Person:Francis Barteau (5)

From Edna Valentine's Notes:

Francois (1) and Mary with their 9 children are mentioned as coming from France in 1657. Francis (2) and John (2) must have been the brothers who came from Paris (also mentioned in another account) and settled in Huntington; or elese they were grandsons of the first Francois. If Francois came here in 1657 with 9 children it is not likely that the Francis & John whose children were born 1710 - 1715 were among those 9 children. Another generation should come in here. We will leave that problem unsolved for a time.

Francois and Marie with 9 children came from France by way of Holland in 1657. As they were mentioned with the GUenon family in the records of Flushing and Jamaica, they may have come on the same ship, the Dreadvat and possibly from the same place. Although they are supposed to have come from Brittany (Bretagne).

In the annals of Flushing (page 2) Francis Barteau, Mary his wiefe and 3 children John, Francis and Abigail. If that Francis and Mary were children of Francois (1) then John, Francis, and Abigail would be generation 3 and the date more nearly believable. Edith Barteau Toombs genealogy is the same as Sherman Barteau's with this addition: it notes Francis as b. 1675 THe fact that the first generations were name Francis and John doesn't make it any clearer either!