New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-20
ca. and that the British Government were Offering
him employment in Upper Egypt and the Soudan.
THE HUGUEYOTS or EARLY NEW- YORK
A SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE THEIR HISTORY
PLACES SETTLED by THEM.

A SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE THEIR HISTORY
PLACES SETTLED BY THEM.
In Anril last there was formed in this city an
association called the Hugueno Society of America conn.,
posed OF descendants OF the Huguenots who came 10 ~
country in the seventeenth century It's OBJECTS ao III
general to collect and preserve documents records e
relating to the history OF the early Huguenots III S
country particularly those in New-York City ana Its
vicinity; and, secondly. publicly to commemorate at
stated times the principal events OF that history Inc
society numbers about $50 members. and mas TOT s
officers John Jay, president; Edward +. De Lncey
vcepresident for New-YOrk state the Rev. A. " WIN
meyer sccretary MOrey Hale Barlow. treasurer; ana an
executive committee composed OF the officers and Chau
ccy NJ Depew, f. J. de Pcyster, the Rev. Dr. b. T. dc
Costa. Dr. j. H. Gautier and Peter W. Galaudet The
society held its first public meeting last November
In reply to some Inquiries OF TRIBUNE reporter the sec
rotary furnished the following outline of the Hugeno his
tory especially In and about this city: Inc
idea Of planting HuguenOt colonies In this country was
due TO the genius Of Admiral Cogny. Aseary as 1862 This
distinguished uuenOtobtanrd permission from Charles
TX to establish in Florida a colony Of his oppressed
countrymen The attempt proved unsuccessful. In CON
sequence Of their careesness the coonsts soon De
came reduced handful and were obliged to re-
TO France. second colony, sent out Two years
later met with a stl more unfortunate fate. year
after ts establishments the Spanards under the bgoted
Menendez invaded the feeble ingrenOt settlement, ana
having succeeded by treachery IN making prisoners OF
his inscription Hung as heretlcs, not IA French
men" This barbaTOus act avenged few years aer
by Dominique de GOurgues who surprised the Spalarus
and hung them upon gibbes, with this inscription;
"Hung IA assaaains, not IA Spanafds"
The next HugucnOt settlement In America was on man
haitian Island Several years after the discovery Of the
Hudson River in 1909, merchant vessels brought from
came in 1914 a family named Vgn6. originally from
valencenne in French Flanders aud in that same year
young ugucnO the first child born Of European par
ens in NewNeherlands. and also so far a. Il known m
ybnla al
without issue. When, in 1923, New-Amsterdun was per
manenty settled by the Dutch West India C9lnahy, le
majority Of cOlonists IIuguen0s and Wall0Ons'
Among them were those Rapeyes many OF whose escen
ants st live IN ms city their d9Ignter sara oC horn
here. From 1923, the Hugueno immigration steadily IN
creased IN numbers and influence Governor Mlnit VINO
arrived in 1896 was probably Hugueno and Secretary
de Rlsicres the first European I'll poallst O No~-Ntt
s2nds was certainly t Gnc names that Of lean de- Ia
Montague for many years member OF the Councii ana
he DE Pevsters who held similar positions in the Gov
eminent from 10000, Ofde Sle ana ProNo.t' one Oh
the descendants Of the latter becoming the Bishop
to-day in York-Vermiye Depew, DUBOIS, DeInares
At that tlmc-167O-the HuguenOt element formed
about one fourth OF the entire population OF
and by accessons resulting from the revocation OF le
Fdict or Nantes in 1854 this proportion maintained tse
during the eighteenth century 1t IA well known that IN
1859 200 French families We're living on Mammalian ~
land alone; that during the administration OF BenohI
their political favor cOted by that Governor; ana
bancroft. the historian says that even before TINS te
they had become so numerous that the PUBIC H9cHnets
issued in French as vel as In DutIh ana LhgsH
following
came here directly indirectly owing 10 the revocation
OF 1853: jay lie Roy. de Lancey. Turnurc. BoTdoin
Faneu Bouer, L0rlIard Goclct, Desbrosses, Ballou
Barlow, Gaaudet, Gumee Guion, la Cnmbe, Lcconte
Pintard B0udinO Gauticr, Vincent, Quntard AIhTe
Cottin PcIIinc. SCgin, BOnsecOur and Rchald But all
the Huguen0ts who here did not remain staten
Island received 80 many OF them that ~ ne
came known as the IIuguenOt Island" Har
lem, too was from the first principally set
tied by IuguenOa. As early 1850 tine Important HUI
peuot settlement ut Kingston and later the colony or
New Paz, established. The principal colony GeaI
New-York, however that OF Ncw-KOchele, when
seems have been founded In 1859. Further away were
settlements I'm several parts Of Long Island at AIhahy
along the shores of the Delaware and IN Pennsylvania AT
Narrtgansctt in Rhode Island; IN Maine and IN Boston
said to have gone Massachusetts, early 1921 at
which date Philippe de- Nuye, maternal ancestor OF
General Grant and the direct ancestor OF The DeaVaS
OF New York, arrived Finally there were the south Car
Ona settlements giving those names Of lmprlsnaDlG re
nown for their struggles in the observation-disclosures Lau
rens and Hugcr
The religious history Of hcse exes FOR conscience sake
who sought to enjoy the privilege OF free nand Opc
Bible il naturally important. Wherever they went they
established churches and schools IN 162S the Gospel
was preached in French Manhattan Island; and not
later than 1872 iud pendent lIugcnot church was
established here. In 1887 second Hueclot church was
1862 these two churches united and worship ped, in the
second building, dill 1904, when the unique building was
erected that stood in Pue-st near NaSSlust TIL 1851
At that date IL gave the fine marble structure
built at a OF about S6O.OOO az Franklin and Church
St This I'm turn succeeded twenty years ago by the
present French church du Saint Esprit in Twenty
seconds between Fifth and SiXth-ayc.