Hi Laura, Thanks for trying to help, unfortunately nothing new to me for the moment. The CHOLLET of BOURDIEU & CHOLLET of London was Samuel CHOLLET 1732-1802, uncle of the Samuel CHOLLET 1748-1814 I mentioned. Samuel of London was born in Moudon/Switzerland and died in London. This uncle Samuel of London sent his nephew abroad for his business, first in Charleston ca 1770. Samuel 1748-1814 was banished from Charleston in 1777 because he remained loyal to His Majesty of England. For that reason he went to the Caribbean. Regarding the case on Dominica in 1801, Abram CHOLLET was Abram David Frédéric CHOLLET born in 1764 in Moudon/Switzerland and deceased in 1811 on Dominica. He was a cousin of Samuel CHOLLET of the Caribbean and another nephew of Samuel CHOLLET of London (who is also mentioned in this paper). The Mrs CHOLLET mentioned in the same paper was Abram's wife Marie Hélène born LANGIER. I know from Slave lists on Ancestry that BOURDIEU & CHOLLET possessed a lot of slaves on Dominica. There was also a firm CHOLLET & Co on Dominica, possibly managed by Abram CHOLLET mentioned above. Best regards Reynold ----- Original Message ----- From: <lwa101@comcast.net> To: "Reynold Chollet "Bluewin"" <rchollet@bluewin.ch> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [Carib] CHOLLET in the Caribbean. > Reynold, > What an interesting search you are on. I find there is a book entitled > Documents of the American Revolution 1770-1783/ 19, Calendar 1781-1783 > and addenda 1770-1780 which is published by Shannon/Ireland: Irish Univ. > Pre. 1978. The ISBN is 0716521040 9780716521044 > > > On Google Books, I can get a just "snippet" view. I cannot see much, but > the entry states, "1051 14 September, Lime Street, London, Bourdieu & > Chollet to Lord George Germain, requesting passport for Messrs Carrere & > Candau to go to St. Eustatius to establish claim to . . . " > > I take it this is some sort of trade interest. There is also a reference > to a reply entry #1070. > > I cannot see a date, but of course the book's titles define the years > within. > > Sometimes one has luck with asking a kind librarian in a far place to > send one copies/scans of the pages in question. In this case, the 14 Sept > entry is one page 177 ad the 1070 entry is one page 180. I make it a > practice myself to ask for both sides of the title page and also the > table of contents, as this is really the key to in which chapter the > information occurs. > > Of perhaps more interest is an 1801 case in Dominica in Chancery: Pauline > Agathe and others, Slaves, by Henry John Glanville, esq., His Majesty's > solictor-general complainants and James Bourdieu, regarding Abraham > Chollet's refusal to sell a slave (Pauline Agathe) so that someone could > purchase her freedom. If I read the case correctly, it seems that Mrs. > Chollet purchased a new slave and named her "Pauline Chollet." > > The case appears on page 285-286, "Parliamentary Papers, Volume 26, > Papers and Correspondence Relating to New South Wales Magistrates; the > West Indies: Liberated Africans; Colonial and Slave Population; Slaves; > the Slave Trade; etc. Session 2 February to 31 May, 1826." > > A full view of this book is available in the US on Google Books. I do not > know if you can view it elsewhere. > > Let me know if any of this is helpful. > > Best, > Laura in a stormy NC > > > > > > On Nov 11, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Reynold Chollet Bluewin wrote: > >> An ancestor in my family CHOLLET of swiss origin, Samuel CHOLLET (born >> in 1748 in Moudon/Switzerland) lived in the Caribbean between 1777 and >> 1814, mainly on islands in british possession. >> He was Commissary General of His Majesty on Barbados in 1806/1807, then >> later Custom Collector of His Majesty on Trinidad where he died in 1814. >> >> Samuele had a legitimate daughter Elisa CHOLLET (who married with a >> french man in 1804 on Tobago and had a son in 1807 on Tobago). >> He also had a natural son Horatio Nelson CHOLLET who married Amelia >> SARLAT on Grenada in 1827. Nelson and Amelia had several children on >> Grenada, especially George CHOLLET in 1844. Nelson became in 1828 the >> executor of his half-brother Samuel Jr CHOLLET (born ca 1799) and the >> guardian of this latter's two daughters Rosabelle CHOLLET and Philippa >> CHOLLET (both born between 1820 and 1828 as they were minor in 1834). >> >> I am looking for any information regarding the surname CHOLLET in the >> Caribbean, especially the islands Stacia, Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad >> and Tobago and Barbados. >> >> I am especially interested in what happened to George, Rosabelle and >> Philippa. >> I am also interested in a certain Ann CHOLLET who married Arthur >> Chichester CROOKSHANK in 1825 on Grenada, as well as in a certain Tazie >> CHOLLET who lived in Roseau/Dominica between 1817 and 1820. >> I have no idea who were the parents of Ann and Tazie. >> >> Thank you in advance to everybody who can help. >> >> Kind regards >> Reynold Chollet of Switzerland >> *************************** >> The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and >> Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >