...authenticity. The most curious of these is probably the well-known story of the "Refugee French." After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, in 1685, large numbers of Huguenots fled from their native country, and taking refuge in the cities of Holland...

...authenticity. The most curious of these is probably the well-known story of the "Refugee French." After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, in 1685, large numbers of Huguenots fled from their native country, and taking refuge in the cities of Holland...

...silkworm, the venture was not successful. The trade cannot be said to have been really of importance until the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV., ^in 1685 ; a date which we, who are the descendants of those brave and noble Huguenots, who, at the risk of their...

...descent, a Mademoiselle Louise de Vaux, daughter of the Marquis Achille de Vaux, a Huguenot, who, on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685, left France forever, and with his family took refuge under the British flag in South Carolina. During'the...

...Bedford, New Rochelle, New York State, in the year 1757. Among the Huguenots expelled from France on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV., in 1685, were persons named Canniff. They found a home in Ireland and becamed naturalized. It may likewise be...

...September 12, 1786. His maternal ancestors were French Huguenots, and fled from their native country upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. in 1685. He completed his studies at Glasgow University, and in 1808, came to America and joined his father,...

...Among the Huguenot exiles who left their homes in the province of Languedoc, in France, by reason of the revocation of the edict of Nantes by Louis XIV., in 1685, were three brothers, Matthew, Francis and John de la Garrigue. They escaped from France, and landed...

...flourishing for a time, was overwhelmed with new disasters under the despotism of Richelieu, and finally the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV., in 1685, reduced it to a " church of the desert ; " yet it survived the most cruel persecutions at home, and...

...September ip, 1786. His maternal ancestors were French Huguenots, and fled from their native country upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. in 1685. He completed his studies at Glasgow University, and in 1808, came to America and joined .r.his father,...

...regularly put in at Table Bay for that purpose. Forts were built for the protection of the town and bay; the frontiers of the possession were gradually extended;...increased when, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. in 1685, a large number of French Protestants (Huguenots), who had sought refuge...