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From: malinda <>
Subject: Re: Optengraef
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:34:26 -0600
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When did the original British arrive....??

~m

Sandra Ferguson wrote:

> If you mean, by "group of followers", the first Quakers to arrive and
> populate Chester county, then "no"...no one of that name. The original
> Quaker emigrants were all British, to my knowledge. However, if you
> include some dates for this surname, I could perhaps find them....please
> include given names, too.
> The surname you search for is German, and this group came to PA a bit
> later, and were usually not members of the Quaker faith, and were German
> Reformed, & Lutherans.
> I also find another spelling, Jacob Uptegrave, on the taxable list of
> 1753 Coventry Twp, but without dates and given names I don't know who you're
> actually searching for.....so, send those and I'll gladly search the wills
> and other records for your family.
> Sandra
> > "If someone has a list of the William Penn group of followers, could you
> > please check to see if there is a family by the name of Optengraef
> > (Updegraf, Opdegrove)?"
> >
> >
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