Dear Hannah
I am a direct descendant of John William Ilett and Mary Theresa Lenoir who got married in 1863 in London, via their son Arthur Ilett who was born in 1869 and died in 1943. One of his many children was my grandfather Sidney Ilett who was born in 1897 and died in the early 1960s, and one of his children is my father Cyril Ilett who is nearly 90! They all started in London and moved out to Brentford and Hounslow area, although I now live in Scotland.
I am very aware of the weaving connections etc and have the Lenoir line traced back through Mary Lenoir to the early 1700s...it seems highly likely that my Iletts married into the Hugenot side but I cannot get back before Samuel Lenoir who is the great-grandfather of Mary. Do you have any thoughts on this? best wishes Rosie Ilett