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From Clairac to the world

People from Clairac in England

London is the only English town in Claude Martin’s list: 36 people “in England or in London”. In the registers of the French churches of London and in the naturalisation acts, the lab finds people from Clairac who were soldiers, tailors, shoemakers or locksmiths. [L] [G]

Claude Martin’s figures

In his list of emigrants [L]
36 “in England or in London”
In his register extracts (G02, table of places, p. 7) [G]
34 people ; London 34 times

The two counts are not to be added together. The list places each emigrant under one destination; the extracts count the people Claude Martin found in registers, town by town, and the same person may appear in both. The figures are the ones he wrote.

The transcription has 39 lines classed under this country; a line is not always one person, and the differences from Claude Martin’s count are noted on the page of the list, not corrected.

The town figures in his table do not always match the lines of his extracts: the differences are documented with the transcription, never corrected. [G]

The list of emigrants Claude Martin’s extracts (G02)

The families traced

Three leading families: Paul Brochequin, a tailor from Clairac, whose son was baptised in London in 1702; David de Loches, born in Clairac, an officer naturalised English in 1699; Pierre Joyeux, “born at Cleracq”, a former refugee soldier naturalised in 1700.

Records that place at least one confirmed or probable fact in this country. The badge gives the status of the whole record: a record classed as a hypothesis may contain a fact confirmed here.

19 lab records: 13 confirmed, 5 probable, 1 hypotheses (status of the whole record).

All related records

All the lab records

Map

England on the map

The “From Clairac to the world” map, centred on England: the same points, the same entries. Open a point to read the entry for the place.

Hover over, tap or select a point on the map with the keyboard to open the place’s record. On a small screen, swipe the map sideways to see all of it.

From Clairac to the world: England Map of present-day England, with its outline in colour, with Ireland and the Netherlands nearby. The lines come from Clairac, outside the frame to the south: to London and England, destinations in Claude Martin’s list and also places from which descendants came. In green, Cobham, studied by Claude Martin. In plum dashes, the route of Paul Brochequin, from Frankfurt to London and then Rotterdam. London (35)Rotterdam (1)England (7)Ireland (16)Dublin (2) Netherlands and FlandersPortarlington Other Dutch towns La RochelleNantesCobhamLabatPaul Brochequin The lines start from Clairac, outside the frame, to the south.
Clairac Destinations recorded by Claude Martin in his list of emigrants, with the number of lines naming them [L] Places from which descendants came, according to the exhibition panel [A] Dutilh family: departures (dotted lines) and Nérac [D] [E] [H] Places named in the registers recorded by Claude Martin, grouped by region (hollow diamond: mostly a stopover) [G] Findings of the lab, confirmed or probable: a section in the record of places already on the map, squares for new places. Studies by Claude Martin: Louisiana (departures from La Rochelle, Nantes and Clairac), Cobham, in England, the glassworks of the Couserans, and the glassmakers’ diaspora from the Ariège (Gabre, Montauban), distinct from the Clairac list Hypothesis Unproven leads, dotted: Pegues (South Carolina), Labat (Ireland), and Peiret, from Gabre to New York (glassmakers’ diaspora from the Ariège) Route of Paul Brochequin, a tailor from Clairac (1688-1705), stage by stage, in dashes Base map: Natural Earth (public domain). The lines link each place to Clairac; they do not represent routes, except those of Paul Brochequin and of Pierre Peiret, which starts in Gabre. Countries and regions named without a city: marker at the approximate centre. Off the map: 89 “not followed” lines, 2 with no destination and 1 “Indes Or.”. Lab: the number of families and of facts is given for each place; the exact number of people cannot be measured reliably. The list of emigrants names only European destinations; the “Studies by Claude Martin” and “Hypotheses” layers concern his work and unproven leads, not his list.

Outline of the country: present-day borders (Natural Earth, public domain), as a reference; at the time of the Refuge, the states and their borders were different.

Text version: the places on this map and their sources

  • London (United Kingdom)

    In Claude Martin’s list of emigrants

    Lines
    35 lines, including 1 where this place follows “Frankfurt”; Claude’s spellings: “Londres” (33), “L ndres” (1), “Frankfurt(Londres” (1).
    Summary
    “36 en Angleterre ou a Londres”, for London and England together; the transcription counts 39 lines in this category (difference: +3).
    Period
    Not specified by the list (date the list was made unknown)
    Connection with Clairac
    Destination recorded by Claude Martin for emigrants from Clairac.
    Families
    Not linked: the names in the list are not connected to the families on this site.
    Sources
    Claude Martin, list of emigrants from Clairac (facsimile and transcription) [L]
    Confidence level
    High: recorded by Claude Martin in his list, which does not cite its sources.

    Visits by descendants

    Families
    Not specified: the panel names the Saffin, Dutilh, Darné and Cobet families together, without saying which one came from this place.
    Period
    From the 1960s onwards
    Connection with Clairac
    Descendants of the emigrant families came from this place to Clairac to meet Claude Martin.
    Sources
    Exhibition panel “Claude Martin” [A]
    Confidence level
    Medium: the panel names the six places together, with no family or date for each.

    In the registers recorded by Claude Martin

    Lines
    72 lines of transcription (G02: 35, G03: 1, G15: 36).
    Mentions
    Presence (28), place named, role not stated (19), marriage (17), naturalisation (6), relief received (1), abjuration (1), destination (1).
    Period
    From 1608 to 1746, according to the dates written on the lines; 2 dates before the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1608, 1612): this is not the exile of 1685.
    Connection with Clairac
    People from Clairac whose presence, marriage, death or settlement in this place Claude Martin recorded.
    Sources
    Claude Martin’s typed records: G02 p. 1, G02 p. 4, G02 p. 5, G03 p. 4, G15 p. 1, G15 p. 2, G15 p. 3 (documents not reproduced on this site) [G]
    Confidence level
    High for what the document says: Claude Martin cites the register or publication each line comes from. A line is not a person: the same person may appear in several documents. These numbers are not to be added to those of the list of émigrés.
    People
    The 72 lines: person, date, entry, document and page
    PersonDateEntryDocument
    Jacques Sauvage1698presenceG02 p. 1
    Daniel AUDIBERT1725marriageG02 p. 4
    Marie BORDES1692presenceG02 p. 4
    Pricille DAIRE1699marriageG02 p. 4
    Moyse DAYRE1697marriageG02 p. 4
    Pierre De HAME1719naturalisationG02 p. 4
    Françoiq DESSALLES1698presenceG02 p. 4
    Jacob DUBOSC1696presenceG02 p. 4
    Jacob DUBOSC1713naturalisationG02 p. 4
    Jean DUBOURG1726marriageG02 p. 4
    Jean DUGARS1708marriageG02 p. 4
    Simon DUGAR1706relief receivedG02 p. 4
    André DUVAL1695presenceG02 p. 4
    Jean FAUQUIER1698naturalisationG02 p. 4
    Pierre FAURIE1693presenceG02 p. 4
    FLAUGEL1701presenceG02 p. 4
    Marie FLAUGEL1701presenceG02 p. 4
    FOUE Pierre (?)1705presenceG02 p. 4
    Pierre JOYEUX1700naturalisationG02 p. 4
    PIerre LABAT1699presenceG02 p. 4
    Marie LABAT de1688presenceG02 p. 4
    André LABAT1688presenceG02 p. 4
    LABAT1688presenceG02 p. 4
    Paul LAFARGUE1714marriageG02 p. 4
    Salomon LARRAT1699abjurationG02 p. 4
    MESSINES1746presenceG02 p. 4
    Pierre PINEAU1703presenceG02 p. 4
    Jacques SAUVAGE1698presenceG02 p. 4
    Anne TOURON1698presenceG02 p. 4
    Abraham MERIGNAC1697presenceG02 p. 4
    Jean MERIGNAC1702presenceG02 p. 4
    Moyse MERIGNAC1702presenceG02 p. 4
    Isaac MERIGNAC1699presenceG02 p. 4
    Pierre MERIGNAC1694presenceG02 p. 4
    LOCHES David1699naturalisationG02 p. 4
    David LOCHES de1699naturalisationG02 p. 5
    Jean PECHOUET1718-07-26destinationG03 p. 4
    Pierre REAU [?] (?)1612-02-18marriageG15 p. 1
    Pierre DE MIQUEL [?] (?)1608-01-31marriageG15 p. 1
    Jean ROURSAC [?] (?)1694-04-08place named, role not statedG15 p. 1
    Jean ALBERT (?)1687-02place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Jean BERTRAM (?)1699-10-29place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Jacob CHAPELOU1685-04-29place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Moise Chastel1700-06-09place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Anne Codere1688-04-29place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    André De Batz1688-06-18place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Pierre DU SOULAY1688-04-29place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Marie DUVALAT1700-06-02place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Moyse MERIGNAC—place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Pierre MERIGNAC—place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    David MONTANT1688-06-07place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Pierre PETIT1688-06-18place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Pierre PINEAU1688-04-29place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Anne SIMPÉ1688-06-18place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Jeanne THOMAS1688-06-18place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Jacob SABATE1742-11marriageG15 p. 2
    Marye BORDES1692-06-26marriageG15 p. 2
    Moyse DAIRE [?] (?)1697-01-10marriageG15 p. 2
    Jacob DUBOS1696-05-31presenceG15 p. 2
    Jean DUGAR1696presenceG15 p. 2
    André DUVAL1695-09-20presenceG15 p. 2
    Marie DUSOULES [?] (?)1703-12-17presenceG15 p. 2
    Marie FLAUGEL1701place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Paul LA FARGUE (?)—marriageG15 p. 2
    DES SALLES1698-03-05presenceG15 p. 2
    Isaac MERIGNAC1699place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Jean MERIGNAC (?)1702place named, role not statedG15 p. 2
    Jean DUGAR1708-04-10marriageG15 p. 3
    Jean DU BOURG1726-10-30marriageG15 p. 3
    Jean MISPOULET1726-12-22marriageG15 p. 3
    Daniel AUDIBERT (?)1725-03marriageG15 p. 3
    Daniel DESSALES1692-11-21presenceG15 p. 3
    Jacques SAUVAGE1692-09-25marriageG15 p. 3

    “(?)”: uncertain reading. “reg.”: Frankfurt relief register, cited by Claude Martin.

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    19
    Confirmed or probable facts
    31

    The networks of departure: 4 documented links between Clairac families in this city. See the diagram

  • England (United Kingdom)

    In Claude Martin’s list of emigrants

    Lines
    7 lines, including 2 where this place follows “Frankfurt”; Claude’s spellings: “Angleterre” (5), “Frankfurt(Anglet.)” (1), “Frankfurt-Angl.” (1).
    Summary
    “36 en Angleterre ou a Londres”, for London and England together; the transcription counts 39 lines in this category (difference: +3).
    Period
    Not specified by the list (date the list was made unknown)
    Connection with Clairac
    Destination recorded by Claude Martin for emigrants from Clairac.
    Families
    Not linked: the names in the list are not connected to the families on this site.
    Sources
    Claude Martin, list of emigrants from Clairac (facsimile and transcription) [L]
    Confidence level
    High: recorded by Claude Martin in his list, which does not cite its sources; country named without a city: marker at the approximate centre of the country.

    Dutilh family

    Families
    Dutilh
    Period
    After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685)
    Connection with Clairac
    Country to which members of the family went when they left Clairac after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes; one article links this departure to a choice of trade, the other speaks of refuge.
    Sources
    Sud Ouest, 20 July 2017 [D]; Sud Ouest, 22 July 2017 [E]
    Confidence level
    Medium: press article, not confirmed by a primary archive; country named without a town: marker at the approximate centre of the country.

    In the registers recorded by Claude Martin

    Lines
    3 lines of transcription (G02: 2, G03: 1).
    Mentions
    Destination (2), naturalisation (1).
    Period
    From 1696 to 1707, according to the dates written on the lines.
    Connection with Clairac
    People from Clairac whose presence, marriage, death or settlement in this place Claude Martin recorded.
    Sources
    Claude Martin’s typed records: G02 p. 1, G02 p. 4, G03 p. 4 (documents not reproduced on this site) [G]
    Confidence level
    High for what the document says: Claude Martin cites the register or publication each line comes from. A line is not a person: the same person may appear in several documents. These numbers are not to be added to those of the list of émigrés.
    People
    The 3 lines: person, date, entry, document and page
    PersonDateEntryDocument
    Marie Sauzet1696destinationG02 p. 1
    David BRINIHOL1707naturalisationG02 p. 4
    Marie SAUZET1696-08-31destinationG03 p. 4

    “(?)”: uncertain reading. “reg.”: Frankfurt relief register, cited by Claude Martin.

  • Ireland

    In Claude Martin’s list of emigrants

    Lines
    16 lines; Claude’s spellings: “Irlande” (14), “Irlande [?]” (1), “Irlandes” (1).
    Summary
    “11 en Irlande”; the transcription counts 16 lines in this category (difference: +5).
    Period
    Not specified by the list (date the list was made unknown)
    Connection with Clairac
    Destination recorded by Claude Martin for emigrants from Clairac.
    Families
    Not linked: the names in the list are not connected to the families on this site.
    Sources
    Claude Martin, list of emigrants from Clairac (facsimile and transcription) [L]
    Confidence level
    High: recorded by Claude Martin in his list, which does not cite its sources; country named without a city: marker at the approximate centre of the country.

    In the registers recorded by Claude Martin

    Lines
    2 lines of transcription (G02: 2).
    Mentions
    Presence (2).
    Period
    From 1702 to 1720, according to the dates written on the lines.
    Connection with Clairac
    People from Clairac whose presence, marriage, death or settlement in this place Claude Martin recorded.
    Sources
    Claude Martin’s typed records: G02 p. 6 (documents not reproduced on this site) [G]
    Confidence level
    High for what the document says: Claude Martin cites the register or publication each line comes from. A line is not a person: the same person may appear in several documents. These numbers are not to be added to those of the list of émigrés.
    People
    The 2 lines: person, date, entry, document and page
    PersonDateEntryDocument
    Anne Coudere1702presenceG02 p. 6
    Jean Seilhade1720presenceG02 p. 6

    “(?)”: uncertain reading. “reg.”: Frankfurt relief register, cited by Claude Martin.

  • Dublin (Ireland)

    In Claude Martin’s list of emigrants

    Lines
    2 lines; Claude’s spellings: “Dublin” (1), “Dublin (le meme?)” (1).
    Summary
    No line for this place in Claude’s summary.
    Period
    Not specified by the list (date the list was made unknown)
    Connection with Clairac
    Destination recorded by Claude Martin for emigrants from Clairac.
    Families
    Not linked: the names in the list are not connected to the families on this site.
    Sources
    Claude Martin, list of emigrants from Clairac (facsimile and transcription) [L]
    Confidence level
    High: recorded by Claude Martin in his list, which does not cite its sources.

    In the registers recorded by Claude Martin

    Lines
    39 lines of transcription (G02: 14, G04: 14, G15: 11).
    Mentions
    Presence (12), marriage (11), abjuration (9), place named, role not stated (5), death (3), settlement (1).
    Period
    From 1685 to 1787, according to the dates written on the lines.
    Connection with Clairac
    People from Clairac whose presence, marriage, death or settlement in this place Claude Martin recorded.
    Sources
    Claude Martin’s typed records: G02 p. 2, G02 p. 6, G04 p. 2, G04 p. 3, G15 p. 1 (documents not reproduced on this site) [G]
    Confidence level
    High for what the document says: Claude Martin cites the register or publication each line comes from. A line is not a person: the same person may appear in several documents. These numbers are not to be added to those of the list of émigrés.
    People
    The 39 lines: person, date, entry, document and page
    PersonDateEntryDocument
    Pierre Jouglas1701marriageG02 p. 2
    Antoine Bonnemayre1728marriageG02 p. 6
    Jacques Borderie1719presenceG02 p. 6
    Marie Chopis1710presenceG02 p. 6
    Jeanne Coudere1701presenceG02 p. 6
    Pierre Denis1699presenceG02 p. 6
    Marie Labrousse1719abjurationG02 p. 6
    Jean Villebois1728abjurationG02 p. 6
    Marie Lalane1728marriageG02 p. 6
    Guillaume Darqué1720presenceG02 p. 6
    Daniel Pineau1722presenceG02 p. 6
    Jacques Brustis1728abjurationG02 p. 6
    Jean Carmentran1727abjurationG02 p. 6
    Martin Daniel1730presenceG02 p. 6
    Daniel PINEAU1685presenceG04 p. 2
    Ysaac SEILHADE1705deathG04 p. 2
    Ysaac SEILHADE1685presenceG04 p. 2
    Pierre JOUGLAS (?)1701-08-06marriageG04 p. 2
    Marie Labrousse (?)1719-05-20abjurationG04 p. 2
    Jacques BORDERIE1719-05-20abjurationG04 p. 2
    Marie CHOPIS (CHOPPY)1710-07-23marriageG04 p. 2
    Elisabeth COUDERC1719abjurationG04 p. 2
    Pierre DENIS1699settlementG04 p. 2
    Pierre DENIS1721presenceG04 p. 2
    Antoine BONNEMAYEE1728-02-04marriageG04 p. 2
    Raymond Pénettes (?)1719-01-01marriageG04 p. 2
    Jean VILLEBOIS1728-08-26abjurationG04 p. 3
    Guillaume DARQUIé (?)1720presenceG04 p. 3
    Daniel martin1730-03-15deathG04 p. 3
    Marguerite Dumoulin1787-04-17presenceG04 p. 3
    Pierre JOUGLA (?)1701-08marriageG15 p. 1
    Raymond PENETTES [?] (?)1718-01-01marriageG15 p. 1
    CHAPIS [?] (?)—marriageG15 p. 1
    Marie CHOPPY (?)1710-07marriageG15 p. 1
    Jean CARMANTRAN [?] (?)1727place named, role not statedG15 p. 1
    Daniel Martin1730-03-15deathG15 p. 1
    Elisabeth COUDERE [?] (?)1719-03place named, role not statedG15 p. 1
    Marie LA BROUSSE (?)1719-05place named, role not statedG15 p. 1
    Jacques BORDERIE1719-12-25abjurationG15 p. 1
    Jean VILLEBOIS1728-08-26place named, role not statedG15 p. 1
    Jacques BRUSTI[?] (?)1728-11-15place named, role not statedG15 p. 1

    “(?)”: uncertain reading. “reg.”: Frankfurt relief register, cited by Claude Martin.

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    20
    Confirmed or probable facts
    39

    The networks of departure: 15 documented links between Clairac families in this city. See the diagram

  • Leiden (Netherlands)

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    2
    Confirmed or probable facts
    2

  • Delft (Netherlands)

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    2
    Confirmed or probable facts
    2

  • Breda (Netherlands)

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    1
    Confirmed or probable facts
    1

  • Groningen (Netherlands)

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    1
    Confirmed or probable facts
    1

  • Utrecht

    In the registers recorded by Claude Martin

    Lines
    1 line of transcription (G02: 1).
    Mentions
    Presence (1).
    Period
    1737, according to the dates written on the lines.
    Connection with Clairac
    People from Clairac whose presence, marriage, death or settlement in this place Claude Martin recorded.
    Sources
    Claude Martin’s typed records: G02 p. 5 (documents not reproduced on this site) [G]
    Confidence level
    High for what the document says: Claude Martin cites the register or publication each line comes from. A line is not a person: the same person may appear in several documents. These numbers are not to be added to those of the list of émigrés.
    People
    The line: person, date, entry, document and page
    PersonDateEntryDocument
    Daniel BALGUERIE1737presenceG02 p. 5

    “(?)”: uncertain reading. “reg.”: Frankfurt relief register, cited by Claude Martin.

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    2
    Confirmed or probable facts
    2

  • Cadzand (Netherlands)

    In the registers recorded by Claude Martin

    Lines
    1 line of transcription (G15: 1).
    Mentions
    Marriage (1).
    Period
    1706, according to the dates written on the lines.
    Connection with Clairac
    People from Clairac whose presence, marriage, death or settlement in this place Claude Martin recorded.
    Sources
    Claude Martin’s typed records: G15 p. 3 (documents not reproduced on this site) [G]
    Confidence level
    High for what the document says: Claude Martin cites the register or publication each line comes from. A line is not a person: the same person may appear in several documents. These numbers are not to be added to those of the list of émigrés.
    People
    The line: person, date, entry, document and page
    PersonDateEntryDocument
    Pierre DAMAS1706-04-15marriageG15 p. 3

    “(?)”: uncertain reading. “reg.”: Frankfurt relief register, cited by Claude Martin.

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    1
    Confirmed or probable facts
    2

  • Tournai

    In the registers recorded by Claude Martin

    Lines
    1 line of transcription (G02: 1).
    Mentions
    Presence (1).
    Period
    1762, according to the dates written on the lines.
    Connection with Clairac
    People from Clairac whose presence, marriage, death or settlement in this place Claude Martin recorded.
    Sources
    Claude Martin’s typed records: G02 p. 5 (documents not reproduced on this site) [G]
    Confidence level
    High for what the document says: Claude Martin cites the register or publication each line comes from. A line is not a person: the same person may appear in several documents. These numbers are not to be added to those of the list of émigrés.
    People
    The line: person, date, entry, document and page
    PersonDateEntryDocument
    Alexandre AUDEBEZ1762presenceG02 p. 5

    “(?)”: uncertain reading. “reg.”: Frankfurt relief register, cited by Claude Martin.

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    1
    Confirmed or probable facts
    1

  • Portarlington (Ireland)

    In the registers recorded by Claude Martin

    Lines
    1 line of transcription (G04: 1).
    Mentions
    Presence (1).
    Period
    1787, according to the dates written on the lines.
    Connection with Clairac
    People from Clairac whose presence, marriage, death or settlement in this place Claude Martin recorded.
    Sources
    Claude Martin’s typed records: G04 p. 3 (documents not reproduced on this site) [G]
    Confidence level
    High for what the document says: Claude Martin cites the register or publication each line comes from. A line is not a person: the same person may appear in several documents. These numbers are not to be added to those of the list of émigrés.
    People
    The line: person, date, entry, document and page
    PersonDateEntryDocument
    Marguerite Dumoulin1787-04-17presenceG04 p. 3

    “(?)”: uncertain reading. “reg.”: Frankfurt relief register, cited by Claude Martin.

    Findings of the lab (confirmed or probable)

    Families
    3
    Confirmed or probable facts
    5

  • Cobham (Surrey, England)

    Confirmed

    Study
    “David Geneste, a Huguenot vine grower at Cobham”, an article by Claude Martin published in 1971 in the Surrey Archaeological Collections.
    Person
    David Geneste, from a family of Laparade, near Clairac, vine grower on the Painshill estate, near Cobham, in the 18th century; he wrote to his sister who had stayed in Clairac.
    Records
    The Geneste record (lab) · the publication

  • Portarlington (Ireland)

    Hypothesis

    Labat: hypothesis, unproven.

    What Claude Martin says
    A Marie de Labat, from Clairac, a refugee with her brother in Ireland, probably in Portarlington.
    Hypothesis
    André Labat of Portarlington, said to be the ancestor of the Labatt brewers of Canada, may be the André de Labat who left Clairac: same first name, a brother and sister André and Marie, but no proof.
    Record
    Labat: from Clairac to Ireland, and the Labatts of Canada?

  • Route of Paul Brochequin (from Clairac to Rotterdam, 1688-1705)

    Probable

    Who
    Paul Brochequin (Brouchequin, Brousseguin), tailor, of Clairac.
    Stages
    1. Clairac: departure, in 1688 at the latest.
    2. Geneva: 13 June 1688.
    3. Lausanne: certificate of 15 June 1688, cited by the Frankfurt register.
    4. La Neuveville: 23 June 1688 (certificate of 15 June).
    5. Schaffhausen: 23 June 1688.
    6. Frankfurt: 2 July 1688, given relief with Jean Pigos, a dyer, bound for Holland (original register; the 10 May 1688 in Claude Martin’s notes, G03, is probably a copying error).
    7. London: 1 March 1702, baptism of his son Charles (Leicester Fields church).
    8. Rotterdam: 25 October 1705, baptism of his daughter Ester; then of Marie, on 31 August 1707.
    What is established
    The departure, Lausanne and Frankfurt: Claude Martin recorded “Paul Brousseguin, tailleur, de Clairac” (tailor, of Clairac) in the Frankfurt register of 1688; the original register (Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main, Französisch-reformierte Gemeinde 79, p. 41, document sent by Glenys Bolland) dates this relief to 2 July 1688 and cites a certificate from Lausanne of 15 June. The baptisms in London and Rotterdam are in published or indexed registers.
    To be checked
    Geneva, La Neuveville and Schaffhausen come from records of the Base de données du Refuge huguenot (Huguenot Refuge database) reported by Glenys, which we have not been able to re-read; that the Paul of London and Rotterdam is the one from Clairac is very probable, not proved.
    Record
    Brouchequin: Paul, a tailor from Clairac, from Frankfurt to London and Rotterdam
    Story
    The story, stage by stage

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The routes

Who left with whom? The page “The networks of departure” links the Clairac families through marriages, godparents, witnesses and convoys. Network for this country: London (4 links).

Paul Brochequin, a tailor from Clairac, passed through this country: follow his journey stage by stage, from Clairac to Rotterdam.

Claude Martin and England

In 1971 Claude Martin published in the Surrey Archaeological Collections an article on David Geneste, from a family of Laparade, near Clairac, vine grower at Painshill, near Cobham (the publication). In 2019 the Huguenot Library in London acknowledged receipt of a copy of his work. [C]

Archives and registers in the country

  • The National Archives (Kew) — guide to naturalisations and letters of denization, which refers to the indexes published by the Huguenot Society; several people from Clairac have been found there (Loches, Joyeux, Dubosc).
  • The Huguenot Library — the library and archives of the Huguenot Society, kept with UCL Special Collections at The National Archives, Kew; consultation by appointment. In 2019 it received a copy of Claude Martin’s work.
  • Huguenot Society, Quarto Series — the published registers of the French churches of London: Threadneedle Street, the Savoy, Leicester Fields (vol. XXIX, where Paul Brochequin’s son was baptised), and the naturalisations.
  • The London Archives — formerly the London Metropolitan Archives: parish registers and the records of the City of London.

Huguenot societies

Websites checked on 8 November 2026. Those without a link did not respond or could not be found: they are marked “to be checked”.

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Search for your surname in Claude Martin’s extracts and the lab records, in all its spellings (Brochequin, Brousseguin, Boursequin…).

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Did you know?

  • A prisoner at Camaret

    A lieutenant who had taken refuge in Holland, David de Loches, born in Clairac, went to England with William III; taken prisoner at Camaret in 1694 and threatened with the rope, he escaped (the lab record).

  • A Huguenot vine grower

    From 1739 to 1755 David Geneste, vine grower on the Painshill estate near Cobham, wrote to his sister who had stayed in Clairac; Claude Martin drew an article from these letters (the lab record).

  • Three countries, one family

    Paul Brochequin, a tailor from Clairac, was given relief in Frankfurt on 2 July 1688, had his son baptised in London in 1702, then his daughters in Rotterdam in 1705 and 1707 (the lab record).

Further reading

On this site: the full map, the list of emigrants, Claude Martin’s extracts, the lab and the Refuge in figures.

From Clairac to the world The emigrants of Clairac Claude Martin’s record extracts The Refuge in figures The networks of departure Protestantism in Clairac

The other countries of refuge

Germany Netherlands Ireland Switzerland America

Sources

  • [C] Letter from the Huguenot Library (UCL, London), 12 November 2019 (PDF, original document in English)
  • [L] Claude Martin, “Emigrés de CLAIRAC en Agenois Province de Guyenne”, typed list, 3 pages, date unknown — facsimile and transcription
  • [G] Claude Martin, typed records of registers: G02: refugees from Clairac in Germany, England, America, Holland, Switzerland and Ireland; G03: refugees from Clairac given relief in Frankfurt (registers of the French Reformed Church); G04: people from Clairac who took refuge in Dublin after the Revocation; G05: Frankfurt registers and deeds of the notaries of Clairac; G15: Huguenots in England and Ireland, from the publications of the Huguenot Society of London. Claude Martin’s archives (records and original documents: Claude Martin’s record extracts)