_Johannes GACHET ____
| (1360 - 1428)
_Petrus GACHET ______|
| (1380 - 1450) m 1409|
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_Perrodi GACHET _____|
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| | _Johannes CROSTEL ___+
| | | (1372 - 1450)
| |_Francesca CROSTEL __|
| (1392 - 1450) m 1409|
| |_____________________
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|--Nicoletus GACHET
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_Nicoletus GACHET ___|
| (1371 - 1416) |
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_Roletus GACHET _____|
| (1391 - 1450) |
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|--Nicoletus GACHET
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|_Katherina _____ ____|
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Cited in 1416 (Pierre de Treyvaux, notary at Payerne) as the late father of Roletus Gachet of Villars en Vully, this attribution repeated in 1450 in a document relating to a dispute over property held jointly with heirs of Johannes Gachet, who would be about the same generation as Nicoletus. It is possible they were brothers, otherwise it is unlikely that the dispute would have gone on so long and still involve so few people.
Document of Jean de Trevaux, notary at Payerne, dated 01 may 1475, has Petrus Gaschet filius quondam Nicolleti Gaschet burg. paterniaci selling to Jean Innens. However, "Petrus" is lined out, and "franciscus" written in the margin in the same hand. Just a few pages earlier (fol. 51), a complex document identifies Marguerite Gachet wife of Rodulphus Prouz as the daughter of the late Petrus Gachet and also as the sister of Nicolletus Gachet.
The name of the (first?) wife of Nicolletus Gachet is also given, though abbreviated. We think the name is intended to be Mermete (the "er" in the first syllable is represented by a hook above the initial "m"). There is also mention of the wife of Nicolletus' son Franciscus (Jaqueta sister of Bartholemée Chalon) in the same document, but the text is difficult to decipher. Others reached the same conclusion, as the Chalon line, with this connection included, has been documented in research for descendant Ezra Taft Benson, 13th President of the LDS Church (his grandmother was from the Ballif family that converted to Mormonism early and left Lausanne in time to join the early migrations to Salt Lake City).
Our Nicolletus Gachet is mentioned in a number of documents of Jean Belin (notary at Payerne, the surviving register covers 1430-1459, much of it in tatters and damaged by water) and Nicod Mareschet (the register covers 1431-1439, most records relating to residents of Villars-en-Vully). A partage of sorts, dated 28 dec 1450, involves Nicoletus Gachet son of the late Petrus Gachet bourgeois of Payerne of the first part and Johannes and Nicoletus Gachet sons of Rolet Gachet of Villard en Vuilliez of the second part. Even earlier, 1430, Petrus Gachet is identified as a notary of Payerne and appears to own property jointly with Rolet Gachet. The latter has wife Katherina and son Johannes whose wife is Antonia. Nicoletus son of Petrus sells property on his own as early as 1442, but still appears to sell with approval of his father in 1434. From this we infer that Nicoletus was born after 1409, so that he had not yet reached the age of 25 in 1434. This is consistent with his reported birth date. Rolet is probably the same person identified as the son of the late Nycoletus Gaschet of Villars-en-Vullie in a document recorded by Pierre de Treyvaux, 29 jun 1416.
The partage of 1450 is actually the resolution of a dispute between Nicoletus Gachet and the family of Rolet Gachet over property that Nicoletus claims from the estate of his grandfather, Johannes Gachet. Nicoletus also identifies his father and mother, her father, and other family members. Unfortunately, the relationship between Nicoletus and Rolet has not yet surfaced, though it could be in some part of the document that has not yet been deciphered. The resolution of the dispute, faded and heavily abbreviated, has also not been deciphered.
The simplest interpretation is that Rolet and Petrus (bourgeois de Payerne, notary in 1430) were cousins, in which case Rolet's father Nycoletus would be the brother of Johannes, who was the father of Petrus. The long-running dispute over the division of property at Villars-en-Vully has the effect of tying together several generations of this family, proving that the family at Villars is the same one known at Payerne. If tax records (terriers) at Villars still exist from this period, they might reveal the name of the presumed father of Nycoletus and Johannes.
Nicolletus Gaschet seems to be the same person who is described in the following passage, attributed to Marcel Henchoz and Arnold Gachet, in the Saaner Jahrbuch of 1973, in the course of an article by Ulrich Christian Haldi. Although some of the statements in this article are obviously incorrect and confused (possibly reflecting what Arnold Gachet had gleaned from inspection of family papers in possession of Adèle Peyron-Gatschet, the last known representative of the branch of Bern), this one seems clear:
"Vers la fin du 18me siècle, Nicolas Gachet [1736-1817, the painter and genealogist] a pu se recueillir dans la chapelle Gachet de l'église paroissiale de Payerne devant les dalles funéraires de ses ancêtres. Suivant une note du dossier Gachet aux Archives de la Ville de Payerne, c'est là que se trouvait le tombeau de Nicolas Gachet, né en 1418, Avoyer de Payerne, mort en 1468. La charge atteste que la famille était là depuis un certain temps déjà et que son niveau social était reconnu.
"Toutes ces pierres tombales ont disparu vers 1817, moment où le colonel de Dompierre, archéologue cantonal, fit transporter dans la chapelle Gachet (branche payernoise éteinte en 1812) ce que l'on pensait être les restes de la Reine Berthe de Bourgogne."
Thus the legend of Queen Berthe has resulted in the loss of real historical artifacts!
There are even more layers of ambiguity in the story of Queen Berthe. The tomb excavated by Col. de Dompierre was in the narthex of the final Abbey. Later excavations revealed the outlines of the much smaller first church on the same site, the one that would have existed at the time of Berthe's death in 961. In the center of the nave of the first church is an isolated burial, logically the true resting place of Berthe from the contemporary sources, but this part of the Abbey was turned into a bell foundry in the 17th Century, and the burial had been opened and emptied. An analysis of the bone fragments apparently associated with this burial revealed the presence of remains from at least 6 individuals, of which only a handful could be assigned to an adult female. Thus, the monument to Queen Berthe does not even contain her remains, but rather those of someone else buried much later in the narthex of the present Abbey!
The discovery that the "testament" of Berthe, of which two different versions are known, was a forgery was announced first by Victor van Berchem in 1905 at a meeting of the Société d'histoire de la Suisse romande. The first published notices to this effect followed shortly. There were a number of attempts to rationalize—perhaps the versions we possess today are simply imperfect copies of a real donation—but eventually the scope of the fraud was accepted. By the 1920's, it was clear to almost everyone that the testament and related forgeries from the 12th Century served the purpose of asserting the right of the monks of Payerne to elect their own leaders. The documents contain a number of anachronisms, and bear an impossible date, since other records show that Berthe had died shortly before the "testament" was supposed to have been dictated.
A notable exception to the 20th Century consensus on the authenticity of the supposed "testament" of Queen Berthe was Charles-Albert Cingria, whose La Reine Berthe (1947) has been reprinted (1992, Lausanne: Editions L'Age d'Homme). Cingria apparently subscribed to the belief that truth is beauty, and beauty, truth, and that therefore, the most beautiful version of the story must be the one that we should regard as true in a deep and meaningfully poetic sense.
Edmond Ischi, president of the Association du Vieux Payerne, reports that no inscriptions can be found in the "chapelle Gachet" in the parish church of Payerne today, apart from the family arms at the top of the vaulted ceiling. The church still has inscriptions and other artifacts from some of the other old families of Payerne, and a picture of a window with the Gachet arms (now removed from the church, and its whereabouts currently uncertain) was published in Galbreath's Armorial Vaudois.
A pedigree chart of the Gachet family drawn by Charles-Philippe Dumont is in the collections of the ACV. It gives the wife of our Nicoletus as Anne, daughter of Willelme de Villarzel and Guillette (Guillermette?) de Montricher. However, it appears that the "generations" on this chart are approximate, at best, and the well-documented parentage of Jean Amey Gachet and his brothers does not appear at all. The generation prior to our Nicoletus is represented only by Humbert, donzel, who died in 1416, with his wife Jeanne, daughter of Antoine de Combremont and Jeanne de Faucigny. From the documents already presented above, it is clear that Humbert is not the father of our Nicoletus, unless there were actually two men named Nicolas Gachet, one involved in the dispute over property at Villars-en-Vully, the other the Avoyer de Payerne who died in 1468. Here too, investigation of property tax records, if they exist, might be helpful. We think it likely that Dumont based his pedigree chart on the notes of von Mülinen at the Burgerbibliothek in Bern, but the partial transcript of these notes prepared by Therese Metzger differs in a number of details, among others the name of the mother of the wife of our Nicoletus.
There is, however, some evidence suggesting that there is a Villarzel in the Gachet ancestry. When Pierre Gachet died in 1528, his estate was managed by Nicolas Moratel and the de Prez family. Normally, this role would be performed by relatives who did not stand to inherit from the estate. Were Moratel and the de Prez family connected by blood or marriage to the Gachet family? Terriers for the "noble fiefs" of Lausanne show that Nicolas Moratel had an ancestor from the Villarzel family, and some sources (but not the same terriers) show a Villarzel connection for the de Prez family. The details are not yet clear.
Birth and death dates from a reported transcript of inscriptions in the family chapel at Payerne, now lost and replaced with the supposed remains of Queen Berthe!
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_Johannes GACHET ____|
| (1360 - 1428) |
| |_____________________
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_Petrus GACHET ______|
| (1380 - 1450) m 1409|
| | _____________________
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| |_____________________|
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|--Nicoletus GACHET
| (1418 - 1468)
| _Jaquetus CROSTEL ___
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| _Johannes CROSTEL ___|
| | (1372 - 1450) |
| | |_____________________
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|_Francesca CROSTEL __|
(1392 - 1450) m 1409|
| _____________________
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|_____________________|
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_Johannes GACHET ____|
| (1360 - 1428) |
| |_____________________
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_Petrus GACHET ______|
| (1380 - 1450) m 1409|
| | _____________________
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|--Perrodi GACHET
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| _Jaquetus CROSTEL ___
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| _Johannes CROSTEL ___|
| | (1372 - 1450) |
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|_Francesca CROSTEL __|
(1392 - 1450) m 1409|
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Petermand was alive in May 1574 but deceased by December of the same year, according to various documents recorded by Jean-Amey Bondu, notary at Payerne. He also had a ward Marguerite who married Jean Perrin of Thièle 30 mar 1565 (date of contract recorded by Blaise Chalon, notary at Payerne), widowed by 1571. The marriage contract reveals that she was Petermand's illegitimate daughter, and calls him Coseigneur de Chastel. It seems likely that Petermand had several more children whose names have been lost.
His date of death, and that of his wife, are recorded in the "Hussbuchli" of his brother Niklaus Gatschet, now at the Burgerbibliothek of Bern (MS H. H. XVII. 276. Nr. 19):
"Die Solii 4 Julii, obiit Anthonia fratris mei Petri Gachet uxor. Et die Jovis 8 Julii 1574 sequenti obiit charissimus fratrus meus Petrus Gachet eius conjunx."
According to the family book of Niklaus Gatschet, his brother.
_Nicoletus GACHET ___+
| (1418 - 1468)
_François GACHET _________|
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474 |
| |_Mermette _____ _____
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_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| | _Nicod CHALON _______+
| | | (.... - 1479)
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________|
| m 1474 |
| |_Françoise CUEX _____+
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|--Petermand GACHET
| (.... - 1574)
| ______ DE TORCULARI _
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| _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _|
| | (1460 - 1513) m 1480 |
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|_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
(.... - 1553) m 1503|
| _Pierre BOVET _______+
| | (.... - 1480)
|_Perronete BOVET _________|
(.... - 1513) m 1480 |
|_Amphilisia _____ ___
Baptised as Pierre, he is the Petermann Gachet who is supposed to have held the position of Avoyer at Payerne, 1610-1612. There is a reference to "Pettermand Gachet l'aysné" at Payerne in 1572 (grandfather of the present Petermann), implying the existence already of a younger Petermann. Confirmation was found in a document of Salomon de Trey, notary at Payerne, 14 aug 1602 (AVC DP 31/1, fol. 172 ff.), which also revealed that the younger Petermann's sister Marguerite was still living. The will of Niklaus Gatschet of Bern, 1598, says that Petermann was then an apprentice glassmaker at Bern.
While the list of the Avoyers of Payerne published by Mottaz shows Petermann serving in this position 1610-1612, the church records imply that Petermann was never the Avoyer, and that Josué Gachet's term continued until sometime in 1612. There are many mentions of Petermann both as a parent and as a sponsor for various baptisms. During this period, in every case, he is listed as Noble, but with no other title. During the same period, Josué appears as parent and sponsor, and in almost every case, and as late as 20 mar 1612, he is listed as Avoyer.
Another passage in the church records makes it clear that Petermann, with wife Judith, is a distinct person from Pierre Gachet with wife Eve Ottonin, because Petermann and his wife appear as sponsors at the baptism of Salomon, son of Pierre and Eve, 17 jan 1606.
The document establishing the dowry of his sister Marguerite (04 apr 1606, Salomon de Trey, notary at Payerne) notes that Petermann received a legacy from David Gachet, secrétaire de Payerne (his testament has not been found), and that Petermann was out of the country "en guerre" at some point. Probably the same absence is the one that is the subject of the following extract, reported by Béranek:
Manual de Conseil, A6/109, 04 apr 1600: "Noble Petremann, fils de feu Noble Claudi Gachet, Conseiller, délibérant par l'avis de ses parents d'aller voir du pays. Il a obtenu des lettres attestant de son origine, de bonne conversation et de la célébrité de tous les gens."
Date of contract, Salomon de Trey, notary.
_Pierre GACHET ______+
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503
_Petermand GACHET ___|
| (.... - 1574) |
| |_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____+
| (.... - 1553) m 1503
_Claude GACHET ______|
| (1549 - 1588) m 1580|
| | _George MURISET _____
| | | (.... - 1579)
| |_Antheyne MURISET ___|
| (1533 - 1573) |
| |_Denise REGNAULD ____+
| (1520 - 1579)
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|--Petermann (Pierre) GACHET
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| _Jean NIBLE _________+
| | (.... - 1570)
| _Benoit NIBLE _______|
| | (1522 - 1589) m 1550|
| | |_Isabel PERRIARD ____+
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|_Françoise NIBLE ____|
(1564 - ....) m 1580|
| _Benoît du MOULIN ___+
| | (.... - 1562)
|_Benoitte du MOULIN _|
(1530 - 1582) m 1550|
|_Isabel CHEVROD _____+
Besides the Gachet line clearly identified with Payerne, there are several mentions of Gachet from Villars-en-Vully and other villages in the area, using many of the same given names as our line. The connection is provided by a number of documents involving property owned jointly by Roletus and Petrus Gachet in Villars-en-Vully. (The registers of the notary Rojolat of Moudon include a marriage contract, 30 mar 1468, for Pierre son of Jaqueti Vuilliemier of Lucens to Agnetia daughter of the late Johannes Gaschet of Vuarmarens, perhaps evidence of a further dispersion of the same family.)
Petrus is cited as "dictus Gaschet clericus et burgensis paterniaci" as early as 02 may 1407 (Pierre de Treyvaux, notary at Payerne). A citation in 1416, in which he appears as security for a debt of Rolet Gaschet, calls him "notarius dicti loci de Villario et burgensis paterniaci". He is still alive as late as 1439. The long document involving the continuing dispute over the jointly-held property (28 dec 1450, Jean Bellin, notary at Payerne) reveals that Petrus had a brother Vuilleme (deceased before 1450) and evidently a brother Perrodi who also had a son Nicoletus. These documents do not reveal the relationship between Petrus and Roletus. The former is the son of Johannes, the latter of Nicoletus, so they are no more closely related than first cousins.
The same Petrus is called notary of Payerne in several transactions recorded by Nicod Mareschet, a notary working in Vully, 1431-1439 (ACV DP 64/1). Another document of the same notary, dated 10 apr 1432 (fol. 3v) mentions a document recorded previously by the late Johannes Gachet (manu quondam Johannes Gacheti recepto), evidently referring to the father of Petrus.
Both Petrus and Roletus Gachet made "reconnaissances" for the terrier ACV Fl 392 for property at Villars-en-Vully subject to the Château de Cudrefin (1424-1428), as did a Francesia and an Ysabella, both daughters of the late Johannes Gachet (these reconnaissances have not yet been examined). From this, we suppose that the respective fathers of both Petrus and Roletus had died before 1428.
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|--Petrus GACHET
| (1380 - 1450)
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_Nicoletus GACHET ___|
| (1371 - 1416) |
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_Roletus GACHET _____|
| (1391 - 1450) |
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|--Petrus GACHET
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|_Katherina _____ ____|
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He may be the subject of a curious extract published by Béranek:
Manual de Conseil, A6/153, 04 mar 1603: "Malgré que le fils premier de Noble Pierre Gachet ne soit pas baptisé en cette église, cependant on ne lui devra être préjudiciable au temps à venir. Ainsi il est reconnu au même rang que les autres enfants ici baptisés, vu que le dit Gachet a fait une suffisante diligence jouxte la loi, mais l'infirmité et la maladie de l'enfant n'a pu le permettre, en autres légitimes occasions et respects."
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_Pierre GACHET ______|
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|_Eva OTTONIN ________|
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He is mentioned as the late brother of Franciscus, son of the late Nicolletus Gaschet, in a document regarding the marriage of Franciscus to Jaqueta Challon, 15 may 1474 (Jean de Treyvaux, notary at Payerne).
_Johannes GACHET ____
| (1360 - 1428)
_Petrus GACHET ______|
| (1380 - 1450) m 1409|
| |_____________________
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_Nicoletus GACHET ___|
| (1418 - 1468) |
| | _Johannes CROSTEL ___+
| | | (1372 - 1450)
| |_Francesca CROSTEL __|
| (1392 - 1450) m 1409|
| |_____________________
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|--Pierre GACHET
| (.... - 1474)
| _____________________
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|_Mermette _____ _____|
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This Pierre Gachet appears to be the same Pierre Gachet notary at Payerne whose notarial registers from 1503-1513 still survive. Some additional records may survive from his tenure as secretary of the city council of Payerne. His widow is mentioned as the godmother of Jaquaz Chuard, daughter of Aymé Chuard and Françoise Chantallet daughter of Oddet Chantallet, baptised 29 nov 1545. (Aymé Chuard used a couple leaves of his notarial register to record the births and baptisms of his children.) Another document of Aymé Chuard mentions the late Pierre Gachet notary 21 dec 1543. Yet another document of Aymé Chuard dated 06 mar 1539 shows Pierre Gachet already dead and names his widow.
The names of most of the children of Pierre Gachet are noted in the surviving records of Benoit de Miéville, notary at Payerne 1564-1566, wherein the brothers and the (second) husband of their sister Catherine, Claude Fivaz, appear in connection with the inheritance of Claude Berthod, whose wife Jaquetta was another sister of the Gachet brothers.
A record from 1496 in the debt book of Nicod Méan clerk of Payerne notes a "Pierre Meffre alias Gaschet scritor (?) paterniaci". In the same book, which contains debts to Nicod Méan recorded over the signatures of various notaries, the signature of Pierre Gachet appears beginning about 1508. It is very tempting to think that these are indeed the same person and thus Meffre would be the original surname. Arguing against this interpretation, however, is another record of Pierre Chuard 02 jun 1525 wherein Jean Meffrey alias Gachet, bourgeois and sartori of Payerne, with consent of his nephew Aymonis (with whom he holds joint title) sells a parcel of land to Claude, widow of Guygonis Austol (or perhaps Crostel?). This suggests that the record of 1496 was meant to say sartori, not scritor, and that we have here a different Gachet family.
The earliest records of the notary Pierre Chuard mention Pierre Gachet in 1517 as "cecretarius" of Payerne. The accounts of the city for 1516 also mention him as secretary, at a salary of 6 livres. Pierre's wife Jaqua or Jaqueta is mentioned in 1518 as daughter of the late Aymont deTorculari, and in several later documents as Jaquaz du Truict. Inserted between these documents is another, a confirmation of the partage among the sons of Pierre and Jaquaz, evidently negotiated 20 dec 1560. The document lists the sons in order: Jean Amey, Jean, François, Anthony, Daniel, Petterman, and Niclaus, thus proving that Jean Amey Gachet who married Marguerite Vallier is a different person from Jean Gachet who married Denise Regnauld. Further, this is the only document from Payerne found so far that mentions Niclaus, confirming in records of the Pays de Vaud the account in the Lexikon of the parentage of Niclaus Gatschet, noble of Bern. The confirmation of partage indicates that up to 1560, the brothers have held all their paternal and maternal inheritance undivided and in common, and have at this time agreed on the division. The copy of this confirmation in the minutaire does not contain the actual partage (the details of who got what), but has a gap with the inscription "(Inserantur partagia)", meaning, "insert the partage here" when the final copy is made. The registre still contains this language, and the full text of the partage has not been found.
Like many well-to-do citizens of Payerne, Pierre Gachet invested in the prized vineyards near Cully. A document of 01 oct 1518, Aymé Sordet notary, shows him acquiring property near Cully, in a place called "en Muraz", Saturnin Leyderey to the north, Discret Aymonet Sordet notary of Cully to the east, and the vines of the chapel of Saint Nicolas of Villette to the west and above.
He seems to have obtained his position at Payerne by inheriting it from his father-in-law. At least one document now in the Archives d'Etat de Fribourg bears a notation that it was originally recorded by Aymonet de Torculari and a copy sent at the request of one of the parties, after the death of de Torculari, by Pierre Gachet, "secrétaire de Payerne".
His death date is recorded in the notebook of his son Niklaus Gatschet of Bern.
Privileges of "combourgeoisie" — that is, reciprocal rights of citizenship — were established during the Savoyard period between Payerne and some of its neighbors: Fribourg (13 may 1349, with confirmations in 1494-1495), Morat (24 jan 1364), and Neuchâtel (24 jan 1355). The existence of such rights no doubt facilitated the arrangement of marriages between the elite families of these cities, such as those we have recorded in the Gachet family.
It is obvious that this Pierre Gachet was a central figure in the family. It must have been one of his predecessors who was responsible for endowing the Gachet chapel at the Eglise the Notre-Dame, now the parish church of Payerne, just across from the great abbey of Payerne. A tourist website gives the following interesting information: "Dans une chapelle autrefois réservée à la famille Gachet, on a placé en 1818 le tombeau présumé de la Reine Berthe; une inscription latine sur marbre noir, composée par le doyen Bridel, rappelle les vertus de la souveraine." A stone sarcophagus containing the remains of a woman was excavated in 1817 in the chapel of St. Michael in the abbey. Col. François Rodolphe de Dompierre, in charge of the excavations, considered it to be the remains of Queen Berthe herself, then believed to be the founder of the abbey according to a document that is now understood to be a 12th Century forgery. There being no other suitable place to install the remains, the Gachet chapel was "transformed," and they were moved into the chapel with great ceremony in 1818—after which the authentic tombstones of the Gachet family were no longer in evidence! The chapel is still there, along with the bones of the supposed queen. The chapel proves to be a very modest construction, barely large enough for the new sarcophagus. If there were more than one Gachet burial, each topped by a stone slab, the slabs would have extended out into the church, and there could not have been more than three or four of them.
Among the genealogists who have investigated the Gachet family of Payerne, we should note Arnold Gachet (d. 1985, a descendant of a Gachet family of Bioley-Orjulaz, still without a known connection to the family at Payerne) and Emile Ritter (antiquarian of Basel, apparently a descendant of a Gatschet family of Cerlier, his personal notes now deposited at the Archives Cantonales Vaudoises). Ritter and Arnold Gachet corresponded with each other in the 1930's, but neither one seems to have succeeded in untangling the story of Pierre Gachet and his many children. We are indebted to Catherine Minck for retrieving copies of these documents from the archives. Another genealogist whose notes on this family are now at the ACV was Charles-Philippe Dumont, whose connection to the Gachet family is presently not known. In each case, it appears that they were misled by the compiled genealogies of some of the connected families, and none of them had discovered the family book written by Niclaus Gatschet of Bern, or the records of the notaries discussed above.
We found no source that mentioned any siblings of Pierre. However, a Nicolas Gachet who is cited as curé at Yvonand (and of Bonvillars, in a terrier dated 1527 for the chapel of St. Martin in the cathedral of Lausanne, now at the AVL) accompanied Pierre Falk on his famous expedition to Jerusalem in 1519. This Nicolas is usually assumed to be the same person as the Nicolas Gachet who was chaplain at Payerne in 1514 and curé de Payerne as late as 1533, but we were unable to find any source for this assertion, although one can read between the lines to reach this conclusion from the account of the pilgrimages of Peter Falck (Max de Diesbach, "Les pèlerins fribourgeois à Jerusalem", Archives de la Société d'histoire du Canton de Fribourg, 5:189- 282, 1893, referencing the Manuaux de Conseil of Fribourg, nos. 37 and 38, as the source for the information about Nicolas Gachet) . Nicolas would be of the right generation to be a sibling of Pierre. That he was at Payerne is established by the accounts of the city for 1516, where he is described as curé d'Yvonand, with a salary from the city of Payerne of 8 florins for maintaining the clock tower. He was still at Payerne, curé d'Yvonand, at the imposition of the Reformation in 1537. He did not accept the new religion, and nothing further seems to be known of him. The one member of the secular clergy at Payerne who did change with the times was Nicod Maringod, who had succeeded Nicolas Gachet as the keeper of the city clock (cited in Maxime Reymond's extended history of the Abbey of Payerne, published in installments in the Revue historique vaudoise, 1912-1913). Further details about the church of Yvonand, mentioning Nicolas Gachet, are in the RHV vol. 46, not yet examined. The church at Bonvillars was probably a more lucrative post, and because of the importance of that church, we might expect some interesting records to have survived.
There is absolutely no doubt about the parentage of Pierre Gachet. His marriage contract (Pierre Ruerat, notary at Payerne, ACV DP 92) of 24 or perhaps 23 mar 1503 (thus 1504 new style) calls him filius quondam Franciscus Gaschet burgensis paterniaci, and this is supported by several other citations. He is described in the same terms a year later, 18 feb 1504 (1505 new style), when he acknowledges receipt of the marriage settlement.
From the family book of Niklaus Gatschet, his son. We have not worked out whether the year should be interpreted as Old Style (the year 1529 beginning 4 days later) or New Style (the year 1528 having begun on the previous January 1). Niklaus was writing long after the event.
Date of marriage contract, Pierre Ruerat, notary. Date is difficult to read. The contract is quite messy, but is clearly gives the names of the fathers of the bride and groom. (Year is 1504 by modern reckoning.)
_Petrus GACHET ______+
| (1380 - 1450) m 1409
_Nicoletus GACHET ___|
| (1418 - 1468) |
| |_Francesca CROSTEL __+
| (1392 - 1450) m 1409
_François GACHET ____|
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474|
| | _____________________
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| |_Mermette _____ _____|
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|--Pierre GACHET
| (1475 - 1528)
| _Jean CHALON ________+
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| _Nicod CHALON _______|
| | (.... - 1479) |
| | |_Antheine du CREST __+
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|_Jaqueta CHALON _____|
m 1474 |
| _Pierre CUEX ________
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|_Françoise CUEX _____|
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|_____________________
The citation of a "Petermand Gachet l'aysné" in 1574 requires that there be a younger Petermand. The present Pierre, nephew of the first Petermand, is the most likely candidate. He was dead by 1574. It has not yet been established that Pierre and Petermand were generally, or even frequently interchanged.
_François GACHET _________+
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474
_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________+
| m 1474
_Jean Amey GACHET ___|
| (1504 - 1573) m 1540|
| | _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _+
| | | (1460 - 1513) m 1480
| |_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
| (.... - 1553) m 1503|
| |_Perronete BOVET _________+
| (.... - 1513) m 1480
|
|--Pierre GACHET
| (.... - 1574)
| _Jaques VALLIER __________+
| | (.... - 1500)
| _Pierre VALLIER _____|
| | (1488 - 1552) m 1510|
| | |_Marguerite DE CRESSIER __+
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|_Marguerite VALLIER _|
(1505 - 1560) m 1540|
| _Martin "le VERRIER" _____
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|_Marie ODET _________|
(.... - 1546) m 1510|
|__________________________
Still under the age of majority in 1612, so apparently born after 1587. mentioned in the dispute between his sister Jacobé Gachet with her brother Josué and the estate of her mother Catherine Maillard. Because of his age, he cannot be the Petermann Gachet who is supposed to have held the position of Avoyer at Payerne 1610-1612. It is not yet know if he might be the Pierre Gachet who married Eva Ottonin.
_François GACHET _________+
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474
_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________+
| m 1474
_Jean GACHET ________|
| (1509 - 1591) m 1581|
| | _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _+
| | | (1460 - 1513) m 1480
| |_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
| (.... - 1553) m 1503|
| |_Perronete BOVET _________+
| (.... - 1513) m 1480
|
|--Pierre GACHET
| (1587 - ....)
| __________________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |__________________________
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|_Catherine MAILLARD _|
(1542 - 1594) m 1581|
| __________________________
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|_____________________|
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|__________________________
_Jean GACHET ________+
| (1509 - 1591) m 1540
_Josué GACHET _______|
| (1558 - 1621) m 1597|
| |_Denise REGNAULD ____+
| (1520 - 1579) m 1540
_Isaac GACHET _______|
| (1606 - 1640) m 1636|
| | _Nicod MORATEL ______+
| | | m 1569
| |_Jeanne MORATEL _____|
| (.... - 1628) m 1597|
| |_Claudine Du MONT ___+
| m 1569
|
|--Pierre GACHET
|
| _Pettermand PLANCHE _+
| | (1547 - 1588) m 1578
| _Pierre PLANCHE _____|
| | (.... - 1641) m 1601|
| | |_Jacobe GACHET ______+
| | (1540 - ....) m 1578
|_Judith PLANCHE _____|
(.... - 1650) m 1636|
| _François ROCHONNET _+
| | (.... - 1601) m 1571
|_Judith ROCHONNET ___|
m 1601 |
|_Pernon DUTOIT ______+
(1553 - ....) m 1571
He made a "reconnaissance" for property at Villars-en-Vully belonging to the Château de Cudrefin in the terrier ACV Fl 392 (1424-1428).
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_Nicoletus GACHET ___|
| (1371 - 1416) |
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|--Roletus GACHET
| (1391 - 1450)
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_Jean GACHET ________+
| (1509 - 1591) m 1540
_Josué GACHET _______|
| (1558 - 1621) m 1597|
| |_Denise REGNAULD ____+
| (1520 - 1579) m 1540
_Isaac GACHET _________|
| (1606 - 1640) |
| | _Nicod MORATEL ______+
| | | m 1569
| |_Jeanne MORATEL _____|
| (.... - 1628) m 1597|
| |_Claudine Du MONT ___+
| m 1569
|
|--Salomé GACHET
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| _____________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_____________________
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|_Rosina WURSTEMBERGER _|
(.... - 1636) |
| _____________________
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|_____________________|
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_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (.... - 1612) m 1604|
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|--Salomon GACHET
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|_Eva OTTONIN ________|
m 1604 |
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_Petermand GACHET ___+
| (.... - 1574)
_Claude GACHET ____________|
| (1549 - 1588) m 1580 |
| |_Antheyne MURISET ___+
| (1533 - 1573)
_Petermann (Pierre) GACHET _|
| m 1605 |
| | _Benoit NIBLE _______+
| | | (1522 - 1589) m 1550
| |_Françoise NIBLE __________|
| (1564 - ....) m 1580 |
| |_Benoitte du MOULIN _+
| (1530 - 1582) m 1550
|
|--Samuel GACHET
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| _____________________
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| _Samuel Pierre BANQUETTAZ _|
| | m 1590 |
| | |_____________________
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|_Judith BANQUETTAZ _________|
m 1605 |
| _André FIVAZ ________
| | (.... - 1598)
|_Susanne FIVAZ ____________|
(.... - 1639) m 1590 |
|_Antheine CHUARD ____+
(1550 - 1591)
Noted as Banneret in November, 1699. There are many other citations in the church records relating to the "Advoyer" or "Banderet" Gachet, but only a few identify these officers by name. The "Advoyer" in 1699 was David Gachet, who is found with wife Anne Marie Comte as early as 1682 and as late as 1696. The Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse (1926) says Samuel was banneret 1684-1688 and 1698-1701. Samuel's known children were born too early to have been from his wife Barbille de Treytorrens, born in 1685—unless she has been misidentified! He is apparently the person most often referred to as "le Capitaine Gachet" in the early 18th Century. If so, he is also the father of Jean Baptiste Daniel Gachet, whose baptism has not been located.
This baptism seems to be the only one that could be the future Banderet and Capitaine.
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_Jean GACHET ________|
| (1591 - 1640) m 1609|
| |_____________________
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_Abraham GACHET _____|
| (.... - 1667) m 1647|
| | _Abraham DE TREY ____+
| | | (1549 - 1596) m 1591
| |_Anne DE TREY _______|
| m 1609 |
| |_Anne JOCCET ________+
| (.... - 1601) m 1591
|
|--Samuel GACHET
| (.... - 1733)
| _André FIVAZ ________
| | (.... - 1598)
| _Pierre FIVAZ _______|
| | m 1602 |
| | |_Antheine CHUARD ____+
| | (1550 - 1591)
|_Elizabeth FIVAZ ____|
m 1647 |
| _Daniel RIBAUD ______
| |
|_Esther RIBAUD ______|
m 1602 |
|_____________________
_Jean GACHET ________
| (1591 - 1640) m 1609
_David GACHET _______|
| (.... - 1680) m 1640|
| |_Anne DE TREY _______+
| m 1609
_David GACHET _______|
| (.... - 1722) m 1682|
| | _Abraham DESSIBORD __
| | |
| |_Jeanne DESSIBORD ___|
| m 1640 |
| |_____________________
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|--Samuel GACHET
|
| _Pierre COMTE _______+
| | m 1614
| _Samuel COMTE _______|
| | m 1652 |
| | |_Susanne RUÉRAT _____+
| | m 1614
|_Anne Marie COMTE ___|
(.... - 1729) m 1682|
| _____________________
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|_Magdelaine JACCAUD _|
m 1652 |
|_____________________
Among other sponsors at his baptism was Marie Du Moulin, widow of the Sr. Advoyer Gaschet. The only Avoyer of Payerne named Gachet whose widow could possibly survive by 1681 was David Gachet, who served in this office 1660-1678.
_Jean GACHET ________
| (1591 - 1640) m 1609
_Abraham GACHET _____|
| (.... - 1667) m 1647|
| |_Anne DE TREY _______+
| m 1609
_Samuel GACHET ______|
| (.... - 1733) |
| | _Pierre FIVAZ _______+
| | | m 1602
| |_Elizabeth FIVAZ ____|
| m 1647 |
| |_Esther RIBAUD ______+
| m 1602
|
|--Samuel François GACHET
|
| _____________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_____________________
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|_____________________|
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| _____________________
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|_____________________|
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|_____________________
_François GACHET _________+
| (1450 - 1522) m 1474
_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (1475 - 1528) m 1503|
| |_Jaqueta CHALON __________+
| m 1474
_Jean GACHET ________|
| (1509 - 1591) m 1581|
| | _Aimé (Aymonet) DUTRUICT _+
| | | (1460 - 1513) m 1480
| |_Jaquaz DUTRUICT ____|
| (.... - 1553) m 1503|
| |_Perronete BOVET _________+
| (.... - 1513) m 1480
|
|--Sara GACHET
|
| __________________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |__________________________
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|_Catherine MAILLARD _|
(1542 - 1594) m 1581|
| __________________________
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|_____________________|
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_Pierre GACHET ______|
| (.... - 1612) m 1604|
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|--Sara GACHET
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|_Eva OTTONIN ________|
m 1604 |
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