1. Richard¹ Perrenat

Born: About 1611, Montbouton, Alsace [France].

Spouse: Catherine.

Children of Richard Perrenat and Catherine:

• Adam Perrenat (died about 1720); married Jacotte Duret.
• Claude Perrenat (died about 1680); married Christine Schick, 25 Mar 1662.
• Jacques Perrenat (died about 1715); married Jeanne Carret.
• 2. Jean² Perrenat (born about 1643, Beaucort, Alsace [France]; died 24 Feb 1704/1705, Beaucort, France).

Comments:

The flag of Alsace.

By all genealogical accounts, Richard Perrenat is the most ancient direct ancestor known for 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. Richard was born about 1611 in Montbouton, Alsace, a Catholic parish in what is now the Franche-Comté region of present day France. When Richard was born, Alsace was still part of the Holy Roman Empire under the administration of the Hapsburgs of Austria. This was before the Thirty Years War, which raged through central Europe from 1618 to 1648, with Alsace as one of its principal battlegrounds. After the war, the Hapsburgs ceded to France whatever claims they had to Alsace in a treaty known as the Peace of Westphalia.

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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