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The "Huguenot Street Historic District" in New Paltz has been designated a National Historic Landmark site and contains one of the oldest streets in the United States of America. A small group of Huguenots also settled on the south shore of Staten Island along the New York Harbor , for which the current neighbourhood of Huguenot was named.
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Jessé de Forest, leader of a group of Walloon-Huguenots who fled Europe due to religious persecutions. Jean de Labadie (1610–1674), Jesuit convert to Calvinism, founder of the pietistic Labadists. [537] Josué de la Place (c. 1596 – 1665 or possibly 1655), pastor and theologian. [538] [539] [540]
Huguenot participants in the American Revolution (67 P) Pages in category "Huguenot history in the United States" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
Flemish surnames are also common, due to Flemish economic immigration from 1850 to 1950. See Flanders name. There are also a lot of typical Walloon surnames, like Monami (fr: Mon ami, en: My friend), Dehasse (fr: de Hasselt, en: from Hasselt), Delcroix (fr: de la Croix, en: from the Cross), Delhaize or Donnay (some famous tennis equipment in ...
Shakespeare used the word Walloon: "A base Walloon, to win the Dauphin's grace/Thrust Talbot with a spear in the back." A note in Henry VI, Part I says, "At this time, the Walloons [were] the inhabitants of the area, now in south Belgium, still known as the 'Pays wallon'."
This category is for notable related persons from families of Huguenot ancestry and American nationality. Subcategories This category has the following 20 subcategories, out of 20 total.
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