18th Century Immigrant Ancestors to Nova Scotia - Foreign Protestants

18th Century Immigrant Ancestors to Nova Scotia - Foreign Protestants - Matt Baker Episode 3

Рет қаралды 5,634

Күн бұрын

On this season of KZfaqr Family Trees, I dig into the family tree of Matt Baker from Useful Charts.
On this third episode, we look at Matt's Bezanson ancestry, which went from South Eastern France to Nova Scotia.
Check out Brian Nash's youtube channel - / howwegotheregenealogy
Facebook: / geneavlogger
Instagram: / geneavlogger
Twitter: / geneavlogger
Buy Genealogy and GeneaVlogger merch at teespring.com/stores/geneavlo...
Read my blog "Sephardic Genealogy"
Http://sephardicgenealogy.blogspot.com
Please like and subscribe!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Want access to extended clips, plus other exclusive content, and early access to future videos?!
Become a patron on patreon at www.patreon.com/GeneaVlogger
Want to just help support the channel?
Feel free to donate money to GeneaVlogger@gmail.com through PayPal
Many of the following links are affiliate links and if you buy something through those links we receive a small commission. It doesn't cost you anymore but by purchasing through these links you can help support this channel!
Purchase posters from Useful Charts at usefulcharts.com?aff=16
Join Ancestry to learn more about your family history or
United States - prf.hn/click/camref:1100l7xNd
United Kingdom - prf.hn/click/camref:1011l7xvc
Australia - prf.hn/click/camref:1100l7xNe
Canada - prf.hn/click/camref:1101l7xzW
Buy a DNA test
23andMe - amzn.to/2K57c9j
Ancestry DNA - prf.hn/l/ryO8QDK
MyHeritage DNA - amzn.to/2M0bhgu
Nebula Whole Genome Sequencing - www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=14...
Embark Dog DNA Test - www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=87...
Equipment Used for Video -
Canon EOS Rebel T5i - amzn.to/2OpP2Cn
Bonfoto 671a Travel Aluminum Camera TriPod - amzn.to/2LNfuY0
JOBY GorillaPod Flexible TriPod - amzn.to/2OrlxjN
SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB - amzn.to/2AjCnhi
RODE VideoMic Studio Boom Kit - amzn.to/2K4N8ng
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II SLR Lens - amzn.to/2K5GIEi
Fovitec StudioPRO 4000 Watt Photography Continuous Studio Softbox - amzn.to/2AiSFqO
Recommended Books
* The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy by Blaine T. Bettinger - amzn.to/2uYNc3o
* Genetic Genealogy in Practice by Blaine T. Bettinger and Debbie Parker Wayne - amzn.to/2OkWSxb
* From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History by Arthur Kurzweil - amzn.to/2AjD3mQ
* Genealogy Standards by the Board for Certification of Genealogists -
amzn.to/2K4Hx0q
Find Books about Genealogy on Amazon
www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=U..."

Пікірлер: 37

@GeneaVlogger 2 жыл бұрын

Be sure to check out Brian Nash's video discussing the Foreign Protestants in more depth - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fs2HZsuUtd7VcYU.html

@HowWeGotHere 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You

@Scotianism 2 жыл бұрын

As a person with an almost 100% Nova Scotian family, very glad to see you doing this series! Have also stumbled on the HANLEYQUEST tree quite a few times. Also have ancestors who came on the Speedwell with Jean George Bezanson .

@Richard-zm6pt 2 жыл бұрын

I love this series so much. Great work! Thank you.

@weepingscorpion8739 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the Bezansons (Besançon) likely kept the French naming convention of having many sons with Jean (John) as the first element of the first name, so: Jean-Pierre, Jean-Luc, Jean-Baptiste etc.

@_jeff65_ 2 жыл бұрын

That convention still has an impact today. I'm Jean-François, 4 of my co-workers are Jean-François. That's just one example of many.

@scottharnish 2 жыл бұрын

It was a common feature among German speaking families as well. There are many males with the first name Johann in my family tree.

@weepingscorpion8739 2 жыл бұрын

@@_jeff65_ Yeah, it's common outside the Romance speaking world too. For instance if I were French, I'd be Jean-Pierre.

@scottharnish 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t speak for the pronunciation in the 1750s, but the name Boutilier is still very common in Nova Scotia today and is pronounced “Boot-Lear.”

@stuward3374 Жыл бұрын

I love how he corrected the pronunciation of Bezanson.

@_jeff65_ 2 жыл бұрын

Great content. The pronunciation of Boutillier is on point. Notice also the city of Besançon on the map not far from John Georges hometown!

@alexj9603 2 жыл бұрын

When I heard and read the name Bezanson for the first time in the previous episode, I immediately had to think of the city of Besançon. And now we have the evidence that the family indeed came from that region. And yes, Montbéliard was known as Mömpelgard to German speakers, as it is very close to the area where German was spoken.

@TheGenealogyArchaeologist 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the RootsTech YT "class." Maybe next year you could do it again with a larger panel of us. 😉

@mickimicki Жыл бұрын

A family with sons called John (Johann), John George (Johann Georg), John William (Johann William) and John Casper (Johann Caspar) totally sounds like something my German farmer ancestors would have done! They might have even had a "Johann" and also a "Johannes" - both would be "John" in English. Or used exactly the same baptismal name for two of their (living) children and just given them different nicknames. The reason usually being that these happened to be the names of the godparents. Of course that tended to happen in villages that had another 5 families of the same surname, and with similar naming habits. Needless to say, researching these parts of my family tree is a LOT of work.

@Elke_KB 2 жыл бұрын

Really liked this episode. Good tips on finding those ancestors. Bezanson probably decided with North America now under British rule, the religious persecutions in France, plus identifying as German/ Swiss in a French province, he may as well take his chances in Nova Scotia.

@EdinburghFive Жыл бұрын

The comment by Brian "there are a couple of groups of people that make up the Foreign Protectants" is in error. The Foreign Protestant are limited to those settlers that came to Nova Scotia in the early 1750s from the region tucked into the border area of France, Germany, and Switzerland. The colonists from New England who arrive in the early 1760s are called the Planters. They were not 'foreign", as these people settled in New England from Britain over a number of generations prior to the descendants arriving in Nova Scotia. Those who come after the Revolutionary War are the Loyalists. Again, these are not considered part of the Foreign Protestants. These people like the Planters before them were descendants of mostly British families that had long been established in the Thirteen Colonies. This Loyalist group also contained demobbed soldiers. The Scottish and Irish settlers were other distinct groups and certainly not Protestants as most were of the Catholic faith. Thus there were many distinct and separate groups of settlers immigrating to Nova Scotia between the early 1750s and early 1780s, and beyond. Most of the Protestant settlers who immigrated to Nova Scotia were not Anglicans (Church of England).

@jamesvejvoda2659 2 жыл бұрын

One line of my ancestry is from Nova Scotia (particularly Colchester and Cumberland counties). Among them were Loyalists, New England Planters, Scots who came there in the late 1700s and early 1800s. I've learned so much about Nova Scotia but also colonial New England and New York researching that line. I've been told that there are simply not a lot of records from the early-to-mid 1800s because Nova Scotia stopped keeping them or requiring them or so I was told by a researcher at the New England Historic Genealogical Society. That said, I found a marriage record for Nova Scotia in the Scottish archives because it seems the minister went back to the UK after finishing his work in Nova Scotia and took those documents with him.

@karenshiels6566 2 жыл бұрын

Whoo, my furthest back line I have is on my Mother's side. NIcolas Barriault born in France 1642. Settled in Port Royale . NS or Acadia 😂

@EdinburghFive Жыл бұрын

It is quite possible the fellow was scalped. This was a time of great turmoil in Nova Scotia. The Mi'kmaq had been attacking the British settlements since the establishment of Halifax in 1749. The area around Lunenburg came under heavy attack and many settlers were killed and others taken captive. By 1755 the French and Indian War was raging and the larger Seven Years War was about to ignite. A bit of research in the Nova Scotia archives, etc., may help substantiate this particular gentleman was scalped. The French were paying bounties for the scalps.

@barbarabird3827 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for NS information- seeing the sources & their use is a rare treat! This is another video I'll share with my cousin who's researching his Lunenburg Deutsche connection! Dr. Esther Clark Wright -- in her book "Planters and Pioneers" -NS 1749 to 1775 - notes that (Anna) Catherine Boutillier remarried, (1 January 1756) this time to Étienne Mariette , with whom she had 7 children. ( So - lots of half cousins out there! ) Dr Wright died in 1990 at 95. During her lifetime there were 2 editions - now long out of print. An authorized reprint came out in 2007, & may still be available. Other than the author's biographical details, the only change was the inclusion of her complete bibliography. The editor is most interested in correcting errors or omissions in future editions. (I'll try to send this video on to him as well.) A quick Google will tell if copies are still available. Again - many thanks

@Richard-zm6pt 2 жыл бұрын

Did you see the locality on the map just south west of the marker: Besancon?

@Siansonea 2 жыл бұрын

I saw that too.

@_jeff65_ 2 жыл бұрын

He didn't mention it but it was written in one of the reference documents he presented (paraphrasing here): the Besançon family took their name from that town.

@evansalp3789 2 жыл бұрын

Greta job at the roots tech panel!!!!

@rivkyb7840 2 жыл бұрын

I look forward to watching your videos every Friday before shabbat. Since on Shabbat I don't use my phone. Oh well. I'm sure you tried. At least I got to see it tonight after shabbat

@Richard-zm6pt 2 жыл бұрын

The New England settlers to Nova Scotia (my ancestors) were not foreign because at the time they were subjects of the British crown. After the expulsion of the Acadians at the close of the Seven Years War, land was advertised to British subjects and clearly to select people abroad. I believe there were more settlers from Connecticut, but certainly from Massachusetts as well. I just wanted to clarify a couple of points, not criticizing at all!

@jessicasmith4146 2 жыл бұрын

1755 let’s just say wasn’t a peaceful year in Nova Scotia.. it was the end of the Mi’kmaq war and deportation of 13,000 Acadians. These 2 groups were sometimes allies again the British. The story sounds embellished but conflicts were high. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Great video!

@Richard-zm6pt 2 жыл бұрын

Jacques is translated James in English, and James and Jacques are derived from Jacob or equivalents of Jacob, Jacob being used in German. Jacob is also, of course, a Biblical name, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, who became Israel.

@jaredlash5002 2 жыл бұрын

At 15:10 you can see a place named Besançon.

@spiritualtalk410 15 күн бұрын

I am the 8th great Granddaughter of Jean George Bezanson 1754 The first of the founding settlers He was scalped in his backyard In front of his son jean And wife Catherine Boutilier who was pregnant The ones you speak of they're my family. Jean Jacques Jacob Bezanson (wife Anna Mary...aka Anna Maria Ley) is my 7th great grandparents He owned property on Oak Island Mark Island Gooseberry Island 20 lots varying from 4A to 500A several of the 4A lots in Chester. He built Grist Mill in Middle River And he purchased a saw mill at that time He died in 1806 middle river chester..

@Richard-zm6pt 2 жыл бұрын

Who was Isaiah Bezanson on the census for West Chester in 1838?

@bradleymac8193 4 ай бұрын

Hey I was wondering if you could help me out. My last name is DeMont I've done my DNA test but can't get back far enough to see if it's originally Swiss or German but I have heard before "DeMont" the name would be "Timon" hope you have more knowledge then me! Thanks

@-_YouMayFind_- 23 күн бұрын

Do happen to know something about the name Chavellier?

@michaelrochester48 2 жыл бұрын

Does the guy feature ever do prince Edward island immigrants? Because my immigrants are English Scottish and Irish immigrants from Prince Edward Island Canada who came anywhere from the late 1700s to 1823.

@HowWeGotHere 2 жыл бұрын

I have a two videos in the works on on the Selkirk Settlers on PEI and one on the Proposal of what is now PEI New Ireland because of the initial abundance of Irish settler after coming under British Rule

@geraldvillaMMIX Жыл бұрын

@@HowWeGotHere did you finish your two videos