Brief History of the Role Churches Played in the Growth of the Pelhams Published in 1926

... a colony on the property owned by Lord John Pell. Through the interest displayed in them by Jacob Leisler, a New York merchant, Lord Pell conveyed to Leisler six thousand acres of land for use of the Huguenots. The consideration of the conveyance ...

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