Hévin (Jean)
- fl. c. 1537
great-grandfather of lawyer Pierre Hévin (d. 1692, the third of his name), possibly of Irish or Scottish ancestry. According to the latter’s biographer Poullain-Duparc, who had access to certain family records (anciens mémoires), Jean belonged to a noble Irish family and arrived in Arras in 1537, after which he married Marguerite Morieux.
See also references for related subjects.
Vétault, Alphonse [et al.], Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France: Départements, vol. 24, Paris, 1894.
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Saulnier, Frédéric, “Pierre Hévin et sa famille à Rennes (1620-1775): notice généalogique”, Bulletin et mémoires de la Société archéologique du département d'Ille-et-Vilaine 14 (année 1879, 1880): 287–305.
