Amy

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This is one of the earliest and longest lasting of Jersey surnames. Members of the family present in Jersey today can probably trace their ancestry back in the island to the 16th century, or earlier. Despite the suggestion of 19th century historian J Bertrand Payne that the name originated in England, it is perhaps more likely that it came to Jersey from France with the alternative spelling of Ami, meaning friend.

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John Amy and Jane Le Ruez and their children


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Louisa Margaret Amy

Origin of Surname

The name comes from the French ami, meaning 'friend'.

Early records

The earliest recorded holders of the name in Jersey are Johan or Jean Amy, a defender of Mont Orgueil Castle in 1338, and Jean Amy, living in 1402, whose family descendancy is shown below. The name is recorded 29 years earlier in the Assize Roll of 1309. Three Amys are listed in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550.

Although Payne's Armorial (see below) suggests that the Jersey family is of English origin, the name is probably derived from the French 'ami', meaning friend.

History

From Payne's Armorial of Jersey

This family has undoubtedly an English origin, but has been established in Jersey from a very remote period.

During the middle ages several of its members were ecclesiastics, one of whom, then Rector of Grouville, returning from a voyage to France, was in imminent danger of being drowned, and, in compliance with the custom of the day, vowed an addition to his parish church, should Providence permit him to land in safety. This vow he lived to fulfil, and erected in pursuance of it the North chapel or aisle of that edifice, dedicated to St Margaret.

Raulin Amy, another priest of the same family, is better known by his will, still in existence, and quoted in one or more of the Histories of Jersey.

In a curious roll of the militia, compiled in 1617, Francis Amy is mentioned as Captain of the Train-Band of the parish of Grouville.

[Some of Payne's assertions and family relationships have subsequently been challenged and the Amy family of Grouville history is believed to be more accurate - Editor]

Arms : Or, on a chief embattled, sable, three mullets argent. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet a peacock's head, proper, holding a sprig, vert. Motto : Hostis honori invidia.

Variants

  • Ami
  • Amy
  • L'Amy Although this family probably has a common root, it has developed separately and is not considered as a variant


Family records

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Amy family histories



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World War 2 casualties



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Family businesses

Amy Country Stores, St Ouen

  • T P Amy's boarding house

  • Elias Amy, Baker

  • Amy and Baker, drapers

  • Advert from the Nouvelle Chronique in 1896

  • Thomas Amy, grocer and wine and spirit merchant in Val Plaisant

  • Percy Amy ran the Jersey Rubber Stamp Company in Chevalier Road

  • Messervy and Amy, butchers in the Central Market

  • 1886

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  • 1857

  • The Amy family ran St Martin's Bakery


Amy properties

Family bible

  • This bible was a prize given to William Alfred Amy by St Ouen Parish Church Sunday School in 1913. William was born in the parish in 1898, the son of William Amy, of St Peter, and Mary Louise Rebecca, nee Wayland, who were married in St Peter in 1891.

  • William snr was the son of Jean Amy and Jane Elizabeth Dubois, and Mary of Alfred Wayland, described on their wedding record as a 'foreign agent'. Presumably this meant some sort of merchant rather than a 'spy'. William Alfred ran the Wayside Bakery until the 1950s or '60s


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Family album

  • Pre-1500 arms, as researched by Julian Wilson

  • Later arms shown in Payne's Armorial

Amelia Jane Amy (1865-1951), daughter of Francis George and Esther, with her second husband Christopher Valentine Connor (1866-1951) and three of their children. The couple had seven children in total, and Amelia Jane had another by her first husband, Edward James Male, who died at the age of 23 in 1887, two years after they married

  • A Mr Amy photographed by Ernest Baudoux

  • A Mrs Amy photographed by Ernest Baudoux

  • Another Mrs Amy photographed by Ernest Baudoux

  • Miss Amy photographed by Ernest Baudoux

  • Bertram Amy

  • Susan Amy (1836-1889). She married Richard Philip Gough and emigrated to Australie

  • Amelia Jane Amy (1865-1951) of Faldouet with second husband Christopher Connor and three of their seven children

  • Amelia Jane Amy with husband Christopher Connor

  • Bertram Charles Amy (1895-1937)

  • Frederick Amy (1857-1932) who emigrated to the USA and married Mary Bottomley

  • Philip Amy (1883- ) who married Daisy Remon and emigrated to Canada

  • Philip Amy and family at Cultus Lake in September 1943. Philip was born in Jersey in about 1883 and married Daisy Remon. With them are their sons Peter (1921- ) and John Charles (1924- )

  • Philip Amy and Daisy Amy with their children Rozel, Peter, Godfrey and John, and an unknown Lydia holding Rozel

  • Adolphe Amy

  • Alfred George Amy and his wife

  • Raulin Anthoine John Amy

  • Philip Amy painted by William Collie

  • Philip Le Gallais, born in St Helier in 1789, the son of Jean and Jeanne, with his wife Marie Marguerite Amy. The family moved backwards and forwards between Jersey and Quebec

  • Carpenter Philip Amy

  • Esther Gallie, nee Amy, with her husband Alfred

  • Eileen Barette, nee Amy, in front of Mont Mado Stores

  • The 1922 wedding of Philip and Agnes Amy, nee Vibert

  • Tom Amy and his grand-daughter Susan at Snow Hill in 1959

  • J Amy, killed in WW2

  • Charles Amy

This portrait of Leah Amy was taken by Asplet and Green, who were in business from 1866 to 1875. Very few photographs from this era had a name written on the back. That has not helped us to positively identify Leah. There are no registered baptisms of a Leah Amy, nor of marriages of a Leah to a Mr Amy. We wonder if this was actually Leah Rachel Coutanche, daughter of Jean and Susan Jane Amy. This Leah was born in 1847 and we think her father died while she was a child, so she may have adopted her mother's family name for some reason

  • A postcard sent to Maria Amy, of Bel Air, St Martin, in 1921. Was this the Maria Amy who was born in France in 1893 and seems to have lived as a boarder at a number of St Martin addresses after arriving in Jersey?

  • A Christmas greeting for John Amy, a pupil at St Martin Wesleyan Sunday School from the Superintendent, C W Binet. Date unknown

  • A New Year 1909 greeting postcard to Lydia Amy from Louie. We think this may have been Lydia Mary, the daughter of Frederick and Adeline Amy, born in St Martin in 1896

  • E A Amy had to pay 2d postage due to receive this card from France. The Terrace may have been Grosvenor Terrace, St Helier

The cycling Amys

Stanley and Elsie lived at Mont Mado, where these photographs were taken. They were married in St Saviour in 1905. Stanley was born in Trinity in 1901 and Elsie in St John in 1906

  • Elsie May Amy, nee Le Cocq

  • Stanley George Amy

Ministers of the Methodist French Circuit in 1867, including Philippe Amy (third from left, seated). The picture was taken by Asplett and Green a year after they set up in business at 18½ Beresford Street and also includes P Tourgis, P Le Gresley, Thomas J Desprès, P Norman, Mr Ahier, Mr Benest, P Garnier, Mr Hamon, D Bisson, G Le Masurier, Abraham Pallot, J Syvret, P G Adair, Philippe Amy, (3rd from left seated) G Skelton, T Binet, T Billot, Mr Vautier, E de Carteret, W Le Duc, T Lucas, H Collas and J Le Cornu.


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Family gravestones

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  • Trinity Church cemetery

  • Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery

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  • Mont a l’Abbe cemetery

  • St Ouen parish cemetery

  • St Ouen parish cemetery

  • St John’s Church cemetery

  • St John’s Church cemetery

  • St John’s Church cemetery

  • St John’s Church cemetery

  • St John’s Church cemetery

  • St John’s Church cemetery

  • St Ouen parish cemetery

  • St Ouen parish cemetery

  • St Ouen parish cemetery

  • St Brelade parish cemetery

  • St Brelade parish cemetery

  • Surville Cemetery

  • Surville Cemetery

  • Surville Cemetery

  • Surville Cemetery

  • Surville Cemetery

  • Surville Cemetery

  • Surville Cemetery

  • St Matthew’s, St Lawrence

  • St Lawrence

  • St Lawrence

  • St Lawrence

  • St Lawrence

  • John Harding Amy's grave at Capetown

  • John Leonard Amy's grave at Grandcourt

  • Philip Thomas Amy's grave at Haynecourt

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