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THE GAUTIER FAMILY
Originally published in 1900 |
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THE GAUTIER FAMILY, at one time numerous in Hudson County,
was a French Huguenot family who came to America after the revocation
of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. By intermarriage a considerable
landed estate in Bergen, N. J., carne into possession of the family. This
property, at what is now Greenville, is known as the "Gautier farm," de-
scended through one Captain Thomas Brown. Jasques Gautier, of Saint
Blancard, in the Province of Languedoc, France, is said to have been the
first American progenitor of the Gautiers. He settled in New Amsterdam,
and left issue two sons, Daniel and Francois, besides daughters. Daniel (2)
married, at New York, September 6, 1716, Maria Bogert, and had eleven
children, one of whom was Andrew 13), who was born in 1720 and married
(1) in 1744 an English lady named Elizabeth Crossfield, and (2) in 1774
Elizabeth Hastier. Andrew 13) was a prominent man in New York,
and left issue four children, one of whoa.. A redrew (4), born December 18,
1755, married (1) Mary Brown, of Bergen, and (2) Hannah Turner. Andrew
(4) took up his residence at Greenville and left eight children, from whom
are descended the Gautiers of Bergen and Hudson Counties.
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