Jean De Trou

  Noted events in his life were:

• fled, Between 1590 and 1630. ⁵²¹ My family along with other Du Treux Huguenot family members fled France between 1590 and 1630, due to the intense persecution we suffered. Some sought safety in England and a massive family group exiled in the Netherlands where its government had declared its independence from Spain. My family along with several other Walloon families settled in Leiden and Amsterdam. We found employment, assistance, and civil and religious freedoms in the Netherlands, because we were known artisans.

• Notes of Interest. ⁵²² 1200 BC: Settlement by the Gauls (related to the Celts).
59-52 BC: Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar and the beginning of Gallo-Roman civilization.
500 AD: Barbarian invasions and the end of Pax Romana following the fall of Rome.
600 AD: Settlement by the Franks, the barbarian tribe from which France derives its name.
768 AD: Charlemagne, named Emperor of the Western world, attempts to recreate the Roman Empire.
987 AD: Hughes Capet founds the Capetian dynasty, which will last until 1328. The monarchy asserts its new power over feudal lords.
11th-13th centuries middle Ages: flourishing of Romanesque and Gothic art. Crusades.
14th-15th centuries: French-English rivalry culminates in the Hundred Years War triggering a new wave of nationalism. The Black Death and famines also plague France.
15th-16th centuries The Renaissance.
1539: French replaces Latin as the official language.
1562-1589: Religious wars between Catholics and Protestants.

Jean married Unknown Unknown about 1585. (Unknown Unknown was born about 1558 in France and died wft.est. 1590-1652.)

  Marriage Notes:

I was married in Roubaix, Lille, France. My wife and I were Walloons, a race of people that originally were nomadic that settled in France, the Alps and the Danubian Valley. The Romans during Caesar's day called us the Belgae. Our ancestors were known as warlike people who were vigorous to the point of being considered rude. We were often at war with the Gauls, Cimbri, Romans and Franks. We were made of stubborn stock retaining our identity, culture and land boundaries. Walloons were considered good-looking, strongly built, brunet skin color and dark haired. The Walloon land boundaries were tne northeastern part of France and the southwestern part of Belgium. Our people spoke a French dialect. Roubaix became a stronghold of the reformation. The Prince's of France and Spain not only warred over the control of our land; we also warred over what “religion” would be taught in our lands. We accepted the gospel teachings of the Reformed Church, thus earning the name Huguenots by the Catholic leadership. .