1. | John (Jean) Le Grand was born on 5 Dec 1694 in La Haye (The Hague), Holland; died in Jul 1730 in Goochland County, VA. 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]
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