If your related to any of the Orange names in my tree then here is some good News,..You already know about the Orange Family which commences in London in 1687 with the Arrival of Abraham Orange from France...BUT NOW I CAN REVEAL....
The Ancestors of Abraham Orange ...

From France, Beginning circa 1540 - 1560
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INTRODUCTION 

The Family of Orange

Relatives of Abraham Orange arrive in England around 1687-1688

[For reference purposes, Abraham Orange will be referred to as ABE, otherwise too confusing!]

[A Little background… If you are researching the Orange name from London, and you have got as far back as the mid 1800’s, then there is a very high possibility that you descend from ABE, who arrived in England in 1687, then aged 19/20, a refugee from Bolbec]

ABE came to London as a French Refugee and is recorded here in 1687 and would have been in his 20th year… He came without his parents or sibling, but alongside him in London were his relatives from Bolbec…….

PEDIGREE

JEAN? ORANGE

BORN CIRCA 1540-1560

GEN ONE

Jean? Orange, came into the world, his parents unknown, between the years 1540-1560 in France.

Jean? Orange married, his wife “unknown”, had 3 children:
Jean b 1580, Guillaume abt 1581, Jeanne b 1580, and all were raised in Bolbec France.

More About the Children of Jean? Orange and Unknown

GEN TWO
Jeanne Gilles was born to Jean Gilles. She wed Jean Orange around the year 1607 in Lintot, France. They had 6 children.

Suzanne Lecaron, b 1595 Bolbec, was one of seven children to Pierre Lecaron and Marie Lelievre. Suzanne married Guillaume Orange on 31 Oct 1610, Lintot, France. They had 8 children

Jeanne married Jean Viard (info tba)

More About the Children of Jean Orange [1580-G2] and Jeanne Gilles
[ABE’S GREAT GRANDPARENTS]

Their first son named “Abraham” was born on 11 November 1607, Bolbec. Jean and Jeanne raised their family in Bolbec, France. They had 5 more children::
Jean B 1607
Suzanne B1610
Isaac B1613
Jeanne B1616
Marguerite - was born on 25 October 1621. And did not know her father, as he died within a few weeks of her birth, in fact he died November 1621 and is buried in Bolbec, France.
[The childrens mother widowed with 6 young children and probably abt the age of 30-34.]

more about the Children of Guillaume Orange [1581-G2] and Suzanne Lecaron

Their first son also named Abraham was born 1612 Bolbec. Guillaume and Suzanne raised their family in Bolbec, and seven more children:

Guillaume b 1613
Pierre
Judith
Esther
Marie
Pierre
Marie b 1632
Their mother Suzanne died 1675 Bolbec, France. And their father died between the years 1632 and 1675.

GEN THREE
Abraham [1607-G3], a resident of Bolbec( born in 1607 ) married Jeanne LECARON in 1632, and they lived in the village, as did his father before him. They had 5 children, Anne b abt 1633 , their first son named Abraham 1635 [ABE’S FATHER], Jean 1639, Daniel 1641 and Mathieu.

More About the Children of Abraham Orange [1607-G3], & Jeanne Lecaron
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Ann 1633
Abraham 1635 = wed Marie de Languithuit
Jean 1639 = wed Judith Fauquet
Daniel 1641
Mathieu 1643 = wed Esther Lamy

Abraham [1607-G3] had a cousin Guillaume [1613-G3] –[ABE’S GREAT UNCLE]. His first wife Judith Bourdon died after just 5 years of marriage, leaving him with 2 children; Judith and Guillaume.Guillaume [1613-G3] wed a second time to Suzanne Jeanne in December 1653 and 6 more children were born.

Pierre b 1654
Esther
Jacques
Suzanne
Michel
Anne b 1668

REFUGEE’S IN LONDON

Of Guillaume [1613-G3] children; the youngest child, Anne [1668-G4] became a French Refugee, a single woman., recorded in the Huguenot archives, in London in 1687 aged about 20…

Anne [1668-G4] was ABE’s aunt and she was only 3 years older than him…

Meanwhile, a young man by the name of Jacques Hattenville, from Gruchet in France, is recorded in the Huguenot Archives, ( a French refugee) in London on 5 June 1687.. Anne [1668-G4] met him in London and they wed in Threadneedle Street on 10 Oct 1688.
ABE came to London without his family in 1687….

ABE’s Uncle Jean [1639-], (his fathers brother) born in Bolbec, married Judith Fauquet on 21 Oct 1663 in Lintot and they raised 8 children:

Judith b 16 Aug 1664 Bolbec
Pierre b 16 Aug 1666 Bolbec
Jean b 7 Jul 1668
Louis b 26 oct 1687,
Marthe 24 Feb 1673
Madeleine b 27 Jan 1675
Abraham 22 Nov 1677
Ann 16 may 1679.

Infant Deaths:
Abraham 22 Nov 1677, christened 28 Nov 1677 in Lintot, his godparents were Eile Fauquet and Judith Orange. Unfortunately Abraham died a baby in 1678 in Bolbec

Ann 16 may 1679. She was christened and godparents named as Jean Lecaron and Anne Delamare.. Ann only lived a few weeks, and died in June of the same year.

More about the family of Jean Orange [1639 G4] and Judith Fauquet

Jean [1639 G4] was arrested in February 1686 a fugitive (fuyant le Royaume)…. He renounced (his faith) in Rouen on 19 January 1686 and on 6 march 1686 his sentence absolved by Parliament de Tournai, and was recorded in the Huguenot Archives in London in 1687…..

He and his wife Judith became Refugees in London - Along with some of their children:-
Judith [1664-G5],
Jean [1668-G5] - 25 sept 1687 – French Refugee in London…described as “Young man from Bolbec”

Marthe [1673 G5]

Madeleine [1675 G5] christened 2 Feb 1675 in Lintot, her godparents were Me Jean Delayhaye – a Surgeon from Bolbec and Madeleine from Soinville – who was recorded in Bolbec in 1698
- Madeleine Orange ( thought to be a possible godmother in London 4 1 1691)…

Huguenot Archives in London:
Jean Orange [1639 G4] was a refugee in London, recorded on 5 March 1687 followed by the following members of his family:
[ABE’s cousins…]
Daughter Judith [1664-G5],, 5 May 1687….
Son Jean, [1668-G5] 25 Sept 1687

Then,
June 1698 Huguenot Refugees – new convertists from Bolbec no:419
Jean’s wife Judith, “widow” age 58 with children Marthe, 28 and Madeleine, 26

[Note: There was a mistake regarding the age of Jean’s wife Judith as she would now have been 63 years old]

Abe’s cousin Judith Orange [1664-G5],, met Isaac Desramey. He was a French refugee recorded in the Huguenot Archives in London on 10 June 1688.

Judith and Isaac married in London……
So far I have discovered the following children from their marriage:
Judith Deramey b 14 Nov 1689 and christened in La Patent French Huguenot, Spitalfields – this child must have died as the next child has the same name;

Judith born 17 March 1695 in Saint Jean French Huguenot Spitalfields,

And,

Anne Deramey born on 25 Jan 1691 (same location)

Then came: Esther and Jean both christened on same date 16 Aug 1696 (Same location)- [ their births could be a year apart]

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ABE’s uncle Mathieu Orange b 26 March 1643 [1643-G4]

Mathieu [1643-G4] married Esther LAMY, the youngest daughter of Pierre Lamy and Judith Galopin in Lintot, France on 18 Oct 1671

Mathieu’s wife, Esther was recorded in the Huguenot Archives in London on 10 apr 1687
Their Daughter Esther b 14 Nov 1674 Gruchet, also recorded in London on 17 Nov 1689

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ABE’s father “Abraham”
“Abraham”[1635 G4] was christened on 25 December 1635 to Abraham and Jean Lecaron.

“Abraham’s”[1635 G4] brothers and sisters were;

Anne b 1633, and christened in Lintot on 24 Feb 1633, her godfather Jean Orange.

Jean Orange born 16 Jan 1639

Daniel b 2 Dec 1641, his godfather was Daniel Lecaron (his uncle) and christened 22 Dec 1641 in Lintot.

And,

Finally, Mathieu Orange b 26 March 1643.

“Abraham” ”[1635 G4] (ABE’s father), was a weaver from Bolbec, who married, Marie de Languethuit.

ABE was born on 1 April 1671 in Bolbec, France
His sister Esther born 2 Feb 1668 - but she does not seem to have come to England

ABE was the only refugee from his family to arrive in England, in 1687, in his 20th year.

May 2006
[It now makes sense that Abraham met his wife Suzanne here in London,( possibly a refugee herself..) There is evidence to suggest that her nee name was “ Janvier” recorded in the Huguenot Archives] So please take this latest information into account, when reading the Story of Abraham Orange.. It will be amended as soon as I get time!!

I hope you find the above information useful and don’t forget, you can always email me with any questions or comments.…..

I have not located any “ships passenger lists” recording Abe’s family name - French refugees in to London..

The descendants of ABE’s family can be located on my rootsweb page at Ancestry.
His ancestors will soon be published.

And of Course, the question still remains as to the background on Suzanne “Janvier” where did she come from, and who were her parents?,…

Dawn