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Dutch Roots Reach Westward From Conowago Colony
The Conowago Dutch settlers pushed into Kentucky and Indiana in the 1780s and ’90s. Names such as Bone and Demaree appear in land sales and church records. Their migration followed rugged pioneer routes to Boonesborough and Six Mile, with missions by Peter Laubach and early Synod activity shaping local Reformed Dutch and Presbyterian ties.
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Conowago
Adams County
York County
Kentucky
Daniel Bone
Bucks County
North Carolina
Ohio
Kentucky River
Boonesborough
Kentrcky
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Savs Collins
White Oak Spring Station
Henry
Banta
Albert Burgee
Peter Cosart
Cerrad
Cassat
Frerellots Ripperdan
John Fleury
Ripperdan
Tafa
Shaver
Cornelius Cosine
Papera
Yor
Samuel Dempree
Mr. Cosine
Jacob Cosaarte
Euerby County
Conners
Lucas van Ars
Corntelins Casine
Samuel Porland
Cumberland
Alleghenies
New Jersey
Conewago
Harradsburg
Pleasureville
Six Mile
Henry County
Corwin
Synod of the
Reformed Dutch Church
Peter Labaugh
Conaware
Flo
New York
Harrodsburg
Hackersack N. J
Presbyterian Church
Archibald Cameron
John Knox
Cononagh