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Jucketts of Freetown MA 1700s

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Re: Jucketts of Freetown MA 1700s

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 9:28AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Jacquet, Juckett, Jackett
We must be careful about calling Jucketts Huguenots because Huguenots fled French persecution of Protestants by Catholics during the 16th & 17th centuries. They went primarily to England, Switzerland, & other European countries who'd take them. In England, Jacquet became Jackett & there are still lots of'em in SW peninsula, Cornwall area.

Juckett is purely American. There are no Jucketts in England or elsewhere in Europe. Pierre Jacquet survived the shipwreck of French Man-o-War, St. Bonaventure in 1690 at Cape Cod. He was French & did not speak English. His ancestors evidently stayed in France - not Huguenots. As a result, there are several, purely American derivations (bastardizations) of Jacquet, found no-where else in the world. Only after a few generations with English-Americans did some of Pierre's descendants adopt the English spelling Jackett, leaving many with other forms not found in Europe, i.e. Juckett, Jareket, Jerket, Jakway, etc. because if you could not write your own name, you were at the mercy of how it was heard by those who wrote it - census-takers, ministers, coroners, etc.
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
rbensonfl 16 Feb 2001 2:32PM GMT 
Christie Juckett 9 Jul 2002 2:11AM GMT 
leeannfuccill... 4 Jul 2003 3:34PM GMT 
Richard H. Benson 4 Jul 2003 4:17PM GMT 
Lee Ann Fuccillo 4 Jul 2003 4:24PM GMT 
Steven Jacket... 26 Jan 2011 4:28PM GMT 
Kristie McCain Gleacher 29 Feb 2004 8:18PM GMT 
KristianKrawf... 6 Aug 2007 2:29AM GMT 
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