Marie and Antoine Achard
Horguelin Marie (1700-1784), born in Breslau in Silesia
, daughter of Pierre and Madeleine Horguelin
Head of Hostel, wife in Berlin on November 3 1729
Antoine Achard ((1696-1772), pastor of the church
French Berlin, born in Geneva, son of Abraham
Achard and Anne Pinault.
The French Church in Berlin Werder, 1724.
"We can date the beginnings of the French community in Berlin in the year 1674, the first register of civil status (Kirchenbücher). This is a register of baptisms, marriages and burials of the Church of the Friedrichstadt.
There will be several French Reformed congregations in Berlin, but there will be only one church and presbytery, with a central registry for all parishes. (1)
The three main parishes are those of Friedrichstadt, Dorotheenstadt and Werder.
In 1724, Antoine Achard is appointed pastor of the parish of Werder where he succeeded David Ancillon. Preacher to the Court of Frederick II, he impressed his contemporaries with his oratory. He became a member of the Presbytery in 1738 and senior member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1744. (2) He married Mary
Horguelin in 1729:
"Breslau Married November 3, 1729, Antoine Achard, pastor of Werder, a native of Geneva, son of the late Abraham and Anne Pinault Achard. Horguelin and Mary, a native of Breslau, daughter of Peter and the late Magdalena Horguelin Head of Hostel. " (3)
constitution of an annuity, Paris, 1735.
April 9, 1735, the provost of the merchants and aldermen of Paris are to "Mary Horguelin, aged thirty four years ago, the wife of Antoine Achard, Gospel Minister said that Berlin in Prussia, residing there, eighty pounds a life annuity." (4)
Testament of Mary Horguelin, Berlin, 1783.
his will of 2 August 1783 Horguelin Mary, widow of Antoine Achard, pastor of the church of Bremen, bequeathed to the poor of the French community in Berlin, two houses located respectively Street Margrave (Markgrafen Strasse) and street the French (Französischen Strasse). (5)
Originals
Baptismal Marie Horguelin, Breslau, 1700.
"In the year one thousand seven hundred and twentieth day of April, Mr. Horguelin, merchant of this city, and his wife Magdalena Head of Hostel, father and mother, sent their daughter to Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, for him to receive baptism. She was named Mary. The witnesses of his baptism was a noble Vitrus Mudrach Ferdinand, Sieur hereditary Rathein, Mr. Chrétien Berterman, merchant of that place, and Lady Mary Charlotte wife of Mr. David sauteri, merchant of this city.
That, in having been required attteste on the faith of the said Church Registers which record the names of legitimate children who have been baptized. Is that for confimation of truth, I certify by my signature and affixing my seal. George Henry
Assig, and Senataurou Archdeacon, Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene. A
Breslau, 6 November, one thousand seven hundred thirty four ".
Confirmation N. Wrotestaire
The above excerpt is truly original. The court of St Vincent and the faith that confirmed by the testimony of its common seal that is affixed. In Breslau, as St. Vincent, huytiesme November, one thousand four hundred and thirty in September. Signed Wrotestaire and beside a seal.
Translation Demayne canon.
undersigned priest doctor of theology, canon of St Nicolas du Louvre in Paris, claims to have me Mesme translated into French and Latin and literally, word for word ainsy for more authenticity and accuracy, the extract baptistery cy-Marie Horguelin seal, dubbed as the door said extract in the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene of Breslau in Silesia, April 20 thousand seven hundred.
In faith whereof I have signed this. Done at Paris, 6 December the twenty thousand seven hundred and thirty four. Signed Demayne.
(Arch. national MC/ET/XXXIX/388, minutes Périchon, tontine, 1735)
Constitution annuity Horguelin Marie, Paris, 1735.
"Tontine, April 9, 1735. Before the
Advisors Roy, the Paris notaries Châtelat undersigned, (...)
To provide HM Capital fund and said fourteen hundred sixty three thousand a year, Sir Prevost lesdists Merchants and Aldermen have hereby created, consisting and promise for and on behalf of Her Majesty, ensuring all problems and hindrance whatsoever to Mary Horguelin, aged thirty four years ago, the wife of Antoine Achard, Gospel Minister said that Berlin in Prussia, there remain, absent exempt ( ...) and eighty pounds a life annuity (...)
This constitution made for the sum of nine hundred pounds, which was paid in cash by that lady
Horguelin, in his hands of Sir John of Paris Monmartel, Advisor to the King in his advice of his Treasury Royal Guard, for its release of December 9 last. (...) And to justify
age of that Maiden Horguelin, act (was) presented: his baptismal extract records of baptism of the Church of Mary Magdalene paroissialle of Breslau in Silesia, by the said parish, (...) which issued baptismal certificate November 6 last by said Assig, priest, in Latin, with translation, which was made by Sir Demayne, canon of St. Nicolas du Louvre in Paris, December 6, (...) and have signed. "
(National Archives, MC/ET/XXXIX/388, minutes Périchon, tontine, 1735)
Notes
Achard family in Berlin.
"Family Die in native Dauphiné, including two members, Jean-François and Abraham Refugees in Geneva for religious reasons, were admitted to the bourgeoisie in 1697 and 1699. Abraham's descendants migrated to Prussia where many of them as Anthony and Francis, made a brilliant career as pastors and men of science. "
(Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, Bibl. Swiss national, Berne)
I Achard Abraham, born about 1670 in Dauphiné, clothier based in Geneva, wife Anne Pinault, whose Antoine (1697) and François (1699)
II.1 Antoine Achard, born in Geneva in 1697, philosopher, pastor of the French Church in Berlin-Werder, November 3, 1729 wife Mary Horguelin.
II.2 François Achard, born in Geneva in 1699, Superior Council of Justice French in Berlin. On the accession of Frederick II (1740) he went to France as secretary of the Prussian Legation. Guillaume Achard
III, nephew of Anthony and Francis, pastor in Berlin. He married Margaret Elizabeth Rouppert, including Charles Francis, born in Berlin April 28, 1753. Charles Francis IV
Achard, born in Berlin in 1753, chemist and physicist, director of the Department of Physics, Academy of Sciences in Berlin. He built the first refinery of beet sugar in Europe. Died Kunern in Silesia in 1821.
Extract from a sermon by Antoine Achard.
"It appears that pastors everywhere are struck by the warmth of their religious congregation.
Antoine Achard of Berlin spends a long sermon to the analysis of the phenomenon and wondered how Christians have left everything to preserve their religion, are so hard to miss: And
This place gives me pause for a moment a sort of contradiction found in the lives of some Christians, who, although they seem to have shown zeal, however, can be stored in the class of Warm. I mean those who in times of persecution support gloriously, and God will make up the greatest sacrifices, but after living in this release, and without making any effort to be holy. The phenomenon is quite singular. (...) ".
(Achard, Sermons, Berlin, 1774, p. 278)
Sources
(1) Myriam Yardeni, 'Le Refuge Huguenot, "Paris, 2002, page 128th
(2) Erman, "Memoires historiques sur la fondation de l'église française de Berlin", Berlin, 1772, page 63rd wallon
(3) Bibliothèque du Protestantisme, Fichier, Achard, 1729th
(4) National Antiquities, MC/ET/XXXIX/388, minutes Perichon, 1735th
(5) Berlin Chronicle with facts from eight centuries, 2 August 1783, WEB 2003rd
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