Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt was the daughter of Francois Alexandre de Valcourt and Margaret Hermange Gold. Her grandfather, Sieur Jean Baptiste Gallopin, served as a financial minister for King Louis XV of France. Sieur Jean Baptiste Gallopin, who was born on December 24, 1718, was ennobled by Louis XV in 1770 and received the surname de Valcourt. He had a home in Paris in the Montmarte section. Their son Francois Alexandre de Valcourt, the father of Martha de Valcourt Piatt, was born in Paris on July 2, 1760. Francis Alexandre de Valcourt left France during the revolution and settled in Baltimore Maryland. Francois Alexandre de Valcourt and Margaret Hermange, her parents, were married in Baltimore, Maryland in St. Peter's Church on July 18, 1794. The Francois Alexandre de Valcourt family later emigrated to New Iberia, Louisiana. The children of Francois Alexandre de Valcourt (1760-1833) and Margaret Hermange Gold (1770-1850):
Alexander Joseph de Valcourt (1795-1879)
Theodore Jean de Valcourt (1796-1847)
Caroline Hermange de Valcourt (1801-1864)
Thomas Samuel de Valcourt (1802-1832)
John W de Valcourt (1809-1863)
Martha Eugenia de Valcourt (1813-1903)
Martha Eugenia de Valcourt married Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr. son of Benjamin McCullough Piatt and Elizabeth Barnett, on 29 August 1837 at the first St. Peter's Cathedral in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH which was later replaced by St. Francis Xavier Church. The old wooden church which was replaced by the present cathedral adjoined the fine brick residence of her father in law. Her husband lived there as a child. It is now a parking lot. Most of Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's younger years were spent in the "Teche" country of Louisiana. She married Jacob Wycoff Piatt, Sr. who was a Cincinnati attorney and noted orator. He became wealthy by way of his legal practice and real estate ivestments. After marriage, Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's summers were spent at the Piatt Homestead called Federal Hall in Boone County, Kentucky. The stone mansion was one of the first of its kind erected in the state. She left to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren many interesting relics of earlier days and other countries including documents signed by Louis XIV of France and some of General Washington's mahogany furniture, silverware and laces. Federal Hall is located near the Piatt Cemetery Piatt Cemetery: 500553; Latitude 390534N; Longitude 0844942W; Elevation 626. Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's heart was loyal to the North, and she had many thrilling adventures in Kentucky during the Civil War. One of the memorable occasions was when she raised the stars and stripes to the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" over the grave of Colonel Jacob Piatt at the Piatt Cemetery at the Federal Hall Plantation in Kentucky. Colonel Jacob Piatt, was her husband's grandafather who had fought with Washington in the Revolution. Her actions were considered audacious in a Southern state at that time. The children of Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt and Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr.:
Laura E. Piatt (1839-1840)
Mary Arabella Piatt Carroll (1841-1932)
Benjamin Mahlon Piatt (b. 1845)
Charles de Valcourt Piatt (1846-1932)
Margaret Theodora Piatt (1847-1850)
Eugenia Piatt (1849-1879)
Adele Louise Piatt Bonner (1852-1902)
Jacob Wykoff Piatt Jr. (1854-1895)
Edward Courtney Piatt (1858-1894)
CHARLES de VALCOURT PIATT, SR. (1846-1932); Find A Grave Memorial #23213195 husband of KATHERINE NOLAN PIATT (1850-1919); Find A Grave Memorial #23213235; their son:
CHARLES de VALCOURT PIATT, JR; (1876-1951); Find A Grave Memorial #23213165
JACOB WYKOFF PIATT, JR; (1854-1895); Find A Grave Memorial #29715665.
Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr.'s first wife was Caroline Dickerson Canfield; Find A Grave Memorial# 95712314. She was born on October 3, 1804 and died on February 6, 1830. She is buried in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey. Jacob Wykoff Piatt and Caroline Canfield were married on 29 August 1826. Their children; Juliet E Piatt Shoemaker; Find A Grave Memorial #18421658 was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 September 1827 and Caroline Canfield Piatt Morris; Find A Grave Memorial #69174489 was born in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey on 4 July 1829. Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr. was named in honor of his grandfather Colonel Jacob Piatt's only half brother Jacob Wykoff.
JACOB WYCKOFF PIATT, SR., on April 1, 1853, established the Cincinnati Fire Department. It was the first full-time paid professional fire department in the United States and the first in the world to use steam fire engines. But it was by no means an easy task. He became so unpopular to the bulk of the community in his vigorous and solitary opposition for years to the volunteer system that it was found necessary for the police to guard him to and from the council chamber, where he continually spoke against it. He was at one time mobbed, and burned in effigy before his own door by the volunteer firemen and their supporters. When the Latta steam fire-engine was invented in Cincinnati, a committee was appointed by the city council, with Mr. Piatt as chairman, to devise means for its use. He insisted on placing Miles Greenwood, a prominent mechanic and founder, who had long been at the head of the volunteer fire department, in charge of the new machine, for the sake, no doubt, of producing harmony in the then divided state of public opinion. Mr. Greenwood accepted the office and through his personal popularity and practical knowledge of mechanics, made the machine a success.
SOURCES:
Piatt Family Bible: The Holy Bible: Baltimore, published by Fielding Lucas Jr. No 138 Market St. Originally owned by Jacob W Piatt, now (1962) in the possession of Mrs. Schuyler T Lockwood, Covington. Copied 1962 by Mrs. John P Lockwood, Boone Co Chapter DAR in Florence Ky. Published in the Kentucky Bible Records Volume I in 1962.
M. V. Woodrough September 2002 website
The Tribe of Jacob Piatt, N. Louise Lodge, 1934.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 Virtualology
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Alexander Joseph de Valcourt (1795-1879)
Theodore Jean de Valcourt (1796-1847)
Caroline Hermange de Valcourt (1801-1864)
Thomas Samuel de Valcourt (1802-1832)
John W de Valcourt (1809-1863)
Martha Eugenia de Valcourt (1813-1903)
Martha Eugenia de Valcourt married Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr. son of Benjamin McCullough Piatt and Elizabeth Barnett, on 29 August 1837 at the first St. Peter's Cathedral in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH which was later replaced by St. Francis Xavier Church. The old wooden church which was replaced by the present cathedral adjoined the fine brick residence of her father in law. Her husband lived there as a child. It is now a parking lot. Most of Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's younger years were spent in the "Teche" country of Louisiana. She married Jacob Wycoff Piatt, Sr. who was a Cincinnati attorney and noted orator. He became wealthy by way of his legal practice and real estate ivestments. After marriage, Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's summers were spent at the Piatt Homestead called Federal Hall in Boone County, Kentucky. The stone mansion was one of the first of its kind erected in the state. She left to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren many interesting relics of earlier days and other countries including documents signed by Louis XIV of France and some of General Washington's mahogany furniture, silverware and laces. Federal Hall is located near the Piatt Cemetery Piatt Cemetery: 500553; Latitude 390534N; Longitude 0844942W; Elevation 626. Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's heart was loyal to the North, and she had many thrilling adventures in Kentucky during the Civil War. One of the memorable occasions was when she raised the stars and stripes to the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" over the grave of Colonel Jacob Piatt at the Piatt Cemetery at the Federal Hall Plantation in Kentucky. Colonel Jacob Piatt, was her husband's grandafather who had fought with Washington in the Revolution. Her actions were considered audacious in a Southern state at that time. The children of Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt and Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr.:
Laura E. Piatt (1839-1840)
Mary Arabella Piatt Carroll (1841-1932)
Benjamin Mahlon Piatt (b. 1845)
Charles de Valcourt Piatt (1846-1932)
Margaret Theodora Piatt (1847-1850)
Eugenia Piatt (1849-1879)
Adele Louise Piatt Bonner (1852-1902)
Jacob Wykoff Piatt Jr. (1854-1895)
Edward Courtney Piatt (1858-1894)
CHARLES de VALCOURT PIATT, SR. (1846-1932); Find A Grave Memorial #23213195 husband of KATHERINE NOLAN PIATT (1850-1919); Find A Grave Memorial #23213235; their son:
CHARLES de VALCOURT PIATT, JR; (1876-1951); Find A Grave Memorial #23213165
JACOB WYKOFF PIATT, JR; (1854-1895); Find A Grave Memorial #29715665.
Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr.'s first wife was Caroline Dickerson Canfield; Find A Grave Memorial# 95712314. She was born on October 3, 1804 and died on February 6, 1830. She is buried in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey. Jacob Wykoff Piatt and Caroline Canfield were married on 29 August 1826. Their children; Juliet E Piatt Shoemaker; Find A Grave Memorial #18421658 was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 September 1827 and Caroline Canfield Piatt Morris; Find A Grave Memorial #69174489 was born in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey on 4 July 1829. Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr. was named in honor of his grandfather Colonel Jacob Piatt's only half brother Jacob Wykoff.
JACOB WYCKOFF PIATT, SR., on April 1, 1853, established the Cincinnati Fire Department. It was the first full-time paid professional fire department in the United States and the first in the world to use steam fire engines. But it was by no means an easy task. He became so unpopular to the bulk of the community in his vigorous and solitary opposition for years to the volunteer system that it was found necessary for the police to guard him to and from the council chamber, where he continually spoke against it. He was at one time mobbed, and burned in effigy before his own door by the volunteer firemen and their supporters. When the Latta steam fire-engine was invented in Cincinnati, a committee was appointed by the city council, with Mr. Piatt as chairman, to devise means for its use. He insisted on placing Miles Greenwood, a prominent mechanic and founder, who had long been at the head of the volunteer fire department, in charge of the new machine, for the sake, no doubt, of producing harmony in the then divided state of public opinion. Mr. Greenwood accepted the office and through his personal popularity and practical knowledge of mechanics, made the machine a success.
SOURCES:
Piatt Family Bible: The Holy Bible: Baltimore, published by Fielding Lucas Jr. No 138 Market St. Originally owned by Jacob W Piatt, now (1962) in the possession of Mrs. Schuyler T Lockwood, Covington. Copied 1962 by Mrs. John P Lockwood, Boone Co Chapter DAR in Florence Ky. Published in the Kentucky Bible Records Volume I in 1962.
M. V. Woodrough September 2002 website
The Tribe of Jacob Piatt, N. Louise Lodge, 1934.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 Virtualology
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Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt was the daughter of Francois Alexandre de Valcourt and Margaret Hermange Gold. Her grandfather, Sieur Jean Baptiste Gallopin, served as a financial minister for King Louis XV of France. Sieur Jean Baptiste Gallopin, who was born on December 24, 1718, was ennobled by Louis XV in 1770 and received the surname de Valcourt. He had a home in Paris in the Montmarte section. Their son Francois Alexandre de Valcourt, the father of Martha de Valcourt Piatt, was born in Paris on July 2, 1760. Francis Alexandre de Valcourt left France during the revolution and settled in Baltimore Maryland. Francois Alexandre de Valcourt and Margaret Hermange, her parents, were married in Baltimore, Maryland in St. Peter's Church on July 18, 1794. The Francois Alexandre de Valcourt family later emigrated to New Iberia, Louisiana. The children of Francois Alexandre de Valcourt (1760-1833) and Margaret Hermange Gold (1770-1850):
Alexander Joseph de Valcourt (1795-1879)
Theodore Jean de Valcourt (1796-1847)
Caroline Hermange de Valcourt (1801-1864)
Thomas Samuel de Valcourt (1802-1832)
John W de Valcourt (1809-1863)
Martha Eugenia de Valcourt (1813-1903)
Martha Eugenia de Valcourt married Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr. son of Benjamin McCullough Piatt and Elizabeth Barnett, on 29 August 1837 at the first St. Peter's Cathedral in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH which was later replaced by St. Francis Xavier Church. The old wooden church which was replaced by the present cathedral adjoined the fine brick residence of her father in law. Her husband lived there as a child. It is now a parking lot. Most of Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's younger years were spent in the "Teche" country of Louisiana. She married Jacob Wycoff Piatt, Sr. who was a Cincinnati attorney and noted orator. He became wealthy by way of his legal practice and real estate ivestments. After marriage, Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's summers were spent at the Piatt Homestead called Federal Hall in Boone County, Kentucky. The stone mansion was one of the first of its kind erected in the state. She left to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren many interesting relics of earlier days and other countries including documents signed by Louis XIV of France and some of General Washington's mahogany furniture, silverware and laces. Federal Hall is located near the Piatt Cemetery Piatt Cemetery: 500553; Latitude 390534N; Longitude 0844942W; Elevation 626. Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's heart was loyal to the North, and she had many thrilling adventures in Kentucky during the Civil War. One of the memorable occasions was when she raised the stars and stripes to the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" over the grave of Colonel Jacob Piatt at the Piatt Cemetery at the Federal Hall Plantation in Kentucky. Colonel Jacob Piatt, was her husband's grandafather who had fought with Washington in the Revolution. Her actions were considered audacious in a Southern state at that time. The children of Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt and Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr.:
Laura E. Piatt (1839-1840)
Mary Arabella Piatt Carroll (1841-1932)
Benjamin Mahlon Piatt (b. 1845)
Charles de Valcourt Piatt (1846-1932)
Margaret Theodora Piatt (1847-1850)
Eugenia Piatt (1849-1879)
Adele Louise Piatt Bonner (1852-1902)
Jacob Wykoff Piatt Jr. (1854-1895)
Edward Courtney Piatt (1858-1894)
CHARLES de VALCOURT PIATT, SR. (1846-1932); Find A Grave Memorial #23213195 husband of KATHERINE NOLAN PIATT (1850-1919); Find A Grave Memorial #23213235; their son:
CHARLES de VALCOURT PIATT, JR; (1876-1951); Find A Grave Memorial #23213165
JACOB WYKOFF PIATT, JR; (1854-1895); Find A Grave Memorial #29715665.
Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr.'s first wife was Caroline Dickerson Canfield; Find A Grave Memorial# 95712314. She was born on October 3, 1804 and died on February 6, 1830. She is buried in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey. Jacob Wykoff Piatt and Caroline Canfield were married on 29 August 1826. Their children; Juliet E Piatt Shoemaker; Find A Grave Memorial #18421658 was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 September 1827 and Caroline Canfield Piatt Morris; Find A Grave Memorial #69174489 was born in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey on 4 July 1829. Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr. was named in honor of his grandfather Colonel Jacob Piatt's only half brother Jacob Wykoff.
JACOB WYCKOFF PIATT, SR., on April 1, 1853, established the Cincinnati Fire Department. It was the first full-time paid professional fire department in the United States and the first in the world to use steam fire engines. But it was by no means an easy task. He became so unpopular to the bulk of the community in his vigorous and solitary opposition for years to the volunteer system that it was found necessary for the police to guard him to and from the council chamber, where he continually spoke against it. He was at one time mobbed, and burned in effigy before his own door by the volunteer firemen and their supporters. When the Latta steam fire-engine was invented in Cincinnati, a committee was appointed by the city council, with Mr. Piatt as chairman, to devise means for its use. He insisted on placing Miles Greenwood, a prominent mechanic and founder, who had long been at the head of the volunteer fire department, in charge of the new machine, for the sake, no doubt, of producing harmony in the then divided state of public opinion. Mr. Greenwood accepted the office and through his personal popularity and practical knowledge of mechanics, made the machine a success.
SOURCES:
Piatt Family Bible: The Holy Bible: Baltimore, published by Fielding Lucas Jr. No 138 Market St. Originally owned by Jacob W Piatt, now (1962) in the possession of Mrs. Schuyler T Lockwood, Covington. Copied 1962 by Mrs. John P Lockwood, Boone Co Chapter DAR in Florence Ky. Published in the Kentucky Bible Records Volume I in 1962.
M. V. Woodrough September 2002 website
The Tribe of Jacob Piatt, N. Louise Lodge, 1934.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 Virtualology
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Alexander Joseph de Valcourt (1795-1879)
Theodore Jean de Valcourt (1796-1847)
Caroline Hermange de Valcourt (1801-1864)
Thomas Samuel de Valcourt (1802-1832)
John W de Valcourt (1809-1863)
Martha Eugenia de Valcourt (1813-1903)
Martha Eugenia de Valcourt married Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr. son of Benjamin McCullough Piatt and Elizabeth Barnett, on 29 August 1837 at the first St. Peter's Cathedral in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH which was later replaced by St. Francis Xavier Church. The old wooden church which was replaced by the present cathedral adjoined the fine brick residence of her father in law. Her husband lived there as a child. It is now a parking lot. Most of Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's younger years were spent in the "Teche" country of Louisiana. She married Jacob Wycoff Piatt, Sr. who was a Cincinnati attorney and noted orator. He became wealthy by way of his legal practice and real estate ivestments. After marriage, Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's summers were spent at the Piatt Homestead called Federal Hall in Boone County, Kentucky. The stone mansion was one of the first of its kind erected in the state. She left to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren many interesting relics of earlier days and other countries including documents signed by Louis XIV of France and some of General Washington's mahogany furniture, silverware and laces. Federal Hall is located near the Piatt Cemetery Piatt Cemetery: 500553; Latitude 390534N; Longitude 0844942W; Elevation 626. Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt's heart was loyal to the North, and she had many thrilling adventures in Kentucky during the Civil War. One of the memorable occasions was when she raised the stars and stripes to the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" over the grave of Colonel Jacob Piatt at the Piatt Cemetery at the Federal Hall Plantation in Kentucky. Colonel Jacob Piatt, was her husband's grandafather who had fought with Washington in the Revolution. Her actions were considered audacious in a Southern state at that time. The children of Martha Eugenia de Valcourt Piatt and Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr.:
Laura E. Piatt (1839-1840)
Mary Arabella Piatt Carroll (1841-1932)
Benjamin Mahlon Piatt (b. 1845)
Charles de Valcourt Piatt (1846-1932)
Margaret Theodora Piatt (1847-1850)
Eugenia Piatt (1849-1879)
Adele Louise Piatt Bonner (1852-1902)
Jacob Wykoff Piatt Jr. (1854-1895)
Edward Courtney Piatt (1858-1894)
CHARLES de VALCOURT PIATT, SR. (1846-1932); Find A Grave Memorial #23213195 husband of KATHERINE NOLAN PIATT (1850-1919); Find A Grave Memorial #23213235; their son:
CHARLES de VALCOURT PIATT, JR; (1876-1951); Find A Grave Memorial #23213165
JACOB WYKOFF PIATT, JR; (1854-1895); Find A Grave Memorial #29715665.
Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr.'s first wife was Caroline Dickerson Canfield; Find A Grave Memorial# 95712314. She was born on October 3, 1804 and died on February 6, 1830. She is buried in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey. Jacob Wykoff Piatt and Caroline Canfield were married on 29 August 1826. Their children; Juliet E Piatt Shoemaker; Find A Grave Memorial #18421658 was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 September 1827 and Caroline Canfield Piatt Morris; Find A Grave Memorial #69174489 was born in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey on 4 July 1829. Jacob Wykoff Piatt, Sr. was named in honor of his grandfather Colonel Jacob Piatt's only half brother Jacob Wykoff.
JACOB WYCKOFF PIATT, SR., on April 1, 1853, established the Cincinnati Fire Department. It was the first full-time paid professional fire department in the United States and the first in the world to use steam fire engines. But it was by no means an easy task. He became so unpopular to the bulk of the community in his vigorous and solitary opposition for years to the volunteer system that it was found necessary for the police to guard him to and from the council chamber, where he continually spoke against it. He was at one time mobbed, and burned in effigy before his own door by the volunteer firemen and their supporters. When the Latta steam fire-engine was invented in Cincinnati, a committee was appointed by the city council, with Mr. Piatt as chairman, to devise means for its use. He insisted on placing Miles Greenwood, a prominent mechanic and founder, who had long been at the head of the volunteer fire department, in charge of the new machine, for the sake, no doubt, of producing harmony in the then divided state of public opinion. Mr. Greenwood accepted the office and through his personal popularity and practical knowledge of mechanics, made the machine a success.
SOURCES:
Piatt Family Bible: The Holy Bible: Baltimore, published by Fielding Lucas Jr. No 138 Market St. Originally owned by Jacob W Piatt, now (1962) in the possession of Mrs. Schuyler T Lockwood, Covington. Copied 1962 by Mrs. John P Lockwood, Boone Co Chapter DAR in Florence Ky. Published in the Kentucky Bible Records Volume I in 1962.
M. V. Woodrough September 2002 website
The Tribe of Jacob Piatt, N. Louise Lodge, 1934.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 Virtualology
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