History and People of le Prêcheur
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Location: Le Prêcheur, Saint-Pierre, Martinique, France
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Le Prêcheur, Martinique One Place Study
Name
Geography
- Continent: Oceania
- Country: France
- Region: Martinique
- Arrondissement: Saint-Pierre
- GPS Coordinates: 14.7962517,-61.2312699
- Elevation: 0–1,300 m (0–4,265 ft)
History
The name of le Prêcheur comes from a rock, now submerged, which resembled a preacher in the pulpit.
History
The English tried to land there several times, including at Fonds Canonville in 1694. The settlers who occupied le Prêcheur resisted another English attack in 1666. Many of the first French settlers of Martinique first arrived here in the 17th Century.
The Indigine
The Europeans
Esclavage
Eruption of Pelée
Population
Notables
The town has some well-known figures among its visitors and residents:
- Francoise d'Aubigne: the future Madame de Maintenon , who was, for decades, the Mistress and the favorite of Louis XIV.
- Ludgar Sylbaris: the survivor of Pelée was born here
- Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre: a historian of the XVII th century , who was the parish priest.
Sources
* Information from Wikipedia (FR). This profile is a work-in-progress. Please add to it, if you are knowledgeable.
Note: I added this page to assist in a One Place Study of Martinique du nord. It includes the communes around the base of Mont Pelée, prior to the eruption of 1902. The goal of my study is to add as many individuals from these communes as I can document, and to link them into the world family tree. I would also like to present as much as I can about the history, from the time of the indigenous people to the eruption of Pelée. I want this to be a resource for genealogists studying this region. Although the civil and parrish records have been scanned online, no one, as far as I know, is creating a digital index. I hope to fill that void. I could use help on this project from native French speakers (I am not), and others interested in Martinique. –Duane Poncy
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