However, in France, the name France is ranked the 2,810 th . By the time Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Huguenots accounted for 800,000 to 1million people. The Dutch as part of New Amsterdam later claimed this land, along with New York and the rest of New Jersey. "[64], In the 1920s and 1930s, members of the extreme-right Action Franaise movement expressed strong animus against Huguenots and other Protestants in general, as well as against Jews and Freemasons. Raymond P. Hylton, "Dublin's Huguenot Community: Trials, Development, and Triumph, 16621701". Nearby villages are Hengoed, and Ystrad Mynach. As Huguenots gained influence and more openly displayed their faith, Catholic hostility grew. Concord, Erie Co, New York; Popular names: Briggs, Field, Bloodgood, Vaughan, Spaulding, Seymour Many families, today, mostly Afrikaans-speaking, have surnames indicating their French Huguenot ancestry. Of course, the Huguenots were not the only refugee group who came to Ireland in the past. Louisiana had the highest population of Hubert families in 1840. Surnames found in Ireland which date to time in the 16th and 17th centuries when French Huguenots or German Palatines fleeing religious persecution in their home countries came to Ireland. The Huguenots were led by Jeanne d'Albret; her son, the future Henry IV (who would later convert to Catholicism in order to become king); and the princes of Cond. Others still argue that the terms didn't originate from derogatory roots at all, with some of the Protestant faction claiming the opposite, that the Huguenots were named out of loyalty to the line of Hugues Capet, a medieval ancestor of the King who ruled six centuries before. oo-geh-noh) or Protestants. The pattern of warfare, followed by brief periods of peace, continued for nearly another quarter-century. War at home again precluded a resupply mission, and the colony struggled. Soon, they became enraged with the Dutch trading tactics, and drove out the settlers. Many modern Afrikaners have French surnames, which are given Afrikaans pronunciation and orthography. The ancestral listing on our website is an "open listing" which means it is periodically updated from time to time as new information becomes available. The wars ended with the Edict of Nantes of 1598, which granted the Huguenots substantial religious, political and military autonomy. By 1600, it had declined to 78%,[citation needed] and was reduced further late in the century after the return of persecution under Louis XIV, who instituted the dragonnades to forcibly convert Protestants, and then finally revoked all Protestant rights in his Edict of Fontainebleau of 1685. Early ties were already visible in the Apologie of William the Silent, condemning the Spanish Inquisition, which was written by his court minister, the Huguenot Pierre L'Oyseleur, lord of Villiers. [46], In what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 24 August 3 October 1572, Catholics killed thousands of Huguenots in Paris and similar massacres took place in other towns in the following weeks. Other evidence of the Walloons and Huguenots in Canterbury includes a block of houses in Turnagain Lane, where weavers' windows survive on the top floor, as many Huguenots worked as weavers. [citation needed], These tensions spurred eight civil wars, interrupted by periods of relative calm, between 1562 and 1598. However, these measures disguised the growing tensions between Protestants and Catholics. What is clear is that the surname, Jaques, is a Huguenot name. Joan Crawford (1905-1977), American actress, descended from the Huguenots, Dr Pierre Chastain and Chretien DuBois, on her father's side. By contrast, the Protestant populations of eastern France, in Alsace, Moselle, and Montbliard, were mainly Lutherans. There is a Huguenot society in London, as well as a. Huguenots of Spitalfields is a registered charity promoting public understanding of the Huguenot heritage and culture in Spitalfields, the City of London and beyond. The exodus brought new crafts and practices to the host nations and represented a substantial loss to the former nation states. . Raymond P. Hylton, "The Huguenot Settlement at Portarlington, C. E. J. Caldicott, Hugh Gough, Jean-Paul Pittion (1987), Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 16:02, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, gathered in each other's houses to study secretly, Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Angermnde, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lneburg, George Lunt, "Huguenot The origin and meaning of the name", "The National Huguenot Society - Who Were the Huguenots? 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. Due to the Huguenots' early ties with the leadership of the Dutch Revolt and their own participation, some of the Dutch patriciate are of part-Huguenot descent. [9] Reguier de la Plancha (d. 1560) in his De l'Estat de France offered the following account as to the origin of the name, as cited by The Cape Monthly: Reguier de la Plancha accounts for it [the name] as follows: "The name huguenand was given to those of the religion during the affair of Amboyse, and they were to retain it ever since. This parish continues today as L'Eglise du Saint-Esprit, now a part of the Episcopal Church (Anglican) communion, and welcomes Francophone New Yorkers from all over the world. But in the reign of William and Mary, the largest number of foreign refugees were Naturalized in these countries, from 1689 to the 3rd July, 1701. He died on 6 May 2001, in Cudahy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Cudahy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. There were also some Calvinists in the Alsace region, which then belonged to the Holy Roman Empire. During the second wave, before and after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, refugees came mostly from the Dauphin, Cvennes and Languedoc regions; the major route of exodus was the passage from Lake Geneva to the Rhine River. [29], Other predecessors of the Reformed church included the pro-reform and Gallican Roman Catholics, such as Jacques Lefevre (c. 14551536). Services are still held there in French according to the Reformed tradition every Sunday at 3pm. [107][108][109][110][111] Huguenot regiments fought for William of Orange in the Williamite War in Ireland, for which they were rewarded with land grants and titles, many settling in Dublin. Janet Gray argues that for the word to have spread into common use in France, it must have originated there in French. New Rochelle, located in the county of Westchester on the north shore of Long Island Sound, seemed to be the great location of the Huguenots in New York. It is now located at Soho Square. Some settlers landed in present-day Chesterfield County. They arrange tours, talks, events and schools programmes to raise the Huguenot profile in Spitalfields and raise funds for a permanent memorial to the Huguenots. The Huguenots of the state opposed the monopoly of power the Guise family had and wanted to attack the authority of the crown. [citation needed] Surveys suggest that Protestantism has grown in recent years, though this is due primarily to the expansion of evangelical Protestant churches which particularly have adherents among immigrant groups that are generally considered distinct from the French Huguenot population. One of the most active Huguenot groups is in Charleston, South Carolina. While many American Huguenot groups worship in borrowed churches, the congregation in Charleston has its own church. Both kingdoms, which had enjoyed peaceful relations until 1685, became bitter enemies and fought each other in a series of wars, called the "Second Hundred Years' War" by some historians, from 1689 onward. Michael Thomas (Thomas-10705): Johann LeBachelle (Lebachelle-13) - according to family lore, emigrated from France to Kaiserslautern, Germany c1685. See our Huguenot Surname Cross Surname and Variations -- Christian Name Ag / Agee / Oage -- Matthieu Allaire -- Alexandre Alle / Alley / Alie / Alyer / d'Ailly -- Nicolas [citation needed], By 1620, the Huguenots were on the defensive, and the government increasingly applied pressure. The collection includes family histories, a library, and a picture archive. Demographically, there were some areas in which the whole populations had been Reformed. Dictionary of American Family . "[10], Some have suggested the name was derived, with similar intended scorn, from les guenon de Hus (the 'monkeys' or 'apes of Jan Hus'). [66], A diaspora of French Australians still considers itself Huguenot, even after centuries of exile. Many came from the region of the Cvennes, for instance, the village of Fraissinet-de-Lozre. Their names were Bevier, Hasbrouck, DuBois, Deyo, LeFever, and others. The Gallicans briefly achieved independence for the French church, on the principle that the religion of France could not be controlled by the Bishop of Rome, a foreign power. Both before and after the 1708 passage of the Foreign Protestants Naturalization Act, an estimated 50,000 Protestant Walloons and French Huguenots fled to England, with many moving on to Ireland and elsewhere. The Dutch Republic rapidly became a destination for Huguenot exiles. Gallicised into Huguenot, often used deprecatingly, the word became, during two and a half centuries of terror and triumph, a badge of enduring honour and courage. [116] John Arnold Fleming wrote extensively of the French Protestant group's impact on the nation in his 1953 Huguenot Influence in Scotland,[117] while sociologist Abraham Lavender, who has explored how the ethnic group transformed over generations "from Mediterranean Catholics to White Anglo-Saxon Protestants", has analyzed how Huguenot adherence to Calvinist customs helped facilitate compatibility with the Scottish people.[118]. Research genealogy for Thomas Russell of Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, as well as other members of the Russell family, on Ancestry. Those Huguenots who stayed in France were subsequently forcibly converted to Roman Catholicism and were called "new converts". Amongst them were 200 pastors. Ancient relics and texts were destroyed; the bodies of saints exhumed and burned. Helped establish the Scottish weaving trade. The Hubert family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. [35] The height of this persecution was the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in August, 1572, when 5,000 to 30,000 were killed, although there were also underlying political reasons for this as well, as some of the Huguenots were nobles trying to establish separate centres of power in southern France. That decree will only produce its effects for the future. [59], By the 1760s Protestantism was no longer a favourite religion of the elite. A list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Hungarian (page 2). Peace terms called for the dismantling of the city's fortifications. John Gano. They settled at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and New Netherland in North America. As a major Protestant nation, England patronised and helped protect Huguenots, starting with Queen Elizabeth I in 1562,[85] with the first Huguenots settling in Colchester in 1565. In 1709, when the Palatinates were living at St. Katherine's by the Tower, a beautiful church and hospital were located there as well, known as St. Katharine's Church. The cities of Bourges, Montauban and Orlans saw substantial activity in this regard. In Bad Karlshafen, Hessen, Germany is the Huguenot Museum and Huguenot archive. In relative terms, this was one of the largest waves of immigration ever of a single ethnic community to Britain. Since then, it sharply decreased as the Huguenots were no longer tolerated by both the French royalty and the Catholic masses. [105], Many Huguenots from the Lorraine region also eventually settled in the area around Stourbridge in the modern-day West Midlands, where they found the raw materials and fuel to continue their glassmaking tradition. Menndez' forces routed the French and executed most of the Protestant captives. These included villages in and around the Massif Central, as well as the area around Dordogne, which used to be almost entirely Reformed too. This action would have fostered relations with the Swiss. The last active Huguenot congregation in North America worships in Charleston, South Carolina, at a church that dates to 1844. In 1685, he issued the Edict of Fontainebleau, revoking the Edict of Nantes and declaring Protestantism illegal. The Huguenot emigrants were different from the Dutch and German settlers who made up the average population of the Cape Colony. Some of the earliest to arrive in Australia held prominent positions in English society, notably, Others who came later were from poorer families, migrating from England in the 19th and early 20th centuries to escape the poverty of. Fanatically opposed to the Catholic Church, the Huguenots killed priests, monks, and nuns, attacked monasticism, and destroyed sacred images, relics, and church buildings. Past and current members have joined the Huguenot Society of America by right of descent from the following Huguenot ancestors who qualify under the constitution of the Society. For example, E.I. The "Huguenot Street Historic District" in New Paltz has been designated a National Historic Landmark site and contains one of the oldest streets in the United States of America. The Huguenots were concentrated in the southern and western parts of the Kingdom of France. Long integrated into Australian society, it is encouraged by the Huguenot Society of Australia to embrace and conserve its cultural heritage, aided by the Society's genealogical research services.[67]. The kingdom did not fully recover for years. Family name was not found in records of the Huguenot Society several years ago, and little follow-up has been made since then, hence my interest in participating in this project. ", Michael Green, "Bridging the English Channel: Huguenots in the educational milieu of the English upper class.". As the Huguenots gained influence and displayed their faith more openly, Roman Catholic hostility towards them grew, even though the French crown offered increasingly liberal political concessions and edicts of toleration. The first Mennonite immigrants bearing this name came to PA in the first half of the 18th century. In 1628 the Huguenots established a congregation as L'glise franaise la Nouvelle-Amsterdam (the French church in New Amsterdam). There are many variations in spelling and not all are related. Most French Huguenots were either unable or unwilling to emigrate to avoid forced conversion to Roman Catholicism. Joyce D. Goodfriend, "The social dimensions of congregational life in colonial New York city". The Edict reaffirmed Roman Catholicism as the state religion of France, but granted the Protestants equality with Catholics under the throne and a degree of religious and political freedom within their domains. It sought an alliance between the city-state of Geneva and the Swiss Confederation. [16] This is true for many areas in the west and south controlled by the Huguenot nobility. We visited Karlshafen in 1996 and again in 2008. By the time of his death in 1774, Calvinism had been nearly eliminated from France. The museum is situated on the second floor of the tourist information centre, and entry cost us 4.50 each fora ticket that is valid for a year. Genealogy Resources (Tutorial) This simple tutorial is prepared to assist you in performing research in the former German Reichslnder of Elsa-Lothringen, today's French regions of Alsace-Moselle. [14][15], The issue of demographic strength and geographical spread of the Reformed tradition in France has been covered in a variety of sources. Below is a partial list of Huguenot Ancestors who relate to current Members of the Society. In the early 1700s, the Palatines , refugees from modern-day Germany, also came here. One of the more notable Huguenot descendants in Ireland was Sen Lemass (18991971), who was appointed as Taoiseach, serving from 1959 until 1966. [citation needed] Mary returned to Scotland a widow, in the summer of 1561. On 12 May 1705, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act to naturalise the 148 Huguenots still resident at Manakintown. It was named New Rochelle after La Rochelle, their former strong-hold in France. After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, several Huguenots including Edmund Bohun of Suffolk, England, Pierre Bacot of Touraine France, Jean Postell of Dieppe France, Alexander Pepin, Antoine Poitevin of Orsement France, and Jacques de Bordeaux of Grenoble, immigrated to the Charleston Orange district. Other editions - View all. One of the most prominent Huguenot refugees in the Netherlands was Pierre Bayle. The community and its congregation remain active to this day, with descendants of many of the founding families still living in the region. The persecution and the flight of the Huguenots greatly damaged the reputation of Louis XIV abroad, particularly in England. ", Kurt Gingrich, "'That Will Make Carolina Powerful and Flourishing': Scots and Huguenots in Carolina in the 1680s. While many family histories are given at length . In 1654, additional grants were given and shelters were built as centers for trading with the Leni-Lennapes. The first wave took place between 1540 and 1590 and mainly concerned Geneva. Consequently, many Huguenots considered the wealthy and Calvinist-controlled Dutch Republic, which also happened to lead the opposition to Louis XIV, as the most attractive country for exile after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. [103][104] The only reference to immigrant lacemakers in this period is of twenty-five widows who settled in Dover,[101] and there is no contemporary documentation to support there being Huguenot lacemakers in Bedfordshire. Many Walloon and Huguenot families were granted asylum there. The uprising occurred a decade following the death of Henry IV, who was assassinated by a Catholic fanatic in 1610. [54][55] Beyond Paris, the killings continued until 3 October. [77] Their descendants in many families continued to use French first names and surnames for their children well into the nineteenth century. Around 1700, it is estimated that nearly 25% of the Amsterdam population was Huguenot. Mine started well with 2 Huguenot children, Peter and Mary Petit, arriving from France all alone. He called this tip of the peninsula which jutted out into Newark Bay, "Bird's Point". Updated on January 12, 2018. When in 1808 a law signed by Napoleon forced all French Jews to take hereditary surnames, local Jews retained the family names they used for many centuries such as Crmieu (x), Milhaud, Monteux . This was about 21% of all the recorded Hubert's in USA. [87] London financed the emigration of many to England and its colonies around 1700. Huguenot Genealogy; Places & Traces Menu Toggle. Inhabited by Camisards, it continues to be the backbone of French Protestantism. It's also the last name of Carmelita Jeter, an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meter sprint. Several French Protestant churches are descended from or tied to the Huguenots, including: Criticism and conflict with the Catholic Church, Right of return to France in the 19th and 20th centuries, The Huguenot Population of France, 1600-1685: The Demographic Fate and Customs of a Religious Minority by Philip Benedict; American Philosophical Society, 1991 - 164, The Huguenots: Or, Reformed French Church. Research in these areas can be quite challenging. Ultimately, whatever the roots, the meaning of the term . This Table contains the names of Huguenot families Naturalized [69] in Great Britain and Ireland; commencing A.D., 1681, in the reign of King Charles II., and ending in 1712, in the reign of Queen Anne. Of the original 390 settlers in the isolated settlement, many had died; others lived outside town on farms in the English style; and others moved to different areas. Are you a descendant of a Huguenot Family? The Huguenots adapted quickly and often married outside their immediate French communities. 4,000 emigrated to the Thirteen Colonies, where they settled, especially in New York, the Delaware River Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey,[22] and Virginia. Many of the farms in the Western Cape province in South Africa still bear French names. In Berlin the Huguenots created two new neighbourhoods: Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichstadt. Most of these Frenchmen were Huguenots who had fled from the religious persecutions in France, and, after a sojourn in Holland, had sought a field of greater opportunity in the New World. Calvinists lived primarily in the Midi; about 200,000 Lutherans accompanied by some Calvinists lived in the newly acquired Alsace, where the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia effectively protected them. In the early 18th century, a regional group known as the Camisards (who were Huguenots of the mountainous Massif Central region) rioted against the Catholic Church, burning churches and killing the clergy. The Huguenots were French Protestants who were members of the Calvinist Reformed Church that was established in 1550. "Trees without roots fall over!" ""People who never look backward to their ancestors will never look forward to posterity." - Edmund Burke. Huguenot, any of the Protestants in France in the 16th and 17th centuries, many of whom suffered severe persecution for their faith.
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