Our Family's Journey Through Time
| Name | Mathieu 'Matthew' Agee [1, 2, 3, 4] | |
| Birth | 1 Jan 1670 | Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Gender | Male | |
| Religion | 1688 [5, 6, 7] | |
| Hugenot who came to America to escape religious persecution | ||
| Cross-Huguenot |
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| (Historic) Edict of Fontainebleau The Edict of Fontainebleau (22 October 1685) was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes (1598) had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state. By the Edict of Fontainebleau, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and ordered… |
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| (Historic) Edict of Nantes Edict of Nantes (French: édit de Nantes), signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in the nation, which was still considered essentially Catholic at the time. In the edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity. The edict separated civil from… |
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| Military Service | 1688 | Netherlands [5] |
| Joined with William of Orange in dethroning England's Catholic King James | ||
| Immigration | Abt 1690 | Virginia, USA [1, 5, 6, 8] |
| Left France about 1688 with about 2000 Hugenots after King Loius XIV's Revocation of Edict of Nantes | ||
| Residence | 1700 | Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA |
| Huguenot Settlement - King William Parish | ||
| Historical Marker-Huguenot Settlement Huguenots, the largest single group of French Protestant refugees to come to Virginia, settled near here on the site of a deserted Monacan Indian village during the period 1700-1701. In 1700, the Virginia General Assembly established King William Parish, also known as Huguenot Parish. The Huguenots established a church at this site now known as… |
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| Death | 1 Jan 1735 | King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA [3, 4] |
| Person ID | I22678 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | Antione Agee, b. 1639, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France d. 1735, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 96 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Judith Anne Chastain, b. 1645, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France d. 1737, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 92 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Family ID | F11451 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Ann Godwin, b. 1672, King William Parish, Virginia, USA d. Henrico County, Virginia, USA | |||||||||
| Marriage | 1714 | Virginia, USA [2] |
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| Family ID | F8933 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||||||||
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| Arms Icons & Insignia | Arms-AGEE Agee Coat of Arms | |
| Cross-Huguenot |
| Biographies and Histories | Bio-AGEE Leah Bio of Leah Agee | |
| Bio-AGEE Mathieu Mathieu Agee | ||
| History-AGEE Family (the 24) Matthew Agee married Ann Godwin and their children were Isaac, James, Anthony and one daughter, Judith. Anthony had 11 sons and 1 daughter, while James had 6 sons and 6 daughters. I think it quite probable that all the Agees in the United States descended from these two men. Or I would say from their children whom I shall refer to as the "24".… |
| Historic Documents | (Historic) Edict of Fontainebleau The Edict of Fontainebleau (22 October 1685) was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes (1598) had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state. By the Edict of Fontainebleau, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and ordered… | |
| (Historic) Edict of Nantes Edict of Nantes (French: édit de Nantes), signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in the nation, which was still considered essentially Catholic at the time. In the edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity. The edict separated civil from… |
| Places | Historical Marker-Huguenot Settlement Huguenots, the largest single group of French Protestant refugees to come to Virginia, settled near here on the site of a deserted Monacan Indian village during the period 1700-1701. In 1700, the Virginia General Assembly established King William Parish, also known as Huguenot Parish. The Huguenots established a church at this site now known as… |
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