8. Jean Pierre⁵ Prenat (Jean Maurice⁴, Jacques³, Jean² Perrenat, Richard¹).

Born: 21 Dec 1762, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France.

Died: 15 Feb 1845, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France.

Occupation: Weaver

Spouse: Ursuel Meuret (24 Oct 1763, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France - 20 Aug 1828, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France), daughter of Andre Meuret and Marguerite Atretate; married 3 Feb 1785, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France.

Children of Jean Pierre Prenat and Ursuel Meuret:

• 18. Jacques⁶ Prenat (27 Dec 1785, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France - 21 Dec 1844, Frenchtown, Crawford, Pennsylvania).
• Généreuse Prenat (born 7 Apr 1790, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France); married George Laibe, 14 Dec 1812, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France.
• 19. Jean Joseph⁶ Prenat (3 Apr 1793, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France - 30 Jun 1819, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France).
• Jean Pierre Prenat (27 Apr 1796, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France - 29 Mar 1816, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France).
• Henri Prenat (4 January 1799, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France - 21 Dec 1800, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France).
• 20. Jean Jacques⁶ Prenat (13 ventôse X [3 Mar 1802], Villars le Sec, Belfort, France - 11 Apr 1852, New Albany Twp, Floyd, Indiana).
• 21. Pierre François⁶ Prenat (born 20 May 1804, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France).
• 22. Marianne⁶ Prenat (26 May 1807, Villars le Sec, Belfort, France - 27 Aug 1888, Randolph Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania).

Spouse: Catherine Anastasie Bourquenot (born c. 1791, Mezire, Belfort, France), widow of Joseph Borquindaughter of Michel Bourquenot and Marguerit Coury; married 14 Dec 1831, Mezire, Belfort, France.

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By all genealogical accounts, Jean Pierre Prenat is a direct ancestor of every person in the United States with the surnames Prenat and Prenatt, other than those people who may have come by these surnames through adoption or marriage.

For a full list of the known descendants of Richard Perrenat, please contact Thomas Prenatt Newton by e-mail at newtgen@ziagold.net. Information from that list will be published on this Web site in piecemeal form as time allows.

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