Dear Andrew, First of all The huguenots like all societies were much stratified! Great huguenot families were listed amongst the Greater Noblesse- there were few of these that adhered to the New faith- and the Greater bourgeoisie (upper middle class) that made it even bigger once they moved to a new country, such as the FOLQUIER D'AIREBOUDOUSE (ennobled 1500), de POURTALES (ennobled 18th c ), SELLON (de) ennobled 19c and in Britain the BOUVERIES (now the Earls of Radnor) the MINETS, CAZALETS AND CAZENOVE, to name but a few. I have a more succinct BOILEAU pedigree ( from Larts Huguenot pedigrees) which i will post in due course. It'll flesh out quite a lot of the information you've got and give you some new info. The Boileaus were like a lot of the Huguenots who settled abroad and made good, they were enterprising , hugely industrious and rich. They had become ennobled towards the end of the 15th C. I would be interested in your proven filiation to ag labs in your Sellon line - it is extremely rare that ag lab families make good, so to speak, - in fact it is the exception that proves the rule. give me some ideas wher these settled and I will check my sources and archives! All the best, Peter de Loriol 74 Elms Road London, SW4 9EW, GB Fax: (0)207 622 4505 Tel : (0)207 622 9623