Gazzards of Wanaka.
Ian Gazzard is descended
from Daniel Gaz(z)ard who emigrated from England to Ballarat Australia
in 1852. Daniel was descended from an Essex family who were originally
thought to be Huguenots. Recent thoughts however are that the
ancestors of our family had departed France much earlier than
the Huguenot Wars possibly as early as the 11th or 12th Century.
Gaz(z)ards were possibly involved with early protestant movements
such as the Catharism in Occitane area of France and moved away
to the Massif Central area and on to England etc. to avoid persecution.
Possibly with assistance from the Knights Templars who had a stronghold
in Bristol, England and this is the reason why many Gazzard families
are in the Gloucestershire region. Also in Essex the Templars
owned a Temple at Cressing. We can trace our family directly back
to Richard Gasard, Little Coggeshall b.c.1650 , although Gas(z)ards
are shown in Baptism records back to 1613. Several people are
researching the family tree. Some of the main researchers are
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England : Rowena Christodoulou E-Mail rowheat@ntlworld.com
Carole Smith E-Mail
carole@byrom28.free-online.co.uk
U. S. A.: Doña Kerns E-Mail Kernsdona@aol.com.
Australia: Dale Watts E-Mail wattd@ruralnet.net.au or his websiteDaleWatts
New Zealand: Ian Gazzard E-Mail it.ssgazzard@xtra.co.nz
Other Gazzards
in Australia & New Zealand.
Apart from the Essex
Gazzards there is another larger family which has its origins
in the Gloucestershire area of England. They too were believed
to have descended from Huguenots but no direct link has been made
to the Essex family. The Gloucestershire family is sometimes nicknamed
the "Biblical" Family because of the fact that many
have Christian names common in the bible. Many of the biblical
family who came to both Australia and New Zealand freely exchange
information they have found regarding the Essex Family. Because
many of the Essex family have been christened Daniel - it is sometimes
referred to as the " Daniel " family.
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