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The Amerige family is of ancient Italian origin, being one of the oldest Protestant families of Italy. Because of religious persecution, they were forced to leave their native land and settled in Germany, later going to England.
Morris Amerige, the progenitor of the family in the New World, was born and reared in England and came to America in company with two brothers, with whom he settled in Boston, Massachusetts.