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From: "john guy" <>
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] SC Huguenots - Dumay, Demay, Duma, Dumas
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 20:41:29 +0200
References: <03052514041214.2020a8b8.2406830@atc.edu>
Hello Ray,
Thanks for the reference, I'll have a look. By the way, I saw one reference
to the Huguenot number arriving in Britain as 250,000. Another said that 2
million left in total. This figure seems enormous, does anyone have ideas on
this?
Best wishes, John Guy
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Subject: Re: [Huguenot] SC Huguenots - Dumay, Demay, Duma, Dumas
> Hi John,
>
> Look at http://199.4.147.11/gen/Denizations.htm and see page 182 to
> 192. Those pages include members of the Pons church in France that
> went to England. From there, many went to South Carlolina with
> their pastor. However, legend is that my TIMMONS/TIMON ancestor
> went directly to America to join the Pons congregation in SC. My
> SIMONS/SIMON ancestor went through the Netherlands on the way to SC.
>
> Finding out how your Huguenot ancestor came to the US can be very
> interesting research.
>
> Ray
>
> >I've not found any source which says specifically that Huguenots went
> >directly to the US, or stayed in Britain for a while before leaving,
> >although quite often there's a comment that they went to Switzerland or
> >Holland before moving to North America. I'm reasonably certain that some
> >stayed in Britain, some moved on. Can you refer me to any sources which
> >discuss this question? It's primarily curiousity.
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >
> >John Guy
>
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