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Sunday, January 8, 2017

Surveyor General Simeon DeWitt: The Man Behind Those Greek Names

Tjerck Claeszen DeWitt, the son of Nicholas DeWitt, immigrated to New Amsterdam (New York City) from Grootholt in Zunterlant in 1656. Grootholt means Great Wood and Zunterland was probably located on the southern border of East Friesland, a German ...


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