Parliament-man for Dover; he had 141 votes, and Papillon but 90.”] He married first, in 1689, Anne, daughter of William Jolliffe, Esq., of Carswell, Staffordshire, whose only surviving son was David, his heir. He married secondly, in 1695, Susanna, daughter of George Henshaw, Esq., by whom he had five children. [One of these was Philip Papillon, Esq., of West Maillng, (born 1698, died 1746), who married, first, Marianne de Salvert, and secondly, Gabrielle de Nouleville]. David Papillon, Esq., of Acrise, (born 1691, died 1762), was a Commissioner of Excise from 1742 to 1754, M.P. for Romney from 1722 to 1728, and for Dover in 1734. His son was David Papillon, Esq., of Acrise, (born 1729, died 1809), Commissioner of Excise from 1754 to 17S0, and Chairman of the Board of Excise from 1780 to 1790; he married in 1753, Bridget, daughter and heir of William Turner, Esq., by whom he had Thomas, his heir, and other children, [a younger son was John Rawstorn Papillon, Esq., of Lexden Manor, in Essex, born 1763, died 1837]. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Papillon, of Acrise, commandant of the East Kent Militia, (born 1757, died 1838), married in 1791, Anne, daughter, and eventually co-heiress of Henry Cressett Pelham, Esq., of Crowhurst Park, Sussex, and had three sons and seven daughters, of whom the second son is the Rev. John Papillon, Rector of Lexden, father of Rev. Thomas Leslie Papillon, Fellow of New College, (formerly of Merton College), Oxford. The present head of the family is the eldest son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Papillon, Thomas Papillon, Esq., of Crowhurst Park, (born 7th March 1803), J.P. and D.L., who married in 1825 Frances Margaret, second daughter of the late Sir Henry Oxenden, of Broome Park, Kent. His sons are (1). Philip Oxenden Papillon Esq., of Lexden Manor House, (successor to his grand-uncle), M.P. for Colchester from 1859 to 1865, who married Emily Caroline, third daughter of the Very Rev. Thomas Garnier, Dean of Lincoln. (2). Rev. Thomas Henry Papillon, Rector of Crowhurst. (3). Major John Ashton Papillon of the Royal Engineers, who married Lydia, 5th daughter of Rev. William Girardot, of Hinton Charterhouse, Somersetshire. (4). Captain David Papillon, 92nd Highlanders. The family motto is, Ditat servata fides; on the shield are three representations ot a butterfly (papillon), and a chevron.
Mr John Dubois, citizen and weaver, whose name in 1682 was associated with Mr Thomas Papillon, was probably of Huguenot origin. He married Sarah Waldo (sister of Sir Edward), and had three children: (1.) John (died before 1707); (2.) Charles, of Mitcham, Surrey, who died 20th October 1740, aged 83, celebrated for his botanic garden and collections of shells and fossils; (3.) Mary, born in the East Indies about 1694, was married to her cousin Peter Waldo of Mitcham (eighth child of Samuel), and died 20th January 1773. Jacques du Boys (or, du Bois) was a refugee from the neighbourhood of Lisle in Flanders (son of Guylliam du Boys), and he is on record in the visitation of London, as one “who came over into England in the tyme of persecution,” with his wife Jane, daughter of Gregory Matelyne. These are declared to be the parents of Peter du Bois, merchant in Cordwayner Ward, London, who was living in 1634, having married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of John Monier; secondly, Katherine, daughter of John Bulteel; and, thirdly, Mary, daughter of ____ Friscobald of Florence.
The name of Dubois has, probably, often disappeared in the anglicized form, “Wood.”[1] François Dubois, with his wife and son, fled from the St Bartholomew massacre to Shrewsbury, and is said to have founded a ribbon manufactory there. His descendants removed to Wolverhampton, where they purchased coal mines, and built extensive iron forges, some of which are still in operation. Here, about 1652, the family name is Wood; and William Wood (born in 1671) known as the “Irish Patentee,” was fourth in descent from the refugee, François Dubois. If Dean Swift had known or told that Wood was of a family of metallurgists, he could hardly have succeeded in his political scheme of imposing upon the Irish people the notion
- ↑ Professor Weiss, Mr Durrant Cooper, and others have specimens of this submerging of French names. Lemaitre became Master or Masters; Le Roy, King; Fonnelier, Cooper; Lejeune, Young; Le Blanc, White (or Blong); Lenoir, Black; Loiseau, Bird; Le Tellier, Taylor. There was also accidental changes such as, Marriettr, Merrit; Pain, Payne; Merinian, Meryon; Cloquet, Clokie [or Cluckie].
