Johann Peter Rockefeller immigrates to America
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- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. whole source · open book
Around 1723, Johann Peter Rockefeller, a miller, gathered up his wife and five children, set sail for Philadelphia, and settled on a farm in Somerville and then Amwell, New Jersey, where he evidently flourished and acquired large landholdings.
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