Huguenot refugees during the reign of Louis XIV (L-Y)
End of Table[68] II.
Notes
[47] Labat, or Labatt: A branch of this ancient Normandy family has been long settled in Ireland. The first Labat came over with William III., as an officer in William’s army; and eventually settled in the King’s County.
[48] Labouchere: An ancient Bearnese family, whose original name was Barrier. In 1621, Jean-Guyon Barrier, Notary-royal, married Catherine de la Broue, and from this union sprang Francis, Seigneur of Labouchere, from which place is derived the present family name.
[49] La Roche: A refugee from Bordeaux, originally named Crothaire, whose son became M.P. for Bodmin, in 1727; his grandson, Sir James Laroche, Bart., also sat for the same borough in 1768.
[50] La Trobe: Jean la Trobe, a refugee from the south of France, came to Ireland by way of Holland, and settled in Waterford about the year 1690; he died in Dublin at an advanced age. The name which originally was Von Blume, was changed to Antes, which it still bears.
[51] Layard: An ancient Albigensian family, whose original name was Raymond: “De Layarde” (near Montpellier) being merely their nom de terre, as in many other similar cases. Pierre Raymond de Layard, born 1666, left France about the period of the Revocation; attended William III. into England as a Major in General Verey’s Regiment of Foot. Pierre had two sons—1. Gaspard, baptized in 1725 in Canterbury, where the family settled in England; 2. Daniel-Peter, physician to the Dowager Princess of Wales. Daniel-Peter had three sons—1. Charles-Peter, prebendary of Worcester, and Dean of Bristol; 2. Anthony-Lewis; 3. John-Thomas. Charles-Peter had grandsons, two of whom were Austin Layard, M.P, and Colonel F. P. Layard. The head of the family is Mr. Layard, of Riversdale, near Dublin.
[52] Le Fanu: Etienne Le Fanu, of Caen, married in 1657, after some time made his escape into England, and eventually settled in Ireland, where descendants of his still survive.
[53] Le Tablére: Letablére, or De L’Establére, an ancient family in France, several members of which settled in England and Ireland. Of these René de la Douespe, lord of the manor of Lestablére, in Lower Poitou, left France, in 1685, at the age of 22, and arrived in Holland the same year, when he entered the military service of the Prince of Orange. He was an officer in Du Cambon’s Foot at the Battle of the Boyne, and afterwards in Lifford’s Horse. Having settled in Dublin, he died there in 1729, at the age of 66. His son, Doctor Daniel Letablére, was Dean of Tuam; his youngest daughter, Esther Charlotte Letablére, who became the eventual heiress of the family, married Edward Litton, Esq., an officer in the 37th Foot, and by him had three surviving sons—1. Daniel Litton, Esq., of Dublin; 2. Edward Litton, Esq., of Altmore, county Tyrone, who was Master in Chancery, and formerly M.P. for Coleraine; 3. John Litton, Esq., J.P., of Ardavilling, county Cork.
[54] Mangin: Several refugees of this name settled in Ireland. Paul Mangin became established at Lisburn, and there married Madelaine, the daughter of Louis Crommelin.
[55] Mathy: Was a celebrated physician and author. After a residence in Holland, he settled in England about the middle of the last century. He was Secretary of the Royal Society in 1758; and was afterwards appointed Librarian of the British Museum, in which office he was succeeded by his son. This name has been changed into Matthew.
[56] Maturin: Gabriel Maturin was a refugee pastor who escaped from France, and settled in Ireland. His son Peter became Dean of Killala; and his grandson Gabriel-James became Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. From him descended the Rev. C. Maturin, Senior Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin, Rector of Fanet; the Rev. C. R. Maturin, author of Bertram: and Gabriel Maturin, Esq., of Washington.
[57] Mercier: Philip Mercier, a portrait-painter, born at Berlin, of a French refugee family, settled in London, where he died in 1760. In Ireland the name has been changed into Mercer.
[58] Misson: Maximilian Misson fled into England, and was selected by the Duke of Ormond as tutor to his grandson.
[59] Morell: Daniel Morell was born in a village in Champagne about the period of the Revocation; lost his parents at an early age. His foster-brother, Stephen Conté fled with him into Holland, under the guidance of a party of refugees; and on reaching manhood, both entered the army of William III., and fought under him through the Irish campaigns. Daniel Morell married the daughter of Conté, and the issue was Stephen Morell, who entered the navy, and died at an advanced age, leaving behind him three sons, all of whom became eminent as dissenting ministers—the eldest son Stephen, at Little Baddon, Essex; the second son, John, at Brighton; and the youngest Thomas, as theological tutor of the Independent Academical Institution known as Coward College. Of this family was also Dr. Morell, author of the History of Philosophy.
[60] Perrin: Count Perrin was a Huguenot refugee from Nouere, where he had large possessions. He originally settled at Lisburn, in Ireland, from which he afterwards removed to Waterford, and founded the family to which the late Justice Perrin belonged.
[61] Raboteau: John Charles Raboteau, a refugee from Pont-Gibaud, near Rochelle, settled in Dublin, and prospered as a wine-merchant.
[62] Reynet, or De Reynet: A refugee family which settled at Waterford; the freedom of which city was conferred in perpetuity on the descendants of Henri de Reynet. But Henri’s youngest son returned to France, and having professed the Roman Catholic religion, he was placed in possession of the family estate, which his descendants of the female line still hold.
[63] Roche: Louis Roche, a refugee manufacturer, settled in Lisburn. He became an extensive merchant, and descendants of his are now living in Belfast.
[64] Rocheblave: Henry de Rocheblave was pastor in succession of the French churches of Greenwich, Swallow-street, Hungerford, the Quarré, St. James’s, and last of all, of Dublin, where he died in 1709.
[65] Teulon or Tholan: An ancient family of Nismes, descended from Marc Tholon, Sieur de Guiral. Peter and Anthony fled from France at the time of the Revocation, and settled at Greenwich. Peter came into Ireland, and founded the county Cork branch of the family.
[66] Victoria: Queen Victoria is descended from a Huguenot Ancestress, Eleanore D’Esmiers, Marquise d’Olbreuse, who was great-great-great grandmother of Her Majesty.
[67] Vignoles: A noble family in Languedoc. Charles de Vignoles, fourth son of Jacques de Vignoles, Seigneur de Prades, near Nismes, fled with his wife into Holland at the Revocation. He afterwards accompanied the Prince of Orange into England, fought in the Irish campaigns, and settled at Portarlington.
[68] Table: For the names of the wives and children of the Hugnenots whose names are given in this Table II., see Agnew’s French Protestant Exiles, Vol. I., pp. 37-57.