Dumaresq family
The Dumaresq family was a patrician family in the Channel Islands with a particularly strong presence in Jersey. The family would hold many offices and positions throughout the history of Jersey from the 13th century.[1]
Rev. Daniel Dumaresq FRS
Origins
The family is said to come from Norman origins where the original members of the family arrived in Jersey,[2] however the family is first mentioned in Jersey during the year 1292 on the Exchequer, 21 Edward I, where it mentions a Jordan Du Maresq who was a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey.[3]
Dumaresq Arms
Notable Members
- Rev. Daniel Dumaresq FRS
- Rear-Admiral John Saumarez Dumaresq CB, CVO
- Elias Dumaresq V, Seigneur of Augres
- John DuMaresq, Seigneur of Vincheles de Bas
- Lieutenant Colonel John Dumaresq
- Elias DuMaresq III, Seigneur des Augres
- Sir John Dumaresq
- Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dumaresq
- Elizabeth Dumaresq (wife of Sir Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales)
- Admiral Thomas Dumaresq (1729-1802)[4]
- Thomas Dumaresq, Seigneur of Vinchelez de Bas and of Gorge
- Henry Dumaresq, Seigneur of Samares
- Captain William John Dumaresq
References
- Payne, James Bertrand (1859–1865). Armorial of Jersey : being an account, heraldic and antiquarian, of its chief native families, with pedigrees, biographical notices, and illustrative data; to which are added a brief history of heraldry, and remarks on the mediaeval antiquities of the island. University of California Libraries. [Jersey].
- "Burke's Peerage". burkespeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1863.
- "Thomas Dumaresq". more than Nelson. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
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