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Paul Peloquin (watuppa1@meganet.net) |
I traced the Peloquin name to 968 AD in the province of Maine in France. Most of the information I got back in 1975 from Rhietstaps Armorial Register and mainly in the French Armorial Register. The oldest ancestor was Jamie (believe it or not) Peloquin who was a knight in France. His motto was
"One who was a pauper"and you have the coat of arms correctly except in the old French it states: "Degu une tour d'arg". Which translates as Red a silver tower. I am trying to find a copy of the French Armorial Register to send you a copy of the history. I guess the motto he has was due to the fact that he married the King's daughter. The "king" of that area was Mon Seigneur D'Alua. The original spelling of our name is exactly as it is today: PELOQUIN
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Roland Peloquin paideia@bitstorm.net |
Francois was a member of les Troupes de la Marine and after settling down in civilian life could have been a member of some local defense group. However he was busy as a "fariner" - farmer - and father of a
relatively large family since he had taken on bringing up Marie Nique'ts own
progeny from a previous alliance. Francois resided in Baie du Febvre,
Quebec (Beauport), probably in an intermittant stage in Sorel and finally in St. Roch then known as le Grand St Ours where he died.
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Roland Peloquin paideia@bitstorm.net |
Are you aware that other Peloquins came to the New World. One came to Canada with Robert Cavelier de LaSalle, but left no progeny and returned to France. He accompanied de LaSalle on his explorations, and was a merchant or at least in the employ of a merchant. Another was a Huguenot and came by way of England to Boston. Jacob Peloquin, established himself in Massachusetts, and periodically popped up in NY. He too returned to England. There is a book Huguenot Emigrations to America, by Charles Baird where you can find reference to him.
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Roland Peloquin paideia@bitstorm.net |
Then there are Peloquin I and Peloquin II who resided at l'Ile Bouchard
near Chinon. They were lesser nobles who in the XI century left a
fascinating and rough image of themselves. Their exploits can be read in
the Latin cartularies of the Abbey of Noyers. That's another site I
visited while spending days in Chinon, Rabelais's homeland. At that time
patronyms were non existent so that tracing their lineage is a very
tedious and serious business.
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Roland Peloquin paideia@bitstorm.net |
Were it possible to determine with accuracy the origin of birth of
Mathurin the grandfather or his marriage to Francoise Chastaignier, then
it might become possible to retrace additional generations. The
religious upheavals in the area were widespread and many documents have been lost forever.
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Roland Peloquin paideia@bitstorm.net |
It is highly improbable but not imposible that Francois could have been a
Huguenot! You conceivably know that Huguenots were denied entry into New France; rather they came to the Carolinas and Florida with Ribault
, deLaudoniere and others, and were massacred, tormented and killed by the Spaniards who saw them as arch rivals in the gold issue and used religious convictions as a means of reason for extinction.
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Roland Peloquin paideia@bitstorm.net |
Then there are the Knights of Malta Commanders - at least two Pelloquins . The Cartularies of the Abbey of Noyers relate the exploits of one of them in the 1100's.
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Roland Peloquin paideia@bitstorm.net |
I do know that Ambroise Syllart's father abjured at St Andre. He was a maternal uncle to Francois. There was another Mathurin totally unrelated, yet a contemporary who was a Huguenot, but his wife was not Syllart nor Chastaignier therefore a totally different person. Abjurations then were not too unlike politial party affiliations of our times and were solely motivated by
necessity of survival, advance, opportunity and other such motives-almost never by convictions.
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http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/pericles /french/huguenot.htm |
Huguenots were French Protestants forced to leave their country after Catholic Louis XIV made Protestantism illegal by revoking the Edict of Nantes in 1685. They came to Bristol, England mainly from the West coast of France around La Rochelle. In 1687 they were given St Mark's Chapel (now the Lord Mayor's Chapel) on College Green opposite the Cathedral as a place to worship. In 1727 they moved to their own chapel in Orchard Street (demolished 1937) where worship in French was held until the church was dissolved in 1814. Huguenots who remained in England gradually integrated into Bristol society, many becoming successful merchants, such as David Peloquin who became mayor of Bristol in 1751.
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