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Scotland / Re: QUESTION: Did 'Huguenots' settle in Scotland?
« on: Thursday 13 September 12 12:57 BST (UK) »
A very interesting thread so I have joined today. Perhaps a little late by the previous entry dates.
I have found on ScotlandsPeople there are OPR births for my family in south east Fife from 1603 (parishes of Kettle, Kirkcaldy, Kinghorn, Burntisland, mostly on the coast). Name is Thallan with the usual spelling variations though the 'older' ones are spelled Thalland. Modern name is Thallon.
The 1603 date seems a bit early for Huguenot links. I have searched SCAN and GENUKI but there is very little this old.
About the Scotland / Northern Ireland links, there are many. Other than politics, there was good commercial reasons for these links, basically it was safer to trade over the sea than travel by land through forests full of brigands.
I have found on ScotlandsPeople there are OPR births for my family in south east Fife from 1603 (parishes of Kettle, Kirkcaldy, Kinghorn, Burntisland, mostly on the coast). Name is Thallan with the usual spelling variations though the 'older' ones are spelled Thalland. Modern name is Thallon.
The 1603 date seems a bit early for Huguenot links. I have searched SCAN and GENUKI but there is very little this old.
About the Scotland / Northern Ireland links, there are many. Other than politics, there was good commercial reasons for these links, basically it was safer to trade over the sea than travel by land through forests full of brigands.