My Huguenot Ancestors: Pierre Morriset and Elizabeth Faure
Pierre Morriset, a Huguenot, immigrated in 1700, arriving from London on the ship Mary and Ann. Also on that ship was Elizabeth Faure and her mother Mary Ann (Chastain) Faure.1. Pierre later married Elizabeth Faure.
If you are a descendant of Samuel Anderson, you are also a descendant of Pierre Morriset and Elizabeth Faure.
After years of persecution in France and then life in exile, they were finally on their way to a new permanent home. “The first ship was the “Mary and Ann” with Capt. George Haves that took 13 weeks crossing the Atlantic. It arrived at Hampton on 23 July 1700 with 118 men, 59 wives and girls and 38 children.”2
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