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Excerpt from A Foundation Builder: Sketches in the Life of Rev. James B. Simmons, D.D Peter Simmons, came from Holland in the eighteenth century and settled in Dutchess County. Many of the best people Of the State Of New York to-day are descended from the early Dutch settlers. The Van Rensselaers, Vanderbilts, Astors, Roosevelts, Rockefellers, and Dutchers are proud to Claim Holland as the fatherland of their ancestors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.