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BELLETT, Jean
1708 - 1790 (81 years)
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Name BELLETT, Jean [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] Born 20 Aug 1708 Spitalfields, London, England 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17] Christened 14 Nov 1708 London, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] Gender Male Died 19 Jan 1790 Spitalfields, London, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17] Buried 19 Jan 1790 St George in the East, Middlesex, England [17] Person ID I7874 My Genealogy Last Modified 16 Sep 2023
Father BELLETT, Thomas, b. 1670, France , d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Mother GUELLE, Marie, b. 1670, France , d. Shoreditch, Middlesex, England Relationship natural Married 1692 [18, 19, 20, 21, 22] Family ID F6277 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MOLLÉ, Marie, b. 28 Nov 1708, Spitalfields, Middlesex, England , d. 1739, Spitalfields, London, England (Age 30 years) Married 8 Sep 1731 Spitalfields Christ Church,Stepney,London,England [23] Children 1. BELET, James, b. 1730, New Inn Yard, Shoreditch, London, England , d. Yes, date unknown [natural]2. BELLETT, Marie, b. 21 Oct 1732, Shoreditch, Greater London, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown [natural]3. BELLET, Elizabeth, b. 12 Nov 1734, d. Yes, date unknown [natural] 4. BELLET, Helene, b. 27 Dec 1740, d. Yes, date unknown [natural] 5. BELLET, Mary, b. 31 Mar 1748, d. Yes, date unknown [natural] 6. BELLETT, John, b. 8 Aug 1749, Spitalfields, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom , d. Sep 1838, Shoreditch, London, England (Age 89 years) [natural]7. BULOTT, Jane, b. 7 Aug 1751, New Inn Yard, Shoreditch, London, England , d. Yes, date unknown [natural]8. BELOTT, Mary, b. 26 Sep 1753, d. Yes, date unknown [natural] 9. BELOTT, Nathaniel, b. 3 Nov 1755, d. Yes, date unknown [natural] 10. BELOT, Lydia Susanna, b. 1 Apr 1759, d. Yes, date unknown [natural] 11. BELLETT, Charles, b. 24 Oct 1762, London, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown [natural]12. BELLET, Samuel, c. 9 Aug 1747, Widworthy, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown [natural]Last Modified 16 Sep 2023 Family ID F2089 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - John BELLETT
Histories 
Jean (John) Bellette
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Notes - In 1731, it seems that this Jean Bellette married Mary Molee (or Molé) at Christchurch, Spitalfields.
Their move from the Threadneedle St French church to the Anglican Christchurch, and the Anglicisation of Jean to John indicate the gradual assimilation of the Huguenots into the English speaking community.
John and Mary’s son John Bellette was baptised in 1731 at St Leonard’s, Shoreditch, while their daughters Marie and Elizabeth were baptised at Threadneedle St.
At the time John and Mary were establishing their family, social change was underway again in Spitalfields. A decline in the Irish linen industry had caused many Irish weavers to switch to silk weaving, and there was an influx of cheap Irish labour into the area, which threatened to undermine the profitability of the local industry.
In addition to the industrial tension, religious friction was virtually inevitable between the Protestant Huguenots and Catholic Irish. A further threat came from the importation of French silk during a lull in the long history of wars between England and France, followed by a rise in popularity of Indian cotton, and the importation of printed calicos.
As the master weavers’ profits dwindled, their labourers suffered the consequences, with a deterioration in pay and working conditions. It was a struggle to keep wages above subsistence level. This went against the grain for the Huguenots, who had been taught to regard prosperity as a sign of God’s grace to those who followed their strict Calvinist principles of hard work, thrift and self discipline (the famous Protestant work ethic).
Excerpt from an unpublished family history written by the submitter, Jill Watson. Based on research by Robert Nash, secretary of the Huguenot Society of Australia, particularly his paper, “Notes on the Possible Descent of Jacob Bellett (1765-1813)” 13/2/2004
- In 1731, it seems that this Jean Bellette married Mary Molee (or Molé) at Christchurch, Spitalfields.
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Jean Bellet in entry for Helene Bellet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Jean Belet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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John Bellet in entry for Samuel Bellet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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John Belott in entry for Nathaniel Belott, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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John Belot in entry for Charles Belot, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Jean Belet in entry for Marie Belet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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John Bellet in entry for Mary Bellet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Jean Bellet in entry for Elizabeth Bellet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Jean Bellett
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John Bellet, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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John Belott in entry for John Belott, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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John Belott in entry for Mary Belott, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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John Belott in entry for Mary Belott, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Jean Belat, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
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John Belot in entry for Lydia Susanna Belot, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Jean Bellet in entry for Helene Bellet, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
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Record for John Bellett
http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=1571308866&indiv=try - [S307] FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5LL-KH8 : 11 February 2018, Marie in entry for Pierre Belet, 05 Apr 1702); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical So.
Marie in entry for Pierre Belet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Marie in entry for Jean Bellet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Marie in entry for Jean Belet, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Marie Guelle
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Marie in entry for Jeremye Bellette, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Record for John Bellet
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2X9-YHH
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