. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . Massachusetts made in 1683 to a company of Englishgentlemen. The grant was made on the condition that the proprietors,within four years from date, should settle thereon thirty families andan able orthodox minister. In compliance with this condition MajorRobert Thompson, one of the proprietors residing in London, contracted c4j£hW> JZ cJUrc^J THE HUGUENOTS IN AMERICA. 427 with Gabriel Bernon, a merchant of La Rochelle who had fled boEngland after the recall, for the Bettlemenl of thirty French familieson the Oxford grant. It would a
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . Massachusetts made in 1683 to a company of Englishgentlemen. The grant was made on the condition that the proprietors,within four years from date, should settle thereon thirty families andan able orthodox minister. In compliance with this condition MajorRobert Thompson, one of the proprietors residing in London, contracted c4j£hW> JZ cJUrc^J THE HUGUENOTS IN AMERICA. 427 with Gabriel Bernon, a merchant of La Rochelle who had fled boEngland after the recall, for the Bettlemenl of thirty French familieson the Oxford grant. It would appear that, according to the terms oftheir agreement, Bernon was to pay, it necessary, for the removal of the settlers and their effects; to build B grist-mill at New Oxford, andto pro\ ide such oilier means as might be requisite tor the proper culti-vation of tin land. In consideration of these services the proprietorsfinally deeded to Bernon seventeen hundred and fifty acres of land ;and to his agent, Bertrand du Tuffeau, seven hundred and fifty FANEUIL IIAIX IX 1789. Each family freely received from fifty to one hundred acres, accordingto its size. As already stated the first colonists arrived in the autumn of were accompanied by the Rev. Daniel Bondet, who, after Bernon,was the chief man among them. In 1687 their number had in-creased to fifty-two, and it is probable that by the beginning of thenext year the full quota of thirty families had been furnished. Thecolony now entered upon a brief period of prosperity. In accordancewith the practice of other Huguenot colonies it appears to have gov-erned itself; and the few necessary public buildings and institutionswere gradually called into existence. For better protection againstthe Indians a small fort was constructed ; a saw-mill and a grist-millwere built; a substantial church edifice was erected; a convenient plotwas laid out for a cemetery ; and, as a welcome reward for such worthyefforts, the wild fore
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