&6 HISTORY or 



Haying openly and lionestly adjusted their affairs 

 previous to their departure, they bade adieu to their old 

 and endeared home, this family, via Holland and 

 England" made their way to the 7ieiv 7voi'ld-, where they 

 an-ived, sometime in 1709, in the city of New York. — 

 Having arrived, and being pleased with the country, 

 iJieir next step was to acquire the rights of citizenship 

 from the proper authority. The following letters patent, 

 under the Privy seal of Queen Anne will show they 

 were successful in their application, and will be read 

 with interest by the descendants of all named in it. 



Anne, by the grace of God, of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land, Queen, defender of faith, &c. To whom all these 

 presents may come, Imow ye that we for good causes 

 and considerations especially moving us hereunto by 

 om- special grace, moving us thereunto, do grant for our- 

 selves, our heirs and successors to onr beloved Joshua 

 Rocherthal, Sybella Charlotte, his wife, Christian Joshua 

 his son, and Sybella and Susanna his daughters, Law- 

 rence Schwisser, and Ann Catharine his wife, and John 



♦According to the statements of R. Conyngham, Esq., a man 

 of erudition and well known as one of more than ordinary re- 

 search into Historrcal facts, Mary, the mother of Daniel Ferree, 

 accompanied by her children, and armed with a spirit of reso- 

 lution superior to her sex, went to London, from Ihence to 

 Kensington, whore William Penn resided, to be near Queen 

 Anne, of whom he was deservedly a favorite. Madame 

 Ferree made her wishes known to him : William Penn sympa- 

 lhi7.ed with her in her misfortunes and became interested for 

 her and her children, and ne.xt day introduced her to Queen 

 Anne, 



The Queen was delighted in thus being afforded an opportu- 

 nity to display the natural feelings of her heart. Lodgings 

 were obtained for Madame Ferree in the vicinity until a vessel 

 was ready to sail for New York. — Redmond Conyngham's 

 Address of July Ath, Ib-l'J. 



