Edwin R Purple
Author
Publisher
Edwin Ruthven Purple
Pub. Date
1877
Physical Desc
24 p.
Language
English
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"Jacob Leisler ... from Frankfort, came to New Netherland a soldier in the West India Company's service in 1660. He embarked in the ship Otter from Amsterdam, the 27th of April of that year. There was a tradition among his descendants that he came originally from France, and a vague report, a hundred years or so ago in New York, that he was Swiss. It is more likely that he was born in Frankfort, and was, therefore a native of Germany."--P. 7. ...
Author
Publisher
E.R. Purple
Pub. Date
1873
Physical Desc
24 p
Language
English
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Caldwallader Colden (1687-1776), of Scottish lineage, was born in Ireland, and lived in Philadelphia between 1710 and 1715. He returned to England and then Scotland, where he married Alice Christy in 1715. In 1716 they immigrated to Philadelphia and in 1718 moved to Ulster County, New York. He was a medical doctor, and was active in the political affairs of the colony.
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
Also available on microfilm.
Language
English
Description
"It is proposed in the following monograph to trace particularly the pedigree of Gerrit Kip, son of Abraham Kip and Maria Van den Berg, who was born in New York May 11, 1746, and married Feb. 12, 1768 , Ellenor or Nelletje Brouwer, and also give some account of their descendants."--P. [5]. Gerrit is a descendant of "Hendrick Hendrickzen Kip (Kype), the ancestor of the Kip family of New York [who] came to New Amsterdam prior to 1643, with his wife,...