Some dates from the 1620s, taken with gratitude from HUGUENOT & PROTESTANT REFORMED CHRONOLOGY on the The Pierre Chastain Family Association web site: http://www.kopower.com/~jimchstn/timeline.htm You might also post on the Alsace-Lorraine list if you haven't already to find out if there were specific places in that area that had persecutions around that time leading to emigration to Switzerland. 1624 Richelieu given seat on Royal Council and appointed chief minister to Louis XIII. 1625-1686 Huguenots sought refuge in French colonies in Lesser Antilles of Caribbean -- St. Christopher, Guadeloupe, Martinique. 1626 Jesuits joined Franciscans in Quebec and religious turmoil began as privileges were withdrawn for Huguenots. Trade declined. Cardinal Richelieu was rising to power in France as he moved to reduce the political power of Huguenots. Siege of La Rochelle begins. Manhattan Island bought from Indians by Peter Minuet, a Huguenot. Permanent settlement established at Salem, MA, included Huguenots. 1627 King Charles I of England declared himself a friend of French Huguenots. 1628 English fleet sent to relieve Huguenots at La Rochelle, which had been under blockade by French troops under Louis XIII. Relief failed and La Rochelle fell to French troops on Oct. 8, 1628. Acadia (Nova Scotia) fell to English. By 1628 There were 300 inhabitants of New Amsterdam, mostly Huguenots. First Huguenot Church established on Manhattan Island. 1629 Huguenots in England ask for permission from King Charles I to settle in Carolinas and set sail in 1630, but were landed in VA. Massachusetts Bay Company charter granted. Jan. 1629 Some 50 settlers left England to establish, Charlestown, MA. Sir Robert Heath's Carolina charter granted. Baltimore decides to settle on the Chesapeake. Peace of Alais ends civil war in France and Huguenots cease to exist as a political force. -- "An aimless joy is a pure joy," ...And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey." ~ William Butler Yeats, "Tom O'Roughley" ---------- >From: Mike and Betty Sweeney <mjs2@swbell.net> >To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [HWE] Urner >Date: Sun, Aug 27, 2000, 10:04 PM > > I am trying to figure out if the URNER family in Pennsylvania are > Huguenots. They were from Alsace and driven to Switzerland during the > persecutions of 1672. I don't know what the persecutions of 1672 were. Your > help is appreciated. > Mike Sweeney > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe (if you are in digest mode), > type and send only the word unsubscribe to: > HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > >