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Subject: Re: [Huguenot] SC Huguenot Society
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:01:31 -0400
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Regular Membership
Individuals wishing to become regular members of The National Huguenot
Society must meet the following four qualifications:
a.. be at least eighteen years of age
b.. adhere to the Huguenot principles of faith and of liberty
c.. be a member of the Protestant faith
d.. be lineally descended in the male or female line from either
1. a Huguenot, without regard to ethnic origin or adherence to
any particular sect of Protestantism, who, subsequent to 10
December 1520 and prior to the promulgation on 28 November
1787 of the Edict of Toleration, emigrated from France to
North America or some other country;

OR

2. a Huguenot who, in spite of religious persecution, remained in
France. "France", as used here, refers to any territory lying
within the Kingdom of France on the date of the promulgation of
the Edict of Toleration on 28 November 1787.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Young" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] SC Huguenot Society


> Hello, Chuck and Karen,
> That is what I was told when I was applying for membership in the
Charleston
> Huguenot Society, that my ancestor had to come directly from France,
withour
> stopping over in England or another country. I was told that a record of
> naturalization for an ancestor verified that he had come directly from
> France. After spending all day yesterday checking ships of passengers, I
> did not find any ships that left from France, though I found many that
left
> from England, and a lot of people travelling who had French names. I do
not
> know, and could not find, the ship that my ancestor John Fountaine, b. c.
> 1670, travelled on. I am curious, do any of you know of ships that came
> directly from France? Obviousy, there are some. I am also interested in
> the naturalization and denization of Huguenots in London. When and how
did
> that take place?
>
> To Elizabeth, the family of Peter/Pierre Fontaine does not match our dates
> for John Fountaine who arrived in America in 1635 at the age of 18. Nor
> does it fit with his grandson John Fountaine who was naturalized in 1692
in
> Virginia. There were two other brothers who were sons of the original
Jean
> de la Fontaine who was martyred, but I have no information of what
happened
> to them.
>
> I also found in another ship list of passengers, an Edward Fountaine, who
> came to Virginia in 1635, and was 28 years old. Anyone know anything
about
> him?
> Thank you for help!
>
> Linda
>
>
> Linda Young
> Researching Bird, Fountain, Bruce, Mason, Lovett, Thornton.
> http://www.rivendellbnb.com/Lindanew1/page4.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Huguenot] SC Huguenot Society
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 6/6/2004 12:27:13 PM Central Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> Hello Linda,
>
> Do I understand you correctly? If a Huguenot ancestor did not come
> directly
> from France, he/she can't be used to enter the Society?
>
>
>
> Linda, the National Huguenot Society has accepted our BAUBEAU (BEAUBEAU,
> BOBEAU, BOBO) name though our original immigrant ancestor to Virginia in
> 1700
> did not come directly from France to America.
>
> My understanding is that they require proof that the ancestors were
> Huguenots in France.
> Here is the wording of the National Huguenot Society requirements:
> be lineally descended in the male or female line from either
> 1. a Huguenot, without regard to ethnic origin or adherence to
> any particular sect of Protestantism, who, subsequent to 10
> December 1520 and prior to the promulgation on 28 November
> 1787 of the Edict of Toleration, emigrated from France to
> North America or some other country;
>
> OR
>
> 2. a Huguenot who, in spite of religious persecution, remained in
> France. "France", as used here, refers to any territory lying
> within the Kingdom of France on the date of the promulgation of
> the Edict of Toleration on 28 November 1787.
>
> My additional observation: because of the periodic wars between England
and
> France, many Huguenots would not have been able to migrate directly to
the
> British Colonies in America, since French ships could not sail to British
> ports. They would have been captured and held.
>
> Charles H. (Chuck) Bobo, Coordinator
> The BOBO Family Assn.
> 3101 Thurman Rd., No. H-22
> HUNTSVILLE, AL 35805
>
>
> E-Mail: (mailto:)
> (mailto:)
> (mailto:)
> Phone: 256-468-5059
> Web Site: _www.FamilyBobo.org_ (http://www.FamilyBobo.org)
> Interactive Web Site: _www.dimplesattic.net/bobo_
> (http://www.dimplesattic.net/bobo)
> 2004 BOBO Family Reunion, 8-11 Oct., Arlington, TX (Ft. Worth-Dallas
area)
>
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