Early Records from the Districts of Aubonne and Morges, Canton Vaud, Switzerland

Jaques VALIER       (ID #I8394)

(male)
Family 1 : Beatrice PIERRE (d. aft 1560)
  1. +Jean VALIER (b. abt 1538, d. abt 1588)

 

Jaques Valier was the first reformed minister at Aubonne (about September, 1537), mentioned often in the collected correspondence of the French reformers. At the time of his appointment as minister at Aubonne, he had "recently" been appointed deacon and schoolmaster at Vevey. He was appointed second minister at Lausanne in June, 1546, where he served in this capacity until 1559, when he and Pierre Viret left Lausanne as a result of a famous dispute with Bern about the authority of the ministers in matters of doctrine and discipline. When the exiles were established in Geneva, Valier was sent to Rouen, but returned to Geneva in 1560. He is recognized as the founder of the Valier family at Aubonne. His testament is recorded by Ragueau, notary at Geneva, 15 jun 1560 (vol. 3 p. 499), naming his wife Béatrice Pierre, and his son Jean, bourgeois d'Aubonne. The testament was witnessed by his close friend, the famous reformer Pierre Viret. According to correspondence of Théodore de Bèze, Valier died soon after, during the summer of 1560 (letter to Ambroise Blaurer, 22 jan 1561).

He is said to have been a native of Briançon, according to many historians of the Reformation, but on what authority, we have been unable to discover. Haag's La France protesante (1859) says this attribution is due to the "annotateurs de la Bibliothèque de La Croix-du-Maine" — meaning, presumably, the editors of an edition of the bibliography of French literature first published by François Grudé, Sieur de La Croix-de-Maine, in 1584 — however, the "annotateurs" in question could well have been those associated with some later edition, or even with unpublished marginalia of any edition based on Grudé's Bibliothèque. Valier was a priest and schoolmaster in 1534 when he was accused of Lutheran ideas at Privas, according to E. Reynier's Histoire de Privas (1941). The critical edition of the correspondence of Théodore de Bèze cites Reynier in its footnotes concerning Valier, but does not mention Briançon. Thus, it may be that Valier's origins at Briançon are now considered unsubstantiated. (However, the earliest author we could find who notes Valier's origins at Briançon is Abraham Ruchat, in his Histoire de la réformation de la Suisse, first edition of 1727-1728. Ruchat had access to documents and local knowledge that are now lost.) As a priest, Valier probably did not marry until after he arrived in Geneva. His testament mentions only one child, his son Jean Valier, bourgeois d'Aubonne. Jaques Valier would have been eligible for the privileges of citizenship at Aubonne as a result of his appointment to the ministry there in 1537, and that citizenship, formally granted in 1546, was inherited by his descendants.

Catherine Minck kindly photographed the testament for me at the Archives d'Etat de Genève. The script is clear for the period, and the notary even took care to show that his name is indeed spelled Ragueau:

[AEG Notaire Jean Ragueau, volume 3, pp. 498-500.]

Testament.

Au nom de Dieu sachent tous qui ces presentes lettres verront, livront et ouvront, que l'an mil cinq cens soixante et le quinzieme jour de Juing par devant moy Jehan Ragueau notaire public et bourgeoys juré de Geneve soubzsigné et les tesmoingz soubznommés, a esté present en sa personne Spectable Jacques Vallier ministre du sainct evangille, lequel estant en bonne disposition d'espoir par la grace de Dieu combien qu'il soit debité de corps, a dict et declaré qu'il vouloit faire son testament et ordonnance de denière volonté, et m'a requis icelle mestre et rediger par escript, et ce faisant a dict et declaré qu'il rendit graces à Dieu des biens et benefices qu'il luy a faictz, et singulierement de ce qu'il l'a appellé à la cognoissance de son sainct evangile, et par iceluy donné à congnoistre le vray moyen de son salut qui est par Jesus Christ nostre seul saulveur et mediateur devers Dieu son père, lequel il supplie de continuer et augmenter ses graces en luy jusques ad ce qu'il lui plaise l'appeler en son repoz eternel qu'il a preparé à tous ses fideles du nombre desquelz il s'asseure estre par sa pure grace et misericorde. Plus a dict qu'il veult et ordonne son corps estre inhumé apres son deces en attendant le jour de sa resurrection, et quant aux biens teriens que Dieu luy a donnés en a disposé et ordonné comme s'ensuyt, et premierement a dict et declaré luy avoir est baillé en depost par la classe des ministres de Lauzanne, la somme de quatorze escuz soleil, laquelle somme appartient au filz de feu Spectable Jehan de Betancourt qui fut ministre en la classe de Neufchastel, lequel il ne cognoist aultrement, et veult et ordonne estre rendue et restitué audict de Betancourt, et en son absence ou default aux seigneurs commis et administrateurs de la bourse des pauvres estrangers de ceste cité pour la restituer audit de Betancourt. Item, a legué et donné apres son deces à la bourse des pauvres estrangers de ceste cité la somme de six escuz pour une foys payer apres son deces. Item, a legué et donné au college de ceste cité la somme de troys escuz soleil pour une foys payer apres son deces. Item, a legué et donné apres sondit deces semblable somme aux pauvres d'Aulbonne. Item, veult et ordonne que apres son deces honeste Beatrix Pierre sa femme jouysse sa vie durant de tout ce que se trouvera à luy testateur estre deu en ceste cité de Geneve par quelque personne et à quelque tiltre et moyen que ce soyt. Et quant au surplus de tous et chascungs ses biens desquelz il n'a disposé soient meubles ou immeubles, ledict testateur de sa propre bouche a nommé et institué et par cestuy present son testament nommé et institué son heritier universel, asçavoir Jehan Vallier son filz bourgeoys d'Aulbonne à la charge et condition toutesfoys de soy entretenir et nourrir avec luy ladicte Beatrix sa mere, et au cas que ledict Jehan Vallier ne se puisse compatir et vivre avec sadicte mere ou sadicte mere avec luy, en ce cas veult et ordonne ledict testateur que ladicte Beatrix se puisse separer d'habitation d'avec sondict filz, et que tant qu'elle vivra elle jouysse et prene la moictyé des fruictz et profictz de tous et chascungs les biens à luy testateur competans et appartenans par quelque tiltre et moyen que ce soyt, soient meubles ou immeubles, renonçant, cassant et anullant tous aultres testamens et ordonannces de dernière volonté qu'il pourroyt avoir faict par cy devant si aulcune s'en trouvoyt, voulant aussy que cestuy testament vaille et sorte son effet soit par forme de testament nuncupatif, codicille, donation à cause de mort, fidecommis, partage, et aultrement, à la meilleure forme et manière qu'il pourra valloir tant par droict que coustume, et que d'iceluy en soit faict un instrument public ou plusieurs si besoing est et autant de clauses qu'il sera requiz et necessaire, lesquelz en puisse dicter et amender par l'adviz de gens doctes et expers en ce sans toutesfoys nier la substance, et pour l'exeqcution de cestuy present son testament a nommé et nomme Spectable Pierre Viret et Theodore de Besze et chascung d'eulx en l'absence ou default de l'aultre, et les prie de ce faire, priant aussy noz magnificques et souverains seigneurs de Geneve et tous aultres seigneurs et magistratz de justice de cestuy present son testament faire metre et souffrir estre mys à exeqcution selon le contenu cy dessus. Faict et receu par moydict notaire les jour et an susdictz en la chambre d'habitation dudict Spectable testateur située en la Tacconerye, presens ledict Spectable Viret, Claude Vuillelme citoyen de Geneve, Jehan Lausserand et Anthoine Marchant citoyens de Geneve, Pierre Pulvé mercier bourgeoys de Geneve, André Arnault, Pierre Paul Espagnol, habitans de Geneve, tesmoingz ad ce requis et appellés.

(signé) J. Ragueau.

While it is likely only a coincidence, there are other, slightly earlier mentions of a Jaques "Vallier" in the vicinity of Lausanne, in the person of a notary, Jaques Vallier, Vallerii, or similar, Châtelain de St. Prex, citoyen et bourgeois de Lausanne, whose notarial registers have survived (ACV Dg 269/1-2, dates 1495-1520). He died late in 1520 or a little later, and his registers were entrusted to the notary Pierre Deneschel, who worked at Dommartin and Lausanne about 1512-1529. In spite of being identified in transactions in which he functioned as the notary or commissaire as a citizen or bourgeois of Lausanne, we were unable to locate any mention of him in the lists of the bourgeoisie of Lausanne.

[1403] Career summarized in Vuilleumier's Histoire de l'Eglise Réformée du Pays de Vaud, vol. 4, 738-739. After he and Career summarized in Vuilleumier's Histoire de l'Eglise Réformée du Pays de Vaud, vol. 4, 738-739. After he and Viret were dismissed from Lausanne (1559), he briefly served as minister in Rouen before returning to Geneva, where he died.

[1402] Native of Briançon, according to citations in La France Protestante (1st edition). While surname is traditionall Native of Briançon, according to citations in La France Protestante (1st edition). While surname is traditionally Valier, some in this family signed "Vallier", inviting possible confusion with the family from Cressier.

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Jaques VALIER       (ID #I11618)

(male)
Father: Louis VALIER (b. bef 1566, d. bef 1612)
Mother: Françoise REBUT (d. aft 1624)

Family 1 : Anne MATHEY (dates unknown)
  1.  Jean François VALIER (bp. 15 JAN 1636)
  2.  Urbaine VALIER (bp. 14 NOV 1640)
  3.  Marie VALIER (bp. 18 JUL 1644)

 

                                             _Jaques VALIER ______
                                            | (.... - 1560) m 1536
                       _Jean VALIER ________|
                      | (1538 - 1588)       |
                      |                     |_Beatrice PIERRE ____
                      |                       (.... - 1560) m 1536
 _Louis VALIER _______|
| (1566 - 1612)       |
|                     |                      _Michel COLLAT ______
|                     |                     | (1517 - 1566) m 1543
|                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____|
|                       (.... - 1583)       |
|                                           |_Marie FILLIETTAZ ___+
|                                             (1525 - 1578) m 1543
|
|--Jaques VALIER 
|  (1598 - ....)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Jaques REBUT _______|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Françoise REBUT ____|
  (.... - 1624)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jaques VALIER       (ID #I10955)

(male)
Father: Pierre VALIER (b. bef 1607, d. aft 1656)
Mother: Françoise TRIPOD (b. aft 1609, d. aft 1671)

Family 1 : Judith Estiennaz BÉGOZ (bp. 16 FEB 1638)
  1.  Pierre VALIER (bp. 17 JAN 1659)
  2.  Jeanne VALIER (bp. 1 JUL 1660)
  3.  Louise VALIER (bp. 26 JUN 1662)
  4.  Marie VALIER (bp. 19 JAN 1664)

 

                                             _Jean VALIER ________+
                                            | (1538 - 1588)       
                       _Pierre VALIER ______|
                      | (1573 - 1636) m 1603|
                      |                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____+
                      |                       (.... - 1583)       
 _Pierre VALIER ______|
| (1607 - 1656) m 1630|
|                     |                      _Estienne JAILLET ___+
|                     |                     | (.... - 1603)       
|                     |_Louise JAILLET _____|
|                       (1575 - 1645) m 1603|
|                                           |_Jeanne _____ _______
|                                                                 
|
|--Jaques VALIER 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Françoise TRIPOD ___|
  (1609 - 1671) m 1630|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jean VALIER       (ID #I8396)

(male)
Father: Jaques VALIER (d. 1560)
Mother: Beatrice PIERRE (d. aft 1560)

Family 1 : Pernette COLLAT (d. aft 1583)
  1. +Benjamin VALIER (b. cir 1559, d. abt 1622)
  2. +Louis VALIER (b. bef 1566, d. bef 1612)
  3. +Pierre VALIER (b. bef 1573, d. aft 1636)
  4. +Marie VALIER (dates unknown)
  5. +Susanne VALIER (d. MAR 1603)

 

This would seem to be the same Jean Valier whose son Benjamin appears in various capacities in Aubonne as early as 1584 (Jean Barral, notary). He acquired property in his own name as early as 1564, and had thus apparently reached the age of 25 by that date. He was alive in 1574, when he is mentioned as a neighboring land owner in an otherwise undecipherable document of Claude Mayor, notary, 21 feb 1574. It was at his house in Aubonne that a "reconnaissance" for a vineyard of Noble Jean Goumoens of Lausanne was signed 15 jun 1581 (ACV Fh 158 fol. 74-77v). In 1591, he is referred to in the marriage record of his daughter Marie as the late Jean Valier, in his lifetime Châtelain of Aubonne. The Valier genealogy (Olivier Dessemontet, 1970, typescript at the Archives Cantonales Vaudoises) gives citations from the terriers of Aubonne in 1568, 1578, and 1588 (ACV Fh 153, 163, and 164). In the first, he is noted as "Discret Jehan Valier, bourgeois d'Aubonne, fils de proveable Jaques Valier, vivant ministre de la Parole de Dieu". In the others, he is identified as "Egrège", in other words, a notary.

While the surname is usually spelled Valier or Vallier in old records, and the context generally makes it clear we are dealing with the descendants of Jaques Valier, and not some branch of Vallier de Cressier from Neuchâtel, the surviving register of Urbain Campod, a notary working in the area of Lavigny 1573-1578, poses a problem. Lavigny is a sort of suburb of Aubonne, but do the references to descendants of "Jean Valliez" of Lavigny also pertain to Valier?

If "Jean Valliez" is, as we initially supposed, the same Jean Valier son of Jaques, the register of Urbain Campod reveals the following:

Jean "Valliez" was alive as late as 14 jan 1574, dead by 02 may 1574. His children included sons Pierre, André, Claude, and Nicolas, and daughter Bernarde, all of whom appear as adults in documents 1573-1575. So far, we see no mention of minor heirs or an administrator of the estate of "Jean Valliez". However, the children listed do not match any of the names in the corresponding generation in the records of Aubonne.

The terriers of Aubonne and other records agree that the children of Jean Valier of Aubonne were Louis, Benjamin, Pierre, Marie, and probably Susanne. There is no record of a testament or other proceedings that could be interpreted as a complete list of his heirs. It might be useful to examine the terriers for Lavigny, in hopes of understanding the origins of the "Valliez" family.

Even more suggestive of additional complications in the Valier genealogy is the discovery that the Châtelain de St. Prex during the years 1514-1520 (new style) was one Jacques Valier! In this office, he would probably not have been a priest. The Châtelain is mentioned several times in an account of the prosecution of Claude de Pitigny for the murder of the notary Pierre Pilantin; see E. Dupraz, "Condamnation à mort d'un gentilhomme vaudois au commencement du XVIe siècle", Revue historique vaudois, 24:289-309, 1916). At least in the terriers of Aubonne, there seems to be no mention of this person nor any indication that the minister Jaques Valier had inherited any property there from him.

Jean might have died late in 1588, because the terriers of Aubonne also refer to property acquired by Pierre Valier, his son, as the result of an exchange 30 dec 1588. The name of his wife is known only from a reconnaissance by his son Louis, 19 jan 1606 (ACV Fh 171 fol. 410). Jean was certainly alive about 1585 when the terrier Fh 34 was compiled— at that time, he owned a number of parcels of land at Gimel jointly with his "children", the sons Louis, Pierre, and Benjamin.

[1405] He was "bourgeois d'Aubonne" in 1560 at the time of his father's death, thus surely at least age 25 by that date. He was "bourgeois d'Aubonne" in 1560 at the time of his father's death, thus surely at least age 25 by that date.

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 _Jaques VALIER ______|
| (.... - 1560) m 1536|
|                     |   __
|                     |  |  
|                     |__|
|                        |
|                        |__
|                           
|
|--Jean VALIER 
|  (1538 - 1588)
|                         __
|                        |  
|                      __|
|                     |  |
|                     |  |__
|                     |     
|_Beatrice PIERRE ____|
  (.... - 1560) m 1536|
                      |   __
                      |  |  
                      |__|
                         |
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Jean VALIER       (ID #I10954)

(male)
Father: Pierre VALIER (b. bef 1607, d. aft 1656)
Mother: Françoise TRIPOD (b. aft 1609, d. aft 1671)

 

                                             _Jean VALIER ________+
                                            | (1538 - 1588)       
                       _Pierre VALIER ______|
                      | (1573 - 1636) m 1603|
                      |                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____+
                      |                       (.... - 1583)       
 _Pierre VALIER ______|
| (1607 - 1656) m 1630|
|                     |                      _Estienne JAILLET ___+
|                     |                     | (.... - 1603)       
|                     |_Louise JAILLET _____|
|                       (1575 - 1645) m 1603|
|                                           |_Jeanne _____ _______
|                                                                 
|
|--Jean VALIER 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Françoise TRIPOD ___|
  (1609 - 1671) m 1630|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jean VALIER       (ID #I11551)

(male)
Father: Pierre VALIER (bp. 20 MAR 1645, d. DEC 1712)
Mother: Jeanne Catherine WARNERY (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Susanne OLIVE (b. abt 1688, d. AUG 1749)
  1.  Jeanne Susanne VALIER (bp. 31 DEC 1711)
  2.  Susanne Catherine VALIER (dates unknown)

 

He was apprenticed to Isaac Lect, marchand drapier of Geneva, in 1696:

[AEG Notaire Louis Pasteur (2me), vol. 6, fol. 165-165v.]

Du dixsept Julliet 1696 avant midy.

[Margin : Apprentissage pour Noble Isaac Lect contre Spectable Pierre Valier. Levé pour les parties.]

Estably Spectable Pierre Vallier Ministre à Estois en Suissse lequel de son bon gré baille et assujetti pour apprentif Sieur Jean Vallier son fils icy present et l'agréant avec Noble Isaac Lect marchand drapier citoyen de cette ville icy present et acceptant, et c'est pour le terme de trois ans entiers et continuels, commenceants demain, pendant lequel temps ledit Sieur Lect promet d'instruire ledit apprentif en la crainte de Dieu et bonne[s] moeurs, le loger, coucher, nourrir et reblanchir, et luy enseigner et apprendre la negoce de draperie et tout ce qui en despend et dont il se mesle sans luy en rien cacher entant toutesfois que ledit apprentif le pourra comprendre, pour et moyenant la somme de quatre cents livres tournois monnoye courante en cette ville pour ledit apprentissage payables comme promet ledit Spectable Vallier sçavoir deux cents livres dans un an prochain, et les deux cents livres restantes dans deux ans prochains et d'entretenir sondit fils pendant ledit apprentissage de toutes choses necessaires et demeure respondant de sa fidellité et qu'il n'absentera la service dudit Sieur Lect pendant lesdits trois ans sans congé ou legitime cause, promettants les parties par serment d'avoir agré[é] le present acte, à peyne de tous despens, aux obligations de leurs biens etc. submissions etc. constitutions etc. renonciations etc. faict audit Geneve dans la bouticque dudit Sieur Lect presents honnorable Isaac Durand maistre tailleur habitant et Sieur Jean Lombard marchand de cette ville tesmoins requis.

[Signatures :] Pierre Vallier, Isaac Lect, Jean Vallier, Jean Lombard, Isaac Durand, L Pasteur (paraphe).

[2999] Date of contract, recorded by Noble Philippe de Montricher, notary at Lausanne (ACV DG 182/3). The document includes th Date of contract, recorded by Noble Philippe de Montricher, notary at Lausanne (ACV DG 182/3). The document includes the signatures of several members of both families.

                                                          _Pierre VALIER ______+
                                                         | (1573 - 1636) m 1603
                             _Pierre VALIER _____________|
                            | (1607 - 1656) m 1630       |
                            |                            |_Louise JAILLET _____+
                            |                              (1575 - 1645) m 1603
 _Pierre VALIER ____________|
| (.... - 1712) m 1677      |
|                           |                             _____________________
|                           |                            |                     
|                           |_Françoise TRIPOD __________|
|                             (1609 - 1671) m 1630       |
|                                                        |_____________________
|                                                                              
|
|--Jean VALIER 
|  (.... - 1733)
|                                                         _____________________
|                                                        |                     
|                            _Jean WARNERY ______________|
|                           |                            |
|                           |                            |_____________________
|                           |                                                  
|_Jeanne Catherine WARNERY _|
   m 1677                   |
                            |                             _____________________
                            |                            |                     
                            |_Marie Claudine DE CRAUSAZ _|
                                                         |
                                                         |_____________________
                                                                               

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Jean Baptiste Felix VALIER       (ID #I10260)

(male)
Father: Pierre VALIER (d. bef 1752)

Family 1 : Jeanne MORET (dates unknown)

 

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 _Pierre VALIER ______|
| (.... - 1752)       |
|                     |   __
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|                        |
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|                           
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|--Jean Baptiste Felix VALIER 
|  
|                         __
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|                     |  |
|                     |  |__
|                     |     
|_____________________|
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                      |   __
                      |  |  
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Jean François VALIER       (ID #I11629)

(male)
Father: Jaques VALIER (b. aft 1598)
Mother: Anne MATHEY (dates unknown)

 

                                             _Jean VALIER ________+
                                            | (1538 - 1588)       
                       _Louis VALIER _______|
                      | (1566 - 1612)       |
                      |                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____+
                      |                       (.... - 1583)       
 _Jaques VALIER ______|
| (1598 - ....) m 1635|
|                     |                      _Jaques REBUT _______
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_Françoise REBUT ____|
|                       (.... - 1624)       |
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Jean François VALIER 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Anne MATHEY ________|
   m 1635             |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jean François Gédéon VALIER       (ID #I11679)

(male)
Father: Imbert Estienne VALIER (bp. JUN 1677)
Mother: Estiennaz Marie VOUCHY (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Jeanne Françoise GRIVEL (dates unknown)
  1.  Benjamin Marc David VALIER (b. 14 NOV 1756, d. 25 FEB 1820)

 

                                                   _Estienne Vincent VALIER ________+
                                                  | (.... - 1660)                   
                           _Marc VALIER __________|
                          | (1640 - 1698) m 1671  |
                          |                       |_Gasparde GRIVEL ________________
                          |                         (.... - 1668)                   
 _Imbert Estienne VALIER _|
|                         |
|                         |                        _Benjamin BÉGOZ _________________+
|                         |                       | (1597 - 1675) m 1654            
|                         |_Jeanne Peronne BÉGOZ _|
|                            m 1671               |
|                                                 |_Dorothée Marguerite DE LAVIGNY _+
|                                                    m 1654                         
|
|--Jean François Gédéon VALIER 
|  
|                                                  _________________________________
|                                                 |                                 
|                          _______________________|
|                         |                       |
|                         |                       |_________________________________
|                         |                                                         
|_Estiennaz Marie VOUCHY _|
                          |
                          |                        _________________________________
                          |                       |                                 
                          |_______________________|
                                                  |
                                                  |_________________________________
                                                                                    

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Jean Jaques VALIER       (ID #I11619)

(male)
Father: Louis VALIER (b. bef 1566, d. bef 1612)
Mother: Françoise REBUT (d. aft 1624)

 

                                             _Jaques VALIER ______
                                            | (.... - 1560) m 1536
                       _Jean VALIER ________|
                      | (1538 - 1588)       |
                      |                     |_Beatrice PIERRE ____
                      |                       (.... - 1560) m 1536
 _Louis VALIER _______|
| (1566 - 1612)       |
|                     |                      _Michel COLLAT ______
|                     |                     | (1517 - 1566) m 1543
|                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____|
|                       (.... - 1583)       |
|                                           |_Marie FILLIETTAZ ___+
|                                             (1525 - 1578) m 1543
|
|--Jean Jaques VALIER 
|  (1598 - ....)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Jaques REBUT _______|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Françoise REBUT ____|
  (.... - 1624)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jean Louis VALIER       (ID #I11680)

(male)
Father: Imbert Estienne VALIER (bp. JUN 1677)
Mother: Estiennaz Marie VOUCHY (dates unknown)

 

                                                   _Estienne Vincent VALIER ________+
                                                  | (.... - 1660)                   
                           _Marc VALIER __________|
                          | (1640 - 1698) m 1671  |
                          |                       |_Gasparde GRIVEL ________________
                          |                         (.... - 1668)                   
 _Imbert Estienne VALIER _|
|                         |
|                         |                        _Benjamin BÉGOZ _________________+
|                         |                       | (1597 - 1675) m 1654            
|                         |_Jeanne Peronne BÉGOZ _|
|                            m 1671               |
|                                                 |_Dorothée Marguerite DE LAVIGNY _+
|                                                    m 1654                         
|
|--Jean Louis VALIER 
|  
|                                                  _________________________________
|                                                 |                                 
|                          _______________________|
|                         |                       |
|                         |                       |_________________________________
|                         |                                                         
|_Estiennaz Marie VOUCHY _|
                          |
                          |                        _________________________________
                          |                       |                                 
                          |_______________________|
                                                  |
                                                  |_________________________________
                                                                                    

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Jeanne VALIER       (ID #I8402)

(female)
Father: Louis VALIER (b. bef 1566, d. bef 1612)
Mother: Françoise REBUT (d. aft 1624)

Family 1 : Claude D'AMARON (d. bef 1620)
  1.  Anne AMARON (dates unknown)
Family 2 : Louis DOMENJOZ (d. bef 1639)
  1.  Jean François DOMENJOZ (bp. 20 OCT 1622)
  2.  Jean DOMENJOZ (bp. 22 NOV 1627)
  3.  Louis DOMENJOZ (bp. 10 FEB 1628)
  4.  Antoine DOMENJOZ (bp. 10 APR 1631)
  5.  Noé DOMENJOZ (bp. 7 APR 1633)

 

[1412] She appears as godmother at a baptism in Pully, 26 apr 1644. She appears as godmother at a baptism in Pully, 26 apr 1644.

[2970] Date of contract, Claude Mayor, notary, gives date 17 apr 1615. Church record is clear. Contract mentions her mother, Date of contract, Claude Mayor, notary, gives date 17 apr 1615. Church record is clear. Contract mentions her mother, Françoise "Robert."

                                             _Jaques VALIER ______
                                            | (.... - 1560) m 1536
                       _Jean VALIER ________|
                      | (1538 - 1588)       |
                      |                     |_Beatrice PIERRE ____
                      |                       (.... - 1560) m 1536
 _Louis VALIER _______|
| (1566 - 1612)       |
|                     |                      _Michel COLLAT ______
|                     |                     | (1517 - 1566) m 1543
|                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____|
|                       (.... - 1583)       |
|                                           |_Marie FILLIETTAZ ___+
|                                             (1525 - 1578) m 1543
|
|--Jeanne VALIER 
|  (1595 - 1644)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Jaques REBUT _______|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Françoise REBUT ____|
  (.... - 1624)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jeanne VALIER       (ID #I2607)

(female)
Father: Pierre VALIER (b. bef 1573, d. aft 1636)
Mother: Louise JAILLET (b. bef 1575, d. aft 1645)

Family 1 : Benjamin FAVRE (b. bef 1600)
  1. +Susanne FAVRE (bp. 29 SEP 1626)
  2. +Benjamin FAVRE (bp. 12 JUN 1631)
  3.  Marguerite FAVRE (bp. 26 MAY 1633)
  4. +Pernette FAVRE (b. bef 1635)
  5.  Jaques Aimé FAVRE (bp. 21 AUG 1636)

 

First mention is with her husband at the baptism of their first known child Susanne, at St. Livres 29 sep 1626. Her parentage has not been proved. However, there appear to be only three possible fathers: Benjamin, Pierre, and Louis, sons of Jean Valier son of the minister Jaques Valier. Benjamin's estate went to his son Imbert and his daughter Antheine, wife of Benjamin Bégoz; there do not seem to have been any other children who survived. Louis left several sons and a daughter Jeanne who married first Claude d'Amaron and second Louis Domenjoz. Unless Louis had two daughters named Jeanne, he, too, can be ruled out as the father of the present Jeanne. That leaves Pierre Valier as the likely father of Jeanne Valier. The connection is perhaps even more likely because Pierre was Châtelain de Gimel, and Benjamin Favre's family had extensive property and prestige at Gimel.

Nothing significant has yet surfaced regarding the estate of Pierre Valier. It seems very likely, however, he would have given his daughters property as part of their dowries, so it is possible that something will be found in the terriers. For the moment, as there do not seem to be any other possibilities, and we show Jeanne as the daughter of Pierre Valier.

Olivier Dessemontet's genealogy of the Valier family (typescript at the ACV, 1970) seems to have checked the available terriers for Aubonne for reconnaissances listed under the name Valier, so if there is anything relating to the parentage of our Jeanne Valier, it will likely be found in reconnaissances listed under her husband's name, or those of their children and their spouses.

                                             _Jaques VALIER ______
                                            | (.... - 1560) m 1536
                       _Jean VALIER ________|
                      | (1538 - 1588)       |
                      |                     |_Beatrice PIERRE ____
                      |                       (.... - 1560) m 1536
 _Pierre VALIER ______|
| (1573 - 1636) m 1603|
|                     |                      _Michel COLLAT ______
|                     |                     | (1517 - 1566) m 1543
|                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____|
|                       (.... - 1583)       |
|                                           |_Marie FILLIETTAZ ___+
|                                             (1525 - 1578) m 1543
|
|--Jeanne VALIER 
|  (1610 - ....)
|                                            _Gabriel JAILLET ____+
|                                           | (.... - 1568)       
|                      _Estienne JAILLET ___|
|                     | (.... - 1603)       |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Louise JAILLET _____|
  (1575 - 1645) m 1603|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_Jeanne _____ _______|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jeanne VALIER       (ID #I11637)

(female)
Father: Nicolas VALIER (b. aft 1598, d. bef 1638)
Mother: Jeanne Françoise BÉGOZ (dates unknown)

 

                                                 _Jean VALIER ________+
                                                | (1538 - 1588)       
                           _Louis VALIER _______|
                          | (1566 - 1612)       |
                          |                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____+
                          |                       (.... - 1583)       
 _Nicolas VALIER _________|
| (1598 - 1638) m 1635    |
|                         |                      _Jaques REBUT _______
|                         |                     |                     
|                         |_Françoise REBUT ____|
|                           (.... - 1624)       |
|                                               |_____________________
|                                                                     
|
|--Jeanne VALIER 
|  
|                                                _Etienne BÉGOZ ______+
|                                               |                     
|                          _Gabriel BÉGOZ ______|
|                         | (1560 - 1620)       |
|                         |                     |_____________________
|                         |                                           
|_Jeanne Françoise BÉGOZ _|
   m 1635                 |
                          |                      _____________________
                          |                     |                     
                          |_____________________|
                                                |
                                                |_____________________
                                                                      

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Jeanne VALIER       (ID #I10993)

(female)
Father: Pierre VALIER (b. bef 1607, d. aft 1656)
Mother: Françoise TRIPOD (b. aft 1609, d. aft 1671)

 

                                             _Jean VALIER ________+
                                            | (1538 - 1588)       
                       _Pierre VALIER ______|
                      | (1573 - 1636) m 1603|
                      |                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____+
                      |                       (.... - 1583)       
 _Pierre VALIER ______|
| (1607 - 1656) m 1630|
|                     |                      _Estienne JAILLET ___+
|                     |                     | (.... - 1603)       
|                     |_Louise JAILLET _____|
|                       (1575 - 1645) m 1603|
|                                           |_Jeanne _____ _______
|                                                                 
|
|--Jeanne VALIER 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Françoise TRIPOD ___|
  (1609 - 1671) m 1630|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Jeanne VALIER       (ID #I11655)

(female)
Father: Jaques VALIER (bp. 14 APR 1636)
Mother: Judith Estiennaz BÉGOZ (bp. 16 FEB 1638)

 

                                                 _Pierre VALIER ______+
                                                | (1573 - 1636) m 1603
                           _Pierre VALIER ______|
                          | (1607 - 1656) m 1630|
                          |                     |_Louise JAILLET _____+
                          |                       (1575 - 1645) m 1603
 _Jaques VALIER __________|
|  m 1658                 |
|                         |                      _____________________
|                         |                     |                     
|                         |_Françoise TRIPOD ___|
|                           (1609 - 1671) m 1630|
|                                               |_____________________
|                                                                     
|
|--Jeanne VALIER 
|  
|                                                _Julien BÉGOZ _______+
|                                               | (.... - 1620)       
|                          _Benjamin BÉGOZ _____|
|                         | (1597 - 1675) m 1620|
|                         |                     |_Rebecca OLIVIER ____
|                         |                       (.... - 1622)       
|_Judith Estiennaz BÉGOZ _|
   m 1658                 |
                          |                      _Benjamin VALIER ____+
                          |                     | (.... - 1622) m 1603
                          |_Anteine VALIER _____|
                            (1604 - ....) m 1620|
                                                |_Gasparde SORDET ____+
                                                  (1580 - ....) m 1603

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Jeanne Françoise VALIER       (ID #I11660)

(female)
Father: Pierre VALIER (bp. 20 MAR 1645, d. DEC 1712)
Mother: Jeanne Catherine WARNERY (dates unknown)

 

                                                          _Pierre VALIER ______+
                                                         | (1573 - 1636) m 1603
                             _Pierre VALIER _____________|
                            | (1607 - 1656) m 1630       |
                            |                            |_Louise JAILLET _____+
                            |                              (1575 - 1645) m 1603
 _Pierre VALIER ____________|
| (.... - 1712) m 1677      |
|                           |                             _____________________
|                           |                            |                     
|                           |_Françoise TRIPOD __________|
|                             (1609 - 1671) m 1630       |
|                                                        |_____________________
|                                                                              
|
|--Jeanne Françoise VALIER 
|  
|                                                         _____________________
|                                                        |                     
|                            _Jean WARNERY ______________|
|                           |                            |
|                           |                            |_____________________
|                           |                                                  
|_Jeanne Catherine WARNERY _|
   m 1677                   |
                            |                             _____________________
                            |                            |                     
                            |_Marie Claudine DE CRAUSAZ _|
                                                         |
                                                         |_____________________
                                                                               

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Jeanne Françoise VALIER       (ID #I11675)

(female)
Father: Benjamin VALIER (bp. 29 FEB 1648, bur. JAN 1714)
Mother: Jeanne Françoise BÉGOZ (dates unknown)

 

                                                 _Pierre VALIER ______+
                                                | (1573 - 1636) m 1603
                           _Pierre VALIER ______|
                          | (1607 - 1656) m 1630|
                          |                     |_Louise JAILLET _____+
                          |                       (1575 - 1645) m 1603
 _Benjamin VALIER ________|
|                         |
|                         |                      _____________________
|                         |                     |                     
|                         |_Françoise TRIPOD ___|
|                           (1609 - 1671) m 1630|
|                                               |_____________________
|                                                                     
|
|--Jeanne Françoise VALIER 
|  (1697 - 1755)
|                                                _____________________
|                                               |                     
|                          _Jean Jaques BÉGOZ __|
|                         |                     |
|                         |                     |_____________________
|                         |                                           
|_Jeanne Françoise BÉGOZ _|
                          |
                          |                      _____________________
                          |                     |                     
                          |_Marie ROLAZ ________|
                                                |
                                                |_____________________
                                                                      

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Jeanne Louise VALIER       (ID #I11674)

(female)
Father: Benjamin VALIER (bp. 29 FEB 1648, bur. JAN 1714)
Mother: Jeanne Françoise BÉGOZ (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Félix MESSIEUX (dates unknown)

 

                                                 _Pierre VALIER ______+
                                                | (1573 - 1636) m 1603
                           _Pierre VALIER ______|
                          | (1607 - 1656) m 1630|
                          |                     |_Louise JAILLET _____+
                          |                       (1575 - 1645) m 1603
 _Benjamin VALIER ________|
|                         |
|                         |                      _____________________
|                         |                     |                     
|                         |_Françoise TRIPOD ___|
|                           (1609 - 1671) m 1630|
|                                               |_____________________
|                                                                     
|
|--Jeanne Louise VALIER 
|  
|                                                _____________________
|                                               |                     
|                          _Jean Jaques BÉGOZ __|
|                         |                     |
|                         |                     |_____________________
|                         |                                           
|_Jeanne Françoise BÉGOZ _|
                          |
                          |                      _____________________
                          |                     |                     
                          |_Marie ROLAZ ________|
                                                |
                                                |_____________________
                                                                      

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Jeanne Marie VALIER       (ID #I11650)

(female)
Father: Michel VALIER (bp. 30 MAR 1649)
Mother: Françoise BÉGOZ (b. abt 1659, d. DEC 1730)

Family 1 : Estienne CHABONNIER (dates unknown)

 

                                                      _Benjamin VALIER ________+
                                                     | (.... - 1622) m 1621    
                       _Imbert VALIER _______________|
                      | (1608 - 1683) m 1646         |
                      |                              |_Jeanne Françoise BADEL _+
                      |                                 m 1621                 
 _Michel VALIER ______|
|  m 1679             |
|                     |                               _Abraham BLANCHENAY _____+
|                     |                              |                         
|                     |_Marie Magdelaine BLANCHENAY _|
|                        m 1646                      |
|                                                    |_________________________
|                                                                              
|
|--Jeanne Marie VALIER 
|  
|                                                     _________________________
|                                                    |                         
|                      ______________________________|
|                     |                              |
|                     |                              |_________________________
|                     |                                                        
|_Françoise BÉGOZ ____|
  (1659 - 1730) m 1679|
                      |                               _________________________
                      |                              |                         
                      |______________________________|
                                                     |
                                                     |_________________________
                                                                               

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Jeanne Susanne VALIER       (ID #I11667)

(female)
Father: Jean VALIER (bp. 17 NOV 1681, d. bef 1733)
Mother: Susanne OLIVE (b. abt 1688, d. AUG 1749)

 

                                                   _Pierre VALIER _____________+
                                                  | (1607 - 1656) m 1630       
                       _Pierre VALIER ____________|
                      | (.... - 1712) m 1677      |
                      |                           |_Françoise TRIPOD __________
                      |                             (1609 - 1671) m 1630       
 _Jean VALIER ________|
| (.... - 1733) m 1706|
|                     |                            _Jean WARNERY ______________
|                     |                           |                            
|                     |_Jeanne Catherine WARNERY _|
|                        m 1677                   |
|                                                 |_Marie Claudine DE CRAUSAZ _
|                                                                              
|
|--Jeanne Susanne VALIER 
|  
|                                                  ____________________________
|                                                 |                            
|                      _Jaques OLIVE _____________|
|                     |                           |
|                     |                           |____________________________
|                     |                                                        
|_Susanne OLIVE ______|
  (1688 - 1749) m 1706|
                      |                            ____________________________
                      |                           |                            
                      |_Marguerite GARCIN ________|
                                                  |
                                                  |____________________________
                                                                               

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Judith VALIER       (ID #I11616)

(female)
Father: Louis VALIER (b. bef 1566, d. bef 1612)
Mother: Françoise REBUT (d. aft 1624)

Family 1 : David RAMUZ (dates unknown)
  1.  Anthoine RAMUZ (bp. 16 OCT 1629)

 

Noted as wife of David Ramuz at Aubonne 20 oct 1628, in the terrier ACV Fh 176bis.

                                             _Jaques VALIER ______
                                            | (.... - 1560) m 1536
                       _Jean VALIER ________|
                      | (1538 - 1588)       |
                      |                     |_Beatrice PIERRE ____
                      |                       (.... - 1560) m 1536
 _Louis VALIER _______|
| (1566 - 1612)       |
|                     |                      _Michel COLLAT ______
|                     |                     | (1517 - 1566) m 1543
|                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____|
|                       (.... - 1583)       |
|                                           |_Marie FILLIETTAZ ___+
|                                             (1525 - 1578) m 1543
|
|--Judith VALIER 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Jaques REBUT _______|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Françoise REBUT ____|
  (.... - 1624)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Louis VALIER       (ID #I11614)

(male)
Father: Jean VALIER (b. abt 1538, d. abt 1588)
Mother: Pernette COLLAT (d. aft 1583)

Family 1 : Françoise REBUT (d. aft 1624)
  1. +Jeanne VALIER (b. bef 1595, d. aft 1644)
  2. +Judith VALIER (dates unknown)
  3. +Gamaliel VALIER (b. aft 1598, d. bef 1660)
  4. +Jaques VALIER (b. aft 1598)
  5. +Antoine VALIER (b. aft 1598, d. aft 1632)
  6.  Jean Jaques VALIER (b. aft 1598)
  7. +Nicolas VALIER (b. aft 1598, d. bef 1638)

 

He was still alive in 1604 (he is on the list of members of the local society of "Arquebouziers" for that year, Archives communales d'Aubonne, PA 5.5), but deceased by 1612.

Birthdate estimated from mention in 1591 as (adult?) neighbor of Benjamin Valier in documents of Claude Mayor, notary, and identified as Benjamin's brother in a document of 1598. His wife was apparently Françoise Rebut, but there is at least one record (1615) that calls her Françoise Robert. An accident of the old script could easily cause this transformation, but there was a Robert family (alias Gadel) at nearby Féchy.

Further, the known children include five sons who were all minors in 1612 and 1623 (thus, the youngest of these presumably born no earlier than about 1606), plus a daughter Jeanne who was married in 1612, and a daughter Judith. It is possible these are all children of the same mother, but no document has surfaced that either states or implies this. Even more suggestive is the existence of an act of apprenticeship in Geneva (1594) for Pierre, son of Louis Valier of Aubonne. Pierre had probably reached the age of about 14 by that time. Thus, we seem to have evidence of children born over a period of at least 27 years, and if they were all children of the same mother, then we must be missing several more.

However, since he already had a daughter Jeanne who married first Claude d'Amaron and then Louis Demenjoz, he is apparently not the father of the Jeanne Valier who married Benjamin Favre.

                                             __________________________________
                                            |                                  
                       _Jaques VALIER ______|
                      | (.... - 1560) m 1536|
                      |                     |__________________________________
                      |                                                        
 _Jean VALIER ________|
| (1538 - 1588)       |
|                     |                      __________________________________
|                     |                     |                                  
|                     |_Beatrice PIERRE ____|
|                       (.... - 1560) m 1536|
|                                           |__________________________________
|                                                                              
|
|--Louis VALIER 
|  (1566 - 1612)
|                                            __________________________________
|                                           |                                  
|                      _Michel COLLAT ______|
|                     | (1517 - 1566) m 1543|
|                     |                     |__________________________________
|                     |                                                        
|_Pernette COLLAT ____|
  (.... - 1583)       |
                      |                      _Stephanus (Estienne) FILLIETTAZ _+
                      |                     | (.... - 1525)                    
                      |_Marie FILLIETTAZ ___|
                        (1525 - 1578) m 1543|
                                            |__________________________________
                                                                               

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Louise VALIER       (ID #I10987)

(female)
Father: Pierre VALIER (b. bef 1607, d. aft 1656)
Mother: Françoise TRIPOD (b. aft 1609, d. aft 1671)

Family 1 : Gamaliel CUINSIN (dates unknown)
  1.  Benjamin COINSIN (dates unknown)

 

                                             _Jean VALIER ________+
                                            | (1538 - 1588)       
                       _Pierre VALIER ______|
                      | (1573 - 1636) m 1603|
                      |                     |_Pernette COLLAT ____+
                      |                       (.... - 1583)       
 _Pierre VALIER ______|
| (1607 - 1656) m 1630|
|                     |                      _Estienne JAILLET ___+
|                     |                     | (.... - 1603)       
|                     |_Louise JAILLET _____|
|                       (1575 - 1645) m 1603|
|                                           |_Jeanne _____ _______
|                                                                 
|
|--Louise VALIER 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Françoise TRIPOD ___|
  (1609 - 1671) m 1630|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Louise VALIER       (ID #I11656)

(female)
Father: Jaques VALIER (bp. 14 APR 1636)
Mother: Judith Estiennaz BÉGOZ (bp. 16 FEB 1638)

 

                                                 _Pierre VALIER ______+
                                                | (1573 - 1636) m 1603
                           _Pierre VALIER ______|
                          | (1607 - 1656) m 1630|
                          |                     |_Louise JAILLET _____+
                          |                       (1575 - 1645) m 1603
 _Jaques VALIER __________|
|  m 1658                 |
|                         |                      _____________________
|                         |                     |                     
|                         |_Françoise TRIPOD ___|
|                           (1609 - 1671) m 1630|
|                                               |_____________________
|                                                                     
|
|--Louise VALIER 
|  
|                                                _Julien BÉGOZ _______+
|                                               | (.... - 1620)       
|                          _Benjamin BÉGOZ _____|
|                         | (1597 - 1675) m 1620|
|                         |                     |_Rebecca OLIVIER ____
|                         |                       (.... - 1622)       
|_Judith Estiennaz BÉGOZ _|
   m 1658                 |
                          |                      _Benjamin VALIER ____+
                          |                     | (.... - 1622) m 1603
                          |_Anteine VALIER _____|
                            (1604 - ....) m 1620|
                                                |_Gasparde SORDET ____+
                                                  (1580 - ....) m 1603

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