Michel DesLoges
It is likely that all
persons in the United States with the surname
of DeLoach, DeLoache, DeLoatch, or any of the other variant
spellings, is a descendant of Michel DesLoges.
He was a French Huguenot refugee who arrived in the Virginia
Colony in 1663. At some point after his arrival, he anglicized his
name to Michael DeLoach. He had the good fortune of meeting and
marrying Jane Griffith, the only daughter of wealthy land owner
Rowland Griffith. When Rowland died, he willed Jane and Michael
his plantation, upon which they prospered and raised their family.
Their descendants spread down the Atlantic Coast, through the
Carolinas to Georgia. Following the American Revolution, they
began moving westward through Tennessee to Kentucky, Alabama,
and other states that were part of the American frontier.
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