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From: "Joseph E. and Elizabeth Browne" <>
Subject: Re: [Huguenot-L] Birds of a Feather?
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 22:58:34 +0000


ELIZABETH RUSSO wrote:
>
> In Baird's HISTORY OF THE HUGUENOT EMIGRATION TO AMERICA buried in
> footnotes pp. 211, 212 (sorry, forgot to note which vol.) are the
> following names, listed as some of the 1200 inhabitants of St.
> Christophe (French West Indies) c. 1671:
>
> Jean DAVID
> Francois DESCHAMPS
> Louis and Pierre DUBOIS
> Pierre DURAND
> Robert DUVAL (Yep! any relation to one of my favorite actor/directors??)
> Antoine MARION
> Francois and Pierre MARTIN
>
> and in Martinique, also 1671:
>
> Antoine BONNEAU
>
> All of the above are noted by Baird as being later Americans.
>
> Skip ahead almost a generation to 1684 where, in the Court at Windsor,
> we find the following among those on a "Denizon" list:
>
> Michael & Marguarita DAVID
> Isaac DESCHAMPS
> Isaac and Marguarita DU BOIS, their sons John, Jonas and Alexander
> Jonas DURAND
> John Henry MARION
>
> Peter MARTIN and Jean MARTIN are found in similar denizon lists and
> Antoine BONNEAU is often referenced in connection with the South
> Carolina DUBOIS'. These denizon lists are found in FOREIGN PROTESTANTS,
> AND ALIENS, IN ENGLAND (sorry, forgot to copy author, pub., dates) pp.
> 37-39.
>
> Interesting note: the 1684 denization of one Alexander Dalgresse was
> signed "MIDDLETON"
>
> Anyone having proof of these seemingly connected families (and I
> primarily picked on Carolinian names with whom I am familiar), please
> let me know.
>
> Elizabeth DuBois Russo
This connection of Huguenots from the West Indies is interesting because
there was some indication that the Prevost line in my family came from
the West Indies, very possibly Martinique. Do you know if this book had
any mention of the name Prevost?
Beth Browne

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