Great numbers went to England, causing silk manufacture and other important industries to flourish there; others went to Ireland, making her linen and poplin manufactures the most important in the world; some went to Switzerland and some to Germany, and many crossed the Atlantic to seek peaceful homes and assured liberty in the New World.

Their trials and sufferings and heroic steadfastness, with the blessings they carried to many lands, make the story of the Huguenots one of the saddest and, at the same time, one of the brightest known to history.

Of those who crossed the Atlantic, many settled in South Carolina, and gave to that colony and State much of their prominence. A few settled in Virginia and a few in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and more in Maryland. A considerable number went to Massachusetts ; an important settlement was made by them in Ulster County, N. Y., and a goodly number came to Westchester County.

As has already been stated, the purchase of lands from the Indians by Thomas Pell, of Fairfield, Conn., was confirmed to him by Governor Nichols, in 1666. In 1669, Thomas Pell devised the manor of Pelham to his nephew, John Pell, and this was confirmed by Governor Dougan in 1687. At this time a remarkable man had attained ])rominence in the city of New York, -- Jacob Leisler -- who was a native of Germany. He came to America in 1660 as a private soldier in the service of the Dutch West India Company. Leaving the army, he engaged in the Indian trade, with great success, and acquired a considerable fortune. Under Dougan's administration, in 1683, he was appointed one of the commissioners of the Admiralty Court, and, when Dougan was succeeded by Lieutenant-Governor Nicholson, Leisler, as captain of the militia, intimidated Nicholson so that he left the province and went to England.