Episode Three: Remembering the Revocation
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In this episode, Elizabeth and Cheves remember the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. From the terror of the dragonnades to the removal of children from protestant families, the tragedies of the revocation are shared in this discussion. The perilous escape of the Boyd children from a small town outside Bordeaux arriving Charleston in 1686 is discussed along with the Gaillard family and their finally getting out of France. Also discussed are the Boyd Family letters available in the Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, Number 110. Click the image to the right to download.
Cheves Leland
GUEST
Cheves Leland is a native of Charleston, South Carolina and the resident Historian for the Huguenot Society of South Carolina and, along with Susan Baldwin Bates, authored French Santee which is an in-depth study of the 17th century settlement on the Santee River. The 440 page book contains more than 100 sketches of French Protestant families of French Santee. A reprint of the 2015 edition, now with eight pages of color maps and images. is available for purchase online via the Society gift shop.
Elizabeth F. Gay
HOST
Elizabeth F. Gay is a thirty-year member of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina and serves as its Executive Director. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, she descends from French Huguenot immigrants Benjamin Marion and Thomas de Guerin. After a career in corporate communications, she retuned to Charleston in 2018 and brings her enjoyment of education through conversations to this podcast series as she visits with historians, authors and more.