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The Palatine immigration was the largest influx of people into the New World up to that time. These refugees of Europe's religious wars were well prepared to face the hardships of the untamed wilderness. Their work ethic and ability to overcome seemingly impossible odds helped to mold the people who would become known as
. . . Americans.
Cover illustration is of the Palatine church in Newburgh, NY.
From the text . . .
Pastor Joshua Kocherthal, leader of a small band of exiles from the Lower Palatinate, stood before Britain's Queen Anne as her Commission of Trade and Plantations recommended:
" We humbly propose that they be sent to settle upon Hudson's River in the Province of New York, where they may be useful to this Kingdom particularly in the production of naval Stores and as a frontier against the French and their Indians. "
These recommendations were adopted in Council on the 10th of May, 1708, and Queen Anne issued an order for their maintenance and passage to America at her expense. Under a guaranty of nine pence a day for twelve months for their support, and a tract of land on which to make their homes they started for their new country.
They were preceded by the Huguenots and followed by thousands more Palatines eager to build a new life in a valley often compared to the Rhine of their homeland.
Table of Contents
The Huguenots of Olde Ulster . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Palatines at Newburgh I . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Palatines at Newburgh II . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Palatine Exodus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The Palatines at "The Camp" . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Naval Stores Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The West Camp Palatines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Journal of Conrad Weiser . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Palatine Families at West Camp 1710-11 . . 70
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
"The Palatines of Olde Ulster" is compiled from many articles in the ten year biographical and genealogical magazine "Olde Ulster", published from 1905 thru 1914 by Benjamin Myer Brink. It is the first time this material has appeared together in print, and it contains a complete index. 80pp P $9.95
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