 1480 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
(.... - 1553) m 1503|
| _Pierre BOVET _______+
| | (.... - 1480)
|_Perronete BOVET _________|
(.... - 1513) m 1480 |
|_Amphilisia _____ ___
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