1. COUNT JOHN (JEAN)1 DE CESSNA was born Abt. 1665 in France (South), and died 05 August 1751 in Newberry, York Co., Pennsylvania. He married PRISCILLA FOULK 1690 in Ireland, daughter of STEPHEN FOULK and ESTHER WILLIS. She was born Abt. 1669 in Ireland, and died Aft. 1751 in North Carolina.
Notes for COUNT JOHN (JEAN) DE CESSNA:
Military: 1690 Place: Served as a officer in a Brigade of Huguenot soldiers under Duke DeSchomborg and fought under William, Prince of Orange
Family name: "Nobility of Normandy" dated 1688 lists family name as de Cesne.
Emigration: 1718. Left Ireland and came to Pennsylvania and settled in Lancaster County.
Will: 1751. York County, Pennsylvania-Probated September 30, 1751.
Religious Affiliation: Protestant-fled France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes on October 18, 1685.
