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     Jean Bondurant married Augustine de Laurent.¹

     Jean Bondurant was born circa 1685.¹
     

     Jean was also known as Jean la Roche.

     Jean Bondurant was born in 1679.¹

     Jean Pierre Bondurant was born on 18 July 1677 in Génolhac, Gard, France.¹ He married Ann Tanner, daughter of Edward Tanner [Sr.] and Mary Hatcher, circa 1708 in Manakin Town, Virginia.^1,2 Jean died before 25 January 1734/35 in Manakin Town, Virginia.^1,3,2
     

     Jean was also known as John Peter.

     Jean Pierre was first baptised a Huguenot, then at the age of seven rebaptised a Catholic in order to preserve his right to inherit family property. With the Revocation both of his parents, and his grandfather and step-grandmother renounced their Huguenot faith and were "newly converted" Catholics.

     He was orphaned and left in the guardianship of his cousin, Andre Bondurant who was an apothecary and also the mayor of Génolhac. In September 1697, with Andre's consent, Jean Pierre's property, the mills at l'Aribal and Calquières inherited from his parents, were sold. Jean Pierre left France and arrived in Aarau, Switzerland in February 1697/98 where he joined his maternal uncle, Guillaume Barjon, Pastor of the Huguenot refugee Church there.

     On October 3, 1697, Jean Pierre recanted the Catholic faith and became a Huguenot again. The following is recorded in the congregational record:

     The 3rd of October 1697, Seigneur Jean Pierre Bondurant, apothecary, presented himself in front of us, claiming that he was extremely affected by the fault he committed in his youth, which was to attend the worship of the Roman [Catholic] Church; showing his repentance by asking God to forgive this sin and after he claimed that he would live and die in our Holy Religion, he was admitted into the peace of the Church and to participate in the Holy Sacraments.
     He signed this present deed along with us: Henry Malbois and Pierre Brochet, both hat makers who took refuge in the town of Aarau, and undersigned by myself:
[signed by]
Barjon
refugee Pastor
JP Bondurant
Henry Malbois
Brochet⁴

     Because Jean Pierre had left France with money from the sale of his mills, he did not appear on the Swiss charity records as did the Barjons and most refugee Huguenots. Being financially independent also shielded him from scrutiny and perhaps enabled him to buy his first land when he later went to Virginia.⁴

     He was listed as a "fugitive from the Kingdom because of religion" in 1712. This late date is not significant, as such listings were normallly late; and his father's cousin was Consul General in charge of the listings.

     In 1699, in the company of Pastor Barjon and other refugees, he went to Karlshafen, Germany. There is no record of his travel from Karlshafen to England, but he was among Huguenot refugees arriving at the mouth of the James River in Virginia on 20 September 1700 aboard the ship Ye Peter and Anthony which had sailed from England. This was the "second transport" of Huguenots from London.

     The immigrants were taken up the James River in smaller boats as far as the shoals (present day Richmond.) They went overland to Manakin Town, where they joined the "first transport" settlers who had occupied a deserted Monacan Indian village near Fine Creek the previous year. Jean stayed with the colony until 1701 and then, as a single man, went elsewhere looking for more opportunity. He practiced medicine in Henrico County (part of which later became Goochland County) for many years.⁴

     Jean Pierre's grandfather was a Doctor of Law and was apparently successful. His father, Jean Pierre Bondurant, Sieur de Cougoussat, Advocate, did not seem to be as successful as he was in debt when he died. At one time, Jean Pierre, the immigrant, was forced to accept public assistance from the Church of Rome. He was apprenticed to his father's cousin, Andre, a Master Apothecary, where he learned enough medicine to be accounted a Doctor in the Colonies in Virginia.

     In 1704, the Huguenot men petitioned to become citizens of the colony and by an act passed in 1705, they, including Jean Pierre, were granted citizenship by the Governor and House of Burgesses.⁴

     Jean Pierre obtained 200 acres of land on Old Town Creek, near present Matoaca, across the Appomattox River from Petersburg. He sold that on 29 Dec 1708 to John Wilson Sr., acknowledged in court 1 June 1709. In 1711 he registered a cattle mark with the Virginia governor. On March 24 he purchased, from the King of England, 400 acres on the south side of the James River located on Jones Creek and Matthews Branch in Henrico County, later part of Goochland County. In 1729, sons Peter and John were listed as tithables on this land, but the father does not appear on the tithables lists until 1730. This seems to indicate that the parents were living elsewhere and the sons had come ahead to prepare the new land. This land was divided among his sons in his will in 1734. Jean Peire was elected to the Vestry of King William Parish Church, but died before he could take office.⁴

     It is not known if he was married more than once and, if so, which children belong to each wife. A wife Ann, the mother of his son Peter, is mentioned in his will. Many researchers had thought that his wife was Ann Faure but this appears incorrect. She may have been Ann Tanner. The will of Mrs. Mary Tanner, Albermarle Co., Virginia, in the 1760s, left $1 to her daughter Ann Bondurant. Whether this is the widow of Jean Pierre has not been proven. Also, the marriage date cannot be confirmed. The date shown is given by some researchers but it has never been proven.

     In 1990 the Bondurant Family Association erected a fence and placed a commemorative plaque at the posited graves of Jean Pierre and Ann Bondurant. The graveyear is located on Birdsong Lane (Road No. 1217) near Powhatan, in Powhatan County, Virginia. The plaque reads:

     To the glory of God and in memory of Jean Pierre
     Bondurant and his wife Ann. Born in Génolhac,
     France 18 July 1677, Jean Pierre (John Peter)
     Bondurant escaped to Switzerland in 1697, and
     reached Jamestown with other Huguenots in 1700.
     Trained as an apothecary, he practiced medicine
     in Virginia where he married Ann. Members of
     King William Parish. He died near Manakin
     1734/35. Their five children were John, Peter,
     Joseph, Ann and Frances.
               Erected 1990 by descendants.

     Jean made a will on 25 September 1734. The will of John Peter Bondurant, Gouchland County, Virginia:

In the name of God Amen, I John Peter Bondurant, being sick and weak by of good sound disposition mind and memory, all praise be given to God for it, and now minding to settle my worldly estate which it has please God to bestow upon me before I depart this life: I do make and appoint this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
First: I give my soul to God who gave it, and my body to the earth from which it was taken, to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
Item: I give and bequeth unto my son John Bundurant, one hundred and forty acres of land which he now dwelleth on and one horse and one hog and blanket and rug and sheet and hide and bed cord and frou pot, and dish and basin and three plates and one cow and calf that he is now possessed of him and to his heirs forever.
Item:I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land on Age Creek and up along creek Goos, and a horse named Smoker and one cow and calf and two sows and four shoats and one pewter dish and one basin and one porringer and six pewter spoons and one frou pot and one rug and blanket and sheet and brown lining to make him a bed, to him and his heirs lawfully begotten forever, but if one or all of my sons die without issue, then to the survivor and his heirs lawfully begotten forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land with the purtenances belonging thereto, where he now dwelleth, and one cow and calf in the possession of James Ford and two sows and four shoats and one ram sheep, and one mair with the hors colts the she has and the mair fols to return to me and two dishes, one large and one small, one basin and six plates and one Porringer and one paint pot and one sow and four shoats, to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Ford one heifer eighteen months old, and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give to my daughter Frances Salle one heifer at the age of eighteen months and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
And I do give unto my son Peter Bondurant all my wearing clothes and it is my desire that my wife keep them and let him have them as she sees fit and my carpenter tools and shoemakers tools and croscut saw and wagons I lend for the use of my wife and two sons and their heirs be no hinderance or molestation of any persons or persons whatsoever.
Item: I give to my loving wife Ann Bondurant after all my just debts and funeral charges and legacies are paid, all the remainder of my estate real and personal in this place or also wherever to her and her heirs forever, and I do allow my loving wife Ann Bondurant whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills by me made heretofore.
As witness my hand and fixt my seal, this 25th day of September 1734.
J. P. Bondurant (Seal)
Test: John Cook, James Ford, John Bondurant
It is my desire that my son Peter Bondurant heirs his share of land on the S. & E. of Age Branch and my son John Bondurant and my son Joseph Bondurant to have their share on the S. & W. of my branch to be equally divided between them according as the lines go and to have the liberty of cutting any pine or pine trees upon my son Peter Bondurant's land for their house.³

     His will was proved on 25 January 1734/35. At the court held for Goochland County January 25th, 1734, this will was proved by the oaths of John Cook and James Ford, two of the witnesses hereto and was admitted to probate.
H. Wood, County Court Clerk.³

     Jean Pierre Bondurant was born circa 1636 in Génolhac, Gard, France.² He married Gabrielle Barjon, daughter of Pierre de Barjon and Jeanne Belcastel, on 18 December 1676 in Church of Barre-des-Cevennes.³ Jean died on 24 May 1694 in Génolhac, Gard, France.²
     

     Jean Pierre inherited his father's extensive land holdings. In addition to the house on la Grand Rue in Génolhac, he owned the mill l'Aribal on the Gardonette River in Génolhac, as well as another mill and a three-story stone house, and land at Cougoussac, near the modern Viaduc de Chamborigaud. Plats of the Cougoussac property show the millrace, and the long arched span of the Viaduc railroad bridge, which was built on Bondurant land in the mid-1800s.³

     She married first André Jaussal.¹ She married second Jean Petit.¹ Jeanne died without issue on 27 March 1651.¹

     Jehan died in 1472.
     

     Jehan II died testate leaving the Malihieres property to his only son, Jehan III.¹

     Jehan Bondurant [IV] married Gabrielle Brunet, daughter of Antoine Brunet and Mauricette Bondurant.² Jehan died circa 1570.³

     
          Jehan was called Les Maliheyres because he came from Malihieres, a small village near Belle Poile. Malihieres, stood on a steep mountain slope above Donarel, the Amat's settlement, and the le Luech River. Stone Terraces were constructed along the slope and filled with soil hauled labouriously up from the valley to make tiny gardens. Residents grazed sheep and goats, and gathered chestnuts from trees in the area for food, as there was little arable land availabe to grow extensive crops.²

     Jehan is the Oc equivalent of Jean. Oc (or Occitan) was the primary language of the Languedoc area and the Cévennes in the Middle Ages. When France conquered and annexed the region after the Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229), Occitan was replaced by French and Latin in the official and ecclesiastical records. Today Occitan words are imbedded in the French language, especially in the Cévennes, and is still spoken by a few residents of the plains between Toulouse and the Pyrenees Mountains.²

     Languedoc is a historic region in south central France. It's eastern border was the Rhone River. Ancient boundaries were Auvergne and Lyonnaise on the north; Dauphiné, Comtat Venaissin, and Provence on the east; the Mediterranean Sea on the south-east; Roussillon on the south; Foix on the south-west; Gascony on the west, and Guienne on the north-west. Languedoc wrapped around the "nose" of an area known as Rouergue. The Cévennes Mountains were in the northeast on the western border of the Rhone River. Two cities served as its capital, Toulouse (the primary capital), and Montpellier (for governing the eastern portion). Languedoc's eastern portion, particularly the Cévennes, was a hotbed of Huguenot resistance in the Camisard War (1702-1710).Today Languedoc is a historic memory.²

     Rouergue was a political division that lasted until the French Revolution in 1789. It include all of the Department (state) of Aveyron, and a part of Lot-et-Garonne. The Aveyron River was its principal waterway. The cathedral city of Rodez was its capital. With the assession to the French throne of Henry of Navarre, who became Henry IV, Rouergue became part of France. The marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of England brought much of western and southwestern France to the English Crown. This caused conflict in the region for many years. Local French nobility sought to protect their land by building "bastide" towns, fortified villages along the boundary with the English. During the Hundred Year's War, much of the Rouergue was overrun. Cheatue Belcastel fell to the English. The treaty of peace in 1453 returned the area to French control, but constant fighting in the area had bankrupted many families.²

     The Albigensian Crusade was against a new religious philosophy which challenged Catholicism, the Cathar belief. Cathars (also called the Albigeois) place trust only in the Bible. They thought it wrong to worship the cross itself, or to buy prayers and forgiveness with money. They rejected infant baptism and the doctrine of purgatory and challenged the power of the Catholic church to intervene between God and the individual. They denied the infallibility of the Pope. The whole of the Languedoc regions seemed to respond to the Chathars' preaching, from the Rhone River to Toulouse, but their greatest strength was in the western portion. Four Cathar Bishoprics were established at Toulouse, Albi, Carcassonne, and Agen by 1167. Fearing for the loss of the power of the Catholic Church, Pope Innocent II called for a crusade as the Cathar faith spread. Led by Simon de Montfort, Papal troops invaded Languedoc, murdered its people, and turned it into a wasteland. Raymond VII of Toulouse, the ruler of Languedoc and a Cathar sympathizer) was required by the Treaty of Peace at Meaux to marry his daughter and heiress, Jeanne de Toulouse, to Alphonse de Poitiers, brother of Louis IX of France. The marriage produced no children and with their death in 1271, all the lands of Languedoc passed to the French monarch.²

     John Bondurant was born in 1802.¹

     John Bondurant was born in 1786.¹

     John Bondurant Jr. was born in 1737.^1,2 He married Pauline Marshall Allen in 1754.^1,2 John died in 1810.²

     John M. Bondurant was born circa 1773 in Virginia.¹ He married Sarah Garrett about 1793/1797.¹

     John Peter Bondurant [Sr.] was born circa 1710 in King William Parish, Goochland Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Sarah Rachael Moseley about 1729 or 1736.^1,2,3 John died circa 1774 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2,4
     

     John Peter Bondurant was listed as a vestryman in King William Parish in 1748. He is first mentioned in his father's will in 1734. John and his wife Sarah lived in Goochland County, Virginia, and later in Cumberland County. He deeded 200 acres of land to his son, John Peter III of Albemarle County, on 9 March 1758.

     Sarah was the widow of Robert L. Moseley. The Bondurant Family Association Newsletter reprinting information from The Huguenot Magazine, Vol. 25, page 173 gives the marriage date as 1836 but indicates date and place not proved.

     Grinnell, in his manuscript, indicates that John died in Manakin in 1744. A pedigree chart in The Huguenot, Publication No. 30, submitted by Mary V. Bondurant Epling, indicates that John died about 1744 in Buckingham County, but before 1776, and that his death was recorded in Powhatten County. A GEDCOM received from Ruby Talley Smith indicated he died in 1774.

     Joseph Bondurant was born on 22 April 1774.¹ He married Rhoda Terry on 26 October 1797 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.¹

     Joseph Augustine Bondurant was born circa 1720 in Henrico Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Agnes Radford, daughter of John Radford and Elizabeth Maxey, circa 1744 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2 Joseph died on 11 August 1806 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.^1,2,3
     

     Joseph was also known as [Dr.] Joseph Augustine Bondurant.

     LDS film has death date of 26 November 1803. GEDCOM from Ruby Tallely Smith has death date of 30 July 1806. Grinnell gives the death date as 11 August 1806.

     Joseph P. Bondurant was born circa 1783.¹ He married Mary G. Agee, daughter of John Agee and Cisley Ann Hall.¹ Joseph died in 1849.¹

     Joseph Bondurant [Jr.] was born circa 1755.¹ He married Mary Elizabeth Davis on 15 January 1778 in Powhatan Co., Virginia.¹ Joseph died on 16 August 1827 in Shelby Co., Kentucky.¹

     Josiah Bondurant was born in 1757.¹