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  ID: 7659
  Name:  Pierre Leignes (M)
  Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1697   Date Deceased: *19-Oct-1772    Age at Death: 75
  Location: Sorèze, Languedoc, France   Location: Amsterdam, NL
Dates preceded by * denote either a christening or burial date.
Parents
  Father: 7673 Elie Leignes (b: <>1670) 
  Mother: 7674 Anne Fabre (b: 16-Jun-1667) 
Spouses / Partners
 7660 Marie Madelaine Rey (b: 8-Oct-1693) (d: 28-Feb-1769) Date Married: 15-Dec-1726 , Waalse Kerk, Groningen
Dates preceded by * indicate the date of a marriage license or " Ondertrouw." in Dutch, and the latter usually issued three weeks prior to the actual ceremony.
Children
  ID    Name    Gender    Birth Date    Birth Place    Deceased    Age     Location 
  7663    Catherine Jeanne Leignes   F   28-Sep-1729   Groningen, NL      
  7661    Paul Jacques Leignes   M   5-Dec-1731   Groningen, NL   18-Nov-1767   36   Emden, Germany
  7662    Marie Madelaine Leignes   F   17-Feb-1733   Groningen, NL   20-Mar-1733   <1   Groningen
  7652    Guillaume Leignes   M   13-Dec-1734   Groningen, NL   23-Apr-1806   72   Amsterdam, NL
Notes
  Pierre Leignes was a Huguenot Refugee from  the town of  Sorèze in Languedoc province. In 1730, he was an Elder of the Walloon church in Groningen, and listed in church records as a "Fabrikant (Manufacturer)" by profession.

Information from Groningen`s archives indicates that Pierre Leignes succeeded Jean La Carrière in a fashion shop that also sold such health and beauty remedies as Sirop de Capilaire a la Fleur d`Orange, in addition to Faber`s Elixer, and other popular potions of that time.

Although it would seem Pierre spent most of his working life in Groningen, he moved with the rest of his family to Amsterdam in his later years, and was buried on 19-Oct-1772 at the cemetery of the Waalsche (or French) Gereformeerde Kerk in Amsterdam.
Sources
  Municipal Archives Groningen, Amsterdam