Guillaume Caudebec and Marie LesueurGuillaume Caudebec was born in Bolbec, Pays de Caux, Normandy, France to Jacques Caudebec and Marie Viard. He was baptized 19 Oct 1636 in Lintot, Pays de Caux, Normandy, France. Guillaume married Marie Lesueur. Marie was baptized 5 March 1645 in Lintot, Pays de Caux, Normandy, France, the daughter of Jacques Lesueur and Marie Boissel. Guillaume was a master “chandelier epicier” (grocer-candle seller). Guillaume died in the summer of 1682 in Bolbec. An inventory was made 20 August and 8 October 1682. Marie was on a list of “new converts” in 1698 [1], where she was recorded as a resident of Bolbec. Two of her children, Guillaume and Anne, along with Anne's husband Pierre Castaigne, were also listed.
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[1] “New converts” were Protestants who had been forced to renounce their faith in favor of Catholicism.
[2] “Reconnaisance” refers to those Protestants who admitted to being forced to renounce their faith or attend Mass.
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