Jean DE RIVASSON ( - )

Name:	Jean DE RIVASSON
Sex:	Male
Father:	Pierre (Rev.) de RIVASSON (1630?-1686?)
Mother:	Jane HELIAS (1632?- )

Individual Events and Attributes

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Individual Note

Sr of the Treasurer, lawyer(avocado) in Parliament, emigrates into Holland with his(her) brother Franðcois where they make a commitment in the company of 50 cadets under N 503. (" The French Officers in Dutch service after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes during the period 1686 - On 1689 ", by the Chief warrant officer.

("les Officiers franðcais en service hollandais apráes la râevocation de l’Edit de Nantes pendant la pâeriode 1686 - 1689" by le Major Boerâee, by the Chief warrant officer Boerâee in Bulletin de la Commission de l’Histoire des Eglises Wallonnes, IVe sâerie, 1áere

livraison, Leyde 1928, áa la Bibliotháeque de la Sociâetâe d’Histoire du Protestantisme.) Source:Odile de RIVASSON-LE COCQ

 

DENIZATION in England -

To these reasons the Lords appended a statement of services or other merits of the

individual persons. In the present text these statements of services are added in brackets

after the names concerned from Persode p. 281 down to Raffan p. 286.

The general entry for the taking of the oaths is given on p.585 and 602, Vol. XII., of the

Commons' Journals where the names show several variations from the text as below. These

Variants are here inserted in brackets.

JOHN RIVASSEN (RIVASSON), born at Bergerac in France, son of Peter Rivassen by Jane, his

wife. (Name occurs as Ravasson in C.J. XII., 552).

1699 April 3. Naturalization Act (Legge and 104 others).-Certificates that the following persons have received the

Sacrament, according to the usage of the Church of England, viz :-

JOHN DE RIVASSON [Rivassen in Act.] Attested by James Fonsubrane and Rene Granger. Rest as in (2).

[Rivassen, Commission as Ensign in 1693. Com. Book. 3 April.]

Source: Publications of The Huguenot Society of London Volume XVIII, LETTERS OF DENIZATION AND ACTS OF NATURALIZATION FOR ALIENS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND 1603-1700.