Johannes Kuster

Johannes Kuster

Last name spelled Kuster and into Kester. His brothers used some other spellings to include Custer, but Johannes stayed with Kuster and Kester, along with his children.

• Son of Paulus Kuster and Gertrude Doors
• Birth: December 10, 1670 in Kaldenkirchen, Nettetal, Kurpfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation
• Christening: 12 December 1670 in Evangelical Reformed Church, Kaldenkirchen, Kaldenkirchen, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany
• Death: August 06, 1708 (37) in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania
• Place of Burial: Germantown Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Find A Grave Memorial - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116676971/johannes-_custer_-kuster

The above entry, showing "Gertrude (Streyper) Kuster", has been proved to be incorrect. It was obtained by someone misreading information. Gertrude is a Doors, her sister Anna Doors, married Johann Streypers.

Spouse

• JOHANNES CUSTER, b. Abt. 1670, Germany (Source: Chester E. Custer, "Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Volume IX, Number 3 July 1986 "The Kusters and Doors of Kaldenkirchen, Germany, and Germantown, Pennsylvania," page 28, Johannes was baptized on October 12, 1670. Jyn Huylkins and Agnes Doors, Gertrude's mother, were the witnesses. Both Arnold and Johannes would have been baptized by Jakob Flodrop.); d. Abt. 1708; m. ELIZABETH CASSEL, October 31, 1692 in Abington Meeting Of Friends, Pennsylvania; d. Unknown. Johannes was baptized on October 12, 1670 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000006598338052?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000087204496920&position=0

Children

• John Kuster Birth: June 09, 1693 in Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, married Elizabeth Hood. 8 mo 25 1717 Philadelphia MM d Feb or Mar 1760, Philadelphia. She b 1696, dau of Abigail Hood, who later rem Mr. Morton. She died on May 1769, Philadelphia. John Koster a mason and a carpenter. He moved from Germantown to Philadelphia bef 1719. He dealt heavily in real estate.
• Margaret Kuster Birth: March 13, 1694 Germantown, Phiadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, married Cornelius Dewees. Ken Reed has her a daughter of Paulus and Gertrude. Apparently no proof whose daughter she is. White has her m 1 John Lucken 12/25/1711 at Abington MM. John being son of Johannes/Jan and Maria (Theisen) Lucken, he d around 1737, Philadelphia. White has her m 2 Thomas Rose, 1/27/1738, Abington MM. He was b around 1701 and emigrated from Ireland. Overseer and elder of Germantown MTg and clerk of Abington MM. He d 9/17/1785 age 84 y4s and 3 mos. Mgt. He had no children by either marriage.
• Rynier Kuster Birth: November 26, 1696 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania, United States-married Ann Hewitt. lst mo 31 day 1718 Anne d 9/11/1758, Ryner died bef 9/29/1770. Abington MM records White has him d 1770 Philadelphia. His will dated 5th mo 20 1762 names four daughters and no sons (Book O p 2555, Philadelphia Wills) 1720 rcd at Gwynedd mtg,1726 rcd there again, not clear where from. 1729 he went backto Abington MM. 1752, 1754 lived Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. 1755 it was reported he needed aid from the meeting, had a poor helpless daughter an object of charity. Three sons died young w/in nine months of each other. One daughter married in 1729, to __ Gibbs; three daughters White gives no idea when they were born or what happened to them... hmmm. All four are mentioned in his 1752 will and it wasn't proven until after his death in 1770. White doesn't say why she was an object of charity, either... if she were either mentally ill or non compos mentis, White wouldn't have said! Mary and Mr. Gibbs had just one child; Nathaniel Gibbs.
• Hermanus Custer, Sr Birth: November 02, 1703 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, married Anne Large. Abington MM granted him cert to Buckingham MM 6/28/1732. 57/5/1732 he was rcd at Buckingham MM and granted a cert to Chesterfield MM in Burlington Co, NJ! He located at Kingwood, Hunterdon Co, NJ, bef 1733, then(White) m Anne Large in 1733 at Chesterfield MM. (Chesterfield MM Records ) He d aft 5/11/1780 Hunterdon Co, NJ. Sue Davis, smgdavis@aol.com also contr info, has interest in this line. Anne Large was b 3/29/1712. Hermanus raised some of Paul Kester's small children after Paul died betw 1745 - 1750; these were Wm, Rebecca and John Kester. A tax list for Kingwood NJ in May 1778 shows Hermanus having 60 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 pig. Between 1778 and 1780 the pig bore offspring; by 1780, he had 5 pigs. Samuel Kester b 9/25/1737 Darby MM, Chester, PA or Kingwood, Huntingdon, NJ (White has latter) m Susannah Webster 9/14/1758 Buckingham, Bucks Co, PA d 3/8/1804. Susannah m aaron Hambleton (Judy Douglas' line, jald33@juno.com) She dau of Benj and RAchel Webster and b 10/11/1736 near Plainfield, NJ. Saml taxed in Kingwood, 1778, for 150 acres, three horses, eight cows, and two pits. By 1780 he had added 150 acres unimproved land and had five cows and seven pigs. He d 3/8/1804. Will proved in Hunterdon Co. Susanna d bef 2/24/1832 in Hunterdon Co, NJ
• Paul Kuster Birth: 1706 in Germantown, Phiadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, married Ruth Kitchen. The family lived in Solebury, Bucks Co, PA. Paul d betw 1745 and 1750 in Bucks Co, PA.
• Peter Kuster Birth: 1708 in Germantown, Phiadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Paulus Kuster & Gertrude Doors Wills

• Paulus Kuster Will, Endorsed 23 Feb 1707/08 by Witnesses Dennis Kunders and Cornelius Dewees. PA Will #58, Bk C pg 72- https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000003797372822?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000087173375823&position=1
• 23 February 1707/8: Letters of administration were granted to Arnolt Kuster, Harmanus Custers and Johannes Kosters, the widow Gertrude being now dead. PA Will #58, Bk C pg 73 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000003797372822?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000087173367916&position=0

The records show they were living at Bristol in 1693, and moved into Germantown by the Fall of 1694. With his brother, Hermanus, he purchased 200 acres of land near Skippack, in 1704, in what is now Montgomery County, where the family settled. This farm is located about one and one-half miles from Evansburg, Pennsylvania. Johannes’ family, apparently moved back into Germantown by 1706, while Hermanus’ family stayed in Skippack - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000006598338052?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000087203363905

History

When Johannes was about 15, he came with his parents and first six siblings from Krefeld, in what is now Germany, to America about 1684 and his name is given in a list of the thirty-four first inhabitants of Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was naturalized with 61 other men by the Deputy Governor on May 7, 1691, and was listed as a Quaker. Shortly before October 31, 1692, Johannes married Elizabeth Cassell, as on that date it is recorded as having already happened in the Abington Monthly Meeting Minutes. See Elizabeth Cassell below for marriage and children.

became a Mennonite (source: https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wellspring_Church_of_Skippack_(Skippack,_Pennsylvania,_USA)

Skippack Mennonite Church in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, is affiliated with the Franconia Mennonite Conference. Skippack was settled in 1702 by Johannes Custer, Claus Jansen, Jan Krey, and others. In 1717 the wealthy Matthias van Bebber, Mennonite owner of the 6,000-acre tract on which the Mennonites settled, conveyed 100 acres to 7 Mennonite trustees named Sellen, Jansen, Ziegler, Custer, and three Kolb brothers, Henry, Martin, and Jacob. A meetinghouse was built here circa 1725, replaced in 1844 by a new one.

The records show they were living at Bristol in 1693, and moved into Germantown by the Fall of 1694. With his brother, Hermanus, he purchased 200 acres of land near Skippack, in 1704, in what is now Montgomery County, where the family settled. This farm is located about one and one-half miles from Evansburg, Pennsylvania. Johannes’ family, apparently moved back into Germantown by 1706, while Hermanus’ family stayed in Skippack. Johannes Koester and Elizabeth Koester were witnesses to a marriage certificate on April 14, 1694. Johannes Koster brought suit and recovered from Johannes Pottinger three shillings for an assault which was charged in his complaint, filed in court, to have occurred at Germantown, January 19, 1694. Johannes Kosters made a gift of three pounds to “German friends in need” December 25, 1699, and it is a tradition among his descendants that Johannes was a surveyor and helped survey the State of Pennsylvania, for which he received land as pay for his services. Johannes Kuster was, in 1695 to 1697, 1700 and 1706, a constable, and in 1707, one of the Burgesses of Germantown, and “was in this last named year complained of for marrying a couple outside of the corporation limits.” In 1706, Johannes and about 150 other residents, petitioned the Governor and Council of Pennsylvania, stating that those who were naturalized 22 years ago, worked hard to develop the land and were loyal subjects of England, but were not being treated as such. They requested “that they may have an undoubted right to hold, enjoy, alienate, sell & dispose of any of their Lands, as the natural born subjects of England may or can do in this Province, & also that they may be capable of Electing & being elected, to serve in Assembly & other Offices.” This petition took three and a half years to become a bill, which was introduced and passed, but Johannes didn’t live long enough to see it become law.

The Philadelphia Register of Wills, Book B, page 70, shows that October 23, 1708, Elizabeth Custers, a widow of Germantown (with Arnold Cassell of Philadelphia County, and Thomas and Peter Shoemaker of Germantown, as bondsmen on a bond for two hundred pounds), was appointed administratrix of the estate of Johannes Custers. The inventory, amounting to ninety-five pounds, was dated the October 11, 1708; and on August 3, 1709, Johannes Kosters, son and heir, and “Elizabeth, relict of Johannes Kosters, decedent” of Philadelphia County, conveyed by deed to Daniel Falkner, land in Springfield, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Johannes Kester died before October 11, 1708 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and is probably buried in a Quaker cemetery there.

• Taken from The Pound and Kester Families: containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound, page 305-306 -https://archive.org/stream/poundkesterfamil1904hunt#page/305/mode/1up
• * William Kester's Ancestors - http://jtbullock.com/Tree/WilliamKester.html

The Naturalization Of First Germantown Settlers

March 7, 1691

Thomas Lloyd, Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania, granted naturalization to 62 of the first settlers in Germantown. This made them a subject of the British crown and all freemen.

COPIA NATURALISATIONIS.

Francis Daniel Pastorius and of sixty-one persons more.

German Town.

WILLI,IAM PENN, ESQ.

“William Penn, Proprietary of the Province of Pensilvania, &c. By the King and Queen’s authority. To all to whom these Presents shall come. Sends greeting, &c. Whereas, Francis Daniel Pastorius, Jacob Telner, Dirick Isaacs Op de Graef, Herman Isaacs Op de Graef, Tennis Conderts, Abraham Isaacs Op de Graef, Jacob Isaacs, Johannes Cassels, Hewart Papen, Herman Bon, Albertus Brandt, Jacob Schumacher, Wolter Simens, Dirick Keyser, Arnold Cassel, Dirick Keyser, Jr., Jan Lensen, Jan Duplouvys, Peter Schumacher, Peter Schumacher, Jr., Isaac Dilbceck, Jan Doeden, Abraham Tennis, Willm Rittenghuysen, Claes Rittinghuysen, Johannes Custers, Henrich Buchholts, Isaac Jacobs, Matthis Jacobs, Wiggerd Levering, Isaac Schoffer, Clas Tamsen, Hans Milan, Dirick Sellen, Hendrick Sellen, Paul Wolff, Lenart Arens, Arent Klincken, Paul Kastner, Willem Streipers,.Koendradt Backer, Viet Scherkes, Hans Peter Umstad, Anthony Duplouvys, Heinrich Kesselberg, Reinert Tissen, Jan Lucken. Peter Klever, Heinrich Frey, Hans Andrees Kramer,’Jurgen Schumacher, Isack Schumacher, Peter Kurlis, Gerhard Levering, Johannes Bleikers, Herman Op de Trap, Dirick ‘op de Kolck, Cornelis Siverts, Reinier Hermans, Anthony Loof, Andrees Souplis, Jan Williams, High and Low Germans, Inhabitants and owners of land in German Town and in the County of Philadelphia, being foreigners, and so not freemen. according to the acceptation of the law of England, have requested to be made freemen of the said Province, pursuant to the Powers granted by the King’s Letters patent and Act of Union and Naturalization, &s, made in this government. Now, Know Ye. that for the further Incouragement of the Industry and Sobriety of the said Inhabitants and for the better and further Security of their Estates real and personal, to them and their heirs, They, the said Inhabitants. having Solemnly promised upon Record in the County Court of Philadelphia, aforesaid, faith and Allegiance to William and Mary, King, and Queen of England, &c., and fidelity and lawful Obedience to me, according to the King’s Letters patent, aforesaid, I do declare, and by these presents Confirm them the said Inhabitants before named, to be Freemen of this government, and that they shall be accordingly held and reputed in as full and ample manner as any person or persons residing therein. And that they, the said Freemen, have liberty and freedom hereby to trade and traffick in this Colony or in any of the King’s Dominions and Plantations, as other good subjects may lawfully do without any manner of Lett,.Hinderance or Molestation Whatsoever. Witness: Thomas LLoyd, Deputy Govern’r of the Province of Pensilvania, &c., given at Philadelphia, aforesaid, with the assent of the Provincial Council, the Seventh day of the third-month, Anno Domi, 1691, and in the third year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary over England, &c.”

The document was recorded in the Rolls Office in Philadelphia on the “thirtieth day of the third-month”, that would be March 30th, 1691 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000017905921717?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000085829949029&position=0

A number of our relatives, both direct and indirect, are included in this document.

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Reference: This document was found online at the Rittenhouse Genealogy site.

Sources

• The Settlement of Germantown - https://archive.org/stream/settlementofgerm01penn#page/142/mode/1up...
• Johannes Kuster Memories-https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/8046655?p=11357163&re...
• Johannes Kuster, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s-http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7486/records/1024804,
• Johannes 'Custer' Kuster, "Find A Grave Index"-https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-D2DJ
• Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Men's Minutes, 1682-1746; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 4, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Name: Elizabeth Castle Marriage Date 31 Oct 1692. Marriage Place: Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Residence Date: on Image 31 Eighth 1692, Residence Place: Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Spouse: John Custer, Event Type: Marriage Intention Monthly Meeting, Abington Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Abington Monthly Meeting Yearly Meeting,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting,Meeting State, Pennsylvania, Meeting County Montgomery Household Members, Name: John Custer & Elizabeth Castle.
• White, Jean M., Editor; The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania the first four generations; Castor Association of America, 1991; 303 Pages, Indexed; Pages 26-27.
• Delphine, Dominique Z.; Ancestry, Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry.com; "Cable-Bucker-Hawbaker-Ulery-Kester-Priest-Stafford-Scanland-Price-Hapner”. The information from Ancestry Family Trees has been submitted by the users, and may have been edited or deleted since; Date: "1670", Place: "Kriegsheim, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany" ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Hunt, John E., Compiled by; "Pound and Kester Families"; Regan Printing House, 1904.; Pages 303-304
• Johannes Kuster in the Bucks County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1770-1820: Nockamixon Township-http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=bucks003&h=22...
• The Pound and Kester Families The Pound and Kester families : containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound (born in 1735) and William Kester (born in 1733) and a genealogical record of all their descendants and other family historical matterPublished 1904 Compiled by John E Hunt. Found online.Publisher Chicago : Regan printing house Pages 638 Language English Call number 39999066638220 Digitizing sponsor Boston Public Library Book contributor Boston Public Library Collection bostonpubliclibrary; Americana-https://archive.org/stream/poundkesterfamil1904hunt
• Brenda Keck Reed's Kith & Kin of VA, NC, TN, SC & Beyond-http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bhreed&id...
• Author: Russel N. Cassel & Milford H. Cassel Title: Cassel Family Roots Publication: Name: 1978, Project Innovation, Chula Vista, CA 92010; Note: Source Medium: Book Page: p 15
• Rebecca Kester's Kester Line-http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~villandra/OldGeoc...
• Paulus and Gertrude had seven known children, all of whom were baptized in the Reformed church at Kaldenkirchen." (cites baptismal information from the Kaldenkirchen Reformed Church Records) - http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/b/n/Grace--Ebneter/GEN...

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GEDCOM Note

Category: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania destination-flag =US_State_Flag_Images-42.png

Category: German Roots Project Category: Pennsylvania MennonitePioneers
Category: Kaldenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Biography

Johannes Kuster was born 10 Dec 1670 in Kaldenkirchen, Germany, to parents Paulus Kuster and Gertrude DoorsKuster. <ref name="White"> White, Jean M. - editor; "The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany andGermantown, Pennsylvania the first four generations"; Castor Association Of America, 1991; 303 Pages, Indexed. pages 18, 23-27. </ref> <ref name="Pound and Kester"> Hunt, John E., Compiled by; "Pound and Kester Families"; Regan Printing House, 1904; 628 pages, Indexed; Pages 3-6 and Part I, The Kester Ancestry, pages 301-305. </ref> <ref name="F.A.G."> 116676971, this memorial is by Bonnie & Clyde DeWeese, it has "Johannes 'Custer' Kuster", with birth: " Oct 12, 1670 Germany" and death: "Aug 6, 1740 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". </ref> Johannes was baptized at the Reformed Church, Kaldenkirchen, Germany on 12 Dec 1670. <ref name="White"/> <ref name="Delphine"> Delphine, Dominique Z., "Cable-Bucher-Hawbaker-Ulery-Kester-Priest-Stafford-Scanland-Price-Hapner"; Ancestry, Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006-2016, Provo, Utah, USA; The information from Ancestry Family Trees has been submitted by Ancestry members (Dominique Delphine), the information may have come from one or more Family Trees submitted by other Ancestry members, all of these members may have edited or deleted information since this source was used. </ref> "Johannes was the second son and second child of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters. He was baptized at the Reformed Church, Kaldenkirchen, Germany on 12 December 1670. Johannes came to America about 1684, <ref> "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s"; Page 45, "Arrival 1683 in Germantown, Pennsylvania"; Ancestry.com, TheGenerations Network, Inc., Provo, Utah, USA 2006; [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=1024804&ind...] </ref>ahead of his parents and siblings. His is listed on the first tax list of Philadelphia County in 1693 as living in Bristol Township (now inBucks County). Johannes name is also on the 1691 petition for naturalization." <ref name="White"/> Johannes married Elizabeth Cassel on 31 Aug 1692 in the Abington Meeting of Friends. <ref name="White"/> <ref name="Poundand Kester"/> <ref name="Delphine"/> "Johannes married Elizabeth Cassell on 31 August 1692 at the Abington Meeting of Friends. <ref name="Pound and Kester"/> Johannes lived in Germantown and in Bristol Township. Johannes Koester and Elizabeth Koester were witnesses to a Marriage Certificate the 2nd month 14th day 1694. Johannes Koster brought suit and recovered from Johannes Pettinger three shillings for an assault which was filed in court, at Germantown, 11th month, 19th day 1694." <ref name="White"/> <ref> "Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes, 1682-1746"; Collection from: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States; Call Number: MR-Ph 4 </ref> "In 1694, 1695 and 1696 Johannes was elected Constable of Germantown. He was elected a Committeeman in 1698 and 1699. In 1701 he again waselected Constable. In 1704 he appears as a committeeman and in 1705 he was elected a committeeman, Constable and a Road Viewer. Johannes became a Burgess in 1706 and the following year there was a complaint the he had married a couple outside the Germantown corporate limits." <ref name="White"/> "Johannes made a gift of three pounds to German Friends in need the 10th month, 25th day, 1699. He died sometime during the summer or fall of 1708 since the Philadelphia Administrations, Book B, page 70, showsthat 23 October 1708 "Elizabeth Custers", a widow of Germantown, withArnold Cassell of Philadelphia County, and Thomas and Peter Shoemakerof Germantown as bondsmen on a bond for two hundred pounds, was appointed administratrix of the estate of "Johannes Custers""..."On 3 August 1709, "Johannes Kosters" son and heir, and "Elizabeth relict" of "Johannes Kusters dededent" of Philadelphia County, conveyed by deed to Daniel Falkner, land in Springfield, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.Johannes and Elizabeth had at least six children:" <ref name="White"/> Johannes passed away 1708, in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. <ref name="White"/> <ref name="Pound and Kester"/> <ref name="F.A.G."/> <ref name="Delphine"/>

Sources

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Research Notes ==*22 Aug 2017: Error report shows different dates with Find A Grave memorial # 116676971. The source listed on the Find A Grave memorial is"Ancestral File", and there are many errors in the narrative which match errors from an old publication, which has since been proved to be in error. There is no photo of a grave, no grave, no cemetery listed.The main date in question is the date of death, Find A Grave has "Aug 6, 1740". In Wikitree, the date of death is "1708", which is sourced. The Wikitree profile has sourced the dates, and documented them. Error report status is false.

References ==*"Castor Association Of America". The association was founded in 1983. An association of genealogy family members in the surname lines of Caster, Castor, Custard, Custer, Gerster, Kaster, Kastor, Keister, Kester, Kiester, Kistard, Kister, Koester, Koster, Kuester, Kuster, Kustard and Kusterd. The Castor Association of America (CAOA) applies part of its efforts to searching for our foreign origins in order to better understand the earlier cultures abroad.This provides a deeper appreciation of the struggles and accomplishments of our ancestors. The Association publishes the results of its findings so that more people may share in its knowledge. CAOA also encourages informal regional and local gatherings of members to meet one another and learn more about their common history and the CAOA.

• Millennium File; Heritage Consulting, Ancestry.com, Operations Inc.;Source: S79.
• "KY Roots.ged". This was listed here as a source, "KY Roots.ged" wasa GEDCOM import used by William Hauser.

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AHNENTAFEL NO. 1920. :: :: !<1>ANCESTRAL FILE NOS: KWPL-XW and IVB1-BP :: :: !<2>BAPTISM-PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Jean M. White, editor, THE DESCENDANTS OF PAULUS AND GERTRUDE KUSTERS; 1542-1819; The Castor Association of America, Richmond, TX, 1991; pp 18-26. :: :: !<3>BIRTH-PARENTS: Vivian Taylor,"Immigrant Paulus Custers"; 1576-1687; MENNONITE FAMILY HISTORY, Vol IV, No 3, July 1985; p 95; Seattle [WA] Pub Lib.:: "Although much has been written about this Kuster/Custer family, I have not as yet seen any published genealogical information beyond Paulus' father's family. So, it was exciting when I discovered the LDS family group sheets based on church records in Kaldenkirchen: :: I. Reinhar/Reiner Custer/Kusters :: A. Johannes Custers (bailiff), 1576-Apr. 8, 1650 :: m 1598 Walburgis _______ :: 4. Arnold Aret Custers, ca1606-Nov. 29, 1679 :: m Catharina von Haren, dau. of Christoph von Haren (surgeon) :: g. Paul Custers, b ca1644/1646 :: m Gertrude Doors, dau. of Theiss and Agness (Nessgen) Doors" :: 2) ***JOHANNES CUSTERS, b 12 Dec 1670 :: :: !<4>EMIGRATION-RELIGION: C. Henry Smith, THE MENNONITE IMMIGRATION TO ENNSYLVANIA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 1684; Pennsylvania, Norristown Press, 1929 (printed in the Pennsylvania German Society, 1935); pp 95-97,99,106, 116; LDS FHL SCL [974.8, B4pg, V.35]:: "During these later years others must have arrived also, for in a list of men who applied for naturalization in 1691 there appear these additional names which seem to be Mennonite,... Among those who followed in the years:: immediately succeeding were, ... Paulus KUSTER from Crefeld, with wife and three sons, Arnold, ***JOHANNES and Hermanus, and Heinrich Pannabekker. ... Thus far the Mennonite colonists were nearly all of Dutch descent, and came either from Holland or from the Dutch congregations in lower Germany....:: From the membership list of the Germantown church of 1708, ..., we learn the following names compose the Mennonite contingent of the Germantown settlement by that time,--- ... Arnold Kuster, ... Elizabeth Kuster [Johannes' wife], ... Herman Kuster" [p 96] :: * * *:: "As early as 1702 the second Mennonite settlement in America had been established on the banks of the Skippack, a tributary of the Perkiomen, a fertile valley in what is now Montgomery County [PA]. On February 22 of that year Matthias van Bebber received a patent of 6166 acresof land in what is now the lower part of Perkiomen township but whichfor many years was known as van Bebber's township. This tract van Bebber soon sold out to actual settlers. Among the Mennonites who locatedhere between the years 1702 and 1709, almost all from Germantown, were Hendrick Pannabecker, and his brother- in-law-Johannes Umstat, ***JOHANNES KUSTER, ... Hermanus Kuster...." [p 106] :: :: !<5>PARENT-SIBLINGS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Marcus L. Miller, "Germantown Residents Naturalized in 1691; 1691; MENNONITE FAMILY HISTORY, Vol II, No 3, July 1983; pp 102-104; Seattle [WA] Public Library.:: "In 1689 a revolution occurred in England which forced James II offthe throne and brought William and Mary to power. The residents of Germantown must have felt somewhat concerned by the political situation and on 7 May:: 1691, they submitted in open court in Philadelphia, a statement promising 'allegiance to King Wm & Queen Mary, and fidelity to the Proprietors.' The 62 petitioners were then granted 'naturalization' and madefreeman by Thomas :: Lloyd, Deputy Governor of PA on 3 Jul 1691. * * *:: "***JOHANNES KUSTERS married Elizabeth Cassel in 1702 and became a Quaker that same year. His two brothers, Arnold and Hermanus, were Mennonites. Johannes' children were John, Margaret, Reiner, Herman, Arnold, Abigal [sic], Samuel, Dorothy, and Charity. Johannes was the son ofPaulas Kuster. In 1702, Johannes moved to the Skippack area and died in the fall of 1708.[f.34]:: Footnote 34: Samuel W. Pennypacker, SETTLEMENT OF GERMANTOWN, N.Y.,Benjamin Blom, 1970 (1899), pp 136,142.:: CONFLICT: I have no record of any children named Abigail, Dorothy, Charity, or Arnold. :: :: !<6>BIOGRAPHY: Clarence V. Roberts, EARLY FRIENDS FAMILIES OF UPPERBUCKS [COUNTY, PA]; 1683-1708; Philadelphia PA, self-published, 1925;p 95; Seattle [WA] Public Library [R929.2, R541E]. :: "XII CUSTARD FAMILY:: 1. Paul Kuster, emigrant ancestor of the Custard family of Upper Bucks County, was a Mennonite who came from Crefeld, Germany and settledin Germantown about 1683. It is somewhat uncertain whether he came onthe "Concord" with the thirteen original settlers of Germantown or soon afterward. He was accompanied by his wife Gertrude who was a sisterof Wilhelm Streypers, who came from Kaldkirchen, a village in Germanybetween Crefeld and the border line of Holland.:: Paul Kuster took a more or less active part in the government of Germantown. He served as a committeeman of the municipality 2, 10 mo.[Dec], 1700, and was overseer of fences 5, 11 mo. [Jan], 1706. He was a mason by trade. He died 28, 11 mo. [Jan], 1707-08, leaving a nuncupative will, declared on his deathbed. His widow Gertrude survived him onlya few days. Their three sons, ***JOHANNES, Arnold and Hermanus came with their parents from Crefeld.:: 2. ***JOHANNES KOSTER, eldest son of Paul and Gertrude (Streypers) Kuster, was born in Crefeld, Germany, on the border of Holland, about 1670. He was constable of Germantown in 1695, 1696 and 1697, and was made one of the burgesses of the town in 1707. He died in 1708. He married at Abington Meeting of Friends Elizabeth Cassell, daughter of Johannes Cassell, the founder of the prominent family of his name in Pennsylvania." :: Children of Johannes and Elizabeth (Cassell) Koster: :: 3 Christiana, b. 1-15--1691-92. :: 4 Samuel, b. 8- 1--1693. :: 5 Jacob, b. 12-1--1697-98. :: CONFLICT: Christiana and Jacob are not listed in other sources.

Acknowledgements

• Kuster-4, Kuster-32, Kuster-104 and Kuster-116. Not locating status,or why they were merged into Kester-140, and not the proper merge to the lowest. Unknown-85754 was merged into one of these.
• Custer-3 was merged into Kuster-140 on 2 Feb 2016.
• Kuster-140 was created by Virgil M. Kester III on 19Jan 2016. Johannes Kuster is Virgil's 8th Great-Grandfather. Thank you Virgil.
• Kuster-116 was created through a GEDCOM import of "Ancestry William Saunders.ged" on 3 Oct 2014 by Pat Saunders. Thank you Pat.
• Kuster-32 was created through a GEDCOM import of "Our Roots.ged" on 23 Jul 2011 by Larry Arnold. Thank you Larry.
• UNKNOWN-85754 was created through a GEDCOM import of "Lupton file.ged" on 7 Jul 2011 by Kim Ostermyer. Thank you Kim.
• This person was created through a GEDCOM import of "124-DeCoursey.ged" on 14 Sep 2010.
• This person was created through a GEDCOM import of "Holler 14 Feb 2010.ged" on 26 Apr 2010, by Chris Holler (2016-An UNLISTED Member). Thank you Chris.

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Johannes 'Custer' Kuster

• BIRTH 10 Dec 1670 Germany
• DEATH 6 Aug 1740 (aged 69) Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
• BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
• MEMORIAL ID 116676971 · View Source

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• **Johannes KUSTER (b. December 10, 1670, d. August 06, 1740)

Johannes KUSTER (son of Paulus KUSTER ,and Gertrude STREYPHERS - was born December 10, 1670 in Crefeld, Rheinland, Germany905 , and died August 06, 1740 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co,. He married Elizabeth CASSELL on August 31, 1692 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA905 , daughter of Johannes CASSELL and Mary CASSELL Notes for Johannes KUSTER:

More About Johannes KUSTER:
Ancestral File Number:Baptism (LDS): May 14, 1Burial: Christening: December 12, 1670, Evanf Ref Ch, Kaldenkirchen, Rheinland, Preussen.905 Endowment (LDS): May 25, 1938905 Sealed to parents (LDS): December 13, 1944, ARIZO.905
More About Johannes KUSTER and Elizabeth CASSELL:
Marriage: August 31, 1692, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. October 23, Children of Johannes KUSTER and Elizabeth CASSELL are:

1. Jacob CUSTERS , b. December 01, 1687, Germantown, Philadelphia, , d. date unknown.
2. Christiana CUSTERS , b. January 15, 1690/91, Germantown, Philadelphia, , d. date unknown.
3. Arnold KUSTER , b. 1692, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown.
4. John KUSTERS , b. June 09, 1693, Bristol, Bucks, , d. February 1760905
5. Samuel CUSTERS , b. August 01, 1693, Germantown, Philadelphia, d. October 21, 1757905 .
6. +Margaret KOSTER OR KESTER OR CUSTER OR , b. August 13, 1694, Germantown, Bucks, d. Abt. .
7. Jacob KOSTER , b. December 01, 1697, Germantown, Philadelphia, , d. date unknown.
8. Mary KUSTER , b. March 01, 1699/00, Of, Plumstead, , d. February 02, 1793, Buckingham, (Bucks), PA905 .
9. Hermanus KOSTER , b. November 02, 1703, Of Germantown, Phila d. Abt. 1763, Bradford, PA905 .
10. Paul KESTER , b. 1706, Germantown, Bucks, PA905 , d. date unknown, Germantown, Bucks, PA905
11. Peter KUSTER , b. 1708, Germantown, Bucks, PAS, d. Abt. 1764,

• **********PAULUS KUSTER (son of ARNOLD ARETS KUSTER , and CATARINA VON HAREN , was born 1644 in KALDENKIRCHEN, GERMANY19 , and died 1707 in PHILA , PA19 . He married GERTRUDE DOORS ,on October 16, 1668 in KALDENKIRCHEN, GERMANY19 , daughter of THEISS MATTHIAS DOORS and NEESSGEN (AGNES) DOHRS .

More About PAULUS KUSTER and GERTRUDE DOORS: Marriage: October 16, 1668, KALDENKIRCHEN, GERMANY.19

Children of PAULUS KUSTER and GERTRUDE DOORS are:
ARNOLD KUSTER , b. June 09, 166819 .
JOHNNES KUSTER , b. October 12, 167019 .
MATTHIAS KUSTER , b. December 06, 167119 .
REINER KUSTER , b. December 02, 167419 .
ANNA KUSTER , b. December 26, 1677.
HERRMANUS KUSTER , b. October 19, 168119 .
HERRMANUS KUSTER , b. March 1681/8219 .
CATIN KUSTER , b. March 09, 1686/8719 .
EVA KUSTER , b. Abt. 168819 .
+MARGARET (Kuster) DEWEES , b. 1690, KALDENKARCHEN,GERMAY, d. Abt. 1753, PHILADELPHIA,PA.

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