History of the Blickensderfer Family in America (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Blickensderfer Family in America The earliest known authentic information of the Blick ensderfer family in America is contained in the land titles in the government archives o the city of Speyer, the capital of the Palatinate or Rheinish province of the kingdom of Bavaria, in C.ertnanv. These records state that on August 20. ijtt, the Elector John William sold and conveyed a certain "ICohlacher Estate on the Uehehuette.''situated in the Schifferstadt sub-division of the Klectorate of Sfiey-er. containing about 60 morgen of grain land and April 27. 1713- this estate was transferred to a certain Uthich Schneider, who. an February 12, 1716. received permission of the Electoral Palatinate Court to convey the same to the "Anabaptist" Blickensderfer. or Pleickens-doerffer. as the name is there written. 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.