french/flemish huguenots in carrickfergus area ireland

[joan1978]

hi i am Joan Greene live in North Carolina. was chatting to my grandmother on my dad side she was saying her mother maiden name was Lucina Hernandez from Spain. She was saying her father was a Ulster Scot (whatever that is) from Carrickfergus county Antrim in United Kingdom. But she thinks she has french huguenots heritage. she was telling me that her father was from the protestant domination in Ireland was looking at the heritage of Unionst people in Ulster and was saying 60% where Southern Scottish heritage 25% where from Northumbria, Cumberland, County Durham, Lancashire and Cheshire in North of England. Furthur 6% was from Walse and the South West England, 7% French Huguenots and the remain 2% German Palatines and Flemish Huguenots. Her Father was Henry Clawson not a very comman name but he says there where loads of them and they where related to him. He says it was changed from Classon. He remember her father tell her his grandmother on his mum side was Woods his says that Woods would be a comman Irish surname but on the nationalist background but his family was from unionist background and thinks it was changed from Dubois. Also he recalls cousin called Jannet are this French huguenots names

 

[Ladybird1300]

Hello Joan

Welcome to the forum, a lot of information there. An Ulster man came from Northern Ireland, the south is known as Eire. This will explain the Ulster Scots:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Scots_people

French Huguenots and German Palatines are from a similar back ground, they were Refugees from France following the teachings of John Calvin b1509 and Martin Luther b1483.
I have a Huguenot background and belong to a Huguenot Heritage group on Facebook, if you have any specific information you would like I could ask if anyone could help.

Amanda

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello Joan and welcome to the Forum.


Please have a look around the forums and then post your queries in the most appropriate ones and someone will try to answer them.

Dave

 

[Elwyn]

A lot of Huguenots refugees from France settled in England and Ireland after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. (That was a treaty that had previously offered Protestants protection from persecution). Huguenots brought linen making skills to Ireland and were subsequently often connected with that industry, especially in counties Antrim & Down. Their religion was of a Calvinist background (strict) and so in Ireland they tended to be Presbyterians, rather than Church of Ireland. There are plenty of Huguenots names in that area to this day eg Gaston, Boomer, Molyneaux, and so on.

 

[DaveHam9]

Also in Kinsale and parts of Cork city. I have Mellefont.

 

[Ladybird1300]

Hi Elwyn,

There is no evidence Molyneux is a Huguenot name, it was most likely came to to England in 1066 during the Norman invasion. It is very commonly found in Lancashire, and English settlers probably took the name to Ireland.

Amanda

 

[joan1978]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your amazing replies was so chuffed to see them. I can not believe to how many people replied. On Saturday night, was talking to my friend Alison while having a few drinks bopping away to the electric disco on 2fm. Alison says you can get a DNA test to identify your ethnicity breakdown. She says the best one is familytreedna. Family Finder is an autosomal DNA test that automatically finds your relatives within 5 generations. It works by comparing your DNA to the DNA of other users in our massive database. It will give you DNA my regional breakdown.

Yours sincerely

Joan Greene xx