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The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia
Empire, Land, and Religion in the Rappahannock Region
The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia
Empire, Land, and Religion in the Rappahannock Region
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The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia is the history of a Huguenot emigrant community established in eight counties along the Rappahannock River of Virginia in 1687, with the arrival of an Anglican-ordained Huguenot minister from Cozes, France named John Bertrand. This Huguenot community, effectively hidden to researchers for more than 300 years, comes to life through the examination of county court records cross-referenced with French Protestant records in England and France. The 261 households and fifty-three indentured servants documented in this study, including a significant group from Bertrand's hometown of Cozes, comprise a large Huguenot migration to English America and the only one to fully embrace Anglicanism from its inception. In July 1687 a French exile named Durand de Dauphiné published a tract at The Hague outlining the pattern and geography of this migration. The tract included a short list of inducements Virginia officials were offering to attract Huguenot settlers to Rappahannock County. These included access to French preaching by a Huguenot minister who would also serve an established Anglican parish, and the availability of inexpensive land. John Bertrand was the first of five French exile ministers performing this dual track ministry in the Rappahannock region between 1687 and 1767.
Table of Contents
Chapter One. Cozes, France, 1660
Chapter Two. London, 1677
Chapter Three. Rappahannock, Virginia, 1687
Chapter Four. Powell's Quarter, 1692
Chapter Five. Deep Creek, 1694
Chapter Six. Whitechapel Parish, 1698
Chapter Seven. South Farnham Parish, 1733
Conclusion. The Huguenot-Anglican Project in America, 1761
Abbreviations
Appendix A. Rappahannock Huguenot Refugees, 1677-1710
Appendix B. Documenting Rappahannock Huguenot Refugees, 1677-1710
Product details
Published | Jun 21 2023 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 250 |
ISBN | 9781978714854 |
Imprint | Fortress Academic |
Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
Series | Anglican Studies |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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