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NICOLAS DE LA RAMEE, b. about 1440, son of Pierre Remy of Liege (221), Commoner and Notable of Liege fled from the city after its capture by Charles Le Camaraire, Duc de Burgoyne in 1468, and found refuge in the village of Cuts (Cuth), Vermandois, Picardy, France. Being destitute, as all refugees are, he found work as a collier, or coal man. His family consisted, when he left Liege, of his wife and son Jacques. Arms; 1. �D�argent au sautoir de gueules, dans 1 et 2 et 3 4 une merliettes d�sable. (A silver field with a St. Andrew�s cross of red, between each corner of the cross a blackbird.) 2. �De Sable au sautoir d�argent cantonne de quatre merliettes due mem.� (A black shield upon which is a St. Andrew�s cross of silver between four martlets of silver.) Source; Huguenot Soc. Of America Library, 2 West 45th St., New York City. Count N. de la Ramee is said to have gone into the coal busiess for the reason that Cuts at that time was surrounded by woods and there was little land open to cultivation. It was a very small hamlet, very old and situated in the oriental limit of the Dept. of Oise, a very short distance from Noyons, the country of John Calvin the great Protestant theologian (1509-64), which probably had some influence on the career of Pierre de la Ramee, grandson of the Count. JACQUES was b. in 1470. He m. Jeanne Charpentier, b. in Cuts about 1510. Jacques left the coal trade and became a farmer and cultivated with great trouble. He d. and his widow was left with 2 sons and a daughter. These children were raised in the rude school of poverty, sometimes being hardly able to find food and warmth in their home. But one of these sons who was b. in the first year of the reign of Francois I (1515) was to make his name famous in all Europe. Children 2811* PIERRE DE LA RAMEE (Latin Ramus), b. Cuts, Picardy in 1515 of a noble family which had fallen to such poverty that his father and mother had to earn a living by working in the fields. He worked his way through the College of Navarre, got a teaching position and in 1551 by order of Henri II was given the Chair of Philosophy in the College of Navarre. He adopted Protestantism and became a follower of Calvin in 1561. After many trials and tribulations he was assassinated on St. Bartholomew�s Day Aug. 26, 1571. No children known. See later. 2812 FRANCOISE, sister of Pierre, b. in Cuts, Picardy just before 1515. She m. Noel Gaudefroy, laborer of Paris and lived with her father and mother. Children ALEXANDRE 2813 GUILLAIME was a cook in Paris. Mentioned in an estate settlement of Noel Gaudefroy, of Paris along with his wife Francoise de la Ramee Gaudefroy, having received an equity in the house of Septeuil in Mentes, dated June 6, 1542. Children - a son LA RAMEE, b. 1570, a son of Guillaume de la Ramee and a citizen of Paris, pretended to have been brought up secretly in the home of a Britain gentleman there miles from Nantes. This person was a pretender to the throne of France, almost forgotten by historians; about 24 years old who called himself the natural son of Charles IX, and who under this pretense went to Reims and demanded to be crowned King of L�Cloiles who went to see him during his trial said �When he was arrested they found a red scarf in his pocket, about which President Riant interrogated him.� he said �The scarf was to show that he was a good man and an honest Catholic, and a fierce enemy of the Huguenots of whom he would kill as many as he could and prosecute them until death.� The President demanded of him on what authority he pretended to make these executions and he replied that �as the son of King Charles, his father, who had begun St. Barthelemy, which he would finish, God granting it, to regain possession of his kingdom, which they had stolen from him, and with several other designs that he held along with certain revelations that he said he had received from an angel.� He was also accused of having made an attempt on the life of Henri IV. When his Majesty heard this story he laughed, added Astoile, and said �That he had come to late, as it was necessary for them to hurry away while La Ramee was in Dieppe.� LaRamee was hanged in the Place de Grieve in Paris March 8, 1596. _______________________________________________________________________________ PIERRE DE LA RAMEE (2811) 2811 PIERRE DE LA RAMEE (Also ramus-Rameau-La Ramee and Pierre de la Verure), said to be the wisest humanist of the 16th century and the first French philosopher before Descartes, was born of poor but noble parents in 1515 at Cuth, Village of Vermandois, Picardy, son of a gentleman of Liege, who fled from Liege after its capture in 1468, and took refuge at Cuts. His mother raised him carefully, and saw to his education in the local schools. His father was a farmer and both he and the mother worked in the fields. I his early years he was said to be a profligate, but gave his mind to science and a thousand little things. He was scarcely 8 years old when drawn by an irresistible desire to learn he set foot along on a trip to Paris. He was twice driven back by hunger and his maternal uncle, names Charpentier, brother of his mother, who was a carpenter in Paris, touched by his perseverance, consented to keep him, even though his only means were his daily wages. Ramee, trained early to think of his needs, at the age of 12 took a place as domestic of a rich scholar in the College of Navarre. Thus assured of his living, he registered at the Academy of Paris in 1527 and followed the course assiduously. He waited on his master in daytime and studied at night, given himself about 3 hours for sleep. At this rate he gained rapidly in his studies until at the age of 21 he received his Master�s Degree, after having upheld for an entire day with such skill and dexterity a thesis, against the theories of Aristotle. His judges whoever saw only in his thesis that �nothing that Aristotle advanced was true�, and thought it was an ingenious paradox. In this they were mistaken for he devoted his life to defend his assertions against Aristotle. Ramus was very clever, a good dialectician, a great mathematician, and of good morals. In his teaching he contributed much to the reestablishment of the sciences and influenced minds to make new researches instead of stopping at the philosophy of Aristotle. His Degree entitled him to teach the Liberal Arts, so he opened a public course in the College of Mans where he won many friends. He with two other established themselves I the College of L�Ave Marie, wher novel methods of teaching attracted a large following, Ramus combined the study of oratory with philosophy, for the first time, leaning to the rules of logic other than to antiquity, so that the pupils of the University of Paris heard for the first time that the authority of reason was above all even Aristotle. These efforts for reform did not please the fanatical followers of Aristotle, so when Ramus dared attack their idol Aristotle, with an energy sometimes unjust, violent protestations were raised against him. Finally the Rector had the two published books of Ramus censored by the faculty, and as a result Ramus was denounced before Parliament as an enemy of religion. Francois I then took the controversy before his Council, and had Ramus appear before them and defend himself. His Judges rendered a verdict March 1, 1544 in which the books were said to be full of lies, misstatements and falsehoods. Francois I sanctioned the sentence and Ramus� two books were condemned and he was forbidden to teach philosophy. Thus overwhelmed by adversity and limited to teaching oratory and mathematics, he waited and hoped for better times, which came sooner than he dared hope. In 1545 fleeing from an epidemic of Plaque which scourged Paris he went to visit his mother and sister Francoise. While there the position of Principal of the College of Presles in paris was offered to him. By consent of the King, Ramus accepted this proposal as most advantageous in spite of the opposition of the Sorbonne. Under his direction this school which had been poor and little frequented became in a short time most flourishing. Pupils flocked to him from all parts in spite of the rigid discipline Ramus imposed. Although he restricted his teaching to rhetoric, his enemies still jealous conspired against him, particularly the famous Jacques Charpentier at the head of the Sorbonne, who tried to ruin the college of Presles by all sots of vexations and to torment professors and pupils. Charpentier tried to exclude pupils of Presles college from credits in the University, but the Assembly of philosophers reestablished the rights of the pupils. Indignant by these bickerings the Cardinal of Lorraine, who had become a staunch friend of Ramus while both were pupils at the University, and who remained his zealous friend until he turned Protestant, asked King Henry II to create a 12th chair in the Royal College in favor of Ramus. The King granted this request and Ramus was appointed Professor Royal of Oratory and Philosophy about Aug. 15, 1551. He opened his course with such dignity and force the following month and his fame soon spread throughout Europe, while at Court he acquired a reputation which served him well in later adversity. His enemies did not dare openly to attack the Lecturer for the King so did their best to run down the other teachers of the College of Presles. In his routine of moderation, which he had promised to follow, he patiently refused to reply to his tormentors, so that most subsided except Prof. Charpentier who alone remained vicious, until the wars of religion, he found way to do away with this man of whom he was so jealous. Until 1561 Ramus remained at least exteriorly a Catholic, although openly accused of being a Protestant by his enemies. It is said that after the Edict of Jan. 1561 he had broken or taken away the images of the chapel of his college. However his autobiographer M. Waddington affirms that all he did was to give his pupils religious freedom, of which the majority were Huguenots. The persecution to which he was continually subjected, under pretext that he was Lutheran, forced him to leave Paris after this famous Edict of Parliament, and hide at Fontainebleau under the protection of The Queen Catherine de Medici. His enemies discovered this and he had to escape by sudden flight. He went to the Chateau de Vincennes which he soon had to leave. He wandered around Paris in various disguises until the Peace was concluded, when he returned to his Royal Chair of Philosophy, which Charpentier claimed he owed, not to merit but to Des Guises and the Jesuits. During this period of hiding his library was pillaged. In 1557 the civil war began again and he again had to leave Paris. This time he threw himself into the arms of the Huguenots and was in their army at the battle of Saint Derris. Peace was again signed and he returned to Paris but seeing another storm brewing, he asked Charles IX for a safe conduct to visit in other lands. With this, after a trip full of danger, he arrived at Strassburg, where he was received with open arms. From Strassburg he went to Basle in 1568, and then to Geneva. The Protestant professors did not like him there, so he journeyed to Jurlich and then to Heidelberg, where he was retained by the Palatine Elector to take the chair of philosophy made vacant by the death of Strigelius. While here he received many offers; from the King of Poland, the King of Hungary and others but he refused them because he wanted to return to France. He left Heidelberg at the beginning of 1570 to visit Frankfort, Nuremberg and Augsberg, and on the way learned that negotiations for peace in France had been begun. He started home, but as peace was not yet concluded he gave a course at Geneva. The University of Bologne offered him the chair of Romulus Amascus with salary of 1000 ducats, but his love for his own country made him refuse the brilliant offer. An epidemic of Plague drove him from Geneva, and he went to Lorraine where he gave a few lessons. The Peace of Saint Germain was then signed and he returned to his beloved Paris. He found the College of Presles taken over by his enemies and the Order of Oct. 8 forbade any person not a Catholic to teach or be a school principal. Ramus then demanded help from the Kind and Queen mother, who had never ceased to show him kindness, and he received for his long service the title and salary of a Professor and a Principal, they even gave him the right to name his successor at the college of Presles. From this time he reentered his college and occupied himself wholly with literary work. He also began the study of theology and tried to introduce some reforms in procedure resulting in censure by the National Synod. Of Nismes. He during his life published some 62 works in Latin on philosophy and allied subjects. Ramus was a large handsome man, headstrong, with black beard and hair, large forehead, aquiline nose, bright black eyes, his face pale and brown. His mouth sometimes severe, sometimes smiling, was graceful, his voice grave and soft, his manners simple and severe, his clothes the same, but this simplicity did not exclude elegance and distinction. He treated himself harshly, lying on straw, up before daybreak, spending the entire day reading, writing, meditating, and eating the simplest diet. He had a strong soul and a noble character, coming to the help of needy but worthy students, refusing to sell his work. He remembered his early poverty and raised at his own expense poor children who seemed worthy scholars. He showed great love for country and family, his mother especially, whom he visited often with rich presents. He was generous to his only sister Francoise and took care of his uncle, who had helped him to his old age. His faults were an irritable humor, and excessive obstinacy, and a too great love for contradiction, which joined with circumspection and extreme presumption, in time brought about his destruction. Monsieur Francks said; (Academy of Moral and Political Science, Aug.-Sep. 1855) �ramus was one of the most fearless reformers of the 16th century, preparing the way for Science, and the new literature to be born a century later, by calling the human spirit to new hopes, new ideas of progress and liberty, to compose in short the foundation of the human spirit. Ramus had other calls on our gratitude for studying the master pieces of antiquity renewing literature, introducing along with Latin into colleges the study of Greek, and composing Grammars which were praised a century later, Books of Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry, which were translated and used in all the universities in Europe.� According to Tenneman, his principal merit was to provoke a reaction against the ancient methods of teaching philosophy, which had been used since the Middle Ages, under blind faith in Aristotle. However if he had given no other service than to revindicate the rights of reason and freedom of liberty to think not only in France but in all Europe, his part of glory would still be beautiful. It was in these peaceful pursuits that a horrible death surprised him. He had just refused to go to Poland because he did not want to sell his eloquence when the Massacre of St. Bartholemy occurred. On Tuesday Aug. 24, 1572 this frightful drama took place. Assassins directed by Charpentier forced an entrance into the College of Presles, discovered Ramus in a closet of his working room where he had retired for death in meditation and prayer. He was pierced by wounds and while still living was thrown from the fifth window into the garden. One saw his entrails leaving his body during the fall. Charpentiers pupils spread these on the street and also dragged the body through the street, while beating it with whips, by the feet, in scorn for his professions, and finally threw his body into the seine. Thus ended the life of one of natures great noblemen, whose life was filled with zeal for the good of humanity. PIERRE DE LA RAMEE dit Ramus. Last Will and Testament. ====================
�In the name of God the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost. I, Pierre de la Ramee, Professor Royal of the Academy of Paris, sane of body and of mind, but thinking of the fragility of life and of all the misfortunes of a trip that undertakes to visit the most celebrated academies of foreign countries, I dispose and order my will as follows: I recommend my soul to God who made it, praying him to be admitted into Heaven in the Communion of the Saints. I give back my body to earth from where it has come, until the day of judgment. In my yearly income of seven hundred pounds at the city hall of Paris, I will of them five hundred for the yearly salary of a professor of mathematics who, in the space of three years shall teach in the Royal College arithmetic, music, geometry, optics, mechanic, geography, and astronomy, not according to man�s opinion, but according to reason and truth. I name and establish as a professor for the first three years, Frederic Reisner, in order that he finish the works we have begun together, especially in optics and astronomy. If, during this time, he has accomplished the task that I have confided in him to following the method exposed in the �Proeme de mathematique� I shall continue his title for three more years. At the end of this time, or even after the first three years, if he does not conform to my wish, I wish that the royal professors proceed to a new choice in the following manner. of Lyons, and Grand Almoner of France. Duval in his College Royal, p. 124 says NICOLAS RAMEE (LaRamee), whose family originated in Todoigne, Prov. Of Ardennes France, and from there to a community of Fauchelette, Belgium, at which place there is also an Abbey in 1657, for the Order of Cistercien for women, was Councilor and Collector for the farms of Rocroi, Dept. of Ardennes, m. 1st. Madeline Borre, m. 2d Jeanne Noiset who died July 16, 1683, m. 3d. Marie Anne Heurart. He was b. in 1620 and d. March 1707 at Renwez near Busancy. He had 3 sons; Thomas, Nicolas, and Tharlotte, and daughters Nicole and Marie. Children 451 THOMAS RAMEY of Luxeuil les Beins, Lorraine. Arms Registered April 15, 1701; �D�azur au trois colombes d�argent, tenant d�une le bec une rameau d�olivir In Germany. This particular family emigrated from Germany to New York in 1729 and are now in the 5th generation. As for myself I am in the 7th generation from the original Remy who went from France to Germany. I will add that the family had Grants of Nobility in France and the title of Barons of St. Remy and also a Grant of Nobility in German, registered in Amsterdam, Holland.� THE CROSS OF LORRAINE Arm; �Porte d�azur, a un croix d�Lorraine, d�argent. Cimier; a un croix d�argent surmounte de un casquee grille, de son bourelet et d�un lambrequin aux d�ecu.� Motto: Semper Fidelus. Inscription: �Armories de la famille Remy, originaire de la Lorraine et confirmees a Jacques (Jacob) Remy, ne a Ivoy, France en 1568, mort en Novembre 1628 a Grenshausen et l�autier de la branche protestante, venue en Amerique de Nord en 1660.� Translation; Arms of the Remy family originally from Lorraine; Jacques Remy b. in Ivoy, Lorraine 1568, d. Grenshausen, Germany in Nov. 1628 (Ivoy-Ivoux-Ivoiry, and ancient forest and village in Lorraine, known since 1200. The site of this forest and village are today part of the village of Epionville, a small village of 142 inhabitants 10 kils from Buzancy, in the ancient Marquisat of Buzancy near Verdun, St. Menehauld, and Bar le Duc. The Marquisat of Buzancy has existed from 1557 down to the 18th century, and came into the possession of the Roseriers family in 1350.) Archives of the Dept. of Ardennes; Rights in property of the Marquisat of Buzancy; of the Seigneurs de Rosieres; "Became the property of Beatrix de Rosieres, a widow, by Will made at Pont-a-Mousson, first in 1359, by another Act March 31, 1420 and last of Will Oct. 23, 1566.� DIDIER LA RHEIMS ennobled 1554, was father of George Remy who m. Beatrix de Rosieres, and had sons; Jean b. 1535; Hon. Sir Pierre Remy, (Rene) Remy, and Nicolas Remy b. 1554, Seigneur de Rosieres and Blois, Councillor and Secretary to the Duke of Lorraine, and who was ennobled in Lorraine Aug. 9, 1583. 37243 JACQUES,REMY b. .in Ivoy, Lorraine in 1568, fled to Germany as a Huguenot in 1586 and placed himself under the protection of the Prince of Neuwied in a small town Greenhausen on the Rhine. THIS JACQUES IS THE UNCLE OF THE JACQUES THAT MIGRATED TO AMERICA, HIS BROTHER PIERRE�S SON:He engaged in the manufacture of pottery, making millions of large mineral water jugs. Later he became an iron founder, and the foundry is still in operation under management of descendants. In Feb. 1595 he m. Catherina (Heimestrain) Wingender, b. 1552 and d. at Greenhausen Dec. 24, 1621. Children; 3 died young - 6 in all. 372431 WILHELM, REMY eldest son and heir, b. 1602, m. Anna Jost who d. in 1631. He d. in 1647. 3724311 WILHELM REMY Jr., the heir, was b. in 1640, m. Elizabeth Giertz, b. 1644, d. Sept. 16, 1690. He d. Aug. 1, 1714. Children; 20 37243111 GILES, the heir, b. Mar. 14, 1667, m. Catherine Marguerite Caesar, b. May 1, 1677, d. June 3, 1748. He d. Jan. 5, 1719. Children 372431111* WILHELM, b. May ___, 1697 - See Family. 372431112* JOHANNES, b. Dec. 12, 1713 - See Family. �Four Cents and ACRE�, a book by Georges Oudarad; the story of Louisanna under the French. The opening paragraph reads as follows: It was the twelfth of September 1665 that the good ship St. Sebastian had set sail from La Rochelle, just 117 days before bearing DANIEL DE REMY Sieur de Courcelles, the first Governor of New France, and Jean Talon resident of Quebec, first Intendant of the colony, sighted, as do all ships entering the St. Lawrence River at the Porcee situated at the extremity of Canada.� On P.8; �DANIEL DE REMY, former Lieutenant of the King at Thionville, was a gallant soldier, impatient and touchy, but devoted to the pubic welfare.� P.32; �The Intendant set sail for France from Quebec and DANIEL DE REMY Sieur de Courcelles in Nov. 1672.� French Genealogical Dictionary (in French) by Tanguay; �JEAN REMY, b. in 1651 established himself at Beauport, Canada and m. Marie Maillou, b. in 1649.� �RENE REMY (REMI), (fils d�Edmond Remy et de Jacqueline Quentin) son of Edmond and Jacqueline (Quentin) Remy, of Luitre in Champagne, Procurator of the Jesuits at Beauport. M. at Three Rivers P.Q., June 2, 1667 Marie Leonard, dau. of Etiene Leonard and of Madeleine Debois of St. Sauveur de Rochelle, d. at Quebec July 2, 1688.� �MARTIN REMY, Sieur de Montdidy, son of Nicolas Remy and Georgette Nolin of St. Amand-de-Chauvauey, diocese of Reims, Champagne, m. Feb. 28, 1724 at Champlain Angelique Poisson, dau. of Francois Poisson, widow of Jacques Poisson, b. in 1668. Children; JOSEPH MARIE, b. Champlain July 28, 1726. MARIE ANNE, b. at Champlain Aug. 18, 1730.� �ANDRE REMY, (dit l�Esperance) son of Pierre Remy and Marie Charbonneau of St. Paul, City of Orleans, France, m. at Quebec May 1, 1730, Louise Boucher, dau. of Francois Boucher, widow of Jean Christophe Cretot, b. in 1681, (dit l�Esperance). �LEOPOLD REMY, (son of Jean) of the diocese of Thou, near Senlis, Dept. of Oise, France, m. at L�Ange Gardien Canada, Jan. 9, 1758, Angelique Trudel.� (Drouin of Montreal prepared a genealogy in French for Mr. Leo Bellafleure of Ste. Cecile de Milton, Shefferd P.Q., near Granby, Canada). 54 JEAN REMY, of the diocese of Thou, France, near Senlis, Dept. of Oise (about 40 miles north of Paris). Children; 541 LEOPOLD, b. in the diocese of Thou, France in 1730 at L�Ange Gardien. He m. at L�Ange Gardien, Canada Jan. 9, 1758 Angelique Trudel, dau. of Nicolas Trudel and Barba Tardif, b. St. Augustin P.Q. Nov. 6, 1725. Leopold arrived in Canada in the spring of 1755 as a soldier of infantry in the Queens regiment (Regiment de la Reine), and in a company commanded by Becourt Leopold was first stationed at or near L�Ange Gardien, near the city of Quebec, and m. Angelique Trudel. Later he was transferred to Ft. Chambly near Montreal, which explains why after the termination of hostilities with the Iroquois, the Remy Family remained established in the nearby counties of Vercheres, St. Hyacinths and Rouville in the province of Quebec. Later descendants emigrated to Mass., Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine. He m. 2nd. Marie Louise Tetreault at Beloeil P.Q. in 1782. He d. at St. Hillaire, P.Q. Canada March 3, 1803. Children; 3. 5411 LEOPOLD, b. 1775, m. Marie Louise Larrivee. Had a son MOISE REMY - 54111* 5412 FRANCOIS, b. 1780. 40 5413 RENE (Remi) b. 1790, at St. Hillaire, P.Q. Canada, m. in 1813 Marquerite Varry, who d. in 1863 at St. Jean Baptiste. He d. at St. Hillaire Sep. 30, 1832. Children; 54131* FRANCOIS, b. April 17, 1814, d. July 18, 1886. Children - See Family Later. CHARLES, b. Aug. 9, 1815. REMI, b. Aug. 4, 1816. MARGUERITE, b. Sept. 24, 1818. JEAN BAPTISTE, b. July 18, 1820. LOUISE, B. Aug. 24, 1822. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 26, 1825. ___________________________________________________________________________ FAMILY OF FRANCOIS REMY, SON OF REMI, SON OF LEOPOLD, SON OF JEAN REMY 54131 FRANCOIS REMY, b. St. Hillaire, Rouville Co., P.Q., Canada April 17, 1814, m. 1st at Beloeil, P.Q., in 1835 Marie Ayot Malo, who d. in 1858 at St. Jean Baptiste, P.Q. He m. 2nd at St. Hyacinth, P.Q. Jan. 20, 1859 Christine Leduc, dau. of Francois Leduc and Marie Galipeau, b. in 1830, d. Sept. 1905. He d. at St. Jean Baptiste July 18, 1886. Children by first wife; 10 541311 FRANCOIS, b. Jan. 8, 1838, d. Fall River, Mass. Oct. 6, 1880. Children - one JOSEPH, m. Florentine Hermapais. Children; 8 REMI, LOUIS, HONNERDAS, JOSEPH, JOHN THEODORE, FLORENTINE, ANGELICA ALBERT, m. Aloysia Continue, and lived at Webster, Mass. Children

�The printed Lists of Immigrant taken by Masters of Vessels do not represent the true spelling of the names of at least half of the immigrants, for English Officers were not always able to spell correctly the French and German names, and wrote them down as they sounded to the English ear.� Rupp�s �30,000 Emigrants to America.� 1 JACOB REMY (name spelled variously Remy, Reamy, Rhemy, Remey, Rhamey) a French Huguenot refugee, was brought to Virginia in 1654, by Nicholas Spencer, Esq., under the Indenture System. His wife came under Indenture to John Brayton in 1654 but died on shipboard. See Page 45. 2 ABRAHAM REMY, a French Huguenot refugee, came on the ship Peter and Anthony to Virginia, landing at Jamestown Feb. 1, 1700. See Page 375. Harrison�s �Virginia�, Vol. II, p 160-1; �In 1690 King William sent a large body of French Huguenots to Va. And I 1699 he sent 600 French Huguenots to Va., under Phillip de Richebourg, who assigned them to lands on the south side of the James River, about 20 miles northeast of the present city of Richmond. This settlement was named Manniken town, from the Indian name Mannachoetan.� 3 JACOB REMY, (Rehm, Ram, Riehm, Remey, Remy) came from Germany, by was of England, to Pennsylvania on the ship Virtuous Grace, Sept. 24, 1737. He was from Alsace-Lorraine and of French extraction. Settled Berks Co., Pa. See Page 403. 31 FRANCIS REMY (Reamy), his son, came from Alsace Lorraine to Pa. In 1788. 4 KONRAD REEME (Conrad Remy, Reamy, Ramey) came from Germany via England on the ship Europa, Nov. 20, 1741. See pages 404-410. 5 MELCHOIR RHIME, brother of Conrad (Remy, Rahm, Ramey) came from German on the ship Fane, Oct. 17, 1749 to Pa. See page 404. 6 ABRAHAM ADAM REEME (Remy, Rehm, Rahm, Reamy) another brother, came from Germany to Pa in 1740. See page 404-429 7 JOHN OLIVER REMY (Ramey) a French Huguenot refugee, fled to Holland then to Nova Scotia about 1773; to New York in 1800. See page 431. 8 JOHN REMY (Remmey) came from France via England to NewYork in 1760 . New York City Records: �Will of John Reamey dated May 23, 1786, proved July 18, 1793 to sons Henry and John W. of New York City.� John W. Remmy was a Professor, and his son Prof. John W., Jr. Corresponded with Dr. Thaddeus Reamy of Cincinnati, and with Admiral George Collier Remey of Washington, D.C. about Remy family history. See Page 44. 9 NICHOLAS JOSEPH REMY (Ramey), a soldier of Napoleon, escaped from a Prison ship of Robespierre�s Commune and landed in Boston, Mass. in 1812. His home was in Lyons, France. His story fascinates the imagination. Read it. See page 436. 10 ANTON REHM (Remy) came from Innsbruck, Austria, to New York in 1816. He knew his name was spelled wrong, and had it changed by legal action to Rhame. (Still wrong). See page 442. 11 JOHANN PETER REMY and Gustav, came from Germany to Pa. In 1882. Sons of Johann Peter were Professors in Columbia University, N.Y.C. See page444 45 JACOB REMY, ORIGINAL FRENCH HUGUENOT IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR 1 (French 372421) JACOB REMY (Jacques), a French Huguenot refugee of noble birth, son of Pierre Remy (French 37242), was b. about 1630 in Picardy, Lorraine, France. He m. Francoise, dau. of Antoine Haldat II, Seigneur de Bonnet and his wife Madelaine Marchand. Fleeing from France on account of Huguenot persecution he got to England. He came to Virginia from England in 1654 under the �Indenture System�, bound to �Nicholas Spencer, Esq., who was appointed Secretary of the colony of Va., during the pleasure of the King Charles II (1606-1702) - March 2.� Original Lists of Emigrants, Vol. 1-1600 to 1637; Vol. 2-1662 to 1700, by John C. Hotten, 1874, p. 271, Vol. 1: �Fra. (Francois) Rame to Westmoreland Co., Va., by John Drayton, 1654.� His wife Francoise evidently did not survive the trip to Va., and he m. 2nd. In 1671 Mary Miles. He became a land owner in this year and was naturalized in 1680. He d. in 1721. �Westmoreland Co., Va., Court Records, Deed Book 5, p. 628; �Francis Spencer vs. Carderoy Vaughan, July 27, 1715; Deposition of Jacob Remey, that in the year 1661 he carried chains in a survey that was made on the land, which Nicholas Spencer, Esq., his then master, afterward purchased, and lived on by the aforesaid Nicholas Spencer, Esq., and one Richard Wright, etc. We find by the oaths of Mary Taylor, Mary Remey, and the aforementioned JACOB REMEY, that John Armsbys successors did live in the old field a little above where we began the survey, etc. that they (Jacob and Mary Remey) never knew the aforesaid John Armsby, but they heard and always understood that he lived there and that the land was called his, etc.� Forthergills Wills of Westmoreland Co., Va.; p. 4; �Will of John Armsby dated 1659�. Note; As John Armsby d. in 1659 and above deposition shows Jacob Remy living there in 1661, this places his importation at 1654 or before. His first wife, Francois, was imported in 1654 under Indenture to John Drayton, while Jacob was Indentured to Nicholas Spencer. Under this Indenture System large land owners and other influential men in the colonies made a contract whereby many worthy men and women were obligated to work out their passage money as servants to their �masters by indenture�. These so called Masters received from the crown 50 additional acres for each person so imported. Westmoreland Co., Va., Deed Book 1, p. 403; �Jacob Remey is deeded by William Pierce, 200 acres of a tract of 1200 acres in Nominee Forest in Cople Parish July 21, 1671. Deed recorded Nov. 28, 1671.� (Nominee forest was the wooded land adjacent to Nomini River and its branches.) Westmoreland Co. Va., Deed Book 3, p. 72; �John Spencer godfather of John Thomas on April 29, 1702, deeds to John Thomas 50 acres of land, being part of 200 acres formerly sold by Jacob Reamy unto my father Nicholas Spencer, Esq., dec�d., being in Nominy forest, bounded as follows; a path leading from Jacob Reamey�s to Richard Doziers�, also French who lived next to the Remy plantation. Original Lists of Persons of Quality, etc., from Great Britain to America; �Entries from 1606-1702, March 2, Nicholas Spencer is appointed Secretary of the Colony of Virginia, during the pleasure of King Charles I�. (Reign 1600-1649). Vol. 31, p. 6. 46State of Virginia, County of Westmoreland, Deed Book 3, p. 94; �RAMY�S NATURALIZATION PAPERS; By the Deputy Govr. Of Virg. Whereas the Kings most Excellent Majesty in his most Special Grace and favour hath been graciously pleased for the Greater promotion and propagation of this his Majesty�s Colony and Dominion of Virga: by Act of Assembly, to enact and declare all Aliens coming into this country and here residing, taking the Oath of Allegience, to be invested with all rights and privileges of any, or his Majesty�s natural born subjects within the said Colony and, Whereas by the said Act it is enacted and declared that the Governor and Commander in Chief for the time being in said Colony having taken the Oath of Allegience before the Governor and Commander in Chief for the time being to be to all intents and purposes fully and completely naturalized, and the person or persons so approved of and named in the letters Patent to have and enjoy to them and their heirs, the same immunities and rights of and unto the laws and privileges of their colony, and as fully and amply as any of his Majesty�s natural born subjects of this colony have or enjoy within the same. Therefore I, Sir Henry Chichley, Knight, his Majesty�s Deputy Governor and Commander in Chief, do by virtue of the said Act, hereby certify and declare that Jacob Remy, a Natural born subject of the French King, hath taken the Oath of Allegience before me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Colony Seal to be hereunto affixed. Dated in James City, Sept. the nine and twentieth, 1680, and in the two and thirtieth year of his Majesty�s Reign. He: Chichley. Recorded: Octavo die Octobris, 1702. Pr: Ja: Westcomb Civ. Comm. Westmoreland Co., Va.� Copy by Deputy Clerk, Richmond Co., Va. Westmoreland Co., Va. - Wills and Adms., by Fothergill, pg. 16; �Will of Marmaduke Miles, dated May 16, 1695, proved Aug. 28, 1693: Trustees of my estate; Jacob Remy and Morgan Williams.� Jacob Remy, dated July 1702, proved Dec. 5, 1721; To loving wife Mary, the furniture in her room. To oldest son William, on shilling on demand. To youngest son Jacob, 200 acres of land, the land on which I now live.� Westmoreland Co., Va. Deed Book 7, p. 336; �Abraham Smith on Sept. 27, 1721 deeds to John Ramey, 50 acres, being part of a deed of 200 acres of land bought of Jacob Ramey, Sr., by Coll. Nicholas Spencer, and afterward made over to John Spencer, Gent., by deed of gift to Abraham Smith, his godson, etc., land commonly called and known by name of Beatles Neck, and bounded on the land of Jacob Ramey, Sr.� 1 Children of JACOB AND MARY REMY. 11* WILLIAM, b. in 1672, m. Catherine Asbury and d. in 1737. 12* JACOB JR. B. 1675, m. Ann, daughter of Robert and Anna Sanford, who m. 2nd Richard Omohundra before 1735. Jacob Jr., d. in 1726. 47The Remy Family in America - Page 4747 FAMILY OF WILLIAM, SON OF JACOB REMY, SR. (1) 11 WILLIAM REMY, b. in 1672, m. abt. 1693 Catherine, dau. of Henry and Mary Asbury, receiving his inheritance when he married. He lived in Westmoreland Co., Va., and d. 1737. Westmoreland Co., Va., Deed Book 81, p. 448; �William Remey is deeded 100 acres of land from the heirs of Peter Duncan, and enters into possession of same in 1693.� Westmoreland Co., Va., Order Book 1698-1705, p. 9; �May 25, 1698, Benjamin George is bound as apprentice to William Remey.� Westmoreland Co., Va, Deed Book 2, p. 186; �May 30, 1699, William Remey witnesses deed from Edward Ransdell to Jacob Remy, Jr., his brother.� Va. County Records, by Drozier; Proprietor Deeds of Grants, Book 2, p. 291; �William Reamy, 123 acres of land - 1698.� Westmoreland Co., Va,, Order Book 1698-1705, p. 110; �William Remey, appointed Constable April 30, 1701.� Va. County Records, by Crozier, Book 3, p. 47; �Henry Asbury received Grant for 80 acres of land in 1704.� Westmoreland Co.,, Va., Will Book 4, p. 13; �Will of Henry Asbury, dated Feb. 3, 1706, proved April 1707; to sons Henry 400 acres, Thomas 400 acres, Benjamin 100 acres, daughter Catherine, one cow. Executor: My wife Mary.� Westmoreland co., Va., Will Book 4, p. 49; �Mary Asbury, widow, give unto Mary Remy, her granddaughter, daughter of William and Katherine Remy, a yearling heifer marked with a crop on the right ear and cross and nick under the left and branded on the right buttock with the figure 3, which at the said Mary Asbury�s request is entered on the records of W.Co., Va., the 19th day of June 1709. Pr. Ja: Westcomo, Clerk Court.� Westmoreland Co., Va., Will Book 82, p. 548: �Will of William Remy, aged 65, dated Nov. 19, 1737, proved May 30, 1738: To wife Catherine, use of plantation for life son William, one shilling To son Jacob Remeys heirs son Asbury Remey dau. Mary Sanders dau. Catherine Wormeth son John Remy, unmarried son James Remy, unmarried son Daniel Remy, under the age of 17 - the plantation when wife Mary dies granddau. Elizabeth Sanders, one feather bed when she marries.� 48DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM (11) AND CATHERINE (ASBURY) REMY Children 111* WILLIAM, b. about 1696 in Westmoreland Co., Va., m. Barbara Byram, and lived in Stafford Co., Va. D. 1758, Frederick Co., Va. 112* JACOB, b. abt. 1698, in Westmoreland Co., Va., m. Ann Carr and d. in Westermoreland Co., Va. Abt. 1735-6. 113* ASBURY, b. abt. 1700-2, m. Elizabeth Hannah Neale and was living in Westmoreland Co., Va. In 1759. 114 MARY m. William Sanders, June 19, 1709, at which time her grandmother on her mother�s side, Mary Asbury, gave her a yearling heifer. They lived near the Remy farm. Children ELIZABETH 115 Katherine, b. abt. 1710, m. ________ Wormuth. 116* JOHN, b. abt. 1712, m. Mary Linton, Apr. 6, 1740, and d. in Henry Co., Va. in 1791. 117* JAMES, b. abt. 1715, m. Elizabeth ______ and moved to Frederick Co., Va., where he died 1757-60. 118* DANIEL, b. abt. 1720, m. Darchus Brickey. He inherited according to Will, his father�s land, when his mother died. He died before 1763, for his wife is recorded as a widow living in Frederick Co., Va. in 1763. _____________________________________________________________________________ FAMILY OF WILLIAM REMY, JR. (111) SON OF WILLIAM, SON OF JACOB REMY (1) 111 WILLIAM REMY, b. in Westmoreland Co., Va., abt. 1696m. Barbara Byram, and lived in Prince George Co,. Va. He was living in Stafford Co., Va. in 1741, in Fairfax Co., Va in 1746 and d. in Frederick Co., Va. in 1758-9. King George Co., Va., Court Records, Deed Book 1, p. 599; �Deed between William Remey of the Parish of Sittenbourne and county of King George, and Thomas Davis of the same Parish and county on July 1, 1730 for 125 acres lying in county and Parish as above; bounded by the lands of William Carter, John Quisenberry (formerly belonging to John Spicer) and the land of Joseph Carpenter. Witnesses - Byles Carter and William Clater.� King George Co., Va., Deed Book 2, p. 140; �William Remy of the county of King George and Parish of Hanover, a carpenter, and Barbara his wife of Sep. 2, 1737, deed to John Dodd of county and Parish aforesaid, 50 acres called Wolvepitt Neck, situated in count and parish aforesaid, on a line with the land of John Quisenberry, line of Edmund Barker, said land having been sold to William Remy by Thomas Davis. Witnesses - John Drake, Edmund Barker, and John Quisenberry.� King George Co., Va., Deed Book 2, p. 234; �William Remey, a Planter of the Parish of Hanover and county of King George, on Jan. 25, 1738, deed to Henry Drake of the same county and Parish, two parcels of land; one containing 50 acres, the other 100 acres, lying in the Parish of Hanover and County of King George, bounded by William Carters Orchard, to John Dodds line, in line with Joseph Carpenters, thence along the line of the said Carpenter; 100 acres being land bought of Thomas Davis, bounded in line of William Carter near Mattox Path, to line of Brown and Conner, line of Original Wroe, line of John Chins to line of Thomas Randolph; all of said parcel excepting one School House built by the neighbors on the 50 acres. Barbary the wife of said William Remey relinquishes her Right of Dower. Witnesses: John Beddo, William Clater and Clapham Drake.� 49Westmoreland Co., Va., Fid. Book 1, p. 259; �William Remey is paid a small sum of money in the estate account of John Remy, son of his cousin Jacob Remy Jr., as returned by John�s wife Mary on Feb. 23, 1741.� Fairfax Co., Va., Court Records, Book B, p. 18; �William Remy was appointed Constable in the room of John Asbury Dec. 3, 1745, and being called, appeared the Oath of Allegience and Supremecy, and the Abjurement Oath; and having subscribed to the Test, was sworn into office as Constable.� Fairfax Co., Va., Book B., p. 73; �William Remey in open court on April 2, 1746, acknowledged himself indebted to our Sovereign Lord and King, his heirs and successors, in the sum of 40 Lbs., to be levied on his goods and chattels, lands and Tenements, in case he does not keep his Majesty�s Peace toward all his Majesty�s liege people, but more especially toward Zereriah Borden, for the term of 12 months.� Fairfax Co., Va., Book B, p. 132; �Marquis Calmea Gent., is ordered on Aug. 7, 1746, to pay to William Remy 75 Lbs. of Tobacco, for attending Court 3 days as an evidence for him against James Burns.� Fairfax Co., Va., Book B, p. 40; �Deborah Borden and Massie Fernley are ordered on Aug. 7, 1746 to pay William Remy 75 Lbs. of tobacco for attenting Court 3 days as an evidence for them.� Frederick Co., Va., Date from Frank Crawford of Winchester, Va., �William Remy had his house and home at Greenway Court in Frederick Co., Va.,; when Lord Fairfax established his home at Greenway Court, in 1749. William Remy is said to be the ancestor of most of the Ramey�s hereabouts.� Frederick Co., Va., County Seat Winchester, Will Book 2, p. 343; �Will of William Remy, dated Dec. 1, 1758, proved at Winchester May 1, 1759; To my dear wife Barbara, for life or until she marries again, my whole plantation. Sons William and his heirs Jacob and his heirs (Thaddeus) Matthew and his heirs James, any of above, if there are no heirs at the death of either brother without heirs. Jacob and William, my plantation after the death of my wife Barbara, or is she marries again. James, remainder of my estate. Executors; wife Barbara and Thomas Sharp, Jr. Witnesses; Wm. Hawkins, John Hawkins, Richard Hawkins and Andrew A. Thorp.� Children; 5 1111 JOHN, b. abt. 1735-8 in King George Co., Va., m. Joanne Page and lived near Berryville, Clark Co., Va. He moved with his family in 1783 first to Mason Co., Ky. (then including Floyd Co.) and d. in Bourbbon Co., Ky. In 1805-6. Family Traditions; �John Ramey came over with Lafayette and he and his 2 brothers thus escaped from the assassins of Robespierre.� (Lafayette was here from 1777-1779, while Robespierre flourished from 1789-1794.) �There were four original ancestors who came from France; One lived near Berryville, Clark Co., Va. This one had 3 sons; William Page Ramey, John Ramey and Thomas A. Ramey.� �There were 4 brothers in Stafford Co., Va., and their names were Jerry, Page, Archibald and Lewis: William Page lived in Clark Co., Va. One (Archibald) located near Maysville, Mason Co., Ky. One located near Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky., (Jacob Remey, brother of John�s father William had a Land Grant of 666 2/3 acres in Jefferson Co., Ky., dated Sep. 21, 1780, while William had one in Jefferson Co., Ky. Dated Aug. 26, 1783, for 1500 acres.) One located near Indianapolis, Ind. (Lewis, Jr., son of Lewis Sr., located in Marrow Co., Ohio.) Children of John and Joanne 11111* ARCHIBALD, b. March 17, 1759 in Stafford Co., Va., went to Mason and then to Fleming Co., Ky. He m. Martha Cassidy and d. in Fleming Co., Ky. 1859. 11112* LEWIS, b. abt. 1760 m. A. Valentine, and lived at a crossroad in Page Co., Va. He was a jolly blacksmith beloved by all who stopped to have their horses shod. At first they called him Lu Ramey, but later this was even to long and they shortened it to �Lu Ray�. The town of Luray grew up around his corner shop and the famous Luray Caverns near there are also named after him. 11113* WILLIAM PAGE, b. abt. 1765, m. Eliza and lived near Berryville, Clark Co., Va. Later he moved to Rappohannock Co., Va. where he d. abt. 1820. 11114 HANNAH, b. abt. 1762, m. 1st. a Harrison and m. 2nd, John Harper. Harrison Genealogy; �Hannah Remey, b. about 1762, m. 1st., a Harrison, m. 2d., John Harper. Her Will was made in 1794.� Westmoreland Co., Va., Wills; �Will of John Harper, dated April 18, 1798, proved Jan. 28, 1799; To wife HANNAH (Harrison) HARPER, land bought of Robert Harrison. Son WILLIAM RAMEY HARPER son JOHN H. HARPER� Children WILLIAM RAMEY HARPER AND JOHN H. HARPER 11115 JEREMIAH (Jerry), b. abt. 1767, moved to Bourbon Co., Ky. 11116 MARY (Polly), m. Thomas Puckett in Floyd Co., Ky. On June 29, 1818. 11117 HENRY, b. abt. 1775-80. Prince George Co., Va.; Tax Records; �Henry Ramey paid taxes in 1811.� Children HENRY C. lived in Floyd co., Ky. History of Johnson Co., Ky., Floyd Co., Tax Records; �Henry C. Ramey paid tax in 1790.� Children (all married in Floyd Co. Ky.) �ANNA m. John Wheeler April 12, 1838.� �TEMPERENCE m. Eleazer Pelfrey July 1838� �PHOEBE, m. Wm. H.H. Nott, Jan. 14, 1840.� �MARY, m. Sam Nott, Sept. 15, 1841.� �WILLIAM J., m. Elizabeth Turner, Sep. 29, 1839.� 1112 WILLIAM BYRAM, b. abt. 1740, lived in Stafford Co., Va. He went with his nephew Archibald Ramey to see Col. Bailey Washington about enlisting in the army. Morgan Co., Ky., Circuit Court Records, May 19, 1835; �Application and Affidavit for Pension of Archibald Ramey - I and my uncle William Byram called on Col. Bailey Washington in Stafford Co., Va., about enlisting.� 1113* JACOB, b. Aug. 27, 1741 in Stafford Co., Va., m. Sussannah Grigsby and d. in Loudon Co., Va., in 1799. 1114* THADDEUS MATTHEW, b. abt. 1746 in Fairfax Co., Va., is given in his father�s Will as Matthew. He m. about 1777 Christina Stump and moved to Shenandoah Co., Va., and d. in Lawrence Co., Ky., about 1840. 1115 JAMES, b. abt. 1750, the youngest child mentioned in his father�s Will, MOVED TO KY ==================
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