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Génolhac and The Régordane Road
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| The Régordane Road ran north and south along the old Roman "Tin Road" and was heavily travelled by pack trains loaded with French produce destined for markets on the Mediterranean Sea. It began in Le Puy en Valay on the northern edge of the Central Massif and terminated at Aigues-Mortes, a French port on the Mediterranean. Our earliest known ancestor,
Jean Bondurant (I) was from Malihieres near Belle Poile on the Régordane Road. This was an area where residents grazed sheep and goats and gathered chestnuts. Jean's son,
Jean (II) died in 1472 and left his Malhieres property to his son
Jean (III). Antoine (I), the son of Jean (III) moved 10 miles up the Régordane Road to Génolhac to established an inn in the early 1500's. His son
Jean (IV) married Gabrielle Brunet and continued the hotel business on the death of his father in 1558. His oldest son,
Antoine (II) married Gilette Amade in 1558. Antoine's second son,
Jean Bondurant was a physician, hotelkeeper, merchant, and counselor in Génolhac.
Our Earliest Ancestors Came From Malihieres,
10 miles South of Génolhac |
Génolhac: On the Régordane Road from
Le Puy en Velay to the Mediterranean
Bondurant's Ran Inns Like This One In Génolhac |
| Suzanne Quarante married Raymond Leyris in 1596. Following the death of
Raymond, Suzanne married Jean Bondurant. They had 6 children including
Pierre Bondurant. Suzanne inherited the historic house at 42 la Grand Rue in Génolhac and this is the house where
Pierre Bondurant grew up. Pierre inherited the "grande maison Quarante" on Suzanne's death in 1642. |
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Old Town Plan of Génolhac Shows the Location
of 42 la Grand Rue |
Drawing of 42 la Grand Rue Shows Apothecary
Sign On Fascade |
| Dr. Pierre Bondurant was a physician and attorney in Génolhac. He married Francoise de Joyeuse, his first wife, on 3 March 1632. Their eldest son,
Jean Pierre Bondurant, Seigneur de Cougoussac, was born in Génolhac in 1636. In the Register of the Reformed Church of Barre Des Cevennes: October 28, 1676 was celebrated in the church of Barre the marriage of
Jean Pierre Bondurant, Sieur de Cogoussac, a middle class citizen living in the town of Génolhac, aged 40 years, and of
Mme. Gabrielle de Barjon, aged 34 years, living in Barre.
Jean Pierre and Gabrielle had two children Jean Pierre and Francoise.
Jean Pierre, our ancestor, was born 18 September 1677. He was baptized as a Huguenot in the Génolhac temple and rebaptized as a Catholic in Génolhac on 13 February 1684 following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
Jean Pierre inherited the house at 42 la Grand Rue and three mills following the death of his parents in 1694 and 1695. |
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Jean Pierre Bondurant, our ancestor, lived in
this house on la Grand Rue, Génolhac |
BFA President David Bondurant at the door of the Bondurant house in Génolhac during his 1992 visit. Note the sign of the Apothecary above the door - Jean Pierre's profession |
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