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State flag of Pennsylvania Location of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pennsylvania, the fifth-most populous state in the United States, [1] is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are sometimes called "Pennsylvanians".
C. Domingo Cabello y Robles; Jean-Jacques Caffieri; Guido Calcagnini; Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani; José António Caldas; David Caldwell (North Carolina minister)
John Morton (1725 – April 1, 1777) was an American farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania and a Founding Father of the United States. As a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, he was a signatory to the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence. Morton provided the swing ...
James Finley was born on February 4, 1725, in County Armagh, Ireland, the son of Michael Finley and Anne daughter of Samuel O'Neill.He immigrated to America at the age of nine, and studied under Samuel Blair at Faggs Manor Academy, [1] in what is now Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Hans Herr (September 17, 1639 – October 11, 1725) was born in Zürich, Switzerland. While often cited as a descendant of the knight Hugo Herr, scholarship done in the 20th century has put this claim in doubt. [1] He joined the Swiss Brethren (later called Mennonites) and became a bishop. He was the first Mennonite bishop to emigrate to America.
The borough of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was established in 1762 and incorporated in 1799. The population in the 2010 census was 18,461. [1] Notable residents or those who were born in West Chester are listed below. West Chester Downtown Historic District
The Category should be limited to the de facto limits of Pennsylvania. So it should not include those who lived effectively in de facto independent Native American polities, those who were subjects of the areas of New France in the area also then claimed by Pennsylvania, or people who de facto recognized themselves as subjects of the Province ...
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