Huguenots and Walloons

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Comment by William S Dean on August 4, 2009 at 10:39am

Partly because of my ancestral lineage which includes Huguenots and also because I'm an amateur historian, I'm currently researching into the Huguenots who settled in Ireland, England, and Scotland before immigrating to the "New World" colonies. I find it fascinating that the first wave of immigration of Huguenots began as early as 1572, with a massive wave around the 1680s. It's estimated that a quarter of a million alone left France in a 2-3 year period, with some 10,000 going to Ireland and a smaller group to Scotland. It's quite a job tracking these families' treks before and after they came to the American colonies.

Comment by William S Dean on August 4, 2009 at 10:23am

My Huguenot ancestor lines include Pillers, Gaston, Navarre, LeMon, and LaForce

Comment by Carolynne Park on July 24, 2009 at 1:12pm

I have Dutch lines from the Hudson Valley NY area that intermarried with many of the French Huguenots that settled New Paltz, NY. There were 12 Huguenot families there that made the land purchase of the Esopus indians. I believe they included Freer, Deyo, Crispell, Bevier, Elting, DuBois, Hasbrouck, Gerow (Geraud), and LeFever. Magny, Low, Schoonmaker, VanNooy and many other families figured into the history there too. My Terwilliger (Dutch) ancestor married a Freer in New Paltz.

Comment by Nancy Bonham Wojcik on July 16, 2009 at 9:13pm

Hi! I'm new to this website and was thrilled to see a Huguenots section. My 6xgreat-grandmother was supposed to have been a Huguenot. They know this from cemetery records. After researching I have found that her father was supposedly Jean Petite of Baignoux. Then of course when they came to America they made a mistake and made his last name Baignoux. I don't know if this is true or not. My great-grandmother used the name Elizabeth Baignoux and of course that too became "Americanized" on some records and was recorded as Benue. This makes researching the family line very difficult.

Are the rest of you having any luck searching out your Huguenot lines?

Comment by Paul David Marian-szekula on July 16, 2009 at 9:00pm

Evidently I am illiterate, I am sorry about the spelling on the last post.

Comment by Paul David Marian-szekula on July 16, 2009 at 8:57pm

My father is Piere Marian-Szekula born November 22, 1931. He claims to have arrived in Canada in 1953. He claims to have been in Spain, prior to his arrival, attending the university of Madrid. I say claim only because he is very tight lipped about details, and recognises very quikly what we are up to with our vague questions. Does anybody recognise the name?

Comment by Linda Hobbs on July 16, 2009 at 10:28am

Possible Huguenot name ENOUY
As a child growing up I was told that my ancestors were Huguenots. My maiden name was Enouy. I have discovered most of my ancestors to date living in England around London. But recently I have discovered a few death records in Germany.

Comment by Karen Hughes on July 16, 2009 at 12:26am

My Huguenot names are ATTANVILLE, BENTOTE, BOURDEAUX, FULLER, HACH - they went to the London, England area.

Comment by Dianne Minney-Gammill on July 15, 2009 at 8:23pm

I have a family Minney, who I have suspected may have possibly been Hugenots, how do you go about finding out?

Comment by Sarah Jane Evans (Possee) on July 15, 2009 at 1:59pm

Family folk lore states that the Posse(e) family are huguenots. Would love to know if anyone has come across any in their genealogical travels!

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