Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameAntoine Dessaure Perronett CROCKETAGNE 
[2144]
[2144]Birth10 Jul 1648, Montauban, France [2100], [2158, p 30; gives 10 Jul 1643]
FatherGabriel Gustave DE CROCKETAGNE (~1600-)
MotherUNNAMED
Individual Notes
• Walter Crockett was the first clerk of Wythe County Court, he was the son of Joseph Crockett of Montgomery County, formerly Augusta. I have in my possession some notes concerning this family furnished by Walter Crockett, a descendant of Joseph Crockett, now in the state of Washington. From these notes we find that the Crocketts were of Norman descent, and settled on the East coast of Scotland at the time of the Norman conquest. [2158, p 27]
• In 1664, Gabriel Crocketani obtained for his son a position in the household guards of Louis XIV. This son of Gabriel Crocketagani was, according to tradition, one of the handsomest young men in the south of France, an excellent horseman and devoted to his calling. By his fine appearance and love of duty, he drew the personal attention of the king who was anxious to retain him in his service and make him second in command of the household guards. [2158, p 30]
• He served as second in command of the household guards of King Louis XIV. In 1672 he was forced to flee from France because he was a Protestant Huguenot. He and Louise stayed in England briefly, and then removed to Bantry Bay, Ireland, where they joined other Huguenots. Eager to lose their French identity, they changed their name to Crockett. [2160]
• In 1664, Gabriel Crocketani obtained for his son a position in the household guards of Louis XIV. This son of Gabriel Crocketagani was, according to tradition, one of the handsomest young men in the south of France, an excellent horseman and devoted to his calling. By his fine appearance and love of duty, he drew the personal attention of the king who was anxious to retain him in his service and make him second in command of the household guards. [2158, p 30]
• He served as second in command of the household guards of King Louis XIV. In 1672 he was forced to flee from France because he was a Protestant Huguenot. He and Louise stayed in England briefly, and then removed to Bantry Bay, Ireland, where they joined other Huguenots. Eager to lose their French identity, they changed their name to Crockett. [2160]
Spouses
Birthabt 1647, Bordeaux, Gironde, France [2100]
Marriage1669, France [2100], [2158, p 30]
Family Notes
• In 1669, Antonnie Crocketagni was married to Louise Desaix. There is a tradition among us that the Crockett family was related to LaFayette. It must have been through this union for history says that the LaFayette family and Desaix family were related. The family originally was Catholic but was converted to Protestantism. [2158, p 30]
• In that year [1672] the Bishop of Lyon ordered all heretics (Huguenots) to leave the south of France within twenty days. Prior to this other members of the Crockett family had been forced into exile and had taken up their abode in England and afterward in Ireland. Antonnie Crocketagni and wife Louise Desaix, having become members of the church of England were among the exiled members, still in the employ of the Fountaines and Maurys, they took up their abode in Ireland, near Bantry Bay, where the following children were born to them... [2158, p 30]
• It was ordered in 1672 that all heretics, Huguenots, leave France within twenty days. Antoine, with his wife and infant son, Gabriel, fled across the English Channel and remained in England for a short time, but then fled to Ireland; to escape their French identity they changed their name to Crockett. [2283, p 1]
• In Ireland the name was changed to Crockett. [2158, p 30]
• In that year [1672] the Bishop of Lyon ordered all heretics (Huguenots) to leave the south of France within twenty days. Prior to this other members of the Crockett family had been forced into exile and had taken up their abode in England and afterward in Ireland. Antonnie Crocketagni and wife Louise Desaix, having become members of the church of England were among the exiled members, still in the employ of the Fountaines and Maurys, they took up their abode in Ireland, near Bantry Bay, where the following children were born to them... [2158, p 30]
• It was ordered in 1672 that all heretics, Huguenots, leave France within twenty days. Antoine, with his wife and infant son, Gabriel, fled across the English Channel and remained in England for a short time, but then fled to Ireland; to escape their French identity they changed their name to Crockett. [2283, p 1]
• In Ireland the name was changed to Crockett. [2158, p 30]
ChildrenGabriel Gustave (1672-)
James (1674-)
Joseph Louis (1676-1749)
Robert Watkins (1678-)
Louise De Saix (1679-)
Mary Frances (1682-)
Sarah Elizabeth (1685-)