Notary at Estavayer. He might be a close relative of some of the Demierres at Moudon, but no direct statement has yet been located.
On 04 dec 1630, Isaac Demierre, minister at Corcelles-près-Payerne, and Marye Croutaz, widow of Jaques Demierre and acting for his sons Philippe, Isaac, and Daniel (presumably still minors), made a "reconnaissance" for property in the vicinity of Villard-Mendraz dependent on the former Priory of Lutry (ACV Ff 186, fol. 121v). The document does not indicate how Isaac and Jaques were related. However, beginning on fol. 140v of this reconnaissance, some of the properties had been previously recognized by Jean Demierre in the name of noble Françoise de Veyrie his mother. The date of the previous reconnaissance is not given, but it was recorded by the commissaire Dufour.
One of these sons was Philippe Demierre, minister at Thierrens 1648-1664, and at Curtilles 1664-1683. The critical edition of the Livre de Recteur of the Académie de Genève gives information regarding his relationships.
_Rodolphe DEMIERRE __ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ___| | (.... - 1569) | | |_____________________ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1586) m 1565 | | | _Pierre DELACOUR ____+ | | | (.... - 1521) | |_Louise DELACOUR ____| | (.... - 1521) | | |_____________________ | | |--Jaques DEMIERRE | (.... - 1610) | _____________________ | | | _Reymond DE VEYRIE __| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Françoise DE VEYRIE _| m 1565 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_Humbert DEMIERRE ___+ | (.... - 1569) _Humbert DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1586) m 1565 | | |_Louise DELACOUR ____+ | (.... - 1521) _Daniel DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1667) m 1651| | | _Reymond DE VEYRIE __ | | | | |_Françoise DE VEYRIE _| | m 1565 | | |_____________________ | | |--Jaques François DEMIERRE | | _____________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Susanne DUTOIT _____| (1614 - 1671) m 1651| | _____________________ | | |______________________| | |_____________________
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Jaques DEMIERRE ____| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Jean DEMIERRE | | ______ JOCCET _______ | | | _Vuillieme JOCCET ___| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Clauda JOCCET ______| | | _Jaques TRACLEY _____ | | |_Antheine TRACLEY ___| | |_____________________
He might have been the late Jean Demierre, conseiller et bourgeois de Moudon, whose sons Pierre and Antoine married at Lausanne (12 feb 1587 to Andria Roche, and 30 dec 1593 to Susanne Lionnaz, respectively).
_Rodolphe DEMIERRE __ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ___| | (.... - 1569) | | |_____________________ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1586) m 1565 | | | _Pierre DELACOUR ____+ | | | (.... - 1521) | |_Louise DELACOUR ____| | (.... - 1521) | | |_____________________ | | |--Jean DEMIERRE | (.... - 1610) | _____________________ | | | _Reymond DE VEYRIE __| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Françoise DE VEYRIE _| m 1565 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Jacob DEMIERRE _______________| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Jean Philippe Frédéric DEMIERRE | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Anne Jeanne Catherine VERNET _| | | __ | | |__| | |__
_Rodolphe DEMIERRE __ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ___| | (.... - 1569) | | |_____________________ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1586) m 1565 | | | _Pierre DELACOUR ____+ | | | (.... - 1521) | |_Louise DELACOUR ____| | (.... - 1521) | | |_____________________ | | |--Jeanne DEMIERRE | | _____________________ | | | _Reymond DE VEYRIE __| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Françoise DE VEYRIE _| m 1565 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_Rodolphe DEMIERRE __ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ___| | (.... - 1569) | | |_____________________ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1586) m 1565 | | | _Pierre DELACOUR ____+ | | | (.... - 1521) | |_Louise DELACOUR ____| | (.... - 1521) | | |_____________________ | | |--Louise DEMIERRE | | _____________________ | | | _Reymond DE VEYRIE __| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Françoise DE VEYRIE _| m 1565 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_____________________ | _Charles DEMIERRE ___| | (.... - 1568) | | |_____________________ | _Guillaume DEMIERRE _| | (1564 - ....) m 1584| | | _Claude CRÉATURAZ ___ | | | | |_Matthée CRÉATURAZ __| | (.... - 1562) | | |_____________________ | | |--Marguerite DEMIERRE | | _____________________ | | | _François ROBIN _____| | | (.... - 1584) | | | |_____________________ | | |_Anne ROBIN _________| m 1584 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Jaques DEMIERRE ____| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Marguerite DEMIERRE | | ______ JOCCET _______ | | | _Vuillieme JOCCET ___| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Clauda JOCCET ______| | | _Jaques TRACLEY _____ | | |_Antheine TRACLEY ___| | |_____________________
__ | _____________________| | | | |__ | _Charles DEMIERRE ___| | (.... - 1568) | | | __ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |__ | | |--Marie DEMIERRE | | __ | | | _Claude CRÉATURAZ ___| | | | | | |__ | | |_Matthée CRÉATURAZ __| (.... - 1562) | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
_Humbert DEMIERRE ___+ | (.... - 1569) _Humbert DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1586) m 1565 | | |_Louise DELACOUR ____+ | (.... - 1521) _Jaques DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1610) | | | _Reymond DE VEYRIE __ | | | | |_Françoise DE VEYRIE _| | m 1565 | | |_____________________ | | |--Philippe DEMIERRE | | _____________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Marie CROUTAZ ______| | | _____________________ | | |______________________| | |_____________________
_Rodolphe DEMIERRE __ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ___| | (.... - 1569) | | |_____________________ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1586) m 1565 | | | _Pierre DELACOUR ____+ | | | (.... - 1521) | |_Louise DELACOUR ____| | (.... - 1521) | | |_____________________ | | |--Rosa DEMIERRE | | _____________________ | | | _Reymond DE VEYRIE __| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Françoise DE VEYRIE _| m 1565 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_____________________ | _Rodolphe DEMIERRE __| | | | |_____________________ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ___| | (.... - 1569) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Rose DEMIERRE | | _Guy DELACOUR _______ | | | _Pierre DELACOUR ____| | | (.... - 1521) | | | |_____________________ | | |_Louise DELACOUR ____| (.... - 1521) | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Jacob DEMIERRE _______________| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Rose Annelle Catherine DEMIERRE | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Anne Jeanne Catherine VERNET _| | | __ | | |__| | |__
_Jaques DEMIERRE ____+ | (.... - 1610) _Philippe DEMIERRE __| | m 1653 | | |_Marie CROUTAZ ______ | _Daniel DEMIERRE ________| | | | | _Pierre DUMUR _______ | | | | |_Susanne DUMUR ______| | m 1653 | | |_____________________ | | |--Rose Olympe DEMIERRE | | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Marie Ursule BOURGEOIS _| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
No explanation for the unique given name has been found. It sometimes looks more like Scheres. In 1620, she appears at a baptism in Moudon as the widow of the late Daniel Dutoit, under the spelling Scheyrez. The church records of Moudon in 1598 call her the daughter of N. (probably signifying Noble) Demierre of Montet, parish of Morlens (thus Montet [Glâne], Fribourg). Therefore, she is very likely the sister of the Claudaz, daughter of Claude Demierre of Montet who married Jaques son of Humbert Dutoit in 1612. Further, various statements about relationships in the Dutoit and Veyre families could possibly be explained if Schere later married Michel Veyre as his second wife. Among other relationships, her son Pierre, who married Jeanne Chevalley, appears with his "beaupère" Michel Veyre 20 feb 1633 (Jean Jayet, notary).
The confusion may possibly be resolved by the discovery that the wife of Michel Veyre, Catherine Genier, had previously been married to Jean Chevalley.
A different view of her name and relationships is provided in the terriers of the district of Rue (Canton of Fribourg). In a terrier from 1635 (AEF Grosses de Rue 24), she is repeatedly called Suaire Dymierre, and her father is named as Jean Dymierre. With further research, she can probably be placed in the very complicated Demierre family of Montet in the parish of Morlens.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Jean DEMIERRE ______| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Schere (Suaire) DEMIERRE | (.... - 1622) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
Abraham Demierre, justicier, conseiller, and scholar of Moudon, was her nephew. If Abraham has been correctly identified as the son of Daniel, born 1657 (this identification supported, for example, by Maxime Reymond in the Lexikon), then Abraham's aunt Susanne, wife of Jean Ruchat, grandfather of the historian Abraham Ruchat, would have to be another daughter of Humbert Demierre. Could she have been born in the interval between the marriage of Humbert (1565) and the first entries in the register of baptisms at Moudon (1568)? If so, her son Jaques Ruchat would have been born no later than 1612, and so would have been 68 years old on the birth of his son Jean Jaques Abraham Ruchat, the minister and historian, in 1680, not impossible, but unlikely.
Humbert died before the baptism of his last child, Daniel Demierre, in 1586. The only gap in the baptisms for this family that is sufficiently large to support the existence of another daughter is between June, 1578 and April, 1581. If Susanne were born toward the end of 1579, we could move the birthdate of Jaques Ruchat forward as far as 1624, which still makes him 56 at the birth of Abraham Ruchat in 1680.
More research is needed to confirm these relationships. Among other facts that need to be established, we need a complete list of the children of Jean Ruchat. It is possible that the relationship of Abraham Ruchat to Abraham Demierre is incorrect, or that the parentage of Abraham Demierre is incorrect.
_Rodolphe DEMIERRE __ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ___| | (.... - 1569) | | |_____________________ | _Humbert DEMIERRE ____| | (.... - 1586) m 1565 | | | _Pierre DELACOUR ____+ | | | (.... - 1521) | |_Louise DELACOUR ____| | (.... - 1521) | | |_____________________ | | |--Susanne DEMIERRE | | _____________________ | | | _Reymond DE VEYRIE __| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Françoise DE VEYRIE _| m 1565 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________