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I went and search my L’Amoureux (that’s the spelling on your list) and sure enough, there was my forebearer Andre’ Lamoureaux.

Among the early fugitives from
this suicidal act of persecution was
Andre Lamoureux, a shipmaster and
pilot of the small port of Meche (now
Meschers,) province of Saintonge
(now Charente Inferieure), near the

mouth of . Gironde and a short
distance be v Bordeaux. Accom-
panied by hk vife, Suzanne Latour,
and two childi , Elizabeth and Jac-
ques, he made ns way to Bristol,
England, with w “,h port the sturdy
shipmasters of th\ western coast of
France had established a thriving
trade. The records of the little
French church which the fugitives
promptly organized in Bristol show
that the colony maintained itself there
for many years. Unlike the larger
and better-known colony in London,
it did not attract to itself the refu-
gees of gentle birth and position, but
rather those whose commercial and
sea-faring occupations had made them
acquainted with this part of England.
Among these it is permissible to pre-
sume that Andre Lamoureux was a
man of exceptional strength of char-
acter and influence. The fact that
he was a pilot on the dangerous coast
of western France is evidence of the
first, and the frequent appearance of
his name in the records of other
members of the colony warrants the
second conclusion. Suzanne Latour,
his wife, was apparently a woman of
the same type, for both at Bristol and
in New York her name frequently ap-
pears in the records, and she was able
to educate her children to some de-
gree in spite of the lack of school
opportunities.