August 6, 2016
THE
HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF GEORGIA
Newsletter, Issue 7
Marion Martin, Editor
Greetings from the State President!
I hope all of you are having a restful summer and staying cool. Your
Huguenot Society of Georgia has been busy purchasing Huguenot title
books to place in our state libraries, thanks to Treasurer Judith Lowery and
Librarian Geoff Oosterhoudt. Your First and Second Vice Presidents have
been scoping out nice places for us to have our next meeting and making all
the arrangements. We have young people interested in our Zada Bird
Brannen scholarship. Your Newsletter Chairman Marion Martin has been
hard at work putting together all the notes, photos and other items for our
always informative and interesting newsletter! Our Society continues to get
prospective members from our website and Facebook page, not to mention
word of mouth! It is amazing how many people with Huguenot ancestry are
interested in joining our group.
See you at the Atlanta Country Club on August 20th for more Huguenot
fellowship!
Janet Walker
Scholarship Winner
Congratulations to SHELBY GOWDY, our Zada Bird Brannen Scholarship
winner for this past year. Shelby is a student at North Georgia College. She
is also a Junior member of our Society. Great job, Shelby!
Donations of Languedoc magazines
Do you have old Cross of Languedoc magazines stacked around your bookshelves at home? Please consider donating them to your nearest genealogical library. Prospective members and others will be able to read them,
research, and learn more about our National Society!
Save the Date!
The National Huguenot Congress will meet October 14th & 15th.
Reservation can be made at the Holiday Inn Charleston Historic Downtown.
Phone: 843-718-2327 Website: www.stayincharleston.com
Please make your reservations SOON. The hotel is in the historic district of
Charleston, so many of the interesting places in Charleston will be within
walking distance. Charleston is a beautiful city with so much history,
including Huguenot history. The hotel has extended our rate for a couple
days before and after our meetings. Attendance at the Huguenot Church is
on the program. More details will come later as the time draws closer. The
main thing is to get your reservations made soon.
Please note that there will not be transportation for members from the
Atlanta area to Charleston, but members could carpool together.
Website update!
We encourage you to visit our updated website www.huguenotga.org and
join the private Facebook Group "The Huguenot Society of Georgia" to find
current information on our state society; and to "like" the Huguenot Society
of Georgia Facebook Page.
National Huguenot Society Officers
Standing L-R: Organizing Secretary General Janet Walker, Corresponding
Secretary Noella Oberlin, Historian General Ed Wilkinson, Registrar
General Ann Oppenheimer, Genealogist General Nancy Brennan.
Seated L-R: Recording Secretary General Mary Margaret Buck, 2nd VP
General Christine Crossan, President General Jeannine Kallal, 1st VP
General Sandra Staley, Chaplain General Joel Strauch.
Ancestor Spotlight: Maupin
The Story of Gabriel and Marie Maupin
by Stan Maupin
A history of the emigration of Gabriel and
Marie Maupin to America with a focus on
their Huguenot heritage. Includes a detailed
history of the Maupin family.
Here is the link for an entire book called, “The Story of Gabriel and Marie
Maupin, Huguenot Refugees to Virginia 1700,” by Stan Maupin:https://
issuu.com/stanmaupin/docs/the_story_of_marie_and_gabriel_maupin
French Santee
“French Santee: A Huguenot Settlement in Colonial South Carolina” by
Bates and Leland was the book chosen as the award winner by our National Huguenot Society Scholarly Works Committee this year.
Janet Walker has chosen to place this important new book in many of our
Georgia state libraries as her President’s Project during her term in office.
Here is the published description of the book:
At the end of the 17th century, driven by terrible persecution in France, thousands
of Huguenots fled their country in search of religious freedom. A large number
found what they sought in the fledgling colony of (South) Carolina in the New World
Here these noblemen, craftsmen and artisans took up axes and guns and struggled to build their homes and survive in the wilderness with their wives and children. Nowhere was this more evident than on the banks of the Santee River where
a group of French and Swiss Protestant refugees arrived in 1687 and where, "a sail
from a boat was our first house and the earth our bed. A cabin like that of savages...was our second house." Through their letters and tantalizing bits and pieces of
recorded history they left behind, their struggles and triumphs to forge a new settlement are revealed. At French Santee, they established a wealthy plantation society
until time and fate returned the land they had conquered to wilderness once more.
This is an in-depth study of the 17th century Huguenot settlement on the Santee
River in South Carolina, with biographical sketches of the more than 100 French
Protestant families who lived there. Detailed maps, photographs and copies of old
plats show the changes in the area as the settlement grew and evolved into the
18th century. The book includes translations of two letters written from Carolina
prior to 1700 with explanatory notes and footnotes.
Announcement of Upcoming Meeting:
It is our 45th Anniversary of the Georgia Society!!
Huguenot Torte Recipe
Story about the recipe:
The Huguenot Society of Connecticut was struggling the last couple of
years. The president Fannie Gabriel was elderly and died in October of
2015. In reaching out to help that state society as the Organizing Secretary
General for our Society, Janet Walker received a lovely note from one of its
members. Joan St. Pierre of Weatogue, CT shared this recipe that was a
favorite of the CT state president. Joan would make it when Fannie came
for lunch. Joan said, "She really enjoyed it and spoke of it often."
Huguenot Births
Jeff, Ashley and Bo Adams
Jane Faulk with her babies
Tiffany and Chuck Faulk with Emilia
Previous Meeting
Our previous meeting held April 30 at Idlehour Country Club in Macon
featured speaker, Dr. Christopher Stokes, who spoke on the Lanier family...
Program Speaker Dr. Christopher Stokes
President Janet Walker with new member Jane
Petsch and Registrar Maureen Wilburn
2nd Vice President Marjorie Wilson
Sara Sims
President Janet Walker