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to Boston aud set up a distillery. lu the year 1700 lie 

 married his cousin, Suzanne Sigourney, in the Old South 

 Church. His business, which was a prospei'ous one, was 

 carried on successively by his son Andrew and grandson 

 of the same name. 



Anthony Olivier (Oliver) was a native of Niort, in ouvier 

 Poitou. He settled in Boston shortly after the Revoca- 

 tion and engaged in the chandlery trade. His daughter, 

 Susanna, married Andrew Johonuot, and the name is 

 still found in Boston to-day in the family of George Stuart 

 Johonuot Oliver. 



Peter Chardon became one of the richest merchants in chardon 

 the town. At the time of the Revocation he was a banker 

 in Paris. He iied to England and was naturalized in 

 1687, coming to America shortly afterwards. His house, 

 a handsome mansion for that day, stood for many years 

 at the corner of the street which was named in his honour. 

 His son Peter, the last of the family, died in the West 

 Indies in 1766. Of him John Adams spoke as being one 

 of the few young men of Boston who was on " the direct- 

 est road to superiority." 



Paix Cazueau (Casno) was one of the Oxford settlers, cazneau 

 Retui'uing to Boston, he went into business as a felt- 

 maker and built up a fortune. He was active in trade 

 and an influential citizen as late as the year 1738. He 

 had a son Isaac aud a daughter who married a refugee 

 named Adam de Chezeau. 



John Chabot was probably from Bergerac, in Guienne. chabot 

 His name is mentioned in 1700 as among the leading 

 members of the French Church, who are planning soon to 

 leave Boston. From Boston he undoubtedly went to New 

 York, for it is recorded that in 1711 a John Chabot sub- 

 scribed to the building of Trinity Church steeple. 



Peter Canton, one of the Oxford men, was in Boston as canton 

 early as 1692 making rosin in partnership with Gabriel 

 Bernon. 



Anthony LeBlond (Blond), a refugee from Normandy, LeBiond 



