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Visage/Vissage Family
a Huguenot family in Flanders, England and America
Early English
Vissage/Visage Family
The first records of the Vissage or Visage family are early records of the French Huguenot or Walloon church in Canterbury, Kent, England. Members of the family appear as witnesses in christenings as early as 1641. The first recorded marriage found so far is the marriage of Jacob Visage and Magedeleine Le Clercq in 1644.
American
VissageVisage Family
The first record in the Colonies of a Vissage or Visage is the birth of James Visage to Thomas Visage and his wife Hannah in 1753 recorded in St. George's Parish Registers. The 1790 census (or census substitutes) lists the following heads of household: Jacob Visage (South Carolina) and James Visage (Maryland).
Early French
Visages
One early French reference to the Visiage name is found in the Publications of the Huguenot Society.
Le Clercq
Family
The Le Clercq Family appeared to have arrived earlier in England than the Visage family. They were linked in 1644 when Jacob Visage and Magedeleine Le Clercq married.
Chronology
Sources of
Visage Records
These are a few of the sources used to document this family.
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Last update: 3 Apr 2001