David Carnegie Andrew Agnew, Protestant Exiles from France… (1886)
“ Aufrère was remarkable for the perfect health which in Providence was granted to him. At the age of eighty-six he was not sensible of any decay of nature, but the death of Mrs. Aufrère in the year 1754 reminded him to make his Will, which he did. ”
David Carnegie Andrew Agnew, Protestant Exiles from France… (1886)
“ Aufrère’s attention. He was the father of the poor of his district, and the firmest of friends. As an adviser in business matters and an executor of Wills, his generosity was in constant exercise. The Hervarts, the Robethons, the De La Mothes, the De Gastines, the Deslauriers, and many other refugee gentlemen and ladies were among the friends whom he obliged. And he had friends also among the English clergy and literati, among whom is mentioned Archdeacon Robinson, of Northumberland. In domestic life, his memory is fragrant and evergreen. He was comparatively rich ”
David Carnegie Andrew Agnew, Protestant Exiles from France… (1886)
“ Pierre Aufrère bought the castle and estate of Corville in Normandy, and by his wife, Claire Macetier, was the father of Antoine Aufrère, Marquis de Corville, and Procureur du Roi. In 1622 the Marquis married Catherine Le Clerc, and was the father of another Antoine, who in his turn (in 1622) married Marie Prêvot, and was the father of the third Antoine Aufrère, Procureur du Roi, the first refugee, and father of the refugee minister. ”
