. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . nth century as emigres, andseeking in Elizabethtown freedom from oppres-sion. Mrs. Emeline G. Pierson, in a paper read in1895 before the New Jersey Historical Society, haspreserved the names of some of these, most ofwhom were members of Saint Johns ProtestantEpiscopal Parish. There were the Lady AnneEenee Defoerger de Mauperrins, widow of theBaron de Clugny, governor of the Island ofGuadeloupe, Marie de Rousalat Campbell, andsuch families as the De Clots (who entertainedJerome Bonaparte and his wife, whom he hadmarried in
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . nth century as emigres, andseeking in Elizabethtown freedom from oppres-sion. Mrs. Emeline G. Pierson, in a paper read in1895 before the New Jersey Historical Society, haspreserved the names of some of these, most ofwhom were members of Saint Johns ProtestantEpiscopal Parish. There were the Lady AnneEenee Defoerger de Mauperrins, widow of theBaron de Clugny, governor of the Island ofGuadeloupe, Marie de Rousalat Campbell, andsuch families as the De Clots (who entertainedJerome Bonaparte and his wife, whom he hadmarried in Baltimore), the De Touchimberts, DeMaroles, Malherbes, Cahierres, Liliertdns,t^uBucs, Godets, Triyons, Cuyers, Dufors, and llos-querons, as well as Terrier de Laistre and Tugonne. To the town this colony, now al-most forgotten, gave a touch of vivid color, and intheir mansions, now so largely destroyed or aban-doned, entertained the most conspicuous people inthe State. Of this French colony its most prominent figurewas unquestionably Joseph Louis, Count dAn. UBKRTT HATJi: ELIZABETHTOWN. 72 NEW JERSEY AS A COL terroches, born at the chateau of Puy Darnac nearTulle, Limousin, Department of La Coreze, France,upon August 25, 1753. As the second son he waseducated for the church, his elder brother, theVicomte dAnterroches, becoming one of the lieu-tenant marshals of France. The vicomte emi-grated to London at the time of the French revolu-tion and, dying there in exile, left no male Joseph Louis ultimately became the head ofhis family. The young man studied with hisuncle, Alexander Caesar dAnterroches, Bishop ofCondom, but finally concluded that he preferreda military life and ran away from France andjoined the English army, his parents buying hima commission. He was made an ensign in theSixty-second Foot in 177G. This regiment formeda part of Burgoynes army, and young dAnter-roches was captured by the Americans in a skir-mish just prior to the surrender of Sar
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