History Talk: The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia
October 24, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia: Empire, Land, and Religion in the Rappahannock Region
by Rev. Dr. Lonnie H. Lee
Tuesday, October 24, 4:00 p.m.
Presentation followed by LVHS Annual Membership Business Meeting.
Held at Lancaster Community Library, Kilmarnock. Virtual viewing options TBA.
Free admission, but reservations requested to ensure seating.
RSVP online or 804-462-7280.
$5 Raffle Ticket donation suggested at door.
Dr. Lee will speak about his new book, which tells the history of a Huguenot emigrant community established in eight counties along the Rappahannock River of Virginia, starting with the 1687 arrival of John Bertrand, an Anglican-ordained Huguenot minister from France, to Lancaster County. This Huguenot community, comprising more than 260 households, is revealed through a combined study of county court records in Virginia and French Protestant records in England and France. Virginia officials sought to attract Huguenot settlers by offering inducements such as the availability of inexpensive land and French preaching by a Huguenot minister who would also serve an established Anglican parish. John Bertrand, an owner of Belle Isle Plantation and rector at St. Mary’s Whitechapel in Lancaster County, was the first of five French exile ministers to perform this dual track ministry in the Rappahannock region between 1687 and 1767.
LVHS is not offering this book for sale due to the high academic price, but you can get a 30% discount on orders placed directly with the publisher. (Link opens a PDF flyer with ordering info).
Organizer
Lancaster Virginia Historical Society
(804) 462-7280
history@LancasterVaHistory.org
History Talk: The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia
October 24, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Lancaster Community Library , 16 Town Centre Drive Kilmarnock, VA 22482
The Huguenot-Anglican Refuge in Virginia: Empire, Land, and Religion in the Rappahannock Region
by Rev. Dr. Lonnie H. Lee
Tuesday, October 24, 4:00 p.m.
Presentation followed by LVHS Annual Membership Business Meeting.
Held at Lancaster Community Library, Kilmarnock. Virtual viewing options TBA.
Free admission, but reservations requested to ensure seating.
RSVP online or 804-462-7280.
$5 Raffle Ticket donation suggested at door.
Dr. Lee will speak about his new book, which tells the history of a Huguenot emigrant community established in eight counties along the Rappahannock River of Virginia, starting with the 1687 arrival of John Bertrand, an Anglican-ordained Huguenot minister from France, to Lancaster County. This Huguenot community, comprising more than 260 households, is revealed through a combined study of county court records in Virginia and French Protestant records in England and France. Virginia officials sought to attract Huguenot settlers by offering inducements such as the availability of inexpensive land and French preaching by a Huguenot minister who would also serve an established Anglican parish. John Bertrand, an owner of Belle Isle Plantation and rector at St. Mary’s Whitechapel in Lancaster County, was the first of five French exile ministers to perform this dual track ministry in the Rappahannock region between 1687 and 1767.
LVHS is not offering this book for sale due to the high academic price, but you can get a 30% discount on orders placed directly with the publisher. (Link opens a PDF flyer with ordering info).
Organizer
