It was The list of Huguenots below have been represented in The Huguenot Society of Maryland at various times since its founding in 1968. Text is mainly in French, with some Dutch, on 198 microfilms. French Huguenot Church, 1686-1748/1764: There are no extant records. Only about 500 people in Ireland today still trace Palatine origins, revealed in their surnames. From South Carolina, French Huguenots led by Ren Goulaine de Laudonnire settled in Florida in 1564. 0000007121 00000 n 0000001240 00000 n WebJoaquin Phoenix (1974-), American actor, distant French Huguenot ancestry on his father's side. Pages 181-87 describe Protestant records, their content, and history. 0000058859 00000 n Within five years from the time of its foundation, the colony was broken up, and nearly every family had sought a home elsewhere. On this site you can type your 0000002925 00000 n The centre of Huguenot resistance was Cvennes in the south but a rebellion of the Camisards in 17023 failed and the presence of the Huguenots in France was thereafter negligible. Even the current president of the United States Joe Biden has Huguenot ancestry on his mother's side. Between 1677 and the early 1700s, Dutch-speaking French Huguenots from Harlem and Staten Island, New York, settled at Schraalenburgh (now Bergenfield) in the Hackensack Valley of Bergen County. If you have protestant ancestors from Alsace, it is important to know if they were Lutheran or Huguenot. 0000030818 00000 n Their 'stories' have been passed down, and should be verified. FASTER Systems provides Court Accounting, Estate Tax and Gift Tax Software and Preparation Services to help todays trust and estate professional meet their compliance requirements. This page has been viewed 47,733 times (0 via redirect). Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Johnny Depp, Derek Jacobi and Laurence Olivier are just some of the actors who have Huguenot ancestry. You can unsubscribe at any time. 0000039974 00000 n Catherine de' Medici summoned the French Catholic bishops and the Protestant ministers in 1561 to the Colloquy of Poissy (Disputatio Pussicena). From the 1660s, Huguenots' rights were chipped away. Its purpose is "to perpetuate the memory of the Huguenots". One Dubois family in London changed its name to Wood during the Napoleonic Wars, LeBlanc might be changed to White or Boulanger to Baker. Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. Huguenot immigrants continued to arrive although colonial subsidies stopped in 1706. YouTuber Joe Sugg discovered his Huguenot connections during his Who Do You Think You Are? While many family histories are given at length, and others are mentioned only briefly. 327 46 Many of the parish registers mentioned in this inventory are also available on microfilms at the FamilySearch Library. 0000005091 00000 n Mounted soldiers were forcibly billeted on Protestant families - often wrecking their homes and making life intolerable - to make them convert or leave France. 0 Cahiers du Centre de Gnalogie Protestante (See France Periodicals . WebThey settled in port cities, Charleston, New York, and Boston, or founded rural communities (New Paltz and New Rochelle, New York, Orange Quarter and French Santee, South 0000005679 00000 n In the autumn of the year 1686, a body of French Protestants, comprising forty or fifty families, arrived in New England, and established themselves in the territory now covered by the State of Rhode Island. WebFrench Huguenots was that of the Oley Valley in Berks Countyeast of Reading. WebSo far as we have yet ascertained, the following are the names of the refugee families which were Naturalized in Great Britain and Ireland: Abauzit Abelain Abraham Acque Adam Adrien Agace Ageron Aissailly Alart Alavoine Albers Albert Albin Alden Aleber Alexandre Allaire Allais Allard Allat Allen Allix Allotte Alvant Amail Amelot Amiand Amiot 57 Volumes. As well as images and information, this website includes links to all of the Huguenot museums in France. Bibliothque Wallonne (Leiden). That review resulted after a lot of thought and consultation in many names being dropped from our listings due to lack of good documentation. Ancestor 2nd Generation 3rd Generation Agee, Elizabeth Faure, Jacques Faure, Marie The Huguenot Heritage Webring promotes the history and heritage of the French Huguenots, and encourages the study of the family history and genealogy of all those with Huguenot ancestors. However, when the Huguenot Society of London was formed in 1885, it decided to include other early religious refugees from the Low Countries - today's Belgium and the Netherlands. Some Huguenots translated their surnames. Men who refused could be sent to the galleys as slaves, imprisoned or executed. (FamilySearch Libraryr book 942.1/L1 B4h; most volumes have been microfilmed.) Most of them have already been mentioned in connection with the Huguenot emigration from the seaboard provinces of western France. [89] [90] [91] River Phoenix (1970-1993), American actor, brother of 0000009767 00000 n Use the search box to find a specific Family Name, Year, Location or Occupation. Four years later, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes. WebThe French Huguenot Settlement in Virginia * 1700-ca. They have a research library containing over 4,500 books, journals, and files covering the history of French Protestants and on SouthCarolina history and families. 0000010269 00000 n WebMost of the Huguenot congregations (or individuals) in North America eventually affiliated with other Protestant denominations with more numerous members. It has been compiled by the Huguenot Society of Australia and is available to buy on CD-Rom. France. xref Their settlement, in King William Parish, near Richmond on the James River, was known as Manakin Town. The Huguenot Society of Great Britain's Quarto Series includes the major sources for Huguenot ancestry in England and Ireland. 0000001740 00000 n As time progressed, and the relationship between the Protestant Huguenots and Catholic France became more tenuous, immigration to the colonies of British North America increased. First, there were particular periods when the number of immigrants from France swelled in response to religious persecution. Kathy Chater is a historian and the author of Tracing Your Huguenot Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians. Try 6 issues for just 9.99 when you subscribe to Who Do You Think You Are? If the name you are interested in is not here, the people are not Huguenots. du Pont, a former student of Lavoisier, established the Eleutherian gunpowder mills, which produced material for the American Revolutionary War. I am trying to trace my Paternal Great ,Great Grandmother Sarah Annet Arnet Annett born about 1842 West Gwillinbury,Ontario,Canada she was one of seven daughters to James Annet and Jane Scot born and came from Sligo,Ireland about 1836 landed in Rawdon Twsp,Quebec,Canada with their parents met married and moved to Innisfil,Simcoe South,Ontario,Canada they had seven daughters no sons.My Great Great Grsndmother married Christopher Nixon on March 4 1858 in West Gwillinbury,Ontario,Canada they had only one daughter together her name was Maria pronouced Mariah Louisa Nixon born May 1 1859 the birth date is for sure the year is questionable she died definetly on Sept 27 1943 in Toronto,Ont,Canada she married John Barclay March 8 1882 Elmvale,Ontario,Canada they had five children only one had children my Paternal Grandmother Eleanor Elizabeth Zeta Barclay who married Telford Wright Sharpe on August 30 1916 Ontario,Canada two children only my father Jack Telford Denis Sharpe was the only one who had children two a daughter Gail Louise Sharpe and a son Kenneth John Sharpe we each a had children myself two sons and only one Grandson.I do not know when my Great Great Grandmother died or her parents or much of her sisters , my Great Aunt told me that Sarah Annets family was from french Aristocrats family and had a Hugenot family Ancestry.Can you help me with any information regarding this? The channel islands saw a big influx of refugees making the short crossing over from France. (FamilySearch Libraryfilm 199,954-56.) [1], The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Muse virtuel du protestantisme (English version), Rootsweb Religions/Churches Mailing Lists, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=France_Huguenots&oldid=5083544. Many of these became the ancestors of you and me. FASTER Accounting Services provides court accounting preparation services and estate tax preparation services to law firms, accounting firms, trust companies and banks on a fee for service basis. The Society of Genealogists has a complete set you can consult. [3] They and many of their descendants lived in Henrico, Goochland, Cumberland, and Powhatan counties. The Spanish had already staked claim in that locality and soon rid the area of the French. French Canadian Pioneers The Martins of Quebec. The Huguenots were French Protestants from the sixteenth and seventeenth century who fled from the French Catholic government fearing persecution and violence. Since 1938 they have been subsumed in the Protestant Church of France. 0000007861 00000 n The Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors of The National Huguenot Society, Fifth Edition 2012, together with any supplements or addenda that have been or might be issued, provides the definitive listing of proven Huguenot ancestors whose descendants have joined The National Huguenot Society over the years. Many French Huguenots (Protestants), fleeing religious persecution in Catho-lic France, emigrated to America via England, which granted them tracts of frontier land to settle. These unindexed papers contain the history of these two groups of people. Huguenots were French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. Jean Ribault established a French Huguenot colony in South Carolina in 1562. Martin Family Web Page If one or more of the details do not line up, be careful about accepting the entry as your ancestor. The term has its origin in early-16th-century France. (LogOut/ The Huguenots Englands First Refugees. Flemish and Huguenot (French Walloon) surnames are common to Zeeland. The names are alphabetical phonetically, then chronological in order by the event date. There are published indexes, and members of the society can access all of the Proceedings on its website. Martin Surname Resources on The Internet Common Heroes Martins in Sussex. reported to be:* 1640 in Scotland* 1640 in England* 1640 at T . The Huguenot Society of Great Britain's Quarto Series includes the major sources for Huguenot ancestry in England and Ireland. Secondly, Huguenot settlements in the UK were all in the south of England, Scotland and Ireland, while some went to the French-speaking Channel Islands. The French Wars of Religion were ended by the Edict of Nantes in 1598. The term has its origin in early-16th-century France. 327 0 obj <> endobj Local Huguenot churches were called temples whereas Catholic churches were called glises. If such proof and documentation has not been verified by and placed on file with The National Huguenot Society, then the Huguenot name will not be listed on our site. Catholic France allied itself with Savoy, Spain, and the papacy to form the Catholic League; the Huguenots received support from England, the Netherlands, and the German Protestant states. To pay for the search send about $15.00 worth of francs to: French churches were already established in London, Canterbury and Norwich by the time of the St Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 which prompted the first great wave of refugees to Britain. (FS Library book 944 F23f; not on microfilm.) New York city included many Huguenots. Several clues hint at French Huguenot ancestry. And, in the larger cities of South Holland, surnames are the Dutch version of French and German surnames. 0000058804 00000 n Paris, France: Archives Nationales, 1987. Publications in the Quarto Series are available in a number of libraries including the Huguenot Library. United States with Counties, Areas, Communities Project, History of the Huguenot emigration to America, A fascinating illustrated account of the life and travels of Gabriel Bernon, Pierre Le Moine (descendants - Money, Mawney). http://pages.infinit.net/barbeaum/suisses.htm, The Judicial Archives During the British Regime and Lower Canada -1780-, Province of Quebec During the British Regime 1763-1791, Montreal, Quebec City, Trois-Rivires in the Early Days of British Canada, GenWebCanada updates Quebec cemetery listings, RootsTech announces free online conference presentation schedule, Am I My Fathers Son, or Genealogy Revisited, Amarilda Desbiens, Scottish adoptee in Baie-St-Paul? These are all on CD-Rom. London, England: HSL, 1969-1985. Some Huguenots from New York migrated to Pennsylvania and settled in Berks and Lancaster counties. Records for Huguenots can be found in the records of these churches. One such settle-ment was Manakin Town in Virginia, created in 1700 on the James River Partner websites such as Ancestry.com, Findmypast, MyHeritage, and American Ancestors can be searched free-of-charge at any FamilySearch Center. The Huguenots Fiches op de Waalse register, 1500-1828 (Card index of Huguenots, 1500-1828). An interesting website is the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands, made available by the Meertens Institute. Be prepared to find the correct church records by organizing in advance as many of these exact details about the ancestor as possible: Carefully evaluate the church records you find to make sure you have really found records for your ancestor and not just a "near match". Upon receipt of better documentation those ancestors will again be listed on this website. Thus, the ancestral listing on our site is not and never will be a complete and exhaustive list of all French Huguenots. WebHuguenot Surnames See our Huguenot Surname Cross Surname and Variations -- Christian Name Ag / Agee / Oage -- Matthieu Allaire -- Alexandre Alle / Alley / Alie / Both of these structures fell victim to fire, but they were rebuilt. It published R. E. G. Kirk, Returns of Aliens in London, 15231603 (1900-1908) in 10 volumes and 4 parts. As well as thousands of books and documents, the Huguenot Library has copies of research carried out into individual names and family histories. The museum has artefacts and displays about the Huguenots' history. WebRegistered Lineages | Huguenot Society of Registered Lineages The lineages which have been accepted for membership in the society to date are in the table below. 2B. Huguenot and Walloon Genealogical Resources Cyndi's List: Huguenot No list of links is better on any genealogical terms Includes Huguenots in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and elsewhere. The name index of this work has been digitised: PDF 112Mb. 929.14 A512a. Some French Protestant records may have been published or indexed by a local genealogical society library. This weeks compilation, France Huguenot Family Lineage Searches , is designed to help you find your Protestant ancestors in 16 th to 18 th century France. 0000005971 00000 n trailer The settlement was a promising one. 0000042668 00000 n Persecution dramatically increased with the introduction of the dragonnades in 1681. Les familles Protestantes en France (XVIe sicle-1792) (French Protestant families from the 16th century to 1792). &L^zd>@DG$="P)Z61wCZWdUVBO% 3 About 50,000 came to Britain; others went to Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. Martin Family History Martins in Ireland, Virginia and the Caribbean. By 1686 Huguenot settlements existed in Charleston, Santee River, St. John's Berkeley and Cooper River. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950. Strictly speaking the term Huguenots refers to French Calvinists, in English the term embraces Walloons and Dutch refugees from the Low Countries. Are you a descendant of a Huguenot Family? %%EOF ), then migrated into North Carolina.Led by Dr. Mauslia Muse (sp.?) American Presbyterianism can trace its origins to this foundation. However, anyone seeking to join the Society or claim as a supplemental ancestor a name which is not on the list, including any that were once accepted but have been dropped, will need to provide appropriate documentation to validate that the ancestor was, in fact, a French Huguenot. Cyndi's List has a landing page for Huguenot links. By 1718, the earliest tax assessment list for Conestoga in the present Lancaster County listed 43 English surnames, 78 Swiss-German surnames, and only 7 surnames which can be identified as belonging to French Huguenot families.' Books about Huguenot Families [edit | edit source] General [edit | edit source] Baird, Charles W. History of the Huguenot emigration to America. These Martin in America may also have been Huguenot or Mennonite. Some names are obviously French, but others were misrecorded, such as the Chataigne family in Wandsworth who became the Chattings. A few French Huguenot surnames that remain common today include the surnames Du Plessis, De Villiers, Joubert, Le Roux, Naude and Rousseau. You may download for a list of the Registered Lineages. During this period the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre occurred in 1572: beginning in Paris, thousands of Huguenots were murdered; in the following days thousands more were killed in Aix, Bordeaux, Bourges, Lyon, Meaux, Orleans, Rouen, Toulouse, and Troyes. Carry's associate in the leadership of the band of refugees, was Pierre Berthon de Marigny,Peter Berton, as the English called him,the representative of a prominent family of Chatellerault, in Poitou. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Due to persecution, n 1685, about 200,000 Huguenots fled to foreign nations, including Germany, the Netherlands, England, and America. Can you help me? 0000002253 00000 n Ezdchiel Carr, the minister of the colony, was a native of the isle of Re, and had studied philosophy and theology in the Academy founded by Calvin at Geneva. The names displayed are those for which The National Huguenot Society has received and has on file in its archives documented evidence proving, according to normally accepted genealogical standards, that the individual listed was indeed a French Huguenot during the period of 1520-1787. Magazine today! It is suggested to contact the library so materials will be available. volume 1 Internet Archive volume 2 Internet Achive. 0000003283 00000 n WebBetween 5,000 and 7,000 Huguenots and Walloons (French-speaking Protestants from Wallonia, in the South part of Belgium) came to America between 1618 and 1725. It included, in whole or part, the territory ofthe present townships of Amity, Exeter, Earl, Oley, Pike, District,and Rockland. Into this region from the Huguenot Its members, of course, are the descendants of the French Protestants who fled their homeland during the religious wars of the 17th century and, especially, following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685. (LogOut/ Strictly speaking the term Huguenots refers to French Calvinists, in English the term embraces Walloons and Dutch refugees from the Low Countries. Discovering that you have Huguenot ancestors in your family can add an exciting element to your family tree. 0000012543 00000 n Nevertheless the listing can be useful in genealogical research and for the purpose of establishing eligibility for membership in The National Huguenot Society. It is important to recall that not all French protestants were Huguenots: the Lutheran church, la Confession d'Augsbourg was tolerated in Alsace and their church registers date back to 1525. Increasing persecution from 1661 which culminated in the 1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) led to the second great wave. Huguenots often merged with other Protestant religious groups. 0000107191 00000 n A similar migration of French Huguenots left its imprint on Ireland in surnames like Blanc, Cobbe, Deverell and Trench. 0000005727 00000 n WebMany Huguenot names are still amongst us; the following may be given as examplesBarr, Blacquiere, Boileau, Chaigneau, Du Bedat, Champion, Chenevix, More are being added all the time. WebHuguenot immigrants began arriving in North America as early as the sixteenth century, establishing small communities in French Canada. The Huguenot Society of London was formed in 1885 and is now known as The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland. However, not all French people in Britain were of Huguenot origin. The ancestral listing on our website is an open listing which means it is periodically updated from time to time as new information becomes available. 0000006738 00000 n Its purpose is to preserve the memory of the Huguenots who left France prior to 1787. A colony was established at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 for the Dutch East India Company: the wife of the first Dutch Governor was a Huguenot. Shows dates and places of births, marriages, deaths, and migrations. The Jerripedia website has an A-Z of those who took part in a formal renouncement of Catholicism (known as abjuration). A lengthy review of all genealogical information on file was completed in September 2011. Barlow seems to be the English spelling of her last name. Fiches op de registers, collectie Montauban, 1647- 1682 (Card index of Huguenots of Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, 1647-1682). You can see surnames L-Z here. Huguenots in Nouvelle France Qubec (New France Quebec) 1604-1763, Michel Barbeau Author, researcher, compilerand consists of, Huguenots from France (319 pioneers) http://pages.infinit.net/barbeaum/fichier/, Calvinists from Switzerland (21 pioneers) http://pages.infinit.net/barbeaum/suisses.htm, Huguenots in Nouvelle France Qubec(New France Quebec)1600-1765, Listing of family names obtained from the writings of many authors andVarious Online Sources, Click on the links below to open in new windows.