Abraham Michaux (1672-1717) and Susanne Rochet (1667-1744) were born in Sedan, Ardennes, France[i]. They were French Huguenots, or Protestants, who were persecuted in France, especially after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Abraham and Susanne fled to Amsterdam, where they were married on 13 Jul 1692 in the French Church. The tale of Susanne’s escape from France is a dramatic one: her father Jean Rochet sent the young girl to Holland in a large hogshead cask on board a ship. Read the exciting tale in “Little Nightcap”.
Abraham Michaux was listed as a member of the Walloon French Church in Amsterdam on 8 May 1701. The couple left soon afterwards to England, where Abraham was recorded as living in 1702. By Mar 1703 he was living in Stafford County, Virginia.
The proof of the Huguenot’s lineage to the Mullins family begins with the next two generations: Jacob Michaux (1695-1745) was the son of Abraham Michaux and Susanne Rochet[i]. Elizabeth Michaux (1731-1809) was the daughter of Jacob Michaux and Judith Woodson[ii] (1703-1744). Martha Venable (1751-1826) was the daughter of Abraham B. Venable III (1726-1778) and Elizabeth Michaux[iii]. See the biography of Abraham Venable III for the further lineage to the Mullins family.
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