Maria Elizabeth Banvard (1732 - 1799)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

While they may have been considered Foreign Protestants, they were not Hugenot, who were Calvinists. Montbeliard was a French speaking principality and the family was probably Lutheran^[1][2]

Maria Elisabeth Banvard migrated to Nova Scotia from Montbeliard. She sailed on the ship "Speedwell", which left Rotterdam, Holland on the 16-May-1752, arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 22-Jul-1752. (from Passenger lists for ships carrying "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia. Ship named the "Speedwell." Marsha Auger April 9, 2016.

Checking the sources given for the marriage - married in the St. Pauls Anglican Church, Halifax.^[3]

Bell's Register, Sect 1A, p.16.

The sources listed previously, notes bell as the source for the marriage location, however, Bell does not list marriage location in this entry for Maria Elizabeth, but does note Lunenburg in this entry for Jean.

Bell Section 1A, p.85

Two conflicting sources for the marriage place.

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ "Handbill advertisements were posted throughout central Europe, and over 2700 'Foreign Protestants', mainly from agricultural communities along the Rhine River corridor, responded to the offer and emigrated to Nova Scotia. Most came from the Upper Rhine area of present-day Germany, from the French- and German-speaking Swiss cantons, and from the French-speaking principality of Montbéliard (now part of France)"
2. ↑ [1], article extract from Lunenburg before 1800, Lunenburg by the Seas
3. ↑ Punch. p79

• Montbélliard Emigrations to Nova Scotia, 1749-1752, p. 79 Torrence M. Punch, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore Maryland, 2014.