Isabel Hillery Cobb
Author
Publisher
Nightingale Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
[11], 624 p. : ill., coats of arms, facsims, geneal. tables, maps, ports.
Language
English
Description
The ancient noble family of de Rossignol was located in the old province of Rouergue, France, in the 1200s, and spread into other areas of France. Francois de Rossignol, his family, and other relatives, colonized on Saint Christophe (Saint Kitts) in the West Indies, ca. 1668. The plantations owned by the family were devastated by volcanoes and earthquakes in 1689. The island was captured by the English in 1690, and all the French were deported. Claude...