G2G: Interested in the Huguenot Migration 1500-1789? Join the Huguenot Migration Project [closed]

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Hello! Are you interested in helping with the Huguenot Migration Project?  If so, please answer this post to join.

Additionally:

1. Add huguenot to your followed tags.
2.  Add the category [[Category:Huguenot_Migration_Project]] including the double brackets, to your own profile, above your biography section

The WikiTree Huguenot Migration Project defines "Huguenot"  to include any French-speaking Protestants (whatever branch or denomination) that left (emigrated from) their homeland (France or borderlands such as Provence, Navarre or the Spanish-Netherlands - today's Belgium) due to religious persecution or intolerance.  Of course Occitan-speaking or Provencal-speaking Protestants are included as the official language where they lived was French, regardless what they spoke at home.  Note that in this Project we only include the actual Emigrants and their families, not their Descendants.   We do include "double hops" where a family fled France or neighboring areas for Holland or England and then their children moved on to America or South Africa or elsewhere.  Beyond that, descendants are not included even though they continued to self-identify as Huguenots.  Thus this Project is limited in time & space: only those who left their European homeland for religious reasons between about 1520 and 1789 (when the French Republic declared all religions legal) and whose official language/culture was French (Wallons/Occitans/Provencals included) are part of this Project.  

If you are interested in this world-wide diaspora between 1500-1789, feel free to introduce yourself and tell us your Huguenot surnames of interest.

Bienvenue!  / Welcome!

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I am intrested in joining! the surnames i am intrested in are Richburg, Richbourg, and De Richebourg who came to america in the late 1600's to jamestown VA and manakintown. Also could be related to the Chastains through marriage.

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My name is Amy (Lamoreaux) Wise. I am the 10x great-granddaughter of Andre' Lamoreaux (Lamoreaux-49) who fled France with his family due to religious persecution. (This story is retold by my cousin's book "The French Pilot.")

On my mother's side, I am the 10x great-granddaughter of Abraham DuBois (Du_Bois-10) and Margaret Deyo (Deyo-20) who settled New Amsterdam, NY. Margaret's father, Christian, moved them out of France after Margaret's birth, and about 20 years before Grandpa Andre' and his family arrived in America.

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I descend from the Malans who were French Huguenots from Provence who fled to the Piedmont Valley.  We have a two volume book that details the family tree, stories, and coats of arms (they changed over the years).  I was fortunate enough to visit two of the towns where my ancestors lived, Mérindol and Gordes.

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I would like to be included as I am a granddaughter of Louis DuBois and I am very interested in learning investigating more into huguenots since it is part of my ancestry.

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Hi. I am interested in joining. I have ancestors with the name Macaree which family tradition said was descended from Huguenots. That they lived in Bethnal Green in Middlesex and one was a silk weaver strengthened the suggestion but is no proof. I later found a published family tree on the web (which has since disappeared) which, if true, traced my ancestors back to Valantin Macaré in Valenciennes, France in 1580. So, I can't (yet) prove my Huguenot ancestry - but I'd still like to join! Thanks for reading. Graham

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My maiden name was Barineau, the tree also contains many Lifrages. They came to America by way of The Netherlands. The were primarily in the Willmington, North Carolina area until my gggrandfather migrated to North Florida.

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I too am a descendant of Louis Dubose through Isaac Dubose > Pierre Dubose > Andrew Dubose > Benjamin Dubose > Eliza Dubose Humphries > Thomas Dubose Humphries > Bascom Humphries > Walter Emory Humphries > Ella Mae Humphries Zingery > me Sharon Zingery.  Member of National Huguenot Society

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My assumed ancestor was John Roseall, married a Mary Johnson in London England 1667/8, Marriage is listed in records at Westminster Abby. Around the mid to later 1600's he is listed as one of the 1st pioneer families of Newtown, NY. in Westchester Co.

I have currently been researching this line for over two years, no official records exist in NY until they were required in the 1880's, this lack of records affect my application process for the Huguenot Society of NC, three generations before my assumed migration of my line eventually to reside in the Piedmont area of NC.

A variation of the surname also includes De Roessell, Rosell, and Rozzel.

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I am interested in the Huguenot Mershon (Merchant?) who emigrated from La Rochelle.  Other family lines from France are Kesslers from Strasbourg, De Lany family from the town of Lagny in Normandy, and more ancestors from Gascony.

De_Lany-147.

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I am interested in Huguenot immigrants to Manakintown, Virginia, including Abraham Soblet [Soblet-5], his wife, Suzanne Briant [Briant-149], their children  Anne (Soblet) Chastain, Jacques Soblet and Pierre Louis Soblet, as well as Anne Soblet's husband, Pierre Chastain.

 

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I, as well, am descended from the Manakintown French Huguenot family Jean Perrault, my 13th great grandfather. I lived in Henrico County outside of Richmond for many years and have researched many Huguenot families including my Perrault family.  I found Virginia to be rich in history and the Huguenot history.  My main goal is to connect the dots in order to help develop and implement a greater unified profile and history of the Huguenot heritage and culture.  I appreciate the opportunity to help in any way to achieve this.  Thank you.

Linnea Fornel

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I am Wanda Morissette Richards and I am a descendant of the Morissettes, Faures, Coxes, etc. of Manakintowne, Virginia. I know that many people that, even today, live in this area are the descendants of the original Huguenots, but their names have been Anglicized.

I am also interested in the Mayhew (Mahieu, Mayhue, Mahu) family that originally came to Maryland and then left Maryland and came to Virginia. Many of them came to Pittsylvania and Halifax families of Virginia. In particular, I'm interested in Drury (Drewry) Mayhew who was in Maryland, but the trail runs cold. I'm positive he's not the Drury Mayhew that lived in Massachusetts.

I know that there were problems between the Maryland Catholics and the Protestants and many Protestants escaped to Virginia. I'm sure that there were many Huguenots among these refugees.

Any information on these families is very welcome.

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I would like to add that even though the ancestor who was born in the U.S. cannot be called a Huguenot, I think that it's important to mark surnames as being Huguenot, even if they've been Anglicized because when you have a "Mayo" that was originally "Mahieu", if you know that Mayo originally was Huguenot, if helps you make that connection.

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Dear Wanda

Thank you for your comments.  If you wish to join the Huguenot Migration Project, please let me know.  As I explained, this project is designed to designate ONLY Huguenot (broadly-defined) immigrants, not their descendants.  If you or any member wishes to set up another project for that purpose, I believe there are ways to do so on WikiTree.  I personally am not familiar with many conflicts between the mostly-Roman-Catholic leaders of early colonial Maryland and Huguenot immigrants there but that is also a separate topic, independent of this Project.

Answer 3

Proud Huguenot descendant Thru Prou and Sorrell. I am a member of the VA Huguenot Society . I'd like to join the Huguenot project. I maintain the beliefs of our Huguenot ancestors as it pertains to the Catholic religion.

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Hello, I have enjoyed being a part of the Huguenot Migration Project thus far. I am a descendant of Pierre-René de St. Julien (1669 - 1745) and I look forward to learning more! Thanks!

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My name is Michael Scogings; my mother's maiden name was Boshoff and her ancestor, Henri Guillaume Bossau (or Willem Hendrik Boshoff) arrived at Cape Town, South Africa, in 1741.  He is said to be of French Huguenot extraction and his place of origin is given as Bayonne, France.  However this information is taken from a letter he received when leaving the French Protestant Church in Altona, Hamburg in order to join the Dutch East India Company.  No evidence has yet been found of the Bossau family in Bayonne, although the Hamburg Church letter states that he came from France.  I am thus very interested in being part of the Huguenot Migration Project in order to learn about the migration and also to contribute where possible.

Answer 6

Hello from Campbell California,

I believe my Du Bois family are related?

 

Jim Walker

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Hello

Thank you for commenting on this issue.  At the Huguenot Migration Project, we welcome any and all WikiTree members interested in their French-speaking Protestant ancestors that left for another country/continent due to religious intolerance or persecution in their homeland.

If you wish to JOIN the Project, please leave me a clear message on my profile page = Snow-2128

Best

 

Chet Snow

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My 10x great-grandfather was Abraham DuBois, married to Margaret Deyo DuBois. The Deyos emigrated from France to New Netherland. Her father-in-law, Louis Dubois, fled France for Germany before settling in New Netherland, NY.

Answer 7

My great-grandmother was a Lozier, descended from Francois Le Sueur. I also see Simon De Ruine on my tree.

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Hi, I would like to help on this project. I am a Huguenot descendant, via Huguenot's who intermarried in Germany and them migrated to Australia (Queensland). The main German name is Schoenwaldt and some of the Huguenot French names are Baudouin, Taille (LeTalle) and Gueffroy. 
Thanks,
Rob May.

Answer 9

While not a Huguenot descendant myself, my wife is a descendant of several Huguenot families from the parts of Carolina that became South Carolina and Georgia.  Among other names, she is a descendant of the DuPont, Faucheraud, Vignaud, and Guerard/Guerrard families who settled emigrated from France in the 1670's and came to America in the early 1680's. One of her ancestors, Jacob Guerard was a co-leader and co-organizer of the Petit-Guerard Colony that came with Royal permission aboard the Richmond, setting sail from London on 19 December 1679 and disembarking at Oyster Point in Carolina on 30 April 1680.  This was the first of two companies to come to that colony, and Mr. Petit apparently came (if he came, which is not certain) with the second company.  I have done some research on this colony, although there is much more to be done.  I have only recently begun to add some of these individuals to WikiTree, and thought maybe I should join the Huguenot Migration project to help me figure out how best to proceed in that endeavor.

Other names which do not sound particularly French, but which I have found in some secondary sources as being called Huguenot include Nilson and Singellton.  I know these families are closely allied to the emigrants, but have not been able to conclusively link them to France. 

Comments

Thanks for your interesting comments, Gilbert.  I have awarded you the Huguenot Migration Project Badge today - Welcome and Bienvenue!  If anyone else reading this G2G wishes to join the Project, just answer the initial question and tell me so and I will be happy to award you the badge.

Best to all,

Chet Snow, Project Leader

Answer 10

I am Susan from Australia.  My Huguenot ancestors were the Dumas family, they mainly lived in England and Kerry in Ireland.  Many joined the army.  They married into the well known Huguenot family of Cyrus  de Lamilliere originally from Nantes and then settled in Kerry Ireland.

Answer 11

I am interested in the Ressequie family. I am descended from Alexander Ressequie who was born in Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comte, France in 1679 and died in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut in 1752. I would like to join the Huguenaut project.

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Hello Pam

Thank you for your interest in the Huguenot Migration Project.  To add you to the Project, I must have your WikiTree ID (name-number).  For example, I am Snow-2128 here.  Just "Pam" is not enough for me to identify your WikiTree profile and add you to the Project.  If you want, you may send me a private message via www.wikitree.com/wiki/snow-2128 

Chet Snow

Answer 12

I am Alycia Brown and I am interested in joining this project. I'm a descendent of both Henri Cabanis and Anthony Sizer (americanized), who were Huguenots.

Answer 13

I am Causier by marriage. The Causiers/Causers in England are descended from Hugenots and I believe all of them are related to each other in this country. There have been two "reunions" of Causiers in Worcestershire attended by people from home and abroad who are descended from the Sacheverell Causier who was baptised on June 25, 1715, at St Peter De Witton Church, Droitwich, Worcestershire.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Causier-3
(I still have yet to get round to connecting him to his descendants.)

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Joseph Peregois (Perrigo, Pedigo, Peregoy) who arrived in Maryland from France in 1685 interests me. What was his French background, where in France did he come from? He could conceivably be a direct ancestor of mine. On the other hand, that line may be in error. Going back to square one and speculating, I could also have a Huguenot ancestor with the last name of Greene, in which case he must have changed his last name. One tree at Ancestry gave him as coming from Ireland (to Maryland) in the latter 1700s. I also have Dietz in my tree whose initial immigrant supposedly came from Saarland, where Huguenots are known to have settled. Oddly enough, there was a downstream marriage between a Dietz and a Greene in my tree.

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Searching my Huguenot lineage back from Peter David m. Elizabeth Moriissett, prob. Manakintown, VA, son of Pierre David m. Ann Dutertre 1710 England, son of Pierre David m. Rachel DeBray.  Davids from Bolbec, Normandie, France.  My documentation is limited to the USA and few English records.  Need help with migration data in France and England.

 I am a Past National President of The Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia.

Answer 15

Chet, thanks for leading the Huguenot Migration Project. So happy to see you promoting it. 

I am already a member, but just want to re-confirm my interest in the project.

My husband is descended from the Huguenot de Veaux family (later Devoe with variations) who fled France initially for Mannheim, Germany (where there was a Huguenot community for some time), then to New Netherland. They farmed in what is now Harlem, and also were among the settlers of New Rochelle. The immigrant was Frederick de Veaux.

Correction: He was one of the De Veaux immigrants. His brother Nicholas DeVaux also came over. (But my husband is descended from Nicholas' brother Frederick.)

Answer 16

I am interested in joining the project.  Pierre Chastain is my 7th GGF and his Huguenot heritage has always been a notable subject in our family history.

Answer 17

Hello. My name is Jay Fletcher and I believe I am a descendant of Huguenots who emigrated from France to the Netherlands in the late 1500s/early 1600, and then to North America. Surnames of interest are Depeyster, Prat (Praa), Phillipe,  Rapareillie (Rapalje), Trico (Frike), Lothie, Rutan and Petilon. I would also like to determine if the surnames Depoister and Depoyster are americanized versions of Depeyster and Depeister. I look forward to working with you on the Huguenot project.

Answer 18

Hello!

Thank you for creating this community. I am researching the Bartow family from New York (my Mother's side) and their Hugenot ancestors from France before they emigrated to England then America where the first who arrived, Rev. John Bartow, served as the first Church of England rector of the parish at St. Paul's from 1702 - 1725. This is the perfect resource and I am excited to learn and share with this project!

Answer 19

Hello! My name is Elizabeth Wander. I am interested in the Sohier, des Marets family. :)

Answer 20

I am interested in the Huguenot Migration Project. My Huguenot ancestors include the following surnames: Pelot, Gignilliat, DeVille, LeSerrurier, DuPre,

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