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| − | Jan Streypers, a Quaker of Kaldekerk, near [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]], [[Germany|Germany]], probably a [[Mennonite (The Name)|Mennonite]] before 1679 when Quakerism was planted in this area, one of the three promoters of the German settlement along with [[Telner, Jacob (17th century)|Jacob Telner ]]and [[Sipman, Dirck (17th century)|Dirck Sipman]]. He bought 5,000 acres of land in [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania ]]from Benjamin Furly, Penn's agent in Rotterdam, which he finally turned over to his younger brother William, one of the first 13 Germantown settler families. He spent a short time in [[Germantown Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)|Germantown ]]sometime between 1687 and 1706. | + | Jan Streypers, a Quaker of Kaldekerk, near [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]], [[Germany|Germany]], probably a [[Mennonite (The Name)|Mennonite]] before 1679 when Quakerism was planted in this area, one of the three promoters of the German settlement along with [[Telner, Jacob (17th century)|Jacob Telner]] and [[Sipman, Dirck (17th century)|Dirck Sipman]]. He bought 5,000 acres of land in [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] from Benjamin Furly, Penn's agent in Rotterdam, which he finally turned over to his younger brother William, one of the first 13 Germantown settler families. He spent a short time in [[Germantown Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)|Germantown]] sometime between 1687 and 1706. |
| − | When William Penn came to the [[Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)|Rhineland ]]again in 1686, he visited [[Wesel (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Wesel]], where Jan Streypers and his son-in-law, H. J. van Aaken, met him and accompanied him to Kirchheim and Krefeld. | + | When William Penn came to the [[Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)|Rhineland]] again in 1686, he visited [[Wesel (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Wesel]], where Jan Streypers and his son-in-law, H. J. van Aaken, met him and accompanied him to Kirchheim and Krefeld. |
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Hull, William J. <em>William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania</em>. Philadelphia, 1935. | Hull, William J. <em>William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania</em>. Philadelphia, 1935. | ||
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Nieper, Fr. <em>Die ersten deutschen Auswanderer aus Krefeld nach Pennsylvanien. </em>Neukirchen, 1940: 90 ff. | Nieper, Fr. <em>Die ersten deutschen Auswanderer aus Krefeld nach Pennsylvanien. </em>Neukirchen, 1940: 90 ff. | ||
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Jan Streypers, a Quaker of Kaldekerk, near Krefeld, Germany, probably a Mennonite before 1679 when Quakerism was planted in this area, one of the three promoters of the German settlement along with Jacob Telner and Dirck Sipman. He bought 5,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania from Benjamin Furly, Penn's agent in Rotterdam, which he finally turned over to his younger brother William, one of the first 13 Germantown settler families. He spent a short time in Germantown sometime between 1687 and 1706.
When William Penn came to the Rhineland again in 1686, he visited Wesel, where Jan Streypers and his son-in-law, H. J. van Aaken, met him and accompanied him to Kirchheim and Krefeld.
Bibliography
Hull, William J. William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1935.
Nieper, Fr. Die ersten deutschen Auswanderer aus Krefeld nach Pennsylvanien. Neukirchen, 1940: 90 ff.
| Author(s) | Elizabeth Horsch Bender |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Bender, Elizabeth Horsch. "Streypers, Jan (17th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Streypers,_Jan_(17th_century)&oldid=113992.
APA style
Bender, Elizabeth Horsch. (1959). Streypers, Jan (17th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Streypers,_Jan_(17th_century)&oldid=113992.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 645-646. All rights reserved.
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