BAILLON Adam

Male Abt 1515 - Bef 1571  (< 56 years)

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  • Name BAILLON Adam 
    Birth Abt 1515  Rouen, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 11 Jan 1571  Paris, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Adam was born about 1515 (estimated), the eldest son of Adam de Baillon and Phillipe Vaultier and succeeded him as Sieur de Valence.[1] Adam de Baillon was secretary to Catherine de Médici.[2]

      An inventory after death[3] was initiated in January 1571 which revealed Adam had among the documents in his possessions his own marriage contract with Anne de la Saulsaye apparently drawn up in Blois in 1542. Anne’s father and step-mother, who was herself a cousin of Adam’s were living there in this era. In February of 1543 Adam was one of the godfathers chosen by his inlaws for a son who was given his name. Adam and Anne’s three oldest children were baptized at the Saint-Solenne parish of Blois between 1546 and 1549. A gap in the records prevents knowing whether the younger children were also baptized there.

      The inventory names four of his children who were there present. These were Marie wife of Charles de Mauterne, his oldest son Adam, son Louis, and daughter Marguerite. Although the oldest daughter Anne was not mentioned herself, her husband was the executor. A younger son not named was Charles whose existence is confirmed by a quittance of 1610[4], some forty years after their father’s death when Adam (the son) is acting as procureur on behalf of Louis and Charles. Adam’s wife Anne Saulsaye is not mentioned, which suggests she may have predeceased him. Also listed among his papers were the marriage contracts of his two oldest daughters, a legal document regarding the fief of Valence accorded to his father and heirs in 1509, and a contract concerning the Chevreuse property. The inventory also reveals that Adam de Baillon was living in a house in Paris on rue Neufve Saint Paul where he died.

      Adam married Anne de La Saussaye daughter of Jean, Seigneur de Brezolles and of Jeanne de Morvilliers. [1][5]

      They had 6 children-

      Anne, baptized 8 August 1546[6] married Jean Jaupitre, Sieur d'Estiolles, Conflans, and la Chesnaye, Baron de Flets, secretary of the King, son of Jacques, Écuyer, Sieur de la Chesnaye, and of Anne de Havard.
      Marie, baptized 17 November 1547[6] married Charles de Mauterne, Sieur de Voisins and Malassise
      Adam, baptized 9 February 1549 (New Style)[6] Sieur de Valence, married Renée de Maillard
      Louis, Sieur de la Boissière
      Charles, canon, dean, lord of Meung-sur-Loire
      Marguerite, wife successively of Jacques Bochereau & Séverin de la Marche, Sieur de la Douardière[1].
      Research notes
      The list of children as previously shown was taken directly from Godbout’s study. New information allowed for corrections; the birth order for the three oldest is known from the parish records of Saint-Solenne of Blois; son Louis was sieur de ‘Boissière’ –known from his occurances in the records of Les Essarts-le-Roi; the name of Marie’s husband was Charles de Mauterne –known from the inventory after death of Adam de Baillon reported in Gilles Brassard’s blog.[3] Brassard notes the webpages of Jean-Pierre Dagnot which contain valuable information on the seigneurie of Valence, though his charts for the de Baillon family warrant further study.[7]

      Year of birth & other dates

      Previously estimated as 1528 Adam’s year of birth was adjusted following the discovery of his marriage contract dated 1542. The estimated date for his marriage was previously shown as 1560, so with that date established at 18 years earlier re-evaluating his own estimated birth year by 13 years to 1515 was reasonable.

      There is no mention of Adam Baillon in Jetté, 1999.[8]

      Sources
      ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Moreau, G.F. and Dulong, J.P. Archange Godbout's Baillon, de Marle, and Le Sueur Families of France. Michigan's habitant Heritage 13, no. 22, April 1992, 40-51.; read: Oct. 2017
      ↑ Généalogie Henri Frebault
      ↑ 3.0 3.1 Blog of Gilles Brassard #55. Adam de Baillon, inventaire après décès, mariage et baptêmes
      ↑ Quittance of his son Adam, d'Hozier, Pièces originales, 171, 7 via Moreau, G.F. and Dulong, J.P. Archange Godbout's Baillon, de Marle, and Le Sueur Families of France. Michigan's habitant Heritage 13, no. 22, April 1992, 40-51.; read: Oct. 2017
      ↑ d'Hozier, Louis Pierre. Armorial Général, ou registres de la noblesse de France, Vol. 23, pg. 68; Read: Nov. 2017
      ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Archives municipales de Blois, registre paroissial de Saint-Solenne 1542-1560 BS; GG 228; the children's baptisms are images 85, 104 & 127.
      https://vieux-marcoussis.pagesperso-orange.fr/Chroniques/Seigneurie-de-Valence.htm
      ↑ Jetté et al. From Catherine to Charlemagne. American-Canadian Genealogist. Issue 82, Vol.25, No. 4, 1999
      See also:

      Généalogistes-associes.ca/familles/noblesse/pjiolippe.htm
    Person ID I60232  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father BAILLON Adam,   b. Abt 1490, Rouen, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 26 Jun 1551, Rouen, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother VAULTIER Philippe,   b. Bef 1500, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1551, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F26728  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family SAULSAYE Anne,   b. Abt 1525, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Apr 1566, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 41 years) 
    Marriage 1542  Blois, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. de BAILLON Adam,   b. 09 Feb 1549, Blois, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1626, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F26726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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