Show G GENEALOGY N Il Lamouroux Family I L It I ROM l distant Ithaca comes a letter PROM F of ot inquiry to this department concerning con con- corning the famous Huguenot family tam tam- ily Ih the Lamoureux of ot America Such queries come occasionally and are arc usually usually us Ue- us- us answered b by private letter but butas butas as al this name name is so 80 well known in Utah and as this is Ie the first time tho the Lamoureux Lamoureux LamOureux Lam- Lam family ha has hns been able to get Rn any trace of ot tho the line lino connecting them with the New York LamoureuX It ma may provo prove Interesting to present this letter and to tell something concerning the Huguenot Huguenot Hu Hu- guenot settlements in Great Britain s several veral veral centuries ago The latter follow follows fol fol- fol- fol 1 lows low 0 I I Can you Inform me whether there are any descendants In Utah of or Andrew Andrew An An- Andrew drew L. L mc who was wae a member of ot tho first t territorial legislature representing representing rep rep- resenting Davis county count I also havo have found mention of ot A. A J J. J I amoreaux A A. Lamoreaux and Captain Lamoreaux In historical works on the settlement of ot Utah but they may all aU refer to one and tho the same person Possibly you OU may be able to refer reter me to some somo member member member mem mem- ber of ot the family who will give mo mc Information in information information In- In formation of ot the family and its origin I am trying to search out tho the record record rec roe ord of ot tho the family In this country which dates back to 1700 Very sincerely yours A 1 J. J LAMOU Move Jove to fo England AS to the tho Huguenots S. S Baring Gould remarks that After Atter the revocation revocation tion of or tho Edict of ot Nantes In a stream of or fugitive Huguenots Huguenot flowed Into England Something like are said raid to have haye settled In the tho United Kingdom The crypt of ot Canterbury cathedral was surrendered to them for tor I their religious meetings Till the tho endot end of ot the eighteenth century In some parish par par- ish Irh churches In Essex divine service was as held in French for tor their conven conven- I en ce In London they settled about Soho and St. St Giles 2576 went over to Ire Ire- land In Essex at the present day re remain romain ro- ro main many of or their descendants bearIng bearing bear bear- ing lag French names namo as ns for tor Pertuis Pertuis Per- Per tuis Cockrell for tor Melonie a coal merchant at and Deval a plumber there Man Many settled in Plymouth Such names still found round there as Gru and Lamoureux 3 a seed merchant are arc easily Identified but hut others have undergone under under- gone some amount of anglicizing Th Thus us harrt has become Cherry Pare Parc is Park Benoit is Denol Viall has hns become Vile Condo IH is Cund Gundy Cundy Guillard Is Js Jillard Jourdain Jordan Huguenot Refugee e It is unnecessary to relate the story of ot the tho civil wars vars of ot religion in Franco France and the Uio attempts made b by the crown to crush out Galvanism that had pervaded the south oven even moro more than the north Tho The refugees from persecution began to come over O In the reign of Edward VI the flow was considerable In that of 01 Elizabeth and of or James I 1 I. I but the great bulk arrived after the revocation of ot the Edict of ot Nantes by Louis XIV in 1686 1685 The CalVInists It it is a a. mistake to call them Protestants for tor they strongly dissented from tho the Augsburg confession the adherents to which were the true Protestants and nd obtained their designation from it It the the CalvinIsts Calvinists Calvin Calvin- I say had obtained liberty from l 1577 77 to build meeting houses temples tem tern ples' ples But in 1661 the death of ot Cardinal Cardinal Car Car- dinal 1 was the signal for tor evadIng evad evad- ing lag the permission hitherto accorded and between that year ear and 1673 1613 half hair halI their had been taken from the Huguenots They came over in troops The crypt of ot C Canterbury ur cathedral was given up to them for tor haranguing and psalm sing Sing- ing they had places of worship In Austin AUH- AUH tin Friars and lc street London Before 1685 they had their In Canterbury Vanvey Island Colchester Dover Faversham Glastonbury Ipswich Maidstone Norwich Norwich Nor Nor- Rye Sandtoft Sandwich Southampton Southampton South South- ampton impton Stamford Thorne Thome Abbey Winchester Yarmouth Yarmouth larmouth Yar Yar- mouth in and after at Barnstaple Bristol Chels Chelsea a Dartmouth Exeter Greenwich Hammersmith Plymouth Plymouth Ply Ply- mouth Stonehouse and Thorpe Naturalization Difficult Considerable reluctance was felt by the English government In granting letters letters letters let- let of or naturalization those these T. T to foreign foreign- 0 n a LI lne bi bretH V In- In flux of ot needy strangers would throw many of or our own people out of em em- plo ploy Any bill to allow them a share of or the Englishman's right was unpopular unpopular ular with the city of ot London and with all boroughs and corpora corporations and naturalization was doled out reluctantly reluctantly to Individuals only by letters patent and by private acts of or parlia parlia- ment meat Jn in 1681 naturalization was waR accorded accorded ac ac- ac- ac corded to eleven men mon only and six women but to as many mony as lS thirty eight with their wives and children In one day March 21 1 1682 A ro royal al bounty bount was accorded to the refugees consistIng consisting consist consist- ing of money raised throughout the kingdom dom but th these ese Huguenots speedily settled settle Into trades There Thero were however how how- ever some persons person of ot quality who were wele unable or unwilling to work with Uh their hands and these had to bo be ho provided for forout forout forout out of ot the alms gathered through tho the land Large Largo sums bums had been subscribed in 1681 and in the two or three ensuing ensuing ing years for tor it appears that in 1685 there thoro remained a n balance of ot pounds undistributed In 1686 another collection was made and something liko was raised raiseL The funds were vere faithfully adminis adminis- ro To this one of the refugees Misson bore boro witness In 1607 1697 Ho wrote I The Tho sums of or mone money that have been collected collected col cal have always been deposited In the hands of ot four tour or five noblemen who havo have referred the division and administration administration administration ad ad- ministration thereof to a n. chosen set of ot otmen men picked out from among the refugees refu reu- goes gees ees themselves Nothing can be more laudable than tho the charity equity moderation mod mod- compassion fidelity and diligence dili dili- gence with which these gentlemen ac acquit no- no quit themselves es of ot the employment which their goodness Induced th them m to accept It Is Impossible to express tho the sentiments of ot acknowledgment esteem and love lovo which all the poor and all the refugees In general have o in their hearts for tor these good and pious adminIstrator administrators admin admin- in 1696 legs the house of ot commons com corn mona mons voted an annual grant of ot 16 o o If pounds for tor the dIstressed eased J French Cal Cal- nl- nl of or which pounds was for tor forthe forthe the laity and pounds for their min rain Annuity Stopped In 1711 Harley Harle and Bolln stopped the annuity They The thought thought- and perhaps thought Justly that Justly that thebo thebe French had received quite enough English English English Eng Eng- lish mon money y and had had nad time to learn loarn to shift shirt for Cor themselves cS But Dut on tho the accession of or George I the payments were resumed and they continued at atthe atthe the tho same rate rat until the death of ot Sir Rob Robert Robert rt The Tho sum of ot f 1718 1 18 4 shillings per annum i Is 18 nUll paid without without with with- out diminution to the French pastors in England In In 1694 a bill for tor naturalizing all Protestant strangers came up lIP for tor a a. acad second second sec sec- ond cad reading in the house of ot commons but was dropped so 80 strong a u feeling against It was entertained in tn the coun coun- tr try It was was' hoped that these theae immigrants immigrants grants had come to remain for tor a while only till the tyranny tranny was o and would then return to their own country coun coun- tr try and in tact fact a good many of the refugees es entertained entertained the exp expectation of going back to their old homes Sir John Knight M. M 1 P. P f for tor r Bristol published an elaborate oration in tn 1684 1694 j to tho the bill That the sergeant be commanded to open the doors andl and l let t us first kick the tho bill bUl out of the house bouee and then foreigners out of ot the kingdom Ono One of ot tho the reasons given for tor forthe tho the Introduction of ot the tho bill was that England was In need of or to I till tilt tho ground g On Oi this Sir John wrote Of or tho French come into England how many at this time follow ow the Its It's my firm opinion that not only the tho French but an any other nation this bill will let in upon us will never nc tran transplant themselves themselves them them- selves sEl for the tho benefit of ot going to the will content leave ave the tho English the whole monopoly of or that sla slavery very p Such then were tho the conditions surrounding sur aur- rounding tho the Huguenots who settled in England 00 years cars ago o. What with the Angles Saxons Danes Normans French and Dutch settlers Great Britain might well be bo called the great melting pot of or th |