Hi! As a matter of interest the family name Bissonnette is found here in Canada. Where I live there was a honey producer, a French Canadian, who had that family name. Presumably, he would have been distantly related to the other one in France (or some principality, like Monaco, which existed back then in the 1700s; for example, one of my ancestors, an André Jaillet, a Huguenot, came to Halifax and Lunenburg, Canada, in 1752, from Montbeliard, France, then an independent principality; the family, however, was originally from Switzerland. The family emigrated via Germany, assembling with other families at Ruhrort on the Rhine). Bye for now, Roger -----Original Message----- From: michael purcell Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] 1817,Kehoe,Bunbury,Bessoninet. [ Note added 2012. John Bessoninet or Bissonnette descended from early Huguenot settlers in Carlow, there is more on the family in the PPP, unable to locate it at present. ] Pat Purcell Papers. 1817. The Affidavit of Mark Kehoe of Ballybit, Carlow,Farmer, taken before James Bessoninet? one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Carlow. Deponent / Mark Kehoe / being duly Sworn and examined, Saith that he hath planted or caused to be planted since the first day of February last past, on the Lands of Ballybit, being Part of the Estate of Thomas Bunbury, Esquire, in said County Viz: 2200 of Scotch Fir Trees. 170 Larch Trees. 80 Spruce. 30 Chestnut. 290 Ash Trees. Further Deponent Saith Not. (signed) Mark Keogh. Sworn before me this [ blank ] Day of January 1817. (signed) James Bessoninet?. Read at a Grand General Sessions held at Tullow, January 17th 1817 (signed) Alex Humfrey, Clerk of the Peace. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message