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Aaron Sherritt, Anglo-Irish Protestant of Huguenot descent, anti-Catholic, Australian colonial pioneer, victim of police manipulation, [391] murder victim (Kelly Gang). [ 693 ] Jedediah Smith , American explorer , mountain man
The last active Huguenot congregation in North America worships in Charleston, South Carolina, at a church that dates to 1844. The Huguenot Society of America maintains the Manakin Episcopal Church in Virginia as a historic shrine with occasional services. The Society has chapters in numerous states, with the one in Texas being the largest.
Pages in category "Huguenots" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 286 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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.
American families of Huguenot ancestry (20 C, 1 P) B. Bosanquet family (11 P) C. Cazenove family (8 P) Constant de Rebecque (6 P) Courtauld family (15 P) D.
Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).
Davy" Crockett said in his autobiography that John Crockett was born either in Ireland or during the journey from Ireland to America; [2] but later scholars disagreed, saying this had been John's father, also named David. [1] [3] His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish and possible Huguenot backgrounds.
The Scotch-Irish in Northern Ireland and in the American Colonies (1998; ISBN 0-7884-0945-X) Glazier, Michael, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America, (1999), the best place to start—the most authoritative source, with essays by over 200 experts, covering both Catholic and Protestants. Griffin, Patrick.