Battier, Christopher
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