From the Holy Cross Church in Moëze, France, to the Belteshazzar Dragoo DAR Memorial in Ripley Ohio, author Vi Parsons, in an elegant 20-page, 8×8″ pictorial hardcover, presents a snapshot of early Dragoo families, complete with brief family biographies and full-color photos of historic sites.
Built in Moëze, France in 1306, the Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, also known as the Chapel of the Holy Cross, is the oldest building in the municipality and the perfect cornerstone for this “Early Dragoo Family History.” The Chapel of the Holy Cross witnessed the marriage of Pierre Dragaud I and Jeanne Garnier in 1666 and the christening of their two sons, Pierre II (1667) and Jean [John] (1672).
After less than two decades of religious freedom in Moëze, on 22 October 1685, King Louis XIV issued the Edict of Fontainebleau, also known as the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1598), resulting in Huguenots (Calvinist Protestants) losing the right to practice their religion without state persecution. As a result, Pierre II and Jean (John) Dragaud fled to Bristol, England. Both brothers were married in 1699 in the Little French Church, known by mediaeval and Tudor historians as Gaunt’s Chapel (and since 1722, as St. Mark’s, the Lord Mayor’s Chapel). Pierre II married Elizabeth Tavaud, and Jean married Suzanne Morrye.
The brothers arrived in Staten Island, New York in about 1701. They are believed to be the wellspring of all Dragoo, Drageau, Dragoe, and Draggoo descendants in America.
“Early Dragoo Family History” contains brief biographies of:
Peter and Margaret McCafferty Dragoo and their son Frederick, who married Martha Angel; William and Temperance Dickerson Dragoo and their descendants, including Benjamin “Ben” and his wife Sarah Draper Dragoo (Ben was a prominent Texas Ranger, credited with rescuing Cynthia Ann Parker); Orloff Field and Mary Swearingin Dragoo (South Dakota Pioneers known for their 1910 Sod House); John and Elizabeth Straight Dragoo (their West Virginia home was the birthplace of William “Indian Billy” Dragoo); Mary Dragoo, who first married John Joliffe (Quakers who attended the Hopewell Meeting House) and later married John Steed; and Belteshazzar “Belt I” (twin brother of Mary Dragoo) and his wife Martha Butler Dragoo (Belteshazzar was honored with a monument erected by the DAR as a Revolutionary soldier and the founding pioneer of Brown County, Ohio).
Author : Vi Parsons
Publisher : Vi Parsons (January 1, 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 20 pages
ISBN : None
ASIN : B0CWD9SGZ3
Dimensions : 8 x 0.56 x 12 inches
Price : $35.00