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Highgate, Province of Georgia
A number of settlements were established around Savannah beginning in 1733. These settlements were also referred to as villages. “Villages were specified in documents by the Trustees as square parcels divided into ten family lots of fifty acres each.”[1]. Highgate was one of the settlements/villages.
Descriptions of the Location of Highgate
- “Two other buffer zone settlements that were established between 1733 and 1734 were Highgate and Hampstead which were located approximately five miles to the southwest of Savannah (northeastern portion of present day Hunter Army Airfield (HAAF)). South of Savannah, Darien was settled by Highland Scots in 1735. Fort Frederica was established in 1736 on the island of Saint Simons. Hampstead, with only twelve families, was only occupied until 1743. Highgate was similar in size to Hampstead but by 1740, the community was only occupied by two families. According to a map dating from 1780, there was no indication of the community of Highgate.”[2]
- 1737 September - “Five miles Southwest of Savannah on a small rise Stands the village of Highgate. It has Pine land on three Sides and a Swamp on the fourth. Eight Families (out of twelve) remain there, One English, Two Swiss, Five french. They have Eight Huts and two as good gardens as the Soil permits, (which is barren Land) with near forty acres of Land well clear’d.”[3]
- 1740 Jun 9 - “About Four Miles from Savannah, inland from the River, are the Two Villages Highgate and Hampstead, which lie at about a Mile distant from each other: The People settled there apply themselves chiefly to Gardening, and supply the Town of Savannah with quantities of Greens and Garden stuff.” [4]
- 1740 October - “Five Miles South-west of Savannah, on a small Rise, Stands the Village of Highgate: Twelve Families were settled here in 1733, mostly French,”.[5]
- “French families settled at Highgate, about 5 miles southwest of Savannah.” [6]
Religion at Highgate
At Highgate, John Wesley gave services in French. It is not known if the “captive audiences really understood” the sermons in the different languages.[7]
Early Settlers of Highgate
(Note: names were spelled multiple ways in the sources)
Arrived 1733
- John Chensack[8] weaver and family arrived 16 Dec 1733. The family included:
- Paul Rouviere (Reviere/Ruviere),[3] stocking weaver and family arrived 16 Dec 1733. He died 2 Sep 1734. His family included:[8]
- Anne Boifois Unknown Roviere Mountfort, wife (After Paul died, she married “Steven Mumford”[8], last name also spelled Mountfort/Montfort/Monford)
- Anne Magdalene Rouviere Hender Guindre, daughter,
- Paulina Rouviere, daughter,
- Simon Rouviere, son,
- John Rouviere, son.[8]
- Peter Fage[3]and family arrived 16 Dec 1733, he died before Oct 1735, most likely in 1734.. His family included:
- Martha Unknown Fage Delgrass, wife,
- Ant., son died 8 Jul 1734,
- Mary, daughter.[8]
- Jacob Goy, weaver arrived 16 Dec 1733, died 29 Mar 1734. No family was found listed as traveling with Jacob.[8]
- Joseph DeFeron (Joseph Du-Ferron) and family arrived 16 Dec 1733 and he died 27 Feb 1734. His family included:
- Eliz., wife, quit after Joseph died and returned to England.
- Eliz., daughter, quit after Joseph died and returned to England.
- Joseph, son, quit after Joseph died and returned to England.[8]
Arrived 1734
- Peter Morel (Morell, Morelle),[3] weaver and family arrived 14 Jan 1734 and included:
- Martine Unknown Morel Martine, wife died 5 Feb 1734,
- John Anthony Morel, son,
- Marianne Morel, daughter
- Anne Maria Pater, servant to John “Morell”
- Mary Unknown Morel married Peter after his wife died.
- Jean Morel, son, born at Highgate
- Mary Morel, daughter, born at Highgate
- Judah Morel, son, born at Highgate [8]
- Simon Boynell, gardiner, arrived with his son 14 Jan 1734. He died 9 Sep 1734.
- Simon Peter, son died 21 Aug 1734, [8]
- Cha. Gallier, weaver, and family arrived 14 Jan 1734. He quit sometime after wife died and returned to England. His family included:
- Cath., wife died 23 Mar 1734,
- Mary, daughter [8]
- Jacques Landry (James Landry/Landree) and family arrived 14 Jan 1734. James died 21 Aug 1742.[3] His family included:
- Marian Landry , wife, died 6 Aug 1742[9],
- Eliza Landry , daughter,
- Jacques Landry , son, died 21 Feb 1734
- Jeanne Landry , Daughter,
- John Landry , son,
- unnamed wife,
- Simon Landry , son died 23 Dec 1735.[8]
- Mary Landry , daughter, born at Highgate.
- James Carteriades, hatter, arrived 12 Mar 1734, died 27 Aug 1734. No family was listed as traveling with James. [8]
- Stephen Mountfort (Montfort/Monford/Mumford) arrived 1734 (or early 1735 depending on source) married Anne Boifois Unknown Roviere Mountfort, the widow of Paul Rouviere.[3] After he married Anne they had at least 3 children.
- unnamed child born at Highgate,
- unnamed child born at Highgate,
- unnamed child born at Highgate.[8]
- James Jackson arrived 1734. No family was listed as traveling with James.[3] [8]
Arrived 1735 or Later
- John Brown, Esq. and family arrived approx 1735. He was cleared of killing his servant.[10][3] His family included:
- unnamed wife,
- unnamed child died 8 Dec 1738
- Archib., son, died 8 Dec 1738.[8]
- The name or arrival date of the servant was not found recorded.
- Jo. Andr. Dober, potter and Moravian schoolmaster at Highgate and
- Ann Cath., wife was possibly was Moravian School mistress at Highgate. They arrived Feb 1736, quit 1740. [8]
- Thomas Stammer and family arrived 1737.[3] The family included:
- unnamed wife,
- unnamed child.[8]
- David Hender (Hondar) arrived 1737. No family traveled with him. He married Anne Magdalene Rouviere Hender Guindre,, the sister of Simon Rouviere.[3] [8]
- Duncan Dollas, 21 years old School Master at Highgate, arrived 20 Nov 1737. He returned to England with “Whitfeild” then came back to Savannah. No family was recorded traveling with him.[8]
Timeline of Highgate
- 1733 - no deaths have been found recorded in 1733.
- 1734 Mar 13 - ten families at Highgate [11]
- 1734 Jun 19-Jul 3 “Three souls” at Highgate [12]
- 1734 Feb through September - based on records (see bolded died in settlers above) 8 adults and 4 infants/children died.
- 1735 - based on records (see bolded died in settlers above) one child died that year.
- 1737 September see above in Descriptions of the Location of Highgate.
- 1738 February - accusation of adultery between Mr. Campbell and Mrs. Mears at Highgate. [3]
- 1738 Apr mentions a “La Fage” (Peter Fage (carpenter see research notes below) ) at Highgate that wrote about the conditions there. [13]
- 1738 July - list of settlers (Note: last names spelled as on the list) and their families living at Highgate included: Thomas Stammer, Peter “Morelle”, John Brown, Peter Fage, Simon Rouviere and brother, Stephen Mountfort, David “Hondar”, James Jackson and James “Landree” with 3 lots listed as vacant. [3]
- 1740 Sep 17 - John Morel, son of Peter at Savannah, was taken from his father, and returned later that day. Also taken and listed on the record with John Morel were John “Momford” and John Landree”, of Highgate. Mary “Landree”, sister to John “Landree” was taken in 10 March 1742/3, her parents having died at Highgate.[14]
- 1742 Aug 24 - “More ill news from Highgate, where another Young Girl of about—— years of age was taken from us in this Sickness. She was the daughter to one [Paul] Roviere [Rouviere, Ruviere] who died some years past, and one [Steven] Mountfort [Montfort] marrying the Widow, carried on the plantation in Conjunction with Rovieres Children, adding his own plantation to it, so that both were occupied in Common betwixt them. From what the Doctor told us we began to conceive hopes now, that we should find some abatement quickly of this heavy sickness, as the heat of the weather begin likewise to abate, and give place to cool and refreshing Breezes in the mornings, and Evenings.”[15]
- 1760 Feb - a grant of 50 acres was signed for James Jeansack.[16]
- 1761 July - Petition from James Sunier that he had already been favored with 100 acres of land at Highgate, and had a wife, child and Negroe, he was petitioning for vacant lot number 12 at Highgate that adjoined the land he already owned. His request was approved with conditions.[17]
- 1761 Oct 6 - Petition by John Rouviere that no claim had been made for the 50 acres of land at Highgate that had been allotted to “Stephan Montfort” who had deceased. The land was vacant and he was praying for it. His petition was granted with conditions. In addition, Simon Rouviere petitioned as the eldest son and heir for the 50 acres of land at Highgate his father Paul Rouviere, long since deceased had owned because he had not made a claim on it. The petition was granted with conditions. [18]
Research Notes
No La Fage or LaFage found in List of Early Settlers of Georgia.
Sources
- ↑ Gobel, D. (2016). Interweaving country and city in the urban design of Savannah, Georgia. Global Environment, 9(1), 108-148. Retrieved June 10, 2021, from https://www.jstor.org/stable/26413048 pages 120-121
- ↑ Historic Overview of Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield Communities and United States Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Prepared by DPW Environmental Branch March 2006 https://home.army.mil/stewart/application/files/8115/2820/7076/hstrccmtys.pdf Page 20 of 27
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 "Letters from Georgia, v. 14203, 1737 June–1739 January," Transcripts of the Earl of Egmount papers, image p11, 22, 59, 66, 114-115, 207, 214, 216, 218 of 260; digital images, Digital Library of Georgia (https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/guan/ms1786/pdfs/ms1786-14203.pdf)
- ↑ https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/lhbcb/7018a/7018a.pdf Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America from the discovery of the country to the year 1776 Collected by Peter Force Vol 1 Page 219 of 415
- ↑ A true and historical narrative of the colony of Georgia in America, from the first settlement thereof until this present period: containing the most authentick facts, matters and transactions therein; : together with His Majesty's Charter, representations of the people, letters, &c. and a dedication to His Excellency General Oglethorpe. Tailfer, Patrick., Anderson, Hugh, d. 1748., Douglas, David. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N03913.0001.001/1:4?rgn=div1;view=fulltext Page 109
- ↑ Colonial Georgia A Study in British Imperial Policy in the Eighteenth Century By Trevor R. Reese, 2010 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Colonial_Georgia/WNTE844n-ZcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=settlement+of+Highgate+in+colonial+Georgia&pg=PA5&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=settlement%20of%20Highgate%20in%20colonial%20Georgia&f=false. page 5 on preview of the book.
- ↑ Jones, G. F. (1967). Colonial Georgia’s Second Language. The Georgia Review, 21(1), 87–100. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41396333 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41396333?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents page 87
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 E. Merton Coulter, Albert B. Saye, A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia (Decatur, Georgia: Bowen Press, 1949), digital images, The University of Georgia Press https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugapressbks/pdfs/ugp9780820334394.pdf
- ↑ Allen D. Candler, The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. V (Atlanta, Georgia: The Franklin Printing and Publishing Company, 1908), p655; digital images, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039780344&seq=669&q1=Landry
- ↑ Colonial Records of Georgia, Vol 5, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039780344&seq=59&q1=Brown pages 49 and 729.
- ↑ Egmont, John Perceval, Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont, Diary of the First Earl of Egmont (Viscount Perceval) Vol II, 1734-1738 p55, 112, https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/guan/rbko/pdfs/rbko-813.pdf page 33/271 (page 55)
- ↑ https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/guan/rbko/pdfs/rbko-813.pdf page 62/271 (page 112)
- ↑ https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/guan/rbko/pdfs/rbko-813.pdf page 244 of 271 (page 477)
- ↑ Rev. George White, Historical Collections of Georgia : Containing the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc. Relating to Its History and Antiquities, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. Compiled from Original Records and Official Documents, (New York, New York: Pudney & Russell, Publishers, 1855), p334; digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historicalcollec00whit/page/n6/mode/1up).
- ↑ The Journal of William Stephens, 1741―1743, Wormsloe Foundation Publication, Paperback,September 1, 2017 by E. Merton Coulter (Editor), page 123.
- ↑ The Colonial Records of Georgia, Vol. 8 by David A. Candler https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Colonial_Records_of_the_State_of_Geo/G7xOAQAAMAAJ?q=%22Peter+Morel%22+in+colonial+savannah,+georgia&gbpv=1&bsq=Highgate#f=false page 247
- ↑ The Colonial Records of Georgia, Vol. 8 by David A. Candler https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Colonial_Records_of_the_State_of_Geo/G7xOAQAAMAAJ?q=%22Peter+Morel%22+in+colonial+savannah,+georgia&gbpv=1&bsq=Highgate#f=false page 529
- ↑ The Colonial Records of Georgia, Vol. 8 by David A. Candler https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Colonial_Records_of_the_State_of_Geo/G7xOAQAAMAAJ?q=%22Peter+Morel%22+in+colonial+savannah,+georgia&gbpv=1&bsq=Highgate#f=false page 570-571
See also - General Reference:
- Early Settlers of Georgia, Sources.
- Province of Georgia
- Handbook of Georgia Counties Compiled by Marion R. Hemperley Georgia Surveyor General Department Office of Secretary of State Atlanta 1980 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ggpd/docs/1980/ga/s700_ps9/m1/1980/c6.con/1.pdf
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