ABSTRACT
Jane Vacherot was married to Launcelot le Moine, a notary of the Chatelet at Paris; in 1645, Launcelot le Moine made his will, in which he named his wife the sole guardian of his three sons, Peter, James, and Louis, and died in January 1649. The mother became guardian of the boys, to whom she gave such an education as was suitable to their circumstances. She had several farms in the neighbourhood of Vernon; and, as there were considerable arrears of rent due from her tenants, and other affairs which required her presence, she went thither in September 1654, carrying her youngest son Louis with her, and leaving the other two, Peter who was fourteen, and James who was about ten, under the care of her mother and a female servant. The unhappy mother, overwhelmed with grief and consternation, flew from place to place, entreating every body she met to assist her in finding her children.
