AMERICA IMMIGRANT
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg in ≈1655 St Severe, Berry FR via London ENG via Manakin VA via New Bern NC to 1719 French Santee, Jamestown, Clarendon Co SC @ Richbourg.net: extensive data, e.g., "It is widely thought that all Richbourgs in the USA are descendants of Claude Philippe de Richebourg (≈1655-1719). And whether you or your ascendants spell your last name Richbourg, Richburg, Richbourgh, Richebourg, de Richebourg (or some other variant) chances are in some way 'we are family.' "
"The Richbourg Family in America" @ Richbourg.net: extensive discussion, e.g., "One version states they came from FR in the year 1690; another that they came to America from ENG, where they had probably lived for several years after their exile from FR. The latter version also says they might have been of an Anglicized family. There had been Richebourgs in the Walloon Congregation at Canterbury ENG since 1592, if not longer, in the Parish Registers of that congregation. There are 97 entries of the name besides several others in the various other registers of Huguenot congregation in London ENG between 1692 and 1700. The name is spelled 27 different ways, among which we find Richebourg, Richbourg, Ricquebourg, Riqbourg, Riquebour, and 22 other variants ...";
"Who was that Guy? (Claude Philippe)" @ Richbourg.net: extensive discussion, e.g., + Anna Chastain; children: Charles Richbourg, Rene Richbourg, John Richbourg, James Richbourg, Claudius Richbourg, Elizabeth Richbourg;
"The Huguenot Trail -- The Life and Descendants of The Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg and his wife Anne Chastain" (by William C. Simpson Jr., 2016, 1271 pp.) @ Richbourg.net;
"The Life and Descendants of the Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg and His Wife Anne Chastain" @ Books. Google.com: William C. Simpson Jr., 2000-NC;
Reverend Claude Richebourg in "Registered Huguenot Immigrants" @ Huguenot-Manakin.org: Richebourg, Claude; Richebourg, James; Richebourg, John; Richebourg, Unity; Richebourg, William; Richebourg, Judith; Richebourg, Rene; Richebourg, Charles; Richebourg, Susanna;
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg b≈1670 FR in "R1b FR-Y-DNA SNP" @ Family Tree DNA.com: Kit: 116207; Short Hand: R-L20; Confirmed SNPs: L2+, L20+, P310+, U106-, L1-, L21-, L4-, M126-, M153-;
Reverend Claude Phillip de Richebourg in 1660-1665 St Severe, Berry FR to 1719 Jamestown, Santee Parish SC @ Roots Web.com: + Anne Chastain; children: Charles de Richebourg, Rene de Richebourg, John de Richebourg, James de Richebourg, Claudius Richebourg, Elizabeth de Richebourg, Judith de Richebourg, William de Richebourg;
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg in Berry FR to 1718 Jamestown, Berkley Co SC @ Blankenstein Genealogy.net: "... Claude Philippe fled from his home in the Province of Berry FR, along with thousands of other FR Protestants, or Huguenots, to escape religious persecution, with government approval, by the Roman Catholic Church. His wife Anne Chastain, daughter of Etienne Chastain, was with him. They went first to ENG, thence ≈1699 [1700] to the VA Colony where Claude Philippe served a Huguenot Church [King William Parish] at Manakin Town on the James River VA. Differences arose there among the Huguenots and the Reverend Richbourg ≈1708 moved with many of his congregation to a settlement on the Trent River NC. However, brutal massacres [09/11/1711] of white settlers by [Tuscarora] Indians in the area caused him and his followers to move on and finally settle ≈1712 in the village of Jamestown SC on the Santee River SC in Berkeley Co SC in the Province of SC. There he succeeded the Reverend Pierre Robert as pastor of the Huguenot Church [St James Santee], and there spent the remaining years of his life until his death ≈1718 ...";
"Claude Philippe de Richebourg: A Sense of Noblesse Oblige" @ Richbourg.net by Bobbie Morrow Dietrich, D.ED., Blinn College, Brenham, TX, in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, November 1979, 1012-1014: "... Claude Phillipe de Richebourg's LW&T, dated 01/15/1719, breathes 'the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at this approaching death.' His wife Ann Chastain de Richebourg and his six children who survived [to adulthood?] were Charles, René, John, James, Claudius, and Elizabeth. Both Charles and John, planters of Berkeley Co SC, were either bachelor or widower at their deaths. Neither had children. René was married to Catherine Peyre and they and their family resided on a plantation on the Santee River SC in Berkeley Co SC known as Sandy Hill Plantation. James and Elizabeth are both mentioned in the LW&T of their father and in the LW&T of their brothers John and James, but no further information is available concerning them. Claudius married Unity Fox, a descendant of Thomas West, known as Lord de la Ware [2nd Baron de la Warr (2nd creation)]. The plantation of Claudius and Unity Richebourg was located on Jack's Creek and the Santee River SC in that portion of Craven Co SC which subsequently became Clarendon Co SC;
1702, May 12 to 1705, May 12: An Act for Naturalization on Claud Phillippe de Richebourg, Francis Ribot, Peter Faure, John Joanny, James Champagne, and others 05/12/1702 Williamsburg VA: (VA citizenship bill, introduced 05/12/1702, signed 05/12/1705): "Whereas Claude Phillipe de RICHEBOURG, ... and others, b in FR and Other Foreign Countrys, have made humble Suit to this General Assembly for Naturalization, and they having in Order thereto received the Oaths by Law Enjoyned, Be it therefore Enacted ..."
SC 1870: Claude Philippe de RICHEBOURG @ "History of the Presbyterian Church in SC" George Howe (Volume I, p. 166, 1870): "'The character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of the gospel [Claude Philippe de RICHEBOURG], exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of Christ ... He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep and fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. ... He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated a removal out of the colony 'on account of his great want.'" [Humphrey is "An Historical Account of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: containing their foundation, proceedings, and the success of their missionaries in the British colonies, to the year 1728" (David Humphrey)
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg in ≈1655 St Severe, Berry FR via London ENG via Manakin VA via New Bern NC to 1719 French Santee, Jamestown, Clarendon Co SC @ Richbourg.net: extensive data, e.g., "It is widely thought that all Richbourgs in the USA are descendants of Claude Philippe de Richebourg (≈1655-1719). And whether you or your ascendants spell your last name Richbourg, Richburg, Richbourgh, Richebourg, de Richebourg (or some other variant) chances are in some way 'we are family.' "
"The Richbourg Family in America" @ Richbourg.net: extensive discussion, e.g., "One version states they came from FR in the year 1690; another that they came to America from ENG, where they had probably lived for several years after their exile from FR. The latter version also says they might have been of an Anglicized family. There had been Richebourgs in the Walloon Congregation at Canterbury ENG since 1592, if not longer, in the Parish Registers of that congregation. There are 97 entries of the name besides several others in the various other registers of Huguenot congregation in London ENG between 1692 and 1700. The name is spelled 27 different ways, among which we find Richebourg, Richbourg, Ricquebourg, Riqbourg, Riquebour, and 22 other variants ...";
"Who was that Guy? (Claude Philippe)" @ Richbourg.net: extensive discussion, e.g., + Anna Chastain; children: Charles Richbourg, Rene Richbourg, John Richbourg, James Richbourg, Claudius Richbourg, Elizabeth Richbourg;
"The Huguenot Trail -- The Life and Descendants of The Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg and his wife Anne Chastain" (by William C. Simpson Jr., 2016, 1271 pp.) @ Richbourg.net;
"The Life and Descendants of the Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg and His Wife Anne Chastain" @ Books. Google.com: William C. Simpson Jr., 2000-NC;
Reverend Claude Richebourg in "Registered Huguenot Immigrants" @ Huguenot-Manakin.org: Richebourg, Claude; Richebourg, James; Richebourg, John; Richebourg, Unity; Richebourg, William; Richebourg, Judith; Richebourg, Rene; Richebourg, Charles; Richebourg, Susanna;
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg b≈1670 FR in "R1b FR-Y-DNA SNP" @ Family Tree DNA.com: Kit: 116207; Short Hand: R-L20; Confirmed SNPs: L2+, L20+, P310+, U106-, L1-, L21-, L4-, M126-, M153-;
Reverend Claude Phillip de Richebourg in 1660-1665 St Severe, Berry FR to 1719 Jamestown, Santee Parish SC @ Roots Web.com: + Anne Chastain; children: Charles de Richebourg, Rene de Richebourg, John de Richebourg, James de Richebourg, Claudius Richebourg, Elizabeth de Richebourg, Judith de Richebourg, William de Richebourg;
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg in Berry FR to 1718 Jamestown, Berkley Co SC @ Blankenstein Genealogy.net: "... Claude Philippe fled from his home in the Province of Berry FR, along with thousands of other FR Protestants, or Huguenots, to escape religious persecution, with government approval, by the Roman Catholic Church. His wife Anne Chastain, daughter of Etienne Chastain, was with him. They went first to ENG, thence ≈1699 [1700] to the VA Colony where Claude Philippe served a Huguenot Church [King William Parish] at Manakin Town on the James River VA. Differences arose there among the Huguenots and the Reverend Richbourg ≈1708 moved with many of his congregation to a settlement on the Trent River NC. However, brutal massacres [09/11/1711] of white settlers by [Tuscarora] Indians in the area caused him and his followers to move on and finally settle ≈1712 in the village of Jamestown SC on the Santee River SC in Berkeley Co SC in the Province of SC. There he succeeded the Reverend Pierre Robert as pastor of the Huguenot Church [St James Santee], and there spent the remaining years of his life until his death ≈1718 ...";
"Claude Philippe de Richebourg: A Sense of Noblesse Oblige" @ Richbourg.net by Bobbie Morrow Dietrich, D.ED., Blinn College, Brenham, TX, in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, November 1979, 1012-1014: "... Claude Phillipe de Richebourg's LW&T, dated 01/15/1719, breathes 'the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at this approaching death.' His wife Ann Chastain de Richebourg and his six children who survived [to adulthood?] were Charles, René, John, James, Claudius, and Elizabeth. Both Charles and John, planters of Berkeley Co SC, were either bachelor or widower at their deaths. Neither had children. René was married to Catherine Peyre and they and their family resided on a plantation on the Santee River SC in Berkeley Co SC known as Sandy Hill Plantation. James and Elizabeth are both mentioned in the LW&T of their father and in the LW&T of their brothers John and James, but no further information is available concerning them. Claudius married Unity Fox, a descendant of Thomas West, known as Lord de la Ware [2nd Baron de la Warr (2nd creation)]. The plantation of Claudius and Unity Richebourg was located on Jack's Creek and the Santee River SC in that portion of Craven Co SC which subsequently became Clarendon Co SC;
1702, May 12 to 1705, May 12: An Act for Naturalization on Claud Phillippe de Richebourg, Francis Ribot, Peter Faure, John Joanny, James Champagne, and others 05/12/1702 Williamsburg VA: (VA citizenship bill, introduced 05/12/1702, signed 05/12/1705): "Whereas Claude Phillipe de RICHEBOURG, ... and others, b in FR and Other Foreign Countrys, have made humble Suit to this General Assembly for Naturalization, and they having in Order thereto received the Oaths by Law Enjoyned, Be it therefore Enacted ..."
SC 1870: Claude Philippe de RICHEBOURG @ "History of the Presbyterian Church in SC" George Howe (Volume I, p. 166, 1870): "'The character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of the gospel [Claude Philippe de RICHEBOURG], exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of Christ ... He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep and fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. ... He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated a removal out of the colony 'on account of his great want.'" [Humphrey is "An Historical Account of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: containing their foundation, proceedings, and the success of their missionaries in the British colonies, to the year 1728" (David Humphrey)
AMERICA IMMIGRANT
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg in ≈1655 St Severe, Berry FR via London ENG via Manakin VA via New Bern NC to 1719 French Santee, Jamestown, Clarendon Co SC @ Richbourg.net: extensive data, e.g., "It is widely thought that all Richbourgs in the USA are descendants of Claude Philippe de Richebourg (≈1655-1719). And whether you or your ascendants spell your last name Richbourg, Richburg, Richbourgh, Richebourg, de Richebourg (or some other variant) chances are in some way 'we are family.' "
"The Richbourg Family in America" @ Richbourg.net: extensive discussion, e.g., "One version states they came from FR in the year 1690; another that they came to America from ENG, where they had probably lived for several years after their exile from FR. The latter version also says they might have been of an Anglicized family. There had been Richebourgs in the Walloon Congregation at Canterbury ENG since 1592, if not longer, in the Parish Registers of that congregation. There are 97 entries of the name besides several others in the various other registers of Huguenot congregation in London ENG between 1692 and 1700. The name is spelled 27 different ways, among which we find Richebourg, Richbourg, Ricquebourg, Riqbourg, Riquebour, and 22 other variants ...";
"Who was that Guy? (Claude Philippe)" @ Richbourg.net: extensive discussion, e.g., + Anna Chastain; children: Charles Richbourg, Rene Richbourg, John Richbourg, James Richbourg, Claudius Richbourg, Elizabeth Richbourg;
"The Huguenot Trail -- The Life and Descendants of The Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg and his wife Anne Chastain" (by William C. Simpson Jr., 2016, 1271 pp.) @ Richbourg.net;
"The Life and Descendants of the Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg and His Wife Anne Chastain" @ Books. Google.com: William C. Simpson Jr., 2000-NC;
Reverend Claude Richebourg in "Registered Huguenot Immigrants" @ Huguenot-Manakin.org: Richebourg, Claude; Richebourg, James; Richebourg, John; Richebourg, Unity; Richebourg, William; Richebourg, Judith; Richebourg, Rene; Richebourg, Charles; Richebourg, Susanna;
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg b≈1670 FR in "R1b FR-Y-DNA SNP" @ Family Tree DNA.com: Kit: 116207; Short Hand: R-L20; Confirmed SNPs: L2+, L20+, P310+, U106-, L1-, L21-, L4-, M126-, M153-;
Reverend Claude Phillip de Richebourg in 1660-1665 St Severe, Berry FR to 1719 Jamestown, Santee Parish SC @ Roots Web.com: + Anne Chastain; children: Charles de Richebourg, Rene de Richebourg, John de Richebourg, James de Richebourg, Claudius Richebourg, Elizabeth de Richebourg, Judith de Richebourg, William de Richebourg;
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg in Berry FR to 1718 Jamestown, Berkley Co SC @ Blankenstein Genealogy.net: "... Claude Philippe fled from his home in the Province of Berry FR, along with thousands of other FR Protestants, or Huguenots, to escape religious persecution, with government approval, by the Roman Catholic Church. His wife Anne Chastain, daughter of Etienne Chastain, was with him. They went first to ENG, thence ≈1699 [1700] to the VA Colony where Claude Philippe served a Huguenot Church [King William Parish] at Manakin Town on the James River VA. Differences arose there among the Huguenots and the Reverend Richbourg ≈1708 moved with many of his congregation to a settlement on the Trent River NC. However, brutal massacres [09/11/1711] of white settlers by [Tuscarora] Indians in the area caused him and his followers to move on and finally settle ≈1712 in the village of Jamestown SC on the Santee River SC in Berkeley Co SC in the Province of SC. There he succeeded the Reverend Pierre Robert as pastor of the Huguenot Church [St James Santee], and there spent the remaining years of his life until his death ≈1718 ...";
"Claude Philippe de Richebourg: A Sense of Noblesse Oblige" @ Richbourg.net by Bobbie Morrow Dietrich, D.ED., Blinn College, Brenham, TX, in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, November 1979, 1012-1014: "... Claude Phillipe de Richebourg's LW&T, dated 01/15/1719, breathes 'the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at this approaching death.' His wife Ann Chastain de Richebourg and his six children who survived [to adulthood?] were Charles, René, John, James, Claudius, and Elizabeth. Both Charles and John, planters of Berkeley Co SC, were either bachelor or widower at their deaths. Neither had children. René was married to Catherine Peyre and they and their family resided on a plantation on the Santee River SC in Berkeley Co SC known as Sandy Hill Plantation. James and Elizabeth are both mentioned in the LW&T of their father and in the LW&T of their brothers John and James, but no further information is available concerning them. Claudius married Unity Fox, a descendant of Thomas West, known as Lord de la Ware [2nd Baron de la Warr (2nd creation)]. The plantation of Claudius and Unity Richebourg was located on Jack's Creek and the Santee River SC in that portion of Craven Co SC which subsequently became Clarendon Co SC;
1702, May 12 to 1705, May 12: An Act for Naturalization on Claud Phillippe de Richebourg, Francis Ribot, Peter Faure, John Joanny, James Champagne, and others 05/12/1702 Williamsburg VA: (VA citizenship bill, introduced 05/12/1702, signed 05/12/1705): "Whereas Claude Phillipe de RICHEBOURG, ... and others, b in FR and Other Foreign Countrys, have made humble Suit to this General Assembly for Naturalization, and they having in Order thereto received the Oaths by Law Enjoyned, Be it therefore Enacted ..."
SC 1870: Claude Philippe de RICHEBOURG @ "History of the Presbyterian Church in SC" George Howe (Volume I, p. 166, 1870): "'The character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of the gospel [Claude Philippe de RICHEBOURG], exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of Christ ... He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep and fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. ... He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated a removal out of the colony 'on account of his great want.'" [Humphrey is "An Historical Account of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: containing their foundation, proceedings, and the success of their missionaries in the British colonies, to the year 1728" (David Humphrey)
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg in ≈1655 St Severe, Berry FR via London ENG via Manakin VA via New Bern NC to 1719 French Santee, Jamestown, Clarendon Co SC @ Richbourg.net: extensive data, e.g., "It is widely thought that all Richbourgs in the USA are descendants of Claude Philippe de Richebourg (≈1655-1719). And whether you or your ascendants spell your last name Richbourg, Richburg, Richbourgh, Richebourg, de Richebourg (or some other variant) chances are in some way 'we are family.' "
"The Richbourg Family in America" @ Richbourg.net: extensive discussion, e.g., "One version states they came from FR in the year 1690; another that they came to America from ENG, where they had probably lived for several years after their exile from FR. The latter version also says they might have been of an Anglicized family. There had been Richebourgs in the Walloon Congregation at Canterbury ENG since 1592, if not longer, in the Parish Registers of that congregation. There are 97 entries of the name besides several others in the various other registers of Huguenot congregation in London ENG between 1692 and 1700. The name is spelled 27 different ways, among which we find Richebourg, Richbourg, Ricquebourg, Riqbourg, Riquebour, and 22 other variants ...";
"Who was that Guy? (Claude Philippe)" @ Richbourg.net: extensive discussion, e.g., + Anna Chastain; children: Charles Richbourg, Rene Richbourg, John Richbourg, James Richbourg, Claudius Richbourg, Elizabeth Richbourg;
"The Huguenot Trail -- The Life and Descendants of The Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg and his wife Anne Chastain" (by William C. Simpson Jr., 2016, 1271 pp.) @ Richbourg.net;
"The Life and Descendants of the Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg and His Wife Anne Chastain" @ Books. Google.com: William C. Simpson Jr., 2000-NC;
Reverend Claude Richebourg in "Registered Huguenot Immigrants" @ Huguenot-Manakin.org: Richebourg, Claude; Richebourg, James; Richebourg, John; Richebourg, Unity; Richebourg, William; Richebourg, Judith; Richebourg, Rene; Richebourg, Charles; Richebourg, Susanna;
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg b≈1670 FR in "R1b FR-Y-DNA SNP" @ Family Tree DNA.com: Kit: 116207; Short Hand: R-L20; Confirmed SNPs: L2+, L20+, P310+, U106-, L1-, L21-, L4-, M126-, M153-;
Reverend Claude Phillip de Richebourg in 1660-1665 St Severe, Berry FR to 1719 Jamestown, Santee Parish SC @ Roots Web.com: + Anne Chastain; children: Charles de Richebourg, Rene de Richebourg, John de Richebourg, James de Richebourg, Claudius Richebourg, Elizabeth de Richebourg, Judith de Richebourg, William de Richebourg;
Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg in Berry FR to 1718 Jamestown, Berkley Co SC @ Blankenstein Genealogy.net: "... Claude Philippe fled from his home in the Province of Berry FR, along with thousands of other FR Protestants, or Huguenots, to escape religious persecution, with government approval, by the Roman Catholic Church. His wife Anne Chastain, daughter of Etienne Chastain, was with him. They went first to ENG, thence ≈1699 [1700] to the VA Colony where Claude Philippe served a Huguenot Church [King William Parish] at Manakin Town on the James River VA. Differences arose there among the Huguenots and the Reverend Richbourg ≈1708 moved with many of his congregation to a settlement on the Trent River NC. However, brutal massacres [09/11/1711] of white settlers by [Tuscarora] Indians in the area caused him and his followers to move on and finally settle ≈1712 in the village of Jamestown SC on the Santee River SC in Berkeley Co SC in the Province of SC. There he succeeded the Reverend Pierre Robert as pastor of the Huguenot Church [St James Santee], and there spent the remaining years of his life until his death ≈1718 ...";
"Claude Philippe de Richebourg: A Sense of Noblesse Oblige" @ Richbourg.net by Bobbie Morrow Dietrich, D.ED., Blinn College, Brenham, TX, in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, November 1979, 1012-1014: "... Claude Phillipe de Richebourg's LW&T, dated 01/15/1719, breathes 'the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at this approaching death.' His wife Ann Chastain de Richebourg and his six children who survived [to adulthood?] were Charles, René, John, James, Claudius, and Elizabeth. Both Charles and John, planters of Berkeley Co SC, were either bachelor or widower at their deaths. Neither had children. René was married to Catherine Peyre and they and their family resided on a plantation on the Santee River SC in Berkeley Co SC known as Sandy Hill Plantation. James and Elizabeth are both mentioned in the LW&T of their father and in the LW&T of their brothers John and James, but no further information is available concerning them. Claudius married Unity Fox, a descendant of Thomas West, known as Lord de la Ware [2nd Baron de la Warr (2nd creation)]. The plantation of Claudius and Unity Richebourg was located on Jack's Creek and the Santee River SC in that portion of Craven Co SC which subsequently became Clarendon Co SC;
1702, May 12 to 1705, May 12: An Act for Naturalization on Claud Phillippe de Richebourg, Francis Ribot, Peter Faure, John Joanny, James Champagne, and others 05/12/1702 Williamsburg VA: (VA citizenship bill, introduced 05/12/1702, signed 05/12/1705): "Whereas Claude Phillipe de RICHEBOURG, ... and others, b in FR and Other Foreign Countrys, have made humble Suit to this General Assembly for Naturalization, and they having in Order thereto received the Oaths by Law Enjoyned, Be it therefore Enacted ..."
SC 1870: Claude Philippe de RICHEBOURG @ "History of the Presbyterian Church in SC" George Howe (Volume I, p. 166, 1870): "'The character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of the gospel [Claude Philippe de RICHEBOURG], exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of Christ ... He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep and fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. ... He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated a removal out of the colony 'on account of his great want.'" [Humphrey is "An Historical Account of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: containing their foundation, proceedings, and the success of their missionaries in the British colonies, to the year 1728" (David Humphrey)
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