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Isaac DuBose was born about 1665 in St Jacques Parish, Dieppe, Normandy, France. Isaac died in
French Santee, Charleston County, South Carolina, before 1721. Isaac DuBose married Suzanne
Couillandeau about 1691 in South Carolina. The couple were French Huguenots and they are paternal
6th Great Grandparents of the writer. Suzanne Couillandeau was born in La Tremblade Provenec,
Saintoge, Or, France, about 1670. Suzanne reached 72 years of age and died in Santee, Charleston,
South Carolina, on June 12, 1742. She was the daughter of Pierre Couillandeau Sr and Marie
Fougeraut.
In 1685, King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes which had been published in 1598 to halt the
French Wars of Religion (1562-98) between Catholics and Protestants. The Edict granted religious
liberty in France to the Huguenots and other French Protestants. The revocation in 1685 caused a
flood of emigrants leaving France to avoid religious persecution. Isaac and Suzanne were among the
many French Huguenots who came to South Carolina at that time.