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Peter De Cantillon (d. date unknown)

Peter De Cantillon (son of Valentine De Cantillon and Marguerite Messeant) was born in Bavaria, and died date unknown.

Notes for Peter De Cantillon:
Abandoning all of his possessions in Bavaria, Peter fled to England in 1685 after revocation of the edict on Nantes. He crossed Northern France at night with his family to the English Channel which he crossed in a small boat to haven in England. In 1688 he entered the Dutch army of King William III of Holland. In 1690 he fought in the battle of the Boyne against his Cantillon relative's who were Catholic. He was awarded an estate in Kilcooley Parish, the barony of Slieveardagh, South Riding, Tipperary County, Ireland.

Children of Peter De Cantillon are:

+Jasper De Cantillon, b., Bavaria, d. 1756.