Hi John, I worked with a guy called Derek Bason, whose family lived in Milton. Unfortunately he has passed away but I remember he traced his family tree in the 1980's and his Huguenot family name was Baçon. I believe his father and grandfather were undertakers but I don't know how far back his ancestors lived in the Banbury area. I noticed that you are researching the Tew family. My most recent ancestor was Anne Tew 1678-c1743 who married Robert Wigson 1672-1753. The earliest is Richard Tew (or Tue) of Eydon c1460-1522 Regards Barry Dunwoody On 20 March 2010 18:00, <eng-banbury-area-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > **************************************** > If you are going to reply to one of these digest messages, please quote > only the specific message to which you are replying, and remove the rest of > the digest. > Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it matches the > subject of the message to which you are replying. > ~ Thank you. > **************************************** > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? (John Plester) > 2. Re: Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? (michael) > 3. Re: Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? (John Plester) > 4. Re: Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? (Banbury) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:42:26 +0000 > From: John Plester <plester.familyhistory@hotmail.co.uk> > Subject: [BAN] Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? > To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BAY131-W103D61E1DD07CC8A0464CBA12A0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Does anyone know of any strong links between the early Huguenot immigrants > and the Banburyshire area ? > > > > I'm aware that the Banbury MP, at the time of Elizabeth I, raised funds to > support the Huguenots and that a good deal of the town's plush was exported > to France - but these are somewhat tenuous links. > > > > What I'm looking for, is any link between the Banbury surname PLESTER and > the Huguenots. > > > > At the time of the 1841 census, Banbury accounted for 31% of the PLESTER > records and a massive 75% of all Plesters lived within a 20 mile radius of > the town. > > > > London accounted for just 10% - and they were Huguenot (the French Hospital > has a number of Plester records). > > > > But what I've never managed to do, is establish a link (other than the > plush trade to France via London) between the two groups. > > > > I realize that the two groups could have different origins for the surname > - but the earliest references I've found for the name are both dated 1613 - > one in London and one in Banburyshire ! And I'm inclined to the view that a > simultaneous creation of a new and enduring surname (or new and enduring > spelling of an older name) in both places is a little unlikely - not > impossible, but unlikely given that it's a rare name occurring only six > times per million of the population (in 1841). > > > > Any thoughts would be welcome. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > John Plester (www.plesterfamilyhistory.org) > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:18:48 -0000 > From: "michael" <michael@allbrook.com> > Subject: Re: [BAN] Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? > To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <0CACFBD0BB974D1A99324248A8D58509@allbrookpc1> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Have you asked the Huguenot Society? > Michael Allbrook > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Plester > Sent: 19 March 2010 13:42 > To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BAN] Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? > > > Does anyone know of any strong links between the early Huguenot immigrants > and the Banburyshire area ? > > > > I'm aware that the Banbury MP, at the time of Elizabeth I, raised funds to > support the Huguenots and that a good deal of the town's plush was exported > to France - but these are somewhat tenuous links. > > > > What I'm looking for, is any link between the Banbury surname PLESTER and > the Huguenots. > > > > At the time of the 1841 census, Banbury accounted for 31% of the PLESTER > records and a massive 75% of all Plesters lived within a 20 mile radius of > the town. > > > > London accounted for just 10% - and they were Huguenot (the French Hospital > has a number of Plester records). > > > > But what I've never managed to do, is establish a link (other than the > plush > trade to France via London) between the two groups. > > > > I realize that the two groups could have different origins for the surname > - > but the earliest references I've found for the name are both dated 1613 - > one in London and one in Banburyshire ! And I'm inclined to the view that > a > simultaneous creation of a new and enduring surname (or new and enduring > spelling of an older name) in both places is a little unlikely - not > impossible, but unlikely given that it's a rare name occurring only six > times per million of the population (in 1841). > > > > Any thoughts would be welcome. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > John Plester (www.plesterfamilyhistory.org) > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > > Some useful websites: > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:06:09 +0000 > From: John Plester <plester.familyhistory@hotmail.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [BAN] Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? > To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BAY131-W26FF001D4D88D5662DF436A12A0@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I had some dealings with the Society about five years ago - and actually > found the French Hospital to be amazingly helpful. They are well worth > contacting by anyone who thinks they may have Huguenot connections. > > > > John Plester > > > > Also researching: JOINES, TAPLIN, and TEW in the Banburyshire Area. > > > > website: www.plesterfamilyhistory.org > > _________________________________________________________________ > Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:08:51 +1100 > From: "Banbury" <Banbury@westnet.com.au> > Subject: Re: [BAN] Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? > To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1754E4FD012444889A2D2C762E270CFA@RodLaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > You can try searching the "Cake nad Cakehorse" magazine avaialable on the > Cherwell council site. > One such reference gives. > > Flemish Huguenots are > believed to have introduced woad into that parish in the sixteenth > century. There is a house in the village called Woad House which, to > judge by a window in the decorated style, dates at least in part to the > fourteenth century. It is, or was, generally known as the Wodd. > A smelly job with an article on Pickering family, if I remember. > The woad workers were itinerant workers, I thought, so unlikely to include > your lot. > I leave the other two references for you to find. > If you search Plester- do not forget the variants. > http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/index.cfm > Rod Wise > PS Otherwise, you are lucky you do not have to search "WISE" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Plester" <plester.familyhistory@hotmail.co.uk> > To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:06 AM > Subject: Re: [BAN] Is there a Huguenot link to Banburyshire? > > > > > > I had some dealings with the Society about five years ago - and actually > > found the French Hospital to be amazingly helpful. They are well worth > > contacting by anyone who thinks they may have Huguenot connections. > > > > > > > > John Plester > > > > > > > > Also researching: JOINES, TAPLIN, and TEW in the Banburyshire Area. > > > > > > > > website: www.plesterfamilyhistory.org > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? 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