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Honoré Sellier

Honoré Sellier

Male Abt 1712 - 1788  (~ 76 years)

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  • Name Honoré Sellier 
    Born Abt 1712  Saint-Pierre, Martinique, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Oct 1788  Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 18 Oct 1788  Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 5 siblings 
    Person ID I10234  Simon and Related Families
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2021 

    Father Pierre Sellier,   b. Abt 1673, St. Kitts, Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 9 Mar 1743, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Marie Faucourt,   d. Bef Aug 1739 
    Family ID F3191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Genevieve Elisabeth Desbonnes,   b. 16 Jan 1717, Saint-François, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Oct 1764  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 4 Feb 1738  Saint-François, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Genevieve Sellier,   b. 12 Jan 1739, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 4 Dec 1771, Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     2. Marie Rose Sellier,   b. 28 Mar 1741, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Honoré Sellier,   b. 7 Jan 1743, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1819, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Margueritte Sellier,   b. 9 Jul 1745, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 3 Jan 1748, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     5. Philippe Sellier,   b. 20 Apr 1747, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 27 Jan 1748, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     6. Jean Baptiste Sellier,   b. 6 Mar 1749, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Guillaume Sellier,   b. 18 Jul 1751, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Pierre Fabien Sellier,   b. Abt 1757, Carriacou, Grenada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 12 May 1831, Marguerite Estate, St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
    +9. Unknown_First_Name Sellier,   d. 1815, St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. François Sellier Faucour,   b. Bef 1762, Carriacou, Grenada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1819, Champ-Fleurs Estate, Aricagua, Trinidad and Tobago Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)
    Documents
    Sellier, Honoré | Desbonnes, Genevieve - Marriage    		Sellier, Honoré | Desbonnes, Genevieve - Marriage
    1738 marriage record for Honoré Sellier and Genevieve Elizabeth Desbonnes from the records of Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe.
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2021 
    Family ID F3187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Thérèse Charlotte Desmaisoneuve,   d. Aft 1806 
    Married 16 Oct 1764  Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Margueritte Charlotte "Felinette" Sellier,   b. 30 Dec 1765, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1806, Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     2. Louis Sellier,   b. 14 Jun 1767, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Anne Nanette Sellier,   b. 17 Dec 1768, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Philibert Sellier,   b. 10 Aug 1770, Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1806, Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     5. Cyrille Sellier,   b. 28 May 1773, Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Louise Susanne Sellier,   b. 9 May 1780, Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Jacques Louis Théophile Sellier,   b. 9 May 1783, Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Jean Justinien Sellier,   b. 28 Nov 1785, Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1788, Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    Documents
    Sellier, Honoré | Desmaisoneuve, Charlotte - Marriage    		Sellier, Honoré | Desmaisoneuve, Charlotte - Marriage
    1764 marriage record of Honoré Sellier and Charlotte Desmaisoneuve, from the records of Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe.
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2020 
    Family ID F3197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1712 - Saint-Pierre, Martinique, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Feb 1738 - Saint-François, Guadeloupe, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Oct 1764 - Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Oct 1788 - Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 18 Oct 1788 - Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Grenada 1763 Capitation Tax Roll for Cariacou    		Grenada 1763 Capitation Tax Roll for Cariacou
    Extract from the 1763 Capitation Tax Roll for Cariacou, Grenada, showing Honnoré Sellier, Pierre Sellier, and Charles Desbonnes as landholders.
    Sellier, Honoré (1712-1788) - Death and Burial    		Sellier, Honoré (1712-1788) - Death and Burial
    1788 burial record for Honoré Sellier, which also mentions his date of death, in the records of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe.

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH:
      - Year of birth would be 1711-1712, according to age (76 years) in 1788 death and burial record for Honore Sellier in the records of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, 1788, page 10, left side, last entry. Record available at http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/osd.php?territoire=GUADELOUPE&commune=SAINTE-ROSE&annee=1788.
      - Place of birth given as St. Pierre, Martinique, in his 1738 marriage record to Genevieve Elisabeth Desbonnes in the parish records of Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe, 1738, page 2, left side. Parents named as Pierre Sellier and Marie Faucour. Record available at http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/osd.php?territoire=GUADELOUPE&commune=SAINT-FRANCOIS&annee=1738.
      - Parents also identified as the deceased Pierre Sellier and Marie Foucour in his 1764 marriage record to Charotte Desmaisoneuve in the records of Anse-Bertrand, 1764, page 4, right side, fourth entry. Record available at http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/osd.php?territoire=GUADELOUPE&commune=ANSE-BERTRAND&annee=1764.

      MARRIAGE: Was married twice.
      - First wife named as Genevieve Elisabeth Desbonnes and full date of 4 February 1738 given in the parish records of Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe, 1738, page 2, left side. Record available at http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/osd.php?territoire=GUADELOUPE&commune=SAINT-FRANCOIS&annee=1738.
      - First wife named as Genevieve Elisabeth Desbonnes in the 1748 death records of their children, as Genevieve Elizabet Desbonne in the 1782 marriage record of their son François Sellier Foucour, and as Genevieve Desbonnes in the 1785 marriage record of their son Pierre Fabien Sellier.
      - Second wife named as Charlotte Desmaisoneuve and full date of 16 October 1764 given in their marriage record in the records of Anse-Bertrand, 1764, page 4, right side, fourth entry. Record available at http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/osd.php?territoire=GUADELOUPE&commune=ANSE-BERTRAND&annee=1764

      OCCUPATION:
      - Former captain of Carriacou [Fr: ancien capitain de Cariacou] (1764 marriage record to Charlotte Desmaisoneuve)
      - Former militia captain [Fr: ancien capitaine des milices] (1782 marriage record of son François Sellier Foucour)
      - Former militia officer [Fr: ancien officier de milice] (1785 marriage record of son Pierre Fabien Sellier)
      - Militia officer [Fr: officier de milice] (1788 death and burial record)

      LAND HOLDINGS AND RESIDENCES:
      - 1739-1751: Lived in Anse-Bertrand parish, Guadeloupe, as evidenced by baptismal records of his children there.
      - 1752-1764: Purchased 60 quarées of land on the windward side of Carriacou, in the quarter of Grand Bay, from Peter Devers on 22 April 1752. He was confirmed in his ownership of this land by a land grant from the Governor of the French Windward Islands on 4 December 1754, which noted that he had come to Carriacou because his prior land in Guadeloupe was no longer productive, and that his brothers and brother-in-law were also resident in Carriacou. This document may be found in the "Papers relating to Honoré Sellier 1746-1754" in the holdings of the Endangered Archives Program (EAP148/4/2), British Library, at https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP148-4-2.
      - 1763: Listed as a landholder paying the capitation tax in Cariacou, Grenada, in 1763, in "Extract from the Capitation Roll of the Island of Carioacou for the Year 1763." Listed as Honnore Sellier with 24 negroes on which he was paying tax, 14 negroes under the age of 16 on which he was not paying tax, 1 horned cattle, 6 horses, and 50 sheep.
      - 1764-1770: Lived in Anse-Bertrand parish, Guadeloupe. The British ejected French settlers from Grenada in 1763-1765, after they captured it in 1762 and were awarded Grenada by the Treaty of Paris in 1763. There are several records of Honoré Sellier and his wife up to 1770 in this parish, but no further records of them or their children in Anse-Bertrand parish after 1770.
      - 1770-1788: Lived in Sainte-Rose parish, Guadeloupe, where he died in 1788.

      DEATH:
      Full date described as 17 October 1788 [Fr: "hier soir" in a record dated 18 October 1788] in burial record for Honoré Sellier in the records of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, 1788, page 10, left side, last entry. Record available at http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/osd.php?territoire=GUADELOUPE&commune=SAINTE-ROSE&annee=1788.

      BURIAL:
      Full given as 18 October 1788 in burial record in the records of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, 1788, page 10, left side, last entry. Buried in the parish cemetery. Record available at http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/osd.php?territoire=GUADELOUPE&commune=SAINTE-ROSE&annee=1788.


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