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S. Riitan was a worthy representative. Other heads of 

 families who established themselves along the banks of 

 the Delaware were : Daniel Rouette (prior to 1683) ; 

 Jean du Bois (prior to 1694) ; Elie Naudiu in 1698, a 

 native of La Tremblade ; John Gruwell, with his sons 

 John and Jacob ; the brothers, Daniel, James and Will- 

 iam Voshell, who were probably related to Augustine and 

 Peter Voshell who came to New York iu 1700 ; Dr. des 

 Jardines (prior to 1683), who came as a naturalized 

 Englishman ; Jacob Casho ; Laurens Rochia, who fled 

 first to Ireland ; and Richard Saye, of Nismes, who came 

 in 1686. Other names appear before the end of the 

 seventeenth century, many of them giv^en distinction by 

 the upright and honourable lives of their bearers, as fol- 

 lows : Philipe Chevalier, Henri Clerq, Albert Blocq, 

 Math, de Ring, Mosis de Gau, Hubert Laurans, Paul 

 Mincq, Jean Savoy, Bellevill, Cammon, Bassett, Cazier, 

 Deto, La Pierre, La Farge, Le Compte (La Count), Larus, 

 Sees, Setton, Janvier, Du Chesney (Dushane), Vigoure, 

 Tunnell, Le Croix, and Hueling (Huling). 



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The Ferree family was descended from an old and noble The Ferree 

 family of Normandy, and at the time of the Revocation ^^'""y 

 of the Edict, Daniel, one of the best representatives of the 

 family, was a silk manufacturer of wealth and influential 

 position. Owing to his prominence and the staunchness 

 he had displayed in clinging to his faith, he was marked 

 by the dragoons for the bitterest persecutions. To save 

 his wife, Mary, and his six children from the abuse and Daniei-s 

 insults of the troopers, he managed to convey them secretly ^"^^* 

 to Strasboiu'g, where they were in comparative safety. 

 Remaining here for some time, the Ferrees moved to 

 Bittingheim in the Palatinate. Here Daniel Ferree died. 

 The leadership now developed upon Mary Ferree, and Mary 

 the difficulties of her position cannot be well over-esti- He'roTsm 

 mated ; an exile from her native laud, living amongst a 



