François du Crest

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• Born on March 7, 1696 in Tazilly, at ancien château de Ponay
• Baptized the same day in this municipality
• Deceased in 1742, at the approximate age of 45 years

Parents

• Jacques du Crest (1662 - 1733), écuyer, seigneur de Ponay, capitaine au régiment de Villars
• Madeleine de Ponard (1671 - 1731)

Family

• Married on January 16, 1716 in Rémilly, with Marie Louise Josèphe de Virgille (c. 1704 - 1744), dame de Saint Michel, issuing
  • Jean (1719 - 1807)
  • Antoine (1721 - 1773)
  • Anne Josèphe (1724 - aft. 1808)
  • Anne (1725 - 1727)
  • Charles (1727 - 1748)
  • Jeanne (1728 - 1729)
  • Françoise (1736 - aft. 1771)

Occupations

• gendarme de la garde du Roi