Origin of Surname
Surprisingly for such a long-established Jersey name, which remains common today, no information on its derivation is provided by George Balleine in his Derivation of Jersey surnames.
However, French sources, which confirm that the name is peculiar to Normandy and Brittany, suggest that the derivation is as simple as a diminuitive of Robin, itself a diminuitive of Robert.
Early records
The name is found in the Extente of 1528 and the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550 contains two Binets.
It is believed that the family originated in Maine in central France and were prominent in the department of Vendée, but it is not known how or when they came to Jersey.
Variants
- Binet
- Bynet
- Binette
- Binnette
- Biney
- Binney
- Binot
- Bineau
- Binault
Family records
Binet family trees
Although we now have five substantial Binet trees, there are dozens of baptisms and marriages not included and we look forward to receiving information from our users about further trees
- Descendants of Jean Binet
- Descendants of Charles Binet Added 2016
- Descendants of Charles Binet - 2, a different Charles Expanded 2023
- Descendants of Clement Binet
- Descendants of Philippe Binet, extended version of above
- The Binets of St Mary Added 2021
Church records
- Binet baptisms in Jersey
- Binet marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Binet marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Binet burials in Jersey
Great War service
Occupation records
World War 2 casualties
Family wills
Burial records
Family homes
- Bel Respiro, St Helier
Emigrant to Canada
19th century Court case

Binet businesses
- Herbert Binet, watchmaker, at 3 King Street in the early 20th century
- Philip Binet was an ironmonger at 3 Broad Street in the second half of the 19th century
- Carter Richard Binet operated from 33 Broad Street in the 1870s and '80s
Family album

Family gravestones
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Tips
The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.
We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling
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New records
Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form
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