Naturalization document for Francis Daniel Pastorius and other Germans in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1691 May 7.

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Naturalization document for Francis Daniel Pastorius and other Germans in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1691 May 7.

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William Penn, proprietor of the province of Pennsylvania, granted naturalization citizenship to Francis Daniel Pastorius and sixty-one other residents of the Germantown area of Philadelphia.

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Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 1651-1719

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Francis Daniel Pastorius (1651-1719) was a German settler of Colonial Pennsylvania. As the agent for the Frankfort Land Company, he came to Philadelphia in 1683 to purchase land tracts for German settlers. This land was later known as Germantown. In 1708, John Henry Sprogel attempted to dispossess many of the German settlers. Pastorious settled the legal dispute in favor of the settlers. From the description of Frankfort Land Company papers, 1683-1721. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat ...

Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...