Comments on: Nigel Marchment in chair https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/29/huguenot-portraits/nigel-marchment-in-chair/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Alexandre THIERY https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/29/huguenot-portraits/nigel-marchment-in-chair/#comment-1492097 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:33:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Nigel-Marchment-in-chair.jpg#comment-1492097 Your probable ancestor William has been the wedding witness of ancestors Catharine Godfray / Godefroy .and Abraham Paumier, living in Spitalfields, London . They were both calvinists and came from Bolbec and around in Normandy. ” Their marriage was celebrated the 24 of june 1767 in the “Stepeny / Stepney church, Christ Church With St Mary & St Stephen, Spitalfields by Samuel Beuzeville, in presence of William Pottier and Louis Godefroy / Godfray. ”
Sources: Robert Hammersley

They were working in the “indians and silk” trade or fabric i suppose… as we found traces later in the family.

]]> By: Barbara Egerton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/03/29/huguenot-portraits/nigel-marchment-in-chair/#comment-844477 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:03:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Nigel-Marchment-in-chair.jpg#comment-844477 My forebears were the Pottier family who emigrated from Lintot in northern France to
Spitalfields. I believe you also have Pottier connections. I have traced the family tree back to France – 1684 or thereabouts. You may be interested. Regards.

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