Palatine Roots: The 1710 German Settlement in New York as Experienced by Johann Peter Wagner
- Author: Nancy Wagoner Dixon
- SKU: 1521
- ISBN: 089725175X
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$49.50
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Description:
By Nancy Wagoner Dixon. Introduction by Henry Z Jones Jr., FASG. 352 pp extensive maps illustrations, original documents and photos; printed endsheets; Wagner family genealogy 1615 through the American Revolution; 3,023 entry Every Name Index. Smythe sewn and hard cover. 1994 #1521 $49.50
"An impressive job of research, a vivid picture of the daily lives of these German Settlers." - The Kilts Family Association
"Palatine Roots is 'good reading'; Palatine genealogists and New York history buffs will find it hard to put down." New York Genealogical & Bio. Record
"In an excellent manner...the author addresses both the American and European strands of this story with equal adeptness." - The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
"Dixon skillfully combines extensive genealogical and historical research to provide a vivid account of the German immigrant community as a whole and of the settlers' struggle to establish homes in America. Meticulous research" - New York History magazine of New York State Historical Association.
The first major study of the New York Germans since Knittle's 1937 Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration, this fascinating study provides an unvarnished window into the first decades of the famous 1710 immigration into New York State. Nan Dixon coupled this with a detailed look at the conditions in Germany in the century leading up to the migration.
Hank Jones' award-winining two volume The Palatine Families of New York documents the 647 heads of imminrating families; Palatine Roots brings these families back to life, often through their own words. You will read of the shipboard experiences of these simple German farmers, the subsequent English abuse of power over them in New York Colony, and their day-to-day struggle for existence in the New World. Hundreds of original quotes give this book a vividness not to be found in any other work on this historic event. If you are descended from any othe the 647 Palatine families of 1710 or are interested in this extremely important period of our country's history you will want this book.
