The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800 . ght it wiseto leave France. In company with Mme. dAu-tremont, (his wifes sister) John Brevost, M. Du-long and some others in 1^92 he sailed from Havrein the ship Hanna, Captain Steborn. He had fourchildren, (disputed) but under regulations thenin force he could only take part of his familywith him, therefore passports were made out forone son and one daughter. Before the vesselsailed the son died, whereupon the youngestdaughter, disguised in her brothers clothing, waspassed under his name, and accompanied herfather ; the wife an
The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800 . ght it wiseto leave France. In company with Mme. dAu-tremont, (his wifes sister) John Brevost, M. Du-long and some others in 1^92 he sailed from Havrein the ship Hanna, Captain Steborn. He had fourchildren, (disputed) but under regulations thenin force he could only take part of his familywith him, therefore passports were made out forone son and one daughter. Before the vesselsailed the son died, whereupon the youngestdaughter, disguised in her brothers clothing, waspassed under his name, and accompanied herfather ; the wife and son following them soon. This party settled on the Chenango River at ornear Butternuts. But their surroundings werenot pleasant, far from supplies and with Indiansvery near. To fill the measure of their troubles thetitle by which they held their land proved worth-less. They determined to join their countrymenat Asylum, and removed thither in 1^94. M. Le-fevre secured one of the Loyal Sock tracts, justwhere cannot be ascertained, but his daughter —98— cp^o. said it was in an unbroken wilderness, inhabitedchiefly by bears and wolves. There in a log hutwithout windows or doors, guarded by two dogs,this whilom keeper of a fashionable French cafeundertook to make a clearing himself, and thussecure a farm and livelihood for his family. It isnot surprising that even French enthusiasm sooncooled under such circumstances, and that the pio-neer returned to the settlement It has beenerroneously said of him that he was licensed tokeep the first inn in Asylum in August, Stevens says this first license was grant-ed to Louis Lefevre, who afterwards removed toPhiladelphia, became insane and drowned himselfin the Schuylkill river. These two names,Antoine and Louis, are found in the lists of taxa-bles with different spelling of the surnames, andin one of the old accounts kept by Talon Le-fevre is entered as a servant. Antoine must havebeen a man of education as is shown b}^ his
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