John Rogers Dumas
John Rogers Dumas was the son of David Dumas and Elizabeth Norman. He was born in Wins-ton County, Mississippi in 1837 and died in 1886 at Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Helen King Garner was born on January 3, 1839, in Madison, Alabama, her father, Daniel H. Garner, was 32, and her mother, Catherine Wills Drinkwater, was 20. She married JOHN ROGERS DUMAS on December 18, 1866. They had at least six children during their marriage. She died in 1915 in Cândido Rodrigues, Sao Paulo, Brazil, having lived a long life of 76 years.
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John was the son of David Dumas and Elizabeth Norman. He was born in Wins-ton County, Mississippi in 1837 and died in 1886 at Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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John enlisted in 1861 at Neshoba County, Mississippi as a private with the Eleventh Reg-iment, Mississippi Infantry, Company D. Shortly after the war he married Helen on December 18, 1866. It is uncertain as records are scant during that time period where they were married and when they arrived in Texas. It is possible that they met in Texas as Helen's uncle, Thomas Garner was already a resident of Hopkins County, having moved there in 1857. Helen and John must have been part of the Garner family that left central Texas.
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Helen King Garner and John Rogers Dumas had at least six children:
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1. Catherine Elizabeth Garner Dumas 1869-1956
Married Benjamin "Bony" Hammond Green
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2. Octavia King Dumas
Octavia was born on May 18, 1871, the second child of Helen and John. She was born in Santa Barbara, d'Oeste Esperança, Sao Paulo, Brazil and died on June 6, 1945 in Tatuí -São Paulo - Brasil. Sometime around 1892 she married James Milton Pyle, the son of Samuel Milton Pyle and Nancy Elmira Banymore Rasor, both of Abbeville, South Carolina. James was born on November 9, 1856, in Chatooga, Carroll County, Georgia and he died on April 8, 1928 in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, Município de Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil.
Octavia and James would have at least ten Children:
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1. Charles Dick Pyles
Charles was born about 1892 in Brazil and married Antonieta (Lidia) Ulhoa. They would have at least four children. No further information.
1. Mario Ulhoa Pyles
Mario was born in Brazil in 1929 and died there in 1967 . No futher information.
2. Glover Pyles
No further information.
3. Nilza Pyles
No further information.
4. Jose Pyles
No further information.
2. Mary Helen Pyles
Mary was born about 1894 in Brazil.
No further information.
3. Jeni Valeria Pyles
Jeni was born about 1897 in Brazil and was married to C. Peetyl. No further information.
4. Catherine Pauline Pyles
Catherine was born on November 14, 1900 in Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil. She was married to Anthony Caputo while in Brazil, date unknown. On July 4, 1953 she married for the second time to Anthony Joseph in Lawrence, Indiana, USA. Anthony Joseph was born on November 13, 1890 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. No further information.
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5. George Washington Pyles
George was born on March 10, 1902 in Brazil.
No further information.
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6. Margarida Amy Pyles
Margarida was born on January 17, 1909 in Santa Bárbara d' Oeste -São Paulo - Brasil and died on July 15, 1949 Garça - São Paulo - Brasil. About 1938 in Brazil Margarida married
Aurino Gomes Ribeiro. Aurino was born on May 20, 1910 in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil and died on July 9, 1996 in Garca, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was the son of Antonio Gomes Ribeiro and Escolástica de Campos.
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Margarida and Aurino would have at least one child:
1. Aises Friene "Cece" Pyles was born on April 2, 1938 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and died on April 2, 1967 in Seattle, King County, Washington, USA. In 1958 in the state of Illinois, she married Howard Joseph Shelton. Howard was the son of Henry Garfield Shelton and Alice Hutchins Venable. Howard was married three times - the first in 1942 to Ruth Mary Parker, the second, in 1958, to Cece Pyles and the third, after Cece's death, in 1969 to Kathryn A, Wall. That marriage ended in divorce three years later. The only child mentioned is that of his first wife, a son named David Joseph Shelton (1943-2010).
7. Judson Whitaker Pyles
Judson was born on Christmas day December 25, 1912 in Brazil. He was married to Otilia Choelho de Aguiar. No further information.
8. Julia Pyles
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9. Winnie Pyles
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10. William Pyles
No further information.
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3. William Garner Dumas
William was born in Santa Barbara d'oeste, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
No further information.
4. Helen Garner Dumas
Helen was married to Elpidio Silveira
No further information.
5. Sturdy Garner Dumas
Sturdy was married to Georgina (Unknown)
No further information.
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6. Norman Garner Dumas
Norman was born in Santa Barbara d'oeste, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
No further information.
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William Garner Dumas
Howard J. Shelton
James M. Pyles
Catherine E. Dumas
Octavia K. Dumas
Norman Garner Dumas
DUMAS FAMILY
DAVID DUMAS
1800–1877
BIRTH 7 JANUARY 1800 • Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA
DEATH 13 JUNE 1877 • Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
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Elizabeth Norman
1817–1880
BIRTH 1817 • Jackson County, Georgia, USA
DEATH AFT. 1880 • Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
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Marriage
4 Feb 1832 • Perry, Alabama, USA
DUMAS FAMILY
ELHANAN WINCHESTER DUMAS
1778–1859
BIRTH 1778 • Richmond, North Carolina, United States
DEATH SEP 1859 • , Fayette, Alabama, USA
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ELIZABETH BRASHIER
1778–1835
BIRTH 1778 • Greenville, South Carolina, USA
DEATH 21 APR 1835 • Fayette County, Alabama, USA
Marriage
1804 • Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
DUMAS FAMILY
Benjamin Dumas
1728–1796
BIRTH 1728 • Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States
DEATH 1796 • Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States
Jamima McClendon
1752–1781
BIRTH 12 OCT 1752 • Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
DEATH 1781 • Richmond, North Carolina, United States
Marriage
1765 • Anson County, North Carolina Colony
Below is a DAR Record. This information is included because to be a member of the DAR, an application is filed and all descendants are proven by professional genealogists.
BENJAMIN DUMAS
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DESCENDANTS LIST
Member: -- Name Restricted -- Nat'l #: 781775
Ancestor #: A034556
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1. -- Generation Restricted --
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2. -- Generation Restricted --
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3. -- Generation Restricted --
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4.​ The Said -- Name Restricted -- was the child of
Frank Edward Dumas born on 31 - Oct - 1879 at Etna Smith Co TX
died at Dallas Dallas Co TX on 17 - Nov - 1945 and his ( 1st ) wife
Tennessee Frances Tennie Reddy born on 7 - Aug - 1884 at TX
died at Haltom City Tarrant Co TX on 16 - Mar - 1978 married on 6 - Oct - 1901
married at Smith Co TX
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5. The Said Frank Edward Dumas was the child of
Frank Hollis Dumas born on c - - 1858 at TX
died at Smith Co TX on p - - 1880 and his ( 1st ) wife
Emma Barefield born on c - - 1857 at _______________
died at Smith Co TX on p - - 1880 married on 6 - Nov - 1878
married at Cherokee Co TX
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6. The Said Frank Hollis Dumas was the child of
L W Dumas born on c - - 1810 at SC
died at Anderson Co TX on p - Sep - 1863 and his ( 2nd ) wife
Antionette J Waites born on c - - 1823 at GA
died at Anderson Co TX on p - - 1860 married on 10 - Jan - 1850
married at Cherokee Co TX
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7. The Said L W Dumas was the child of
Elhanon Winchester Dumas born on c - - 1778 at NC
died at Choctaw Co MS on a 10 - Sep - 1859 and his ( 1st ) wife
Elizabeth born on - - at _______________
died at Fayette AL on 21 - Apr - 1835 married on c - - 1800
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8. The Said Elhanon Winchester Dumas was the child of
Benjamin Dumas born on c - - 1723 at _______________
died at Richmond Co NC on p 8 - Sep - 1784 and his ( 1st ) wife
Jemima McClendon born on - - at _______________
died at _______________ on - - married on a 28 - Sep - 1765
ASSOCIATED ANCESTOR (REVOLUTIONARY) RECORD
Ancestor #: A034556
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Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1723
Death: POST 9-8-1784 RICHMOND CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source:
MCBEE, ANSON CO, NC, ABS OF EARLY RECS, PP 133, 134, 138; NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL I, P 106, FOLIO 4, ROLL #S.115.57.1
Service Description:
1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES; SIGNED PETITIONS 1777, 1778
Benjamin Dumas
Benjamin Dumas
1705–1766
BIRTH 1705 • St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA
DEATH 2 MAR 1766 • Anson, North Carolina, United States
Frances Clark
1706–1753
BIRTH 13 SEP 1706 • Charles, York, Virginia, United States
DEATH 1753 • Anson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage
1725 • Hanover, Louisa, Virginia, United States
Jeremiah/ Jerome Dumas
Jeremiah/ Jerome Dumas
1681–1734
BIRTH 1681 • Antraigues, Ardeche, Rhone-Alpes, France (?-St Fort, Saintonge)
DEATH 15 JAN 1734 • Fire Creek, Goochland, Virginia, USA
Unity Lucy Smith
1681–1726
BIRTH 7 JULY 1681 • New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
DEATH 16 MARCH 1726 • New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America
Marriage
1702 • St Peters Church, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Jerome (Jeremie) Jean Dumas
Jerome (Jeremie) Jean Dumas
1650–1684
BIRTH 13 MAR 1650 • Fort-De-Conac, Saintonge, France
DEATH 1684 • Virginia, USA
Susanne Faure
1655–1702
BIRTH 13 MAY 1655 • St Fort De Cona, Saintonge, France
DEATH 8 JUL 1702 • London, London, England
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Marriage
17 Janvier 1677 • Buxy (Protestants) Dantraigue, France
Huguenots and the settling of Manakin
Manakin-Sabot, consisting of the villages of Manakin and Sabot, is an unincorporated com-munity in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. It is located northwest of Richmond in the Piedmont and is part of the Greater Richmond region.
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Among the earliest European settlers in the Piedmont were several hundred French Hug-uenots, Protestant religious refugees who had emigrated via London in 1700 and 1701 on the promise of land from the Crown. While they had expected to be settled near existing settlements of Jamestown or in Lower Norfolk County, officials gave them land in areas 20 miles above the falls of the James River at areas previously occupied by the Native Amer-ican Monocan people. This tribe spoke a Siouan language, as did other tribes of the uplands. One French settlement in Powhatan County became known as Manakin Town (after the native tribe); two villages in Goochland were Manakin and Sabot.
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The colony of Manakin was created by a grant of 10,000 acres of land in Virginia from the English King William III in 1699 to the Marquis Olivier de la Muce, a Huguenot and French aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Castle of Nantes on the Isle of Re prior to escaping to England some ten years earlier. The land was for a Huguenot settlement to be established on the banks of the James River.
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Four debarkations left Southampton for Virginia in the summer of 1699, with a total of more than 500 people. Names of three of the ships are known - "Pierre and Anthony" (Galley of London), "Le Nasseau" and "Mary and Ann". Four Huguenot ministers travelled with the expedition: Reverends James Fontaine, Behjamin de Joux, Louis Latane and Claude Philip de Richebourg. The names of two surgeons are also known: Doctors Chastaine and Paul Micou.
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Virginia welcomed the refugees, as many of them were ex-aristocrats and noblemen with education and wealth, which they had brought with them on their emigration from France. The Colony exempted the French Huguenots from taxation for a period of seven years. On arriving in Virginia, they settled and wrested homes and plantations out of the wilderness; they built a church, a school, a hospital, and a smithy.
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The first group of Huguenots encountered great hardship, as many were urban people unprepared for the frontier. Leaders of the French Huguenots petitioned the government for more assistance as another ship of refugees landed at the Virginia Colony. Gradually the pioneers adapted and moved out of the village to their farms in the area. By 1750, the village was defunct. Over the decades, the French and their descendants intermarried with English settlers. Many of their descendants moved west or south with other migrants, including into Kentucky and other areas.
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The area was increasingly developed by colonists for plantations, with planters shifting from tobacco to wheat and mixed crops in the eighteenth century as the market changed. Ben Dover Farm, Dover Slave Quarter Complex, Huguenot Memorial Chapel and Monument, Oak Grove, Powell's Tavern, Rochambeau Farm, and Tuckahoe Plantation are significant sites, built mostly from the colonial through the mid-19th century, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Some of these farms and plantations were adapted and operated into the 20th century for agriculture.
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Manakin & Sabot, State of Virginia, USA
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John Rogers Dumas
John Rogers Dumas was the son of David Dumas and Elizabeth Norman. He was born in Wins-ton County, Mississippi in 1837 and died in 1886 at Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
PART II
DUMAS FAMILY
DAVID DUMAS
1800–1877
BIRTH 7 JANUARY 1800 • Greenville Co., South Carolina, USA
DEATH 13 JUNE 1877 • Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
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Elizabeth Norman
1817–1880
BIRTH 1817 • Jackson County, Georgia, USA
DEATH AFT. 1880 • Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, USA
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Marriage
4 Feb 1832 • Perry, Alabama, USA
PART II
DUMAS FAMILY
ELHANAN WINCHESTER DUMAS
1778–1859
BIRTH 1778 • Richmond, North Carolina, United States
DEATH SEP 1859 • , Fayette, Alabama, USA
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ELIZABETH BRASHIER
1778–1835
BIRTH 1778 • Greenville, South Carolina, USA
DEATH 21 APR 1835 • Fayette County, Alabama, USA
Marriage
1804 • Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
PART II
DUMAS FAMILY
Benjamin Dumas
1728–1796
BIRTH 1728 • Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States
DEATH 1796 • Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States
Jamima McClendon
1752–1781
BIRTH 12 OCT 1752 • Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
DEATH 1781 • Richmond, North Carolina, United States
Marriage
1765 • Anson County, North Carolina Colony
Below is a DAR Record. This information is included because to be a member of the DAR, an application is filed and all descendants are proven by professional genealogists.
BENJAMIN DUMAS
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DESCENDANTS LIST
Member: -- Name Restricted -- Nat'l #: 781775
Ancestor #: A034556
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1. -- Generation Restricted --
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2. -- Generation Restricted --
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3. -- Generation Restricted --
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4.​ The Said -- Name Restricted -- was the child of
Frank Edward Dumas born on 31 - Oct - 1879 at Etna Smith Co TX
died at Dallas Dallas Co TX on 17 - Nov - 1945 and his ( 1st ) wife
Tennessee Frances Tennie Reddy born on 7 - Aug - 1884 at TX
died at Haltom City Tarrant Co TX on 16 - Mar - 1978 married on 6 - Oct - 1901
married at Smith Co TX
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5. The Said Frank Edward Dumas was the child of
Frank Hollis Dumas born on c - - 1858 at TX
died at Smith Co TX on p - - 1880 and his ( 1st ) wife
Emma Barefield born on c - - 1857 at _______________
died at Smith Co TX on p - - 1880 married on 6 - Nov - 1878
married at Cherokee Co TX
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6. The Said Frank Hollis Dumas was the child of
L W Dumas born on c - - 1810 at SC
died at Anderson Co TX on p - Sep - 1863 and his ( 2nd ) wife
Antionette J Waites born on c - - 1823 at GA
died at Anderson Co TX on p - - 1860 married on 10 - Jan - 1850
married at Cherokee Co TX
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7. The Said L W Dumas was the child of
Elhanon Winchester Dumas born on c - - 1778 at NC
died at Choctaw Co MS on a 10 - Sep - 1859 and his ( 1st ) wife
Elizabeth born on - - at _______________
died at Fayette AL on 21 - Apr - 1835 married on c - - 1800
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8. The Said Elhanon Winchester Dumas was the child of
Benjamin Dumas born on c - - 1723 at _______________
died at Richmond Co NC on p 8 - Sep - 1784 and his ( 1st ) wife
Jemima McClendon born on - - at _______________
died at _______________ on - - married on a 28 - Sep - 1765
ASSOCIATED ANCESTOR (REVOLUTIONARY) RECORD
Ancestor #: A034556
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Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1723
Death: POST 9-8-1784 RICHMOND CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source:
MCBEE, ANSON CO, NC, ABS OF EARLY RECS, PP 133, 134, 138; NC REV ARMY ACCTS, VOL I, P 106, FOLIO 4, ROLL #S.115.57.1
Service Description:
1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES; SIGNED PETITIONS 1777, 1778
Benjamin Dumas
Benjamin Dumas
1705–1766
BIRTH 1705 • St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA
DEATH 2 MAR 1766 • Anson, North Carolina, United States
Frances Clark
1706–1753
BIRTH 13 SEP 1706 • Charles, York, Virginia, United States
DEATH 1753 • Anson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage
1725 • Hanover, Louisa, Virginia, United States
Jeremiah/ Jerome Dumas
Jeremiah/ Jerome Dumas
1681–1734
BIRTH 1681 • Antraigues, Ardeche, Rhone-Alpes, France (?-St Fort, Saintonge)
DEATH 15 JAN 1734 • Fire Creek, Goochland, Virginia, USA
Unity Lucy Smith
1681–1726
BIRTH 7 JULY 1681 • New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
DEATH 16 MARCH 1726 • New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America
Marriage
1702 • St Peters Church, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Jerome (Jeremie) Jean Dumas
Jerome (Jeremie) Jean Dumas
1650–1684
BIRTH 13 MAR 1650 • Fort-De-Conac, Saintonge, France
DEATH 1684 • Virginia, USA
Susanne Faure
1655–1702
BIRTH 13 MAY 1655 • St Fort De Cona, Saintonge, France
DEATH 8 JUL 1702 • London, London, England
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Marriage
17 Janvier 1677 • Buxy (Protestants) Dantraigue, France
Huguenots and the settling of Manakin
Manakin-Sabot, consisting of the villages of Manakin and Sabot, is an unincorporated com-munity in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. It is located northwest of Richmond in the Piedmont and is part of the Greater Richmond region.
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Among the earliest European settlers in the Piedmont were several hundred French Hug-uenots, Protestant religious refugees who had emigrated via London in 1700 and 1701 on the promise of land from the Crown. While they had expected to be settled near existing settlements of Jamestown or in Lower Norfolk County, officials gave them land in areas 20 miles above the falls of the James River at areas previously occupied by the Native Amer-ican Monocan people. This tribe spoke a Siouan language, as did other tribes of the uplands. One French settlement in Powhatan County became known as Manakin Town (after the native tribe); two villages in Goochland were Manakin and Sabot.
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The colony of Manakin was created by a grant of 10,000 acres of land in Virginia from the English King William III in 1699 to the Marquis Olivier de la Muce, a Huguenot and French aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Castle of Nantes on the Isle of Re prior to escaping to England some ten years earlier. The land was for a Huguenot settlement to be established on the banks of the James River.
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Four debarkations left Southampton for Virginia in the summer of 1699, with a total of more than 500 people. Names of three of the ships are known - "Pierre and Anthony" (Galley of London), "Le Nasseau" and "Mary and Ann". Four Huguenot ministers travelled with the expedition: Reverends James Fontaine, Behjamin de Joux, Louis Latane and Claude Philip de Richebourg. The names of two surgeons are also known: Doctors Chastaine and Paul Micou.
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Virginia welcomed the refugees, as many of them were ex-aristocrats and noblemen with education and wealth, which they had brought with them on their emigration from France. The Colony exempted the French Huguenots from taxation for a period of seven years. On arriving in Virginia, they settled and wrested homes and plantations out of the wilderness; they built a church, a school, a hospital, and a smithy.
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The first group of Huguenots encountered great hardship, as many were urban people unprepared for the frontier. Leaders of the French Huguenots petitioned the government for more assistance as another ship of refugees landed at the Virginia Colony. Gradually the pioneers adapted and moved out of the village to their farms in the area. By 1750, the village was defunct. Over the decades, the French and their descendants intermarried with English settlers. Many of their descendants moved west or south with other migrants, including into Kentucky and other areas.
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The area was increasingly developed by colonists for plantations, with planters shifting from tobacco to wheat and mixed crops in the eighteenth century as the market changed. Ben Dover Farm, Dover Slave Quarter Complex, Huguenot Memorial Chapel and Monument, Oak Grove, Powell's Tavern, Rochambeau Farm, and Tuckahoe Plantation are significant sites, built mostly from the colonial through the mid-19th century, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Some of these farms and plantations were adapted and operated into the 20th century for agriculture.
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Manakin & Sabot, State of Virginia, USA
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