Jeanne Bonnett

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Daniel and his wife were attempting to reach the French coast with two small children concealed in the paniers of a donkey, covered with fresh vegetables. The mother having enjoined upon the children to keep perfect silence, no matter what might occur, they had scarcely commenced their journey when they were overtaken by a gend'arme, who demanded to know what the paniers contained. The mother replied, 'fresh vegetables for the market.' As if doubting her words, the rough soldier rode up to the side of the donkey, and thrust his sword into the nearest panier, exclaiming a s he rode away, 'Bon voyage mesamies!' The agony of the parents may be conceived, until the soldier was well out of sight, when the panier was immediately opened, and the child was found to have been pierced through t he calf of his leg. Fortunately nothing more occurred to interrupt their journey to the coast.

They lived in Bristol, England and were members of the French Church there from 1690 to 1700

[S] Baird, Huguenot Emigration, Vol. II, 57.

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Information on her death is unknown, may had died in New Rochelle.

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Bolton Jr., Robert, A History of the County of Westchester from its First Settlement to the Present Time, 2 Volumes Bolton Jr., Robert. A History of the County of Westchester from its First Settlement to the Present Time, 2 Volumes . New York, NY: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.

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Vol. I: p. 595. 3

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Baird, Charles W., History of the Huguenot Emigration to America @R3@ Baird, Charles W.. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America. 2 volumes. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1885.

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Vol 2: p. 57. 3

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Seacord, Morgan H., Biographical Sketches and Index of the Huguenot Settlers of New Rochelle, 1687-1776 Seacord, Morgan H.. Biographical Sketches and Index of the Huguenot Settlers of New Rochelle, 1687-1776. New Rochelle, NY: Literary Licensing, LLC., October 15, 2011.

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p. 14.

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As per sources