Jean Le Riche (say 1580 – ⊥ 1619-09-18) and Jeanne Valpy (say 1585 – ⊥ 1652-12-22)⁠^{⟮1⟯There is a burial on the 19th of a Jeanne widow of Jean Le Riche, and on the 22nd of a Jeanne Vallepie widow of Jean Le Riche; Jerripedia, Ancestry$/Lib. It would be a strange coincidence if two different such people were buried three days apart. It seems more likely this is some kind of duplication: perhaps a copying error, or a reburial, or a second burial ceremony. Whatever the case, this should not affect the genealogy herein.} were the parents of Elie Le Riche, making Jean my suspected male-line ancestor, perhaps my 10th-great-grandfather. The name Valpy had spelling variants such as Vallepy and Vallepie. As far as I have found, they lived their whole lives in Trinity, Jersey. Three children are known.

Lives

Research by Rosemary Hampton⁠^⟮2⟯ identifies Jean’s parents as Regnauld Le Riche and Thomasse, maiden name unknown. Thomasse was a female name in Jersey in this time period. Land records do name a Jean’s father as Renault and other spelling variants, but I have not yet found the name Thomasse.

Jean was alive in 1619-05-22 when he bought property⁠^{⟮3⟯FamilySearch} and had died by 1619-11-13 when Jeanne is called widow of Jean Le Riche⁠^{⟮4⟯FamilySearch}. Thus the 1619-09-18 burial of “Jean Le Riche des Augrez” in Trinity⁠^{⟮5⟯Jerripeda, Ancestry$/Lib} appears to be him. Les Augrez was a neighborhood of Trinity, which I surmise is the meaning of that extra specifier. Jean and his wife (though no mention of children) appear as residents of Les Augrez in a 1613 census of Trinity.⁠^⟮6⟯

Jeanne Le Riche, widow of Jean, maiden name Vallepie, was buried 1652-12-22 in Trinity.⁠^{⟮1⟯There is a burial on the 19th of a Jeanne widow of Jean Le Riche, and on the 22nd of a Jeanne Vallepie widow of Jean Le Riche; Jerripedia, Ancestry$/Lib. It would be a strange coincidence if two different such people were buried three days apart. It seems more likely this is some kind of duplication: perhaps a copying error, or a reburial, or a second burial ceremony. Whatever the case, this should not affect the genealogy herein.} Her ancestry is as yet undetermined.

Family

Jean and Jeanne had the following known children:

• Jean Le Riche (* 1607). He is identified as having attained the age of 20 in a 1627-12-22 land record, so was likely born late in 1607.⁠^{⟮7⟯FamilySearch} Other records specify that he was the eldest brother.⁠^{⟮8⟯Two consecutive land records dated 1636-04-16 refer to respectively Elie and Jeanne as having an eldest brother Jean Le Riche. FamilySearch}
• Jeanne Le Riche (* maybe c.1609). Her birth order is not known. Documents only identify Jean as the eldest brother of the others⁠^{⟮8⟯Two consecutive land records dated 1636-04-16 refer to respectively Elie and Jeanne as having an eldest brother Jean Le Riche. FamilySearch}, so she may have been older. She may also have been the youngest. She would fit best in a chronological gap as a middle child.
• Elie Le Riche (1612 – ⊥ 1667-05-21), my believed ancestor; see his entry for details.

They thus likely married around 1606.

Ancestry of Jean

Footnotes

1. ↑ ↑ There is a burial on the 19th of a Jeanne widow of Jean Le Riche, and on the 22nd of a Jeanne Vallepie widow of Jean Le Riche; Jerripedia, Ancestry$/Lib. It would be a strange coincidence if two different such people were buried three days apart. It seems more likely this is some kind of duplication: perhaps a copying error, or a reburial, or a second burial ceremony. Whatever the case, this should not affect the genealogy herein.
2. ↑ https://www.jerripedia.org/wiki/Descendants_of_Matthieu_Le_Riche
3. ↑ FamilySearch
4. ↑ FamilySearch
5. ↑ Jerripeda, Ancestry$/Lib
6. ↑ https://www.jerripedia.org/wiki/1613_Trinity_Census
7. ↑ FamilySearch
8. ↑ ↑ Two consecutive land records dated 1636-04-16 refer to respectively Elie and Jeanne as having an eldest brother Jean Le Riche. FamilySearch