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tain, his wife, two *oo8 and fcur daughters: Ir. Etienne Chastain and wife, no children. and a* coming Mln ye first ship, Stephen Chastain and wife.The Chastains married Into the leadingfamllie* who went out with them a« pilgrims and stranger* to the New World of America, and Stephen Chastain* wife. Martha, wa* a daughter of Bartholomew rtupuy, whoee second daughter, Philllppa rhiptiy, married Peter Le Villain. There is a dramatic story told of the escape ofBartholomew Dupuy. the Huguenot refugee, from France. From Els boyhood he had been a soldier and an officer in tba service of the King, and stood so high In the esteem of King Louis XIV that the monarch often trusted him to carry official paper* that require^ the King * peraonai slg nature, and one of these paper* was the meats* of saving the liberty and parhap*the life of the Huguenot officer and hla wife, Countess Susannah Lavlilon, when they made their eacape from France, King Louis XIV had such a high regard fortffl* officer that before the Revocation ofthe Edict of Nantes he sent a priest to the villa where Dupuy realded to warn him of the Impending revocation of the edict and j to* urge his renunciation of the Protestant j faith The officer asked a few hours forconsideration. This being allowed him, he sent for a tailor, whom he ordered to make a suit of livery for a page and to complete it within six hours. This was done, andhis »rif#. attired In the masculine garb,they gathered together such money, jewels and Bible* a. xrere in their immediate poa session and fled at midnight across the frontier. Challenged by the frontier guards, the King** officer dlaplayad the King * signature and demanded safe eecort out of the
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sun, Jul 07, 1907
Page 17
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