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| | PETERS - Early Settlers Of Monroe Co., MI |
 | | Richard, son of Richard and Susannah, was born at Stamford, in Delaware County, New York on 13 March 1797 and married Polly Wilcox on 26 Jan 1820 and became the parents of six children. |
 | | In 1824, they removed to Michigan from Harpersfield, Delaware, New York with their three eldest children (Frances, George and John) and purchased from the United States government about 600 acres of land in what came to be known as Summerfield Township, Monroe County, Michigan. |
 | | The focus of this research is on the families relative to PETERS of Monroe County, Michigan, and are intended to to be used as a reference to other genealogists researching these surnames. |
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