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The life of Jehannequin Hecquet
Biography
Jehannequin Hecquet lived at Gapennes, near Abbeville in Picardy, the historic region of northern France, during the sixteenth century. Family histories place his birth around 1520 and describe him as a laboureur, a farmer. He married Marie Boissard, whose surname also appears as Boisart. Their son Antoine Pierre established himself in Abbeville's rope trade.
He had died before 1580.
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Children with Marie Boissard / Boisart
A life in dates
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Probable death locality — Gapennes, Somme, France.
Gapennes, Somme, France
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Probable birth and farming household — Gapennes, Somme, France.
Gapennes, Somme, France
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Family records
- Canonical PROD, revision 115
- Family history notes
- Retained family research and archival source findings