Rachel Vigne

There is a baptism of the Vigne family in 1618 for a daughter Rachel, another daughter named Rachel is baptised in 1623 which presumably indicates that the earlier Rachel had died in the intervening five years.

Below are the entries from the Leiden Walloon Church:

• 2 Sep 1618: Baptism of Rachel, daughter of Ghilain Vignier and his wife. Witnesses: Antoine Hardewin and his wife, Ghilain Hardewin, and Gertrude Quinze.
• 26 Sep 1619: Baptism of twins Abraham and Sara, children of Gileyn Vinoist and Adrienne Cuvelier. Witnesses: None mentioned. (Neither child is known to have survived.)
• 26 Sep 1621: Baptism of Abraham, son of Guillain Vivier and Adrienne Cuvelier. Witnesses: Charlie Bailieu and Jean Collas and the wife of Jean Adam. (This child is not known to have survived.)
• 19 Mar 1623: Baptism of Rachel, daughter of Guillain Vigne. Witnesses: Henri Lambert, Pierre de Fache and Marguerite Vigne.

[BAPTISMS SOURCE: Article by William Parry in New Netherland Connections Quarterly, Vol 3 No. 1, Jan-Feb-Mar 1998. Dorothy A. Koenig]