CHAPTER Vn 

 THE FANEUIL FAMILY 



ONE of the foremost families of these early settlers Benj^amin 

 from France was that of Faneuil-name indissol- 

 ubly associated with Boston. In a list of the 

 French nationality admitted into the Bay Colony by the 

 Governor and Council, on February 1, 1691, are the 

 names of Benjamin, John and Andrew Faneuil. As 

 these brothers were among the refugees who were fortu- 

 nate in bringing property with them to this country, it is 

 probable that Benjamin had a financial interest in both 

 of the Huguenot settlements-that at Oxford, Massachu- 

 setts, and at New Rochelle, New York, as his name ap- 

 pears in connection with them. When the Oxford enter- 

 prise was given up, after a ten years' struggle with 

 hardship and Indians, Benjamin Faneuil chose ^ew 

 York for his residence, and established a home there, 

 marrying one Anne Bureau, a French lady of that place. 

 On a horizontal slab in Trinity churchyard, New York, 

 is the inscription : "Here lies buried the body of Mr. 

 Benjamin Faneuil of the city of Rochelle, France, who 

 died the 31st of March, 1719, aged 60 years and 8 



months." , 



Andrew Faneuil, brother of Benjamin, was one ot the 

 most prominent members of the Huguenot colony m Andrew 

 Boston, and a leader in the organization of the French 

 Protestant Church. He escaped from France and lived 

 for a time in Holland, where he was married. This 

 record is preserved : "The death of Mrs. Mary Cather- 

 ine, wife of Mr. Andrew Faneuil, occurred in Boston, 



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