Armand John DeRosset

Immigrant Ancestor   see Family Tree

New Hanover County Public Library

Born: 1695 Narbonne, France          

Married: 1st in Switzerland to Madeline de Uzes

              2nd: 1751 Wilmington, New Hanover, NC to Elizabeth Catherine Bridget

Died: 1759 Wilmington, New Hanover, NC

FATHER

Louis DeRosset

MOTHER

Gabrielle De Gondin

WIFE

1st :Madeline de Uzes

2nd: Elizabeth Catherine Bridget b. Bristol, England

CHILDREN with Madeline de Uzes

1. Louis DeRosset b. Montpelier, France

2. Moses John DeRosset b. 27 Dec 1726 London, England

3. Gabrielle DeRosset b. Abt 1722 Montpelier, France

Sketches of Church History in North Carolina 1892 by Wm. L. De Rosset, Jr. pg 143
"On the revocation of the Edict of Nante, Captain Louis De Rosset, a man of rank in the South of France gave up his fair home for conscience sake and took refuge in England. His merit being known to the celebrated Schomber, a commission as Captain in the British Army was given him.
He left one son, Dr. Armand John De Rosset, who took his degree at the University of Basle. Dr. De Rosset removed to Wilmington in North Carolina with two sons, the elder of whom Louis Henry, was speedily made a member of the Council and served in that capacity until the Revolution with great faithfulness. Considering himself bound by the oath of allegiance, which as Councilor had taken, he retuned to England after the evacuation of Charleston and died childless. His brother, Moses John, a physician, served as a Captain in the expedition of Col. Innes to Virginia. In 1766, the year before his death, as Mayor of Wilmington, he addressed a spirited reply to Tryon on the subject of the refusal by the people of Wilmington to supply the war sloop, Viper, with provision, because the vessel was engaged in enforcing the Stamp Act. He left a daughter, who became the mother of Judge John D. Toomer, and a son, Armand John De Rosset, who for sixty years was one of the most skilful physicians and excellent men of his day in America. This son marrying the niece of Hume, the historian, became the father, among other children, of the venerable Dr. Armand John De Rosset of our day, whom the Diocese of East Carolina delight to honor as it Treasurer, and delegate to the General Convention, as did the Diocese of North Carolina before the division."

Dr. Armand DeRosset purchased this home in 1741. It was on Second Street between Market and Princess streets in Wilmington, NC