Samuel Chappuzeau (1625-1701)

Full name

Samuel Charles Chappuzeau

Name variations

Samuel Charles Chappuzeau

Chapuzeau, Chapiseau, Chapuseau and many others

Vital Statistics

• Sex : Male

• Born: 16 June 1625 at Paris, France
• Died: 31 August 1701 at Celle, Germany at age 76
• Burial: 9 September 1701 at Celle, Germany

Pedigree

Samuel was the son of Charles Chappuzeau (c1570-c1644), who was a lawyer and member of the "Noblesse de Robe", and Anne Poullet (c1590-1641).

Siblings

Samuel had two sisters, but no more details are known at present, except that one married Bernard Martin, sieur de Montjourdain, avocat au conseil

Spouse(s)

• Maria de La Serraz (c1629-1662) from Geneva married c 1651
• Marie Trichot (c1629-1714) from Geneva married September 1662

Offspring

Samuel probably had 12 children

Maria de la Serra or della Serraz (5 children)

Her first child is known to have been born before 1656, because he was left in Lyon with friends when Samuel & Maria moved to Amsterdam, but he is not named in the letters about him.

• Louis A CHAPPUZEAU (before 1655-?) Lyon, France Source: LDS - not confirmed elsewhere

• Laurent CHAPPUZEAU (????-1725) Source: Clockmaker records in Switzerland and Germany, and UK marriage records (Boyd's index). I suspect that Louis and Laurent were the same person, since it seems clear that Samuel and Maria had just 4 sons

• Christoph CHAPPUZEAU (1656-1734) Amsterdam, Netherlands Source: Amsterdam Archives and LDS. Christophe was Secretary to the Duke of Celle for many years, from 1676

• Henry Albert CHAPPUZEAU (1660-?) Leiden, Netherlands Source : LDS and other records. Albert Louis Chappuzeau may be the same person, or may have been confused (by Eggers) with Albrecht Ludwig Chappuzeau, Dr Med, son of Christophe

• Lucrece Marie CHAPPUZEAU (1661-?1661) Leiden, Netherlands Source : LDS and other records

• Jean CHAPPUZEAU (1662-?) Paris, France Source: Eggers book and LDS site

Marie Trichot (7 children)

• Ève de CHAPPUZEAU (1663-1725) Geneva, Switzerland

• Judith De CHAPPUZEAU (1665-?) Geneva, Switzerland

• Magdalena De CHAPPUZEAU (1666-?1670) Geneva, Switzerland

• Christine CHAPPUZEAU (1668-1715) Geneva, Switzerland

• Magdaleine Louise De CHAPPUZEAU (1670-1749) Geneva, Switzerland

• Sigismund De CHAPPUZEAU (1672-?) Geneva, Switzerland

• Vincent De CHAPPUZEAU (1676-1676) Paris, France

Other relatives

It is quite likely that the families Chappuzeau de Beaugé and their descendants Chappuzeau de Viefvillers, were related to Samuel, as stated by Leris in 1763, but no confirmation has been found.

Biography

Publications

His best-known work is Le Théâtre François, still the main description of 17th century French Drama. He also published a number of plays, a novel, a dictionary and several travel and geographical books. He wrote Tavernier's travel guides from his dictation.

Career

Author, Playwright and Teacher. Tutor to Prince William III of Orange 1659 to 1661.

Spiritual Life

Calvinist, preacher.

Descendants

Many descendants are known in Germany and Chile, where the Chappuzeau name still occurs, and also in UK, France, Netherlands, Canada, US and Australia.

Most of these are descended either from Christoph (Germany and Chile) or from Eve.

It is believed that Jacob Chappuzeau, (aka Iakov Shapizo), a Captain in the Russian Fleet, was also a descendant, but this is not yet proven.

Contributors

Pavane, a descendant in UK

In our days some of part of the family CHAPPUZEAU lives in CHILE (South America). Actually I´m Javier CHAPPUZEAU a Chilean Navy Officer. If you want to know more about us, just send me a e-mail to:javierchappuzeau@hotmail.com

Sources

H.K. Eggers, Das altfranzösische Geschlecht Chappuzeau, 1880 (updated 1968)

F Meinel, 1908 Dissertation "Samuel Chappuzeau 1625-1701" University of Leipzig

Dr. W. Gaade, article in 'De Nederlandsche Leeuw' in 1954

Amsterdam Archive (gemeentearchief.amsterdam.nl), where his name is mistranscribed as Chappureau

LDS = The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family Search

Boyd's Marriage Index, UK

External links

Samuel Chappuzeau in Wikipedia gives a list of his works.