Descendants of Rev. Jacques Sanxay
and Marie Moreau
First Generation
1 Jacques SANXAY, Rev., M.A., b. abt 1650/1660 in Taillebourg(?),
France; d. abt 1693 in Exeter, England; bur. in Exeter, England.
Huguenot pastor at St. Jean D'Angele, 1677, and
Tonnay-Boutonne (Saintonge), France, 1683.
Refugee to England, 1685, and pastor St. Olave's Church,
Exeter, England, 1686-16931
Source: The Sanxay Family, and Descendants of Rev.
Jacques Sanxay, Hugeunot Refugee to England in
Sixteen Hundred and Eighty-five
Preface and compilation by Theodore F. Sanxay,
A.M., LLB, Member of New York Bar.
Printed by Genealogy Society of Washington County,
P.O. Box 399, Chatom, AL 36518.
Furnished to me by Elizabeth Clarke via Barbara
Waddell
Jacques SANXAY, Rev., M.A. m. (1) Marie MOREAU. Marie, d. aft 1717;
bur. in Exeter, England.
Children:
2 U i (____) SANXAY, b. in France.
Died young
3 U ii (____) SANXAY, b. in France.
Died young
4 M iii Daniel SANXAY, Rev., M.A., b. abt 1679; d. on 24
Mar 1789 in Cheam Co., Surrey, ENG.
He m. (1) Jane ANTROBUS on 24 Nov 1711. Jane, dau.
of Edmund ANTROBUS, b. abt 1683; d. in Mar 1767;
bur. in Cheam.
+ 5 M iv James SANXAY, Rev., B.A..
6 F v Claudia SANXAY.
7 F vi Mary SANXAY.
Second Generation
5 James SANXAY, Rev., B.A., b. on 2 Nov 1690 in Exeter, England; d. on
2 Apr 1768 in Telcott; bur. in Telcott.
He m. (1) Charlotte Mary GACHES on 22 Apr 1720. Charlotte, bur. on
19 Sep 1722 in Penzance.
Of St. Martins-in-the-Fields, London
Children:
8 F i Charlotte SANXAY, chr. on 24 Aug 1721; d. aft Apr
1776.
He m. (2) Anna BADGER on 22 Dec 1731. Anna, dau. of Rev. Edward
BADGER, b. abt Sep 1709; d. on 3 Jul 1758; bur. in Telcott.
Children:
9 F ii Anna SANXAY, chr. on 1 Oct 1733.
10 M iii James SANXAY, chr. on 3 Dec 1735; d. abt 1761.
11 F iv Frances SANXAY, chr. on 2 Jun 1737; d. in Nov
1756.
12 M v Edward SANXAY, chr. on 9 Jun 1740.
13 F vi Mary SANXAY, b. in Exeter Co., Devon, ENG; chr. on
6 Apr 1742; d. in Jun 1813 in Exeter, Devon, ENG.
She m. (1) Rev. John COURTAIL abt 1713. John, b.
abt 1690; d. in Oct 1759 in Exeter, Devon, ENG;
bur. in Exeter, Devon, ENG.
14 F vii Claudia SANXAY, chr. on 17 Sep 1743; d. in Aug
1820.
+ 15 M viii John SANXAY.
Third Generation
15 John SANXAY, b. in 1746 in Telcott Co., Devon, ENG; chr. on 10 Sep
1746; d. on 10 Mar 1811 in Mt. Pleasant, Westchester Co., NY.
Came to New York prior to 1773
John SANXAY m. (1) )Sarah DEVOE (DEVAUX. Sarah, b. on 8 Dec 1756; d.
on 18 Feb 1801; bur. in St. Paul's Chyrd, New York.
Children:
16 M i Robert SANXAY, b. on 26 Oct 1775; d. on 18 Nov
1775.
17 F ii Elizabeth SANXAY, b. on 15 Feb 1778; d. in Sep
1788.
18 F iii Charlotte SANXAY, b. on 19 Jan 1779; d. on 24 Jun
1860.
19 M iv James Littleton SANXAY, b. on 6 Aug 1780; d. on 19
Aug 1811.
20 F v Catharine SANXAY, b. on 18 Mar 1782; d. on 7 Jun
1783.
21 M vi Thomas Price SANXAY, b. on 9 Sep 1783 in At sea; d.
on 30 Sep 1788.
22 F vii Mary SANXAY, b. on 18 Aug 1785 in Shelburne, Nova
Scotia; d. on 7 Sep 1787.
23 M viii John SANXAY, b. on 18 Jul 1787; d. on 5 Dec 1842.
24 M ix Edmund Davenport SANXAY, b. on 9 Jun 1789; d. on 4
Sep 1835.
25 M x Frederic SANXAY, b. on 27 Oct 1791; d. on 7 Feb
1875.
+ 26 M xi Richard Davenport SANXAY.
27 M xii Joseph SANXAY, b. on 11 Apr 1796; d. on 12 Apr
1796.
Fourth Generation
26 Richard Davenport SANXAY, b. on 10 Aug 1794 in New York, NY; d. on 1
Jan 18702 in Richmond, VA.
Note: Listed in source cited as having been buried 18 Dec 1868,
aged 74 years; St. John's churchyard
by Rev. Henry Wall.
I tend to go with the latter date as it would make him 74 years, 4 months,
8 days when he died.
Elected as vestryman 1 Apr 1839 to 1841 to the Old Church on Richmond Hill
known as St. John's since 1785.2
He m. (1) Emily Tabitha GORDON on 3 Sep 1818 in Richmond, VA. Emily,
dau. of Alexander George GORDON and Mary MORRIS, b. on 22 Nov 1793;
d. on 9 Sep 1874.
Note: Listed as Mrs. Emily E. Sanxy in Communicants, St. John's John's
Church from 1860 to 1903.2
Children:
28 F i Charlotte Isabella SANXAY, b. on 15 Jun 1819 in
Richmond, VA; d. on 11 Nov 1904 in Petersburg, VA.
Bapt. 13 July 1823, Richmond by Rev. Wm. H. Hart, Rector.
She m. (1) Robert GILLIAM2 on 29 Oct 1839 in Richmond,
Henrico Co., VA. Robert, son of John GILLIAM and
Hannah SAMPSON, b. on 17 Sep 1796; d. on 9 Jul 1884
in Petersburg.
Note: Robert GILLIAM of Prince George County.
29 F ii Mary Harriet SANXAY, b. 23 Dec 1820; bapt. at
Richmond 13 Jul 1823 by Rev. Wm. H. Hart, Rector.2
+ 30 F iii Eliza Maria SANXAY.
31 M iv William Gordon SANXAY.
32 M v Lewis Alexander SANXAY, b 24 Jul 1824; bapt. at
Richmond 18 Aug 1824 by Rev. Wm. H. Hart, Rector.2
+ 33 F vi Emily Gordon SANXAY.
34 M vii Keith SANXAY.
35 M viii Lewis Gordon SANXAY, bapt. 19 Feb 1828
1829, Richmondd, Henrico Parish. d aft 1906.2
36 M viii Richard Selby SANXAY, b. on 14 Apr 1829; bap. Oct
1829, Richmondd, Henrico Parish. d aft 1906.2
Note: Listed as son of R. D. and Sophia Sanxay.
37 F ix Sophia Gordon Taylor SANXAY, b. on 4 Mar 1835; d.
aft 1906.
Note: Listed in Communicants, St. John's John's
Church from 1860 to 1903.2
38 F x Rosalie Morris SANXAY, b. on 20 Aug 1839; d. aft
1906.
Note: Listed in Communicants, St. John's John's
Church from 1860 to 1903.2
Fifth Generation
30 Eliza Maria SANXAY, b. 18 Nov 1822 in Richmond, VA; bapt. 13 Jul 1823
at Richmond by Rev. Wm. H. Hart, Rector2. Died in Aug 1905.
She m. (1) Lewis Gordon KEITH in 1842. Lewis, son of John KEITH and
Isabella GORDON, d. on 1 May 1846.
Children:
38 F i Mary Isham KEITH, b. on 8 Jun 1843 in Richmond, VA;
d. aft 1906 in Prob. McIntosh, Washington Co., AL.
She m. (1) Rev. Emmett Reeves VAUGHAN on 6 Apr 1870
in Petersburg, VA. Emmett, son of Richard H.
VAUGHAN and Anna B. RAIN, b. abt 1840 in Washington
Co., AL; d. aft 1894.
Pastored a church in Richton, Perry Co., MS at one
time. Pastor of Spring
Bank Baptist Church in 1894.
Lived with his mother in 1870 census, age 28,
selling wood
33 Emily Gordon SANXAY, b. on 7 Jan 1826 in Richmond, VA; bapt. 27 Feb 1826
at Richmond by Rev. Wm. H. Hart, Rector.2 Died aft 1904 in Prob.
Richmond, VA.
She m. (1) Robert Henry BATTE on 27 Jan 1847 in Prince George, VA.
Robert, b. on 28 Apr 1822 in Prince George; d. on 8 Jun 1868; bur.
in Richmond, VA.
Children:
39 F i Eliza Buchanan BATTE, b. on 20 Dec 1847 in Prince
George, VA; d. aft 1904 in Prob. Richmond, VA.
She m. (1) Thomas R. FRIEND on 29 Sep 1874 in Brick
House, Chesterfield Co., VA. Thomas, b. in
Chesterfield Co., VA.
40 M ii Richard Davenport BATTE, b. on 19 Jul 1853; d. on 8
Sep 1905.
1The Sanxay Family, and Descendants of Rev.Jacques Sanxay, Hugeunot Refugee to England in Sixteen Hundred and Eighty-five Preface and compilation by Theodore F. Sanxay, A.M., LLB, Member of New York Bar. Printed by Genealogy Society of Washington County, P.O. Box 399, Chatom, AL 36518. Furnished to me by Elizabeth Clarke via Barbara Waddell.2Annals of Henrico Parish, Diocese of Virginia, and Especially for St. John's Chruch, The Present Mother Church of the Perish, From 1611 to 1884. Lewis W. Burton, Rector of St. John's Church. Williams Printing Company, Richmond, VA. 1904. Given to me as a Christmas gift by my husband Gary on 24 Dec 2006. Note: There are three spellings - Sanxay, Sanxey, and Sanxy.Note: Other sources will be cited as I locate them, but the majority of data on this page thus far came from the first source.
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