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Graffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743

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Personal name headingGraffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743
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Variant(s)Von Graffenried, Christoph, Baron, 1661-1743
See alsoFamily: De Graffenried (Family : Graffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743)
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Associated countrySwitzerland
Associated placeNew Bern (N.C.)
Birth date1661-11-15
Death date1743
Place of birthWorb (Switzerland)
Found inHis Christoph von Graffenried's account of founding of New Bern, 1920.
LC in OCLC, 10/12/86 (hdg.: Graffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743)
NCpedia WWW site, Aug. 24, 2020 (Graffenried, Christoph, Baron Von; born 15 Nov. 1661, Worb in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, died November? 1743; founder of New Bern and a leader in early Swiss and German colonization of America; his son, Christoph, emigrated to the New World; landing at Charleston, S.C., the young man married Barbara Tempest Needham, of Hertfordshire, England, and their issue founded the American branch of the family, which adopted the French version of the name, De Graffenried)
   <https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/graffenried-christoph>
Finding aid for De Graffenried family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Aug. 24, 2020 (Baron Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743) of Switzerland, Landgrave of Carolina, founded New Bern, N.C., in 1710. His family and descendents resided in Switzerland and America. The collection includes pictures, biographical and genealogical clippings and writings, and family data relating to Baron Christoph von Graffenried and his family and descendants)
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