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'''Jean du Quesne, the elder'''(1624) was a particularly well-documented Huguenot refugee from Flanders, reported to be from [[Ath]] in the Province of [[Hainaut]]. Of noble extraction, Du Quesne escaped to England during the reign of [[Queen Elizabeth I]] following the low country persecutions of protestants under the Duke of Alba, originally settling in Canterbury where served as an elder of the French Church. He was the patriarch of English branch of the prominent Huguenot family of business and politics known as "Du Cane", which was an early [[17th century]] anglicization of the original family name.<ref>[http://worldroots.com/brigitte/famous/j/jeanduquesnedesc.htm. Worldroots.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. |
'''Jean du Quesne, the elder''' (1624) was a particularly well-documented Huguenot refugee from Flanders, reported to be from [[Ath]] in the Province of [[Hainaut]]. Of noble extraction, Du Quesne escaped to England during the reign of [[Queen Elizabeth I]] following the low country persecutions of protestants under the Duke of Alba, originally settling in Canterbury where served as an elder of the French Church. He was the patriarch of English branch of the prominent Huguenot family of business and politics known as "Du Cane", which was an early [[17th century]] anglicization of the original family name.<ref>[http://worldroots.com/brigitte/famous/j/jeanduquesnedesc.htm. Worldroots.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. |
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Jean du Quesne, the elder (1624) was a particularly well-documented Huguenot refugee from Flanders, reported to be from Ath in the Province of Hainaut. Of noble extraction, Du Quesne escaped to England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I following the low country persecutions of protestants under the Duke of Alba, originally settling in Canterbury where served as an elder of the French Church. He was the patriarch of English branch of the prominent Huguenot family of business and politics known as "Du Cane", which was an early 17th century anglicization of the original family name.[1].