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HUGUENOT FAMILIES

These lists were taken from "Irish Pedigrees",vol.2, by John O'Hart. Pub 1892, Dublin. Note: Pronunciation marks were not copied. According to Agnew's Third Volume of the French Protestant Exiles from France (London: Reeves and Turner, 1874), the Foreign Refugees and their descendants, who settled in Great Britain and Ireland, are divided into three Tables:

TABLE I contains the names of those who settled in these countries before the reign of Louis XIV., of France. (1643)

TABLE II contains the names of those who settled in these countries during the reign of Louis XIV. (1643-1714) GIVE IT TIME TO LOAD, large table.

TABLE III contains the names of the Refugees who were Naturalized by Letters Patent. The reader, who desires full information under each of these headings will find it in Agnew's elaborate works on the subject. GIVE IT TIME TO LOAD, large table.

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For the names of the following Refugees we are indebted to Smiles' "Huguenots".

Batz: Three of the sons of Joseph de Batz, seigneur of Guay, escaped from France into Holland, entered the service of the Prince of Orange, whom they accompanied in his expedition to England; two of those sons, who uere Captains of Infantry, were killed at the Boyne.

Blosset: Of this family was Colonel Blosset, of "Blosset's Foot", who settled in Ireland, and was the owner of an estate in the county Dublin.

Caillemotte: La Caillemotte, younger son of the old Marquis de Ruvigny, commanded a Huguenot regiment at the battle of the Boyne, where he was killed.

Cosne-Chaverney: Captain de Cosne-Chaverney came over with the Prince of Orange in command of a company of gentlemen volunteers. He was Lieutenant-Col. Of Belcastel's regiment at the taking of Athlone in 1691.

Duncan: A Scotch family naturalized in France at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Fausille: Rene de la Fausille belonged to an ancient Angevine family; entered the service of the Prince of Orange; became captain of Grenadiers in the regiment of Caillemotte-Ruvigny, and fought with it at the Battle of the Boyne where he received six severe wouuds which disabled him for life, but King William appointed him governor of the port, town, and connty of Sligo, and conferred ou him a pension of lOs. a-day. He left behind him a family of two sons and three daughters.

Foret: Marquis de la Foret, a Major-General in the British army, served in the Irish campaign of 1699.

Gost: John, son of Daniel Gost a French Protestant refugee, settled in Dublin about 1684; his son, John, was born in that city in 1715, and having entered into Holy Orders was selected to perform the duty of pastor to the Freneh Protestant congregation at Portarlington. He afterwards obtained the degree of D.D., and was presented to the archdeaconry of Glendalough and rectory of Arklow.

Goyer: Peter Goyer, a refugee manufacturer from Picardy, settled at Lisburn in Ireland. His son was English master in the Belfast Academy.

Hazard: Peter Hazard or Hasaret fled from the persecutions in the Low Countries under the Duke of Parma. Returning on a visit to his native land, he was seized and burnt alive, in 1568. Descendants of his still survive in England and Ireland under the name of Hassard.

La Rive: This refugee, who settled in Ireland, escaped from France, with his wife by pretending to be sellers of oranges, and going about with a donkey and panniers. On reaching Holland, the Prince of Orange gave him a commission in his troops, and La Rive fought bravely in the Irish campaigns. He afterwards became agent to Sir C. Wandesforde at Castle Corner, where he died, and his tombstone is to be seen in the church-yard of that place. By some of the family this name has been changed into Reeves.

Larochefoucauld: Frederick-Charles de Larochefoucauld, Count de Roye, left France at the Revocation, and entered the Danish service, in which he held the post of Grand-Marshal. He afterwards settled in England, and died at Bath in 1690. His son Frederick-William was made a life peer under the title of "Earl of Lifford", in Ireland.

La Vallade: Pastor of the French church at Lisburn, in Ireland, during forty years. He left an only daughter, who in 1737 married George Russell, Esq., of Lisburn, and left issue.

Logier: Jean-Bernard Logier, a refugee musician, inventor of the method of musical notation which bears his name; settled as a teacher of music at Dublin, where he died.

Thorius: Raphael Thorius was a physician, born in France, but a refugee in England. He died in 1625, leaving behind him a son John, who studied medicine at Oxford, and became Fellow of the College of Physicians of Dublin, in 1627.

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For further information respecting the Huguenots, see the Appendix pp. 345-392, at the end of Smiles' Huguenots, and headed; "Huguenot Refugees and their Descendants".

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TABLE I

NAMES of the Foreign Refugees* who settled in Great Britain and Ireland before the reign of Louis XIV, (1643) of France; and their descendants:

Alexandre	A]ix	Anthonie
Ashtown, Lord	Aubries	Aurelius
Banet	Banks	Baptiste
Baro, or Baron	Bassens	Baudoin
Beaufort Note 1	Beevey	Bennet
Beny	Berku, alias Dolin	Bertram
Bignon	Bisson	Blondell
Bonespair	Bongenier	Bonhomme
Bonnell Note 2	Botham	Bouverie
Bourghinomus	Bouillon	Bowthand
Brevin	Brevint	Briot
Buchanan	Bulteel	Bustein
Byrt	Calamy	Calmady
Cappel	Cargill	Carlier
Cartanet	Casaubon	Castanet
Castol	Caumont de la Force	Caveler
Chamberlaine Note 3	Chappelain	Chartres, Vidame of
Chastelain	Chastelin	Chaudron
Chestes	Chevalier	Chrestien Bonespair
Clancarty, Earl of	Conant	Conyard
Coquel	Cossyn	Courtney, Viscount
Cousin	Crawley-Boevey	Daigneux
D'Ambrun	Dangy	D'Aranda, D'Arande
D'Assigny	D'Aubon	De Beauvais
De Cafour	De Carteret	De Catteye
De Chambeson	De Chatillon, Cardinal	De Cherpont
De Coulosse	De Cugnac	De Ferrieres de Maligny
De Freiderne	De Garencieres	De Grasse
De Gronville	De Haleville	De la Barre
De la Branche	De la Courte	De la Fontaine
De la Fontaine, alias Wicart	De la Fortrie	De la Haye
De la Melloniere	De la Motte	De la Place
De la Pryme	De Lasaux	De Laune
De Lallee	De Lidge	Delme Radcliffe
De Lobel	De Marsilliers	De Mayerne
De Melley	De Mompouillan	De Montfossey
De Montgomery	De Montmorial	De Moyneville
De Nielle	De Nouleville	De Pouchel
De Rache	Deroche	De Sagnoule
De St. Voist	De Salvert	D'Espagne
D'Espard	Des Bouveries	Des Colombiers
Des Galles de Saules	Des Granges	Des Moulins
Des Serfs	Des Travaux	De Vendome
Dobree	Dolbel	Dolin, alias Berku
Dombrain Note 4	Dubais	Du Cane, or Du Quesne
Du Faye	Du Moulin	Du Perron
Du Poncel	Du Quesnel	D'Urfey
Du Val Note 5	Ellice	Emeris
Eyre	Falconer	Famas
Fitzroy	Folkstone, Viscount	Fontaine
Francois, alias Vauvi	Gamier	Garrett
Garth	Garin	Girard
Grafton, Duke of	Greville	Groslot de l'Isle
Gualter	Guerin	Guyneau
Hamlyn	Hayes	Henice
Herault	Houblon	Howie
Howitt	Huard, alias Lompre	Hunsdon, Lord
Inglis	Janssen	Janssen de Heez
Jeffrey	Jeune	Johanne
Johnstone	Joret	Kells
La Grande	Laignaux	Lamie
La Motte, or Lamott	Langlais Note 6	Lart
La Tranche Note 7	Le Blane	Le Blancq
Lebon	Le Bouvier	Le Burt
Le Cat	Le Chevalier	Le Churel
Le Duc	Lefroy Note 8	Le Grimecieux
Le Gyt	Le Jeune	Le Keux
Le Macon	Le Pine	Le Quien
Le Roy Bovillon	Le Thieullier	Levart
Levet	Lixens	Lodowicke
Lompre, alias Huard	Longford, Lord	Loulmeau
Loulmeau du Gravier	Machevillens	Machon
Maignon	Malaparte	Malet
Marchant	Marchant de St. Michel	Maret
Marie	Marmet	Marny
Marriette	Martin	Marvey
Matelyne	Maurois	Maxwell
Medley	Merlin	Merrit
Mesnier	Millet	Monange
Monceau	Monier	Moreau
Moulinos	Mulay	Muntois
Niphius	Paget	Painsec
Palmerston, Viscountess	Papillon	Parent
Penzance, Lady	Pepys	Perruquet de la Melloniere
Perucel la Riviere	Philip	Pincon
Ponsonby	Portal	Presot
Pryme	Pusey	Radnor, Earl of
Ratcliffe	Regius	Riche
Richier	Rime	Rodulphs
Rosslyn, Countess of	Roullees	Rowland
Saye	Sayes	Selyn
Sibthorp	Sicard	St. Michel
Strype	Talbot	Tayler
Tovilett des Roches	Treffroy	Trench
Tryon	Tullier	Ursin
Valpy	Van Lander	Vashon
Vasson	Vauville, alias Francois	Vernevil
Vignier	Vignon	Vincent
Vouche	Waldo	Walke
Wheildon, or Weldon	Wiseman	Wolstenholme
Wood	Wybone

END OF TABLE I

NOTES TO TABLE I

* Refugees: It was not, however, umtil the reign of Louis XIV., that thc French Protestant Refugees began to attract public attention in England.

Note 1 Beaufort: Daniel Augustus de Beaufort was Pastor of the church of New Patent, in 1728; he afterwards came to Ireland, where he held the living of Navan, and was appointed Dean of Tuam.

Note 2 Bonnell: Thomas Bonnell took refuge in England, and settled in Norwich, of which he became Mayor. His son was Daniel Bonnell, merchant of London, father of Samuel Bonnell, who became Accountant-General for Ireland and was succeeded in that office by his son, whose life has been written by Archdeacon Hamilton, of Armagh.

Note 3 Chamberlaine: Peter Chamberlayne, M.D., a physician of Paris, fled into England at the massacre of St. Bartholomew. He was admitted a member of the College of Physicians, and obtained extensive practice in London, where he died.

Note 4 Dombrain: Other forms of this name were D'Embrun and D'Ambrain. Jacques D'Embrun fled from the town of Embrun, near Gap in the Hautes- Alpes, in 1572 and escaping to Rouen, crossed the channel in an open boat, on the 19th August, 1572 and settled in Canterbury. The late Sir James D'ombrain, Knight, Bart., R.N. who was Chief of the Coast Guards (then commonly called "Water Guards") in Ireland, was the head of the family.

Note 5 Duval: Many refugees from Rouen of this name settled in England.

Note 6 Langlais: This Normandy family name has in Ireland been changed to Langley.

Note 7 La Tranche: See note "La Tranche" at foot of page, 458 ante.

Note 8 Lefroy: Antoine Loffroy, a native of Cambray, took refuge in England, from the Low Countries, about the year 1587, and settled in Canterbury, where his descendants followed the business of silk dyeing until the death of Thomas Leffroy, in 1723. The family appears to have been originally from Picardy, where the name "Leffroy" is still to be found. Anthony Lefroy settled at Leghorn, in 1728, and died there in 1779. He left two sons; 1. Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Lefroy, of Limerick, father of the Right Hon. Thomas Lefroy, late Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, lreland, and from whom the Irish branch of the family ie descended. 2. Rev. I. P. G. Lefroy, Rector of Ashe, Hants, from whom descends the English branch of this family.



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