Charles Liènard of the Olive

Charles Linéard of the Olive was a Colon French of the 17th century of the island Saint Christophe.

History

In 1634, Charles Liénard of the Olive, colonist in island Saint-Christophe left for Paris in order to persuade the Compagnie of the islands of America to enable him to colonize the Guadeloupe. Arrived at Dieppe, it met there the sior Jean of Plessis d' Ossonville to which it exposed its project and both went to Paris to negotiate with the Company. The contract, signed on February 14th 1635, delivered a commission on " to them; to order together in the island which they would live ". The two associated ones left the port of Dieppe the May 25th 1635 out of two ships with 554 people among whom 4 Dominicains missionaries were, 150 engaged and some families. They arrived at the Guadeloupe the June 28th 1635 and unloaded side of Holy-Rose (Point-Lively). It was not a good choice. The chronicler, the R.P. Of Tertrem known as " The 1st care of the governors was to seek a comfortable place to settle. For this purpose, they traversed all the coast, and after much of efforts, they stopped by misfortune at the most ungrateful place of all the island… "

The first months were very difficult for these 1st emigrants. Victims of the disease and the lack of food, number of them did not survive. The survivors decided to settle in the South of the island on the side of the current Old man-Extremely. They accepted the assistance of the Caribbean as O. Lara confirms it: " … We see them together cutting down the trees, sowing grounds, making boats, and fishing tortoises and manatees. ".

In spite of that, on the Olive, against the opinion of Of Plessis, decides to declare the war in the Caribbean to take vivres and women to them.

" Madeleine Huguet, Etienne Huguet sior of Bussy and Louis Huguet were the children of Mr. François Huguet, sergeant royal in the election of Chinon, and Francoise Chamaillard. It is probable that the mother of Charles Liénard of the Olive, Francoise Boynard, was widowed N Chamaillard when she Maria with Pierre LIéNARD sior of the Olive, and that she had of its first marriage a girl, Francoise Chamaillart, who married Mr. François Huguet; thus the Huguet children were the nephews of Mr. of the Olive. This relationship is certain because it is marked in the most precise way by the report of 1727." (It is about a report drawn up on this date, at end of ennoblement, by the Planetet family of the Barn, downward of William of Orange). (source GHC)

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