Husbands so marrying went to worship with their wives and families. Very many members of noble families were to be found amongst the strangers who sought refuge on ourġ The entries of these marriages will be generally found in the Registers of the English parish churches, where the Was the most important, in this country, of all the Churches of the Refugees from the Netherlands. I have felt that I, in my turn, could help to dispel some of the difficulties found in thoseĭark times by editing the Registers of the Dutch (Nederduijtsche) Church at Austin Priars, London, which Help of very many friends residing in those towns, and I universally met with the greatest kindness fromĪll the various officials, from whom I had to obtain leave to consult the Registers in the archives entrusted
I was aided in those researches with the most generous The dark and difficult period, to the genealogist, of the times of the troubles in the Low Countries hasīeen duly experienced by me in researches I have made in some sixty towns during the past eight years,įor matter connected with my family history. Selves, but gradually as they became better known and appreciated many made alliances with English Lives and to worship their Creator openly and securely according to the tenets of the Reformed Church.Īt first, and for some time after their coming to this country, the refugees married much amongst them. Thousands of his subjects to fly for refuge to England, Germany, and Switzerland, in order to save their
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The enquirer, if he can break through the darkness of the " times of the troubles," when the tyranny andĮvil rule of King Philip II, carried into full effect by the agency of the cruel Duke of Alva, caused untold The sought for name isįound again abundantly in the earlier years of that centuiy and those preceding it. Obscurity, with but little sun to throw its light on the object of their search. Treated in a similar manner by some existing Society, or by one formed for the special purpose.Īll, who have made research in the Low Countries for particulars of family history, have been nearlyĬertain to find, that as soon as they have traced back to the 16th century, there occurs a dark period of Present day, and now in the custody of the Registrar General at Somerset House, London, should bo London, Canterbury, Norwich, Plymouth, Southampton, and Thorpe-le-Soken, dating from 1567 to the Much to be desired that the eighty-nine Registers of the Prench and Walloon Churches established at Registers of the numerous Prcnch or Walloon churches in the various towns of Holland, where the refugeesįrom Belgium and Prance during the 1 6th, 1 7th and 1 8th centuries and their descendants assembled togetherįor divine worship conducted in the Prench tongue, according to the tenets of the reformed religion. Holland, in the most spirited way possible, has had copied and arranged in one vast collection all the Society formed to collect together all the matter connected with the history of the "Walloon churches in Have had, are having, or arc about to have, their respective Parish Registers copied and arranged. Holland is slowly awaking to the consciousness of the desira-īility of a like state of things the Town Councils of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem, and other towns
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These new EegistersĪre open, at the offices of the Etat Cioil, for the free inspection of the public, and permission is generallyĪccorded to refer to the original Registers. Past in all communes, been carefully transcribed and arranged in alphabetical order. "With regard to this all-important source of family history, England, as a country, is farīehind Prance and Belgium, where the old Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials have, for years Here in England, this work has been left to the Harleian Society and to a fewĪmateurs, who, with an innate love of collecting and imparting genealogical lore, have devoted their time to Making long journeys to consult them, to say nothing of the difficulty found by many in reading the Many are being copied and published theĬontents of these are thus accessible to all, without loss of time and without expense being incurred by. IS RESPECTFULLYĪttention at last is being drawn to Parish Registers. WHOSE PERSONAL HISTORY IT TENDS TO ILLUSTRATE.īY HIS GRACIOUS PERMISSION. WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE STRANC4ERS AND THEIR CHURCHES. The United States on the use of the text. There are no known copyright restrictions in Full text of " The marriage, baptismal and burial registers, 1571-1874, and monumental inscriptions of the Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, London with a short account of the strangers and their churches"
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