Battier, Christopher

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Christope Battier, painted by Jens Juel along with his wife in July 1772. Probably private ownership, found on Artnet.com

Born in 1733 in St. Leonhard, Basel, Switzerland (Geni.com), died 1786 in Paris by suicide. (Ancestry)

Family
Father: Battier, Johan Jacob (Source 1)

Mother: Battier, Maria Rosina (Source 1)

Brothers: Battier, Nicholas & Battier, John Ralph (Source 1)

Son: Battier, Jean Jaques Christophersen (1773-1805) (Geni.com)

Timeline
1760-3-24 - Naturalized in England with his brothers and parents. (Source 1)

1772-3-25 - Married Stolp, Anna Elisabeth (Ancestry & Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1772-3-27, p. 3)

1773 - Had his son baptised in Reformert Kirke in Copenhagen. (Geni.com)

1773 - Took over as Bogholder of DAC after Bornowsky, John. (Klem 1985, I:66)

1774-4 - Named as Participant in the barony of Høgholm north of Copenhagen. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger, 1774-4-8, p.1)

1776-1778 - Owned the ship AMALIE CHRISTIANE of Copenhagen, 91 kmcl. The ship sailed from Denmark via Greenland to St Croix before returning to Copenhagen around 1777. (Marcussen Ship Database)

1778 - Became Elder in Reformert Kirke in Copenhagen. (Bruun Rasmussen and Ellen Poulsen 1991, I:54)

1783-5-6 - A case between Battier and the estate of the late captain Graae, Anders Hansen was settled in the Supreme Court. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1783-5-6, p. 1)

1783-5 - Listed in a Copenhagen paper that a shipping crate was waiting for him in Copenhagen Harbour office: "En Kasse mrk. C. 4 med en lang Streg B." Delivered by captain Peder Anderseni from London. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger, 1783-5-14, p.4) The crate was still there a month later.

1783-6 - Lots of Chinese and Indian cloth along with tea pawned by Battier is sold at the DAC warehouse. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1783-6-27, p. 6)

Sources
Source 1: Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England & Ireland 1701-1800, The Publications of The Huguenot Society of London, vol. XXVII, 1923

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