Individual Details

Nicolas received his education at Oxford some years prior to his marriage.

Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886, Volume II, "E", p.452
Effard, John, of Isle of Jersey, cler.fil. St. John's Coll. matric. [matriculated from St. John's College] 30 Oct 1612, aged 19. B. A. 6 Jun 1614.
Effard, Nicholas, B.A. (sup.18 April 1575)

Designation "fil" retained when a parent enjoyed a personal dignity - in this case, John was apparently noted as son of a cleric - his father Nicholas Effard.

Jersey Document dated 17 Jul 1601
"Copy of a contract between Nicholas Effard Minister of St. Saviour, Edouard Poingdestre, Constable of St. Savior and Edouard Messervy of the firt party and Helier de Carteret, Provureur of the Queen and Jean Le Febvre, Chief collector of tithes for the Queen."

"The Rev. Nicolas Effard, son of John Effard, jurat, R.C., of the island of Guernsey, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Perrin, seigneur of Rozel manor, Jersey and jurat R.C., was educated at the newly founded Elizabeth College in Guernsey, for we find in the registers of the Huguenot Waloon Church at Southampton the following entry for 6 April 1572: "Nicolas Effard et Nich. Careye, tous deux escolliers a Mestre Adrien Saravia, recut la Cene a l'Eglize de Southampton." Thus Nicholas Effard was a disciple of one of the translators of the Authorized Version of the Bible. He was installed as the rector of St. Saviour's church on March 25, 1587.
He had probably studied at Oxford as well, because in 1605 "M. Phil. Maret fut mis a l'amende pour avoir dit a Mr. Nics Effard qu'il devoit quelques en Oxford."
Effard married first Marie, daughter of the Rev. Nicholas le Duc, rector of St. Jean in Jersey.
On July 21, 1587, he married Sara, daughter of the Rev. Pierre de Caumont, rector of St. Peter in Jersey. De Caumont had formerly been rector of Sainte Marie du Mont in Normandy, but fled to Jersey with other refugees of St. Bartholomew's Day in Sept. 1568 [sic - —the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre occurred on August 24, 1572]." A footnote states: "Pierre de Caumont was a member of the noble Huguenot family of that name of Chateau de Caumont in the Dordogne." [John Poindexter Landers,
"Poingdestre-Poindexter, A Norman Family through the Ages: 1250-1977,"

Christen	26 May 1582	Paignton, Devonshire, England
Marriage	21 Jul 1587	Isle of Jersey - Sara de Chaumont
Death	17 Apr 1638	Isle of Jersey

Spouse	Sara de Chaumont ( - )
Child	Martha Effard (1589 - )
Child	Sara Effard (1590 - )
Child	Jean Effard (1593 - )
Child	Judith Effard (1595 - )
Child	ELIZABETH EFFARD ( - )
Child	Susanne Effard (1600 - )
Child	Marie Effard (1602 - )
Child	Nicholas Effard (1605 - )
Child	Peter Effard (1611 - 1666)
Child	Jeanne Effard (1607 - )

Father	John Effard ( - )
Mother	Elizabeth Perrin ( - )