I2096: Johannes PIGNIOLLET (b. BEF 1450, d. BEF 1502)

Johannes PIGNIOLLET (ID #I2096)

(male)

BIRTH: BEF 1450, of Chesard, Vaud
DEATH: BEF 1502

Father: Jaqueti PIGNIOLLET (b. bef 1395, d. bef 1467)

Family 1 : Ancillina _____ (b. BEF 1457, d. AFT 1507)

+Girard PIGNOLET (b. BEF 1475, d. 16 FEB 1525)
Alix (Alice) PIGNIOLLET (d. AFT 1525)
Guillauma PIGNIOLLET (dates unknown)

In the debt book of Nicod Méan, the place of origin is given twice as Chessard, very clearly written. It is possible this refers to Chézard in Val-de-Ruz, Neuchâtel, but that seems rather distant. A more likely solution is Chesard, just east of Grandcour. An additional mention in the book of Nicod Méan says Chesat. With three clear readings, there is no doubt about the name of the place, and in none of these is it stated or implied that Johannes lived or worked in Payerne.

The Archives d'Etat de Fribourg has a document involving Guillaume Pignyolet of Dompierre en Vully (1449), possibly of the same family. This Dompierre, now in the territory of Fribourg, is only a few miles from Payerne, along the road to Avenches.

Edmond Ischi, historian of Payerne, informs us that Pignolet, in one or another of its variant spellings, is noted as bourgeois of Payerne as early as 1444, but we know of no documents that allow us to name the father, or indeed the circumstances, of Johannes.

The surviving register of the notary Jean Bellin of Payerne (ACV DP 8, 1430-1459) includes several mentions of a Pugnyollet or Pignyollet family, including a Pierre son of Jaques, citizen of Payerne, in 1458. There is also a mention of Guillaume Pugniolet owning property at Grandcour in 1442, plausibly the same man noted above at Dompierre.

The Genevan genealogist and historian Jacques Augustin Galiffe mentions in the introduction to the first volume of his monumental Notices Généalogiques (1829) that the surname Pignolet has, at least once, proved to derive from the ancient Italian family Spinola. Whether this explanation applies to our own Pignolet remains to be seen. Families of Italian origin, some apparently quite ancient, are scattered throughout the Pays de Vaud.

In spite of the lack of direct evidence, it is instructive to review the citations gleaned from the records of the early notaries of Payerne. The earliest record we found was for a debt owed by Aymonet Pignyolet, bourgeois de Payerne (March, 1407, Pierre de Treyvaux, notary, thus significantly predating the earliest lists of the citizens of Payerne). The next citations concern the children of Jaqueti Pigniollet, who died apparently between 1457 and 1468. He had several children, including a Petrus who died before 1467, leaving a widow Alixone daughter of Johannes Joccet; a son Johannes who died before 1478, apparently the same man whose widow was Ancellina, and who had, in addition to his son Girard, a daughter Alexia who married Claude de Fonté and another daughter who married Johannes Caddo; and Uldricus, who son Petrus called the late Johannes his uncle (28 may 1483, Pierre Moron père, notary). The latter Petrus had a wife Perissonne and survived at least until 1511. This lineage depends on the identity of the Johannes who married Ancellina with Johannes the son of Jaqueti, and also assumes that Aymonet was indeed the father of Jaqueti. With the understanding that there is some speculation involved, we include these relationships in our database.

The city archives of Payerne has a document described as a marriage contract for Jehan Pigniollat, dated 1542 (E 9/8). We know of no such person who might have married in 1542, and it is just possible that the description is incorrect.

                                             _Aymonet PIGNIOLLET _
                                            | (1375 - 1407)       
                       _Mermet PIGNIOLLET __|
                      | (.... - 1420)       |
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 _Jaqueti PIGNIOLLET _|
| (1395 - 1467)       |
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|--Johannes PIGNIOLLET 
|  (1450 - 1502)
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The Swiss Settlement of Vevay, Indiana: The settlers, their relatives, their associates

Johannes PIGNIOLLET (ID #I2096)

Johannes PIGNIOLLET (ID #I5759)

Mermet PIGNIOLLET (ID #I2108)

Mermet PIGNIOLLET (ID #I5812)

Petrus PIGNIOLLET (ID #I2107)

Petrus PIGNIOLLET (ID #I5786)

Uldricus PIGNIOLLET (ID #I2106)

Uldricus PIGNIOLLET (ID #I5785)

Antheine PIGNOLET (ID #I2092)

Antheine PIGNOLET (ID #I5736)

Catherine PIGNOLET (ID #I2057)

Catherine PIGNOLET (ID #I5709)

Clauda PIGNOLET (ID #I5735)

Clauda PIGNOLET (ID #I2091)

Françoise PIGNOLET (ID #I2090)

Françoise PIGNOLET (ID #I5734)

Girard PIGNOLET (ID #I2087)

Girard PIGNOLET (ID #I5731)

Hansman PIGNOLET (ID #I2088)

Hansman PIGNOLET (ID #I5732)

Marie PIGUET (ID #I289)

Susette PIGUET (ID #I3027)

Catherine PILLARD (ID #I5963)

Etienne Samuel PILLARD (ID #I5965)

Elizabeth PILLIOD (ID #I1235)