Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 27 - Jolivet

by David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

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Jolivet.

Evert Jolivet was naturalised at Westminster on 4th April 1688 (see List xi.). The only fact preserved concerning him is that he published, in 1708, some sacred poetry composed by his late father, whom he calls “Everte Jollyvet, avocat au parlement d’Orleans.” Prefixed to the “Poesies Chretiennes” is a brief life of the father, who was also the author of publications on the Annals of Sweden, both in prose and verse. He was born at Orleans in 1600, and became an ancien of the Reformed Church, eminent for his knowledge of the Scriptures and of theology, a deputy to the Provincial Synod, and Secretary to that ecclesiastical court. He died at Orleans on 20th July 1662, aged sixty-two. The filial editor says nothing about himself.