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 of Oleron, was the principal merchant, and apparently, through his successful industry, the monopolist of the trade and manufactures of the island; his wife, the refugee’s mother, was Judith Gibaud; besides Augustine there was also another son, Peter, and a daughter, Judith, wife of Gideon Gannet. Before 19th September 16S6 the father had married a second wife, Anne Cagna; this lady made her will on 19th August 168g, and in it she says:— “First, I recommend my soul to God the Father Almighty, who hears this prayer for the sake of His dear Son my Saviour Jesus Christ, who has shed His precious blood upon the cross for our sins, to have pity and compassion upon it, and at its departure from the body to receive it graciously into His holy paradise in the ranks of the faithful, to the enjoyment of eternal life.”]

Page 246. From Daubuz, the erudite commentator, spring the family of Daubuz of Leyton, and another family, represented by Rev. John Daubuz, rector of Killiow.

Page 247. The family of De la Cherois springs by direct lineal descent from Major Nicholas de la Cherois. (See Chapter XVI.)

Page 248. The family of De la Cherois Crommelin springs from Samuel De la Cherois (born 1744, died 1816), a cadet of the De la Cherois family. This gentleman succeeded by will to the estate of his kinsman, Nicholas Crommelin of Carrowdore, and assumed the additional surname of Crommelin. Erratum — Page 148, line 2d from foot, for “S. L. S., senior,” read “S. L. C., senior.”]

Page 249. The family of De la Condamine is of French Protestant descent." [André de de la Condamine of Nismes, Jeanne Adgierre, his wife, and their children, Pierre and Jeanne, were, on 11th August 1719, recognised by the Ecclesiastical Court of Guernsey after having expressed their penitence for having been at Mass in France.]

Page 250. The respectable Irish family of Du Bourdieu is descended from a Rev. John Armand Du Bourdieu, chaplain to the Duke of Richmond and Lennox; he seems to have been alive in 1733, and by his wife, the Countess D’Espuage, he had a son, the Rev. Saumarez Du Bourdieu.

Page 251. The family of Dury of Bonsall claims Huguenot ancestry.

Page 252. From the Baron D’Estaile there descended the families of Esdaile of Cothelestone and Esdaile of Burley Manor.

Page 250. The family of Fonnereau of Christ Church Park descends from Zacharie Fonnereau, a refugee of noble birth, claiming descent from the Comtes De Poitiers et d’Evreux.

Page 251. The family of Gambier descends from Norman Huguenots. The numerous branches spring from James Gambier, barrister-at-law. Director of the French Hospital in 1727. The head of the family at the beginning of this century was Samuel Gambier, Esq., whose brother was Admiral, Lord Gambier.

Pages 251-2. There is an English family, Gaussen of Brookman’s Park, and an Irish family, Gaussen of Lakeview House. They are not related to each other, but both are recognised as Huguenot refugee families.

Page 252. The family of Gervais of Cecil, county of Tyrone, is of Huguenot descent.

Page 252. The Girardot family descends from Protestant refugees from Dijon. See also page 318 of my volume second.

Page 252. The Gosset family descends from Norman refugees.

Page 253. The family of Harenc, late of Footscray Place, is of Huguenot descent.

Page 253. The family of Kenny claims Huguenot ancestry.

Page 254. The well-represented and venerated families of La Touche, and Digges La Touche, descend from an eminent refugee, David Digues, Seigneur de la Touche.

Page 255. The family of Luard of Blyborough Hall, and other families of the name, spring from a refugee from Caen.

Page 255. The family of Majendie of Hedingham Castle descends from the same refugee ancestry as the late Bishop of Bangor. See p. 373.

Page 255. The Montresor family is descended from refugees whose surname was Le Tresor. 