There is a family of SELLON that is and was one of the 'great' families of the huguenots- They emigrated from the South of France abd went to Switzerland , one branch receiving the title of Count in the late 18th/early 19th Century- one of their chateaux, the chateau of Allaman in Vaud, was inherited by my family in the late 19th c and still remains so! It is quite possible that this family also emigrated to England as the Boissiers, close parents of this family did! You might try the Huguenot Society of England - they might be able to give you more info on the Sellons! Peter de Loriol 74 Elms Road London, SW4 9EW, GB Fax: (0)207 622 4505 Tel : (0)207 622 9623

Peter - Your advice about the Huguenot Society is good; a cousin of mine, Rosemary PORTER-WATERS, (who did not like my researched line back to ag. labs. as much as the Victorian one to Count Jean Jacques Sellon), joined it three or so years ago with the avowed intent of proving me wrong. She is yet to do so. It was the SELLONs of the Chateau D'Allaman that I gave a brief tree of in my initial post, which also showed the Count (of the Holy Roman Empire). As yet I can claim no connection. Certainly it is known that one of this line travelled to and traded with England but there is no indication that he married and settled here. I also showed a BOISSIER link to that branch. Funnily enough I have a certain link back to Nimes on my mother's (RENNY) side, via the BOILEAU family, as shown below. A more remote Huguenot link I have is through the LA TROBE family one of whom, the architect and engineer Benjamin, had the good sense to marry a SELLON in this country prior to going to the USA. Once there he re-built the White House for Jefferson after the British knocked it for six, (you won't find that on the official White House site). Never having dabbled in the Huguenot world before I would be interested to learn what you mean by "one of the 'great' families of the Huguenots". Are Huguenot lines divided into different strata by age, size, wealth, influence or social position? You use the word 'is' in addition to 'was' as SELLON being one of these families. Does the line still continue, do you know? In some ways I'm sorry that the chateau of Allaman is not still in Sellon hands, but thank you for your help and interest! Yours aye Andrew Sellon East Anglia I am just going to pray for you at St. Paul's, but with no very lively hope of success. Sydney Smith 1771-1845, Canon of St. Paul's. From: <PDeloriol@aol.com> > There is a family of SELLON that is and was one of the 'great' families of > the huguenots- They emigrated from the South of France abd went to > Switzerland , one branch receiving the title of Count in the late 18th/early > 19th Century- one of their chateaux, the chateau of Allaman in Vaud, was > inherited by my family in the late 19th c and still remains so! > It is quite possible that this family also emigrated to England as the > Boissiers, close parents of this family did! You might try the Huguenot > Society of England - they might be able to give you more info on the Sellons! > > Peter de Loriol > --------------o------------- Descendants of Charles Boileau: 1 BOILEAU, Charles b: 10 February 1672/73 in Nimes d: Unknown in ? .... +D'ESCURY, Mary Magdalan b: Unknown in ? m: 30 December 1703 in ? d: September 1731 in ? 2 BOILEAU, Simeon b: 04 October 1717 in Southampton d: 01 January 1767 in ? ...... +DESBRISAY, Magdaline b: Unknown in ? m: 06 August 1741 in ? d: Unknown in ? ... 3 [3] BOILEAU, Solomon b: 31 January 1744/45 in ? d: 21 December 1810 in ? ......... +GRADWELL, Dorothea b: Unknown in ? m: 03 May 1766 in Dublin d: Unknown in ? ...... 4 BOILEAU, Anne b: Unknown in ? d: Unknown in ? ............ +REID, John, Dr b: Unknown in ? m: 1791 in ? d: Unknown in ? ......... 5 REID, Harriet Ann b: Unknown in ? d: Unknown in ? ............... +MACWHIRTER, John b: August 1780 in ? m: Unknown in ? d: 13 December 1853 in ? ........... 6 MACWHIRTER, Flora Hastings b: 09 December 1820 in India d: 1893 in ? ................. +RENNY, George Alexander, Maj.Gen., V.C. b: 12 May 1825 in Riga, Latvia m: 1849 in ? d: 05 January 1887 in Bath .............. 7 [2] RENNY, George Blakiston Alexander, Col. IA b: 1851 in ? d: 1934 in ? .................... +PENGRICE(?), Emily Sidney b: Unknown in ? m: Unknown in ? d: Unknown in ? ................. 8 RENNY, George Sidney, Lt.Col. b: 1878 in ? d: Unknown in ? ....................... +DANIELL, Emily Montegue Pye b: Unknown in ? m: Unknown in ? d: Unknown in ? .................... 9 RENNY, Joan Alice Vera b: 1910 in ?, India d: 1991 in Ipswich, Suffolk .......................... +SELLON, Robert Dundas, Lt.Col. b: 01 June 1907 in Merstham, Surrey. Reigate District, 3q; 2a, 203 m: 25 February 1932 in Fleet, Hants? d: July 1974 in Swanmore, Hampshire ...................... 10 SELLON, Robert Andrew Percy b: 27 May 1938 in Fort George, Calcutta, India ............................ +RAFFLES, Angela Cecil b: 02 January 1946 in Southwold, Suffolk m: in outhwold, Suffolk