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)
Spouse: Storp, Anna Elisabeth
Son: Battier, Jean Jaques (1773-1805) (Geni.com)
Likely distantly related to the merchant Iselin, Reinhard, also from Basel. (Friedrich Weiss-Frey: Heinrich Iselin von Rosenfeld und sein Geschlecht)
Timeline
1760-3-24 - Naturalized in England with his brothers and parents. (Source 1)
1762 - Working as bookkeeper (kontorbetjent) in the trading company of Iselin, Reinhard, Købmager Kvarter 22, together with another Swiss immigrant Abraham Schneider. (Bobé Louis. Efterladte parpirer fra Den Reventlowske Familiekreds. 1925, ottende bind. note 534.)
1765-11-3 - Together with Iselin, Reinhard, Tutein, Peter, and Bruckner, Friderich, he served as godfather for an un-named Moer owned by Wint, Geurt Sprevert de - of the trading company Geurt Spr. de Wint & Comp. The slave was baptised into the Calvinist faith in the Reformist Church chapel of Copenhagen and renamed Reinhard (the same name as his promenent godfather Iselin). (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger)
1770-6 - Advertised as the new Bogholder of DAC after Bornowsky, Joan. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger, 1770-6-29, p. 2)
1771-12-11 - Godfather for Elphinston, Maria Elisabeth, daugther of DAC-captain and later director Elphinston, George and Fenwick, Louise. Other godfathers were Coninck, Frédéric de, Brown, David, Lycke, Søren and a brewer's daugther named Storp (perhaps his later wife?). (Hauch-Fausbøll: Af Slægten Browns Historie, 1918, p. 231)
1772-3-25 - Married Stolp, Anna Elisabeth (Ancestry & Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1772-3-27, p. 3)
1773 - Took over as Bogholder of DAC after Bornowsky, John. (Klem 1985, I:66)
1773-4-16 - Son Battier, Jean Jaques is born, baptised six days later in Reformert Kirke in Copenhagen. (Geni.com)
1773-6-14 - Mentioned as having purchased five or more shares in the barony of Høegholm along with numerous others - merchants, bishops, officers and more. (Kiøbenhavnske Tidender)
1773-12-6 - Rooms available for let in the coming month, which is presently inhabited by Bogholder Battier and previously by Bogholder Lund. The rooms are available with or without stable, are owned by Bogholder Sunckenberg in Christianshavn, Ovengade no. 154. (Adresse=Contoirs Efterretninger)
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)
1774-10-29 - Wrote a letter to Wiedewelt, Johannes, sculptor and director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. (Royal Library, Håndskriftsamlingens Brevbase)
1775-5 - Bought goods at the DAC auction and paid for them in installments. (Rasch 1948, 50)
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) The captain was Hiort, Christian Jensen.
1778 - Became Elder in Reformert Kirke in Copenhagen. (Bruun Rasmussen and Ellen Poulsen 1991, I:54)
1778 - borrowed money from the DAC with security in funds owed by Chinese merchants. After they bankrupted, he had to offer other securities, but this was not investigated by the company. (Rasch, 1948, 102)
1778-1785 - Sent a total of 15 letters to the grand merchant Wahrendorff, Joachim Daniel from Mecklenburg, working in Stockholm. (Fabritius: Danske og norske korrespondenter til J. D. Wahrendorff in Erhvervshistorisk Årbog 1953, p. 110)
1779 - Owner of the snau AMALIA KRISTIANA of Copenhagen, 91 cmcl. (Die Elisabeth). In juni 1780 Battier explains that the ship is under repair in Egernsund, on its way to Amsterdam and then destined to St. Eustace (Kbh St.a. Protokolparpirer 1781).
1780-1781 - Co-owner of the snau AMALIA CHRISTIANA of copenhagen, 90 cmcl. The -ship is taken (before december 1780) by North American privateers and then by the Englsih kaper, NANCY commanded by cpt. Jhon Davies. Battier attets to the confiscation of his ship in March 1781: (Kbh St.a. Protokolparpirer 1781).
1781 - Owner of the ship IUFFROW ANNA of Copenhagen, 50 cmcl. (Die Elisabeth)
1781-2-2 Battier announces in the paper that a thief has stolen from his bedchambers a grey robe and a vest with steel buttons. He implores the public to get in contact with him, if they come across the stolen items: https://www2.statsbiblioteket.dk/mediestream/avis/record/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3A3137df78-bd6c-44f4-a68f-f15b82008974/query/battier
1782-2-25 - Co-sign an Addresse to count Schimmelmann, Ernst von. Other signers were C. Fabritius & Wever, de Coninck & Reyersen, C. H. Thalbitzer, Joost van Hemert og Sønner, Abr. Schneider, S. Lycke, Selbye, Dungan & Thomson, Peter Tutein, P. Peschier, L. J. Cramer, J. L. Zinn, N. Brock, John Brown, C. S. Blacks Enke & Co., C. L. Budtz, Busky & Co., J. Wood, Wolff & Co., R. Kirketerp, H. Ladiges, J. J. Frølich & Co., H. Bolte, J. Heyliger, P. R. Holm & Co., Joh. Chr. Amberg, C. Hansen, Ch. Battier, J. Buntzen, M. G. Holm, J. C. Colsman, Jens Lauritzen, J. W. Rathje, Joh. Fried. Hoske. (Bobé: Efterladte Papirer fra den Reventlowske Familiekreds, p. 281)
1783-5-23 - Announed in the papers as "being banquerupt to the extent of three barrels of gold" after apparetly having fled the country with the authorithies in pursuit. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger)
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 Andersen, Peder from London. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger, 1783-5-14, p.4) The crate was still there a month later.
1783-6-5 - 18 DAC stocks pawned by Battier is to be sold. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1783-6-3, p. 5)
1783-6-6 - 15 DAC stocks and 80 stocks in the baltic company pawned by Battier is to be sold. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1783-6-6, p. 6)
1783-6-11 - 80 stocks in the Baltic company pawned by Battier will be sold at Børsen. Several stocks belonging to Haaber, Otto Christian will be sold the following day. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1783-6-10, p. 5)
1783-6-27 - A large amount of Chinese and Indian cloth along with tea pawned by Battier to the Copenhagen Bank is sold at the DAC warehouse. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1783-6-27, p. 6)
1783-7-11 - Battier had not yet arrived in Copenhagen, despite his amnesty, according to Uldall. Secret intrigues are to blame for his absence! (Thaulow: Udvalgte Breve, Betænkninger og Optegnelser af J.O. Schack-Rathlous Arkiv 1760-1800, 1936, p. 434)
1783-8-8 - Battier's estate at Nybørs no. 84 ("The six sisters") is sold at an auction: https://www2.statsbiblioteket.dk/mediestream/avis/record/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3A752e8231-0fcc-49a9-83d2-d0154d942b44/query/bogholder%20christopher
1783-9-5 - Three stocks in Vestindiske Handelsselskab and four stocks in Sukkerraffinaderiet paa Nørregade pawned by Battier to be sold in Børsen. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1783-9-3, p. 6)
1784-1-20 - Three half stocks of 500 rigsdaler in Søassurancecompagniet and one stock in Bryggeriet og Sukker=Raffinaderiet paa Nørregade" pawned by Battier to be sold. (Kiøbenhavns Kongelig alene priviligerede Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger 1784-1-19, p. 5)
1786 - May - Shot himself dead in Paris in the Tuileries Garden. Accordning to Danish newspapers, he had stayed for some time in Paris, where he, alledgedly, "had lost everything in the lottery". A couple of Danish gold coins were found in his pocket. (De til forsendelse med posten alene priviligerede Kiøbenhavnske Tidender. May 29. 1786)
1788-9-18 - The name Christophe Battier appears in the files of a French notary. (The French National Archives)
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
