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1. Joseph Maria V--- was born Abt. 1799. He married Rose Leine. She was born Abt. 1799.

Child of Joseph V--- and Rose Leine is:

2 i. Marie Mercedes Eugenie V---, born March 30, 1824.

More About Marie Mercedes Eugenie V---:

Baptism: March 26, 1825, the Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 155.)

Fact: this record is almost illegible. There was only one godparent, and the name is too faded.

Language of record: French

1. Abraham Var was born Abt. 1797. He met Ana Vitorina. She was born Abt. 1797.

Child of Abraham Var and Ana Vitorina is:

2 i. Alexandro Abraham Var, born March 16, 1822 in Kingston.

More About Alexandro Abraham Var:

Baptism: December 06, 1822, the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 115.)

Godfather: Miguel Serpa

Godmother: Dorotia Maduro

Language of record: Spanish

1. Francois Varquer was born Abt. 1797. He met Felicite Bouvier. She was born Abt. 1797.

Child of Francois Varquer and Felicite Bouvier is:

2 i. Marie Anne Varquer, born February 17, 1822 in Kingston.

More About Marie Anne Varquer:

Baptism: April 13, 1822, the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 103.)

Godfather: Jean Gonville

Godmother: Lolare Foussac

Language of record: French

1. Ysidro Vasquez was born Abt. 1798. He married Teresa Echavarria. She was born Abt. 1798.

Children of Ysidro Vasquez and Teresa Echavarria are:

2 i. Jose Antonio Vasquez, born June 15, 1823 in Kingston.

More About Jose Antonio Vasquez:

Baptism: July 06, 1823, the Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 127.)

Godfather: Pablo Infanzon y Segovia

Godmother: Adriana Elizabel Corser

Language of record: Spanish

3 ii. Micaela Vasquez, born July 29, 1825.

More About Micaela Vasquez:

Baptism: November 15, 1825, the Roman Catholic Church, Kingston, by Benito Fernandez, curate (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 165.)

Godmother: Maria Benitaa

Language of record: Spanish

Generation No. 1

1. ? [Bassoa] Vassoa

Children of ? [Bassoa] Vassoa are:

+ 2 i. Francois [Bassoa] Vassoa, born Abt. 1786.

3 ii. Louis [Bassoa] Vassoa.

Generation No. 2

2. Francois [Bassoa] Vassoa was born Abt. 1786. He met (1) Emilie Andre. She was born Abt. 1786. He met (2) Josephine Gouget. She was born Abt. 1792.

Notes for Francois [Bassoa] Vassoa:

Fr. Jean Hyacinthe (Juan Jacinto) Rodrigues de Araujo who performed the baptism and signed the record evidently heard the "B" and "V" sounds as being close together, as in Spanish, and alternated between those initial letters for the name Vassoa [or Bassoa].

More About Francois [Bassoa] Vassoa:

Namesake: Cap Francais, St. Domingue

More About Emilie Andre:

Native of: St. Mary, Jamaica, creole

More About Josephine Gouget:

Native of: Jeremie, St. Domingue

Child of Francois Vassoa and Emilie Andre is:

4 i. Louis [Bassoa] Vassoa, born October 1811 in St. Mary, Jamaica.

More About Louis [Bassoa] Vassoa:

Baptism: January 31, 1819, The Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 29.)

Godfather: Louis Vassoa, paternal uncle

Godmother: Virginie Blancherau, native of Jeremie, St. Domingue

Child of Franois Vassoa and Josephine Gouget is:

5 i. Joseph Vassoa, born June 14, 1817 in St. George, Jamaica.

More About Joseph Vassoa:

Baptism: January 31, 1819, The Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 29.)

Godfather: Joseph Augustin, native of Cap Francais, St. Domingue

Godmother: Virginie Blancherau, native of Jeremie, St. Domingue

Language of record: French

1. Jean Baptiste Vastel died Bef. January 1817. He married Marguerite Mayou. She died Bef. January 1817.

More About Jean Baptiste Vastel:

Native of: Honfleur, near le Havre de Grace, department of the lower Seine, France

Residence: St. Domingue

More About Marguerite Mayou:

Native of: Les Cayes, St. Domingue

Children of Jean Vastel and Marguerite Mayou are:

2 i. Angelique Hortence Vastel, born Bef. 1796 in Les Irois parish of Tiburon, St. Domingue. She married Jacques Silvestre Philippe Prudhomme [See Prudhomme]

3 ii. Marguerite Galatee Vastel, born Abt. 1798. She married Paul Sully de Brondeau; born Abt. 1798. [See Brondeau]

Generation No. 1

For an expanded version, please see Roman Catholic V3

1. Jacques DelaHaye Vauvert died Bef. May 1814. He married Marie Elizabeth Leysson. She died Bef. May 1814.

More About Jacques DelaHaye Vauvert:

Occupation: Commander of the Militia. Knight of the Royal Military Orderof St. Louis

Children of Jacques Vauvert and Marie Leysson are:

+ 2 i. Marie Louise Felicite DelaHaye Vauvert, born Bef. 1794.

+ 3 ii. Jeanne Adelaide Delahaye Vauvert, born Abt. 1798.

4 iii. Jacques Armand Delahaye Vauvert.

More About Jacques Armand Delahaye Vauvert:

Fact: Knight of the Royal Military Order of St. Louis

5 iv. Rose Elizabeth Delahaye Vauvert. She married Herard Duvaleau.

Generation No. 2

2. Marie Louise Felicite DelaHaye Vauvert was born Bef. 1794. She married Philippe Lemercier Duquesnay May 19, 1814 in the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0105 Roman Catholic Marriages Kingston 1800-1819, p. 31.), son of Philipe Duquesnay and Marie D'Aquin. He was born Bef. 1783.

More About Marie Louise Felicite DelaHaye Vauvert:

Native of: the Parish of Cap Dame Marie, dependent of the jurisdiction of Jeremie, St. Domingue

Residence: 1814, Kingston, for several years prior to 1814

More About Philippe Lemercier Duquesnay:

Residence: St. Domingue

Residence (2): 1803, Kingston

More About Philippe Duquesnay and Marie Vauvert:

Marital status: Widower

Marriage bann: May 08, 1814, Read once only, with permission of Manuel Redond, bishop of St. Marthe

Witnesses: Louis Francois Augustin Robuste de Fredilly, Jean LaRogue Turgeau, Guillaume Guybert, Guethense Con Duboisqueheneux, living in Kingston, signed Register. Also Delahaye: R, A.L., A., H. L., B., A., and A. C. Gerouville.

Children of Marie Vauvert and Philippe Duquesnay are:

6 i. Jean Baptiste Henry Lemercier Duquesnay, born March 10, 1819 in Kingston.

More About Jean Baptiste Henry Lemercier Duquesnay:

Baptism: May 03, 1819, The Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 37.)

Godfather: Jean Baptiste Guillaume Duverger, "brother-in-law of the child"

Godmother: Jeanne Adelaide Delahaye Vauvert, maternal aunt

Language of record: French

7 ii. Jacques Urbain Lemercier Duquesnay, born July 31, 1820 in Kingston.

More About Jacques Urbain Lemercier Duquesnay:

Baptism: May 12, 1821, the Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 87.)

Fact: Parents and godparents signed register

Godfather: Pierre Jacques Herard Duvaleau, uncle

Godmother: Marie Francoise Lemercier Duquesnay, wife of Duverger, child's sister

Language of record: French

3. Jeanne Adelaide Delahaye Vauvert was born Abt. 1798. She married Pierre Jean Marie Serel Desforges, son of ? Desforges and Marie Lambert. He was born Abt. 1798.

More About Jeanne Adelaide Delahaye Vauvert:

Native of: St. Domingue

More About Pierre Jean Marie Serel Desforges:

Native of: Paimpol, Cotes du Nord, France

Child of Jeanne Vauvert and Pierre Desforges is:

8 i. Rose Adelaide Helene Desforges, born April 12, 1823 in Kingston.

More About Rose Adelaide Helene Desforges:

Baptism: May 1823, the Roman Catholic Church, Kingston (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 125.)

Fact: Register signed by parents, godparents

Godfather: Jacques Armand Delahaye Vauvert, Knight of the Royal Military Order of St. Louis, maternal uncle

Godmother: Marie Helene Lambert [wife of?] Seril Desforges, paternal grandmother, represented by Rose Elizabeth Delahaye Vauvert, wife of Herard Duvaleau, maternal aunt

Language of record: French

1. Clouance Velda was born Abt. 1801. He met Rose Reinas. She was born Abt. 1801.

Child of Clouance Velda and Rose Reinas is:

2 i. Juan Velda, born May 1826.

More About Juan Velda:

Baptism: June 23, 1826, the Roman Catholic Church, Kingston, by Benito Fernandez, curate (Source: B0104 Roman Catholic Baptisms, Holy Trinity Church, Kingston 1818-1826, p. 175.)

Godfather: Domingo Arires

Godmother: Ulalie Perez

Language of record: Spanish

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