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About Francois ‘Francis’ Gerneaux
- Seen as father of Etienne ‘Stephen’ Gano, III
- Disputed existence
Gano Family U.S.A., 1970, Howard Marshall Lemaster. < GoogleBooks >
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Please note that this is Francois (not Etienne) Gerneaux (aka Francis Gano, not Etienne Gano). His parentage and ancestry (other than that he was a French Huguenot and the story of his escape from France following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes) is unknown and unproven. Therefore in the absence of proper documentation I have made the decision to disconnect him from the speculative and/or made up parents and wife. There was a Lydia living I believe in Harlem, NY (or vicinity), married to an Etienne Gannough/Gano -- but she is not Francois's wife, and I'm not sure how they relate to Francois, if at all.
Please note that this is Francois (not Etienne) Gerneaux (aka Francis Gano, not Etienne Gano). His parentage and ancestry is unknown and unproven. Do not confuse with Etienne ‘Stephen’ Gano
Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Charter Members, Volume 1 (1908), by Daughters of the American Revolution; pp242-3
550 --- MISS MABEL BRADFORD BENEDICT. Born in District of Columbia. Descendant of Thomas Benedict, of Connecticut, of John Gano and Stephen Gano, of New Jersey, and of Col. Dummer Sewall, of Maine.
- Daughter of Frank Rogers Benedict and Sarah Bradford (his wife),
- Granddaugher of James Talmadge Benedict and Arria Sumner (his wife),
- Gr.-granddaughter of Rev. David Benedict and Margaret H. Gano (his wife),
- Gr.-granddaughter of Seth Sumner and Emma Davis (his wife),
- Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Thomas Benedict* and Martha Scudder (his first wife),
- Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Stephen Gano* and Cornelia Vavasour (his wife),
- Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Davis Sumner and Lydia Sewell (his wife),
- Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Gano* and Sarah Stires (his wife),
- Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Col. Dummer Sewall* and Mary Dunning (his wife).
- Thomas Benedict, (1758-1839), served as Private, 1777 to 1782. (Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 70.)
- John Gano, (1727-1804), was Chaplain during the war. (Heitman, p. 186.)
- Stephen Gano, (1762-1828), served as Surgeon. (Ibid.)
- Dummer Sewall, (1757-1833), was Colonel and Quarter Master for the Province of Maine. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. XIII.)
The reason for including the DAR lineage above, is to prove the direct descent relationship between James Tallmadge Benedict and Francis Gano.
James Tallmadge Benedict, in 1900, produced and published a formal Pedigree of Francois Gerneaux (Francis Gano, the patriarch of the American French Huguenot family of Ganos, including his three children, Jeremiah, Mary, and Stephen; and g-grandson, Rev. John Gano, an historic Revolutionary War hero).
This pedigree is currently in at least a couple of archival collections, including Indiana State Library and in the General Catalog of the American Antiquarian Society. A copy of the image is included in the Media tab of this profile and also on that of Mary Gano (Marie Madeleine Denman).
https://evergreen.lib.in.us/eg/opac/record/20155529
https://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/search?searchArg=pedigree+of+francois...
Notes in handscript on the original pedigree:
- "of New Rochelle NY"
- "came to America 1686"
- "born 1620"
- "married 1783" (underneath the name of his gg-grandson, Stephen, who is the Stephen Gano recognized by the DAR, above)
Pedigree of Francois Gerneaux
1 Francis Gano, b.1620 (wife unknown)
2 Jeremiah
2 Mary 2 Stephen (grandfather of Rev. John Gano)
3 Daniel (father of Rev. John Gano) 3 Francis 3 James 3 Lewis 3 Isaac 3 Sarah 3 Catherine 3 Susannah
4 Daniel 4 Stephen 4 John (Rev. John Gano, Revolutionary War chaplain) 4 Nathaniel 4 David 4 Sarah 4 Jane 4 Susannah
5 John 5 Daniel 5 Margaret 5 Stephen (m. 1783, Revolutionary War surgeon and son of Rev. John Gano) 5 Sarah 5 John 5 daughter 5 Isaac 5 Susannah 5 Richard 5 William
6 Cornelia 6 Daniel 6 Margaret (her children listed on this pedigree) 6 John 6 Sally 6 Maria 6 Clarissa (her children listed on this pedigree) 6 James 6 Eliza
Biographical Memoirs of Rev. John Gano
Biographical Memoirs of Rev. John Gano, with preface by son, Stephen, published in 1806 (approx. 2 years following his death); pp.10-11
"My own life suggests progenitors, which were on my father's side, from France,—on my mother's, from Britain. My great grandfather, Francis Gano, brought my grandfather Stephen Gano, (when a child,) from Guernsey, in Jersey ; it being a time of bloody persecution. Flight, or the relinquishment of the protestant religion, of which he was a professor, were the only means of preserving his life. He chose the former. One of his neighbours had been martyred in the day, and, in the evening, he was determined on as as the victim for the next day ; information of which, he received in the dead of the night. He thereupon chartered a vessel, removed his family on board, and, in the morning, was out of sight of the harbour. Of what number his family consisted, I am not able to say. On his arrival in America, he settled in New Rochelle, in the state of New York, and lived to the age of one hundred and three.
" My grandfather, Stephen Gano, married, I believe, Ann Walton, by whom he had many children, some of whom died in youth ; those who lived to marry were Daniel, Francis, James, John, Lewis, Isaac, and three daughters, Sarah, Catharine, and Susannah, the last of whom lived to the age of eighty-seven. My father was the first of the beforementioned. He married Sarah Britton, daughter of Nathaniel Britton, of Staten Island. Her mother was a Stilwell, who made a profession of religion when about twenty years of age, and continued a member of the Baptist church till her death ; her age was near an hundred.
"My parents continued living on Staten Island, till they had two children, Daniel, and Jane. They then removed to New Jersey, and settled in Hopewell, Hunterdon county, where were born Stephen, Susannah, myself, Nathaniel, David, and Sarah."
Denman Family History from the Earliest Authentic Records down to the Present Time
Denman Family History from the Earliest Authentic Records down to the Present Time, (1913), Compiled by Harriet Newell Harris; p.10
"Francis Gerneaux escaped to England by being nailed up in a hogshead [a type of wooden barrel used for shipping], as freight, on a boat across the channel. How his family escaped we do not know ; but at least his daughter Mary and his son Jeremiah were with him when, the next year, 1686, he came to America and settled at New Rochelle, Colony of New York. He was wealthy in France; but when told that his estates were confiscated, he said : "Let it go with the name. Henceforth we will be known as Gano." The full change of name was not at once adopted, but followed in course of time. Francis Gerneaux died at New Rochelle in 1723 at the age of 103 years."
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Francois ‘Francis’ Gerneaux's Timeline
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1620
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La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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1674
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La Rochelle, Charente-maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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1723
Age 103
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New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, United States
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