Though perhaps not outstanding, the family has been down the centuries of good yeoman stock (dé bouonne cliâsse, in Jèrriais), very many of them ordinary but nevertheless often eminent members who will have contributed, as hundreds of thousands of other Jersiais, to the life and welfare of our beloved, and their beloved Île de Jersey in all ways and means, in all trades and profession but especially so as humble but subtantial members of the farming community - in agriculture, the noblest of all occupations. Philippe George Le Sauteur was a Deputy of the States of Jersey (1870's-1880's). He purchased "La Ferme de la Fontaine" from a Samuel de Gruchy in 1872. Philippe had the farm "L'Hermitage" before going to Grouville Arsenal to train Militia recruits in his 30's. He bought "L'Hermitage" farm from his uncle Thomas John (1811-1852) in the 1850's.