Charles W. Baird History of the Huguenot Emigration to America

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Near the mouth of the Charente, on the neck Of land formed by that tortuous stream, as it approaches the sea, there were several villages and hamlets where a number of our Huguenot families originated. One of them, Port des Barques, has disappeared entirely from the map and the gazetteer. Three others, Saint Froult, Moise and Soubise, are Obscure and decaying places, of four, five and six hundred inhabit ants. Saint Nazaire alone, with a population of some fourteen hundred souls, shows any degree Of vitality.