Any Info On Betambeau?

[DanteWilhelm]

Hi, my surname is Betambeau.

I know there are some living in France right now, I have found records from 1800's and 1600's showing them living in England.

If anyone could tell me:

What the name means;
Where it originates from;
Where the people originate from/where they used to live

and when they came to England I would be very grateful.

[jorose]

I don't see any at www.geopatronyme.com or at http://www.infobel.com/en/france/ (at least, not with this spelling).

If they were in England from early on they may be a Huguenot family (google searches suggest this is the case), so try having a read through http://www.huguenotsociety.org.uk/

[bearkat]

The Betambeau family has links with mine.

Jacques BAETAMBEAU married Judith FERET/FERRE 2nd June 1700 at St Dunstan, Stepney.

See this tree -

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/t/David-M-Battenbough/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0057.html

Some of heir children were baptised at Saint Jean French Huguenot, Spitalfields, London

[garstonite]

The Betambeau family has links with mine.

Jacques BAETAMBEAU married Judith FERET/FERRE 2nd June 1700 at St Dunstan, Stepney.

See this tree -

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/t/David-M-Battenbough/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0057.html

Some of heir children were baptised at Saint Jean French Huguenot, Spitalfields, London

the earliest christening to this couple on Record Pilot is as follows
Jaques Betambeau christened 23rd February 1706 in Spitalfields.....father Jaques
allan

[richarde1979]

Definitely an East London Huguenot family, I have noticed them many times during my own researches, though don't have any further info as to where in France they originated.

[richarde1979]

The name is listed as 'Bettambos/de bettambos' in Histoire des protestants de Picardie by Louis Rossier, as using the Huguenot chapels around Amiens, Somme, Picardy in the 1670's. That might suggest the London family have their roots there.

[OLDSEADOG]

Hi, my surname is Betambeau.

I know there are some living in France right now, I have found records from 1800's and 1600's showing them living in England.

If anyone could tell me:

What the name means;
Where it originates from;
Where the people originate from/where they used to live

and when they came to England I would be very grateful.

[johnmarg]

Hi, we share the same surname & like you I have been researching the Betambeau name. The family were French Protestants (Huguenots) who had to flee from religous persecution and certain death.
They lived in the Picardie area of France,near Amiens and came to Dover and on to Canterbury in 1660s approx,then on to london and my first confirmed
marriage record is of Jacques&Judith 1700.St.Dunstans.Jacgues was a Silk weaver. I do not  think the name has any specific meaning.
I am having difficulty in proving Jacques parents,so am stuck for a while.
How can we make better contact?

[richarde1979]

As for the surnames origin, since the family was originally 'de bettambos' that indicates the surname derives from a placename, and presumably the family originated there. There is a very small commune called Bettembos, near Amiens, which dates back to at least 1154, so this almost certainly the place:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettembos