In 1754 Thomas Cope gave this simple coin to his son, Caleb, when he reached the age of 9. The year on the coin was also the year of Caleb's birth. Twenty-one years later the coin would end up in the hand of a British Officer who would conspire with Benedict Arnold in an attempt to capture one of the colonies' most important military installations.
Photograph- Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
Photograph- Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
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Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
