Sketches of the Forney Family (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Sketches of the Forney FamilyThe search for data necessary in the compilation of a sketch of any I_'ennsvlvania German family will I ad the investigator. If he is a descendant of the immierant ancestor to seek the cause for the exodus from I 11r11pe.1\'at111all1 the material inlluence 11 as the I hirt1' ears ar, but apart from this active factor and first in point of time. If not also in importance. Was a religious motive. The sufiierings of the persecuted people of the Swiss and German I'alatinates created a general feeling of pity in Iiingland, and this with the hope of stimulating emigra tion was the origin of \villiam I'enn's two visits to tiermanv, 11111 which resulted in induciuer many families to come to the new 111111ince of Pennsylvania. \lan1 pamphlets wete circu lated in tierman1 and Ilolland invitinAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.