Moreover, the fact that Charles had married the daughter of a merchant from Caen may
indicate that he had attained a certain renown and authority within the community, as does the
fact that his son Pierre, born on June 22, 1653, had as godfather, and was named at his baptism,
by Pierre Baudart, esquire, an honor which the nobility did not grant to just anyone.
Marriage Notes for Charles de la berge and Rachel SAVARY
1638
May 30 Charles de la Berge and Rachel Savary, present were
and Jacques de la Berge
July 12 Jean Lucas the younger and Marguerite Savary
1641, July
On the 28th of the said month and year, I baptized a girl belonging to Charles de la Berge
and Rachel Savary, named Marie by Marie Fauvel. Present was Guillaume Hamelin.
1646, September
On Sunday, 23rd of the said month and year, I baptized a son for Charles de la Berge and
Rachel Savary, his wife, named Matthew by Pierre Marie, bourgeois of Caen, assisted by
Françoise Longuet, daughter of Jean Longuet, of [ blank] Present were Thomas Savigné
and others.
1653, June
On the twenty second day of the said month and year, I baptized a son belonging to
Charles de la Berge and Rachel Savary, his wife, named Pierre by Pierre Baudart, esquire,
Sieur de Beauvais, assisted by Isabeau Bodar, wife of Gilles Hamelin. Present were
Died in the Black Plague.
1637, January
On the first day of the said month and year, I baptized a son belonging
to Charles de la Berge and Etiennotte [blank], his father and mother,
named Robert by Me. Robert Ribout, bourgeois residing in Caen,
assisted by [blank]. Present were Philippe Cahagne, Guillaume
Hamelin and others.xviii
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remained in France
1640, September
On the 2nd of the said month and year, I baptized a son belonging to
Jacques de la Berge and Marye Poitevin, named Abram by Abram
Niard and Marie Fauvel. Present were Adam Lucas and others.
1643, February
On Sunday, the fifteenth of the said month, I baptized a son
belonging to Jacques de la Berge and Marie Poitevin, his wife,
named Guillaume by Guillaume d’Orbois and Anne Gosley, wife of
Guillaume le Grand. Present were Adam Lucas and others.xv
In 1637, the widow of Michel Basly,
father of Marguerite Basly, wife of Jacques de la Berge, was enrolled, and in 1636, the widow of
Michel Gosley, which suggests that their husbands had died of the plague, bringing to about 20
the number of habitants known to have died of plague during this period, not to mention the
women and children who had not been listed in the registers.xiii
Marriage Notes for Jacques de la berge and Marguerite BASLY
In 1637, the widow of Michel Basly,
father of Marguerite Basly, wife of Jacques de la Berge, was enrolled, and in 1636, the widow of
Michel Gosley, which suggests that their husbands had died of the plague, bringing to about 20
the number of habitants known to have died of plague during this period, not to mention the
women and children who had not been listed in the registers.xiii
May 1635
Jean, son of
Jacques de la Berge and Marguerite Basly
28
The 17th of the month, was baptized by me, pastor, a son belonging to Jacques de la Berge and
Marguerite Basly, his wife, named Jean by Jean Ortier of Bernières, assisted by Anne Vimont,
in the presence of Philippe Adeline and others.
Marguerite Basly was the daughter of Michel Basly, and the sister of Marguerite, who
would marry Jacques Vimont in January 1637.viii Then came the contagious disease that
wrought great devastation upon the people.
Thus, on May 8, 1639, less than a year after the birth of his son Jean, born of his marriage
to Marguerite Basly, both of whom likely had died of the plague, Jacques de la Berge was joined
in matrimony a second time, to Marie Poitevin.