Seipp Family Genealogy:Information about Ambroise Sicard
Ambroise Sicard (b. 1631, d. Abt. 1712)
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Ambroise Sicard6933 was born 1631 in Mornac, France6934, 6935, and died Abt. 1712 in New Rochelle, NY6936, 6937.He married Marie or Jeanne Perron on Abt. 16566938, 6939.
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Mornac is near Marennes, south of La Rochelle, France.
Thi s a small village on the Atlantic coast.
His family had been there since the 1 4thcentury. Any further search
for his ancestors has proved futile...probab ly because of his adherence
to the Protestant faith, and in all likelihood th e Catholic regime
destroyed all Protestant records.
He was a "saunier" i.e., a salt worker or salt farmer. Records indicate
that he, his wife and 6 child ren fled their home in 1681.He left some
vineyards valued at 40 livres.He arrived in this country with no wife
and 5 children. The wife and this extra child may have died en route or
the original French listing of 6 children ma y have been in error or one
of the 6 children may have been Ambroise II's wif e?
The name SICARD is very old and was noted in the 5th century in
Languedoc , south France. The name is derived from SIGHARD.
Most of the SICARDs, SECORDs , SEACORDs, SECORs, et al in the United
States are descended from the same pa triarch - Ambroise. The others
answering to this name were probable descendan ts of those who served
under LaFayette and remained behind, or immigrated lat er. One such, was
an M. M. Secor who was born in a small Austrian town of Zik a; came to US
and became mayor of Racine, WI in 1884.There are some SICARDs in
Louisana who probably came from the French West Indies in the 1600s and
some
in Canada who settled there when it was a French possession. Have also
found a Choctaw family named Secor.
There is a coat of arms which depicts a P hoenix rising from its ashes to
a silver cross located between 2 gold stars o n a blue background.
The family arrived in the Westchester County area, north ofNew York
City before 1688 via England where they had been wards of a Fren ch church
in Threadneedle St in London. The church's refugee committee helped
finance Ambroise's transport to the Colonies. He and his family were
consi dered persons of "Middle Quality" and received 25-40 Pounds for this
purpose.
Ambroise was one of the founders of New Rochelle and is so honored by a
Hug uenot monument in that city.
He purchased 95 acres of land there in 1696. He s igned an oath of
allegiance to the Crown in 1689 and his name appears on the 1689 census
without a wife and aged 67.
Listed in1710 as James, Senior age 75 in list of people in New Rochelle.
AMBROISE SICARD, I
Born C1622, Mornac, Charente-Maritime, France
Died C1710-1712, New Rochelle, Westchester Co., New York
Some research by E. Sanghera, D. Secor and M. Parnall
The name of "Ambroise" is French. In English the name is "Ambrose" from the
Greek name "Ambrosios" meaning "Immortal".
Source: Babynamer.com
Early France and more Secord Family History below
The name SICARD is very old and was noted in the 5th century in Languedoc, south France. The name is derived from SIGHARD. Most of the SICARDS, SECORDS, SEACORDS, SECORS, et al in North America are descended from the same patriarch - Ambroise. The others answering to this name were probable descendants of those who served under LaFayette and remained behind, or immigrated later. There is a coat of arms which depicts a Phoenix rising from its ashes to a silver cross located between 2 gold stars on a blue background.
Mornac is near Marennes, south of La Rochelle. This a small village on the Atlantic coast. His family had been there since the 14th century. Any further search for his ancestors has proved futile. Probably because of his adherence to the Protestant faith, and in all likelihood the Catholic regime destroyed all Protestant records. He was a "saunier" i.e., a salt worker or salt farmer. Records indicate that he, his wife and 6 children fled their home in 1681. He left vineyards valued at 40 livres. He arrived in this country with no wife and 5 children. The wife and the sixth child may have died enroute or the original French listing of 6 children may have been an error.
The family arrived in the Westchester County area, north of "Nouvelle" York before 1688 via England where they had been wards of a French church in Threadneedle St. in London. The church's refugee committee helped finance Ambroise's transport to the Colonies. He and his family were considered persons of "Middle Quality" and received about 40£ for this purpose. Ambroise was one of the founders of New Rochelle and is so honored by a Huguenot monument in New Rochelle. He purchased 95 acres of land there in 1696. He signed an oath of allegiance in 1689. Letters of naturalization were issued to him & his three sons in 1695. His name appears on the 1689 census without a wife and aged 67.
Ambroise II married Jeanne Perron; Daniel I married Catharine Woertmann; Jacques (James) married Ann Terrier; Marie married Guillaume Landrin; Sylvie married Francois Coquillet.
Other information is available on the Westchester County New York GenWeb. Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ Search for "Sicard" and "Secord".
New Rochelle was originally a French Huguenot settlement begun around 1689. The town was named after a port in France called La Rochelle. There is a monument in Hudson Park which commemorates all the names of these Huguenot settlers.
Huguenot New Rochelle Historical Association
20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10804
914-633-1776
More About Ambroise Sicard and Marie or Jeanne Perron:
Marriage: Abt. 16566940, 6941
Children of Ambroise Sicard and Marie or Jeanne Perron are:
- +Silvie (Silvia) SICARD, b., , Larochelle, , France6942.