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they made flight into Germany, not far from Strasburg, 

 where they resided two years. On their leaving France, 

 they were accompanied by a young man by the name of 

 Isaac Le Fevre, who stated that his family were nearly 

 all put to death by the soldiers, that he himself escaped 

 with difficulty, unhurt : he continued as one of the family 

 until they arrived in America and married one of their 

 daughters, Catharine Ferrie, and from whom, as far as 

 we can learn, all the names of the Le Fevres, in this 

 county, spring. 



During their residence in Germany, the father died, and 

 Mary Ferrie, the widow, (it is singular that after she 

 came to America, she was not pleased to be called by 

 any other name than that of JNIary Warrinbuer, that 

 being her maiden name) — hearing of a fine province, 

 called Pennsylvania, in North America, that the pro- 

 prietor, William Penn, resided in London, determined to 

 set out for that place, that if she could find sufficient 

 encouragement from Penn, she would try to get to 

 America ; she accordingly set out for London with her 

 family, and when she arrived there, she employed a 

 person to direct her to William Penii's residence. When 

 on their way, her conductor pointed out to her Penn's 

 carriage, which was just meeting them: she being of a 

 persevering disposition, called Penn, who immediately 

 stopped his carriage, and he being well acquainted with 

 the French language,* Avhich was quite gratifying to her, 

 as she could neither speak nor understand the English. — 

 Penn having learned the nature and object of her call, 



*Penr, while in France, in 1662 and 1663, studied Theology 

 and French^ under the instruction of Moses Amyraut, a Calvi- 

 nistic or French Protestant divine, a native of Bourgeuil ; a 

 man of unbounded charity and compassion. He inculcated 

 these principles into all his students, and exemplified them in 



