Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 6 - Section VI
VI. Salmond.
The family of Salmond of Waterfoot, on the shores of Ullswater, have a tradition that their ancestors were French Protestant Refugees who, at the Revocation era, emigrated to the island of Antigua. An abiding tradition like this is more convincing than many elaborate pedigrees. The surname was known among refugees in England at an earlier date than 1685. There was a baptism in Canterbury on 4th August 1672 of Isaac, son of Anthoine Saumon — this, probably, was the original spelling of the family name. John Samon was naturalized at Westminster, 3d July 1701 (see List xxv.). William Salmond, Esq., removed from Antigua to England in the end of last century. He was the father of Major-General James Salmond of Waterfoot, whose son, James (born 15th June 1805, died 24th November 1880), was successively Captain of the 2d Dragoon Guards and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry. This family is best known by its connection with the above-named counties, although by residence it is more rooted in Nottinghamshire.