Excerpt from History of Gilead Evangelical Lutheran Church, Centre Brunswick, Rensselaer Co;, N. Y. And the Vicinity In the year 1876 the writer, then pastor of Gilead Luth eran Church, Centre Brunswick, N. Y., was requested to prepare an historical address, as at that time it was sup posed the said church was exactly one hundred years old. This he undertook to do, delivering two addresses of the kind. These however did not cover half the age of the church. He then suggested the propriety of making an effort to collect everything that could be found relating to the church and neighborhood, and writing a history to be preserved in manuscript by the church, and forwarding a copy of the same to the Historical Society at Gettysburg, Pa. Soon afterwards, at an annual congregational meet ing it was resolved it should be published when completed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Sometimes people leave their home with the hopes of finding something better. Sometimes they are forced out and chased away. Philip Eamer and his wife, Catrina, experience both in this true story of immigrants searching for a place to call home. The Eamer family’s story begins in 1755 as they leave the Rhine Valley for a better life in America. Once there, they move to the Mohawk River Valley in New York, where they build a home and raise 10 children. Despite the effects of the French Indian War, the Eamers flourish and happily find their lives intertwined with their neighbours and fellow immigrants for almost two decades. However, no family’s story occurs in isolation, and eventually the Eamers find themselves at the mercy of the political and historic events of the American Revolution. Choosing to side with the Crown, they are forced to flee their home at the hands of neighbours and soldiers. What follows next is representative of many Loyalists’ experiences. The Eamer family is forced to make a 370-km (230-mile) trek to Montreal, where they must live in a refugee camp for three years before finally being granted their own land in the St. Lawrence Valley for their loyalty to the King. Told by one of Philip and Catrina’s descendants, Three River Valleys Called Home is historical fiction based on a real family and true events. Although some of the interactions and dialogue may be imagined, they are firmly planted in the harsh realities that many immigrants faced and pay tribute to the true grit of the settlers who built North America. While this book will have special meaning for the thousands of descendants of the Eamer family (and the other families who made up their community), their story will touch anyone with a history of immigration in their family tree.

Recounts the story of one denomination's growth and development into a mature church body in the northeastern United States.

An extraction of the Ostrander/Oostrander names from the christening and marriage records from 529 churches in New York State and nearby. No attempt has been made to link family groups.

James Hogill is believed to be the first Hogle in America. He was born in about 1686. He married Ellin Dwyer in 1706 in Talbot County, Maryland. They had four children. Four Hogel brothers were born in New York from about 1715 to 1725. Their parents names are not known. They are Johannes, Edward, Barent and Pieter. The main focus of the history is on the descendants of Pieter, who was born in about 1725. He married Catharina Vosburgh, daughter of Abraham Vosburgh and Geertje Van Den Bergh, in about 1746. They had ten children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New York, Illinois and Indiana.