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The Palatines transported to New York in the summer of 1710 totaled about 2800 people in ten ships, the largest group of immigrants to enter British America before the American Revolution. Because of their refugee status and weakened condition, as well as shipboard diseases, they had a high rate of fatalities.
From c.1085, after the death of the last Ezzonian count palatine, Herman II of Lotharingia, the Palatinate lost its military importance in Lotharingia.The territorial authority of the count palatine was reduced to his counties along the Rhine, henceforth called the County Palatine of the Rhine.
The 1710s decade ran from January 1, 1710, to December 31, 1719. Events. 1710 January–March. January 1 – In ... June – Protestant Swiss and German Palatines, ...
In January 1710, Von Graffenried sent 650 Palatine settlers to Carolina under the leadership of John Lawson, the provincial surveyor general. Lawson had recently returned from Carolina in order to publish his book, A Voyage to Carolina. Lawson was knowledgeable of the country and promised to guide the settlers to the best sites for their ...
He voted for the naturalization of the Palatines and was twice a teller on non-political matters in 1709. In 1710, he voted for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell. He was defeated at the 1710 British general election. In 1714, his appointment as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber was renewed for the lifetime of George I. [2]
He voted in favour of naturalizing the Palatines in 1709 and was teller in favour of the Whig candidate on 8 March. He was the first named to a drafting committee for a bill to improve the Chichester Road on 9 February 1710. He voted for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710.
Within two years of the Palatines' 1710 arrival, the naval stores venture had failed due to lack of support in Parliament and the settlers' unwillingness to see themselves as government employees. Afterwards, some left for other areas of New York, going either south to today's Rhinebeck or northwest to the Mohawk Valley .
He voted for the naturalization of the Palatines in 1709 and for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. He lost the seat in a contest at the 1710 general election, but regained it at a by-election on 28 January 1712. Having taken his seat, he was appointed to a committee of inquiry into abuses in musters, clothing and army hospitals.