Hi List: Much of our family history indicates that our ancestors originated in France. We have documented US family to the 1700's. An elderly relative since deceased indicated she had information the French name was "De Feron". I have found this name listed as a Huguenot surname between 1643-1714. Further research lists a DeFaryon surname in Ireland. These names are close approximations of our current surname. I'm looking at Ireland as a departure point since many family members believe we "originated" in Ireland. Our family history also indicates the original emigrants landed in what is now Savannah, GA. Earliest birthdates of ancestors in USA are c. 1750 in VA. Looking for assistance particularly as it relates to research in Ireland. Judy

Judy, For more than a year I've subscribed to the Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com to research both my Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot ancestors and found the discussions there particularly enlightening about how to do research in Northern Ireland (probably where your Protestant people settled at that time period), as well as history of the area and when and why people left for America. You can search the archives to this list as well. You may not find your surname, but you'll certainly find out HOW to find it in Northern Ireland (easiest research can be done in the U.S. using LDS films, and it's lots less expensive than going to Northern Ireland where research is much more difficult, anyway). Kindest regards, Bonnie Bowman Henson Some French Huguenot surnames: DeTATE, TAIT, GANO, GAYNEAUX ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Wilming <jwil@capital.net> To: <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 12:06 PM Subject: [HWE] DE FERON/DE FARYON > Hi List: Much of our family history indicates that our ancestors originated in France. We have documented US family to the 1700's. An elderly relative since deceased indicated she had information the French name was "De Feron". I have found this name listed as a Huguenot surname between 1643-1714. Further research lists a DeFaryon surname in Ireland. These names are close approximations of our current surname. I'm looking at Ireland as a departure point since many family members believe we "originated" in Ireland. Our family history also indicates the original emigrants landed in what is now Savannah, GA. Earliest birthdates of ancestors in USA are c. 1750 in VA. Looking for assistance particularly as it relates to research in Ireland. > Judy > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe (if you are in list mode), > type and send only the word unsubscribe to: > HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ >

Hello Judy: You may want to look at some history books about Huguenots in England (and Ireland I suppose) being sent to Virginia and the Caribbean and when Huguenots were excluded from emigrating to Canada because they were non-conformists - many of those people ended up in the vicinity of the Caribbean and the southeast coast - I believe there are several books about the Huguenots in Virginia (before the Revolutionary War in America) that tell the story. Your relatives may have gone to the Caribbean and then to Georgia or got off when the ship's stopped in Georgia. If I had time, I would look up the book titles for you but I think you can find them by putting Huguenot in a search engine such as www.google.com and searching Huguenot pages - Cyndi's list may have the list of Huguenot books. Also, have you tried just putting "DE FERON" and "DE FARYON" in the Google search box? I've found some fascinating things on my surname. Good Hunting - Carol California At 03:06 PM 10/2/00 -0400, you wrote: >Hi List: Much of our family history indicates that our ancestors originated in France. We have documented US family to the 1700's. An elderly relative since deceased indicated she had information the French name was "De Feron". I have found this name listed as a Huguenot surname between 1643-1714. Further research lists a DeFaryon surname in Ireland. These names are close approximations of our current surname. I'm looking at Ireland as a departure point since many family members believe we "originated" in Ireland. Our family history also indicates the original emigrants landed in what is now Savannah, GA. Earliest birthdates of ancestors in USA are c. 1750 in VA. Looking for assistance particularly as it relates to research in Ireland. >Judy