Etienne DeLancey
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Caen
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– November 18, 1741) was a major figure in the life of colonial New York
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. His children continued to wield great influence until the American Revolution
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Born in Caen
Caen
Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....
, France
France
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, on Oct 24, 1663 as Etienne de Lancy, he was the only son of Jacques de Lancy and Marguerite Bertrand. The de Lancy family were minor French nobility ("Noblesse de France Royale") and, despite being of the Huguenot
Huguenot
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faith, served the French Crown as administrators and bureaucrats for over two hundred years.
Jacques De Lancy, ecuyer, was descended from Guy de Lancy, ecuyer, vicomte de Laval et de Nouvion (1432), whose son Jean, succeeding him in 1436, had a son Jean (1470).
