Francis Daniel Pastorius
Franz Daniel Pastorius
Franconian Circle, Holy Roman Empire
German lawyer and poet Francis Daniel Pastorius was the founder of Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - AsNotedIn
German lawyer and poet Francis Daniel Pastorius was the founder of Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1683/08/16 | Francis Pastorius arrives in Philadelphia with a warrant to buy land for a group of men from Frankfurt who plan to emigrate to Willam Penn's Province of Pennsylvania. The Frankfurt Company will never emigrated to the new colony. | Founder | German People Settle in America | ||||
| 1683/10/06 | Thirteen German-Dutch families from Krefeld in the Rhine valley make their land claims. Francis Pastorius negotiates with William Penn to combine Dutch and German land claims. | Founder | Colonial Germantown Historic District | Philadelphia, PA | German People Settle in America | ||
| 1683/11/00 | Francis Pastorius has his new town site surveyed: a 6,000 acre parcel located along a Lenni Lenape trail, near the top of a low hill, between the Wissahickon and Wingohocking creeks, four miles north of Philadelphia. | Founder | Colonial Germantown Historic District | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1696/00/00 | A residence is constructed for Daniel Francis Pastorius, probably on Germantown Avenue. | Home | Francis Daniel Pastorius Homestead | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1698/00/00 | Francis Pastorius is appointed headmaster of the Friends School (lost) and moves back to Philadelphia. | Work | Francis Daniel Pastorius Homestead | Philadelphia, PA |
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