Richard’s Genealogy
Family: François Joslin / Jeanne Melet (F355)
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Mother | Female
Jeanne Melet
Born Est 1770 Died Buried 21 Feb 1820 St Helier, Jersey 
Other Spouse Pierre Jean Voisin | F368 Married 30 Mar 1800 St Saviour, Jersey Father Mother
Child 1 | Female
+ Jeanne Joslin
Born Christened 28 Dec 1794 Grouville, Jersey Died 29 May 1856 St Helier, Jersey Buried 2 Jun 1856 St Helier, Jersey Spouse Philippe Noël | F357 Married 22 Jul 1815 St Helier, Jersey Spouse Daniel Kelling | F358 Married 22 Jan 1824 St Helier, Jersey
Child 2 | Male
+ Jean Joslin
Born Christened 1 Apr 1796 Grouville, Jersey Died 13 Aug 1861 St Helier, Jersey Buried 16 Aug 1861 St Helier, Jersey Spouse Elizabeth Ingram | F364 Married 12 Oct 1816 St Helier, Jersey
Child 3 | Female
+ Françoise Joslin
Born 12 Jan 1799 St Saviour, Jersey Christened 26 Nov 1809 St Saviour, Jersey Died 1874 Jersey Buried Spouse Thomas Fallaize | F330 Married 3 Dec 1820 St Helier, Jersey
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Notes - It's unclear whether this is one family or two. The eldest two children were baptised at Grouville, children of François Goslin and Jeanne Kelly his wife. The last child was baptised in St Saviour, the daughter of François Joslin and Jeanne Melet his wife. The difference in spelling of the father's name seems inconsequential, as all three children are spelt Josselin on their own marriages at St Helier. They are the only three Goslin / Gosselin / Joslin / Josselin children baptised in Jersey between 1710 and 1808, and the dates of birth form a neat sequence consistent with them being a single family: 1794, '96 and '99. Furthermore, the children acted as godparents to each other's children, suggesting they were all related.
It seems much more likely than not that the father François is the same man, and on balance probably they share the same mother too, and one or both of Kelly and Melet is a misrendering. A similarly improbable misrendering of a surname occurs in their eldest daughter Jeanne's family: her second marriage record names her husband Canning, but in fact he was a Kelling.
- It's unclear whether this is one family or two. The eldest two children were baptised at Grouville, children of François Goslin and Jeanne Kelly his wife. The last child was baptised in St Saviour, the daughter of François Joslin and Jeanne Melet his wife. The difference in spelling of the father's name seems inconsequential, as all three children are spelt Josselin on their own marriages at St Helier. They are the only three Goslin / Gosselin / Joslin / Josselin children baptised in Jersey between 1710 and 1808, and the dates of birth form a neat sequence consistent with them being a single family: 1794, '96 and '99. Furthermore, the children acted as godparents to each other's children, suggesting they were all related.