Roy >I originally wrote >Does anyone have any information on the name CHARITE also spelt CHARRET, >CHARETTE or CHARROT. I have been told this is a Huguenot name. >An Ancestor of mine was ANTONIO CHARITE he died in West Wales in 1851 aged >about 70. A mariner who may originally have lived in Bristol. Thanks for your reply regarding my query regarding the name Charite, Charot or Charette. Unfortunately my ancestor died a few months before the 1851 census was taken and was not with his family on the night of the 1841 census. Presumably as he was a mariner he was away at sea. Family legend says that the family originally came from Bretonne which would concur with your previous mail. I have been unable to trace his marriage to a local woman , but I did find out he was a Trinity House Pensioner. Unfortunately I could find no record of his petition. Have you any suggestion where to look next. Many Thanks Paul Cavill