Who started first orphanage in America?

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"The first orphan asylums begun in the British colonies of North America both seem to have started in 1738. A Lutheran asylum was opened at the Ebenezer Colony (Georgia) in January 1738." - Second Home by Timothy A. Hacsi google.com/books?id=BGAfhM7FYy4C&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=ebenezer+colony&source=bl&ots=yn1H0u-5vE&sig=iS70ejEXpgfuzNgbURTLozsG3yM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA18,M1">http://books.google.com/books?id=BGAfhM7FYy4C&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=ebenezer+colony&source=bl&ots=yn1H0u-5vE&sig=iS70ejEXpgfuzNgbURTLozsG3yM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA18,M1

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