Their character and talents in the arts, sciences, and industry were such that they are generally felt to have been a substantial loss to the French society from which they had been forced to withdraw, and a corresponding gain to the communities and nations into which they settled. Considerable numbers of Huguenots migrated to British North America, especially to the Carolinas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York. Most of them went initially to Germany, the Netherlands, and England, although some found their way eventually to places as remote as South Africa. ROBERT AND MILDRED POPKEY PROFESSIONALSince the Huguenots of France were in large part artisans, craftsmen, and professional people, they were ususally well-received in the countries to which they fled for refuge when religious discrimination or overt persecution caused them to leave France. The French Huguenots Flee to the New World | /Andrew Ward "Ward" Lycan b: d: OCT 1940 | | \Elizabeth "Betsy" Mullican b: d: AFT. | | \Martha Rissa "Cannie" Mathers b: JUN 1859 d: | \Lillian Folsom b: MAY 1855 d: MAR 1928 | | | \Abigail Elkins "Abby" Blanchard b: d: | | | \Clara Belle "Belle" Colburn b: d: You will see some historical facts on some of my relations there. To see the rest of it please go to my Family Tree Maker Siteand Search on the surname you are interested in. So far I know I am Dutch (Vedder), German (Jewish?) (Lieseke), Irish (Rigney), French (Bozarth and De Moss), Swedish (Lycan), Scottish (Mullican and Davidson) and English (too many English bastards to mention) and probably Cherokee (Ward and Smith). Many of them hid and still do hide their native blood due in order to avoid death or worse.īut I am glad I am doing this because I have learned a lot. I believe I am related to Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam because he is also a Vedder from Holland and Eddie or Edwin are family names. I have a picture of a Davidson family bible that is over 100 years old. I have also heard but not confirmed that I am related to "Mary Queen of Scot's" and Daniel Boone from my Davidson line from my mother's father's side. Vedder who was one of the founders of the AMA. The artist's Elihu Vedder and Simon Vedder (father's side) are my distant cousins. They are both famous for fighting and killing ndns. My famous relatives that I have confirmed include Hannah Duston (Father's side) and Elizabeth Bozarth (mother's side). There was a lot of violence on both sides but it makes me sick to think about what the Europeans did and continue to do to the Native Americans. The early settlers and the ndns had a lot of fights and the stories are gruesome. My newest family to this country is the Lieseke family, I am fourth generation American Lieseke. I am thirteenth generation American Emerson, tenth generation American Bozarth and eight generation American Vedder. Something about them all having clan systems.Īs you can see most of my family has been in America for a long time. I have also focused on my Irish and Scotish lines because there was a lot of intermarriage between the early Scotish and Irish settlers and the Cherokee. Please follow the Bozarth link above if you are interested in the history of the first white settlers to Kentucky. These three women are on my Bozarth line. Ward, Nancy Emma Smith and Fanny Means as the source of my direct Cherokee relations. Currently I am working on the lines of Margaret T. I started this page in hopes of finding my direct Cherokee ancestor. Where are the Cherokee in my Family Tree? ABDI RAHAMAN, AKC National Championship Presented by Royal Canin, Ann Yuhasz, ANNE MARIE MOORE, BILL SAHLOFF, BOBBI WALTON, CARL LIEPMAN, Carol Reisman, CHERYL RAHAMAN, Cindy Vogels, CONNERY COLE, D.My Bozarth Line, Looking for the Cherokee
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