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 and ask to join the project.

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” as French-speaking Protestant Christians (whatever branch or denomination) that left their homeland (France or borderlands such as Provence, Navarre, Franche Comté or the Spanish Netherlands - today's Belgium) due to religious persecution or intolerance.  Occitan-speaking or Provencal-speaking French Protestants and French-speaking families from today’s Belgium (Walloons, Liegeois) are included.  Note that in this Project we only include the actual Emigrants and their emigrating families, not their Descendants.  We do include "Double Hops," where a family fled France or a borderland for Germany, the Netherlands  or England and then they or their children moved on to America or South Africa or elsewhere, usually beyond Europe. 

This Project is limited in time & space: only Protestant Christians who left their French or borderland home due to religious intolerance between about 1540 and 1790 (when France declared all religions legal) and whose proper language or culture was French (Walloons / Occitans / Provençals included) are part of this Project.  

• Non-French-culture Protestants or descendants beyond “Double Hop” children are not placed in this Project, even though they continued to self-identify as Huguenots.  There will be a “Huguenot Descendant Sticker” to identify them, down to the Present.  A “Huguenot Family Sticker” will identify foreign-born wives, husbands or grand-children of Huguenot emigrants.  A “Huguenot Non-Emigrant Sticker” will identify those French-speaking Protestants who remained in France or a borderland. 

If you are interested in this world-wide diaspora between 1540-1790, please join this Project:  introduce yourself and tell us your Huguenot surnames of interest.

Bienvenue!  / Welcome!

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I just sent you a private message on your wiki page. We are Huguenot Cousins!

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Excited to find another cousin. Thank you for the help and the private message.

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So I think You are related to my mom, therefore  I think you might be interested in joining the Huguenot Project on GEDmatch. Moms parents were famous- Earl A. Weaver-Pless and Wilma Davilla Snell from Winchester, Franklun County, Tenn . They were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall if Fame. Mom grandpa was John Ten Shillings Bell Shasteen Shasteen. I live in Frisco, Texas. Terri G Solomon / McGhee is my name. I am part of a 50 person Shasteen project on Gedmatch. I wondered if you might be interested in joining the reserach group? If so, please follow the links below. Thanks, [email address removed] Terri_McGhee60. On Ancestry Shasteen project It would be so great if you could join the Shasteen/ Chasteen/ Chastain project. Here is how:

Just FOLLOW this link for instructions to download Your raw DNA file from ANCESTRY or Another DNA Testing Site : https://dna-explained.com/2018/08/15/ancestry-step-by-step-guide-how-to-upload-download-dna-files/

Then create a GEDmatch account at: https://www.gedmatch.com/login1.php

After you have the GEDmatch kit number and uploaded the raw DNA file....You can follow these instructions: Log into your GEDmatch account at https://www.gedmatch.com/login1.php On the right side of the homepage, under DNA Applications, click on Ancestor Projects. Follow instructions within. Terri Solomon / McGhee Let me know if you need help.

INSTRUCTIONS TO JOIN NEW FACEBOOK GROUP

There is also a new Facebook group called Chastain DNA Project. This group will be a forum to discuss our matches and findings. We are a GEDmatch private project FB group and follow the privacy rules of GEDmatch. We do not repost (copy & paste) any information about any member in this FB group or GEDmatch to another FB group or website. To join the Chastain DNA Project Facebook group you must have a GEDmatch kit number, be a member of the Chastain DNA Project, and answer the questions in the request to join. You will find us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/718611882070900 . We hope to see you there!

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Hello, Terri,  I will check it out. Thanks so much for the information. I will let you know what I find. Carol

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I'm trying to locate my direct ancestors who remained in France. However, their son did immigrated to de Caep de Hoede in 1688

Daniel Rousseau b circa 1640 - 1731 - Suèvres, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France

married: Marie Retif b circa 1644 - Orleans, Centre, France

Any suggestions?

Regards

Tina

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You very welcome.

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I descend from Hester du Bois & Glaude (Claude) de la Maistre who emigrated from the Netherlands to Brooklyn in 1652.

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Hello John

Thank you for your comment.  This thread is about joining the Huguenot Migration Project here on WikiTree.  I see you are a Guest  Member so please know that we only accept full WikiTree members who have signed our "Honor Code" as Project members.  When you take that step, please return here and use ANSWER to request to join and we will be happy to add you to our badged membership list.  

Best wishes

Chet Snow, Huguenot Migration Project Leader

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Sorry...Where's the honor pledge?

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Hi John

The Honor Code is a pledge all our Full Members sign when they join WikiTree.  Here is a URL that helps explain it:

www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Honor_Code

Also you should see

www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Membership

It explains the different levels of Membership - signing the Honor Code online automatically upgrades you to full or "Wiki Genealogist" membership.  At that time you can use this G2G thread - ANSWER not a Comment - and ask to join the Huguenot Migration Project.

Good luck and Happy Ancestor Hunting!

Chet Snow, Leader Huguenot Migration Project

Answer 1

The Tuley family arrived in America around 1675 through England. Currently 1680 is the the point at which that documentation ends and legend begins. I would like to join this group to find more documentation or at least clues to where I might find more documentation.

I love how WikiTree insists on documentation!

Answer 2

I'd like t o join the Huguenot project. My 7th great grandfather is listed as a proven ancestor for membership into the Huguenot Society. Thank you.

Answer 3

I am interested in participating in your project.  I am unsure of where to put [[Category:Huguenot_Migration_Project]] profile?  I understand above my biography, but not sure how to post.  

Answer 4

Hello, My French Huguenot ancestor is Abraham Rutan.  I'm new to WikiTree but would enjoy helping and learning!

Tina Cole

Answer 5

Working on a Huguenot branch right now - so it is the right time!

Jean (de la Montagne) Mousnier was and early settler in New Netherland and quite a promenent citizen there among the Dutch and others in that community - I am pretty sure I have a few more too

Answer 6

Hi,

My Huguenot family interest is with the Laffon family who seem to be associated with Castres en Tarn and Bordeaux, and one of whom, Susan Laffon married my gggg-gpa, Wm Magrath, in Dublin in 1758.

She appears in the will of John Nairac (1724- d1792 Dublin, and whose father Jean Nairac, 1675-1757, was a noted Bordeaux sugar merchant), where it states that her father Philip Laffon was his cousin.  This would make Philip a brother of Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, who appears in Wikipedia.

I don't know whether Philip Laffon or his daughter Susanne were actually born in France or Ireland or elsewhere, or where they died for that matter.    There is a potential sister to Susanne - Marianne b1739 Dublin - but not proven.  My research has produced lots on the Nairac family and their relationship to the Laffons - but of Philip and family...nul.

Alexandre Laffon (b1719 Bordeaux, likely brother of Philip) studied in Holland and it is quite possible that bits of the Laffon & Nairac families went to Holland before appearing in Dublin.

I found a ref to Jean Nairac senior suggesting that he became resident in Dublin before 1721 (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148bpt6k5701797q/texteBrut[148 REVUE DUE DEPARTEMENT DU TARN]  )

I don't know what Philip Laffon's occupation was.  My gggg-gpa was a government solicitor and the male children I know of were a solicitor and 2 lieutenants in the Dragoons, one of whom died in France in 1795.

Any help/guidance on where to investigate further would be much appreciated - esp for France and Holland where I have little experience.

Answer 7

Bonjour. Je suis desceded de Huguenots. [[LeMar-48|Jojn LeMar]] was part of the diaspora.

Peter

Answer 8

I would like to join the Huguenot project. My ancestor, Frederick DeSanno has been mentioned in at least two books about the Huguenots in America. He settled first in Bucks County, PA and married into the  Reiter family of Upper Hanover. See De_Sannois-1.

While his surname is in question (De Sannois), his existence in America is not and his children are well-documented. I have added the category to my profile!

Thank you!

Answer 9

Hello!

I would like to join this project. I am a descendant on my paternal side of François Rétif (Retief), my 6th great-grandfather, from Mer de Blois (I believe)  and also of Pierre Rousseau from Aquitaine, who arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in 1688. 

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Heidi, you weren't logged in, so they can't identify you.  They need to see your WikiTree ID.  Perhaps you could log in and comment here, so they could see it.

Answer 10

Hi, I would like to join this project. I have several ancestors who were French Huguenots. Some left France and some were expelled. I am interested in the migrations of the Huguenots.

Answer 11

Hello!  Please add me to the Huguenot Project.  I'm interested in tracking the Mauzy family and various others thought to be in my family tree, as well as make any meager contributions that I can and may. Thank you.

Answer 12

Hi - I would like to join this project. I believe I have Huguenot ancestors called Rose or De Ros. They arrived in England first and then went to Ireland and settled in Limerick. I have traced back to the first settler in Limerick who was Thomas Rose born around 1650.

Thanks

Answer 13

Hello, I have Dr. David Machand in my linage. His profile is in the Biographical and historical cyclopedia of Westmoreland county Pa. " A French huguenot driven from France by the " Recocation of the edict of Nantes."

I look forward to being involved in this project.

Answer 14

Hello, I am descended from Hugo Freer, one of the founders of New Paltz, NY. I am also discovering that I am descended from Moses de Graaf. I would like to join this group.

Answer 15

Hi,

Sicard is the only name I have right now, there might be others in my tree. Abroise is credited as one of the first Huguenots to live in New York.

Answer 16

Bonjour!

I would like to join both the Huguenot project and the Huguenot Descendant, as I believe I am a descendant of Huguenots.

To get started in contributing, the following file turned up on a Bing internet search. Has anyone in the Huguenot group seen it?

http://wgscroggins.kueber.us/Crochern_Jean.pdf

Au Revoir,

Marion Ceruti

Answer 17

Hello, I'd like to join your group. Y DNA testing indicates solidly that I'm descended paternally from George Brewer (d.1744) and his first wife Sarah Lanier of Brunswick County Virginia. Sarah was d/o John Lanier the Immigrant of Prince Georges County Virginia. Thanks.

Answer 18

Hello, I am a decendant of Bartholomew DuPuy, Born in 1632 in Palace Guard France, and forced to flee with his wife to Virginia.  A book was written about him and his decendants, 

The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

It has been very valuable in my research.  I would love to join this project.  He was my 9th great-grandfather.  

Answer 19

I'd like to join! I am descended from Daniel Mesnard, who emigrated with the Jacques Dubois family from Marennes France in the late 1600's to, eventually, New Rochelle, NY. I'm new to Wikitree, and I haven't yet filled out my tree to include Daniel.

Thanks!

Answer 20

hello All,

The rumor of my Canada family (Lowry and Degraff) escaping from France (as Huguenot's = Protestants) is rampant in my family's verbal history.  Whether true or not, it is of interest to me to figure it out.  I would love to help this project where I can and of course sort out brick walls in my research too.

Tanya