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Daniel Perrin
Daniel Perrin
(1642–1719) was one of the first permanent
European
inhabitants of
Staten Island, New York
. Known as "
The Huguenot
", he arrived in
New York Harbor
from the Isle of
Jersey
on July 29, 1665 aboard the ship
Philip
, under the command of
Philip Carteret
. He lived in Elizabethtown, part of the
Elizabethtown Tract
(now
Elizabeth, New Jersey
), for a while before moving across the
Arthur Kill
and settling on
Staten Island
. In 1692 he was granted of land by Governor
Benjamin Fletcher
in an area along the south shore of Staten Island then known as
Smoking Point
. During the
American Revolutionary War
this area was known as
Blazing Star
, and is now known as
Rossville
.
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