One Huguenot’s Flight from Religious Persecution Creates the Bondurant Family in America

Midlothian Meeting
37 Bondurant Cousins attended this year's annual meeting in Midlothian, VA on Oct 19-20. The group held a Meet Your Kin session Friday evening at the La Quinta Richmond - Midlothian and enjoy moonshine drinks provided by Bondurant Brothers Distillery of Chase City, VA. On Saturday, members of the group posed for pictures on Bondurant Drive in Midlothian before lunch at the 250-year old Crab Louie Restaurant. Following lunch, the group visited the Manakin Episcopal Church which is also the site of a monument to the Huguenot landing in 1700, the original site of the Manakin Huguenot Church, and the Manakin Huguenot Society building. The group toured the 4th church on the original site and saw a plaque to Jean Pierre and Joseph Bondurant, original church members. The group then visited the Jean Pierre Bondurant gravesite and future site of a new plaque to honor his wife, Ann Tanner. In the evening, the group visited The Half Way House Restaurant, a historic site dating from 1760 which hosted the likes George Washington, the Marquis de LaFayette, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, James Whitcomb Riley and scores of others.
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Midlothian, our meeting site

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La Quinta Richmond-Midlothian, our host hotel

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30th Anniversary of BFA Founding

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Bruce Ramdell Kicks off Meet Your Kin Session

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37 Bondurant Cousins

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Marcelle Bondurant talking to David & Judy Bondurant

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Robert M. Bondurant serves Moonshile Drink to David Bondurant

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Bondurant Bros. Distillery Drink

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House at Bondurant Drive

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Marcelle Bondurant by Bondurant Drive Sign

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Group Photo by Bondurant Drive Sign

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Crab Louie, 250 years at the Sycamore House

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Crab Louie Restaurant

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Sign on Wall

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Lunch at Crab Louie

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Lunch at Crab Louie

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Lunch at Crab Louie

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Lunch at Crab Louie

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Lunch at Crab Louie

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Bread Plate at Crab Louie

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Church Sign

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Manakin Episcopal Church

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Cornerstone of Current Church

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Manakin Huguenot Society Building

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Monument to 1700 Arrival of Huguenots

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Plaque for Martha Washington Forefather

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Manakin Huguenot Church

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Manakin Huguenot Church

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Group Photo at Church

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Bruce Ramsdell at Church

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Mary Bondurant talks about Bondurant History

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Inside the Church

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Choir Loft at Church

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Inscription at Church

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Pew Marker for Jean Pierre & Jacob Bondurant

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Huguenot Symbol

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Organ Keys

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Original Beam from 1730 Church

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Large Magnolia Marks the Gravesite

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Group Gathers at Gravesite

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Mary Bondurant talks at Gravesite

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Gravesite Marker under Magnolia

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Gravesite Marker under Magnolia

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JPB Gravesite Marker

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Randy Kelly & Mary Bondurant Warren

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Mary Bondurant Warren at Gravesite

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Group Photo at Gravesite

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Historic Half Way House

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Half Way House

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Half Way House Kichen