Some accovnt of the Hvgvenot family of Minet; from their coming ovt of France at the revocation of the edict of Nantes MDCLXXXVI, fovnded on Isaac Minet's 'Relatin of ovr familly,'

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...to wch end he went to paris, and solicited himself the duke d'aumont, mareshall Tallard and ye cardinall du bois, but could obtain nothing, but one monsr delasalle being sent over by Mr Paris de monmartel and Mr Jn Cottin, the last recomanded my sd son to sd delasalle, who being come to dover ye 4 Sept 1721 took my sd son to London with him who logd w'h him and assisted him to buy 3000 hogh of tobaco, and to shipp them for france, and sd Mr. delasalle being gone over for paris my sd son hath bene since inployed by him to buy ye tobaco for sd company, and I was at London in May 1722 when he reced an order to buy 5000 hogRd of Tobaco, wch he hath done to ye full satisfacE of his inployers; so y by ye grace of god he will continue, and make his establishm' at London as a merch', having allready very good credit on the excha. and sd Mr Cottin having promised him his comiss wch in time may be very considerable. My son daniel Minet did mary at London at ye chapell of Somersett house the 17 xber 1723 mis Anna Maria Atkyns, eldest daughter of Mr Robert Atkyns merch' in austin fryers London, and of M" Anne Bonnell, his lady; he had w'h her abt 2000/. and a years bord and lodging in Mr Atkyns' house I gave him 1000/. in maryage. 1 Registers of the French Church at Dover, p. 14. The 12th Sept 1724 his wife was deliverd of a daughter who was named Anna Mary, I and my wife were godfather and godmother. The 14 Septemb 1725, 4 morning, his wife was deliverd of a son who hath bene named Edward, Mr Edwd Atkyns, and Mr Kinsey atkyns being godfathers. my son daniel Minet of London died ye 12 may 1730 aged 31 years, he was in very good credit as a merchant, he left one son named daniel ab' 8 months old, and his widow worth ab' 3000/. besides her portion of 2000/. in ye S ...