Jane Magdeline LeGrand

Other Events:

• Note: 1730, Goochland County, VA; Jane and her sisters are listed as "orphans" after the death of their father (because women had no rights) and were bound by church wardens who awarded guardianship to their uncle, Peter LeGrand.

Jane married Thomas Robinson in 1739 in Goochland County, VA. Thomas (son of John Robinson and Tabitha Jones, (Scruggs)) was born in 1718 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died in October 1798 in Rocky Mount, Franklin, Virginia, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Phoebe Robinson was born in 1741 in Virginia, United States; died before 1836 in Virginia, United States.
2. John Robinson was born in 1742 in Virginia, United States.
3. William Robinson was born in 1750.
4. Sarah Robinson was born in 1753 in Goochland County, VA; died in 1807 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA.
5. Susannah Robinson was born in 1755.
6. George Robinson was born in 1756.
7. Judith Robinson was born in 1762.
8. Rebecca Robinson was born in 1764.

Other Events:

• Naturalized: 1704, Virginia, United States
• Will: 20 August 1716, King William Parish, Henrico County, Virginia; I give & bequeath to my dear & beloved brother Jean LeGrand, the half of one piece of land 365 acres.
• Land Sale: 1719, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; John and Catherine sale an unknown number of acres to Francis Flournoy, probably part of the land that John and recieved from his brother James at the time of James death.
• Court: 1720; John was also an interpreter or translator for one legal document, avowing the English version was accurate on the French Deed.
• Witness: 19 April 1720, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; John witnessed the will of Madeline LeFevre. (The will was written in French) Other witness was Pierre David. John was also an appraiser for the inventory of that Peter David, but died before the inventory was recorded on 17 Nov 1730
• Patent: 9 July 1724, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; Recorded as John Le Grau bk. 12On the south side of James River, Part of the 5,000 acres donated to the French refugees.....
• Land Grant: 9 July 1725, Goochland County, VA; Granted land located on the South side of James River between two Manakin Creeks, beginning on the James River.
• Inventory: 19 July 1730, Goochland County, VA; Inventory was taken by Edward Scott and William Sallee, evaluated at 11 pounds, 10 shillings and 5 pence, recorded 20 July 1730. John left land to his 3 children, but when Magdelene died the land was divided between Jane and Judith.

Notes:

Birth:
Above is a baptism date. Also known as John and John and used on most of his records once he is in America.

Died:
John's death must have come quick for he died without making a will. John Fleming "avowed that Jean Le Grand, deceased, died without making any will so far as he knows."

John married Catherine in 1716 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Notes: 1000; No maiden name has been found for her despite numerous searches. Many have her listed as Fleming, surmised because she relinquished her admin of John's estate to John Flemming, many times a widow (continued below)
• Notes: 1001; would turn an estate over to a male family member. But John Flemming could have just as easily have been a lawyer or a friend.

Other Events:

• Migration: 1681, London, England; It's likely, along with the Vereul family, the Le Grand family fled France during the Protestant prosecutions and settled in London by 1682
• Arrived: 20 September 1700, James River (from London); Arrived on the ship Peter & Anthony "sa femme and 5 enfants" translation, his wife and 5 children.
• Notes: 1707, Virginia, United States; Pierre died within the 1st 10 years of arrival in America. Maybe weakened from the trip & unable to regain his health while trying to build a home in the wilderness. Whatever malady caused his death probably also took some of the children at the same time.

Notes:

Birth:
Name pronounced LeGrawnd.

Died:
This date based on the fact that no LeGrand had been entered on the tithable list of the parrish prior to 1714

Pierre married Judith Vereul in July 1682 in London, England. Judith (daughter of Jean Vereul and Madeleine Du Fay) was born in 1666. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Also: De VrijVay

Other Events:

• Note: 1000, Rouen, France; Jean was a hat manufacturer.

Jean married Madeleine Du Fay on 2 Feb 1633 in Rouen, France. Madeleine was born in 1616 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]