Origin of Surname
This is a French surname which is probably derived from the 14th century word huchet, meaning a small horn, and described a messenger or herald, or town crier, who signalled his presence by blowing a horn.
Alternatively, the name may come from Huquerville, "the town with a horn", or a town on the bend of a river.
Early records
We have had to completely revise our opinions about the origins of this family, after a detailed study of the church records which were not available when the page was originally created. The Le Huquets did not arrive in Jersey at the end of the 17th century, but towards the end of the 16th. Jean Le Huquet married Marie Lafolle, daughter of Jean, at St Martin in 1606. Their first daughter, Rebecca, was baptised there in 1608, but there had already been two children of Thomas Le Huquet baptised in the parish in 1602 and 1605.
And St Martin burial registers record the death of Thomas Le Huquet in 1597.
Clearly the family either had even earlier roots in the island, or more than one family settled and became established at the same time.
We previously stated that it was quite likely that the first members of the family, including the earliest in the trees below, arrived in Jersey as Huguenot refugees in 1685. If the Le Huquets were Huguenots, they would have arrived with the first wave of refugees from 1572 onwards, not with the second wave in the 17th century. However, the name does not appear in the list of abjurations by refugees who were required to renounce all links to Catholicism.
It is worth noting that, given the length of time that the name has been found in Jersey, no details of early records were given by the author of our Comprehensive list of Jersey surnames. This list did not include references to church records, so the family had not become sufficiently established for their name to feature in the Extente of 1608, the latest of these official documents on which the surname list is based. This lends support to the view that the family arrived in the island only shortly before the name first featured in church records, although whether as religious refugees is impossible to say.
Variants
- Le Huquet
- Le Houquet
- Hucquet
- Le Hucquet
- Le Huchot
- Huchot
- Huchier
- Le Hucquet
- Le Huquet
- Huquart
- Huchez
- Huchard
- Huquet
- Huchet may also be a variant but a separate family existed in Jersey
Family Records
Family trees
Despite a considerable amount of work on the Le Huquet trees, and a major review in 2019, we are still no closer to resolving the various discrepancies identified, a problem compounded by the absence of some key records. We are convinced that there is a common source in Jersey for all the Le Huquet lineages and work continues to try to produce a definitive Le Huquet tree.
- Descendants of Abraham Le Huquet - 1
- Descendants of Abraham Le Huquet - 2
- Descendants of Abraham Le Huquet - 3
- Descendants of Abraham Le Huquet - 4
The four trees above, all from different sources, start with the same person but are of varying length and with varying degrees of detail. The head of each tree has now been identified as another Abraham, father of Jean, grandfather of Abraham. Some of the trees appear to contain significant inaccuracies, and notes to this effect have been added. It is recommended that all four trees are studied together, together with those below.
Three earlier trees from which the above trees are descended
- Descendants of Jean Le Huquet
- Descendants of Thomas Le Huquet
- Descendants of Jean Le Huquet (1580- ) this tree, from a different source, attempts to tie together all the other earlier trees
- Descendants of Clement Le Huquet Also linked to the above trees, but confirmed to be much more accurate than previously thought
Church records
- Le Huquet baptisms in Jersey
- Le Huquet marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Le Huquet marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Le Huquet burials in Jersey
Family histories and biographies
Great War service
Family wills
Burial records
Family homes
- Bel Air, St Martin
- Blanc Pignon, St Martin
Family businesses
1891
1886
1857
1857
1855
Family album
Ethel Emma Annie Le Huquet
Mary Ann Le Huquet, nee Gallichan, born in Trinity in 1812 and emigrated to Gaspe
Matilda Alice Le Huquet
Elizabeth Le Huquet (1888-1943)
Amelia Picot, nee Le Huquet
William and Mary Le Huquet
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Occupation curfew cards
Curfew pass issued to Rene Jean Le Huquet during the Occupation as a member of the St Saviour Honorary Police [1]
Family gravestones
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Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
St Ouen parish cemetery
Surville Cemetery
Surville Cemetery
Surville Cemetery
St Matthew’s, St Lawrence
Tips
The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.
We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling
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New records
Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form
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Notes and references
- ↑ These cards are held by Jersey Archive. Visit The Archive online catalogue for more information. A subscription may be needed to view some of the site's content
