Abraham Le Maistre

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Bisson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Of Saint Martin." [Joan Stevens, citation details below.]

François married Jeanne Le Hucquet in 1674. Jeanne died in 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

François married Maria Patriarche in 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1712

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Solicitor-General of Jersey, 1750-51; Attorney-General of Jersey, 1751-57.

From Joan Stevens, "Thomas Le Maistre's 18th Century Diary" (citation details below):

The funeral of Francois Guillaume took place with great ceremony and was followed by many volleys of fire; [Thomas Le Maistre] goes on: "He was much regretted and one may say that he was one of the greatest men this Island has produced, being a great and eloquent orator, and in a word he spoke and wrote as he wished, and his name reflects what he was: master in name, master of spirit, of memory, of eloquence, of prudence, of science, of the spoken word, of thought, of penetration, of pleading, of the pen, of politeness, of wisdom, of goodness and affability. One cannot end his eulogy for he was a real master of all talents."

François-Guillaume married Élisabeth Théodore in 1736. Élisabeth (daughter of Jean Théodore and Elizabeth Mourant) died in 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Army officer and colonial administrator. His entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography is here.

According to Joan Stevens (citation details below), Gen. Francis Le Maistre married "a Quebec lady, daughter of General Crammil". According to this descent, she was named "Margaret Grammie." According to this monograph about General Le Maistre, she was "Margaret (Stuart) Cramahé", and the circumstances of their marriage, on which the author refrains from expanding, are "intruguing" and "possibly legendary." The Dictionary of Canadian Biography entry on the Irish-born Hector Theophilus Cramahé, holder of various military and administrative offices in 18th-century Quebec and Detroit, ends by noting that "Cramahé was so discreet about his 22-year stay in Canada that it has been impossible to discover whom he married or whether he had children." Finally, according to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography (citation details below), Francis Le Maistre's wife was named Margaret Stuart.

Family/Spouse: Margaret Stuart. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Col. John Albeck Clement in 1804 in Holy Trinity Church (Anglican), Québec City, Québec. John (son of John Clement and Mary) was born about 1779 in of Steppe, Hampshire, England; was christened on 12 Aug 1780 in All Saints, Chichester, Sussex, England; died on 10 Jun 1838 in Ceylon; was buried in Galle Face Cemetery, Colombo, Ceylon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Sir Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, 9th Baronet Dyer on 7 Feb 1832 in Woolwich, London, England. Sir (son of Maj.-Gen. Sir John Dyer, K.C.B. and Jane Halliday) was born on 10 Dec 1799; was christened on 9 Jan 1800 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Oct 1878; was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William Ogle Carr on 28 Apr 1836. William was born on 13 Nov 1802 in George Street, Bloomsbury, London, England; was christened on 13 Dec 1802 in St. George's, Bloomsbury, London, England; died on 24 Apr 1856 in Uplands, Colombo, Ceylon; was buried in Galle Face Cemetery, Colombo, Ceylon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He fought in the Crimean War. He was awarded the Order of the Medjidie. He was made Captain in the 17th and 75th Regiment, and also achieved the rank of honorary Major.

His second wife was his first cousin Francis Margaret Carr, a granddaughter of his grandfather John Albeck Clement.

Frederick married Selenah Maria Anne Richards on 6 Mar 1861 in St. James, Piccadilly, London, England. Selenah (daughter of Rev. Edward Windsor Richards and Caroline Susan Bennet) was born in 1834; died on 9 Nov 1867 in Clifton, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Arno Vale Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frederick married Francis Margaret Carr on 19 Nov 1868 in Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London, England. Francis (daughter of William Ogle Carr and Elizabeth Maria Clement) was born on 19 Sep 1840 in Uplands, Colombo, Ceylon; was christened on 10 Oct 1840 in Uplands, Colombo, Ceylon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Frederick Carr Swinnerton Dyer on 19 Nov 1868 in Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London, England. Frederick (son of Sir Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, 9th Baronet Dyer and Mary Anne Clement) was born on 6 Mar 1837; was christened on 4 Apr 1837 in Chobham, Surrey, England; died on 12 Nov 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 24 Dec 1923, Stourton Sheringham, Norfolk, England

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He assumed the surname Bennet in 1894 upon inheriting property. As of 1908 he was a lieutenant in the Reserve Motor Volunteers. He appears to have subsequently gone as Frederick Stewart Hotham Bennet; it seems to have been the next generation that combined the two names.

Frederick married Adelaide Annie Taylor in Aug 1885 in Henfield, Sussex, England. Adelaide (daughter of George Taylor and Margaret) was born before 10 Apr 1864 in Brighton, Sussex, England; was christened on 10 Apr 1864 in St. Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England; died in Oct 1942 in Hove, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He gained the rank of Major in the Leicester Regiment. He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded twice.

Richard married Miriam Wolcott Clapp on 17 Feb 1912 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England, and was divorced in 1955. Miriam (daughter of Edward Bull Clapp and Mary Mattoon Wolcott) was born on 10 Nov 1890 in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois; died on 30 May 1973 in Alameda, Alameda, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Britannica.com (accessed 11 Sep 2020):

Richard Dyer-Bennet, (born October 6, 1913, Leicester, Leicestershire, England—died December 14, 1991, Monterey, Massachusetts, U.S.), British-born American tenor and guitarist who helped to revive the popularity of folk music through his concert performances, recordings, compositions, and teaching.

Though born in England, Dyer-Bennet grew up in Canada and California and attended the University of California at Berkeley (1932–35), where he studied English and music. (He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1935.) After visiting Swedish folklorist Sven Scholander in 1935, Dyer-Bennet adopted Scholander’s trinity of song interpretation—poetry, melody, and lute accompaniment. In 1944, though, he switched to the Spanish guitar and gave the first of what would become annual solo concerts at New York City’s Town Hall; the impresario Sol Hurok signed him for national and foreign tours for many years. He gained a cult following with his approximately 800 songs (including about 100 of his own composition) that ranged through British and French ballads, European medieval songs, Swedish shepherd tunes, and American cowboy songs. Curiously, though identified as a folk singer, he preferred the label minstrel or troubadour.

Dyer-Bennet stopped giving concerts after a stroke in 1972 limited use of his left hand. From 1970 to 1983 he taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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One of DDB's six proven "gateway ancestors." DDB is unique in this database in that one of his gateway ancestors is a parent.

John married Mary Abby Randall on 14 Jun 1951 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Mary (daughter of George Burdett Randall and Hester Worth) was born on 24 Nov 1923 in Los Angeles, California; died on 31 Aug 2012 in Northfield, Rice, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Heir apparent to the Swinnerton-Dyer baronetcy, most recently held by Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, who died 26 Dec 2018.

Family/Spouse: Lydia Drew Nickerson. Lydia (daughter of Ronald Whitman Nickerson and Lorna Mae Nickerson) was born on 24 May 1962 in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Pamela Collins Dean on 30 Dec 1982 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Pamela was born on 18 Jan 1953 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]