Author : Daniel Smith Lamb
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333457679
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (576 download)
Book Synopsis Genealogy of Lamb, Rose and Others (Classic Reprint) by : Daniel Smith Lamb
Download or read book Genealogy of Lamb, Rose and Others (Classic Reprint) written by Daniel Smith Lamb and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Genealogy of Lamb, Rose and Others Most of these families are of English origin, some are Irish, and one Dutch. The names appear among those of the early settlers of the province of New Jersey, some coming to the province from Connecticut and Long Island. As all of them lived in New Jersey, some knowledge of the early history of the State is necessary to better understand their history. Many of them belonged to the Society of Friends, and some came from the mother country because of persecution on account of their religion. The name Delaware was given to the river and bay of that name in honor of Lord De La War, who made a voyage to Virginia in 16io. Delawar bay is mentioned by Capt. Argal in a letter from Virginia in May, 1612' (see Purchas. Mulford's Hist. New Jersey, 1848, p. Cape May was named after Cornelis Jacobsen Mey, who commanded a Dutch merchant ship for the New World in 1614(mulford, p. Perhaps the first settlement in New Jersey was between 1617 and 1620, at Bergen, in the neighborhood of the Esopus Indians (gordon's History, p. 7 Mulford, p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.