Huguenot refugees
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[edit] Introduction
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, persecution in France of protestants resulted in a large number of people fleeing the country. The Channel Islands were an attractive destination - they spoke French, and were sympathetic to the protestant refugees.
There were two periods which saw the most significant numbers of refugees leaving the country. The first wave was following the Massacre of St Bartholomew in 1572, and the second was following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
Some refugee families stayed in the islands, but many used it as a temporary refuge, before emigrating further afield (such as the New World), or as a safe haven until religious tolerance in France improved.
[edit] First Wave
Among some of the families who arrived in the islands during this period were:
- Nicolas Badouin of Rouen, minister of St Peter Port 1559-1613
- Cosmé Brevint of Angerville, Calvados, minister of Sark 1589-1613
- Daniel Le Febvre of Vitre, Brittany
- Le Moine of Vitre, Brittany
- Pierre Le Roy, minister of St Pierre du Bois
- Jean De La Marche, minister of St Andrews and Forest 1614
- Jean De La Place, minister of St Martins 1646
- Daniel Dolbel, minister of St Pierre du Bois and Torteval 1596-1605
- Nicolas Effart, minister of Castel Church 1584
- Jean Quesnel, of Coutances, Normandy, minister of Castel 1585
- Adrian Saravia of Artois, first master of Elizabeth College (established 1563)
- Jeremy Valpy of Dangeau, minister of St Saviours 1585-92
[edit] Second Wave
Among some of the families who arrived in the islands during this period were:
- Jacques Brouard of Pouzan, Poitou
- André Condemine of Nantes
- Pierre Drillaux of Poitou
- Ann Du Chemin of Quintin, Brittany
- Robert Gaudion, died 1710
- André Jamouneau of Poitou
- Salomon Lauga of Clerac Agenois and his wife Jeanne Chaudrac
- Anne Le Cornu, wife of Pierre Seigle of Caen
- Jean Le Marchant of Rondfougere near Falaize, Normandy married Janne Salle in 1718
- Jean Ogier, died 1721
- Sieur Raymond Poittevin of St Savinien, Xaintonge
- Apollos Rivoire, father of Paul Revere
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Ogier, Darryl, Reformation and Society in Guernsey, (Boydell 1996)
- Curtis, SC, Huguenot names from island sources, Trans Soc Guern, 1941
