Agee is a name found in the Nantes region of France. The original Agee in my background is Mathieu Agee who came to Virginia in just about 1700 with a land grant for service to King William at the time of the Glorious Revolution, which, if my memory serves me, occurred in about 1688. Mathieu was one of the founders of Manakintowne, VA. More info is available if you think it useful. Some thoughts: How would D'Assigney sound to the ear of an English census taker? Was there at the time of any particular census some benefit to him to be either English or Irish? E.g., many Irish immigrants to the US claimed to be from England or Scotland to avoid the prejudice against the Irish. Agee has been rendered many ways - Edgee, Age', etc. Ailsa Barnes wrote: > Hi Frank, > > Thank you for your reply... what an interesting idea. The honest answer is I > have absolutely no idea. There is a theory that Adgey is derived from the > Huguenot name D'Assigney, but I have no proof of that either. All I know is > that it seems that my 3rd G. Grandfather was Irish... that's all I have. > > Ailsa > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Gebhart [mailto:frankge@sprintmail.com] > Sent: 12 January 2006 00:59 > To: IRELAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Irish-Roots] My brickwall.... > > > Well, I'll run this up the flagpole, Ailsa, and let someone take a pot > shot at it. Is ADGEY an Irish name? Could it be instead Agee, a French > Huguenot name that was introduced into England at the time of the > Glorious Revolution? > > Ailsa Barnes wrote: > > >>Hi Listers, >> >>I wonder if anyone can give me any advice about my Irish ancestors. My 3rd >>G. Grandfather, Robert ADGEY, was born circa 1812. He was in Liverpool in >>1833 when he married, until his death in 1887. The family roots are firmly >>embedded in Liverpool from then on. I have Robert on all census returns >>during his lifetime, sometimes his place of birth is Liverpool and > > sometimes > >>it is Ireland. I am assuming Ireland is correct, because if he had no >>connection with the place then it would be a bit weird to put it as his >>place of birth. I have no idea WHERE in Ireland he was from. There are a >>family of Adgey's from Antrim in Ireland, but I have not be able to make > > any > >>connection between this family and my family, although the must be some >>connection somewhere. I think that he is from the family in Ireland, came >>(alone?) to Liverpool maybe for work, and then settled here - but I have >>absolutely no evidence to back this up! >> >>Any advice or suggestions on how to progress from here would be very much >>appreciated. >> >>Kind Regards, >> >>Ailsa Barnes >> >> >>==== IRELAND-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >>Plant your Irish roots here! >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >> >> > > ______________________________ > > > ==== IRELAND-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Plant your Irish roots here! > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >