Soblet Family Homepage

My connection to the Huguenots starts in 1803 when Mensje Soublet, christened in Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland on 5 September 1778, marries with Arij Pijper, christened in Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland on 7 April 1782. Mensje was one of six children born to Willem Soublet and Marijtje Holm. Willem, as I was to discover, was named after his paternal grandfather Guillaume Soblet.

However, to find the birth registration of Willem's father Daniel was a little more difficult. When Daniel married for the first time in 1741 in Aalsmeer he was said to be from Emmerich in Germany. Since I was doing most of my research through the services of the Mormon Church, I decided to check the Family History Library catalogue to see if the parish registers of Emmerich had been microfilmed. There were two towns of Emmerich listed, one had some entries, the other none. I ordered a film from Emmerich but it was the wrong town, I needed the other one. Unfortunately the films from the other Emmerich were not available. I sent a letter to the Association of Evangelical Churchs in Nordrhein-Westfalen and received the address of the church in Emmerich. At the same time I ordered a film from the Mormon church on Huguenot/French Protestant records in the Netherlands because I thought that maybe my forebear may have been French. The Mormon church has microfilmed the wonderful collection of fiche cards that was housed in Leiden for several years but now resides in the Hague ('s-Gravenhage). After the arrival of the microfilm containing surnames starting with S, I sent a letter to the Evangelical Church in Emmerich because some of the Soblet burials had taken place in the Evangelical cemetery. I received a reply that they could not help me at present since they had no archivist. They were planning on hiring one soon. In the meantime the film arrived and I found a Guillaume Soblet in Emmerich with several children but no Daniel, all the children christened in the French Protestant church.. There were however large gaps between the births of the children. I also noted that there were several generations beyond Guillaume. Since I could not tie Daniel in, I did not go any further.

About a year later I received a letter from Emmerich telling me that the new archivist had information for me as long as I was willing to pay the fee. When I received the information from the Evangelical church I was overjoyed because there was my Daniel, one of several children baptized not in the French Protestant church but in the Evangelical church. This was the link I needed. I was then able to go back to the fiche collection of Huguenots and search further back.. Most of the Huguenot ancestors came from Sedan in the Ardennes region of France.

WILLEM SOUBLET, christened in Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, on 31 May 1750, buried there 28 December 1801, married in Aalsmeer on 28 May 1775 with MARIJTJE HOLM, christened in Aalsmeer on 12 March 1747, buried there 12 January 1788. Marijtje was daughter of Abram Pieters Holm and Meijnsje Henst.
children:
1. Trijntje, c. Aalsmeer 8 February 1777, m. Aalsmeer 17 April 1797
2. Mensje, c. Aalsmeer 5 September 1778, d. Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, 11 July 1813
3. Aaltje, c. Aalsmeer 5 September 1780, d. Aalsmeer 21 September 1780
4. Daniel, c. Aalsmeer 5 January 1782, d. Aalsmeer 14 August 1783
5. Aaltje, c. Aalsmeer 2 April 1786
6. Martje, c. Aalsmeer 6 October 1787

DANIEL SOUBLET, c. Emmerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 4 November 1721, buried in Aalsmeer on 5 May 1787. He married first in Aalsmeer on 24 September 1741 with Magtelt Leenderts van KINTS.
children:
1. Willem, c. Aalsmeer 30 June 1743
2. Magteld, c. Aalsmeer 13 September 1744

DANIEL SOUBLET married second in Aalsmeer on 28 November 1745 with TRIJNTJE CORNELIS VAN BOVEN, christened in Aalsmeer on 2 March 1721. She was buried on 28 October 1788. She was the daughter of Kornelis Kornelis van Boven and Aaltje Klaas Cornelis Jorisse.
children:
1. Aaltje, c. Aalsmeer 25 September 1746
2. Jacob, c. Aalsmeer 31 March 1748, d. there 15 February 1762
3. Willem, c. Aalsmeer 31 May 1750, bd. Aalsmeer 28 December 1801 (see above)
4. Cornelis, c. Aalsmeer 20 February 1751, m. there 21 October 1774 Hendrikje van Geldere
5. Antje, c. Aalsmeer 1753, d. there 5 May 1755
6. Klaas, c. Aalsmeer 17 September 1758, d. there 20 March 1759
7. Johannes, c. Aalsmeer 17 September 1758, d. there 27 January 1759
8. Hendrikje, c. Aalsmeer 6 September 1761

GUILLAUME SOBLET, christened Sédan 9 March 1681, d. Emmerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 27 January 1752, married Walloon Church, Emmerich on 16 October 1701 with Gertrud Palten, christened 15 October 1679 in the Willibrordkirche, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, daughter of Herman Palten and Catharina Amelung. The banns were read in the Evangelical Lutheran church in Emmerich on 25 September 1701. Guillaume was a merchant, reader and chanter in the Walloon Church in Emmerich and he was tapestry maker.
children:
1. Jacques, c. Walloon Church, Emmerich 10 May 1702, he married in Emmerich on 8 April 1731 with NN van Raven
2. Hermanus, c. Walloon Church, Emmerich 9 April 1704
3. Catherine Susanne, c. Walloon Church, Emmerich 15 August 1705, d. 's-Gravenhage 14 May 1758, m. abt 1728 with Johannes Blassiere
4. Maria Elisabeth, b. Evangelical Lutheran, Emmerich 15 July 1707
5. Magdalena, b. Evangelical 18 January 1711
6. Amilia, b. Evangelical 6 December 1711
7. Wilhelm Hendrik, b. Evangelical 21 January 1714
8. Daniel, b. Evangelical 11 June 1717
9. Charlotte Christina Wilhelmina, c. Evangelical 7 July 1719
10. Daniel, b. Evangelical 4 November 1721 (see above)

GUILLAUME SOBLET married for the second time in Emmerich on 29 September 1727 with Maria Catharina MOLL, christened in Solingen on 3 July 1708.
children:
1. Jean, b. Walloon Church 1731, buried Evangelical Lutheran 20 October 1734
2. Anne Elisabeth, b. Walloon, Emmerich 1 February 1733
3. Esther, b. Walloon, Emmerich 22 August 1734
4. Pierre Jacob, b. Walloon, Emmerich 24 January 1736, died Arnhem 24 August 1802
5. Abram, b. Evangelical, Emmerich 6 July 1738
6. Judith, b. Evangelical, Emmerich 2 June 1743

JACQUES SOBLET, c. Sédan 7 March 1657, d. Emmerich 7 February 1705, married before 1679 with MARIE BOULANDE, christened Sédan 30 March 1659, daughter of Guillaume Boulande and Elizabeth Chevillet. Jacques was a reader and canter in the Walloon church at Emmerich. He became a citizen of Amsterdam on 19 July 1687 and a member, coming from Wezel, Germany, of the Walloon church in Amsterdam on 6 July 1687.
children:
1. Philibert, c. Maastricht, Limburg 25 June 1679
2. Guillaume, c. Sédan 9 March 1681 (see above)
3. Daniel, c. Amsterdam 9 August 1687
4. Jean, c. Amsterdam 19 June 1689
5. NN, b. and d. Amsterdam 14 December 1692
6. Rachel Marie, c. Walloon, Emmerich 10 December 1695
7. Judith, c. Walloon, Emmerich 17 March 1697

PHILIBERT SOBLET, b. abt 1620 in Beaumont, France. He married in Sédan on 16 August 1643 with ANNE GODIN, b. abt 1620 in Sédan, daughter of Antoine Godin and Bastienne Lescot (Lescaut). Philibert was a merchant. He became member of the Walloon church in Amsterdam 13 September 1682.
children:
1. Henry, b. Sédan 29 August 1645
2. Henry, b. Sédan 8 March 1648, d. there 18 February 1661
3. Anne, b. Sédan 14 August 1649, m. Sédan 2 November 1670 with Jacques de Villette
4. Jean, b. Sédan 10 September 1651, d. there 15 October 1651
5. Marie, b. Sédan 16 November 1652, d. there 11 November 1653
6. Jean, b. Sédan 19 October 1654
7. Jeanne, b. Sédan 17 January 1656, d. there 17 April 1656
8. Jacques, b. Sédan 7 March 1657 (see above)
8. Elizabeth, c. Sédan 28 June 1658, died there 5 May 1659
10. Judith, b. Sédan 25 August 1660
11. Rachel, b. Sédan 8 January 1662, d. there 11 January 1702, m. there 12 May 1680 with Jacques Benois
12. Jean, b. Sédan 30 August 1664
13. Elisabeth, b. Sédan 10 December 1665, died there 16 April 1666

ELIE SOBLET, died before 1636, married with SUSANNE RENAUDIN, born about 1580. She died in Sédan on 7 February 1653. Susanne may have remarried with the brother of Elie as Jean Soblet and wife Susanne Renaudin witnessed the baptism of Henry, son of Philibert
children:
1. Pierre, c. Artois, Picardie 14 July 1602, married Francheval 13 July 1631 with Marie Lesprine
2. Jean Soblet, b. abt 1618, died Sédan 10 February 1674. He was married to Judith Lombard.
3. Philibert, b. Beaumont abt 1620 (see above)

GUILLAUME BOULANDE, b. Rancourt abt 1633, died Sédan 16 July 1682, married in Sédan on 5 May 1658 with ELIZABETH CHEVILLET, c. Sédan 13 January 1638, buried in Sédan 20 May 1673, daughter of Claude Chevillet and Madelaine Mahuet. Guillaume was a cloth merchant.
children:
1. Marie, c. Sédan 30 March 1659
2. Jean, b. Sédan 19 March 1663
3. Louise, b. Sédan 13 December 1665, d. there 16 August 1666
4. Elisabeth, b. Sédan 3 July 1667, d. there 7 November 1668
5. Marie, b. Sédan 28 November 1668, d. there 19 November 1669
6. Magdelaine, c. Sédan 3 August 1670

GILLES BOULANDE, c. Harancourt, France 17 March 1591, son of Jean Boulande and Jeanne Gaffin, married MARIE SEJOURNE, c. Thelongue, Ardennes 5 October 1600, daughter of Hiblot Séjournay and Jeannette Guijoue. Gilles was a merchant at Rancourt.
children:
1. Guillaume, b. abt 1633 (see above)
2. Pierre, b. abt 1635, m. Sédan 16 November 1664 Elisabeth Piette
3. Daniel, b. Rancourt abt 1640, m. Sédan 25 January 1665 Marie Ponce (Poulce?)

GUILLAUME BOULANDE married about 1673 with Rachel PROCUREUR. This may be a different Guillaume than the one above.
children:
1. Isaac, b. Sédan 21 August 1674, d. there 29 August 1676
2. Jean, b. Sédan 21 August 1674
3. Paul, b. Sédan 15 April 1676, d. there 24 June 1674
4. Jean, b. Sédan 28 August 1677
5. Daniel, b. Sédan 8 March 1679
6. Jeanne, b. Sédan 29 August 1680, d. there 9 September 1680
7. Pierre, b. Sédan 26 August 1682, m. Sédan 26 March 1713 Françoise L'Espérance

CLAUDE CHEVILLET, born about 1599 in Dormans, France, died in Sédan 2 December 1669. He married before 13 September 1623 with MADELAINE MAHUET, christened in Sédan on 22 April 1603, daughter of Thobie Mahuet and Catherine L'Huillier. Claude Chevillet was a tapestry merchant at Sédan and a soldier.
children:
1. Magdalaine, b. Sédan 13 September 1623, d. there 15 September 1623
2. NN, b. and d. Sédan 13 July 1624
3. Anne, b. Sédan abt 1626, m. Sédan 1 May 1650 Isaac Michaut
4. Marie, c. Sédan 30 September 1632
5. Jeanne, c. Sédan 17 October 1634
6. Isaac, c. Sédan 26 September 1635
7. Elizabeth, c. 13 January 1638 (see above)
8. Jean, c. Sédan 13 January 1641, d. there 5 September 1641
9. Elisabeth, c. Sédan 27 July 1642, m. there 4 September 1669 Paul Poulce
10. Madelaine, c. Sédan 31 December 1645, d. there 8 September 1671, m. there 26 April 1665 Jean Rambonet
It is interesting to note that there are two Elisabeth Chevillet in this family. Both of them marry and have several children, some within months of each other.

THOBIE MAHUET, b. Pourru St. Remy abt 1577, died in Sédan 22 August 1632. He married there on 21 July 1596 with CATHERINE L'HUILLIER. Thobie was a tailor.
children:
1. Samuel, c. Sédan 26 August 1597
2. Ester, c. Sédan 25 March 1599
3. Jacob, c. Sédan 8 August 1600
4. Madelaine, c. Sédan 22 April 1603 (see above)
5. Charlotte, c. Sédan 14 July 1607
6. Anne, b. abt 1609, d. Sédan 31 August 1674

Any additions or corrections to these families will be gratefully accepted. Send them to ahofstee@sympatico.ca

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