Geuealogique et Chronologique par le P. Anselme, 1731, vol. ix. 304. The arms borne by Nicolas le Jay, were " D'azur au chevron d'or, accompagne en chef de deux etoiles de memo en point, d'un mouton passant d'argent. The arms of Pierre le Jay the Huguenot, closely resemble the former, viz. : '< d'azur au chevron d'or, en chef demi soleil splendant, entre deux etoiles de meme en point, a roc propre surmonte par oiseaux. Crest, deux coeurs unis.

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"he was a native of Fiance, and resided in the city of La Rochelle, his business was that of a merchant, and from collateral facts, we have reason to believe that he was both wealthy and enterprising. Like many of the most industrious and most respectable inhabitants in that part of the country, he was a Protestant, and doomed as we shall see, to undergo much trouble and persecution on account of his religion. He seems to have had a sort of presentiment, probably derived from the grov/- ing disfavor of the Protestants in the sight of the government, that it would at some time or other, be necessary for him to sacrifice both country and property, on account of his religion. On this account, he determined to send one of his sons to England to acquire a knowledge of that language, and be educated there. His eldest son was the one chosen for this purpose, but he unfortunately died on the voyage. With great promptness, the father sent his second son, Augustus, who was then barely twelve years old, to take his place. This happened A. D. 1677. The troubles and persecutions wliich Mr. Jay seemed to have foreseen, and which preceded the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, now commenced, and in January, 1(385, the Protestant church at Rochelle was pulled down, pursuant to a decree passed at that time.