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  2. List of Huguenots - Wikipedia

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    Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913), linguist and semiotician, whose mother was from a wealthy Protestant banking family, and whose father's family consisted of a long line of Huguenot academics who had fled to Geneva to escape persecution. [413] Michael Maittaire (1668–1747), linguist. [212]

  3. Huguenots - Wikipedia

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    Huguenot immigrants settled throughout pre-colonial America, including in New Amsterdam (New York City), some 21 miles north of New York in a town which they named New Rochelle, and some further upstate in New Paltz. The "Huguenot Street Historic District" in New Paltz has been designated a National Historic Landmark site and contains one of ...

  4. Jessé de Forest - Wikipedia

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    He then sought permission from the Dutch to establish a colony in what is now New York City. He was granted permission. He assembled approximately 60 families of Walloons and Dutch Protestants for the settlement in New Amsterdam, New Netherland. The first permanent settlers would arrive in New Amsterdam during May 1624 (without de Forest).

  5. Category:Huguenot families - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Huguenot families (21 C, 11 P) H. Huguenot history (6 C, 4 P) M.

  7. Johannes de Peyster Sr. - Wikipedia

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    Johannes de Peyster Sr. (born in Haarlem, Holland, about 1600; died in New Amsterdam (now New York City) about 1685) was a Dutch merchant who immigrated to New Netherland some time before 1651. He was the patriarch of a long line of influential and wealthy family members , who, along with the Van Cortlands , Schuylers , Livingstons , and others ...

  8. List of Dutch family names - Wikipedia

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    Dutch family names were not required until 1811 when emperor Napoleon annexed the Netherlands; [1] prior to 1811, the use of patronymics was much more common. In Dutch linguistics , many names use certain qualifying words (prepositions) which are positioned between a person's given name and their surname .

  9. Jewish arrival in New Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    The Jewish arrival in New Amsterdam of September 1654 was the first organized Jewish migration to North America. It comprised 23 Sephardi Jews , refugees "big and little" of families fleeing persecution by the Portuguese Inquisition after the conquest of Dutch Brazil .