Jacques Denis du Pressoir

He was an officer in the King's Army, under both Henri III and Henri IV of France. He was conseiller du Roi, ennobled by Henri III.

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Jacques was an officer in the Kings army (Henry III & IV). He married Marie, daughter of Huquer Cosnier de Beseau and brother of Emilias Cosnier one of the "Hundred Gentlemen of the King" and later married a Francoise Jeure. Jacques became the father, by his first wife of two daughters: Marie, who married first and M. de Norvaise, and secondly, a M. Robin; and Marguerite who married a David de Forsythe of Dysler, Scotland and four sons; Jacques V Denis and Hugh V Denis who was killed in Italy; and Nicolas V Denis who became governor of Acadia and Simon Denys. During the War of Candia (1645-1674) between the Turks and Venetians, he answered the call of Venice for volunteers and took service with Malta. He was killed at Chois, in the terrible naval battle between the celebrated Anne Hilaire de Contentin & Count de Tourville, assisted by Honore de Mouchy dHocquincourt, who, with 300 men in a 36 gun frigate defeated 24 Turkish galleys, and Hugh Denis V de la Thibaudiere who was an officer in the Royal Guards and was killed in Italy; and Nicholas Denis V, who became the governor of Arcadia and was the author of Nicolas Denis "Description & Geography of the New Land:

LOUISANA ST. MUSEUM, NEW ORLEANS, LA Mathurin Denis de la Thibaudiere, either son of the Intendant, was a native of des Ponts de Tours, married a Miss Aubert of the same place, both were buried in the Church of St. Simphorian. In life he was Captain of the Kings guards (the household troops of the King) an exclusive military, nobly born body that none but a noble could enter. May 7, 1589, Henry III was besieged in Tours by the Duke of Mayenne, chief of the League, he was obliged to order all of this household troops against the said Duke. The King gladly consented to be guarded by Mathurin Denis, captain of the suburbs of des Ponts de Tours, the Duke of Mayenne having forced Henry in that suburb. During the night of May 8, the Duke of Mayenne made an attack upon Tours and carried for the moment the Fauxbourg of St. Simpherion, which gave Henry III such a fright that he was on the point of leaving the city and betaking himself to a distance. The lieutenant of Denis was killed at the barricade of the deer, on the side of the Capuchias, and himself wounded in the shoulder by the thrust of a pike, while defending the King; he was buried in the church of the suburb of St. Simphorian. It is said that the King granted him the highest military honors, and honored him by his presence at the funeral. The body of Denis was followed by the regiment of the Royal Guards, the drum draped in mourning, the Halberds reversed, the Lances trailed, all the Musketeers fired, in his vault. In consideration of his valiant services, Henry III granted patents of nobility to his only son, Jacques. He also had two daughters; one married Monsieur Le Gendre, Receiver of Tithes. The other to Monsieur Du Ruisseau, attorney in Parliament.

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He was an officer in the King's Army, under both Henri III and Henri IV of France. He was conseiller du Roi, ennobled by Henri III.

Jacques was an officer in the Kings army (Henry III & IV). He married Marie, daughter of Huquer Cosnier de Beseau and brother of Emilias Cosnier one of the "Hundred Gentlemen of the King" and later married a Francoise Jeure. Jacques became the father, by his first wife of two daughters: Marie, who married first and M. de Norvaise, and secondly, a M. Robin; and Marguerite who married a David de Forsythe of Dysler, Scotland and four sons; Jacques V Denis and Hugh V Denis who was killed in Italy; and Nicolas V Denis who became governor of Acadia and Simon Denys. During the War of Candia (1645-1674) between the Turks and Venetians, he answered the call of Venice for volunteers and took service with Malta. He was killed at Chois, in the terrible naval battle between the celebrated Anne Hilaire de Contentin & Count de Tourville, assisted by Honore de Mouchy dHocquincourt, who, with 300 men in a 36 gun frigate defeated 24 Turkish galleys, and Hugh Denis V de la Thibaudiere who was an officer in the Royal Guards and was killed in Italy; and Nicholas Denis V, who became the governor of Arcadia and was the author of Nicolas Denis "Description & Geography of the New Land: The History of Denis de Laronde family, 15th to 20th century.Compilied by E. Bacon Vaughan. (Windsor, 1949). Children of Jacques Denis and Marie Cosnier are: +Simon Denis, b. 1599, Tours, France997, d. date unknown.

LOUISANA ST. MUSEUM, NEW ORLEANS, LA Mathurin Denis de la Thibaudiere, either son of the Intendant, was a native of des Ponts de Tours, married a Miss Aubert of the same place, both were buried in the Church of St. Simphorian. In life he was Captain of the Kings guards (the household troops of the King) an exclusive military, nobly born body that none but a noble could enter. May 7, 1589, Henry III was besieged in Tours by the Duke of Mayenne, chief of the League, he was obliged to order all of this household troops against the said Duke. The King gladly consented to be guarded by Mathurin Denis, captain of the suburbs of des Ponts de Tours, the Duke of Mayenne having forced Henry in that suburb. During the night of May 8, the Duke of Mayenne made an attack upon Tours and carried for the moment the Fauxbourg of St. Simpherion, which gave Henry III such a fright that he was on the point of leaving the city and betaking himself to a distance. The lieutenant of Denis was killed at the barricade of the deer, on the side of the Capuchias, and himself wounded in the shoulder by the thrust of a pike, while defending the King; he was buried in the church of the suburb of St. Simphorian. It is said that the King granted him the highest military honors, and honored him by his presence at the funeral. The body of Denis was followed by the regiment of the Royal Guards, the drum draped in mourning, the Halberds reversed, the Lances trailed, all the Musketeers fired, in his vault. In consideration of his valiant services, Henry III granted patents of nobility to his only son, Jacques. He also had two daughters; one married Monsieur Le Gendre, Receiver of Tithes. The other to Monsieur Du Ruisseau, attorney in Parliament.