Re: country of origin?
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country of origin?
4/20/00
The NORDYKE's county of origin:
North Dike of the North Sea
1.)Jacob Nordyke of Harlingen: [Netherlands Freisland]
On a trip by Thomas Story, Recorder of Deeds in Pennsylvania, to Holland and Germany in 1715 reported the following account:Jacob Nordyke of Harlingen went ahead to prepare a Mennonite meeting after a wagon broke down near Oudeboone.Jacob was called "... Menist and Friendly man...".He also said that Quaker's and Mennonite's shared the same churches in Holland in 1715.
2.) Jacob Nordyke of Harlingen: [Netherlands Freisland]
In 1715 Thomas Story traveled in the Netherlands province of Freisland with Jacob Nordyke.This was two years after the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 that ended the thirty years of warfare by Louis XIV in Holland.With peace in Freisland, Thomas Story traveled to Mennonite comunities that opposed taking oaths, holding public office, or performing military service.The Quakers and Mennonites shared early religious interest in the Netherlands.
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