Hi all.........I live in Charleston........a while back I was doing some "curiosity research" on former Charleston Mayor J. Palmer Gaillard and ran across a site with a good bit of his genealogy on it........can't presently recall the URL, but I'm sure if you search on Google, you'll find it. Good Luck, Butch -----Original Message----- From: Dee Thompson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: [Huguenot] Pons? Gourdin,Gaillard,DuBose Ray, >From "The First Settlers of South Carolina, 1670-1700" GILLARD, CLEREMONDE See Gaillard, Pierre GAILLARD, ELIZABETH See Gaillard, Pierre GAILLARD, ESTER See Gaillard, Joachim GAILLARD, JEAN See Gaillard, Joachim GAILLARD, JOACHIM Arrived before 1690, Son of Jean Gaillard and Marie Gaillard at Montpellier in Languedoc. Ester Gaillard, his wife, daughter of Andre Paparel and Caterine Paparel of Bouin in Forest. Jean and Pierre Gaillard, their children. GAILLARD, JOHN Arrived before 24 September 1695 GAILLARD, MAGDELAN Arrived in Carolina before 19 March 1694, See also De Bourdeaux, Jacques. GAILLARD, PIERRE Arrived before 19 March 1694. Born in Cherneaux in Poitou, son of Pierre Gaillard and Jacquete Jolain. Elizabeth Leclair, his wife. Clermonde, their daughter, born in Carolina. Elizabeth and Marthe Melet, daughters of Jean Melet and the said Elizabeth Leclair. GAILLARD, PIERRE (younger) See Gaillard, Joachim PRIOLEAU, ELIAS (French Minister) Arrived in Carolina before 1690. A native of Xaintonge, France, he was the son of Samuel Prioleau and Jeanne Merlat. His wife was Jeanne Burgeand, born in L'isle ge Re. Their daughter Jeanne was born in St. Jean D'Angely; their children, Samuel, Marie, and Ester, were born in Carolina. Cites listed. for all. Let me know if you want them. >From "Historic Ramblin's Through Berkeley" The Ravenel List of persons desiring naturalization (1696): Total 59 Pierre Gaillard Joachim Gaillard >From "South Carolina Begins: The Records of a Proprietary Colony, 1663-1721" [I am only listing the 1700 or before Wills] Gaillard, Susannah, 1700-1701 >From "Abstracts of Records of Secretary of the Province South Carolina 1692-1721" paraphrased: grant of 400 acres bounding on N on Santee River, 29 Mar. 1700 by Hon. Lords Props., to Jean Gaillard . >From "Warrants of Lands in South Carolina 1672-1711" In part: "Isaac Caillabeuf hath made it apeare that he hath at his:proper cost & charge Imported into ye Province of Carolina Six persons aged above Sixteen yeares to plant & Inhabit in ye said Province named Isaac Caillabeuf [,] Rachel Caillabeuf [,] Peter Gallard & Magdelan Gallard [,] Mary Ozembert [,] James Benes ye names of all wch persons were registred in the Secrtys ofice wthin fourteen dayes after theire Respective arrivall in ye province aforesaid . . This is a "headright" document with land granted 19 March 1693/4. Peter Galiard had a warrant for five hundred acres of Land Dated ye 26th of october 1704. Elisha Prioleau had a warrant for five hundred acres of Land Dated ye 8th day of 9br 1704 EARLIEST MENTION OF GAILLARD >From "Warrants for Lands in South CArolina 1672-1679" Carrolina Toy are forth with to admeasure and lay out for Richard Gilliard one of ye free Persons of this Province one hundred accres of land in some place not yett laid out or marked to bee laid out for aney other Person or use, and if same happen uppon aney Navigable River or River Capable of being made Navigable you are to allow only ye fifth Pte of depthe by ye watter side and a Certificate fully speciefieing ye situation and bounds thereof you are to return to us with all Convenient Speede dated this second day of November 1678 ------ To Capt. Maurice Mathews Richard Conant Joseph West Sureyr. Generall Andw. Percevall John Godfrey Dee For a detailed bibliography on the reference sources used for lookups, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Kinta Delamain <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:37 AM Subject: RE: [Huguenot] Pons? Gourdin,Gaillard,DuBose > Hi Ray, > I checked out some of my Huguenot info and found - > Alcimus GAILLARD, b. 1716, d.1754 as the second husband of Elizabeth dau > of John GENDRON and Elizabeth MAZYCK. > > And from John Coming BALL and wife Catherine GENDRON - there is a son, > Elias, b. 11 May 1744-- ( he was of Wambaw Plantation - and a Tory) that > marries a Catherine, dau of Theodore GAILLARD and Eleanor CORDES > > Don't have any info on from whence they came etc - but it seems the name > was around early 1700s -- > > Kinta > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Timmons [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 12:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Huguenot] Pons? Gourdin,Gaillard,DuBose > > Thanks for pointing out the Gourdin name, that needs > research. > > Neither Jacob Gaillard, his father Fransois, nor his family > appear in the list that was denized with Rev. Prioleau. > Nor can I find this Gaillard family in early Carolina. There > may have been children not listed that made it to Carolina. > Does anybody know if it is written anywhere that there > was a Gaillard from Pons? > > Louis DuBose is listed as a Godfather, so we don't know if > he was a member or not. But anyway, he is not in the list > that was denized with Rev. Prioleau (there are several DuBose/ > DuBois entries in other years). I don't know of any > evidence of a Louis DuBose from Pons or his descendants in > Carolina. I have seen the DuBose name in many registers in > different areas of France. I believe that the Carolina > Louis DuBose was from the Normandy area (but could have > visited Pons during the Baptism of his Grandchild). DuBose > folks please let me know if I am wrong! > > Since Hirsch says it was a transplantation of the Pons > Church, I expected to find many definite names. Being > sure of even one has been difficult. > > But there is no church roll, so we have the problem of > those that were members, but did not have births, marriages > or deaths during the time period of surviving registers. > > Ray > > katherine t fowler wrote: > > > I found Gourdin, Gaillard and DuBois. > > > > Kit F. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Timmons" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:48 PM > > Subject: [Huguenot] Stories that are repeated once they are in Print - > Pons > > > > > >> One such story seems to have been written by Arthur Henry Hirsch in > >> "The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina". It may be based on a > >> the writings of Alexandre Crottet (or a misread of his writings). > >> At any rate, Hirsch says - > >> > >>> "The Charles Town French Church was an extension, or perhaps better, > >>> a transferred reestablishment of the French Protestant Church of > >>> Pons, France, whose pastor was Elias Prioleau. He, with his > >>> congregation, in April, 1687(sic), witnessed the destruction of > >>> their church building in that place by their Catholic enemies. While > >>> it was being demolished Mr. Prioleau gathered his congregation about > >>> him, and after he had addresed them regarding their plans for the > >>> future, they determined to embark for England. How many followed him > >>> is not known, but the names of a number of French families denizened > >>> the same day that Mr. Prioleau and his family were denizened in > >>> England, names that in later years are familiar in Carolina, indicate > >>> reasons for the supposition that at least a number followed their > >>> spiritual leader to England and subsequently to South Carolina." > >> > >> > >> It may be true that many members of the Pons Church followed their > >> pastor to England. It is also true that many families denizened in > >> England on the same day as Rev. Prioleau did follow him to Carolina. > >> The list is published in The Huguenot Society of London, QuartoSeries, > >> Volume XVIII, pp 182-192. > >> > >> However, I have yet to find a person in the denization list that > >> was listed in the existing Pons registers (other than Rev. Prioleau > >> and his family). Neither have I found a name in early Carolina that > >> appears in the Pons registers. I keep hoping to find one. What I > >> have from the Pons registers is at - > >> http://199.4.147.11/gen/pons/pons-sort.txt > >> The complete excel spreadsheet is at - > >> http://199.4.147.11/gen/pons/releve_pons.xls > >> > >> There are families in Carolina that are supposed to be from Pons, > >> but I have not found them in any Pons documentation yet. If somebody > >> finds a name in the lists above, please let me know! > >> > >> Rev. Prioleau was well known in France with relatives that > >> preached elsewhere in France as well as relatives in other > >> Huguenot churches. There were also synod's held in Pons. So most > >> of those who followed him to Carolina knew him well, but do not > >> seem to have been members of his church. > >> > >> The Pons story is included in a book that will be published around > >> October this year by USC Press. "From New Babylon to Eden: The > >> Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South Carolina" by > >> Van Ruymbeke, Bertrand. > >> > >> Ray > >> > >> > >> ==== Huguenot Mailing List ==== > >> To leave the list, send a new email to [email protected] > >> and type UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and text area > >> > >> (if you get the digest, replace -L with -D) > >> > > > > > > ==== Huguenot Mailing List ==== > > If you need assistance contact the list admin at > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ==== Huguenot Mailing List ==== > To leave the list, send a new email to [email protected] and > type UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and text area > > (if you get the digest, replace -L with -D) > > > ==== Huguenot Mailing List ==== > To leave the list, send a new email to [email protected] and type UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and text area > > (if you get the digest, replace -L with -D) > > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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