Jacques Mahieu
Most distant known ancestor in this line
Family 1
Spouse: (unknown)
Children:
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Jeanne Mahieu
m. Nicola Cardonne (–BEFORE 1602) · BEFORE 1602m. Jan De La Roche · 4 May 1602 · Leyden, Holland
Family 2
Spouse: Jeanne
Children:
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Hester Mahieu
m. Francis Cooke · 30 Jun 1603 · Leyden, HollandChildren: Jane Cooke; John Cooke (1607–1695); Hester Cooke; Jacob Cook (1618–1675); Mary Cooke (1624–); Elizabeth Cooke
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Marie Mahieu
m. Robert Mannoo · 18 Feb 1605 · Leyden, Holland
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Antoinette Mahieu
m. Guillaume de Sint Merty (–BEFORE 1605) · BEFORE 1605m. Guillaume de Renquyre · 15 May 1605 · Walloon Church, Leyden, Holland
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Francois Mahieu
m. Daniel Cricket · 10 Jun 1611 · Leyden, Holland
Notes
The father of Jeanne, Hester, Antoinette, Francois, and Marie was very probably Jacques Mahieu. He was a witness to the betrothal of Francoise Mahieu and Daniel Cricket. He and his wife (name not recorded) received communion in the Leiden Walloon Church on 10 Jun 1590, with letters of transfer from the Walloon Church in London, dated 30 April 1590.
He came from Lille, now in the northern part of France. Formerly it was of Walloon Flanders. Heavily protestant, the area was captured by Catholic armies under Parma in 1578, and many Walloon Calvinists fled to England directly, while others fled north towards teh Protestant cities of Bruges and Antwerp. When those cities fell in 1585, refugees went across to England or north to Zeeland and Holland. Apparently the Jacques Mahieu was among these refugees, taking with them their young daughters Mary and Franciose.
Source: NEHGR 143:199 (July 1989).