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The Order also publishes a book entitled Founders of Early American Families, that contains historical information about the male heads of families who emigrated to the 13 original colonies from 1607 to 1657. The latest version is the Second Revised Edition that contains entries for 4,490 Founders plus a roster of current members, Governors ...
Family 13, also known as the Ferrar Group (ƒ 13, von Soden calls the group I i), is a group of Greek Gospel manuscripts, dating from the 11th to the 15th centuries, which share a distinctive pattern of variant readings.
Herman op den Graeff and his family were one of the original thirteen families which founded Germantown. [9] He continued his trade as linen weaver and remained prominent in Germantown civic and religious life. He farming his own Land and became an agent for the large landholder Jacob Telner and Dirck Sipman, both from Krefeld as well.
Signature of Abraham op den Graeff (at the 1688 Germantown Quaker petition against slavery) Abraham Isaacs op den Graeff, also Op den Graff, Opdengraef as well as Op den Gräff [1] (c. 1649 – c. 1731) was one of the so-called Original 13, the first closed group of German emigrants to North America, and an original founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania, as well as a civic leader, member of the ...
Op den Graeff (Dutch pronunciation: [ɔb də(ŋ) ˈɣraːf]) is a German and American family of Dutch origin. [1] They were one of the first families of the Mennonite faith in Krefeld at the beginning of the 17th century. Various family members belonged to Original 13, the first
Derick op den Graeff and his family were one of the original thirteen families which founded Germantown. [10] He continued his trade as linen weaver and remained prominent in Germantown civic and religious life. [3] From among the Krefeld settlers, it was probably the Quakers who provided the impetus for the rejection of slavery.
Could be purported member of the Pitt family, or a Robert Fitt who was active in 1625 [42] Thomas Powell: Cook Sea Venture: George Somers' cook. Married Elizabeth Persons in Bermuda John Graye Proctor: Gentleman, Yeoman [75] Sea Venture: John Ratcliffe: Councillor: Diamond: Original settler. Died c. 1609-1610 (tortured by natives) after ...
The southern colonies held the belief that the family had the responsibility of educating their children, mirroring the common belief in Europe. Wealthy families either used tutors and governesses from Britain or sent children to school in England. By the 1700s, university students based in the colonies began to act as tutors. [89]