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Charles d'Espalungue (dit Barat) and his family

Legg inn av Gjest » 05 feb 2007 05:26:02

Sunday, 4 February, 2007


Hello All,

I had previously noted problems concerning a particular
brick wall, having to do with an ancestress identified as
Mary de Barat, sister of Charles de Barat. Robert
Cunyngham, esq. of St. Mary Cayon (St. Kitts) and Craig,
Ayrshire, son in law of Mary de Barat, had written ca.
1710, stating that he

" on the 26th day of September, 1693, married Judith
Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel De Bonnefont of Morlais
in the province of Bearn in France, and Mary De Barat
his wife, who was sister to Charles De Barat, Seigneur
De Labadie, lieutenant of the most Christian king's
armies, and governor of the citadel of Lisle in
Flanders........" [1]

Thanks to our helpful friends at Google, I noted today
several references to this same individual, identified at
Charles d'Espalungue, son of Gedeon (Gideon ?) de Rague
(dit Barat), chevalier d'Espalungue. Concerning a record of
the denunciation of the baron d'Arros and others in 1700, for
"une conduite fort suspecte à la religion" [Archiv. gen. Tr.
248], Eugène and Émile Haag wrote,

' Ce baron d'Arros doit apparemment être distingué de
Charles d'Espalunque-La Badie, mort lieutenant-général,
en 1724. Capitaine au régiment de Louvigny, ce dernier
servit, en 1672, à la prise de Maesseyk, de Saint-Tron,
de Tongres, de Burick, de Rées, d'Arnheim, de Nimegue,
de Crevecoeur, de Bommel. L'année suivante, il
combattit, sous Turenne, contre l'électeur de
Brandebourg, et se trouva à la prise d'Unna, de Camen,
d'Altena, de Soest, de Bielefeld. En 1674, il passa
dans le Roussillon, sous les ordres de Schomberg. Ce
fut probablement vers cette époque qu'il se convertit;
car nous ne pensons pas que, sans abjuration, il eût
obtenu, après la bataille de Fleurus, à laquelle il
assista, le grade de major, dont il était revêtu au
siège de Mons. Nommé, bientôt après, lieutenant-
colonel, et, en 1694, brigadier, il continua à servir,
sous Luxembourg, dans les Pays-Bas, même après avoir
été créé , en 1695, inspecteur général de l'infanterie.
En 1696, il passa à l'armee de la Meuse; en 1701, il
fit la campagne de Gueldre. Elevé, en 1704, au grade
de lieutenant-général, il fut employé, en cette
qualité, a l’armée d'Espagne où il continua à se
signaler dans toutes les occasions, depuis le siège
de Gibraltar jusqu'à la prise de Carthagène. Ses
services lui valurent le gouvernement de la citadelle
de Lille, vacant par la mort de Vauban; cependant
il ne quitta pas l'Espagne, et Lille ayant été
prise par les ennemis, en 1708, il obtint, comme
dédommagement, le commandement du Quesnoy. Assiege
en 1712, il fut obligé, après une belle défense,
de se rendre prisonnier de guerre avec sa garnison.
En 1713, il fut rétabli dans le gouvernement de la
citadelle de Lille, qu'il conserva jusqu'à sa
mort. ' [2]

From the foregoing account provided by Messrs. Haag and
Haag, the contemporaneous account provided by Robert Cunyngham
(husband of the niece of Charles "de Barat") can now be seen as
valid, and accurate. Charles was in fact the governor of
Lille; he had commanded the garrison at Quesnoy, and was taken
prisoner at the fall of that fortress in July 1712 (towards the
end of the War of the Spanish Succession), but was subsequently
restored to his command at Lille.

Evidently Mary, mother of Judith Elizabeth (de Bonnefont)
Cunyngham, used the surname de Barat used by her father, while
Charles used the toponym d'Espalungue. The ancestry of Charles
and Mary has been slightly extended to date; I will post a
limited AT in a followup post.

The family d'Espalungue (presumably descendants of Charles)
evidently continued at least into the 20th century in France;
the descendants of the emigrant Mary de Barat, through her
daughter Judith Elizabeth, were previously known through most
of the United States, but have lately been found throughout
Britain, Canada and Australia. This will in time hopefully
make an interesting addition to the French gateway ancestors
as presently known.

Cheers,

John *



NOTES

[1] R. Buchanan, Roberdeau Family Genealogy (Washington,
1876), p. 24. Cunyngham MSS., Historical Soc. of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

[2] Eugène Haag and Émile Haag, La France protestante
(Paris: Joel Cherbuliez, Libraire-Editeur, 1853),
IV:556; also given in Haag, La France protestante
(2nd ed.), VI:94-95. URL:

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... 556&lpg=PA
556&dq=d%27espalunque+arros&ie=ISO-8859-1


* John P. Ravilious

John P. Ravilious

Re: Charles d'Espalungue (dit Barat) and his family

Legg inn av John P. Ravilious » 05 feb 2007 16:30:36

Monday, 5 February, 2007


Hello All,

Following on yesterday's post, I have been able to trace the
ancestry of Charles d'Espalungue (dit Barat) and his siblings
3 generations, thanks largely to the work of Eugène Haag and Émile
Haag (and to our friends at Google, for making this available
online). An interesting connection was also noted to the family
of Isaac de Portau, the younger of that name being better known
(both actually and by legend) as 'Porthos'. This was made
available by my late friend and contributor to SGM, Frank Young
(aka F. Burkle-Young, 'The Bibliographer').

The earliest generations put this ancestry into the 16th
century in Béarn, so that chronologically this is at last on-
topic for the list. Descendants of the de Barat/d'Espalungue
and other families identified below include a wide-ranging
group of individuals in Europe, Australia (and likely New
Zealand), Canada and the United States.

It does appear that evidence as to earlier ancestry may yet
be found, esp. as to the d'Arrac [modern Darracq] family and
that of d'Espalungue, or d'Espalunque. Should anyone have
information or documentation to hand that would connect the
individuals identified below, that would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

John *



==========================================



Bertrand d'Arrac = Rosette du Colomer
ministre à Audaux I
_________________I______________
I I
Anne = Isaac de Isaac d'Arrac = Isabeau du
d'Arrac I Portau 'lord of Casaux I Lucq
I de Gan, Béarn ' I
_______I______________ I_______________
I I I I
Jean Isaac Jeanne Gedeon de Rague = (1632) Anne
"Porthos" (dit Barat) I d'Arrac
lord of Barat, I
abbé laïque I
de Bourdettes I
_______________________I
I
______________________I___________________
I I I
Charles Elizabeth = Jordain Mary = Daniel (de)
d'Espalungue de Barat Salenave I Bonnefon
Lt.-General Governor I
governor of of St. Christopher's I
Lille, 1713-1724 I
I
I
Robert = (1693) Judith Elizabeth
Cunyngham I (de) Bonnefon
I
V



================================================



1 Bertrand d'Arrac
----------------------------------------

' Bertrand d'Arrac of the city of Gan, a Protestant minister
of the church of Audaux ' [Burkle-Young, Porthos[1]]

' Arrac (Bertrand d'), ministre à Audaux, puis à Gan,
place son frère Jean apprenti chez Jusan, 1565;
achète un pré à Audaux, 1572; donne quittance à sa
soeur Domenge d'Arrac, 1586. Il avait un autre
frère, Arnaud (Arch. des B.-Pyr.). [Haag, I:386-7]


cf. Haag, La France protestante I:386-7[2]

Spouse: Rosette du Colomer

Children: Anne
Isaac


1.1 Anne d'Arrac
----------------------------------------

re: the family de Portau, F. Burkle-Young wrote:

'The family of Isaac de Portau came from Pau, though its earlier
origins may have been in Gan. In 1590, Henri IV, to gratify one
of his cooks, Abraham du Portau, awarded him a pension.[13]
Isaac de Portau, alias du Portau, presumably the son of Abraham,
was named one of the king's secretaries to the states of Béarn,
on May 22, 1606,[14] and, at the same time, he became notary
general of Béarn. He married, by a contract dated April 28,
1612, Anne d'Arrac, daughter of Bertrand d'Arrac of the city of
Gan, a Protestant minister of the church of Audaux, and his
wife, Rosette du Colomer. Anne d'Arrac came with a dowry of
1,500 livres tournois ' [Burkle-Young, Porthos[1], cites
Archives des Basses-Pyréneés, B. 3080., in Jaurgain, 241.
[14]Armand de Dufau de Maluquer and J[ean]-B[aptiste]-E[tienne]
de Jaurgain, de Béarn: Extrait du Recueil Official Dressé par
Ordre de Louis XIV, 2 vols. (vol. 1, Paris: H. Champion, 1889;
vol. 2, Pau: Veuve L. Ribaut, 1893; reprinted in 3 vols.,
Marseille: Laffitte, 1976), t. I: 319. See also Jaurgain, 241.
[15]Ibid., t. III: 333.]

Spouse: Isaac de Portau
Marr: 28 Apr 1612, date of marriage contract[1]

Children: Jean
Isaac (<1617-)
Jeanne


1.1.1 Jean de Portau
----------------------------------------

'a lawyer who practiced before the Parliament of Navarre and was
secretary of state in Béarn'[1]


1.1.2 Isaac de Portau
----------------------------------------
Birth: bef 2 Feb 1617, Pau, Béarn[1]
Bapt: 2 Feb 1617, Pau, Béarn[1]

'Porthos'

cf. F. Burkle-Young[1]


1.1.3 Jeanne de Portau
----------------------------------------

Spouse: David de Forcade
Marr: ca 1635[1]

'
' David de Forcade, lord of Domec de Dongen '[1]


1.2 Isaac d'Arrac
----------------------------------------

lord of Casaux de Gan, Béarn

'Isaac d'Arrac, lord of Casaus de Gan and treasurer of Béarn'[1]


~ the name is rendered 'Darracq' by modern descendants.


cf. Burkle-Young, Porthos[1]

Spouse: Isabeau du Lucq

Children: Anne


1.2.1 Anne d'Arrac
----------------------------------------


concerning Isaac de Porthau, Frank Burkle-Young wrote:
' On April 25, 1632, at Gan, he was present at the contract of
marriage between his niece, Anne d'Arrac, daughter of Isaac
d'Arrac, lord of Casaus de Gan and treasurer of Béarn, and his
wife Isabeau du Lucq, and Gedeon de Rague, lord of Barat and
abbé laïque de Bourdettes, who was at that time serving as a
sergeant of the regiment of Guards.'[1]

cf. Burkle-Young, Porthos[1]

Spouse: Gedeon de Rague (dit Barat)
Marr: 25 Apr 1632, Gan, Béarn [date of marriage contract] [1]

Children: Charles (<1640-1724)
Elizabeth
Mary


1.2.1.1 Charles d'Espalungue
----------------------------------------
Birth: bef 14 Apr 1640[1]
Death: 1724[3]
Bapt: 14 Apr 1640[1]

Lieutenant-General
served in Spain and elsewhere during the War of the Spanish Succession

commander of the garrison at Quesnoy [captured on its
surrender, July 1712]
Governor of the citadel of Lille, 1713-1724[3]

evidently titled "baron d'Arros"


' Charles d'Espalungue-Labadie fut chevalier de Saint-Louis,
lieutenant- général des arme.es.du roi et gouverneur de Lille;
il testa le 12 janvier 1721.' [Jaurgain, p. 63[4]]

' Seigneur de Labadie, lieutenant of the most Christian king's
armies, and governor of the citadel of Lisle in Flanders'
[Robert Cunyngham, ca 1710[5]]

The biography of Charles d'Espalungue [elsewhere called Charles
de Barat], as given in Eugène Haag and Émile Haag, La France
protestante VI:94-95 [3] :

' Ce baron d'Arros doit apparemment être distingué de
Charles d'Espalunque-La Badie, mort lieutenant-général,
en 1724. Capitaine au régiment de Louvigny, ce dernier
servit, en 1672, à la prise de Maesseyk, de Saint-Tron,
de Tongres, de Burick, de Rées, d'Arnheim, de Nimegue,
de Crevecoeur, de Bommel. L'année suivante, il
combattit, sous Turenne, contre l'électeur de
Brandebourg, et se trouva à la prise d'Unna, de Camen,
d'Altena, de Soest, de Bielefeld. En 1674, il passa
dans le Roussillon, sous les ordres de Schomberg. Ce
fut probablement vers cette époque qu'il se convertit;
car nous ne pensons pas que, sans abjuration, il eût
obtenu, après la bataille de Fleurus, à laquelle il
assista, le grade de major, dont il était revêtu au
siège de Mons. Nommé, bientôt après, lieutenant-
colonel, et, en 1694, brigadier, il continua à servir,
sous Luxembourg, dans les Pays-Bas, même après avoir
été créé , en 1695, inspecteur général de l'infanterie.
En 1696, il passa à l'armee de la Meuse; en 1701, il
fit la campagne de Gueldre. Elevé, en 1704, au grade
de lieutenant-général, il fut employé, en cette
qualité, a l'armée d'Espagne où il continua à se
signaler dans toutes les occasions, depuis le siège
de Gibraltar jusqu'à la prise de Carthagène. Ses
services lui valurent le gouvernement de la citadelle
de Lille, vacant par la mort de Vauban; cependant
il ne quitta pas l'Espagne, et Lille ayant été
prise par les ennemis, en 1708, il obtint, comme
dédommagement, le commandement du Quesnoy. Assiege
en 1712, il fut obligé, après une belle défense,
de se rendre prisonnier de guerre avec sa garnison.
En 1713, il fut rétabli dans le gouvernement de la
citadelle de Lille, qu'il conserva jusqu'à sa
mort. ' [Eugène Haag and Émile Haag, La France protestante
(Paris: Joel Cherbuliez, Libraire-Editeur, 1853),
IV:556; also given in Haag, La France protestante
(2nd ed.), VI:94-95.[3]]



cf. Haag, La France protestante VI:94-95[6]
Haag, La France protestante IV:556[3]


~ Labadie in located in or near Sauveterre-de-Béarn, in
the province of Béarn, France


1.2.1.2 Elizabeth de Barat
----------------------------------------

Jordain Salenave, a prominent Huguenot in St. Christopher's,
identified after his death as ' Lieutenant Governor of
the French part of St. Christopher's,... '

Elizabeth his wife, who sought restoration of her husband's
plantation in St. Christopher's, is recorded as having
given same to her niece, the wife of Captain Robert
Cunningham (elsewhere Cunyngham). She is also recorded
as having sought naturalization as a British subject.


the record of Denizations during the reign of William III include
the following names for the year 8 Wm. III, dated 10 July 1696:

' Anne Barat.
Elizabeth Barat de Salenave.
..... ' [Denizations 8 Wm. III, transcribed:
URL http://199.4.147.11/gen/Denizations/XVIII-p242.txt '

Spouse: Jordain Salenave


1.2.1.3 Mary de Barat
----------------------------------------

re: her husband and family:
of Morlàas, Béarn [France]
Huguenot; emigrated to St. Christopher's in the West Indies,
traditionally following revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685)

'Daniel de Bonneson' in Roberdeau Genealogy[5] (evidently
transcription error of 'Daniel de Bonnefon' from the Robert
Cunyngham MS) of 'Morlais' [should be Morlàas ][5]

Spouse: Daniel de Bonnefont

Children: Judith Elizabeth (-<1742)


1.2.1.3.1 Judith Elizabeth de Bonnefont
----------------------------------------
Death: bef 1742

1st wife
called Judith 'Bonnefaut' in Dobson, The Original Scots Colonists[8]

Spouse: Robert Cunyngham, esq., of St. Mary Cayon, St. Kitts
and Craig, co. Ayr
Birth: 24 Mar 1669, Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland[5]
Death: 13 Nov 1743, probably 'Cayon', St. Christopher's, BWI[5],[8],
[9]
Father: Richard Cunyngham (<1623-1670)
Mother: Elizabeth Heriot (<1632-1672)
Marr: 26 Sep 1693, St. Christopher's [St. Kitts], British WI[5]

Children: Elizabeth (1694-<1743)
Richard (1696-<1697)
Richard (1697-<1743)
Mary (1699-1771)
Daniel (1701-<1777)
Charles (1702-<1783)
Susannah (1704-<1743)
Heriot (1705-<1780)
Jourdine (~1707-<1786)


1. Francis A. Burkle-Young, "Porthos," URL
http://www.sardimpex.com/articoli/Porthos2.htm
2. Eugène Haag and Émile Haag, "La France protestante," Paris:
Librairie Sandoz et Fischbacher, 1877 (vol. I, 2nd ed.; sous la
direction de M. Henri Bordier), courtesy Google books.
3. Eugène Haag and Émile Haag, "La France protestante," Paris:
Joel Cherbuliez, Libraire-Editeur, 1853 (vol. IV), courtesy
Google books.
4. Jean de Jaurgain, "Troisvilles, d'Artagnan et les Trois
mousquetaires: études biographiques et héraldiques," 1910,
courtesy Google books.
5. Roberdeau Buchanan, "Genealogy of the Roberdeau Family,"
Washington: Joseph L. Pearson, Printer, 1876, 19, 21,
incorporates the Robert Cunyngham MS, entitled 'Genologie
of the Right Honorable The Earl of Glencairn's Family',
dated ca. 1710 with updated information to 20 October 1740,
pages 10-24 of this publication.
6. Eugène Haag and Émile Haag, "La France protestante," Paris:
Librairie Fischbacher, 1888 (2nd ed., sous la direction de
M. Henri Bordier), courtesy Google books.
7. John P. Ravilious, "Salenave and de Barat (was Specificities
of French Medieval genealogy)," 31 July 2006,
GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com, cites evidence in the Calendar
of State Papers, Colonial Series, and the Journal of the
Commissioners for Trade and Plantations.
8. David Dobson, "The Original Scots Colonists of Early America,
1612-1783," Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1989.
9. "Scotland's People," http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
old URL (Scottish Documents): http://www.scottishdocuments.com/
provides index to wills from Scotland (Edinburgh Commissary Court,
Glasgow Commissary Court and other sources), will of Robert
Cunyngham ('Cunningham'), proved 21 August 1745 - Glasgow
Commissary Court CC9/7/59, will of Richard Cunyngham
('Conyngham') of Glengarnock, proved 27 April 1671 (CC9/7/39),
will of George Heriot, transcript

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/conte ... ipt82..htm


* John P. Ravilious






On Feb 4, 11:21 pm, Ther...@aol.com wrote:
Sunday, 4 February, 2007

Hello All,

I had previously noted problems concerning a particular
brick wall, having to do with an ancestress identified as
Mary de Barat, sister of Charles de Barat. Robert
Cunyngham, esq. of St. Mary Cayon (St. Kitts) and Craig,
Ayrshire, son in law of Mary de Barat, had written ca.
1710, stating that he

" on the 26th day of September, 1693, married Judith
Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel De Bonnefont of Morlais
in the province of Bearn in France, and Mary De Barat
his wife, who was sister to Charles De Barat, Seigneur
De Labadie, lieutenant of the most Christian king's
armies, and governor of the citadel of Lisle in
Flanders........" [1]

Thanks to our helpful friends at Google, I noted today
several references to this same individual, identified at
Charles d'Espalungue, son of Gedeon (Gideon ?) de Rague
(dit Barat), chevalier d'Espalungue. Concerning a record of
the denunciation of the baron d'Arros and others in 1700, for
"une conduite fort suspecte à la religion" [Archiv. gen. Tr.
248], Eugène and Émile Haag wrote,

' Ce baron d'Arros doit apparemment être distingué de
Charles d'Espalunque-La Badie, mort lieutenant-général,
en 1724. Capitaine au régiment de Louvigny, ce dernier
servit, en 1672, à la prise de Maesseyk, de Saint-Tron,
de Tongres, de Burick, de Rées, d'Arnheim, de Nimegue,
de Crevecoeur, de Bommel. L'année suivante, il
combattit, sous Turenne, contre l'électeur de
Brandebourg, et se trouva à la prise d'Unna, de Camen,
d'Altena, de Soest, de Bielefeld. En 1674, il passa
dans le Roussillon, sous les ordres de Schomberg. Ce
fut probablement vers cette époque qu'il se convertit;
car nous ne pensons pas que, sans abjuration, il eût
obtenu, après la bataille de Fleurus, à laquelle il
assista, le grade de major, dont il était revêtu au
siège de Mons. Nommé, bientôt après, lieutenant-
colonel, et, en 1694, brigadier, il continua à servir,
sous Luxembourg, dans les Pays-Bas, même après avoir
été créé , en 1695, inspecteur général de l'infanterie.
En 1696, il passa à l'armee de la Meuse; en 1701, il
fit la campagne de Gueldre. Elevé, en 1704, au grade
de lieutenant-général, il fut employé, en cette
qualité, a l'armée d'Espagne où il continua à se
signaler dans toutes les occasions, depuis le siège
de Gibraltar jusqu'à la prise de Carthagène. Ses
services lui valurent le gouvernement de la citadelle
de Lille, vacant par la mort de Vauban; cependant
il ne quitta pas l'Espagne, et Lille ayant été
prise par les ennemis, en 1708, il obtint, comme
dédommagement, le commandement du Quesnoy. Assiege
en 1712, il fut obligé, après une belle défense,
de se rendre prisonnier de guerre avec sa garnison.
En 1713, il fut rétabli dans le gouvernement de la
citadelle de Lille, qu'il conserva jusqu'à sa
mort. ' [2]

From the foregoing account provided by Messrs. Haag and
Haag, the contemporaneous account provided by Robert Cunyngham
(husband of the niece of Charles "de Barat") can now be seen as
valid, and accurate. Charles was in fact the governor of
Lille; he had commanded the garrison at Quesnoy, and was taken
prisoner at the fall of that fortress in July 1712 (towards the
end of the War of the Spanish Succession), but was subsequently
restored to his command at Lille.

Evidently Mary, mother of Judith Elizabeth (de Bonnefont)
Cunyngham, used the surname de Barat used by her father, while
Charles used the toponym d'Espalungue. The ancestry of Charles
and Mary has been slightly extended to date; I will post a
limited AT in a followup post.

The family d'Espalungue (presumably descendants of Charles)
evidently continued at least into the 20th century in France;
the descendants of the emigrant Mary de Barat, through her
daughter Judith Elizabeth, were previously known through most
of the United States, but have lately been found throughout
Britain, Canada and Australia. This will in time hopefully
make an interesting addition to the French gateway ancestors
as presently known.

Cheers,

John *

NOTES

[1] R. Buchanan, Roberdeau Family Genealogy (Washington,
1876), p. 24. Cunyngham MSS., Historical Soc. of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

[2] Eugène Haag and Émile Haag, La France protestante
(Paris: Joel Cherbuliez, Libraire-Editeur, 1853),
IV:556; also given in Haag, La France protestante
(2nd ed.), VI:94-95. URL:

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... C&pg=PA5...
556&dq=d%27espalunque+arros&ie=ISO-8859-1

* John P. Ravilious

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