Francis Daniel Pastorius

Francis Daniel Pastorius
Bas-relief impression of Francis Daniel Pastorius, c. 1897
Born
Franz Daniel Pastorius

(1651-09-26)September 26, 1651
Diedc.1720 (aged 68–69)
Occupation(s)lawyer, poet, scholar, schoolteacher, abolitionist, founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania
Spouse
Ennecke Klostermanns (1658–1723)
(m. 1688)

Francis Daniel Pastorius (September 26, 1651—c. 1720[1]: xii, 286) was a German-born educator, lawyer, poet, and public official. He was the founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania, now part of Philadelphia, the first permanent German-American settlement and the gateway for subsequent emigrants from Germany.[2][3]

  1. ^ Learned, Marion Dexter (1908). The Life of Francis Daniel Pastorius, the Founder of Germantown: Illustrated with Ninety Photographic Reproductions. W. J. Campbell. p. 286.
  2. ^ "Francis Daniel Pastorius, Leader of Germantown settlement". Independence Hall Association. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "The Founding of Germantown". Making History Come Alive. Archived from the original on October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.