Person Sheet


Name Catherine Careye
Death 1675
Burial 20 Nov 1675, St Peter Port, Guernsey
Ref Number B11
Father Nicholas Careye IV (-1621)
Mother Marthe De Soulemont (-1598)
Spouses:
1 Pierre Le Feyvre
Birth 1588
Baptism 17 Apr 1588, St Peter Port, Guernsey
Death 1665 Age: 77
Burial 23 Dec 1665 Age: 77
Ref Number B11a
Father Mathurin Le Feyvre (ca1595-)
Mother Anne de la Massonaye (ca1595-)
Marriage 15 Dec 1619, St Peter Port, Guernsey
Notes for Pierre (Spouse 1)
Son of one of the many Huguenot refugees who moved to the islands during the religious persecutions. His father, Mathurin had been a large landholder at Vitre in Brittany.
Pierre Careye (A29) was his godfather.
Appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of Alderney on Nov 3, 1643 by Robert Russel, the Parliamentarian Lieutenant - Governor of Guernsey. He had special instruction as to the safeguarding of the Island against attack and to get rid of the ' Papists and Roman Catholics.'
Last Modified 7 Jan 1999 Created 10 Mar 2005 by Paul Dobree - Carey
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