The Huguenot Immigrants to the American Colonies: A Database of French Protestant Records

Authors

Michael Call, Brigham Young University
Jacob Ekins, Brigham Young University
Byron Merrill, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Huguenot immigrants, American colonies, French Protestant, records

College

Religious Education

Department

Ancient Scripture

Abstract

French Protestants (also known as Huguenots) came under increasingly severe persecution by the monarchy during the last half of the seventeenth century, culminating in the revocation of all their religious rights in 1689. Condemned as heretics and traitors by the state and yet also forbidden by law to leave the country, the Huguenots fled by any method they could find to the neighboring Protestant countries of Germany, the Netherlands, and England. From there, many of them determined to leave Europe behind in an attempt to find a freer life in the New World.

Recommended Citation

Call, Michael; Ekins, Jacob; and Merrill, Byron (2013) "The Huguenot Immigrants to the American Colonies: A Database of French Protestant Records," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 1709.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1709