Descendants of Rauff Gruchy

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1 Rauff Gruchy (1440- )
- 2 John Gruchy (1465?- ) ^[1]
- 2 François Gruchy (1470- ) of Trinity m unknown
  - 3 Lucas Gruchy (1505-1576) ^[2] m Michelle Le Boutillier d of Philippot, of Trinity
    - 4 François Gruchy (1540-1629) ^[3] m Marie La Cloche ^[4]
      - 5 Jean Gruchy (1575-1662) ^[5] m (1611, St H) Elizabeth Le Sueur (descendants)
      - 5 Luke Gruchy M.A. Vicar of Thorley, Isle of Wight, 1633-1663 m unknown
        6 Elizabeth Gruchy, living 1658
      - 5 Thomas Gruchy (1590-1665) ^[6] m (1625, St J) Sara Poingdestre
        6 Thomas Gruchy (1627- ) m 1(1648, Tr) Elizabeth Bisson ( -1651) d of Philippe (Tr) and Marie Hamptonne; 2 (1660, St S) Marthe Anthoine
        7 Josué Gruchy (1649-1711) Constable of Trinity m Esther Le Couteur d of Josué, Constable (Tr)
        8 Charles Gruchy (1683-1724) m (1716, Tr) Susanne Marett
        9 Charles Gruchy (1717-1733?) no issue
        9 Thomas James Gruchy (1719-1780) Privateer captain and Merchant in Boston, Massachusetts ^[7] m (1740) Marie Dumaresq
        10 Thomas James Gruchy junr. ( -1766) unmarried
        
        9 Anne Gruchy (1721- ) m (1744, St B) Edouard Martel
        
        8 Thomas Gruchy (1686- )
        8 Two sons without issue
        8 Esther Gruchy (1681-1736) m 1 (1703, Tr) Charles Bisson; ^[8] 2 (1712, St L) Jean Dolbel (St J)
        8 Jeanne Gruchy (1688- ) m (1714) Elie Nicolle
        8 Colette Gruchy m (1713, Tr) Jean Dolbel
        
        7 Sara Gruchy (1651- ) m (1681) Jacques Remon
        
        by 2nd wife of Thomas Gruchy, Marthe Anthoine
        7 Marthe Gruchy ( -1708) m (1684) Laurens Remon
        7 Marie Gruchy (1665- ) m Clement ( -- )
        7 Elizabeth Gruchy (1672- ) m Abraham Remon
        7 Marie Madoleine Gruchy (1668-1668)
        7 Jeanne Gruchy (1662- )
        
        6 Sara Gruchy (1628- )m Abraham Remon
      - 5 Sara Gruchy (1585-1636), Benjamin Le Sueur
      - 5 Susanne Gruchy m Jean Le Vavasseur dit Noel
      - 5 Jeanne Gruchy m (1612, Tr) Jean Marett
    - 4 Helier Gruchy (1545-1613) m Catherine unknown
      - 5 Thomas Gruchy (1575- )
    - 4 Collette Gruchy m Clement Pinel ^[9]
    - 4 Catherine Gruchy, living 1592 m Jean Gallichan
  - 3 Jean Gruchy (1510- ) Rector of St Mary, 1552-1574
  - 3 Olivier Gruchy (1512- ) living 1549 ^[10]
  - 3 Vincent Gruchy(1515- ) living 1549 ^[11]
  - 3 Pierre Gruchy (1520- ) m Katherine unknown
    - 4 Jean Gruchy (1550-1606) m Marie Coutanche d of Jean
      - 5 Jean Gruchy (1580-1632) living 1610 ^[12] m Jeanne Le Boutillier (descendants)
      - 5 Pierre Gruchy (1584- ) living 1610
      - 5 Matthieu Gruchy(1587- ) living 1610
      - 5 Philippe Gruchy (1590-1654) living 1610 m (abt 1621) Guillemette Cabot d of Nicolas Cabot junior ( -1611) and Guillemette Nicolle
        6 Olivier Gruchy (1621-1705) ^[13] m (1655, Tr) Madeleine Michel (descendants)
        6 Philippe Gruchy (1623?-1704) m Catherine Le Sueur ^[14]
        6 Guillemette Gruchy (1625?- ) m (1652, Tr) Thomas de Gruchy s of Noé
        6 Elizabeth Gruchy (1626- ) m Thomas Bisson
        6 Martha Gruchy (1629?- ) m Philippe Benest
        6 Rachel Gruchy (1637- ) living 1658
      - 5 Marthe Gruchy (1593-1654) ^[15] m (1619, Tr) Jean Bisson s of Leonard
    - 4 Olivier Gruchy, ( -1614) Rector of St Clement, 1595-1614 ^[16] m Catherine Bisson d of Perrin
      - 5 Daniel Gruchy (1597-1677) Rector of St Peter, 1627-1651 and of St Mary, 1660-1677 m Catherine de Carteret
        6 Elizabeth Gruchy d and h m (1662) Edouard Pipon of La Moie
    - 4 Guillemette Gruchy, living 1610 ^[17] m Jean Dutot
- 2 James (de) Gruchy (1470?- ) ^[18] m unknown
  - 3 Thomyne Gruchy (1495?- ) m Nicolas Bisson of Trinity
  - 3 Andrée Gruchy (descendants)
- 2 Collas Gruchy (1475- )^[19]

Notes and references

↑ John Gruchy, the eldest son, died without surviving issue. His name is linked in Jersey, with that of others, to a legendary luring ashore of a Spanish ship, with the loss of many lives. A curse by a drowning woman is said to have covered good farmland in the west of St Brelade, in sand-dunes. In fact, geologists have established that these dunes considerably pre-date John! Furthermore, neither he nor any of his fellow conspirators bore St Brelade surnames. Legends, though, do often bear some element of fact. Perhaps he was a well-known smuggler, whose activities were thus exaggerated?
↑ Living, of age, in 1549
↑ François was the eldest son in a case heard before the Royal Court in 1588
↑ The Armorial of Jersey, 189, erroneously calls him "Rev. Francis Grochie", probably confusing him with one of his clergyman cousins
↑ Vingtenier des Augrès, 1626
↑ Vingtenier des Augrès, 1647-65
↑ One of the leaders of the Trinity uprising in 1769; unsuccessful candidate for Jurat, 1769
↑ Charles Bisson was the great-nephew of Elizabeth Bisson, above
↑ Son of the Rector of Grouville
↑ Married twice, with issue in St John
↑ Vincent had no surviving issue. A case before the Cour d`Héritage in 1566 names his elder brother and principal heir as Lucas Gruchy and the other brothers as Sire Jean, Olivier and Pierre. This clarifies to which generation Pierre belongs
↑ Partage, dated 1610, (R.P.3/126), of the inheritance of Jean Gruchy, son of Pierre, between Jean Gruchy, or Grochy, elder son, and his co-heirs, Pierre Gruchy, Matthieu Gruchy and Philippe Gruchy, "all children of the said Jean and of Marie, his wife, daughter of Jean Coutance"
↑ The eldest son in the 1658 `partage` of "Philippe Gruchy fils Jean"
↑ From Philippe Gruchy is descended the Gruchy family of Champs Clairs, Trinity
↑ Marthe Gruchy, missed in some Gruchy genealogies, features with her brothers Jean, Pierre, Matthieu and Philippe in the partage of their father`s and grandparents` inheritances, which were dealt with at the same time [R.P.3/126 (1610)], although she and Philippe were still under the guardianship of Olivier Coutanche, a maternal relative. Apart from an income in rentes, significantly Marthe inherited 2 vergées 14 perches and 16 pieds in Le Clos de Lemprière. When she sold this in 1622 to Jean Gruchy fils François, it was as the wife of Jean Bisson, fils Leonard
↑ Regent of St Anastase 1592-5; Chaplain at Mont Orgueil, 1614
↑ Partage, dated 1610, (R.P.3/95), of the inheritance of Pierre Gruchy and of Katherine, his wife, between Jean Grochie, elder son of the late Jean Gruchy, who was the elder son of Pierre and of his said wife, Olivier Gruchy, younger son of the said Pierre, and Guillemette Gruchy, widow of Jean Dutot, daughter of the said Pierre and his wife. The land involved, Messervy comments, seems to be near Trinity Manor
↑ James was a sermenté in 1515, appearing before, and assisting, the Crown Commissioners. His name appears as "de Gruchy". This was probably correct, in his case and that of his father, Rauff, as this abbreviated form of an already long-established Jersey surname, had only just come into use. He had issue, which included a son, Andrée. From a legal transaction in 1525, we see James (sic) owned land in Trinity, as well as in St John, in which latter parish, he had descendants
↑ Descendants in St John

[0] John Gruchy, the eldest son, died without surviving issue. His name is linked in Jersey, with that of others, to a legendary luring ashore of a Spanish ship, with the loss of many lives. A curse by a drowning woman is said to have covered good farmland in the west of St Brelade, in sand-dunes. In fact, geologists have established that these dunes considerably pre-date John! Furthermore, neither he nor any of his fellow conspirators bore St Brelade surnames. Legends, though, do often bear some element of fact. Perhaps he was a well-known smuggler, whose activities were thus exaggerated?

[1] Living, of age, in 1549

[2] François was the eldest son in a case heard before the Royal Court in 1588

[3] The Armorial of Jersey, 189, erroneously calls him "Rev. Francis Grochie", probably confusing him with one of his clergyman cousins

[4] Vingtenier des Augrès, 1626

[5] Vingtenier des Augrès, 1647-65

[6] One of the leaders of the Trinity uprising in 1769; unsuccessful candidate for Jurat, 1769

[7] Charles Bisson was the great-nephew of Elizabeth Bisson, above

[8] Son of the Rector of Grouville

[9] Married twice, with issue in St John

[10] Vincent had no surviving issue. A case before the Cour d`Héritage in 1566 names his elder brother and principal heir as Lucas Gruchy and the other brothers as Sire Jean, Olivier and Pierre. This clarifies to which generation Pierre belongs

[11] Partage, dated 1610, (R.P.3/126), of the inheritance of Jean Gruchy, son of Pierre, between Jean Gruchy, or Grochy, elder son, and his co-heirs, Pierre Gruchy, Matthieu Gruchy and Philippe Gruchy, "all children of the said Jean and of Marie, his wife, daughter of Jean Coutance"

[12] The eldest son in the 1658 `partage` of "Philippe Gruchy fils Jean"

[13] From Philippe Gruchy is descended the Gruchy family of Champs Clairs, Trinity

[14] Marthe Gruchy, missed in some Gruchy genealogies, features with her brothers Jean, Pierre, Matthieu and Philippe in the partage of their father`s and grandparents` inheritances, which were dealt with at the same time [R.P.3/126 (1610)], although she and Philippe were still under the guardianship of Olivier Coutanche, a maternal relative. Apart from an income in rentes, significantly Marthe inherited 2 vergées 14 perches and 16 pieds in Le Clos de Lemprière. When she sold this in 1622 to Jean Gruchy fils François, it was as the wife of Jean Bisson, fils Leonard

[15] Regent of St Anastase 1592-5; Chaplain at Mont Orgueil, 1614

[16] Partage, dated 1610, (R.P.3/95), of the inheritance of Pierre Gruchy and of Katherine, his wife, between Jean Grochie, elder son of the late Jean Gruchy, who was the elder son of Pierre and of his said wife, Olivier Gruchy, younger son of the said Pierre, and Guillemette Gruchy, widow of Jean Dutot, daughter of the said Pierre and his wife. The land involved, Messervy comments, seems to be near Trinity Manor

[17] James was a sermenté in 1515, appearing before, and assisting, the Crown Commissioners. His name appears as "de Gruchy". This was probably correct, in his case and that of his father, Rauff, as this abbreviated form of an already long-established Jersey surname, had only just come into use. He had issue, which included a son, Andrée. From a legal transaction in 1525, we see James (sic) owned land in Trinity, as well as in St John, in which latter parish, he had descendants

[18] Descendants in St John

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Descendants of Rauff Gruchy

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