Origin of Surname
The family name refers to an occupation - that of maker of leather bottles, and is an old French name. It is also said to derive from early French for 'butler'.
Early records
Le Boutillier appears in the Short Inquisition of 1274. In 1345, Collas Botiler was an archer at the Castle.
Philippe Le Boutillier was Constable of Trinity, being one of several to hold that office in the parish, 1556-1572.
Johan, Nicholas and Phillipot are listed in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550. The surname also flourished in St Brelade where, in the early 20th century, a Le Boutillier was Constable and then Jurat. Francis Le Boutillier was Constable of St Ouen, before also becoming a Jurat.
Payne's Armorial of Jersey
From a very early Norman period this family has existed in Jersey, and its name frequently occurs in the history of its native island. In its ancestral parish of Trinity, its members have filled municipal offices for centuries. A curious and pleasing instance of liberality exists in the record of a gift by one of this family, some centuries ago, of the annual sum of twelve gros (groats) to furnish with ink and paper the parochial school of Trinity, for the use of poor scholars.
The same family also made an annual donation to the same parish of a bushel of wheat to be made into bread for the Holy Communion. Its estate is taxed with the gifts to this day.
Variants
- Le Bouteiller, 1668
- Le Buttelier 1607
- de Boutyllier 1528
- Le Bouthillier 1515
- Bouteliere 1381
- Bouteillier 1363
- Le Botillier 1309
- Boteller 1255
- Boteler
- Le Boteler
- Buttelier
Family records
Family trees
- Descendants of Francis Le Boutillier
- Descendants of Pierre Le Boutillier and Marie de Gruchy
- Descendants of Pierre Le Boutillier
- Descendants of Daniel Le Boutillier
- Descendants of Helier Le Boutillier - This tree combines elements of two further descents from Helier which have now been deleted ...
- Descendants of Germain Le Boutillier ... and back two generations further, but with a different descent
- Descendants of Charles Le Boutillier
- Descendants of Jean Le Boutillier
- Descendants of Elie Le Boutillier
- Descendants of Aaron Le Boutillier - a St Ouen family
- Descendants of Mathieu Le Boutillier
- Descendants of Philippe Le Boutillier
- Descendants of Philippe Le Boutillier - 2, a different Philippe and another St Ouen family
- Descendants of Nicolas Le Boutillier
Church records
- Le Boutillier baptisms in Jersey
- Le Boutillier marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Le Boutillier marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Le Boutillier burials in Jersey
Biographies
- David Le Boutillier, Paspebiac merchant
- John Le Boutillier, Gaspé merchant and Quebec politician
- Leo Le Boutillier, soldier
- Captain Oliver Le Boutillier, Great War flying ace
Newspaper records
Great War service
Family wills
Burial records
Family homes
- Alphington House, Chasse Brunet
- Brabant Farm, Croiserie, Trinity
- Egypt Farm
- Highfield, St Ouen
- Le Binaud, Trinity
- Les Chasses, St John
- Le Boulivot, Grouville
Occupation curfew cards
Curfew passes issued to Donald and John Le Boutillier during the Occupation as members of the Honorary Police [1]
Family businesses
Arms
Family album
F H Le Boutillier's Gauntlett 10th photographed by Albert Smith in 1913
Mr Le Boutillier, photograph by Henry Mullins

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Notes and references
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