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Subject: [HWE] Huguenot Transport
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:53:51 -0800 (PST)
I found this article on a webpage which eludes to some
of the questions being raised ont he topic.
Unfortunately being old, I had forgoten to mark the
source. However, I did manage to retain the email
address of the person who is related to the story.
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Suzanne Rochet Micheaux was the youngest of the three
daughters of Jean Rochet to be smuggled out of France
and into Amsterdam, Holland following the Edict of
Nantes in 1685. She, her two sisters, a cousin and her
baby were trying to escape when the baby began to cry
and the guards were alerted and found the young women.
The three Rochet sisters were returned to their father,
but the Church took a very hard stance on the
daughter's education and Jean Rochet feared they would
be removed from his home and sent to live with the
nuns.
Before too long the two older daughters made successful
escapes to Amsterdam, but fearing the climate was still
too dangerous, they had left Suzanne behind. Before
they left France, however, the sisters and their father
had determined that they would send for Suzanne when
they felt the time was right, but fearing the letter
would fall in the wrong hands, they had worked out a
code. They would tell their father that they thought
"it would be perfectly fine to send the little nightcap
which we had left behind."
Finally, the letter arrived. After several unsuccessful
attempts to get Suzanne out of France, her father had
her hidden in a large cask, or hogshead, which was
entrusted to friendly sea-captain, who had the cask
placed on board the ship. When the ship had sailed and
they were safety past the guards, the cask was opened
and Suzanne was lifted out of her narrow, dark, chamber
and was brought to safety in Amsterdam. She is still
known in the annuals of French Huguenot history as
"Little Nightcap."
She married Abraham Micheaux on 13 Jul 1692 in the
French Church in Amsterdam, Holland. On 20 August 1702
Suzanne Rochet Michaux became a member of the Huguenot
Church of Treadneedle Street, London, England. She and
her husband came to Henrico Co. VA where they had 10
children. She died 17 December 1744 in Henrico Co.,
Virginia where she is buried. Her courage and her
ability to adapt to new situations was passed along to
all her children. To this day her faith and courage are
an inspiration. Suzanne Rochet was my 7th great
grandmother.
If you have any information on this family
please e-mail Carol Whitehead ()
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Regards,
Peter Leroy
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