Has anybody come across the name Blancheton?

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Willem Blancheton, roman catholic priest, arrived in the Netherlands in the 17 century from Normandy, converted to protestantism, may have carried the R1b Y-dna subclade P-311*.
in The Tree House by Gus Van Weert G2G5 (5.6k points)
About half of the R1b's have a P-312 subclade. I had not heard of a 311 subclade before.
Hi Frank: Here is more information: Willem BLANCHETON submitted a request to the Raad van State (essentially Parliament) of the Neterlands as then constituted, in 1700, describing himself as a former monk of the Benedictine Order from the St. Maur Society of S.S, Cosmas and Damianus in Forest(?), old 44 years, from a noble Bourgondian (not Normandian, sorry my mistake) family. Conversion to protestantism was done in Bern on Oct 14, 1690. Source BHIC, notary, schepen (bailiff) and other files, search for Blancheton. GUS
I don't seem to be getting far, in spite of the additional informaition. Maybe someone else will be able to find the answer to your question.

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Blancheton surname most frequent in France, then Switzerland, then USA.   See  http://forebears.io/surnames/blancheton

Can the birth year and arrival year be narrowed down to something less than a century?  Was his first name spelled Willem? 

 

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