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Claude <I>Cherigny</I> Porcher

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Claude Cherigny Porcher

Birth
France
Death
10 Sep 1726 (aged 65)
Saint Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
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Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Aged sixty five years and four months.∼Between 1670 and 1719, the Indian trade was an important factor in the Carolina economy and was critical in the early decades prior to the introduction of rice in the 1690s. In particular, trade provided the capital accumulation necessary for agricultural development (Brown 1975:118). Initially, trade in Indian slaves was a significant part of Indian commerce. After 1715, exchanges of deerskins overshadowed the exchange in Indian slaves, who were rapidly lost in the multitude of black slaves (Friedlander 1975:76). Exports of deerskins retained their primacy until the 1740s when the same individuals who had controlled the Indian trade concentrated their interests in rice and indigo (Brown 1975:128).
Aged sixty five years and four months.∼Between 1670 and 1719, the Indian trade was an important factor in the Carolina economy and was critical in the early decades prior to the introduction of rice in the 1690s. In particular, trade provided the capital accumulation necessary for agricultural development (Brown 1975:118). Initially, trade in Indian slaves was a significant part of Indian commerce. After 1715, exchanges of deerskins overshadowed the exchange in Indian slaves, who were rapidly lost in the multitude of black slaves (Friedlander 1975:76). Exports of deerskins retained their primacy until the 1740s when the same individuals who had controlled the Indian trade concentrated their interests in rice and indigo (Brown 1975:128).

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ISAAC PORCHER, M. D., and his wife. CLAUDE CHERIGNY. In memory of Isaac Porcher. M. D., a native of Severe, Province of Berry, in France; and of his wife, Claude Cherigny, a native of La Roche Posay, Touraine. Attached to the faith professed by the French Protestant Church, they sought a refuge from persecution after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, first in England, and afterwards in the Province of Carolina, where they found a home in the Parish of St. James, Berkeley County. After a union of forty-four years and eleven months, she died September 10th, 1726, aged sixty-five years and four months; he died March, 1727.
This tablet is erected in pursuance of the intention of Samuel Porcher, of St. Stephens, their great-grandson. 1859.

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Tablet memorial is on the interior wall of Saint Philip's Church.

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  • Created by: Saratoga
  • Added: Feb 5, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33559287/claude-porcher: accessed ), memorial page for Claude Cherigny Porcher (May 1661–10 Sep 1726), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33559287, citing French Protestant Huguenot Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Saratoga (contributor 46965279).