> Hi Chris and other Listers > > Thank you for your response. I realise that my family history is about these > names, BUT in London after they fled France. It would be interesting to me > to make a link back to northern France. This is where I have to go next. I > have included some of my information here and maybe you will spot a common > ancestor to yours. > > A direct line can be traced back from: > Terry and Tresa Knight and their children, (Abingdon U.K.) > Matthew, David and Thomas Maisey, (Portsmouth U.K) > And Heather and Elaine Maisey, (Onoda NY State) > to Jaques BEUZEVILLE and Marianne GUILLEMAND. These are all the > grandchildren of Jean Barbet, my mother-in-law. > > Jacques BEUZEVILLE fled France with his wife Marianne GUILLEMAND. Marianne > was also a member of a Huguenot family and many of her relatives also set up > residence in the Spitalfields area of London. Her brothers lived as > neighbors in Duke Street and the Old Artillery Ground. Enclosed here is some > information from the GUILLEMAND family tree as compiled by Hugh Casement. > The GUILLEMAND Family tree is an example of a very well documented family > history. The detail in this family tree is the result of research through > several generations and fastidious recording of sources and facts. This > family is fortunate in having some artefacts passed down through the > generations. This family history is linked to MARIANNE GUILLEMAND and ours > through Jacques BEUZEVILLE. > > Jaques BEUZEVILLE with his wife Marianne Guillemard escaped from France to > England in 1709 or 1710, with their eldest child, James. Their second son, > Pierre was born in London about 1712. They then returned to France, and > several more children were born there. They moved permanently to London > again before 1728 and Jaques commenced a silk manufactory. The mulberry > trees, necessary for the silk worms to thrive, were planted on land behind > the factory at 24, Steward Street, which was finally sold in 1827. The > BEUZEVILLE sons shared the running of the Beuzeville business and were also > active members of the Huguenot Society in London and the Church. > > The Spitalfields area of London has, for centuries, been a place of > settlement for new refugee groups. Today a prominent religious group is > Islamic and buildings once used as synagogues and/or churches are now used > as mosques. > > Spitalfields, in the early years of the eighteenth century, prospered as > Huguenot refugees from Canterbury also migrated there to join those already > established. By the middle of the eighteenth century a thriving > manufacturing industry existed, assisted by a growing export trade to > America, and the proximity of London where silks were much in demand. > > > > Line of Descent of Samuel BEUZEVILLE of Gruchet-le-Vallas Normandy, France > through Jaques BARBET to Jeanette Claire, Sheila and Sylvia BARBET > (Note – the line going back to Pierre GUILLEMAND can be taken from Marianne > GUILLEMAND - the information about the GUILLEMAND was passed to me by Hugh > Casement) > > Generation 1 Samuel BEUZEVILLE > Children: Jacques BEUZEVILLE (c. 1685-1745) > Anne BEUZEVILLE > Esther BEUZEVILLE > > Generation 2 Jacques BEUZEVILLE (c. 1685-1745) married Marie Guillemard > (daughter of Pierre Guillemard). > Children: Jacques BEUZEVILLE (c. 1709-1763) > Pierre BEUZEVILLE (1711-1767) > Stephen BEUZEVILLE > Samuel BEUZEVILLE (1717-1781) > Jean Baptiste BEUZEVILLE (died 1771) > Abraham BEUZEVILLE (born 1 October 1724) > Susanne BEUZEVILLE (born 26 March 1728) > Judith BEUZEVILLE (born 17 August 1729) > Esther Anne BEUZEVILLE (born 5 September 1730) > Daniel BEUZEVILLE (born 4 May 1731) > > Generation 3 Jacques BEUZEVILLE (c. 1709-1763) married Elizabeth BARBET on 4 > October 1736 (daughter of Pierre BARBET) > Children Elizabeth BEUZEVILLE (born 10 March 1738) > Magdaleine BEUZEVILLE (born December 1742) > Esther BEUZEVILLE (born 1743) married (1) Daniel Oliver; > > (2) Pierre Huet > Mary BEUZEVILLE (born 1745) > James BEUZEVILLE (1750-1799) married (1) Elizabeth? (2) > Mary Jacob > Pierre BEUZEVILLE (1711-1767) married (1) Elizabeth > Roussel (born 18 March 1708/09) > > (2) Susannah Davids in 1760 (no issue). > > Generation 4 James BEUZEVILLE (1750-1799) married (1) Elizabeth? (2) Mary > Jacob > Children James and Elizabeth no issue (as far as I know) > James and Mary > Stephen (1784 – 1862) > Elizabeth (1798 issue) > Sophia married John Perrel and had 1 daughter > Amelia died unmarried > > Generation 5 Elizabeth BEUZEVILLE, b.1775, married James BARBET, (refer to > notes below) > Children Elizabeth, b.1798, married Samuel Byles, son of John Curtis > Byles and Brigette BEUZEVILLE. > James, b.1799, no issue > Marie, b.1800, no issue > Stephen, b.1803, no issue > Anne, b.1804, no issue > Caroline Anne, b1806, married Elli Lawrence, issue. > John William, b.1807, issue > Sophie, b.1813 > Amelia, b.1816 > > Generation 6 John William BARBET (1807) married Harriet Kemp in 1826. > Children Harriet 1826 > John Charles 1829 married Mary Ann Bone (1850) > Amelia 1831 > Emma 1834 > Edwin 1836 married Mary Ann (18?) > James Alfred 1840 married Martha (18) > Arthur 1845 married Ellen Clayton > Frederick1848 married Georgina Ellis > Stephen 1849 married Mercy Simpson 1850 > > Generation 7 Arthur BARBET married Ellen Clayton > Children Arthur Richard 1867 > Alfred 1869 > Eliza 1874 > Florence 1877 > Martha 1880 > > Generation 8 Arthur BARBET married Clara Watt > Children included Arthur Henry 1900 married Alice Janet Ashwell (b.1895) > James > Nell > > Generation 9 Arthur Henry BARBET (1900) married Alice Janet Ashwell (b.1895) > Children Jeanette Claire married Charles Henry Peter Maisey > Sheila married Arthur King > Sylvia married Sydney Revell > > Here this line of BARBET stops. > Looking back at the family tree, there do seem to be a lot of female births > and descendants who died without children. John William and Harriet BARBET > had a son Edwin from whom are descended the Harrison-BARBETs . > > > Jacques BARBET was the son of Jean BARBET and Susanne LEVESQUE > Evidence such as I have so far suggests that the Barbet refugees originated > from Bolbec and its surroundings in Normandy, Northern France. This is the > most likely location as other family ancestors, the Beuzeville, and Levesque > families also have their roots in this region. However, Jean Barbet and > Susanne Levesque are as far back as I can be sure of the line. There then > appear three possible grand fathers for Jaques (born 1729?) They are > >  Jean Barbet a Merchant and explorer from Isle de Re, Western France; >  Jean Barbet whose family were priests and doctors in the Montauban region > of southern France >  Jean Barbet from Pont Audemer, in Normandy > > All are in England at the end of the 17th century, but a making definite > link further back than Jacques Barbet and Susanne Levesque is a challenge > for the future. Two Susanne Levesques from separate families are christened > at Huguenot churches in London within 10 years of each other. Which of the > two is an ancestor is not clear. As already indicated, there are several > Jean Barbet’s who could be Jacques Barbet’s father. > > This is a brick wall in the sense I have visited the Huguenot Library in > London and have done what I can, but I know there are other avenues to > follow one day (when I retire!) > > Another question I have not answered is who Elizabeth Barbet was. Was she > related to Jaques? > > Hope I haven't put too much info here but if you are linked it will be worth > it. Its strange that one of my own line BESANT is being researched by many > distant cousins and we all seem to share a gene that makes us interested in > genealogy! I have not had this luck with others lines. > > Sylvia M. > > P.S. Maisey was originally supposed to havew been de MAISIED - again > Huguenot refugees. I cannot verify this at all - any clues? > > > >