I received a clue maybe to our John James GOTEA line in Old Williamsburg Dist. SC. I would appreciate any info anyone can send on the Purrysburg, NC Huguenots from Switzerland.

Purrysburg
". . . Among the refugees of this group who went to South Carolina, during the early years of its history were, for example, the families of Laurens, De la Bastie, Gautier (Cottier) (footnote), May, Leher, Jean Francois Gignilliat, Pierre Robert, Honore Michaud, Jean Pierre Pele, etc., but much larger numbers went under the alluring and oft repeated solicitation of Jean Peter Purry . . ."
footnote: Cottier (also written Gautier) came from a respected peasant family. Because of his peasant stock he was looked down upon by fellow students at school. See Faust and Brumbaugh, II. 4. (Faust, A.B., and Brumbaugh, G. M. Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies. 2 volumes. Washington, D. C., 1920-1925.)

The footnote is also included in Bodies History of Williamsburg, so maybe he had tied them to our GOTEA. A researcher also advised me that Gotea may be connected in some way to LAURENS or LAWRENCE.

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