Person:Paul Micou (1)

Will of Paul Micou

Will of Paul Micou, the emigrant, dated April 9, and proved in Essex County, VA on Nov. 16, 1736.

His legatees were wife Margaret, sons Paul, John, James and Henry; daughters Mary Hill, Margaret Fauntleroy and Judith; grandson Paul Scott; grandaughter Mary Scott; and friend, Dr. Henry Roy.

[Source: Virginia Historical Magazine, Virginia Council Journals, 1726-1753, Notes to Text, XXXIV, 119-129].

Information on Paul Micou

From "Essex County Historical Society Bulletin", Vol. 10, November 1976:

Dr. Paul Micou, a Huguenot refugee who reached this country via England, was born in France in 1658. He first settled in Richmond County but acquired large land holdings in Essex and later lived at Port Micou in upper Essex. From 1700-1720 he also served as Justice of the Peace in Essex. He is frequently referred to as Paul Micou, Mercht. showing another occupation. He married Margaret Roy and was a very close friend of Dr. Mungo Roy. When he died he left his "physick books and a gold ring" to Dr. Mungo Roy. He was buried at Port Micou and his black marble tombstone remained there until the middle of this century when the Huguenot Society moved it to Vauter's Espiscopal Church at Loretto. On that occasion, Betty Page Carlton presented a comprehensive paper on Dr. Micou.

Typical of marriages of the day were the marriage of Paul Micou, Jr. to Jean Roy, daughter of Dr. Mungo Roy and the marriage of Mungo Roy, Jr.** to Catherine Micou.

• • - Note: other sources have Mungo Roy III as marrying Catherine Micou (Catherine was the grand-daughter of Dr. Paul Micou).

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).
2.   Ryland, Elizabeth Hawes. Paul Micou, Chyrurgeon. (William & Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 16, No. 2.).