The wife of Pierre Henry, merchant and burgher of Paris, rue Saint-Denis, she was the mother of Marie-Anne Henry, who married Claude-Denys Cochin; Laurence Winnie says she came of another prominent merchant family[1]. She was also the mother of Alexandre-Pierre Henry, baptised on 25 June 1737 at Sainte-Opportune, secretary to the king in 1764[2].
Ancestor no. 259 of Augustin Cochin, on his father’s side; the Pierfit collaborative tree on Geneanet does not give her name.
- Parent of
- Marie-Anne Henry
- Married
- Pierre Henry
Sources (2)
1.Laurence H. Winnie, Family Dynasty, Revolutionary Society: The Cochins of Paris, 1750-1922, Westport, Greenwood Press, 2002, 247 p., écrit d’après les archives de la famille (Google Books, lu par extraits de cinq lignes autour des mots cherchés), p. 23, chapitre « Family Matters ».
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« In 1748 Claude Denis fils married Marie Anne Henry (1727-1763), daughter of Pierre Henry, “marchand bourgeois de Paris,” on rue St.-Denis, and of Jeanne Guichou, of another prominent merchant family. »
2.Christine Favre-Lejeune, Les Secrétaires du roi de la grande chancellerie de France : dictionnaire biographique et généalogique (1672-1789), Paris, Sedopols, 1986, notice « 1764 – Henry (Alexandre-Pierre) » (Google Books, lu par extraits), notice « 1764 – Henry (Alexandre-Pierre) ».
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« […] 27 ans, né en 1737 (bapt. 25 juin p. Ste-Opportune) […] Père : Pierre H., md bourgeois de Paris, anc. marguillier p. Ste-Opportune. Mère : Jeanne Guichou. Parrains : Alexandre-Pierre Péan de St-Gilles, son oncle paternel, cirier gde chanc. […] »