Reynier Theisen Doors, Original 13 Families of Germantown, PA

Immigrant from the Palatinate, Germany, 1682, and one of the "33 Dutchmen", founders of Germantown, Pennsylvania.

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age/birth determination

"Reynier Tyson is said to have been first a Mennonite, but seems to have become a member of the Society of Friends before leaving Germany, as a memorial of him in The Friend (Philadelphia 1857, vol. xxx, p. 229), says, "Reinier Tyson was born in Germany, in or about the year 1659. He was convinced of the Truth whilst living there, and for his faithfulness thereto suffered persecution. He removed to Pennsylvania a few years after William Penn first obtained the Province and he settled himself within the limits of Abington Monthly Meeting, then called Dublin. He continued faithful to the manifestations of Truth received, and grew in the esteem of his friends to a father in the church. In the year 1725, he was appointed an elder, and continued faithful in fulfilling the duties of the station until prevented by age, and indisposition. His friends say 'He was innocent and inoffensive in life and conversation, and diligent in attending his religious meetings.' He lived, beloved and honored, to good old age, dying on the 27th of the Seventh month, 1745; aged about 86 Years. " "

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GEDCOM Note

Category:German_Immigrants_to_Pennsylvania Category:Krefeld%2C_Nordrhein-Westfalen

Biography

In the summer of 1683, he left Rotterdam, immigrating to the Pennsylvania Province aboard the ship Concord. <ref>Source: #B03 Anonymous. </ref>, <ref name="Prough">"Ship Passengers Mentioned in Merion MM Minutes; Chester County, PA," (http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/immig/merionpassengers.txt: Accessed29 January 2015), Yvonne Prough. U.S. Genealogical Web Archives.</ref>, <ref>Source: #B01 Conrad, p. 6. </ref> The ship arrived in Philadelphia in October, 1683.

Germantown Settlement
Reiner was one of the original 13 families which settled Germantown, comprising 33 who came to America on the Concord. <ref name="Prough"/> Reiner Theissen was one of the original 13 Krefield emigrants. <ref>Niepoth: Page 88</ref>

Birth

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Christening

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Name

What should this profile use for names?

It's also common in cases of earlier ancestors that the spelling of a name was not standardized and that the person him or herself would have used more than one. In those cases, we recommend choosing the spelling that is most recognizable to modern descendants ... [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Name_Fields#When_conventions_changed_d...]

Applying this Wikitree guideline suggests a preferred LNAB spelling ofDoors.

(1) In large portions of the Lower Rhineland, especially in the Mennonite areas, it was customary to give to te eldest children their grandparents' first names. Thus certain first names became the princial names of these families. With the method of the principal name custom we have the possibility of determining relationships when church records and other sources are lacking, relationships which would have to remainunknown were it not for our knowledge of this custom.(2)Last names formed from first names at the end of the 17th century are not truly family names in the modern sense, but rather nothing morethan the first name of the father placed second. ... (3) If the surname is not always important, the form and spelling of the names is even less important." <ref>Niepoth: Page 88</ref>

Wikitree has 3 fields for tracking surnames: [[http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Name_Fields]]* Last Name at Birth (LNAB)- LNAB should be sourced by whatever birth record can be surfaced.* Current Last Name - Current Last Name should be sourced by gravestone photo or death record(s), although sometimes these names are in error.* Other Last Name(s) - Other Last Name(s) should be sourced by whatever spellings are found in various primary sources.

... in the Mennonite congregation at Goch, on 25 May 1670, therefore at the age of about twenty years, was baptized: Leentien Doormans, spinster, daughter of Thies Doormans. At the same time there was a young man in Goch who was baptized there, 9 July 1673: Theunis Koenders, bachelor, son of Koendert Lensen. Now is it any wonder that on the first Sunday after Trinity (May 31) Anno Domini 1677 in Krefeld at the Reformed Church, the bans of marriage were published for Tonis Kuners of Gladbach and Lentgen Mattheisen (spinster) of Kaldenkirchen. She is indeed the daughter, baptized in Goch, of Theis Doors or Doormand, who is named Lijnijen Teisen in the Quaker wedding document. Then also Reiner Theissen belongs to this family of brothersand sisters and thus is among the children of Theis and Agnes Doors. He also emigrated in 1683." <ref>Niepoth: Page 97</ref>

"Of the thirteen emigrants, six bore genuine family names, namely the three op den Graeffs, Lucken, Strepers and Kürlis." Theissen was not one of these six men which implies that the surname of Theissen is not a family name. <ref>Niepoth: Page 89</ref>
On the memorial of the Concord landing in 6 October 1683, his name is etched in stone as Reinert Tisen. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inscription_Pistorius_Monument.JPG]
In 1696, Reiner was cited in Court for having an insufficient fence. He was mentioned as Reinert Tyson. <ref>Source: #B02 Pennypacker, p. 158. </ref>
In 1701, he served on a jury as Reiner Tyson. <ref>Source: #B02 Pennypacker, p. 158. </ref>
Based on these sources, his LNAB was any one of a variant spelling of Doors. Since there are many siblings, his LNAB can remain as Dohrs until some project harmonizes the variant spellings to one standard form. Throughout his life, his first name was spelled variants of Reinerand his surname was variants of Theissen. All these variants should be included in the Other Last Name(s) field.

thEIssen is a dutch variant of Dennis (Theis) son of (sen).

... when our ancestor, Reynier Tyson, came to Pennsylvania he spelled his name, or it was spelled for him, in a number of ways, i. e., Thysen, Tisen, Tissen, Tyssen, Teissen and Tyson, the latter being the spelling to his will and the one adopted by his children; ... <ref>Tyson: Page 5. </ref>

His current last name should reflect what is carved on his tombstone, if ever located; this profile uses Theissen until that is determined.

Immigration

Immigrated to Province of Pennsylvania from Krefeld via England.
July - October 1683 - <ref>Source: #B01 Conrad, p. 6. </ref> Concord

Marriage===... believed to have been unmarried, when he settled with the othersin Germantown. <ref name="Jordan"> Jordan: Vol. 1, p. 691.</ref> Reynier Tyson's wife's Christian name was Mary, but her surname and when and where they were married is unknown.<ref name="Jordan"> Jordan: Vol. 1, p. 691.</ref>

Census Records

Reiner passed away before the first US Census took place in 1790.

Tax Records

Death===The will of Reynier Tyson, dated December 21, 1741, proved October 26,1745, registered in Philadelphia county Wills (Will Book H, p. 63) <ref name="Jordan"> Jordan: Vol. 1, p. 691.</ref>

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Burial

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Sources==# Jordan, John W., ed. Colonial Families of Philadelphia (Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.) # Niepoth, Wilhelm. The Ancestry of the Thirteen Krefeld Emigrants of 1683 # Tyson, Samuel Traquair. A Contribution to the History and Genealogy of the Tyson and FitzwaterFamilies. (Los Angeles, Cal., S. T. Tyson, 1922).

Books===# [B01] Conrad, H. C. (1958). Thones Kunders andhis children: Also a list of the descendants for six generations of his youngest son Henry Cunreds, of Whitpain, 1683-1891. Salt Lake City,Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/thones-kunders-and-his-children-also-...], [https://archive.org/details/16831891thonesku00conr] # [B02] Pennypacker, S. W. (1899). The settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the beginning of German immigrationto North America. Lancaster, Pa: The Society. [https://archive.org/details/settlementofgerm00penn] [http://www.worldcat.org/title/settlement-of-germantown-pennsylvania...]# [B03] Anonymous. (1875) The Friend, Volume 48.Harvard University. p. 67 [http://books.google.com/books?id=rD8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48&source=gbs_to...]

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GEDCOM===* WikiTree profile Doors-24 created through the import of Lupton file.ged on Jul 7, 2011 by Kim Ostermyer.

• WikiTree profile Tyson-173 created through the import of Eric M Weaver's family tree new.ged on Nov 9, 2011 by Eric Weaver. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Eric and others.
• Wikitree profile Tyson-673 was created by Pat Saunders through the import of Ancestry_William_Saunders.ged on Oct 3, 2014.

Record ID Number

: Record ID Number: MH:I410

Other Resources==# [OR01] Dates:Two things to be aware of - Quakers didn't use the names of months, just the numbers (7 8m 1742 for example), and until 1752, "8m" would have been October, not August, since the year started in March (1m). [http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/recipes/tip14.html]

Family Trees===Elizabeth Tyson, daughter of Reiner

Acknowledgments==Thank you to Brian Ward for creating Dohrs-3 on 07 November 2014. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Brian and others.

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