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London and Middlesex / Charles Bargeau, aka Henry Williamson
« on: Thursday 13 July 17 13:50 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for one of my ancestors, Charles Bargeau, aka Henry Williamson.  In a collection a documents known as the John Grey Blount Papers, there are several letters and other documents pertaining to a Legacy of South Seas Annuities descending to Mr. Bargeau/Williamson via the marriage agreement of one of his siblings.  The marriage in question produced one known child who, at the time of the correspondence, c. 1796, was Mary Fitzgerald of Charles Street, St. James Square.  The other heirs are her uncles, Charles/Henry being one of them, though brothers of which parent is never clarified.  The others are:  John who died in Lisbon at the house of Mayne & Co. c. 1771, Joseph who went to the East Indies in about 1752 and hadn't been heard of since, and Francis who died a Midshipman aboard the Griffen Man of War (Thomas Taylor, Master) at Antigua c. 1772.  All of this information is contained within the 3rd volume of the JGB Papers.  They also say that Charles Bargeau/Henry Williamson was formerly of London.  The only other reference I've found of a Charles Bargeau comes from Volume 14 of the Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London which mentions someone of that name, son of John Bargeau "late of Spitalfields" being bound as a goldsmith in 1749.  Also, I've found a Francis Bargeau of Middlesex, son of John Bargeau of Spitalfields, Middlesex, deceased, apprenticed 17 Apr 1755 to Robert Bayley as a draper.  And a christening record of a Francis Bargeau, son of John and Margaret, at Christ Church 21 Sep 1740.  A John Bargeau was buried in Spitalfield 20 May 1745, and a Margaret 26 Jun 1743.  That's the sum total of what I've been able to find.  At the time of the correspondence, Charles Bargeau was living as Henry Williamson in Hyde County, North Carolina, near Lake Mattamuskeet.  He and his wife, Ann, had 4 daughters and 2 sons.  Interestingly, one of the sons was named Peter LeCuse Williamson.  I know there were several Peter Le Cuex, silk weavers, who were prominent in Spitalfields from the late 17th century on into the early 19th.  Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks!

Okay was able to do a little more digging yesterday and found a marriage in St. Michael, Cornhill, London dated 10 Apr 1735 between John Le Keux of Norton Folgate and Mary Bargeau of Christ Church.  And, at St. George, there was a marriage between Mary Le Keux and Keane Fitzgerald 29 Oct 1788.  Question is, am I the right track?  I read somewhere, can't remember where, that the Mary Le Keux who married Keane was the daughter of a Mary Le Keux and a Peter Le Keux.

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