Rousseau's mother, Suzanne Bernard Rousseau, was raised by her uncle Samuel Bernard a Calvinist preacher after her father Jacques (whom had run into trouble with the legal/religious authorities for fornication and having a mistress) died in his early thirties.
Rousseau's mother, Suzanne Bernard Rousseau, was from an upper-class family who was raised by her uncle Samuel Bernard a Calvinist preacher. He cared for Suzanne after her father Jacques (whom had run into trouble with the legal/religious authorities for fornication and having a mistress) died in his early thirties.