Persecution for the faith by the faith
Research for the last post revealed that Sharon's father had roots that extend deep into 15th and 16th century France -- and probably before that, going by information contained in a typewritten manuscript produced by a man who would have been some sort of numbered cousin. (I've had the whole first cousin, etc., once removed, etc., thing explained to me in a way that made sense at the time but completely eludes me now.) One of Earl's (that's Sharon's father) great-great-to-the-x grandfathers came to America in the 17th century as the result of religious persecution. Rene Jacques Husson was born in France in 1635 at a time when relative peace reigned after 36 years of violent conflict between the Catholic population of France and converts to the Reformed wing of the Protestant movement developed by John Calvin. These Protestant followers were called Huguenots. (Don't ask me why. Many theories abound as to the origins of the name.) Other Protestant groups existed ...