Battier, Christopher

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)

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)

1776-1778 - Owned the ship AMALIE CHRISTIANE of Copenhagen, 91 kmcl. The ship salied 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)

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