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Jessé de Forest, leader of a group of Walloon-Huguenots who fled Europe due to religious persecutions. Jean de Labadie (1610–1674), Jesuit convert to Calvinism, founder of the pietistic Labadists. [537] Josué de la Place (c. 1596 – 1665 or possibly 1655), pastor and theologian. [538] [539] [540]
Since Belgium has three national languages — Dutch, French and German — Belgian names are similar to those in the neighbouring countries: the Netherlands, France and Germany. Place names (regions, towns, villages, hamlets) with a particle meaning "from" ( de in French, del in Walloon, or van in Dutch) are the most numerous.
Huguenot-Walloon half dollar; List of Huguenots; J. Isaac Jacquelot; Françoise Marguerite Janiçon; Julian Jarrold; Charles-Étienne Jordan; John Obadiah Justamond;
Some Huguenot descendants in the Netherlands may be noted by French family names, although they typically use Dutch given names. Due to the Huguenots' early ties with the leadership of the Dutch Revolt and their own participation, some of the Dutch patriciate are of part-Huguenot descent.
Shakespeare used the word Walloon: "A base Walloon, to win the Dauphin's grace/Thrust Talbot with a spear in the back." A note in Henry VI, Part I says, "At this time, the Walloons [were] the inhabitants of the area, now in south Belgium, still known as the 'Pays wallon'."
History of the Walloon & Huguenot Church at Canterbury. Canterbury: Printed for the Huguenot Society of London. Hovenden, Robert (1891). The Registers of the Wallon or Strangers’ Church in Canterbury. Lymington: Printed for the Huguenot Society of London. Kershaw, Samuel W. (1885). Protestants from France in their English Home. London: Samson ...
Pages in category "Huguenot families" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bedoire family; C.
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
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