The Charlestons Jewish Community

German Immigrants in Charleston

Today well be talking about the Germans that immagrated to Charleston. Early Settlers from Germany areas came from Switzerland, Austria, Bohemia and other areas leaving behind famine, war, and hunger for the possibility of a better life in the New World. The Germans came over in small waves in the 18th Century. The first German Lutherans held their first recorded worship service in Charleston in 1734. The Second wave of immigrants come in the mid 19th century. Germans participated fully in the Southern Cause during the Civil War, raising six militia companies and an artillery battalion.

Scots in Charleston

The first Scots in Charleston arrived in the late 17th century. in 1685 they united with Huguenots from France, Congregationalists from England and New England, and other Christians from Ireland to form the Independent Church of Charleston on Meeting Street, where the Circular Congregational Church now Stands. in 1731 twelve Scottish families, about 30 people, withdrew peaceably from Congregational Church so they could form a church that would be governed according to the form and discipline of the Church of Scotland.  The new church became known as the "Scots Kirk" or Scots Meeting House, and in 1734 they built a wooden structure at Meeting and Tradd Streets as a place of worship.   Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https: [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]//www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ== [https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==]  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/]  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston [http://www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston]  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink [https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]

The Roman Chatholicism in Charleston

Though no record exists, legend has it that Spanish priests celebrated Mass in the area as early as 1526, long before Charles Townes English settlers arrived in 1670. Catholics came to colonial Carolina despite a ban on Catholicism enacted for fear that Catholics would conspire with the Spanish against the English colony. However, there were no established Catholic congregations until after the American Revolution.    Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https: [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]//www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ== [https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==]  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/]  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston [http://www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston]  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink [https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]

The Irish in Charleston

The English expedition that established the first Carolina settlement stopped at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, to recruit Irish servants, but did not meet with much success. To many Catholic Irish, the Americas were a place of banishment from where no one ever returned. Nonetheless, some Irish, especially Protestants, did come to the early colony. The 18th century also saw a large influx of Scots/Irish settlers to South Carolinas interior and some established businesses in Charleston. Most settled on the upper part of the peninsula were instrumental in founding the Second Presbyterian Church in 1809. One of those founder James Adger from County Antrim was a merchant on upper King Street, though later he moved south of Broad to a house on Meeting Street.  Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https: [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]//www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ== [https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==]  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/]  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston [http://www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston]  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink [https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]

The Charlestons Jewish Community

Charleston is home to one of the oldest Jewish settlements in the United States. Jews began arriving her as early as 1694 and by 1800 Charleston boasted the largest population in North American. The First Immigrants were mainly Sephardim, people of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry, who came from England, the Netherlands and the West Indies to Charles Town, the new British outpost in North America. over the course of the 18th Century, increasing numbers of Ashkenazic Jews came from the German Speaking states and Poland, and from Atlantic coast seaports. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https: [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]//www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ== [https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==]  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/]  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston [http://www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston]  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink [https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]