D B Audcent
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"BRINGING THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD CLOSER TOGETHER"

E-mail to: genealogy@audcent.com Click on symbol Please use this Web address to find these pages: <http://www.audcent.com> Interested in Genealogy, Heraldry and Photography and have a family database of 14,000 people the majority linked together FAMILIES: Audcent, d'Aillebout, Baudouin, Denys, d'Etrepagny, Ferney, Hotman, Humphrey, Kenway, Le Boucher, Le Gardeur, Mauri de Lapeyrouse, Peat, Pinot (de Moira), St Ouen sous Bailly  (d'Ernemont, de Belleville, de Melleville and many others).

Description of the Family Genealogy:

The database is the result of over 35 years work, consisting of
(1) Family trees of many of the families
(2) Documentation of official family papers and letters
(3) Portraits painted and photographic, where available
(4) Signatures from various sources, where possible
(5) Some biographies - many in course of preparation

• INDEX of 13000+ Names of the family and their liaisons, in my main Genealogical Database (Paradox v. 7) see Family List Somewhat out of date
  this page also contains a logo link to the Internet Genealogical Directory
• SCHEDULE of families with Armorial Bearings see List of Armorial Families Way out of date !
• Some typical samples of family signatures see sample Signatures
• Known list of 937 Forebears (commencing with parents of David, Anthony, Jeannine & Paul AUDCENT)
  see Schedule of Forebears (NB this will take quite a while to download)
• The AUDECENT Family Tree and photographs see Audcent Genealogy
• Unconnected lines - AUDECENT family see 2nd Part Audcent Genealogy
• Biographies - please access via Audcent Genealogy or links at base of this page
• The BAUDOUIN Family Tree see Baudouin Genealogy also BAUDOUIN DE BOISSAY subsection St Ouen Genealogy
• The D'AILLEBOUT Family Tree see d'Aillebout Genealogy
• The DENYS Family Tree see Denys Genealogy
• The DYEL family see sub-section of the d'Etrepagny Genealogy
• The d'ETREPAGNY alias d'ESTREPAGNY Family see d'Etrepagny Genealogy
• The FERNEY Family Tree see Ferney Genealogy includes information on family LORENTZ
• The HALLE Family Tree see subsection of St Ouen Genealogy
• The HOTMAN Family Tree see Hotman Genealogy
• The HUMPHREY Family Tree see Humphrey Genealogy
• The KENWAYs of 'Hawkchurch & Bridport, Dorset' see Kenway Genealogy Thanks to Judith, who descends from that family
• The LE BOUCHER Family Tree see Le Boucher Genealogy temporary addition to assist cousin Herve Queinnec
• The LEFEBVRE DE LA BODERIE & DU MOUCHEL see subsection of St Ouen Genealogy
• The LEGARDEUR Family Tree see Le Gardeur Genealogy
• The MAURY DE LAPEYROUSE see Mauri de Lapeyrouse Genealogy
  includes information on the families  VESSINY, de VERTEUIL and SEHEULT
• The PEAT Family Tree see Peat Genealogy
• The PINOT (de Moira) Family Tree see Pinot Genealogy
• The ST OUEN sous Bailly Family Tree - see St Ouen Genealogy
• PART 2- ST OUEN GENEALOGY  - Unconnected Lines
• PART 3- ST OUEN GENEALOGY - Complete List of known Descendants
• PART 4- ST OUEN GENEALOGY - An Important family document by cousin Jules de Coquereaumont
• The ST REMY DE VALOIS GENEALOGY - see St Remy Genealogy  in collaboration with Olivier Pinot de Villechenon
• Web or EMail LINKS with other families see family E-Mail links + Web Sites
• Some of the extensive photograph collection Historic Group Photographs

• FACT !  - AUDCENT alias AUDECENT
  Despite extensive research - the family can find no other persons of our  ORIGINAL family surname now living anywhere in the World (up to the present time) - If anyone knows of someone please do let that person and me know !  Recently we have discovered that the surname is not as I had thought a corruption of a another surname, but existed as early as 1430 in Maine et Loir, France.

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The AUDCENT family of France, England, Canada and Australasia, derive from the family AUDECENT of Eure et Loir, and for some generations lived in and around the town of Chateaudun in that Department of France.  The earliest reference to the name todate is Guillaume "AUDECENT" in 1430 at Bourg d'Ire, Maine et Loire, also a Guillaume "AUDECENT" m. 13/6/1564 Bourg d'Ire, Maine et Loire, Guillemine DELLYMELLE, and later we find Marie "AUDESANT" m. 10/5/1639 St Germain-en-Laye, Seine et Oise, France, Francois PAGET .
NOTE: there are numerous variants of the name, including:-

AUDECENT, ODSAN, HAUDECENT, HAUDESSANT, HODESANS,  HODSAN, OXAN, AUXAN, AUXANT, AUXENT, OCCEAN, OZANNE , among others.

The FIRST known member of our family is Jacques ODSAN who married before 1707 Perrine JARRY
at a place and date unknown, he had 5 known children - all were married at Chateaudun, Eure et Loir, France.
1  Jacques m. 1728 Marie HOUDIN;
2  Andre (c.1707-1755) m. 1733 Marie HOUDIN;
3  Louis m. 1744 Marie BODINEAU;
4  A daughter who married Pierre ROUSSEAU
5  A daughter who married Etienne PROVOT

SOME FAMILY LIAISONS 

At CHATEAUDUN - Auger, Bois, Beaugendre, Bellanger, Benoist, Bodineau, Courtin, Durand, Garnier, Gilloteau, Guinebert, Hervet, Houdin, Hulot, Martin, Pitou, Provot, Raimbault, Rousseau, Serreau

At ROUEN - Fauconnet, Pinot de Moira

At PARIS - Cluzeau, Harmant

In the UK - Anderson, Connell, Ferney, Hanlon, Keeling, Kenway, King, Lincoln,  Moore, Peat, Pinot de Moira, Ross, Voice, Weddell

In AUSTRALIA & TASMANIA - Reid, Martin,Williams

In CANADA - Plunkett

In IRELAND - O'Connell