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The Palatines And Their Descendants In Carolinas
Dr. Collier Cobb surveys Palatine migration from the Rhine to England and America, noting Calvinist influence, emigration in 1709 10, and settlements in North Carolina New Bern and other colonies. He details Francke Halle connections, Francke’s schoolwork for Palatine youths, and descendants across the Carolinas, Virginia, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier Cobb
Mendel
George J. Mendel
Charles Darwin
Mr Hyde
Dr. Jekyl
Henry Thomas’ Buckle
England
Bobby Burns
America
Palatinate
Upper Palatinate
Rhenish Palatinate
Lower Palatinate
Unterpfalz
Rhine
Mainz
Worms
Heilbronn
Landau
Zweibrucken
Electoral Palatinate
Heidelberg
Mannheim
Principality of
Simmern
Deux Ponts
Veldenz
Lautern
Conrad
Frederick II
Otto
Louis II
Bavaria
Louis of Bavaria
House of Wittelsbach
The
France
Alfred the Great
Germany
Neuburg
Anne
Lord Macau
Ireland
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Columbia
Ulster
New York
Montgomery
Herkimer
Worcester
Massachusetts
United States
New Jersey
Christopher de Graffenreict
Ludwig Michel
Duke of
de Graffenreid
de Graffenried
London
Lawson
Bern
Abe den
Guienne
Gascony
August Hermann Francke
Halle
Spencer
Zinzendorf
Francke
Francke Platz
Cotton Mather
Johann
New England
Hans
Boston
Sevil Muller
New Bern
John Martin Francke
Jacob
Katherine Muller
Trent
Little
General Assembly
de Graffenreict
Michel
Piedmont
Carolinas
Gaston
Lincoln
Catawba
Caldwell
Cabarrus
Cleveland
Rowan
Guilford
Alamance
Randolph
South Carolina
Northwest
Charleston
Savannah