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*5) By mostly 1800, just about all Huguenot churches have been disbanded or dissolved. | *5) By mostly 1800, just about all Huguenot churches have been disbanded or dissolved. | ||
*6) Because the Church of England was considered a Protestant religion, (even with similarities to the rites of the Catholic Church), numerous new generation descendants among the Huguenots fairly quickly and easily assimilated into the Anglican church. There were but a handful of churches still open and preaching Calvinistic doctrine, with few new converts among them, by 1800 | *6) Because the Church of England was considered a Protestant religion, (even with similarities to the rites of the Catholic Church), numerous new generation descendants among the Huguenots fairly quickly and easily assimilated into the Anglican church. There were but a handful of churches still open and preaching Calvinistic doctrine, with few new converts among them, by 1800 | ||
*7) Researching Huguenot ancestry is complex in that many of these Calvinist adherents’ names are to be found in church registers of numerous other denominations due to their open (Protestant) views on religion. However, Church of England parish registers are key record sources for Huguenot research for the following reasons: <br> 1) most had to be buried in Church of England churchyards, from 1754 to 1837 <br> 2) most Huguenots married (law required) in Church of England parishes | *7) Researching Huguenot ancestry is complex in that many of these Calvinist adherents’ names are to be found in church registers of numerous other denominations due to their open (Protestant) views on religion. However, Church of England parish registers are key record sources for Huguenot research for the following reasons: <br> 1) most had to be buried in Church of England churchyards, from 1754 to 1837 <br> 2) most Huguenots married (law required) in Church of England parishes<br> 3) some families baptized the first-born in the Church of England for proof of rights to heirship of property.<br> | ||
*8) Depending on the Huguenot congregation or church, some were considered a Nonconforming church and others, as “conforming” church (based whether a church adopted and used the Church of England’s Book of Common Prayer in their religious rites) | *8) Depending on the Huguenot congregation or church, some were considered a Nonconforming church and others, as “conforming” church (based whether a church adopted and used the Church of England’s Book of Common Prayer in their religious rites) | ||