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6. | Charles RHODES was born in in England. Notes:
Charles Rhodes was, with another boy, kidnapped from England and Impressed as a sailor, and while on the Jersey coast was fortunate enough to make his escape. His friends, learning of his whereabouts, supplied him with some goods to start a
store. A chest in wich some of the goods were sent to him, was in the awintermute family for a long time, until the spring of 1890 when it was sold at vendue with other goods disposed of by David H. Wintermute, of Newton, and so passed out of
the family. The chest had a drawer in one end and beneath that a secret compartment. Rhodes served as Surrogate of Sussex County for a long time.
Charles married Alice VAN KIRK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Johan Peter Bernhardt was born in in Kezenheim in the Grafschaft Bolander Europa (Rhenish Bavaria; died on 28 Dec 1748; was buried in Stillwater, New Jersey. Notes:
He came with his frau and children to America in the year 1731. He was the first person buried in the Stillwater (New Jersey) cemetery, where the old German Church was years after erected.
reference:
The Wintermute Family History; Compiled by J.P. Wintermute First Printing, Delaware, Ohio 1990
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