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Jan Lensen<strong> </strong>was the head of one of the 13 [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]] families (Mennonite and [[Society of Friends|Quaker]]) who immigrated to [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], arriving in Philadelphia on 6 October 1683 on the "[[Concord (Ship)|Concord]]," who were therefore the forerunners of German immigration to America. He came from [[Rheydt (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Rheydt]], was a linen weaver by trade and settled in [[Germantown Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)|Germantown]], where he was naturalized as a citizen in 1691. His family was (according to Hull) the only one of the 13 original settler families to be and remain Mennonite. | Jan Lensen<strong> </strong>was the head of one of the 13 [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]] families (Mennonite and [[Society of Friends|Quaker]]) who immigrated to [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], arriving in Philadelphia on 6 October 1683 on the "[[Concord (Ship)|Concord]]," who were therefore the forerunners of German immigration to America. He came from [[Rheydt (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Rheydt]], was a linen weaver by trade and settled in [[Germantown Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)|Germantown]], where he was naturalized as a citizen in 1691. His family was (according to Hull) the only one of the 13 original settler families to be and remain Mennonite. | ||
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Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 638. | Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 638. | ||
Hull, Wm. I. <em>William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania. </em>Swarthmore College, 1935. | Hull, Wm. I. <em>William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania. </em>Swarthmore College, 1935. | ||
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Revision as of 19:23, 20 August 2013
Jan Lensen was the head of one of the 13 Krefeld families (Mennonite and Quaker) who immigrated to Pennsylvania, arriving in Philadelphia on 6 October 1683 on the "Concord," who were therefore the forerunners of German immigration to America. He came from Rheydt, was a linen weaver by trade and settled in Germantown, where he was naturalized as a citizen in 1691. His family was (according to Hull) the only one of the 13 original settler families to be and remain Mennonite.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 638.
Hull, Wm. I. William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania. Swarthmore College, 1935.
| Author(s) | Christian Hege |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Hege, Christian. "Lensen, Jan (17th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lensen,_Jan_(17th_century)&oldid=83123.
APA style
Hege, Christian. (1957). Lensen, Jan (17th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lensen,_Jan_(17th_century)&oldid=83123.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 323. All rights reserved.
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