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Useful Resource for those Early Ancestors

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Kense

Kense Report 16 Feb 2015 21:32

The persecution of Hugenots was not the result of the French Revolution. It started around the 1680s.

MBSG

MBSG Report 16 Feb 2015 18:37

Many thanks for the info. Have found 31 with the same/similar surname.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 16 Feb 2015 12:45

Interesting! A family friend believes they were originally Huguenots. Although rather early to be escaping the French Revolution, there is one mention

20 August 1343
Bruyn, John de (m)
Occupations: weaver of woollen cloth
Residence: Abingdon, Hormer hundred, Berkshire
Origin: Ghent, Flanders

Unfortunately, my immigrants are to 'recent'.


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Tenerife Sun

Tenerife Sun Report 16 Feb 2015 12:36

Thank you Astra

Researching:
Matthew and Jane Elwood who had my great great grandfather Francis Edward Elwood baptised in 1807 at Horsham Sussex. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL

Astra

Astra Report 16 Feb 2015 12:16


England's Immigrants 1330 - 1550


Welcome to England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, a fully-searchable database containing over 64,000 names of people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses and the Reformation.



http://www.englandsimmigrants.com/

Researching:
More in hope than expectation!