London know how reqd

[brianz]

Thanks mc8
                    I found the Will. He only mentions his wife Jane, Daughter Elizabeth Toping (presumably married). Sons George and John both aged under 21. I will have to have a dig and see if I can construct a family now I have a bit to go on. The will is actually quite legible.
Thanks again     Steve

[dantemortem]

the Delmes were a Huguenot family, the London branch descended from Philip Delme  were the ones using this version of the name, originally du Mez.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=bigsby&id=I265

[brianz]

Thanks dantemortem
 My 5x g grandfather had 7 children all born in St James's Westminster between 1758 and 1769.
The problem that I have is that although I have a considerable amount of information about his later life  I can find nothing about when or where he was born.
The only connection I have to the name Delme is one of his third son has it as a  second Christian name and I thought it may be his mothers maiden name.
The name du Mez I have not come across.
If his wife Elizabeth was a Delme she would have to have been born around 1735 give or take ten years.
Do you have any other info on the Delme family or know were I could find some more info. I am in London for a few days at the beginning of September.

Thanks again  Steve

[dantemortem]

The Du Mez version was earlier. Peter "the Czar" Delme 1710-1770 was a wealthy banker and his descendants married into the aristrocracy. It's an unusual name and I suspect all the London Delmes are descended from Peter's grandfather Philippe, who died 1655. He was an important figure in the Walloon church in Kent. There are more Delmes than in the rootsweb chart. On familysearch I see some not mentioned.
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Adelme~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1700-1739~%20%2Brecord_country%3AEngland

It's likely there is a Delme connection on the mother's or grandmother's side. It would help to find the marriage. Maybe they mangled his surname?