Broussards of Ascension Parish:Information about James "Jacob?" Rosemond
James "Jacob?" Rosemond (b. January 01, 1653/54, d. date unknown)
Notes for James "Jacob?" Rosemond:
[Rosamond-Master File 5-27-02.GED]
Sergeant James "Jacob?" Rosemond, R255, M. Born on 1 Jan 1654 in Basle, Switzerland.
DISCLAIMER:
THIS IS THE SERGEANT ROSEMOND THAT THE SOUTHERN US ROSAMONDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DESCENDED FROM. DESPITE FAMILY LEGEND THAT SAYS SGT. ROSEMOND WAS AN ANCESTOR, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO PROOF THAT THIS SERGEANT ROSAMOND IS THE FATHER, OR EVEN RELATED TO, JOHN ROSEMAN OF VIRGINIA WHO MARRIED SARAH WILLSON IN AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA, AND IS THE EARLIEST KNOWN ANCESTOR OF THE SOUTHERN ROSAMONDS IN THE US.
Despite any personal doubts about our connection to Sgt. James Rosemond, and the doubts of several of my Rosamond research cousins, I am carrying this Sergeant James Rosemond as our ancestor, if for no other reason that to preserve the data about him. He is believed to have been a Huguenot soldier that left France at the time of the Edict of Nantes, and went to Holland, and then to Ireland where he finally settled in County Leitrim, the birthplace of the parents of Mary Jane Loya. Mary Jane's mother is an Irish Rosamond.
With regards to John and Sarah Roseman, their descendants throughout the Southern United States use the spelling Rosamond. The book from which the ancestry of Sergeant James Rosamond is taken said:
"In the Southern states among those identified with our line in Ireland, the form "Rosamond" prevails as it does in England and Canada..."
This would indicate that the Southern Rosamonds are from the same line, but again no documented proof has been found. One other doucment references Huguenot ancestry, and that is a newspaper article from Alabama concerning William Capers Rosamond who died in 1903. The article was written during his lifetime, i.e. before 1903, and it references his Huguenot ancestry and the Edict of Nantes. It also mentions the family came from Virginia, which was not in the records of William Sam Rosamond. So, the family believed in the Huguenot ancestry just 3-4 generations
THE ROSAMOND BOOKBY LELAND EUGENE ROSEMOND DOES REFERENCE BENNETT ROSAMOND WHICH TIES THE FAMILY OF MARY JANE LOYA DIRECTLY TO THIS SERGEANT ROSAMOND.
I have copied this ancestry into the file showing the family tree of Mary Jane Loya. This genealogy appears to be valid for that line of the family.
Children of James "Jacob?" Rosemond and Ann d'Orr are:
- +John Rosamond, b. Abt. 1710, County Leitrim, Ireland (?)45, d. Bef. 1790, South Carolina45.