Hi Gaila & Jim,
Thanks for the e-mail. However, Susan is the gal who needs help on her
Huguenot Bonnet family. I am the guy who just needs help. On the other
hand I wish I could find someone who could direct me to help on my Huguenot
Martha Piquot (1750/55 - C1796 Bamberg, SC). She is believed to have been
born in Charleston, SC or Paris, France (two very unusual cities). I also
need help on Martha's husband's father, Fritz Zeigler (that sounds like a
soap opera). Martha's husband was Michael Zeigler (C1738 Suabia-Land -
1809 Bamberg, SC). Michael's father is shown on the Colonial Journal
records as Fritz but was possibly known by another first name. He was born
in Suabia-Land 1695/1710 and died 1753 to 1780 we believe in SC. Part of
his family in PA is a possibility.
Saubia-Land only lasted a year or two as a country, now being the state of
Wurttemberg in Germany. I have been to Ulster or Northern Ireland and love
the people there. They are great. I have not as yet been to Saubia-Land.
I believe I will find the people there similar to those in Ulster. They
believe that kings, princes, barons, dictators, etc. and some presidents
are all an unnecessary evil and would not be required if the people were
educated adequately. I know that Michael was well educated when he arrived
in America in 1753. I believe he could probably speak a couple of
languages. Their family tutor came with them to this country. Why can't
we find Bible records?
Best regards, Bob H, ___
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From: Gaila & Jim Merrington <merring(a)nsw.bigpond.net.au>
To: Robert Hemphill <rdhemphill(a)OBURG.NET>
Subject: Re: Help
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 7:16 AM
Hi Susan
It seems to me I have seen several of your names mentioned (similar
surnames) on the SCRoots list. You would be able to check the digests.
There has been a fair bit of research on the Hugenots and I believe
Bonnet
was a Hugenot family name.
Good luck,
Gaila
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From: Robert Hemphill <rdhemphill(a)OBURG.NET>
To: ORANGEBURGH_SC-L(a)rootsweb.com <ORANGEBURGH_SC-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Monday, 12 October, 1998 2:19
Subject: Re: Help
>
>
>----------
>> From: JCHovermal(a)aol.com
>> To: ORANGEBURGH_SC-L(a)rootsweb.com
>> Subject: Help
>> Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 11:50 AM
>>
>> Hi, y'all!
>> I am running into some big time dead ends in my search for family
>members,so
>> it's time to ask for help!
>> 1.) Looking for Margaret Susan Baltzegar (verbal family history has
her
>> married to John Jacob Bonnett, but I can only find her
connected to
David
>> Bonnett) She was bornJuly 12,1797 ,died Aug.12,1887 and is
buried in
>Ebenezer
>> Cemetery at Cordova next to her son (we believe) Rufus W. Bonnett.
>> 2.) Looking for Margaret Holman Baltzegar. We have her wedding ring
>which is
>> about 210 years old and was passed down through Margaret Susan
Baltzegar
>> Bonnett (we think) to her daughter Elvira Bonnett Mount(Mrs.
William
>Nichols
>> Mount),to her daughter Mary Ella Mount Radcliffe, to her neice Dehra
>Bonnett
>> Harrell, and to her neice Sarah Elizabeth Folendore Radcliffe.
>> 3.) Looking for info on Harpin Riggs, a businessman in Orangeburg who
>took in
>> apprentice carriagemakers and mechanics. My gggrandfather William
>Nichols
>> Mount livrd with him as a teenager (1850 census,I believe) along with
his
>> brother John. Verbal family history says Harpin actually
adopted all
of
>the
>> Mount children after their father (also named John) died. Several
>offspring
>> in the future were named Harpin.
>>
>>
>> Any information on ANY of these families would be appreciated!!
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Susan Hovermal
>>
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>
>Hi Susan,
>First of all, I am not a Riggs researcher. I do know who he was.
Anyone
>who knows Orangeburg history, knows Harpin Riggs. His son was a
mechanical
>engineering professor and the first coach of the CLEMSON
UNIVERSITY. He
>later became president. I spent many hours in Riggs Hall studying M. E.
>back in 1947.
>
>Harpin ran an add regularly in the local paper. He had a shop where
they
>made carriages, coffins and anything else you wanted. He owned
the
grist
>mill here in town. Although he was a Pennsylvanian the Yanks
burned his
>mill. This was very bad as the mill was being used to provide food for
the
>many white and black refuges then in Orangeburg. Harpin was
known as a
>very inventive geniuses. I transcribed the records of the First
>Presbyterian Church here. Harpin was on the building committee when
they
>rebuilt the church. Harpin was sheriff of the county for a time.
He
lost
>a hand or arm in an accident at the mill and built a artificial
one for
>himself. Harpin is in most of the histories of Orangeburg. You could
get
>them from library exchange.
>
>Is there anything I could do?
>
>Best regards, Bob H. ___
>
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