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Louis Du Bois (21 October 1626 – 1696) was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the town of New Paltz, New York. These Protestant refugees fled Catholic persecution in France, emigrating to the Rhenish Palatinate (in present-day Germany) and then to New Netherland, where they settled ...
Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American actor, descended from Huguenot refugees in the Netherlands. [ 116 ] [ 117 ] Dion Boucicault (1820–1890), Irish actor and playwright.
Walloon Monument in Battery Park, Manhattan, New York City. Barred by the government from settling in New France, Huguenots led by Jessé de Forest, sailed to North America in 1624 and settled instead in the Dutch colony of New Netherland (later incorporated into New York and New Jersey); as well as Great Britain's colonies, including Nova ...
Historic Huguenot Street is located in New Paltz, New York, approximately 90 miles (140 km) north of New York City.The seven stone houses and several accompanying structures in the 10-acre National Landmark Historic District were likely built in the early 18th century by Huguenot settlers fleeing discrimination and religious persecution in France and what's now southern Belgium.
The Goelets are descended from a family of Huguenots from La Rochelle in France, who escaped to Amsterdam. [1] Francois Goelet, a widower with a ten-year-old son, Jacobus, arrived in New York in 1676. Returning to Amsterdam on business, he left the boy in the care of Frederick Philipse, but was apparently lost at sea. His son, John G. Goelet ...
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.
Manakin Huguenot Church Built in 1700 by French Huguenots, Protestant refugees. Burned down in the Revolutionary War, it was later rebuilt with parts of the original building. It is in what is called the Carpenter Gothic style. Abraham Salle was first in New York in 1700, when he petitioned for privileges of citizenship of the governor and ...
The Jean Hasbrouck House is a historic house on Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York. Built in 1721, it is one of the best examples of colonial Dutch architecture in stone in the United States. [3] The house is a National Historic Landmark and is part of the larger Huguenot Street Historic District, also a National Historic Landmark.