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   Vincent Rongnion was born on 2 Mar 1645 near the city of Poitiers in the Province of Poitou, France. His parents are unknown. He came in 1668 to the Isle of Jersey, He first settled in Elizabeth Town where he was a Carpenter; He married Anne Bouchierre, [1] originally French. who later lived in England.[2] They had the following children: [3]
   
   John Vincent (Runyon) Runion,
   Vincent Runyon,
   Thomas Derrick Runyan,
   Mary (Runyon) Drake,
   Peter Runyon,
   Anne Elizabeth (Runyon) Leonard and
   Sarah (Runyon) Sutton
   Vincent Rongnion was a French Huguenot. They were French Protestants who in the seventeenth century were engaged in religious wars with the dominant Catholics, and were the followers of John Calvin. The Huguenots were always a minority in France, but powerful with their strength centered in the southwestern part of the country. After Charles II of England was restored to the throne, he rewarded Lord Phillip Carteret, who had remained loyal to the Stuarts, and in his position as commander of the forces on the Isle of Jersey (Island off the coast of France where Huguenots went to escape the religious strife in their native land.), had offered refuge to the Prince. Charles' brother, the Duke of York, gave what is now New Jersey to Carteret and a fellow loyalist, Lord Berkeley.
   
   Phillip Carteret as the new Governor of New Jersey went to America in 1665 and several Huguenots from the Isle of Jersey accompanied him. That same year, he went back to Europe and returned in 1666, bringing more immigrants with him. It is believed that Vincent Rongnion came to America from the Isle Of Jersey, with Phillip Carteret on a ship named the "Phillip", however his name has not as of this date been documented from records relating to the ship "Phillip". The "Phillip" was commissioned to support Phillip Carteret, the newly appointed governor of East Jersey, and was reportedly named after him. It brought Carteret and a number of French craftsmen to Elizabethtown, East Jersey, on or about 28 July 1665.
   
   Vincent Rongnion first arrived at Elizabethtown, New Jersey between 1665 and 1668. He married Ann Martha Boucher at Elizabethtown on June 28, 1668, the marriage license given by Phillip Carteret.
   
   Vincent "Rongnion" received a license to marry Anna "Boutcher" dated 31 Jun 1668.[4]
   
   On March 20,1671-2 he purchased property from Francis Barber in Elizabethtown, the deed of sale stating "Francis Barber of Elizabethtown, planter, sells to Vincent Ronyon, 40 rods long by 16 rods wide, on the south side of the house lot of George Pack, fronting on the highway ...". Note the spelling of Vincent's name, three (3) years after his marriage it was already being americanized.
   
   The stern Puritan element predominated in Elizabethtown, which made life unpleasant for Vincent, and he disposed of his property there and moved to the Baptist community, at Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. In the spring of 1677, he purchased a farm of 154 1/2 acres on the Raritan River where he raised his family. Besides carpentry he also engaged in farming. Vincent died on 11 Nov 1713 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey. He was buried at the Old Baptist Cemetery, Piscataway, Middlesex Co, New Jersey where the rest of his family also rests.[5]
   
   Vicent Rongnion, Hugyenot, most strikingly illustrates the French Protestant origins, the religious schism in France, and the expatriation sacrifices, and the struggle for human freedom in a new enviornment, with meritorious distinction, which gave vital effect to and influence upon the new civilization in a new world. He was the sole head of a new race, whose progeny with every French attribute, intermarried and diffused itself through thousands of early New Jersy people. [6]
   Vincent died 11 Nov 1713 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey Colony. He left no will, and letters of administration were "granted to his widow Martha Rugnion" on 5 December 1713.[7]

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Historische gebeurtenissen

• Geboortedag 2 maart 1645
• Trouwdag 17 juli 1668
• Dag van overlijden 11 november 1713

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• Ook overleden op 11 november

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