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JOHN ABRAHAM DE NORMANDIE, b. 1688, Geneva, Switzerland, m. HENRIETTE ELIZABETH GANDOUET

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JOHN ABRAHAM DE NORMANDIE, b. 1688, Geneva, Switzerland, m. HENRIETTE ELIZABETH GANDOUET

Jacqueline4242  (View posts) Posted: 11 Sep 2007 8:59PM GMT
Classification: Biography
Surnames: DE NORMANDIE, GENDOUET
NATIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Vol. 65. December 1977 Number 4.

DE NORMANDIE FAMILY OF BRISTOL, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
By: LEWIS D. COOK, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P.

Pages 244. & 245.

6. JOHN ABRAHAM 2 DE NORMANDIE, b. 3 August 1688 in Geneva, Switzerland, son of ANDREW and LOUISE (CLERC) DE NORMANDIE, took the oath of allegiance and became a naturalized British subject 18 April 1711 in the Court of Common Pleas, Westminster, England. 5
He died 16 November 1757, aged 69 years 6 months, according to gravestone inscription in ST. JAMES' Churchyard, BRISTOL, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

Administration upon his estate was granted 1 December 1757 to his sons JOHN and DANIEL. 6 He was appointed Sheriff of BUCKS COUNTY 3 October 1719 by GOVERNOR WILLIAM KEITH. 7 He was also a Justice of the Peace in that county in 1745, 1749, and 1752, and represented the county in the PENNSYLVANIA Assembly in 1756. 8 Commissioned Major in the Associated Regiment of BUCKS COUNTY in 1747. 9 A Burgess of the Borough of BRISTOL, 1730-1757.

JOHN ABRAHAM DE NORMANDIE and HENRIETTE ELIZABETH GANDOUET were married 27 July 1715, according to the register of CHRIST Church, Philadelphia. The bride was the daughter of DR. FRANCOIS GANDOUET of that city, formerly of BRISTOL, England. 10 The gravestone inscription of "HENRIETTE ELIZABETH, wife of ABRAHAM DE NORMANDIE, who died on the 18th of November 1749, aged 57 years," is likewise in ST. JAMES' Churchyard in BRISTOL.

At the BUCKS COUNTY Orphans Court 12 September 1759 ANTHONY DE NORMANDIE, MARY BARD, and SARAH DE NORMANDIE, three of the children of JOHN ABRAHAM DE NORMANDIE, deceased intestate, petitioned for division of his estate, the administrators JOHN DE NORMANDIE and DANIEL DE NORMANDIE have in their accounts to exhibit, with the power of attorney from DANIEL DE NORMANDIE, one of the sons of the intestate, to JOHN DE NORMANDIE. At the Court 4 July 1760 the Sheriff was ordered to judge the value of all real estate of JOHN ABRAHAM DE NORMANDIE, ESQ., deceased intestate, and serve written notice thereof to WILLIAM STURGEON, guardian of WILLIAM DE NORMANDIE, the only son of WILLIAM DE NORMANDIE who was the oldest son of the intestate, to ANDREW REED, father of JOHN REED, by LUCY, one of the daughters of the said intestate, now deceased, and to ANTHONY DE NORMANDIE, PETER BARD, and MARY his wife, and SARAH DE NORMANDIE. The appraisal of the twentypone pieces of real estate owned by the deceased JOHN ABRAHAM DE NORMANDIE as reported to the Court 10 June 1761 by the Sheriff and jury as L2386.10.0. Their heirs agreed that the entire property be vested in JOHN DE NORMANDIE, being the next eldest son of the deceased, he to expose it to public sale and divide the monies arising equally between them.

CHILDREN OF JOHN ABRAHAM AND HENRIETTE E. (GANDOUET) DE NORMANDIE:

9. i. FRANCIS 3 DE NORMANDIE, b. 1716. d. young.

+10. ii. MARY DE NORMANDIE, b. 15 May 1718; m. PETER BARD.

+11. iii. WILLIAM DE NORMANDIE, b. 1720.

+12. iv. JOHN ABRAHAM DE NORMANDIE, b. 13 Sept. 1721.

13. v. LOUISE DE NORMANDIE, b. 8 Aug. 1723; m. 1753-57 ANDREW REED of Trenton, N.J., mercht., as 3rd wife. he d. 16 Dec. 1769, and she was named as decd. in account in Bucks Co. Orphans Court 12 Sept. 1759. Children: ANDREW REED, who d. 7 July 1758 aged 3 mos., g. s. inscript. in First Presbyterian Chyd., Trenton, N.J.; and JOHN REED who d. 1807, Cecil Co., Md (F. W. LEACH, "REED Family, "
North American (Phila.), 11 Jan. 1909.)

14. vi. ANDREW DE NORMANDIE, b. 9 Feb. 1726. d. in minority.

+15. vii. ANTHONY DE NORMANDIE, b. 23 Nov. 1727.

16. viii. DANIEL DE NORMANDIE, b. 22 May 1731. The will of DANIEL DE NORMANDIE of Boro. of BRISTOL, Bucks Co., mercht., dated 7 Apr. 1758 and probated 6 Aug 1760, names his brothers DR. JOHN DE NORMANDIE of BRISTOL and ANTHONY DE NORMANDIE of Phila., mercht., execs. Devises to his sisters MARY, wife of PETER BARD of Phila., and SARAH DE NORMANDIE; cousin HARRIET DE NORMANDIE; ANDREW, son of my brother JOHN; JAMES, son of my brother, ANTHONY. (Bucks Co. Wills, 3:24.)

+17. ix. SARAH DE NORMANDIE, b. 8 Dec. 1733; m. REV. THOMAS BARTON.
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