1. Familie Herlin / Heerlien / Herlijn / Herlyn

Michel war zuerst mit Jacote Pottier verheiratet, aus dieser Ehe ging auch sein erster Sohn Jean (Jehan) "genannt der Älteste" hervor s. folio 241 debut (1475) "Michel Herlin et Jacote Pottier sa femme, fils de Jan mandelier et de Marguerite de le Motte" s. folio 241 verso (1476) "Michel Herlin rellier et Jacote Pottier sa femme fils de Jan"

Die örtliche und familiäre Abstammung von Jacote Pottier ist unbekannt. Der Name leite sich von dem Beruf des Töpfers ab und kommt in verschiedener Schreibweise bei Familie und Ortschaften im "flandrischen Raum" vor. Für die Herkunft von Jacote Pottier kommt vor allem die Region Hainaut (Mons, Renaix) in Frage. Anbei ein regionaler Überblick; S. 26 " - Frasnes ”Pottier” sub-branch along with Renaix “Potter” sub-branch, identified by princess Elisabeth de Merode and her cousin, father Jacques de Potter, plus genealogist Douxchamps for the years 1357-1650, merging into the blue branch listed below, further detailed and ascertained by a Leuven genealogist too; - Mons, Dour, Alost “Pottier” and “Potèrre”, identified by chief archivist of Renaix. This sublet provided a mayorate in Dour in 1500, with sublet moved to Audenaerde (mayorate in 1600) and further to Avelghem (mayorate in 1700)." S. 34 "Also, The High Society of The Hague, identified ancestor Herman de Pottere in 1093, freighting boats on the Escaut river, North of Antwerp. He was the cousin of Hermès in Renaix. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Herman’s descendants most likely splitted into four roots: - In Renaix (Pottere) and nearby Frasnes (Pottier), also carrying ancient stripes and one pot (like Jean de Pottère 1270 in Royal Library’s blasons) or three pots (like Gilles 1357); - In Saint-Omer (Pottere, Pottier), also carrying three pots as coat of arms; - In Liège (Pottier), carrying the ancient striped coat of arms, crossed by the red line; - In Mons (Pottier), oldest heraldic wide red top line with a gray base field. ... With Leuder, mentioned in Liège in 1170, Gilles in 1250 in Mons, and Jacob in 1357 in Renaix, plus their cousins (Pottere and Pottier) in Frasnes in 1250 and Bruges in 1320, we can say that the oldest members of both the “Roman” and “Flemish” branches were identified accurately... These roots all tie up possibly into of Pottes/Pottelle and certainly into Tournai as shown on the family table and within the adventures of different amazing personalities selected."

tome VIII, p. 689