White — Elias Bouhereau of La Rochelle. 151 



chose to come to Ireland where he was call'd to be Minister of Patrick's 

 Church, as he had a first Cousin who was [sic\ that Church & married to a 

 near relation, after my Grandfather's death he went for his mother & 

 brought her here, & the good old woman liv'd till' the year 1712, so much is 

 all I know of my dear father's family, now I come to my mother's, they 

 were of Rochelle, a sea port town who sufifer'd a siege till they were almost 

 famish'd, rather than submit to articles y* were against their Religion, my 

 great Grandfather was a Counseller in the Parliament, which is what we call 

 here a Judge, & during y'' siege they not only eat rats & mice, but my 

 Grandfather told me they even eat y^ harness of their coach, at last they 

 capitulated & kept their priviledges longer than any town in France. [Here 

 follows the paragraph cited on page 140.] thus did my Grandfather with his 

 wife & six children & his mother leave France & a plentifull fortune for 

 the sake of his Religion, & come to a strange country, not knowing if he 

 woud get bread to suport his family, at first he settl'd in England & 

 applied himself to study Divinity took orders & travell'd, till being 

 acquainted with Lord Galway he made my Grandfather his secretary, when 

 he was made Gen''*^' of King William's forces in Portugall, when Lord 

 Gallway came over here Lord Justice, with y Duke of Grafton y first time, 

 he gave my Grandfather y^ place of Publick librarykeeper worth at y*^ time 

 about two hundred pounds per annum, when he came over y^ second time 

 under Queen Anne's reign he rais'd it to four hundred & made his youngest 

 son who was a Clergyman his deputy in y' Library, & gave him y"^ parish of 

 Rush which is but a sinecure, my three other Uncles were in y^ army, y 

 eldest was kill'd in Flanders, y^ second lost his left arm at y** same battle in 

 King William's wars, he got half pay, & afterwards bought y^ town Majer's 

 commission of Dublin, y' other died about 26 years agoe in Limerick, Major 

 in Gen^'^" Olmay's Regt, my Grandfather lived till y^ year 1719, when he 

 died he left all his books & manuscripts to y^ Library, where they are in a 

 room by themselves & may be seen by any one y^ asks for Doctor Borough's 

 books 



The water-mark on this document has the date 1798, It is evidently an 

 original, not a copy; therefore the writer, whose mother died in April, 1707, 

 must have been over ninety years of age when she committed to writing, 

 with great reluctance as she says, what she had learnt from her grandfather 

 and uncles. 



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