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From: "Keeton, Tim" <>
Subject: RE: [Huguenot] Royal Bounty - Background stuff
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 12:56:41 -0500


Any mention of any KEETONs in there?

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> Subject:[Huguenot] Royal Bounty - Background stuff
>
> Hi Guys
>
> Right, here we go
>
> The Royal Bounty was a fund generated from a number of sources (and called
> a number of things) which operated from the reign of James II in 1686
> until it was wound up as part of the Parliamentary grant system in 1876.
>
> Leaving aside the grants that were made for normal expenses for the
> refugees - food, clothing, pensions, buying furniture, rent, for the sick
> and infirm, parish support, education - there seems to have been a
> latitude given to the trustees (two committees, one English, one French)
> over what they spent the money on.
>
> In the reign of James II grants were given to potential emigrants to
> America - and for apprenticeships, for young men to join the cavalry, all
> sorts of things - and the American lists caught my attention as I'm doing
> some research on it at the moment. Interestingly, the grants for
> emigration seem to have stopped when William III came to the throne as did
> the grants to join the army. But William's people did make grants to the
> families (un-named) whose sons, fathers, brothers etc went off to fight
> with the French regiments in Ireland ... but that's another story!
>
> So, here's the first list, others to follow over the next day or so. The
> entries are all different, written in English so the forenames are
> Anglicised, other details are in French - what is on the register is what
> is on my list so I don't have any further information.
>
> Extracts, Royal Bounty, February to April 1687.
>
>
> Daniel MARCHAND and daughter, £5/-/-, Carolina
>
> Daniel FOURNIER, occ. Lapidary, West Indies, 10/-
>
> Magalin POUPIN and 5 children, widow, of La Rochelle, Carolina, £30/-/-
>
> Jacob PIROU, Seaman, Carolina, £2/-/-
>
> Peter PANDOVIN, Seaman, Carolina, £2/-/-
>
> John GUIBAL and wife, Carolina, £20/-/-
>
> Charles MASSEPON and daughter, £25/-/-
>
> Francis HOLLIN, wife and maid, Carolina, £10/-/-
>
> Andrew FALOURDEL, Carolina, by reason of his 2 children, £12/-/-
>
> Lewis PERIDIAU, Carolina, £10/-/-
>
>
>
> Tony F
>
>
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