If anyone thinks that history is orchestrated by a small group of people, then you may be interested in researching the possibility that this guy is related to François Joseph Paul de Grasse. He commanded the fleet to victory at the crucial Battle of the Chesapeake, which set the stage for the final Colonial victory at Yorktown. (The fleet left from Sandy Hook, NJ.) His son was an extremely prominent Freemason in SC.

His adult children emigrated to Saint-Domingue on Hispaniola. NDT's grandmother is from the miniscule Caribbean island of Nevis. Of further note, Alexander Hamilton was also originally from Nevis. Small world, no?