My personal research shows that a rather sizable Huguenot community probably
existed in Northern Virginia, especially Prince William County.

- - JACQUES GOLLOHOUGH arrived in Virginia about 1690. He became known as
John Gallahue (d. ca 1701/2) and was the progenitor of the Gallahue family of
Prince William County.

- - John Gallahue's son Darby (d. 1777) married Charlotte Ewell of Lancaster
County, daughter of Charles Ewell (d. 1722) and his wife Mary Ann Bertrand of
Lancaster County. The father of Mary Ann Bertrand was the Rev. John Bertrand
(d. 1701) was the Anglican Minister of St. Mary Whitechapel in Lancaster
County. He was ordained an Anglican Minister in London prior to emigration in
approximately 1690. John Bertrand married Charlote de Jolie in London.

- - MARK HARDIN (d. 1735) of Northern Virginia reportedly came to Virginia
with a group of Huguenots who moved from Long Island NY to Stafford/Prince
William County VA in the early 1700s during one of the political upheavals in the
New York area.

- - It is credibly reported that Robert Beverley imported French Huguenots to
plant and care for grape vines in the area of Caroline County/King and Queen
County. The wine produced by these vineyards was contemporarily reported to be
as good as any wine from France.

It is evident that these French Huguenots were not as organized as the
Manakin group, but they maintained ties with one another for a number of
generations.

It is also evident that special arrangements were made to recognize their
church.  In February 1687, Nicholas Hayward, one of the three partners who
developed the "back country" of Prince William County, obtained special dispensation
from King James II of England so that the French Protestants whom he proposed
to import, could remain attentive to their religious beliefs and practices
without persecution.

I'm unaware of any reference to a French Huguenot church during these early
years; but one would expect, since special dispensation was required for them,
that these early French Huguenots maintained a church community in Northern
Virginia.

Joyce Browning
Fairfax County, Virginia

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