 Abt 1531 - Bef 1596 (~ 64 years)
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| Name |
Jehan Latrobe [1, 2] |
| Born |
Abt 1531 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Royal Notary |
| Died |
Bef 1596 |
| Person ID |
I6569 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Father |
Anthoine Latrobe, b. Abt 1501, d. Between 1554 and 1555 (Age ~ 53 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Héliette Ysarn |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage Contract |
4 Feb 1528 [3] |
| the house of Héliette Ysarn's father, Pierre |
| Married |
Aft 4 Feb 1528 |
Montech, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France  |
| Notes |
- [Latrobe Archives #24 (1528); Arch. Dept. de T&G; 5 E 2673, f°205 G. Borrelli, notaire Montech; C-7/1 F-1/3 K-2 S-5/1 & AZ-3/2]
Of Borrelli Gabriel, notary to Montech (in Latin) 4 February 1528 in the house of Pierre (or Peyre) YSARN (or YSARRA) said page, Contract of marriage between Anthoine LATROBE, young, of Monbéquin, on one hand and Alieta (or Héliete or Hélixte?) YSARN (or YSARRA), daughter of said Pierre YSARN, on the other hand. Pierre YSARN constitutes as a dowry to the married couple the sum of hundred livres tournois.
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| Family ID |
F848 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Plazen Albépar, b. Abt 1540 |
| Married |
Bef 1565 |
Monbéqui, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France [4] |
| Notes |
- At this time, we know of seven children of Jehan Latrobe and Plazen Albépar, presumably all of them since their dates of birth are placed at regular intervals from around 1565 to 1576. Note that the parochial registers for recording the christenings, marriages and burials only started around 1567 in this area which is the reason why nothing can be found about the christenings of the first two children.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Bertrand Latrobe, b. Abt 1565, Monbéqui, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France , d. Villenouvelle de Fossat lez Montauban, France [natural] |
| + | 2. Jean Latrobe, b. Abt 1567, Monbéqui, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France , d. Between 1621 and 1622 (Age ~ 54 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Hélye Latrobe, b. 7 Sep 1569, Monbéqui, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France [natural] |
| + | 4. Etienne Latrobe, b. Bef 19 Sep 1573, Monbéqui, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France [natural] |
| | 5. Pierre Latrobe, b. Bef 19 Sep 1573, Monbéqui, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France [natural] |
| | 6. Jehanne Latrobe, b. Abt 7 Dec 1576, Monbéqui, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Family ID |
F633 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Married - Bef 1565 - Monbéqui, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France |
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| Notes |
- Jehan Latrobe was the second child of Anthoine Latrobe (Pichot), the second one with the same given name, Jehan, which was already a traditional Christian name in the family. He is a direct ancestor of all today's Latrobes . He must be just one or two years younger than his older brother, since he already acted as royal notary in 1555 (see #38). At that time, he had not yet reached his majority of the age of 25 years. Nevertheless he was automatically emancipated since both his father and his older brother had already died. Therefore, when still very young, Jehan was faced with the heaviest responsibilities in the life. Indeed he was the head of the family. Fortunately his education of royal notary, the first one in the family, gave him the best means of assuming these responsibilities.
As concerns this new professional activity, we must observe that the older brother showed the way to the younger. Certainly he was the first acting as notary. Nevertheless he never became a royal notary, most probably because he died too young. May we suppose that both brothers initiated this new activity together around 1551 or 1552. This could explain why the notary name is given as Delatrobe which was written "delatrobe" in the archives because the use of capitals was not codified at that time. This name was most probably the appropriate one for two brothers working together, just like we would say "Latrobe brothers" today.
May we further suppose that both brothers made an arrangement with each other with a view to create and develop this new activity together, thus giving them both more chance to succeed, since they could not take advantage of any reference in that field within the family, and furthermore both of them were rather young and inexperienced. For instance, we could imagine an arrangement as follows: Jehan the older, who had already married and who expected children shortly, would look for customers, mainly in Monbéqui and Montbartier, and make the paper work they required, while Jehan the younger would take charge of the smaller area of Bessens so as to keep enough time to proceed with the juridical studies and pass the exams for royal notary as quickly as possible. As a compensation, the younger would work somewhat more for the older later on.
This would explain that notarial deeds made by Delatrobe appear as early as in 1552, but without mention of "royal notary". Such an arrangement would also give an additional strong reason for Jehan the younger to take care of Gailharde Benoist and her two sons after his older brother has died. Furthermore, we should consider that both brothers covering at once the three places of Monbéqui, Montbartier and Bessens was certainly a good policy to face the competition of several royal notaries in Montech, in Montauban and in Toulouse. In spite of the Latrobe brothers originating from Monbéqui, their main office was located in Montbartier which was significantly more inhabited. Of course, we can imagine that both brothers began their new activity by proposing their notarial services to their own family and friends. This is why when considering #37 (1554) we notice a transaction involving Pierre Benech, which is the Occitan form for Benoist, we are inclined to think that this Pierre Benoist must be Gailharde Benoist's father.
In this connection, we have to evaluate the matrimonial situation of Jehan after his older brother has died. We have no record about his marriage with Plazen Albépar, just as we have no record about the christening of their first child, Bertrand, whom we only assume to be born around 1565, by reference to the christening records of his younger brothers and sister. If we assume that he was not yet married in 1554 or 1555 when his older brother died, we have to wonder why, since he was to take in charge Gailharde Benoist and her two sons, he did not marry her. Therefore we must conclude that at that time he was already married to Plazen Albépar, or at least engaged to her. But, if so, what is the reason why they waited until about 1565 to have children? Maybe it is just a natural reason: sometimes, it happens that a young couple is unable to have children during the first 5, 7 or 10 years of common life, and suddenly children arrive during the next 10 or 12 years regularly. There might be another reason: when the older brother died leaving his young widow with two small boys, Jehan and Plazen took them in charge and, as his professional activity of royal notary was still too recent to provide them with financial means enough to feed more people, they decided together to wait for better times before having their own children. Such a heroic decision was certainly more frequent in these early days than today!
Anyway, this last assumption perfectly fits with other aspects of Jehan's personality. We know that he became a Protestant, and he educated his children in the new Religion. Moreover it is quite sure that he was the first one in the family to do so because if the Reformation reached the area around 1540-1550, the Protestants only took over Montauban in 1561. Therefore we can reasonably think that, in the small village of Monbéqui located about 12 miles from Montauban, the new ideas came in the late 1550's or early 1560. At that time Jehan's father and older brother had already died. We may imagine that Jehan heard about the new ideas of Calvin fighting the casualness so prevalent within the Catholic Church at that time when he had to make a supreme effort just to create sufficient means for his close relatives to survive. Probably the new ideas helped him to face his heavy responsibilities. Whatever it might have been regarding the reason for the long duration before the birth of his first child, it seems that Jehan was a man of great character and high capabilities, since he finally succeeded so well that many after him followed the same way.
At this time, we know of six children of Jehan Latrobe and Plazen Albépar, presumably all of them since their dates of birth are placed at regular intervals from around 1565 to 1576. Note that the parochial registers for recording the christenings, marriages and burials only started around 1567 in this area which is the reason why nothing can be found about the christenings of the first two children.
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| Sources |
- [S95] Michel de Lafon-Boutary, #38 (1555), #48 (1562),#53 (1569), #54 (1573), #74 (1584), #76 (1588),#81 (1593), #83 (1594), #112 (1601).
- [S91] Mas-Grenier, #55 (1576), #105 (1600), #142 (1605).
- [S95] Michel de Lafon-Boutary, #24 (1528).
- [S95] Michel de Lafon-Boutary, #49 (1565).
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