History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . pression, persecution and war inWestern Europe for a quarter of a century, and a large number of Protest-ants in France and the German Palatinates on the Rhine mean-time left their homes. Nantes was the center of that class of Protestantsin France known as Huguenots. These the revocation reached imme-diately, and many during these years emigrated to Boston and New York,and became staunch patriots in this, their adopted country. Some namesof lustre are in the colonial annals of Massachusetts
History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . pression, persecution and war inWestern Europe for a quarter of a century, and a large number of Protest-ants in France and the German Palatinates on the Rhine mean-time left their homes. Nantes was the center of that class of Protestantsin France known as Huguenots. These the revocation reached imme-diately, and many during these years emigrated to Boston and New York,and became staunch patriots in this, their adopted country. Some namesof lustre are in the colonial annals of Massachusetts and New York. JamesBowdoin, Henry Laurens, Elias Boudinot and John Jay were FrenchHuguenots. John Jay in his lifetime was president of Congress, Ambas-sador to a foreign court, Chief Justice and Governor of New York. But the Palatine Germans are of more direct and local interest. Theinvasion of the Palatinates by the French in 1707 was the direct and cul-minating cause of the Palatine emigration, as it enforced the revocationof Louis Fourteenth. Early in the year 1708, the next year after the inva-. CHARLES Lineage.] 122 HISTORY OF PINE PLAINS. sion, 41 Lutherans from the Palatinate went to England and asked to betransported to America. Free transportation was granted. Very soonafter, June 25th, the same year, Joshua De Kocherthal, minister, onbehalf of himself and thirteen others (fourteen in all) sent a petition toQueen Ann, stating they wrere desirous to settle themselves in some ofyour Majestys plantations in America, but by reason of their extremepoverty they cannot defray their charges for passage thither. further most humbly entreats your Majesty to grant himsuch salary for the support of himself and family as your Majesty in yourgreat clemency shall think fit. This petition was accompanied by testi-monials under the hands and seals of the bailiffs or principal magistratesof the villages where they dwelt, which testimonials do give a goodcharacte
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