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- He and his wife were Huguenots, were from Normandy, France, and came to this country in 1686. In Charleston, South Carolina, he filed for a land claim in 1694.He was granted land in the Orange Quarter on 20 Jan 1702 - "Bounding North west on the eastern branch of the Cooper River". In 1703 he was granted an additional 730 a., and in 1711 he and his wife conveyed to Reverend Thomas Hassel 140 a. on the east bank of the river, and to Thomas Hartley 80 a., Isaac Varry, servant to Josias, was granted 50 a., 1694. 1. Transactions of the Huguenot Soceity, No. 55, pp. 30-34, 41. 2. Warrents for Lands in South Carolina, 1692 - 1711, ed. A. S. Salley, Junior., Columbia, South Carolina, 1915, pp. 24-25. 3. Ravenel Records, Henry E. Ravenel, Atlanta, Georgia, 1898, p. 19. 4. The Annals and Parrish Register of St. Thomas and St. Denis Parrish, 1680 - 1884, Charleston, South Carolina, 1884, p. 12. 5. Ye 1st of July:1695. . .for the arraivell if him Selfe, his wife,Martha, & four negros." He had another warrent dated Aug 10, 1697. Salley, Warrents for Lands, 1692-1711, pp. 77,147. See 1 above, too. 6. James DuPre was in Carolina in 1693 when he witnessed the will of John Vansusteron. Wills, Inventories, and Miscellaneous Records(1692-1693), p. 106, South Carolina Archives.
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