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ety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign 

 Parts, arrived in Charleston in 1707, and was appointed 

 to the parish of St. John's, which included this settle- 

 ment of the French. By the courtesy of the French 

 pastor, Mr. Trouillart, Mr. Maule frequently performed 

 service in this church; at other times in the houses of 

 the planters in the different neighborhoods. Few of 

 the French attended the service of the English Church, 

 partly for want of the language." (Humphrey.) The 

 courtesy of Mr. Trouillart was continued till 1711, 

 when Mr. Maule began to occupy the parish church, 

 and to carry forward the means so successfully em- 

 ployed by Mr. Hasell on the other side of the river 

 in Orange Quarter. The Eev. Mr. Trouillart died in 

 1712, and this second Huguenot Church was absorbed 

 by the Church of England. 



The fourth and most considerable settlement of Hu- 

 guenots was planted on the Santee in 1686, under 

 the pastoral care of the Kev. Pierre Robert, of the 

 Waldensians of Piedmont. The infirmities of age 

 creeping upon him, he resigned his charge, and was 

 succeeded in 1715 by the Eev. Claude Philippe de 

 Eichebourg, who removed from Trent Eiver, in North 

 Carolina, to Jamestown, on the Santee, in 1712. This 

 third Huguenot Church was also absorbed by the 

 Church of England on the arrival of the Eev. Mr. 

 Pouderous as rector of the parish in 1720. 



The number of French Protestants in these several 

 settlements in 1700 was as follows: Of the French 

 Church of Charleston, one hundred and ninety-five; 

 of Goose Creek, thirty-one ; of the eastern branch of 

 Cooper Eiver, one hundred and one; of the French 

 Church on the Santee one hundred and eleven — being 

 in all four hundred and thirty-eight, to which must 



