Huguenot Bonnet?

[Taylor94]

Hi
I'm wondering if Anyone can help me, I'm tracing my possible 6th grt grandparents.
Isaac Bonnet and Charlotte.
They have 2 children as far as I can see -
Ann Bonnet bapt 6 Sep 1808 Canterbury, Kent
John Bonnett bapt 29 May 1807 Burton upon Trent, Staff.
I cant seem to find a marriage for Isaac and Charlotte and I think they might have been apart of the French congregation of Canterbury.
And this fits in with the family story of my grt grandfather being told by his grandfather that his grt grt grt grandfather or so was a frenchman and spoke french.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

[..claire..]

Hi

Luckily one of the baptisms (John) states father was a sergeant - which is possibly why the family moved about. Found this marriage which seems to corroborate that baptism

Dorset: Wyke Regis 28 August 1805

Issac Bonnet a soldier in the 9th Regiment married Charlotte Baines after Banns

He signed register, she left her mark
Witnesses: Thos. Murphy and Wm Bussell ?

EDIT: It may be worth noting I have found three different transcripts of the marriage/ Banns - each with a different surname for Charlotte (the handwriting of the minister was atrocious) - Baines, Barres and Beates all being given as possibles.

Claire

[..claire..]

I have found an army record for Isaac dated September 1814 at Deptford, where he was declared medically unfit for service and aged about 36 years of age.

He was 5ft 6 and a half inches tall. Brown hair, hazel eyes and a fresh complexion, and a labourer by trade.

He served in the 9th Regiment and the 4th Royal Regiment Of Veterans.

Birth town was Bridport in Dorset.

Claire

[..claire..]

There is a couple in Bridport Dorset who baptise a child in the Non Conformist registers - a JOHN and ANN Bonnett,

Married 1757 in Bridport, John Bonnett and Ann Pilcher.

There was quite a large community of Huguenots in Plymouth too, maybe the family migrated into Dorset from there ?

Claire

[Taylor94]

Thank you very much for this Claire. I didn't know of the congregation in Plymouth.
In regards to Huguenots I'm still trying to find a birth/baptism relating to my 6th grt grandfather Charles Debrix/Debrooks/Debrox born abt 1770, He marries in 1797 but enlisted in the Dragoon Guards in East Anglia. I think he maybe from the Congregation at Norwich not sure whether Walloon/French or Dutch. I don't think those records are online though.

[..claire..]

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[ShaunJ]

Just some more on the army record: it's been transcribed on FindMyPast as Bennett, and Bridport has been transcribed as Bridford. National Archives records the name as Bonnett alias Bennett. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C8827502

The discharge record and an 1812 muster roll on Ancestry confirm that he was a Sergeant.

[..claire..]

Hi

When did Charles DeBrook or variant die ? I can see some vital records for the family in Leicester but nothing for Charles.

I had a quick look at the Walloon records on ancestry - the earliest DeBroux family on there is in the mid 1650's.
Have you checked archive.org for Walloon records - the Canterbury Walloon records are available to view , not sure about any others.

What name did Charles use when he enlisted, I am trying to see if there is some sort of military record for him that may or may not record his birthplace.

Claire

[Taylor94]

Hi Claire, I have just posted a thread relating to Charles on the Norfolk thread.
A cousin who is also descended from Charles contacted me yesterday and said they found that Charles must have enlisted in East Anglia as he first appears on Musters when they have people enlisting from there in 1793
On musters Charles is listed as Charles DEBRIX
We think we have Charles dying 1825 Leicester listed as Charles Devereux.
Charles marries Judith Watlen/Watler 1797 Salisbury listed as a Private in the 1st Dragoon Guards. Charles is listed as Charles DEBROOKS on the Marriage.

He baptises children in Derby as Charles DAYBROOKS, One child is bapt as Devereux in Dorking, Surrey then the rest are bapt as Deborex/Deborax/Debrox/Debrex in Leicester. I descend from his son John who was born in Croydon, we think whilst Charles was stationed there but there is no baptism for him. The family settle in leicester. His children and descendants use the name Debrex/Debrox. The family doesn't use Devereux and constantly uses DEB over DEV.

Given the date of Enlistment abt 1793, I think he is perhaps born around 1770?
My cousin went to archives and they wrote -
''muster list June -Dec 1793 is the first to include Charles (on foreign service) and there are men at Woodbridge, Stowmarket and Needham. The report was compiled at Ipswich 12 Apr 1794. NB there is no influx of men with obviously foreign names''
''So during the period when Charles was recruited the regiment was based at Ipswich with men also in other locations in East Anglia. It is therefore most likely that Charles was recruited in this region.''

He seems to have been discharged 1802 Derby along with a few other people, But he has no pension record and no discharge record has been found.