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== Early Life ==
Paulus Balliet was the first Balliet to come to the Lehigh Valley <ref> Mathews and Hungerford 1884: 511 </ref>, arriving from Alsace, France to America on September 10, 1738 <ref> Mathews and Hungerford 1884: 538 </ref>. Balliet left France to escape the religious persecution of French Protestants, Huguenots, which had begun following the repeal of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 <ref> Mathews and Hungerford 1884: 538 </ref>.

== Family ==

Paulus Balliet married Maria Magdalena Wotring (1727-1802), a woman originally from Lorraine, France <ref> Mathews and Hungerford 1884: 538 </ref>. Together they had nine children, including five sons and four daughters (Jordan, Green, and Ettinger 1905: 48).

Both Paulus Balliet and his wife are buried in Whitehall, PA <ref> Mathews and Hungerford 1884: 538 </ref>.

== Business ==
On April 12, 1749 Paulus Balliet applied to purchase 97 acres and 100 perches of land (officially deeded in 1761) that would become the “old Balliet farm” <ref> Mathews and Hungerford 1884: 511 </ref>. A warrant for the surveying of this land was granted to Balliet on October 9, 1759 <ref> Mathews and Hungerford 1884: 511 </ref>.
Paulus ran an inn and a store that were clearly successful for between 1749 and 1774, he purchased another 713 acres 131 perches (Mathew and Hungerford 1884: 510-511).

==Notes==
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==References==
* Mathews, Alfred, and Austin N Hungerford. 1884. ''History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.'' Philadelphia: Everts & Richards.