Bruneau, Rembert and Horry - Some of the First French Refugees who Settled of French Santee

Join noted authors and historians Susan Bates and Cheves Leland for a talk about some of the first French refugees who settled near Jamestown on the Santee River. They will talk and show slides about the Bruneau, Rembert and Horry families on Friday, April 8, 2016 at 7 pm at the McClellanville Arts Council  (MAC) in McClellanville, SC.Arnaud Bruneau, large landowner and merchant, was 75 years of age when he  escaped from Ile-de-Re to England and then across the Atlantic to Carolina where he settled on the Santee River with his son Paul and his grandson Henri, who was barely 7 years old  at the time.Andre Rembert and Anne Bresson left their cliffside hometown in Dauphine and traveled on foot through the mountains to Switzerland, through Germany and, finally by ship to Carolina where their nine children were born.Elie Horry fled from Paris to London before arriving in Carolina where he married Margueritte Huger, born in La Rochelle. Their wedding at French Santee was performed by Pierre Robert.Join us to hear the rest of the stories about these very different, but interesting men, women and children who left their families, friends and belongings in search of religious freedom and a new life in a new world. Find out where Bruneau settled first; how Rembert was able to move from his humble beginnings on 60 acres to owning more than 1000 acres. Learn what Horry's house on Wambaw Creek looked like and how Hampton began.7 pm, April 8, 2016, McClelllanville Arts Council,  733 Pinckney St, McClellanville, SC 29458. Telephone:(843) 887-3157 for more information. The talk on Friday evening is free and open to the public.This talk is part of a fundraiser for MAC which includes events at Hampton Plantation on Saturday and a kayak trip on Sunday. For more details about  the weekend events, please go www.mcclellanvilleartscouncil.com where you can sign up.