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Volume 22, Number 2 Summer 2012 FROM THE PRESIDENT

Upcoming Events Dear Society Members: In May, we commemorated the 450th Anniversary of ’s landing • Society of St. Thomas & St. near the May River in Jacksonville, Florida and his subsequent establishment Denis, 1706, Said Evening of Charlesfort at Parris Island, South Carolina. As your President, I had the Prayer, Sunday, Sept 23rd at privilege of representing the Huguenot Society of South Carolina at several 4 pm significant events in both Jacksonville, Florida and at Parris Island. It is my pleasure to share my experiences with you. • Huguenot Society of SC Autumn Service, French Protestant (Huguenot) Church, Sunday, October 21st at 10:30 am

Memorial wreaths at Parris Island Bob Prioleau, John Cuttino and Stuart Dawson at Parris Island On Tuesday, May 1, at the invitation of the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Historical Society, I participated in a series of events in Jacksonville which were part of Jacksonville’s larger “French Week” celebration. We began in the morning with the re-dedication of the Ribault Column at Fort Caroline, a property operated by the U.S. National Park Service. Among those in attendance were the Consul Honoraire de France from Jacksonville, the Consul Général de France from Miami, and direct descendants of Jean Ribault and René de Laudonnière. As part of the ceremony, a 23rd generation descendant of Jean Ribault presented the City of Jacksonville with a gold coin from the year 1562 which had been passed down through generations of Ribaults. I later attended a luncheon at the Ribault Club, a tree planting in Huguenot Memorial Park, and the unveiling of a beautiful and newly restored mural entitled “Ribault’s Landing” inside the Jacksonville Library. Later that evening, I attended the Jacksonville The Huguenot Society of SC 138 Logan Street Historical Society’s presentation of “Readings from Ribault’s Journals.” As Charleston, SC 29401 part of that event, I was introduced to the more than 200 guests in attendance, brought greetings from the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, and spoke about (843) 723-3235 our Society and its work. It was a memorable day in every respect. Fax: (843) 853-8476

www.huguenotsociety.org On Friday, May 25, 2012, a commemoration service was held on Parris Island [email protected] in honor of Ribault’s landing there. This outstanding service was made possible by the United States Marine Corps, and was financially supported by several other groups, including the Huguenot Society of South Carolina. The ceremony was held at the Ribault Monument, which is on a bluff with a stunning view of Port Royal Sound. It was a beautiful day and shade from the moss-draped oaks and a nice breeze kept the temperature comfortable. The Huguenot Society of South Carolina was well- represented. In attendance were past Presidents Bob Prioleau and Henry Laffitte, current Treasurer Stuart Dawson, Executive Director Renée Marshall and Archivist Cheves Leland. Special thanks go to Immediate Past President Robert M. Prioleau who was the Society’s liaison to the committee which organized this distinguished event.

Brigadier General L. E. Reynolds, Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island; Dr. Lawrence Roland, professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina; Dr. Stanley South and Dr. Chester DePratter of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, and Dr. Pascal Le Deunff, Consul Général of France at Atlanta, all made remarks to the crowd of approximately 100. Memorial wreaths were presented by the sponsors of the event and a new poster was unveiled as part of the new National Historic Landmark series Board of Directors “Defending our Cultural Heritage.” John E. Cuttino President Ford Prioleau Menefee 1st Vice President Helga Preston Wrenn Billings Secretary C. Stuart Dawson, Jr. Treasurer

Vice Presidents: Daniel Ravenel, M.D. Pastor Phil Bryant of the French Protestant J. Palmer Gaillard III (Huguenot) Church giving the benediction Charlton deSaussure, Jr. John E. Huguley, Jr. Dianne Watts Ressinger The Rev. Philip C. Bryant, Pastor of the French Protestant (Huguenot) Charles B. Upshaw III Church of Charleston gave the benediction in which he reminded us Russell B. Guerard of the devotion and courage of our Huguenot ancestors: “God of our Chaplain: Fathers, who kindled in those souls who came to this island 450 years Rev. Philip Gendron Porcher ago a love of liberty and gave them such faith that they were able to sail vast rolling seas and explore strange shores, we ask you to bestow upon Legal Advisor: us, their descendants, a love of liberty such as theirs and to support John Bacot Williams us in all our endeavors so we neither grow faint in our faith nor fail in Staff our courage to meet our challenges. Amen.” Ours is a rich and proud Renee LaHue Marshall heritage, and these recent events in Jacksonville and at Parris Island Executive Director were a wonderful reminder of that heritage. Harriott Cheves Leland Archivist/Researcher John E. Cuttino Dorothy Mercer Huff, Registrar

2 GIFTS FROM THE HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA The Society has the following new merchandise available: BOOKS Baynard: An Ancient Family Bearing Arms by Annie Baynard Simons Hasell ...... $10.00 The French by Janet Gray ...... $20.00 From New Babylon to Eden by Bertrand Van Ruymbeke ...... $49.95 Historic Ramblin’s Through Berkeley by J. Russell Cross ...... $25.00 History of the Cuttino Family by G.P. Cuttino...... $10.00 The Huguenot Crosses of South Carolina, complied by Dr. & Mrs. J. Sanders Pike ...... $2.00 Huguenot Footprints: The Journey to America ...... $15.00 Huguenot Garden by Douglas M. Jones, III ...... $10.00 Memoirs of Isaac Dumont de Bostaquet by Dianne W. Ressinger ...... $43.50 Memoirs of the Reverend Jaques Fontaine 1658-1728, ed. by Dianne W. Reissinger ...... $30.00 Huguenot Cross Memory and Identity: The Huguenots in France and the Atlantic Diaspora, edited by Bertrand Ruymbeke and Notecards (on right): available Stamps: $8 Randy Sparks ...... $34.95 in blue or gold. Package of 10 (specify solid or open Painter in a Savage Land by Miles Harvey ...... $27.00 notes/envelopes for $8. cross design) Pierre Gibert, Esq., The Devoted Huguenot by AnnHuguenot C. Gibert Church ...... $15.00 Plantations,Napkins Pineland (on left): Villages, pack of Pinopolis20 and ItsNotecards: People by singleDr. Norma $5, Sinkler Walsh ...... $45.00 Ravenel Records, E Supplement ...... package of 6 for $25. $1.50 for $4. St. James Santee Plantation Parish by Ann Leland Bridges & Roy Williams ...... $37.50 Transactions of The Huguenot Society of South Carolina, Vol. 1-21* ...... $20.00 Transactions of The Huguenot Society of South Carolina, Vol. 22-present* ...... $10.00 (*There are no copies of Volumes 1, 3-9, 13-23, 34, 44, 46, 50, 51, 68, 70, 72, 74-75, 77-79, 81, 82, 110.) Transactions #110 Supplement:Notes The Jeanembossed Boyd withMap aand Huguenot Letters, CharlesCross (not Towne shown): ...... $10.00 Index to the Transactions availableof The Huguenot in white Societyor ecru. of Package South Carolinaof 10 notes/envelopes (Vols. 1-96) ...... for $8. $25.00 Vol. I Records of the Secretary of the Province, 1675-95, by Susan Bates & Cheves Leland ...... $24.99 Vol II Records of the Register of the Province, 1675-96, by Susan Bates & Cheves Leland ...... $24.99 Vol. III Records of the Surveyor General of the Province, 1678-98, by Susan Bates & Cheves Leland ...$26.99 A World Turned Upside Down-The Palmers of South Santee by Louis P. Towles ...... $20.00

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Practice Your Sense of Purpose!

In Proverbs 20:5 we read “the purpose in a man’s mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.” How do we all identify and fulfill worthy purposes in our lives?

Surely the Huguenots in France in the 16th and 17th centuries had a strong sense of their purpose to sustain them in their tribulations. The 200,000 or more Huguenots who fled France in the 17th century were driven by the purpose to be free. Here in this country, over 7,000 descendants of Huguenots have joined the Huguenot Society of South Carolina since 1885 to honor the memory of their ancestors.

Shouldn’t one of your purposes be to join the 1685 Society by establishing a bequest to the Huguenot Society in your will? Call our Executive Director at (843) 723-3235 to learn how easy it is to become a member of this honorary society.

4 Research Notes from the Archivist

To those of you with access to the Internet, don’t stop now. New sites and documents continually turn up and provide access to hitherto difficult to find information. Such a site was mentioned in a recent article in The New York Researcher. After trying the website it suggested with no luck, I eventually found a wonderful new/old trove of information about some of the French Protestant refugees who fled through The Netherlands on their way to Carolina.

As most of you know, Amsterdam was the port from which many of the immigrants who had fled France embarked for England, the West Indies and mainland America during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The website of the Amsterdam Municipal Archives has just added an index to a register of marriage intentions dating from 1565 to 1811 to its website. I found the easiest way to access the register was by entering Ondertrouwregisters 1565 – 1811 in Google and then using the translation feature to translate some of the information provided.

What you will find is a searchable index of names, but you need to be a bit inventive with spelling in order to find some entries. The names are listed chronologically by spelling, so you can easily rule out those which are from a later period than what you want. If you click on the “see more” notation, you can see a tiny thumbnail photo of the original page from the register, as well as a typescript of some of the information entered. Copies of the scans of the original pages can be ordered by following the directions for payment. The original documents may include the nationality of the bride and groom, birth dates, parents’ names, names of witnesses (best man/woman), as well as other information.

Although I would happily spend hours looking up the names of the ancestors used by members of the Society, I cannot, but I did find references for several Huguenots. One of these was for Jean François Gignilliat and his first wife Louisa Pineau, dated 5 Nov 1685. Another was for one of my own ancestors, Louis Timothée and his intended bride Elisabet Villin dated 7 July 1724. I have not (yet) ordered copies of the original documents, so I do not know what other information is included in the Register for these two entries. I did not find a reference as I hoped I would for possible parents of Benjamin Simons, but they may have married in Middleburg and so not be entered in the Amsterdam volumes.

A lot of cross-checking will need to be completed to determine, for example, if the entry for Pieter Michau and Mariken Knobbaert (other wife Anna Rousion) dated 17 June 1662 is for Pierre Michau of Carolina or not. If so, he had married twice prior to his marriage to Sara Bertonneau, widow of Elie Jaudon and we do not know if Mariken Knobbaert came with him to Carolina and died either en voyage or in Carolina. Is the entry dated 28 June 1692 for bridegroom Abraham Michaux and bride Susanna Rochet for Pierre’s brother who had married Ester Jaudon by 1696 and had three daughters by her, all born in Carolina? Copies of the actual records may clear up some of these questions.

If you enjoy such research, I hope you will let us know what you find. Once the new HSSC website is organized and on-line, we will be able to add this kind of information to it as we find it and keep our members and the general public up-to-date with our research. Happy hunting.

Cheves Leland

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Autumn Service of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina

The Autumn Service of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina will be held on Sunday, October 21st at 10:30 am at the French Protestant (Huguenot) Church of Charleston.