Abraham Michaux, II

Nephew of the celebrated Hugenot preacher, Saurin.
James Saurin was a minister of the French Church of the Savoy in the Strand, London, in the year 1703.
A prayer book, with this note in French inscribed on a blank page: M. Saurin, minister, has sent this Book of Common Prayer to his nephew Abraham Michaux in Virginia, was presented in 1857, by H. F. Cabell, Esq., through Bishop Meade, to the Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Virginia ‎(Cabells and their Kin, p. 272)‎.

ABRAHAM MICHAUX (1672-1717), a native of Sedan, France, was a Huguenot refugee who fled to Amsterdam where he married July 13, 1692, Susanne Rochet, daughter of Moise Rochet, or de la Roche. Moise Rochet, also a Huguenot, was the father of four daughters of whom Susanne was the youngest.
He was endeavoring to get them out of France and into Holland by those secret agents who bravely ventured the hazardous business of aiding the escape of the Huguenots.
The first attempt failed and all four daughters were seized and imprisoned but were later returned to their father.
The three elder daughters made a second attempt, this time leaving Susanne with their father, and this time they succeeded in reaching Holland.
Fearing that letters would be intercepted they wrote their father to send the “little nightcap” they left behind, using this phrase to designate their younger sister Susanne, then 15 years of age.
Susanne was placed in a hogshead marked as merchandise and carried on board a trading vessel bound for Holland, she was removed from the hogshead when the vessel got fairly out to sea and reached her sisters in safety.
Ever afterward she was known as “The Little Night Cap”.
This story has been frequently told and perhaps has lost its savor with those already familiar with it, however, it is repeated for those who may not have heard it.
Abraham Michaux and his wife, Susanne, together with four children left Holland in 1701 and went to England; thence they emigrated to Virginia and settled at Manakintown.
His will was probated August 5, 1717 in Henrico County and that of his wife December 17, 1744 in Goochland County.
They had issue of thirteen children, the first of whom were born at Amsterdam, the last in Virginia.

• (1) Anne Michaux Ann Michaux
• (2) Jane Magdelen Michaux Jane Magdalen LeGrand, bp. 1697; m. Peter Le Grand.
• (3) Isaac Michaux Isaac Michaux, bp 1699.
• (4) James Michaux Jacques Michaux, bp 1700.
• (5) Jacob Michaux Jacob Michaux, m. Judith Woodson.
• (6) Susanne Michaux Susanne Quinn, m. John Quin.
• (7) John Michaux Jean Michaux.
• (8) Abraham Michaux Abraham Michaux, Never Married, d. unm.
• (9) Olive Judi Michaux Olive Judi Morgan, m. Anthony Morgan.
• (10) John Paul Michaux John Paul Michaux, m. Judith Wilmore.
• (11) Elizabeth Michaux Elizabeth Woodson, m. Sanburn Woodson.
• (12) Ester Mary Michaux Easter Mary Cunningham, m. Alexander Cunningham
• (13) Annmadlin Michaux Annmadlin Woodson b. April 1693; m. Richard Woodson

"Agnes Michaux, m. Richard Woodson" is NOT a child of this couple. The Agnes Woodson who married Joseph Morton was the sister, not daughter, of Richard Woodson of “Poplar Hill”. There was no Agnes Michaux.

On page 34 of “The Woodsons and Their Connections”, this story is given.

“During the religious persecution consequent upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which was signed by Louis XIV, of France, on October 18, 1685, and published four days afterward, Susanne Rochette lived in Sedan, France.
When about fifteen years of age she escaped to Amsterdam where she married Abraham Michaux, a Huguenot, and continued in Holland until she had six children.
They immigrated to Virginia and settled in Manikin Town in Goochland County early in the eighteenth century. Abraham Michaux was a nephew of the celebrated Mr. James Saurin, minister of the French Church of the Savoy in the Strand, London, in the year 1703.
A prayer book, with this note in French inscribed on a blank page; ‘M. Saurin, a minister, has sent this book of Common Prayer to his nephew Abraham Michaux in Virginia. ‘was presented on 1857, by H. F. Cabell, Esq., through Bishop Meade, to the Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Virginia. (Cabells and their Kin, p. 272.) “Abraham Michaux was born in Sedan, France in 1672 and died in Virginia in 1717.
He was an ‘inscribed’ member of the French Huguenot Church in Amsterdam, Holland, January 28, 1691. There he married Susanne Rochette on July 13, 1692.
“Their children were baptized as follows: Anne, May 7, 1693; Jane, January 3, 1697; Jacob, August 15, 1700. (See Archives of Holland Church.)
On May 8, 1701, they left Amsterdam for London, England, and from there came to Virginia, probably the same year or in 1702.
His uncle Rev. James Saurin, sent him the above-mentioned prayer book in 1703.
Abraham Michaux died in 1717 and his wife, Susanne, died in 1744.

Name: Abraham Michaux
Arrival Year: 1717
Arrival Place: Virginia
Primary Immigrant: Michaux, Abraham
Source Publication Code: 8925
Annotation: Alphabetical list of immigrants to Virginia, 1635-1800, from a variety of sources.
Source Bibliography: STANARD, WILLIAM GLOVER. Some Emigrants to Virginia: Memoranda in Regard to Several Hundred Emigrants to Virginia during the Colonial Period Whose Parentage is Shown or Former Residence Indicated by Authentic Records. Richmond [Va.]: Bell Book and Stationery Co., 1911. 2nd ed., enl., 1915. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983. 94p.
Household Members
Abraham Michaux

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WILL OF ABRAHAM MICHAUX
Errors have crept into several of the copies of the will of Abraham Michaux.
A correct copy is as follows:
Henrico County Book 1714-1718, page 187; in the Archives Department, State Library of Virginia
In the name of God Amen, I Abraham Michaux being born in the city of Cedent in France 1672, now of Virginia in County of Henrico being in a very Sick and weak Condition but of Sound and perfect mind and memory praise be given to Almighty God do ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form as followeth that is say first and principally, I commend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merits death and passion of my Savior Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins and to inherit everlasting life, and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named and as touching the disposition of such temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth, first I will that all my debts and funeral charges be paid and discharged.
Item, I give unto my son Jacob Michaux two hundred Acres of the tract of land I now live on to be laid off at the upper end thereof to have and to hold to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give to my Son John Michaux one hundred Acres of the same tract of land joining to Jacob to have and to hold to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give to my son Abraham Michaux one hundred Acres of the aforesaid tract of land joyning next to John to have and to hold to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give to my loving wife Susanna the plantation on which I now live with one hundred Acres of land during her natural life and then to return to my son John Paul Michaux to him and to his heirs forever.
I give to my three eldest daughters Anne, Jane Magdalin and Susanna three hundred Acres of the aforesaid Land to be laid off at the lower end and equally divided between them to have and to hold to them and their heirs forever.
Item, I give to my Daughter Olive Judi the remaining part of the aforesaid land be the same more or less to be left on one side or other the aforesaid plantation to have and to hold to her and her heirs forever.
Item, I give to my loving wife Susanna my land and plantation at Manakin Town containing two hundred and thirty-three Acres with all appurtenances thereunto belonging during her natural life with privilege to make Saile of the Same to purchase Slaves the which after her decease is to return to my three youngest Daughters Elizabeth, Annmadlin and Ester Mary to them and their heirs forever.
All the residue of my personall Estate Goods and Chattles whatsoever I do give and bequest to my loving Wife Susanna whom with my Son Jacob I appoint full and Sole Executors and Executor of this my last will and Testament and I leave my Executors in full power to sell the abovesaid plantation at Manakin Town and make undoubted rits in fee as witness my hand and seal this 13th day of May 1717.

The will of Abraham Michaux was recorded by order of Court on August 5, 1717. He died when only 45 years old.
See MEDIA section.

In the name of God, Amen.
I, Susanne Michaux do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form, as followeth:
Imprimis: —
“I will that all my just debts be paid by my Executor hereinafter mentioned.
Item: I give to my loving son, John Paul Michaux, this plantation whereon I now live, bequeathed to me by my deceased husband. Abraham Michaux, containing one hundred acres same to him and his heirs forever. Items: I give to my said son, John Paul Michaux all the rest of my estate real and personal, of what nature or kind whatsoever.
Lastly, I constitute and appoint my loving son, John Paul Michaux, whole and sole Executor of my last Will and Testament, and that it is my desire, that my estate shall not be appraised.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my and seal this 22nd day of March 1740
(Signed) Susanna Michaux (Seal)

“The word JOHN in the fifth line and the same word in the seventh was interlined before signed.” John Flournoy, Wade Netherland, Anthony Morgan.

At the Court held for Goochland County, Virginia, 17th Day of December 1744, this will be approved by the oaths of John Flournoy and Wade Netherland and solemn affirmation of Anthony Morgan (a Quaker) and was ordered to be recorded. P. G. Miller Dept. Clk. Goochland County Court.

See MEDIA section.

• https://archive.org/stream/barksdalefamilyh00bark/barksdalefamilyh0... page 519 of "Barksdale Family History"
• [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54237330/mic] Michaux’s Grant Family Cemetery, Powhatan County, VA
• MICHAUX 1 "YOUR HERITAGE", BUSH -SNEED; Estella Clark Herdeg; 1984, Mannis Printing, Knoxville; pp. 55-103; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 929.273 B9&3h; Morton, Woodson, Michaux, and Ferris Families. #19
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• Source: S587 Abbreviation: Genealogies of Virginia Families Title: Introduction John Frederick Dorman; Index by Carol Lee Ford, Genealogies of Virginia Families From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Vol I: Adams-Clopton (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1982) Repository: #R12 Page: Vol I, p.850-865
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• Source: S802 Abbreviation: Virginia Genealogies Title: Genealogies of Virginia Families IV; "The Huguenot Abraham Michaux & Descendants" (Geanealogy.com Online Library.) Repository: #R6 Page: No. 1, p.325
• Source: S802 Abbreviation: Virginia Genealogies Title: Genealogies of Virginia Families IV; "The Huguenot Abraham Michaux & Descendants" (Geanealogy.com Online Library.) Repository: #R6 Page: No. 1, p.325
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