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| Birth: | 11 Dec 1675 in LaRochelle, Franorth Carolinae, France |
| Death: | 1718 in Fauquier co.,VA |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Michael Mauzy b. About 1650 in France |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Blanchard |
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| Christening: 11 Dec 1675 Mauze, LaRochelle, Carente-Maritim Franorth Carolinae, rance. |
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Individual:
So far as is known, all the Mauzy's of this country have descended from a single ancestor, Henry Mauzy, a French Protestant or Huguenot, who to escape Catholic persecution, fled from France shortly after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, and he descended from a noble ancestry, as is evidenced by the Coat of arms of the family, an armorial device, which was embroidered and worn on the coat outside of the armor by the knights and great barons of the Middle Ages. Originally, the term, "Coat of arms" embraced the coat as well as the device, but in modern heraldry it means the armorial device simply, and that embroidered on satin pillow cased (the work and gift of his mother) and a silver cup, an heirloom in the family, and his bible, he took with him when he made his escape to England concealed in a hogshead in the hold of a vessel.
The immediate family of which he was a member was one of prominence and of zealous Protestantism, and was consequently under vigilant espionage, and hence had a trap-door in the floor under which they concealed their bible when not in use. Whilst one would read the bible in their daily devotions, another would watch to announce the approach of any one and in such event the bible was instantly put beneath the trap-door.
In Foote's History of the Huguenots, pages 577 and 578, in speaking of the Mauzy family, he says: "Henry Mauze fled from France in 1685. Tradition has preserved too little concerning the condition and residence of his ancestors. It is known, however, that a Huguenot minister by the name of Mauzy left France in the same vessel that conveyed James Fountaine to England. It is also known that the parents of Henry Mauzy were accustomed to read the bible daily with one of the family on watch for the approach of anyone who might give information, bringing them under the penalty of the severe laws: and, in case of danger, the bible was placed in it's hiding place under the trap-door. Henry Mauzy, like the little Night Cap, left France in a hogshead labeled as merchandise, and thus escaped the search made for fugitives."
As he was a zealous young Protestant minister, (presumable Presbyterian, as the chief contest at that time was between the Catholics and Presbyterians) he was specially liable to be severely persecuted, and hence he adopted an unusual and very secretive mode of making his escape.
As he possessed the silver cup heirloom, which descended to the youngest son, we presume he was the Benjamin of the family, and as Benjamin, the son of Jacob, became the head of a tribe of Isreal, so he was destined to become the head of the numerous families of Mauzy's in the New World.
At the time of the sale of the property of Henry Mauzy, of Fauquier County, Va. to the universal regret of the family, this silver cup disappeared, and who got possession of it is unknown. But for this it would have become the property of Col. Joseph Mauzy of the McGaheysville, Rockingham County, Va, as he was the youngest son of Henry Mauzy.
From England, Henry Mauzy came to this country, landing, it is supposed, at the port of Charleston, S. C., whence he came to Virginia and settled first in Stafford County, where he was a planter.
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Individuals from other files that are believed to be the same person:
 John Henry Mauzy | of Cook _ Related Families |
| John Henry Mauzy | of Cook _ Related Families |
| John Henry Mauzy | of Fidler, Newton, Cook, Horner & Families |
| John Henry Mauzy | of FIDLER, NEWTON, COOK, HORNER |
| John Henry Mauzy | of Fidler, Newton, Cook, Horner & Allied |
| John Henry Mauzy | of Sanders in WV and VA |
| John Mauzy | of Hayden Family Genealogy |
| John Mauzy | of Jason's Research 2006 |
| John Mauzy | of Jason's Research January 2007 |
| John Mauzy | of Jason's Research July 2007 |
| John Henry Mauzy | of Harris and Hyser |
| Jean Henry Mauzy | of Taylor Ancestors-Descendants |
| John Mauzy | of Ancestors of Scott Nicholson |
| John Mauzy | of Manchester Ancestors |
| John MAUZY | of CParr file |
| John Mauzy | of Hamiltons, Bucks, and Stewarts |
| John Mauzy | of Stephen Hamilton |
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