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His father had converted to Islam upon his capture by Barbary pirates. It is unknown if Van Salee was as Muslim himself; if so he may have been the first free Muslim settler in the land that would later become the United States.[2] He was recorded as owning a Quran but this may have been an heirloom from his father.[2][3] He may also have had North African or Middle Eastern heritage through his mother-while Anthony's line married into European families (with Vanderbilt and other patrician descendants).