Download or read book The Peffley--Peffly--Pefley Families in American and Allied Families, 1729-1938 written by May Miller Frost and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Peffley was born in German about 1700. He married about 1723, Barbara . They left Germany with a large group of their friends because of religious persecution. They were of the "Bretheren" or "German Baptist Faith" a group originating in Germany nicknamed the "Dunkers." They arrived in Philadelphia 19 August 1729. In 1737, they settled on 150 acres of land in Bethel Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Nicholas is said to have been killed by Indians there in 1748. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere in the United States.