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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