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The Cabaniss Surname's Arrival in America
The following is taken from Allen Cabaniss' excellent work,
Cabaniss Through Four Generations: Some Descendants of Matthew
and George, ©1969, 1970, 1971, Allen Cabaniss:
HENRI CABANIS, French Protestant immigrant to Va. and a progenitor
of the family in America, appears first on the ship list of the
Mary and Ann of London as "Henri Cabanis, sa femme
et un enfant," among 205 refugees led by Olivier, Marquis
de la Muce, and Charles de Sailly, sailing from Gravesend harbor.
Capt. George Hawes acknowledged receipt of payment for transportation
of those 207 persons on 19 Apr. 1700 (Brock, Huguenot Emigrations,
pp.254f.). Also on that list were "Isaac Chabanas, son
fils, et Catherine Bomard" (ibid., p.253), and it
is presumed that Isaac and Henri were related (Anderson, Henry
Cavinis, pp.403-430).
After thirteen weeks at sea the ship arrived at the mouth
of James River on 23 July 1700. The royal governor, Col. Francis
Nicholson, reported on 12 Aug. (in a letter received in London
on 21 Oct.) that the refugees had been located at a place "about
twenty miles above the Falls of James River, commonly called
Manikin Town," a deserted village of the Monacan Indians
(ibid., p.252; it is his report that includes the ship's
roster and Hawes's receipt mentioned above).
If you want a copy of the book, I have the book in a pdf
file that can be downloaded.
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