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Descendants of Vincent Rongnion

Generation No. 1

1. VINCENT¹ RONGNION was born 1645 in Poitou, France ¹, and died November 1713 in Piscataway, New Jersey¹. He married ANN MARTHA BOUTCHER¹ July 17, 1668 in New Jersey ², daughter of JOHN BOUTCHER. She was born Abt. 1650 ³, and died Abt. 1723 ⁴.

Notes for VINCENT RONGNION:
Vincent Rongnion was born in 1645 in or near the city of Poitiers, in the Province of Ancienne Poitou, France.

The identity of Vincent Rongnion's father has never been documented. A Henry Rongnion of Portiers, France has been suggested as the possiable father of Vincent, however, no proof has been found that our Vincent Rongnion was a direct descendant of Henry Rongnion. As such, the Coat-Of-Arms which has been used by some of the Runyon/Runyan families may or may not be correctly used. The Coat-Of-Arms belonging to Henry Rongnion (Other spellings: Roygnon,Regnon) is a blue (Azure) shield, with 3 bees of gold, with the motto Mel Regi. If Vincent is not a direct descendent of Henry, then the use of the Coat-Of-Arms is impropper.

Vincent Rongnion was a French Huguenot (French Protestants who in the seventeenth century were engaged in religious wars with the dominant Catholics, and were the followers of John Calvin.). The Huguenots were always a minority in France, but powerful with their strength centered in the southwestern part of the country. After Charles II of England was restored to the throne, he rewarded Lord Phillip Carteret, who had remained loyal to the Stuarts, and in his position as commander of the forces on the Isle of Jersey (Island off the coast of France where Huguenots went to escape the religious strife in their native land.), had offered refuge to the Prince. Charles' brother, the Duke of York, gave what is now New Jersey to Carteret and a fellow loyalist, Lord Berkeley.

Phillip Carteret as the new Govenor of New Jersey went to America in 1665 and several Huguenots from the Isle of Jersey accompanied him. That same year, he went back to Europe and returned in 1666, bringing more immigrants with him. It is beleived that Vincent Rngnion came to America from the Isle Of Jersey, with Phillip Carteret on a ship named the "Phillip", however his name has not as of this date been documented from records relating to the ship "Phillip". The "Phillip" was commissioned to support Phillip Carteret, the newly appointed governor of East Jersey, and was reportedly named after him. It brought Carteret and a number of French craftsmen to Elizabethtown, East Jersey, on or about 28 July 1665.

Vincent Rongnion first arrived at Elizabethtown, New Jersey between 1665 and 1668. He married Ann Martha Boucher at Elizabethtown on June 28, 1668, the marriage license given by Phillip Carteret. On March 20,1671-2 he purchased property from Francis Barber in Elizabethtown, the deed of sale stating "Francis Barber of Elizabethtown, planter, sells to Vincent Ronyon, 40 rods long by 16 rods wide, on the south side of the house lot of George Pack, fronting on the highway ...". Note the spelling of Vincent's name, three (3) years after his marriage it was already being americanized.

The stern Puritan element predominated in Elizabethtown, which made life unpleasant for Vincent, and he disposed of his property there and moved to the Baptist cammunity, at Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. In the spring of 1677, he purchased a farm of 154 1/2 acres on the Raritan River where he raised his family. He was a carpenter and farmer.

More About VINCENT RONGNION and ANN BOUTCHER:
Marriage: July 17, 1668, New Jersey ⁵

Children of VINCENT RONGNION and ANN BOUTCHER are:

2.	i.	JOHN VINCENT² RUNYON, b. February 14, 1669, Elizabethtown, New Jersey; d. Bef. November 1744, Rocky Hill, Somerset County, New Jersey.
3.	ii.	VINCENT RUNYON, b. 1671, Piscataway, New Jersey; d. March 1724, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
4.	iii.	ANN RUNYON, b. 1673.
5.	iv.	THOMAS RUNYAN, b. 1675, Piscataway, New Jersey; d. April 1753, Hopewell, New Jersey.
6.	v.	MARY RUNYON, b. July 02, 1677; d. Abt. 1745.
7.	vi.	PETER RUNYON, b. July 01, 1680, Piscataway, New Jersey; d. October 1753, Piscataway, New Jersey.
	vii.	JANE RUNYON⁶, b. January 19, 1683⁶.
8.	viii.	SARAH RUNYON, b. October 30, 1686, Piscataway, New Jersey; d. February 28, 1732, Piscataway, New Jersey.

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