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Moise Lillard
(1645 - 1685)
This person was created through the import of rsturley20100927.ged on16 November 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability. === Birth === : Birth: :: Date: Abt 1645 :: Place: , , , France :: Source: [[#S46]] ::: Page: p. 25 ::: Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 ::: Note: estimate based on approximate ages of sons === TAG === : TAG === Reference === : Reference: 544 === Source === : Source: [[#S46]] :: Page: p. 25 :: Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 : Source: [[#S69]] : Source: [[#S623]]:: Page: accessed 27 Apr 2010), http://www.genealogy.com/users/j/a/m/Joan-James-Alton/FILE/0014text.txt :: Quality or Certainty of Data: 2 === User ID === : User ID: EAB9CD6EC39C5E4AA01B6C5AAF335CA24617 === FSFTID === : FSFTID 2WN2-N8J === Sources === : Source S46 : Abbreviation: Lillards, 1415-1928 : Title: Lillards, 1415-1928 : Author: Jacques Lillard : Italicized: Y : Paranthetical: Y : Source S623 : Abbreviation: Jasper Lillard Descendants : Title: \i Descendants of Jasper Lillard\i0. : Author: James, Joan : Repository: [[#R232]] : Italicized: Y : Paranthetical: Y : Repository R232 : Name: Joan James : Address: Joan James :: 3204 Brown St. :: Alton, Illinois 62002 United States :: Note: Posted information at www.genealogy.com about Lillard family : Phone Number: (618)463-0180 : Source S69 : Abbreviation: Ancestral File (TM) : Title: Ancestral File (TM) : Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : Publication: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 : Repository: [[#R3]] : Italicized: Y : Paranthetical: Y : Repository R3 : Name: Family History Library : Address: Family History Library :: 35 North West Temple Street :: Room 344 :: Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440 USA : Phone Number: 801-240-2584 : Phone Number: 866-406-1830 ---- ---- == Biography == ''This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.'' == Sources == * Source: S-2094308732 Repository: [[#R-2142460164]] Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=28139944&pid=2528 * Repository: R-2142460164 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com
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== Biography ==
'''Born'''
1639
'''Died'''
1685
'''Note:''' Moise one of Jasper Lillard's sons married Lilli Balssa. With the death of Jasper, Moise took over the ownership of the boat line along the Loire River.
2 In 1598 King Henry IV gave equal rights to all those who practiced the Huguenot religion. However in 1685 Louis XIV revoked these rights, and all privileges and worship was forbidden to the Huguenots except in Alsace. Goods were confiscated and churches burned. All children were taken from their parents and instructed in the Roman Catholic faith.
2 At this time Moise Lillard sold his vineyards and moved his family to Nantes. Moise and his wife wanted to stay in France and face the issues, he decided his elder son should stay with them. They decided however to send John Lillard and Benjamin Lillard to America.
2 Additional information added below (12-24-2010) by Candice LInney Foster Tucker.
Moise Lillard (b. Abt. 1650). Moise Lillard (son of Jasper Lillard and Isaacs) was born Abt. 1650 in France,.
died in France. He married Lilli Balssa on Abt.1665.
2 Moise Lillard is the third son of Jasper Lillard and a wife only identified as. Miss Isaacs. [1[ This Jasper was a vine grower and also owned/operated a line of boats on the Loire River, from Angers to Nantes, and from Angers to Tours. Jasper prospered and married a Miss Isaacs in about 1645. From this marriage was born at least five sons:
2
-Jean Lillard.
-Benjamin Lillard. -Moise Lillard [b. Abt. 1650]- - this given name is the equivalent of Moses.
-Joseph Lillard.
-David Lillard.
-others who are unknown??.
2 Moise Lillard remained with his parents, assisting in the cultivation of the vineyards/. making of wine, as well as being in the boat line business. He was a Huguenot, as was his father. [1].
2 It is reported by Old Squire Lillard that Captain Benjamin [1739-~1828] "re-commenced communications" and that these letters...."were in the possession of the descendants of Mildred Leighton (Layton) in Ohio". [1].
2 Moise I also prospered and bought a small vineyard near his parents. He then married. (Abt. 1667) Lilli BalssaBalsaBalsas (b. Abt. 1650); she was the great aunt of. Honore de Balzac, the French novelist. Children issued from this marriage were:
-Moise Lillard II b. Abt. 1667.
-Jean (John) b. Abt. 1668.
-Benjamin b. Abt. 1670.
-others ??. At the death of father Jasper Lillard, Moise 1 succeeded his father in the ownership of the boat line, which he later passed on to his eldest son, Moise II. The boat line had been in business for over 100 years when all communication between this family and the Virginia family broke off in 1759, as a result of Virginia troops fighting Wolfe at Quebec, against the French. [1].
2 A historical perspective now is desirable, to help understand the events leading to the emigration of sons Jean and Benjamin.In 1598, King Henry IV of France issued an edict at Nantes, which secured to the Huguenots the freedom of conscience as well as equal rights with the Roman Catholics. There were many later acts pertaining to these rights, but finally there appeared in 1685 the Edict of Nantes, which rescinded the privileges of Huguenots. Some examples of this were: public worship was forbidden, ministers had to leave, lay Protestants were forbidden to follow them, marriages were null, churches were burned, children might be taken from parents, etc. It was no longer safe for Huguenots to live in France. In spite of strict enforcement against it, half a million Huguenots left the country carrying their wealth and their art, skills, and manufacturing secrets. The hotbed of all this activity was the area in which the Lillards lived. [1]. Moise had sold out his vineyards near Angers and moved his family to Nantes.Here he again owned a vineyard, in addition to operating the boat line. In. view of the political climate, apparently it was decided that the oldest son. Moise II would stay with parents and the youngest two sons (Jean and Benjamin. Lillard), who were still minors and in grave personal danger, would be better. off going to America; secretly, this is what they did, emigrating and. settling in Virginia. With the exception of the reported French Lillard family, all of. the Lillards across America are descendants of this late 17th century.
emigration.
2
2 [1] "Lillard, A Family of Colonial VA" by Jacques Ephraim Stout Lillard, published in 1928.
2
More About Moise Lillard:
Burial: France.
2
More About Moise Lillard and Lilli Balssa:
Marriage: Abt. 1667.
Children of Moise Lillard and Lilli Balssa are: +Jean (John) Lillard, b. Abt. 1668, Nantes, France, d. Abt. 1732, VA, USA.
2
== Sources ==
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== Biography ==
'''Born'''
1639
'''Died'''
1685
'''Note:''' Moise one of Jasper Lillard's sons married Lilli Balssa. With the death of Jasper, Moise took over the ownership of the boat line along the Loire River.
2 In 1598 King Henry IV gave equal rights to all those who practiced the Huguenot religion. However in 1685 Louis XIV revoked these rights, and all privileges and worship was forbidden to the Huguenots except in Alsace. Goods were confiscated and churches burned. All children were taken from their parents and instructed in the Roman Catholic faith.
2 At this time Moise Lillard sold his vineyards and moved his family to Nantes. Moise and his wife wanted to stay in France and face the issues, he decided his elder son should stay with them. They decided however to send John Lillard and Benjamin Lillard to America.
2 Additional information added below (12-24-2010) by Candice LInney Foster Tucker.
Moise Lillard (b. Abt. 1650). Moise Lillard (son of Jasper Lillard and Isaacs) was born Abt. 1650 in France,.
died in France. He married Lilli Balssa on Abt.1665.
2 Moise Lillard is the third son of Jasper Lillard and a wife only identified as. Miss Isaacs. [1[ This Jasper was a vine grower and also owned/operated a line of boats on the Loire River, from Angers to Nantes, and from Angers to Tours. Jasper prospered and married a Miss Isaacs in about 1645. From this marriage was born at least five sons:
2
-Jean Lillard.
-Benjamin Lillard. -Moise Lillard [b. Abt. 1650]- - this given name is the equivalent of Moses.
-Joseph Lillard.
-David Lillard.
-others who are unknown??.
2 Moise Lillard remained with his parents, assisting in the cultivation of the vineyards/. making of wine, as well as being in the boat line business. He was a Huguenot, as was his father. [1].
2 It is reported by Old Squire Lillard that Captain Benjamin [1739-~1828] "re-commenced communications" and that these letters...."were in the possession of the descendants of Mildred Leighton (Layton) in Ohio". [1].
2 Moise I also prospered and bought a small vineyard near his parents. He then married. (Abt. 1667) Lilli BalssaBalsaBalsas (b. Abt. 1650); she was the great aunt of. Honore de Balzac, the French novelist. Children issued from this marriage were:
-Moise Lillard II b. Abt. 1667.
-Jean (John) b. Abt. 1668.
-Benjamin b. Abt. 1670.
-others ??. At the death of father Jasper Lillard, Moise 1 succeeded his father in the ownership of the boat line, which he later passed on to his eldest son, Moise II. The boat line had been in business for over 100 years when all communication between this family and the Virginia family broke off in 1759, as a result of Virginia troops fighting Wolfe at Quebec, against the French. [1].
2 A historical perspective now is desirable, to help understand the events leading to the emigration of sons Jean and Benjamin.In 1598, King Henry IV of France issued an edict at Nantes, which secured to the Huguenots the freedom of conscience as well as equal rights with the Roman Catholics. There were many later acts pertaining to these rights, but finally there appeared in 1685 the Edict of Nantes, which rescinded the privileges of Huguenots. Some examples of this were: public worship was forbidden, ministers had to leave, lay Protestants were forbidden to follow them, marriages were null, churches were burned, children might be taken from parents, etc. It was no longer safe for Huguenots to live in France. In spite of strict enforcement against it, half a million Huguenots left the country carrying their wealth and their art, skills, and manufacturing secrets. The hotbed of all this activity was the area in which the Lillards lived. [1]. Moise had sold out his vineyards near Angers and moved his family to Nantes.Here he again owned a vineyard, in addition to operating the boat line. In. view of the political climate, apparently it was decided that the oldest son. Moise II would stay with parents and the youngest two sons (Jean and Benjamin. Lillard), who were still minors and in grave personal danger, would be better. off going to America; secretly, this is what they did, emigrating and. settling in Virginia. With the exception of the reported French Lillard family, all of. the Lillards across America are descendants of this late 17th century.
emigration.
2
2 [1] "Lillard, A Family of Colonial VA" by Jacques Ephraim Stout Lillard, published in 1928.
2
More About Moise Lillard:
Burial: France.
2
More About Moise Lillard and Lilli Balssa:
Marriage: Abt. 1667.
Children of Moise Lillard and Lilli Balssa are: +Jean (John) Lillard, b. Abt. 1668, Nantes, France, d. Abt. 1732, VA, USA.
2
== Sources ==
Events
| Birth | 1645 | Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France | |||
| Marriage | 1665 | France - Lillian "Lilli" Balssa | |||
| Marriage | 1665 | , , , France - Lillian "Lilli" Balssa | |||
| Death | 1685 | Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France | |||
| Reference No | 634401 | ||||
| Reference No | 652395 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Lillian "Lilli" Balssa (1645 - 1685) |
| Child | Moise Lillard (1666 - 1734) |
| Child | Jean John Lillard (1667 - 1734) |
| Child | Benjiman Lillard (1670 - 1688) |
| Father | Jasper Lillard (1609 - 1702) |
| Mother | UNKNOWN Isaacs (1615 - 1635) |
| Sibling | Jean Lillard (1641 - 1720) |
| Sibling | Benjiman Lillard (1643 - 1690) |
| Sibling | Joseph Lillard (1645 - ) |
| Sibling | David Lillard (1649 - ) |
| Father | Jasper Lillard (1609 - 1702) |
| Mother | UNKNOWN Isaacs ( - 1678) |
| Sibling | Jean Lillard (1641 - 1720) |
| Sibling | Benjiman Lillard (1643 - 1690) |