Notes for John (Jean) (TIMON?) TIMMONS
Officer in French Navy, A Huguenot as many in French Navy were. SUPPOSEDLY a member of the Huguenot church in Pons, Saintonge, Charente-Maritime region of France, East of La Rochelle (I have searched existing Pons Registries and have not found any evidence of a TIMMINS/TIMON before 1700, although there were TIMON families in the Saintonge area). Happy Heritage has his original name as John TIMMINS. (Not Témoins which means witness?)
Possibilities to be investigated are:
- He was not in Pons, but in Brittany (Pons is not in Brittany),
- The dates are wrong and he came from France after 1700,
- He really did come from Pons and is not in any surviving register.
My sister Judi remembers my father telling her stories about how the Timmons were French Huguenots; telling her all about sailing ships, using words she had never heard before; that they were persecuted here and changed the spelling of their name to Timmons; that the early marriage was not recognized since it was Huguenot and their property was taken by the province; and that they tried several churches before finding a Baptist that would accept their Calvinistic beliefs.
Nobiliare du Diocese et la Generalite de Limoges has an entry for TIMON. but that page is torn off.
May 1735 Bounty Grants show 800 acres granted to John TIMMONS.
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Sources for this web site are many, including:
Ola Cook Timmons, Captain John Timmons and his Descendants by Kathy Dodge Loyd, H. F. Prioleau, Happy Heritage by Cannon,
Sermons in Stone by Jason Cockfield, Minute Books of the Hebron Baptist Church, Our Kin by Bernice McCutcheon,
Three Rivers Historical Society,
Old Darlington District Genealogy Chapter,
Berkeley County Historical Society,
Huguenot Settlers in North America,
and the US Census.
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