As we go back through the generations and approach Peter and his parents, we find references to Ireland in death certificates and wills. The report from the Huguenot Society mentioned Peter, his parents, and some earlier GAUBERTs (some of whom remain unconnected), and an Irish connection. The connections in chronological order are -
1. the record of L. GAUBERT (Huguenot Library Vol. VI ' Irish Pensioners of The Huguenot Regiments')
2. the record of a Sergeant Etienne GAUBERT (from the Huguenot Library Vol. VI 'Irish Pensioners of The Huguenot Regiments'). The extract below is from Vivien Costello's Researching Huguenot Settlers In Ireland
'Given Wexford's importance as a port (in the 1680s a third of Ireland's timber exports were shipped from Wexford) and from the evidence of the 1684 petition, we can assume that most of the Wexford Huguenot community were either merchants or involved in maritime pursuits. Apparently the settlement was still expanding in the 1690s, since the Marquis de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway wrote a letter of introduction for Thomas Knox in London to Sir Robert Southwell 2 June 1692:
The bearer of this Mr. Knox being in treaty with several French Protestant merchants and others about transporting themselves and families to the town of Wexford in Ireland to which place he is also going with them, I could not press upon this occasion than recommend him to your Lordship for encouragement of having quitted his employment in the Prince's service in so good and profitable an undertaking for his Majesty's Service. (296)
No further records had been discovered about the 1680s mariner settlers and their descendants, all of whom apparently moved on to the US and elsewhere. In the early eighteenth century a new influx of Huguenot settlers came to the town. There does not seem to be any continuity between the 1680s settlers and the later ones.
The post-1700 settlers can be found mostly through the Wexford Church of Ireland registers and the Registry of Deeds, Dublin. They included 1702/1714 military pensioner Estienne Gaubert who had been a sergeant in Lifford's infantry regiment and had served in Ireland and Flanders for 9 years. (297) He established himself as a merchant in Wexford, residing in the parish of Selskars, and died on 3 February 1750. (298)
*296 British Library Add. MS. 34,079 also National Library Microfilm P. 763.
*297 Shaw, "The Irish Pensioners of William II's Huguenot regiments," p. 317.
*298 Registry of Deeds, Dublin book 42, deed no. 26739, p. 389, dated 8 June 1723.
(Agnew)
3. the naturalisation of L. GAUBERT on the
2nd. May 1699 at the General Assizes held at the King's Old Castle
near Cork (Huguenot Society - 'Aliens in England and Ireland 1603
– 1700')
4. Lt. Louis GAUBERT
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This information clearly shows that he came to England or Ireland already a soldier rather than
joining when some of the regiments were raised subsequently in England. See extract below from internet -
A
Little Bit of Ireland
The
Irish Pensioners of William
III's Huguenot Regiments, 1702. From Huguenot
Society of London
Proceedings, vol.
6, No. 3, Nov. 1899
1. Dering's Covering Report
2. The Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE FRENCH PENSIONERS NOW ON THE CIVIL
LIST OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
IRELAND GALLOWAY'S REGIMENT
6.
From 1536-1810 Index Prerogative Wills of Ireland (Vicars), the Will of Lewis GAUBERT, gentleman,
of Waterford which was made on the 23rd.September 1709. This refers to
his wife Mary GAUBERT nee Bernegi(?), and a sister, Thomasse the widow of Arnal(?).
It was proved on the 22nd. December 1709 (Betham Collection, Public
Records Office,
Dublin). 12. French
Huguenot surnames The
Parliament of Ireland in 1674 passed an Act granting letters of
naturalization to Protestant
refugees predominantly from France who were known as Huguenots.
Colonies were established in Dublin,
Kilkenny, Portarlington, Waterford, Cork and Lisburn, and they started
the manufacture of silk, gloves, lace, cloth, and linen.
17. Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-1837 about John Gaubert (from Ancestry.com) I don't yet know where John fits in to either the earlier Irish Gauberts or London Gauberts.
66
Gaubert
2 Com., Corn. And R. Lt
2s. 6d. Per diem
Holl., Ire., and Fl., 12 yrs
130l in mony
able to serve
March, 1698-9
385
Gaubert
Sergt, certify'd
Ire. And Fl., 9 yrs
200l
that he trades with
able to serve
March, 1698-9
5.
Sergeant Estienne (Stephen) GAUBERT of
Lord Lifford's (previously Du Cambon's) Huguenot Regiment of Foot.
This regiment also
fought for
William III in Ireland between 1689 - 1691. Military service : 9 years
in Ireland and Flanders
; pension
6d. per day; wealth 200 livres that he trades with; health
able to serve; disbanded March 1699. He is on the 1714 Pension List.
The Irish
MS 1702 Pension Lists records that Estienne GAUBERT died on 03.02.1750.
HERE is a link to a Treasury Warrant record for Stephen.
see plans below
diagram of the 1764 Will of Stephen Gaubert
** from http://www.fermanagh-gold.com/search from which you can view re the 1536-1810 Index Prerogative Wills of Ireland (Vicars).xls, there are the following records
1728
Labat
Andrew
1763
Labat
Susanna
Dublin
8.
The death of Jeanne GAUBER,
nee Lavau, on 24.04.1780 aged 25 yrs at Dublin (Huguenot Society
9.
The Will of Edward GAUBERT made in 1764 at Dublin. He
bequeathed his
estate to Sarah GAUBERT, Elizabeth GAUBERT, and a Mr. and
Mrs. Partington of Dublin. This suggests a degree of permanence in
Ireland by him. He died c. 10th. August 1791. His
estate actually passed to his natural father David GAUBERT. The Will
re Partington - 'Skinners Row, Dublin -John Partington, goldsmith, at the sign of the Kings Head mentioned – maybe 1666?
from 'House and Shop Signs in Dublin in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries'
Author(s): Henry F. Berry,
source: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Fifth Series, Vol. 40, No.2, [Fifth Series, Vol. 20] (Jun. 30, 1910), pp. 81-98
Published by: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25514060
10.
The death of Edward GAUBERT on 10.08.1791 in Dublin. Obviously, by date of death, the same Edward as at para above.
11. The
death of Alfred GAUBERT on 25.01.1927 at Magerafelt Co. Londonderry
Examples
of Huguenot surnames
are:
Barre,
Blacquiere, Boileau, Chaigneau, Du
Bedat, Champion, Chenevix, Corcellis, Crommelin, Delacherois,
Drelincourt, Dubourdieu, Du Cros, Fleury, Gaussen, Logier, Guerin,
Hazard (Hassard), La Touche, Le Fevre, Lefroy, Lefanu, Maturin, Perrin,
Saurin, Trench, Des Vignolles, Alee, Alancon, Alenet, Allaire, Arman,
Armingaud, Aubert, Auduoin, Audoyer, Augier, Balaguner, Bally, Barbat,
Barbault, Barnet, Barnier, Barré, Basal, Batier, Bazier,
Beaulieu, Bereau, Beranger, Bernard, Bernatre, Bertrant, Boileau,
Bonnin, Bourdage, Bourgeau, Bourgeois, Boureau, Brocas, Brocard,
Brùguyere, Bruneau, Brunel, Buchese, Blanchard de Feyrae,
D'Aubessargues, De Belrieu de Virazel, De Blosset de Loche, Bues,
Buisson, Bulleau, Butaud, Canier, Carrier, Casal, Castex, Cavalier,
Cayre, Chaigneau, Chapeau, Chaperon, Charles, Charretier, Charrurier,
Chateau, Clausel, Coilhot, Coipel, Colbran, Constantin,
Courré, Croulliane, Dabzac, Danboix, Daniell, Danjeau,
Darassus, Dartis, Daudet, David, Daygue, De Blancons, De Belet, De
Brasselay, De Gualy, De Laurier, De Laval, De Lescale, Delon,
Desbrisay, Desouches, D'Olier, D'Ortous, Drope, Du Bedat, Dubout,
Dutour, Dumaresq, Dumas, Du Moulin, Dupee, Duport, Dupuy, Duval,
Engles, Erck, Fabré, Favre, Fauché, Farrange,
Fontaine, Fournier, Gagnon, Galan, Ganbond, Gardie, Gau, Gaubert,
Gerard, Giadelle, Gignoux, Girard, Gouriveau, Goyer, De Boullanse, De
Champlorier, De Saint Mesmin, Gradel, Guibal, Guillen, Guion, Guizot,
Hanzard, Hurard, Jervais, Jonglas, Joteau, La Bastide, La Bernard, La
Coste, La Faye, Lafont, Lanchereau, Landré, Langlade, La
Pierre, La Porte, La Roche, La Salle, Lasatte, Lasserre, Latrobe,
Laudreau, Lauray, Laureus, Lautar, La Vallée, Lavau, Lebac,
Le Bas, Le Blanc, Leger, Le Gout, Le Grand, Le Presleur, Lesperance,
Leveraud, Lime, Lonchant, Loret, Luillet, Lunel, Maisouevre, Malet,
Mangin, Marboeuf, Marlande, Martin, Martineau, Masse, Masseau, Maurice,
Mauze, Mazel, Maziere, Mercier, Merle, Meteyres, Millier, Mimet,
Mingaud, Miot, Mocler, Montgrand, Moreau, Mottett, Nicolas, Niyolas,
Noyret, Olivier, Pechels, Peirol, Pellissier
13.
The Huguenots by Mona Germaine-Dillon
(This article was originally published in Irish Family History,
journal of the Irish Family History
Society (volume Xlll 1997)
14. The Huguenots in Ireland, CEJ
Caldicott, H. Goough, J.P. Pittion, 1987
Silver Sails & Silk Dr.
Alicia St. Leger, 1991
Ireland's Debt to the Huguenots, S.J.
Knox, 1959
To
discover in the heart of our capital
city, Merrion Row, Dublin, a graveyard with the inscription over the
gateway 'Huguenot Cemetery - 1693' is certain to prompt the question
'Who were the Huguenots, and how did they come to be here?' It was the
Duke of Ormond, James Butler, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with the
specific intention of improving skills and industries here, who invited
the Huguenots to Ireland. WHO CAME? They came from every walk of life -
for instance Henri Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, later created Lord
Galway, came from the Court of Versailles where he was Director
General. Other came from important posts in the French army and navy,
and from every possible profession, trade and craft. In Dublin they
settled in the Liberties bringing with them their skills and
traditions.
Silk was manufactured in Dublin and a determined effort was made in
Innishannon to propagate mulberry trees and obtain silk from the silk
worms fed their leaves - the climate, however, proved to be unsuitable.
Huguenots were also engaged in exporting and importing, especially
wines and brandy. They were also property developers, farmers,
horticulturists, and growers of vegetables. They were also engaged as
gold - and silversmiths, in sugar baking (about 30 sugar bakers in
Dublin alone), glass blowing, boat building, fishing, sail
making. Cork had the largest centre in these islands where
the Besnard family had one thousand workers employed in sail making -
needed at that time for battleships, sailing ships, clippers, fishing
boats etc. By the end of the seventeenth century Dublin was becoming
the major social and intellectual centre in the English-speaking world.
Shipping and population statistics underline the unprecedented
acceleration of Dublin's growth in the years between the Battle of the
Boyne and the death of George l. Similarly the increase of the
provision export trade was transforming Cork. There appears to be no
evidence of overt hostility to the French arrivals, despite their alien
language and customs. This may have been due to the
relatively small size of their communities and the fact that they had
to seek refuge from horrendous persecution and flee their country with
nothing but what they stood up in - they had, of course their education
and their skills.
15. PROTESTANT EXILES
FROM FRANCE OR, THE HUGUENOT REFUGEES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS IN GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND BY REV. DAVID C. A. AGNEW - where Cornet Gaubert is recorded.
16. http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/surname/hug2.html - Huguenot
GAUBERT
is one of the names included in 'HUGUENOT
FAMILIES' by Pat Traynor. In it, is TABLE
II, a list of foreign refugees who settled in Great
Britain and Ireland.
(1643-1714) taken from "Irish Pedigrees",vol.2, by John O'Hart. Pub
1892, Dublin.
Name:
John Gaubert
County:
Queens
Parish:
Durrow
Townland:
Dunmore
Year:
1879
18. Gertrude Maud Gaubert (born 1864), daughter of Alfred Gaubert (1841 - 1927).
19. The Betham Collection - after more than 50 years of waiting, the Gaubert records from the Betham Collection have become available on findmypast.co.uk. The abstracts and genealogical sketches were created by herald Sir William Betham. The notebooks are an excellent substitute for the records lost in the 1922 Public Record Office fire in Dublin.
Betham 01 - Betham's Genealogical Abstracts Prerogative Wills.(Phillips Mss) G. 1700-1765
Betham 02 -
Betham 03 -
Betham 4a - Susanne Labat, widow of Dublin, dated January 24th 1763, proved the 13th of July 1763. Mentions nephew David Gaubert, cousins Jane Mary, Elizabeth daughter of ... (see below)
Betham 05 - the burial of Jeanne Gaubert nee Lavau, died 24th April aged 25 years and interred on the 24th April 1780 and interred the following day, the 25th, on the Green in Dublin
Betham 06 - Louis Gaubert, gentleman, of Waterford, Will made 23rd Sept 1709, married: spouse Mary Bernege; sister Thomas Gaubert wife of Arnal. Will proved 22nd Dec 1709.
Betham 07a - Will dated 1764 of Stephen Gaubert, shopkeeper of Wexford; brother Peter Gaubert
Betham 07b - continuation of Betham 07a - wife: Joanna Gaubert nee Conish, nephew Stephen Andre Gaubert the son of Peter Gaubert; sister Susanna Gaubert nee Labat; niece Jane Gaubert the daughter of Peter Gaubert; nephew William Fox; niece Mary Barnwell (?)