Religious denominations of the world: comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition, of the various sects of Christians, the Jews and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religion existing in the different countries of the earth; with sketches of the founders of various religious sects . his Essay on Toleration, in 1762. From this time Protestants were no longer disturbed;yet they did not dare to make pretensions to public Revolution restored them all their civil rights, andthey frequently laid out their hitherto secreted treasuresin the purchase of the natio
Religious denominations of the world: comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition, of the various sects of Christians, the Jews and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religion existing in the different countries of the earth; with sketches of the founders of various religious sects . his Essay on Toleration, in 1762. From this time Protestants were no longer disturbed;yet they did not dare to make pretensions to public Revolution restored them all their civil rights, andthey frequently laid out their hitherto secreted treasuresin the purchase of the national domains. It was nottherefore strange that, at the Rostoration, they appearedattached to the former government, which had grantedthem privileges that they were fearful of losing under thenew. Although they did not offer any opposition to thenew order of things, yet troubles took place, which wereattended with bloodshed, at Nismes and the vicinity; butthese were suppressed by the judicious measures of thegovernment. On the revocation of the edict of Nantes, a considerablenumber of Protestants fled for refuge to America, mostof whom settled in South Carolina. Dr. Ramsey, in hisHistory of South Carolina, thus notices this little colonyof Huguenots : The revocation of the edict of Nantes, fifteen years. QUAKERS. 213 subsequent to the settlement of Carolina, contributed muchto its population. In it, soon after that event, were trans-planted from France the stocks from which have sprungthe respectable families of Bonneau, Bounetheau, Bor-deaux, Benoist, Boiseau, Bocquet, Bacot, Chevalier, Cordes,Couterier, Chastaignier, Dupre, Delysle, Dubose, Dubois,Deveaux, Dutarque, De la Consiliere, De Leiseline, Doux-saint, Du Pont, Du Bourdieu, DHarriette, Faucheraud,Foissin, Faysoux, Gaillard, Gendron, Gignilliat, Guerard,Godin, Girardeau, Guerin, Gourdine, Horry, Huger, Jean-nerette, Legare, Laurens, La Roche, Lenud, Lansac, Ma-rion, Mazyck, Manigault, Mellichamp, Mouzon, Michau,Neufville,
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