General Notes

"Theodore Agrippa d`Aubigne, Seigneur de Lander et la Chaillon, was a fearless Huguenot leader in France, 1550-1630. He was a soldier under Conde`, and warlord of Henry of Navarre. He refused to recant his faith and fled to Geneva, where he spent the remainder of his life writing his Historie Universell depuis 1550 jus` qua l`an 1601. His line of descent come from Geoffrey, sire d`Aubigne, Chevalier, Lord of Aubigne, near Saumur, who lived during the reign of Louis VII (1137-1180)." "Theodore Agrippa was the grandfather of Madame de Maintenon, pious favorite and wife of Louis XIV of France." "All the branches of this family in America claim a common ancestry. They have the same armorial bearings - an elephant`s head, three footless martins, and the fleur de lis of France - the same traditions, and the same motto, which they hold in three languages." "The name of d`Aubigne can be found among the rolls of Battle Abbey, amidst the list of knights who fell at Hastings. Some survived the conquest and are mentioned in Hume`s History as champions of Magna Carta. A branch of the d`Aubigne family left France, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, by King Louis XIV, on October 28, 1685, because they were no longer allowed to worship God with freedom of conscience. They first went to Wales between 1715 and 1717 and sailed for America." Narrative generously contributed by "Kith & Kin: McKinzie, Blythe, Branch, and Bartlet", Melanie McKinzie at AWTP who: cites "Dabney`s of Virginia" by W.H. Dabney; Descendents of John d`Aubigne, prior 1670; Genealogy of Virginia Families, Vol II, Genealogy Pub. Balt. 1981.
OTHER SOURCES:  "Ancestors of Valery Giscard d'Estaing" and "Ancestors/Descendants of "Jean d'Aubigne (d'Aubigny) and Catherine de l'Estaing" http://www.geneastar.org.