Jan de Wit

1. Willem de Wit is part of the wave of Dutch emigration to America in the day.

2. He has a son, Jan, born in Norfolk, Virginia.

3. Jan gets into trouble siding with his native Dutch (and Irish) rebels against the colonial English authorities (Boston tea party, and all that).

4. Like many of his ilk he heads for the Cape of Good Hope, seeking a new life under Dutch authorities ... And away from the hated English.

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