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From: "jeffery a. duvall" <>
Subject: [Huguenot-L] re. Jean Pierre BONDURANT'a ahnentafel & what is a Huguenot
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 12:21:46 -0700 (PDT)


In going through my files last night, I discovered that the first name of
no. 10 in my earlier Ahnentafel of Jean Pierre BONDURANT should probably
read "Ambroise" rather than Amboise. At least he appears as such in the
text of the *Histoire de Genolhac* by the Abbe. C. Nicolas. In addition,
I've just read a message from Pierre which indicates that he also shows up
as Ambroise de JOYEUSE, Sgr. de Lasaribal, in the *Armorial du Gevaudan &
Languedoc* -- it appears that the name "Lasaribal" and L'Aribal" are also
variations of the same name, but I've no sense of whether or not one is more
accurate than the other.

As to the question of whether or not Jean Pierre BONDURANT (1677-1734) was a
Waldensian or a Huguenot, I'm afraid that I have to disagree with Marv
Chastain's statement that he was a Waldensian.

Certainly his maternal relations appear to have been Huguenots. Both his
maternal grandfather (Pierre BARJON) and an uncle (Guillaume BARJON) were
identified as Huguenot ministers. In fact, his uncle Rev. Guillaume BARJON
was the leader of a group of Huguenot refugees who initially settled in
Arau, Switzerland (following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes) and
later moved to Helmarshausen-Karlshafen in Hesse, Germany. Jean Pierre
BONDURANT's parents' marriage (which was performed by Rev. Guillaume BARJON)
took place in the Reformed Church at Barre-des-Cevennes, Lozere. Also, Jean
Pierre's baptism was recorded in Genolhac as being in the "R.P.R." church on
1-Aug-1677 (he was born in Genolhac on 18-Jul-1677). My understanding is
that R.P.R. was a derogatory term (standing for "religion pretendedly
reformed") for Huguenots. Is that correct? I should also note, that this
same "R.P.R." shows up in many of the records associated with birth, death,
and marriages in the BONDURANT family kin-network (i.e., including the de
BELCASTELS, BARJONs, and so forth).

Jeff Duvall

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