french huguenot surnames in south carolina

Mr., 235 Jeanne Charlotte (Ravenel), 292-3, 299, 308 Jean, 29, 87, 106, 159-60 Lucy (Peters), 62 Yemassee Indian War, 29-30, Samuel J., 23, 375 Note: The names in this Index reflect the spelling used in the text, with cross-references given where necessary. 327-30 Peter, 211 No (III), 231, 233, 307 James, 266-7 135, 138-9, 142, 168, 181, 13. Paul (II), 54, 69, 70, 86-7, 102, Powys, John, 233 Bouteiller, Suzanne, 56 Jane, 319-22 Paul, 60, 62 190, 212, 215-6, 218-9, 221, Lansac, Susanne, 166 172, 213-4, 239, 244, 258, Mary Anne (Chastain), 294 Francis Charles, 134 280, 323 Ward Mary, 235, 237-8 Brandy Distillery, 231 Stephen (II), 335-6 Judith, 266-7 Hewes, John, 354 6, 219-20 The colony of Carolina was settled by English people|English settlers, mostly from Barbados, sent by the Lords Proprietors in 1663, followed by Huguenot|French Huguenots. 155, 218, 238-40, 253, 307, Carrire The Huguenots alternated between high favor and outrageous persecution. St. Thomas Parish 52, 197-9, 375 Jane Elizabeth, 152 He was the architect of many churches including the Gothic Revival Huguenot Church{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Huguenot Church | work = National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form | publisher =National Park Service | year = 1973 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710068/S1081771 | format = pdf | doi = | accessdate = 17 March 2009}} (NHL) in Charleston. From South Carolina, French Huguenots led by Ren Goulaine de Laudonnire settled in Florida in 1564. Andr, 158 Jacob, 116 253 Sieur de Landes, 63 Ramsey/Romsey May, 328, 331 Alexander, 84, 319 Mary (II) (Dutarque), 112 Jacob David, 199, 200 (Daughter), 300 Madeleine (Saulnier), 231, Jane (Postell), 276 Find ancestors and family origins in free Ships Passenger lists, images of ships passenger list manifests, Orphan records, Almshouse records, Ancestor photos, Census substitutes, Newspaper records, family surnames, church records, military muster rolls, census records, land records, American Genealogy, Canadian Genealogy, Orphan records, Naturalization records, death records and more. Elizabeth, 237 Croft Mary (Postell), 277 Jeffords Mary, 244 Gallais, Judith, 45 Elizabeth, 196 Hancock, Elias, 340 Danson House, Kent, England, 62 360 Hannah, 240 [Marie] Magdeleine, 135 Garnier 243, 269, 363 Elizabeth Catherine Henry DuRant came to South Carolina sometime in the late 1600's. His descendants were plantation owners in South Carolina on Lynch's Creek; and Benjamin Durant, who has been identified by historians as being descended from French Huguenots, left South Carolina and settled along the Alabama river sometime in the 1780's. Jeanne (Jane), 201-3, 205, 258, 149-50, 238-40 Rice, 329, 373 Abraham, 261, 296 Susanna (Maybank), 244 Edward, 35, 352-3 Louis, 9, 82, 83-4, 98, 111, Low Countries, The, 371 Esther (Simons), 237 Dassen, 28-9, 38, 81-3, 214, Anne, 74-5, 179-80 Palmarin/ Palmerin Frances de, 228 Jeanne (Garrison), 319, 322 Quebec, Canada, 209 105, 174-5, 177, 193, 201, Ollier Catherine de, 85 Henri, 164 Two Friends, 88 Henry, 189 Picault. Pierre (Peter), 149, 151, 255 Elisabeth/Elizabeth, 122, 124- 256, 299, 306, 339, 345 Anna, 112 Nathan, 261 Judith (Peyre), 261-2, 351 Martha, 237 She influenced her brother, Francis I, to be lenient with the Huguenots. Ribouleau/Ribouteau Stanyarne, Joseph, 342 Philip Gendron, 22, 141, 373-4 Courge, 95-6, 125, 132 Aigues-Mortes, France, 79 The Huguenots supplied the colonies with excellent physicians and expert artisans and craftsmen. Courges, 224 219 Dorothy, 334 259, 375 Franois, 149, 151, 253 Bullwat. University of Sedan, France, 74 315, 335-6 Philippe, 196 Hector Franois, 57, 61, 78-9 Faneuil Perdriau Plantation, 202, 308, 331 Marianne, 67, 69-70, 166, 167, Cedar Creek, 223-4, 304, 329, Robert, 61 Judith (Perdriau), 78, 181, 254, Elizabeth, 191 Judith (Gignilliat), 151 John, 266, 277, 359 Chastaigner Plantation, 82, 110, Kilmarnock, Scotland, 56 John, 206-7, 283 Edgar, Walter B. Virkus, Frederick A. Peter, 139, 268, 295 Martha Ester (Mouzon), 158 Gideon, 115 Paul, 161, 199, 286-7 Susannah (Mooney), 335 9, 11, 20, 23, 30, 34, 39, 42, Goulard. Judith, 260 215, 258, 272, 302, 374-5 1750 . Huguenot (coin), 4 225, 227-8, 238, 241-2, 246, We will create documented and accurate Geni Master Profiles for the 45 families of Huguenot settlers in the Carolinas during the Colonial American period (migrations: 1690-1730) and ensure their ancestral and descendent lines are unduplicated and well represented. 300-1, Tax Assessor, 135, 183, 282, 258 Press of Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co. 20. Thomas, 332 Herman, Peter, 296 2, 108, 111-12, 157-8, 173, 147, 162, 168, 186-9, 195-9, Barnet Mary, 249, 261 Jouet, 311 The Huguenot migration to South Carolina is part of a larger diaspora, traditionally known as le Refuge, which stretches from the late 1670s to the early 1710s. Humphrey, 234, 357-8 Marie, 166 Seran, Madeleine, 326 Savineaus Creek, 20, 121 Martha (Bremar), 267 240-1, 318, 358 Marie Esther de, 309 7, 29, 53, 58, 68, 96, 115, 118, Ester Madeleine, 350 Andrew, 266, 277 137, 140, 175, 320, 330 Anne (Jeffords), 249 Threadcraft Franois, 45, 91, 94, 95, 100-1, Edward, 169 They needed to act swiftly to attract settlers. France, 47 Riviere Louis (II), 9, 135, 250-2 Reissued Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991. He married Sarah Catherine Wilcox about 1840, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. Grenoble, France, 44, 120, 265, 129, 133, 140, 148, 156, 149-50, 152, 159, 167, 190, Guerineau, Marie, 281 Horseshoe Savanna, 243-4 94, 103, 114, 169, 219, 221, Andrew, 100, 102, 103 229, 331 Marianne, 269, 271-3 Mary de, 284, 317-18 Anne, 242 Jean, 206-7 Marie (Callard), 345 Bonoit See also Benoist/Benoit. 332 Marie de, 370 Mary (Whilden), 104 Elizabeth (Clay), 244 120, 122, 201 Madeleine, 273-6 Send a message to the Project Manager to join us as a collaborator. Susanne, 155, 157 Damaris, 85-7, 107, 108, 254 Isaac, 327 Anne (May), 115 Peter, 70, 221 Mme, 86 Dieu Louis, 72 Mathew, 178 Snow Paul, 97 Daniel (II), 114 Madeleine, 211-12 289-90, 308 Berry Province, France, 16, 220, Barber, 134, 266, 276 304 Augustus, 60, 61, 62 Isaac, 149 165, 169, 283, 299 SC, 202 Peter, 103, 279, 321 Eleazer, 320 Strawberry Ferry Road, 123 Alexandre, 97 Jeanne (Jeanneton), 138-9 Anchorsmith, 65, 110, 114 Congregational (Circular) Eliza, 171 Paul, 246 Joseph, 244 William, 317-18 Valleton, Anne, 189 Jane, 54 Nicholas de (II), 225-7 Abraham, 6, 189-91, 220 Varing, Catherine, 206-8 John, 354 Jean, 342 Westbury Elizabeth, 195 Nouail/Noel, Anne, 281 Matlon, 309 See also Pepin. Samson, 154 277-80, 294, 297 264, 347 Nicolas, 53, 273 Magdeleine, 320, 326 Luberon Region, France, 310 Banbury Sieur de Rougeray, 309 Lachenicht, Susanne. Charles, 117 John (II), 168, 266, 275, 276, Willinghams Ferry, 127 St. Augustine, FL, 39, 196, 232 286, 304 DeJohn. 305 Jane, 116 Samuel, 6, 97, 281, 309, 310 Elias, 130, 188, 304-5 156, 243 Marguerite de, 276 Antoinette (Buvier), 44, 45 La Hourdin, 268 229, 256-7, 265, 310 Kings Highway, 37-9, 175, 353 Hull, Mr., 184 Hutchins, Hillman, 331 Middle Settlement, 183 William, 89, 188, 194, 222, Isaac (III), 154 Peter, 126 117, 343 315 Lair, Anne (de la Faulse) de, 344 The Blessing, 302 Nicholas de, Sr., 225-6, 357 Thomas, 77, 161-2, 182, 191, Watts, David, 351 Harleston Pierre de, 6, 151, 210, 226, Jacques, 265-6, 299, 304, 313 John (II), 112, 332 65 Wild Horse Creek, 177 Martha (Alston), 237 Esther (Perdriau), 255 Desborde, Marie Anne, 306 Over two thousand churches sent representatives to the synod in 1561. 210, 221, 254, 307, 320-1, Sarah, 47-9, 248 Thomas, 324 258, 261-2, 314, 351, 375 The earliest mention of the French in colonial Virginia occurs in the year 1610. Wambaw, 22, 35, 37, 40, 144- Mary, 125, 127, 272 Wilcox, Mary, 338 Collins 359 Hannah, 46, 288 11. Elizabeth, 102-4 217 Frances, 196 Kings High Road, 52 Germaine/Germon and Marie, 104 James, 235, 276 lizabet et Madeleine leurs filles nz en Caroline. Sieur de Milan (Melan), 309 Bruton, Daniel, 314 Jacques, 53-4, 259, 349 James, 252 Carolina, 206 Joseph, 336 Coleman, Anne, 132 Joseph, 305 *ELIAS PRIOLEAU, fils de Samuel Prioleau, et de Jeanne Merlat, n en Xaintonge en France. 133, 135-6, 144, 165, 206, 230, William, 217 Jean, 53-4, 63, 118, 142, 168, James (II), 233 Henriette, 85 Peter (III), 172 Bayeux, France, 298 Hlne, 63, 67-8 See also Breton. Although the Huguenots settled along almost the entire eastern coast of North America, they showed a preference for what are now the states of Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina. Giton 372-3 Protestants in France were inspired by the writings of John Calvin in the 1530s and the name Huguenots was already in use by the 1560s. 326, 329, 339, 345, 347-8, Anna (Vignaud), 111, 114-17 Jean (II), 140 251 313, 339, 358 ]: The Huguenot Society, Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia. The surname "du pre . DANIEL BONNEL, fils de Jean Bonnel, et de Marie Lalon. Chtelet Prison, Paris, France, Ann (Woodruff), 242 Le Grand, 211, 292 Rebecca Allston (DuPre), 352 Thomas, 266 Thomas, 111 370 Mary Magdalen (Gignilliat), Cambridge, 337 Jacob, 319-21 Tutor, 169 De Rousserye, 97 2, 67, 72, 76,-7, 84, 97, 112,- Please be aware that the name may have been spelled somewhat differently in the original record. Rachel, 279 Charlestown Regiment, 211 John Gabriel, 221 Woodruff, Ann, 242 Sarah (Mounier), 48, 49, 248 Black, Isabel, 336, 337, 338 Damaris (Ravenel), 319E-lizabeth, 60, 140-1 Marie (Lucas), 201, 202, 203, 158 Durant Watahan, 172, 180, 183, 191 Harris It was not until November 28, 1787, after the United States of America had gained its independence from England, that the Marquis de Lafayette, who was impressed by the fact that so many of the American leaders were of Huguenot descent, persuaded Louis XVI and the French Council to adopt an Edict of Toleration guaranteeing religious freedom to all in France. William, 337 Jean (John), 133-4, 232-3, 266, Samuel, 260-1, 296 Jeanne Marie (de St.Julien), Marie Elizabeth, 150, 238-40 Copyright 2022 Huguenot Society of South Carolina. 345 Brayne, Henry, 97 Gwynn, Robin D., The Huguenots of London; United Kingdom, Sussex Academic Press, 1998. John, 207 256, 343 Stephen, 162, 190-1 Peter (II), 232 Elizabeth (Rutledge), 204 164, 181, 186, 190, 209-10, 5. pp 76-78, Charleston, South Carolina, 1897. The emerging planter class had been using revenues from the sale of Indian slaves to finance the purchase of enslaved Africans; after the Yamasee War, South Carolina colonists turned to using exclusively African slaves for labor for their new commodity crops of rice and indigo. Elizabeth (Foissin), 173 Caillon, Susanne, 254-5, 257 John, 33, 278, 293 Andr, 44 Elizabeth, 199 Gosfraight, Kifiana, 208 Rebecca, 309 Daniel Huger, 171 The Huguenot Society of South Carolina was established in 1885 to preserve the memory of the Huguenots who left France prior to the promulgation of the Edict of Toleration, November 28, 1787. 104, 121, 141, 168, 191, Woodville, MS, 305 Anthony, 191 Dapontee, 72 Varambaut Peter, 207, 257 Joanna, 76, 77 William, 164 Paul, 339 302, 310, 312-14, 325, 333, Jeanne, 260, 295 Esther, 325 Johns Island, SC, 342 Esther Elizabeth (Gourdin), Marie (Potell), 53-4, 141-3, James, Mrs., 55 Huggens/Huggins, John, 92 Potter, John, 192 Charlotte Marianne, 139 Researchers should consult the original records whenever possible to avoid possible mistakes or misinterpretations. Louis, Sr., 358 Marie (Nicolas), 155-6, 157, John, 169, 170-2, 190, 233, Courchaton: Department de la Haute Sa ne, 1670-1852. Anne, 108 Josiah, 350 Rene, 347 West Indies, 9, 13, 18, 53, 55, 59- By 1562 they had a total membership estimated at at least a million, especially numerous in the south and central parts of the country. 289 Daniel Watahan Creek, 20, 46, 153-4, Isaac, 268 Jeanne Berchaud, femme du dit Jean Boyd. James, 157 John, 134, 277 Sarah (widow Bonneau), 172 Susanne Bonnell, leur fille, ne en Caroline. Montpellier, France, 97, 119-20, Matthew, 188 Susanne (Dutartre), 113, 267 French Prophets, 51 See our Huguenot Surname Cross Surname and Variations -- Christian Name Ag / Agee / Oage -- Matthieu Allaire -- Alexandre Alle / Alley / Alie / Alyer / d'Ailly -- Nicolas Durand Marianne, 118 191, 219, 228-33, 245, 316, FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. John, 75, 92, 130, 214-15, 302, Susanna (Porcher), 271-3 271, 273, 276, 278, 293, 295-6, Duplessis Mornay, France, 112, St. Martin, Ile-de-R, France, 74, Beauce Province, France, 112, Ralph, Jr., 84 Isaac, 69, 85-7, 89, 104-7, 155, Peter (II), 258 Marie Aime, 282, 284, 317 357 Marie, 58 166, 182-3, 300 Peter, Sr., 139 Fenwick Physician, 75, 115, 135, 162, Massif Central, France, 368 Flavell, John, 313 254-6 Rotterdam, Holland, 64 John, 103, 153 Marianne, 60, 140, 148, 210, John, 189-91 Bermon. Marie (Fouace), 208 Susanna Elizabeth, 100 Mary, 178 Dymes Hagan, 184 St. Helena Parish, 37, 167, 277, 242 Benjamin (II), 234-5, 237 300-1 Bell Mr., 209 Delaune, John, 301 Esther (Berresford), 352-3 Hooper, Mr, 198 Royal Bounty, 93, 108, 152, 197, Jeffreys, Robert, 102 Many Protestants took part in the expeditions to Brazil, Florida or South Carolina. Susannah Damaris de, 242, Anguerny, France, 211, 218, 298 Duke, 192 294-5, 314-18, 324, 349, 351, Eleanor, 204 Not sure about the Boers. Sarah, 262 Margaret (Guignard), 172 Ann Bivet, 78 Murphy Page Catherine (Chicken), 331-2 184, 233, 241-2, 333 See also Le Sade. Andrew, Jr. 114 Daniel, Sr., 358 France, 195 Mr., 20, 209, 250 Jonathan, 319 Bontefoy, Gabriel, 344 Corneille Wassamasaw Swamp, 158, 236-8, JACQUES LE SERURIER, n St. Quantin en Picardie fils de Jacques Le Serurier, et de Marie Le Comte. Ellery Frenchtown, RI, 209 Elizabeth, 232, 233 St. Stephens, SC, 237 Mary (Handlin), 194 National Park Service, 39 Harriott Pinckney (Horry), Mary, 100 Picault Bluff, 31, 334 3, no. Strawn, John, 359 Susannah/Susanne, 197-9 Guibert Giles, 350 Metal Worker, 343 Peter, 266-7 John, 127, 188, 331 The colonists became farmers, laborers, ministers, soldiers, sailors, and people who engaged in government. Catherine, 331 Anne (Salone), 98 Martha, 345 Dewees Hans, Trinitie, 205 Hall Gibbon, William, 341 Barbados, 30, 180, 183, 192, 207, (Chastaigner), 83-4 Gurard, 206 Occupations are listed under the general heading of Occupations and the names of plantations and ships appear under those headings. 74, 97, 104, 119, 127, 164, Maintenon, France, 264 Jacques, 301-2, 304-5 James, 129-30, 151, 242 Marian, 225 Beaufort, France, 178 Chirurgien, 73, 75, 96, 210, Berloine Elizabeth, 177 214, 219, 222, 239, 274, Timothy, 200 Common names such as Carolina, Charles Towne and Santee River, and some words, such as planter, appear so often in the text that listing them in the Index would not have been useful to the reader. Mary, 52 Rugeley, 39 Catherine (de Senleque) de, 109, 114, 124-6, 160, 163, Netherlands, The, 121 Cambrai, France, 111 Wambaw Bridge, 36, 37 Crocket/Crockett/Crokatt Isaac, Jr., 252 169 270, 272, 274-6, 281, 297, 306, Grimston, Richard, 340 333-4 Leger, Peter & Co., 211 Pierre, 153, 201, 254-5, 257, Le Bert/Lebert, Jean, 257, 357-8 Marie, 233, 235-6, 238 268 Marianne, 51, 347, 349 Francis, Sr., 108 Sarah, 88 Anne Gobard sa femme. Monck Murrell, John, 314, 335 Roanoke, VA, 291 Susannah, 76-77 Washington, George, 39 Mary, 341 Marianne, 200 16. 105, 108-9, 111, 114, 116, 121, Sarah, 188-9, 304-5 Joseph, 116 Mary, 112 263, 287 Burgaud Frewen, Anne, 351 Gitteau, Lidie, 310 Magdalen-Elizabeth, 113 Papin. Dean Thomas, 249 Ester, 203 Sarah (Cantey), 262 Joseph, 281 Jeanne (Rembert), 160, 162-4, Marie (Thauvet), 343 See also Gautier As other Protestants also believed at the time, they thought that the Roman church needed radical cleansing of its impurities, and that the pope represented a worldly kingdom which sat in mocking tyranny over the things of God, and was ultimately doomed. Jean, 351 Gaultier Abraham, 127 See also Mounier. Judith, 340-1 Sarah (Robert), 305 115, 117 The Huguenot Society of South Carolina was established in 1885 to preserve the memory of the Huguenots who left France prior to the promulgation of the Edict of Toleration, November 28, 1787. Monsieur, 57 Mary (Bonneau), 173 Prou. Jeremy Creek, 39 See McGregor. Magdalen (Jeanneret), 192 Ann, 53 Thomas, 244 Gabrielle, 47 La Pre, Ile-de-R, France, 79 Anne, 134 163, 165, 203, 261, 268, 5 Peter, 111, 234, 256, 310, 314, Marie Anne, 115 Frances, 226 Wright Judith (Baudon), 306 Elizabeth (DuPuy), 310 101, 172, 243, 244, 105, 111, 121, 137, 141, 144-5, Gendron, 34, 39, 73, 80, 98, 124 Mary, 336-8 Jeanne, 358 Fief of, France, 63 Bastille, The, 57, 79 Francis, 48-9, 187 different from those which brought the Huguenots to the colony. John, 163, 334 Souchay, 262 Isaac Alexander, 89 As early as the 16th century, Huguenots came to America. Bonaval, John, 178 Elizabeth (Gurin), 158, 238 Discovery, 192, 379 Elizabeth, 97 49, 55, 89, 103, 112, 126, 137, Mose, 73,-5, 78, 91, 96, 105, Isaac, 345 Anne, 134 However, ninety percent of France was Roman Catholic, and the Catholic Church was determined to remain the controlling power. Catherine (Bonneau), 261 Marianne (Porcher), 273 William, 73 Bacot, 6, 250 Hannah, 261, 350, 353 Le Sueur Marie, 325 Martha, 46, 47 Mathieu, 282 Faugre, France, 74 John, 331 48, 60-1, 91, 96-7, 110, 115, Corker, Thomas, 306, 309 Didcott. Early descriptions of the French Huguenot settlements in North Carolina come from the journal of explorer and surveyor John Lawson, A New Voyage to Carolina (1709). Abraham, 9, 29-30, 35, 54, Alexander (II), 87-9, 189 Thibou Mary Magdalen, 151 168, 197-8, 225 270, 274-5, Mooney/Money, Susannah, 335 Elizabeth (Steedman), 192 Constantia (Broughton), 232 150 At its first synod in 1559, fifteen churches were represented. 123, 127, 131-2, 337, 339, 290 308 Mary, 184 George, 319 Dorothy, 334 James, 111, 129, 265, 345, 357 Frances, 52 Samuel Fenner, 37, 134, 353, Baron de Virasel, 79, 85 Jacques Le Serrurier, 257, 313 Madeleine Maslet, sa femme ne cet. Calvin, Jean, 4, 25 Williams Jean, 348 Cadeau/Cadot, Peter/Pierre, 72 Crow, Ralph, 132 Richard, 243-4 Sara, 210, 211 Amelia, 319 Hannah, 249 265, 268, 271, 290, 294 Moses, 46-7, 114, 287 Catherine, 327 See Martel. Dauphin Province, France, 16, Bristol, England, 56 Marie (Du Bosc), 335-6 Judith, 208, 242 Ren, 95, 223 LaSalle, Languedoc Province, Mr., 53 Boigard Govat, Jean-Philippe, 297 Richard, 45 Louis, 96 Albert, 95, 162, 190, 223-4 Philippe, 138 Damaris Elizabeth de, 283, Her brother became king of France, as Francis I and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France. Ardche Department, France, 186, 191, 228-31, 233, 245 Jacques, 113, 289 Susanna/Susanne, 90-1, 98- Many Huguenots found their way to Charleston.{{cite web|url=http://www.huguenotsociety.org/history.htm|title=History of the Huguenot Society}} Charleston was also one of the first colonial cities to allow Jews to practice their faith without restriction. Ormoy, France, 264 James, 95, 106, 130, 160, 187, George, 269-70 Fortress of the Soul: Violence, Metaphysics, and Material Life in the Huguenots' New World, 1517-1751 Johns Hopkins U. Winyaw Bay, SC, 173 Sturgeon (Santee River), 371 Banet, Charles Henry. Yemassee, 180, 196, 293 Joseph (II), 338 Elizabeth (Chauvin), 304 Anne (widow Royer), 172, 233 Ruins, 375 Elizabeth, 276 131, 134, 163, 170-3, 187-9, See also Le Roux. Chatelraulx, France, 306 Widow, 331 312, 339, 358, 369, 370 John, 341-2 Violently opposed to the Catholic Church, the Huguenots attacked images, monasticism, and church buildings. Reprint, Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. Sieur des Roches, 78 Frierson, 297 George Thomas, 73 Ousley, James, 309 See Marboeuf. Le Febvre/LeFevre Anthoine, 53, 117, 168, 268-9 North Carolina with Counties, Towns and Communities Project. Practice of the "heretical" religion was forbidden.