births
August 27, 1724
John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (died 1781)
John Joachim Zubly
Reverend John Joachim Zubly, born Hans Joachim Züblin, was a Swiss-born American pastor, planter, and statesman during the American Revolution. Although a delegate for Georgia to the Continental Congress in 1775, he resisted independence from Great Britain and became a Loyalist.