By Elizabeth F. Gay, Cheves Leland, and Renée Marshall A page from the Timothy Journal. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA The Timothy family surely represented the Huguenot motto, “I am burned but not consumed.” In Peter, we find a champion of this motto. Pre-Revolution family life In the years leading up to the Revolution, Peter and Ann Timothy operated the printing office and had an estimated 12 children. Six of the known children were deceased before 1770, with...

By Elizabeth F. Gay, H. Cheves Leland and Renée Marshall An Essay on Currency, printed by Lewis Timothe in Church Street 1734. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE CHARLESTON LIBRARY SOCIETY When Louis Timothée departed Philadelphia in late November 1733, his wife Elisabet was weeks away from delivering their sixth child, Michael. She already had Pierre, Marie Elisabet, Louis Paul, Charles and John to look after. The family had been in Pennsylvania since September 1731, and two short years later, Louis...

How one family’s multigenerational journey offers us all a glimpse into our shared history By Elizabeth Gay, Cheves Leland and Renée Marshall Articles of Association, Library Company of Philadelphia, July 1, 1731. PHOTO PROVIDED BY ELIZABETH GAY In preparation for its celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, The Huguenot Society of South Carolina began a renewed study of the family of Louis Timothée and his wife Elisabet Vilain. It was Peter Timothy’s...