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Regarding the cultural origin of the MAZE, MASE surnames, the readers may be interested in the following information summarized from Andrea Vogel's posting to the RootsWeb Huguenot-Walloons-Europe Board. (HWE Archives, 19 Sept 2001)
MAZE, MASE, MASSE, MAY occur in the surname list extracted from records of the Huguenot Threadneedle Church, London. These records cover the period of time 1669 - 1789.
According to Andrea, "The Threadneedle Street was the largest and most important of the Huguenot churches in London. The records of baptism, marriage and burial for this church have been published by the Huguenot Society of London, in their Quarto series (volumes 9, 13, 16 & 23), with other records related to Threadneedle in volumes 38, 48, 54 & 58."
In another posting she, comments on the type of information found in the Threadneedle Church (London) records.
"In view of past discussion on the list regarding the Threadneedle Street Church in London, ENG, the following info might be of interest/use for those researchers who think their ancestors may have been in London (or even
anywhere in England) during the time period mentioned below. In my experience, there was movement of people between Huguenots/Walloon communities in England. So my advice is -- check everywhere.
The Hug. Society of London has published the Livre des Tésmoignages de l'Église de Threadneedle Street, 1669-1789, transcribed and edited for the Society by William and Susan Minet (vol. 21). These records are also on LDS film # 0962137.
Some of you may be asking, at this point, what are "tésmoignages"? Here is a quote from the Foreword of the publication --
"Protection was one of the chief needs of the Reformed Churches, and protection in a double sense. They had to see that none were admitted to membership who did not bring with them some guarantee that they were of the faith: for in the early days in France, the danger from spies and informers was great; and secondly, the maintenance of the true faith demanded an assurance that every candidate for admission held that faith in all its purity. To ensure these ends, no candidate was admitted a member of any congregation unless they brought with them a Témoignage. In its simplest form, the Témoignage was a certificate from the church from which the postulant came; but under the stress of emigration, such a Témoignage was often impossible, and the necessary assurance that the candidate was worthy of acceptance took many different forms...."
In the case of a person or family having no Témoignage, the Foreword then goes on to explain that some were admitted because they were vouched for by someone else who was already a member of the congregation. Others who knew no one who could vouch for them were admitted on compassionate grounds, after their stories were heard. And the children of members were admitted when they reached a certain age.
Andrea's posting which cites these surnames are given below.
HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L Archives
From: "Andrea Vogel" <andreav@island.net>
Subject: [HWE] SURNAMES (MAS-MI) > Threadneedle St. Church tesmoignages
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:17:40 -0700
With this post, I'm continuing on with the surnames from the tésmoignages records of the Threadneedle Street Church (London), ie. surnames MA-MI.
If you want to find: a) earlier surnames in this series or b) where to find the original source of this info, which gives further details or c) anexplanation of what the tésmoignages were, please look in the list archives,
using the keywords: tesmoignages. You'll also find these records listed with the rest of the Huguenot Society of London Quarto series on the list website
at http://www.island.net/~andreav/quarto.htm.
Surnames in brackets below are cross-referenced in the source to the surname preceeding them. Usually, this indicates the surname of a spouse.
Please post to the list if you have a connection to any of the names below. Andrea
MASAUDEN, MASE, MASERÉE, MASERIE, MASLOT, MANSIER
DRUET), MASON, MASSAE, MASSE, MASSÉE, MASSERIER,
MASSET, MASSIENNE, MASSIEU, MASSILLAT, MASSON,
MASSONNEAU, MASSU, MASSUANT (GALLERIE), MASSY,
MATHÉ, MATHENBE, MATHEY, MATHIAS, MATHIEU, MATIENNE,
MATON, MATOUS, MATRAND, MATTEAU, MATTHIAS, MATTIEU,
MATTON, MAUBERT, MAUGANDRE, MAUGARD, MAUGE,
MAUGER, MAUGIN, MAUGRERAN, MAUREL, MAURIAT,
MAURICE, MAURIEUX, MAURIN, MAURU, MAURY, MAUSE,
MAUUILLAIN, MAUZE, MAVRAN, MAXIMILIEN, MAY,
MAYESONNIER, MAYET, MAYEU, MAYNARD, MAYNIEL, MAYRE,
MAZE, MAZELLE, MAZIN (HERAUT), MEAU, MEAUX (DELDIME),
MECHIN, MEDARD, MEGET, MEIAU, MEINIER, MEINIERE,
MEIRARGUE, MEJEAN, MEJOUANT, MEL, MELDRON, MELET,
MELIN, MELINET, MELINOT, MELLEREAU, MELODE, MELON,
MELOT, MELUN, MENANTEAU, MENAR, MENARD, .... continued...
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