Daniel Isaac Faure
Daniel Isaac Fauré I (1624-1701) was a notable French Huguenot that emigrated in 1700 from England to Virginia, which was one of the 13 British Colonies. This was the beginning of the Faure family coming to America. The Faure name eventually was changed to “Ford” as it was easier to spell, pronounce, and understand in English.
History[edit]
In 1700, over two hundred of the five hundred French Huguenots emigrants from La Rochelle, France settled on the south side of the James River in Virginia. The English Crown, King William III, had promised them land grants in Norfolk County, Virginia. Ten thousand acres of land was given to the settlers. They were exempt from paying taxes for seven years and could practice their religion as they chose.[1] By 1700, the Huguenot Chapel was built by the French Huguenots.
Daniel Isaac Faure may have been one of the first French Huguenots that crossed the Atlantic as a refuge and settled in Virginia. He was born in 1624 in La Rochelle-Normande, France. Daniel was the son of Jacques Louis Faure (1600-1640) and Ann Elizabeth Bondurant (1600-1665), both from La Rochelle, France.[2] In 1646, he married Marie Anne Tribault (1630-1701) in La Rochelle, France. Marie Tribault (Thibault) was the daughter of Jean and Elizabeth Tribault. Daniel and Marie had six children.[3]
From the Manakin-town Huguenot Ship Lists, the first ship to arrive was the Marry and Ann with 207 Huguenots onboard. Captain George Hawes sailed from London on April 19, 1700 and came to Jamestown, Virginia on July 23, 1700. The list includes "The Widow Faure and 4 children".[4] Based on this information, we can say Daniel's wife and four of his children arrived in Manakin-Town, Goochland County, Virginia on July 31, 1700. Manakin-Town was a deserted Monacan Indian village. It comes from the extinct Manakin tribe of Indians.
In the original documents from the government of Virginia under Francis Nicholson, we find the name Faure. The following text appears: "Faure, his brother, and two sisters" and "Faure, his brother and sister."[1]
The National Humanities Center has created a document related to the French Huguenot settlement of Manakin Town, Virginia. It includes a report to the English Board of Trade in August 1700 by the Virginia governor, that reported: There is a great deal of good Land and unpatented, where they may at present be all together, which we thought would be best for all his Majesty’s Service and Interests, and that they would be strengthing to the Frontiers and would quickly make a settlement, not only for themselves, but to receive others when his majesty shall be graciously pleased to send them. The document includes a list of the refugees, which include the "widow Faure and four children."[5]
Daniel later died in 1701 in Manakin Town.[6] Daniel was buried in the Manakin Farm Cemetery.[7]
Daniel Isaac Faure II (1647-1701)[edit]
One of Daniel Isaac Faure and Anne Tribault sons was Daniel Isaac Faure II. He was born on September 20, 1647 in La Rochelle-Normande, France.[8] [9] He married in 1670 to Marie Anne Chastain (1652-1700) in Berry Province, France.[10] They had several children, one of whom was Jean Pierre Faure I. Another was Elisabeth Faure who married Jean Pierre Morrisett, who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, July 23, 1700, on the ship Mary and Ann from London.
The folloiwng list of names has been authenticated by the Huguenot Society as some of the founders of the Huguenot colony at Manakin Town, Virginia. They include: FAURE, FORD, Pierre Jean Faure, Elizabeth Faure, Widow Faure, Anne, and Daniel Faure. CHASTAIN, Elizabeth, Pierre, René, Stephen [Estienne], and Mary Ann.[11]
Daniel II made his Abjuration in April 1685 before leaving France.[8] He died on July 31, 1701 in Manakin-Town, Virginia.[12] He was buried in the Monacan Farm Cemetery in Manakin Farms, Goochland County, Virginia.[13]
Jean Pierre Faure I (1675-1745)[edit]
Jean Pierre Faure I, also known as Peter Ford, was born on September 15, 1675 in Saint Sever, Berry, France. He is the grandson of Isaac and Mary Ann Thiboult. In 1692, he married Mary Elizabeth Agee (1677-1709) in France.[14] His second wife was Judith Bingli.
Pierre joined his parents when he came to the Jamestown, Virginia on the ship "Le Nasseau" on March 5, 1701 with his wife, son, brother, and two sisters. It was the 4th of the five Huguenot ships to arrive from England. His brother’s name was Daniel Faure.[15]
William Armstrong Crozier, in his book, "Virginia County Records" said: From the above it will be seen that Pierre Faure had with him a brother and two sisters, as well as his wife and one child. The brother's name was undoubtedly Daniel, after whom Pierre named one of his sons.[1] Pierre was one of the founders of the Huguenot settlement at Manakin Town, Henrico County. Jean Pierre Faure was a member of the Vestry of King William Parish in 1731-32.[16]
Crozier goes on to say that From the land grants at Richmond we find that a grant of 266 acres was given to Daniel Faure the 3rd day of March 1715, the said land lying chiefly in Henrico County (Book 10, page 285). Pierre Faure was not granted land until 1716, and then only 107 acres. [1]
in March 1995, Kathryn La Rue Tingley, wrote about Jean Pierre Faure and the Chastain family in her book, The Cross of Languedoc. She said: FAURE. Pierre, the immigrant ancestor of this family, had a coat-of-arms which showed he was from the Faure family of Auvergne, France. He was born circa 1675 and his first wife was Elizabeth Agee. His second wife was Judith Bingli. He died 1744, leaving many issues. There have been many famous Faures including the President of France in 1895, Francoise Felix Faure, also a Premier, a composer and a politician. Horace Greeley, Adm. W. H. Sutherland, USN, and the singer Tennessee Ernie Ford are descendants of the immigrant Faure family...yes, the name changed many ways! [17]
By 1726, Pierre had acquired several hundred acres of land and a house and lot in Manakin-Town on the James River in Virginia. He changed his name to Peter Ford when he arrived in the United States.
On the May 31, 1729, Joseph Faure was born, son of Pierre Faure and of Judith Bingli Faure. Mr. Mason baptized Joseph on July 16th. His godfather was Joseph Bingli and godmother was Judith Bingli. John Chastain was the clerk that registered the baptism.[18]
Pierre died on April 16, 1745 in Manakin, Goochland County, Virginia. Pierre made a will on April 29, 1744 in Goochland County. Pierre and his wife had several children one on whom was Jacque Faure (1708-1810), also known as Captain James Ford Sr.
Captain James Ford (1708-1810)[edit]
Captain James Ford was born on May 11, 1708 in Manakin-Town, Virginia. In 1729, Captain James Ford married Elizabeth Ann Bondurant (1714-1758) in Virginia.
On June 6, 1770, King George III, granted a petition to James Ford, soldier in the service of the Colony, under the command of Col. Washington, to be allowed the sum of five pounds and the sum of five pounds per annum during his life in consideration of a wound he received at the Battle of the Meadows.[19] James Ford died in 1810 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.
Descendants[edit]
Descendants from the Faure families include Jacob Lafayette Ford, who fought in the Revolutionary War,[20] Pleasant Thomas Ford, who fought in the War of 1812,[21] Tirey Lafayette Ford who became Attorney General for San Francisco, and Byington Ford who helped develop Pebble Beach and Carmel Valley. See the Faure page for a complete list of people.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Virginia County Records, William Armstrong Crozier, Volume VII, 1910, page 161
- ↑ Geni Web Site for Daniel Isaac Faure I
- ↑ Family Search Website for Marie Anne Thibault
- ↑ Manakintown Huguenot Ship Lists
- ↑ Manakin Town, The French Huguenot Settlement in Virginia
- ↑ Geni Website for Daniel Isaac Faure
- ↑ Find A Grave Website for Daniel Isaac Faure I
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 History of the Huguenot Emigration to America, Vol1, 1885, Charles W. Baird, D.D
- ↑ Family Search for Daniel Isaac Faure II
- ↑ Family Search Website for Marie Anne Chastain
- ↑ List of Huguenot Ancestors
- ↑ Family Search Website for Daniel Isaac Faure
- ↑ Find A Grave Website for Daniel Isaac Faure II
- ↑ Family Search Website for Mary Elizabeth Agee
- ↑ Family Search Website for Jean Pierre Faure
- ↑ History of Huguenots of Virginia
- ↑ Kathryn La Rue Tingley, The Cross of Languedoc, March 1995
- ↑ Register containing the baptisms made in the Church of the French Refuges at Manikin-Town in Virginia, the Parish of the King William
- ↑ Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1770-1772, Page 49
- ↑ Recorded in Faure-Fore-Ford Families by Martha Bott Page 30, found in LDS Family History Library call #929.273 F2746 sworn and signed by notary Public on 14 day of September 1935
- ↑ U. S. War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815
External links[edit]
- The French Huguenot Frontier Settlement of Manakin Town
- Manakin Town The French Huguenot Settlement in Virginia
- Virginia County Records
- Brock, R. A., Documents Chiefly Unpublished, Relating to the Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and to the Settlement of Manakin-Town
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