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Until William I. Hull proved that most of the original (1683) families were an interrelated group of Quakers, it had been assumed that the group was Mennonite. But since only one family (Jan Lensen) of...
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6/18/2018
Until William I. Hull proved that most of the original (1683) families were an interrelated group of Quakers, it had been assumed that the group was Mennonite. But since only one family (Jan Lensen) of...
6/18/2018
Abrahan Tunes was born in Prussia (Germany) as Abraham Klincken. He and his wife Beatrix Boetzen Lucken were one of the original 13 families who were settlers of Germantown. He took his father Anthoniu...
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5/1/2018
Abrahan Tunes was born in Prussia (Germany) as Abraham Klincken. He and his wife Beatrix Boetzen Lucken were one of the original 13 families who were settlers of Germantown. He took his father Anthoniu...
5/1/2018
Sources vary on Jan's birthdate: ca. 1650/1, 1655, ca. 1660 .
Immigrated 1683 from Crefeldt, Germany, one of the "33 Dutchmen" who founded and settled Germantown, Pennsylvania.
Immigrated in 1683 on...
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Sources vary on Jan's birthdate: ca. 1650/1, 1655, ca. 1660 .
Immigrated 1683 from Crefeldt, Germany, one of the "33 Dutchmen" who founded and settled Germantown, Pennsylvania.
Immigrated in 1683 on...
4/30/2018
Johannes Bleickers, who was badly mistreated during the agitation against the Quakers in Krefeld in 1680, because after the Quaker fashion he would not remove his hat, bears the name of an occupation a...
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4/30/2018
Johannes Bleickers, who was badly mistreated during the agitation against the Quakers in Krefeld in 1680, because after the Quaker fashion he would not remove his hat, bears the name of an occupation a...
4/30/2018
Arrived in 1683 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Peter Keurlis Arrival Year 1683 Arrival Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source Publication Code 9252 Primary Immigrant Keurlis, Peter Source Bibliography...
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Arrived in 1683 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Peter Keurlis Arrival Year 1683 Arrival Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source Publication Code 9252 Primary Immigrant Keurlis, Peter Source Bibliography...
4/30/2018
The Oct. 6, 1683 landing date of the German-Dutch settlers in Philadelphia marks a significant date in the history of Philadelphia, but not in the development of Germantown. Philadelphia was nothing mo...
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9/29/2009
4/29/2018
The Oct. 6, 1683 landing date of the German-Dutch settlers in Philadelphia marks a significant date in the history of Philadelphia, but not in the development of Germantown. Philadelphia was nothing mo...
4/29/2018
Immigrant from the Palatinate, Germany, 1682, and one of the "33 Dutchmen", founders of Germantown, Pennsylvania. Note: He came to America in 1683 on the Concord. Settled at Germantown, Pennsylvania an...
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4/29/2018
Immigrant from the Palatinate, Germany, 1682, and one of the "33 Dutchmen", founders of Germantown, Pennsylvania. Note: He came to America in 1683 on the Concord. Settled at Germantown, Pennsylvania an...
4/29/2018
Graeff, op den (Opdegraf, Updegrave, Updegrove) familyOp den Graeff (Opdegraf, Updegrave, Updegrove), an old Krefeld Mennonite family, which turned Quaker in part ca. 1679-1680, four members of which e...
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4/29/2018
Graeff, op den (Opdegraf, Updegrave, Updegrove) familyOp den Graeff (Opdegraf, Updegrave, Updegrove), an old Krefeld Mennonite family, which turned Quaker in part ca. 1679-1680, four members of which e...
4/29/2018
Thones Kunders, Original 13 Families of Germantown, PA MP (1653 - 1729)
"Thones Kunders", "Original 13 Families of Germantown", "PA", "Anton", "Kuners", "Conard", "Conrad", "Cunard", "Tones", "Dennis", "Tunis", "Keunen"
Thones Kunders was one of the original settlers of Germantown. In 1683 his and 12 other families emmigrated from Krefeld, Germany and settled in the region they named Germantown. Kunders was a dyer b...
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4/29/2018
Thones Kunders, Original 13 Families of Germantown, PA MP (1653 - 1729)
"Thones Kunders", "Original 13 Families of Germantown", "PA", "Anton", "Kuners", "Conard", "Conrad", "Cunard", "Tones", "Dennis", "Tunis", "Keunen"
Thones Kunders was one of the original settlers of Germantown. In 1683 his and 12 other families emmigrated from Krefeld, Germany and settled in the region they named Germantown. Kunders was a dyer b...
4/29/2018
ARETS, LENART. Germantown, Philadelphia County. Weaver. December 1, 1714. December 17, 1714. D. 16. Executors: Eldest daughter Catherine wife of Thomas Jones, daughter Margaret Arets, and youngest daug...
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ARETS, LENART. Germantown, Philadelphia County. Weaver. December 1, 1714. December 17, 1714. D. 16. Executors: Eldest daughter Catherine wife of Thomas Jones, daughter Margaret Arets, and youngest daug...
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Herman Isacks op den Graeff=* Herman Isaaks Op Den GRAEFF was born about 1642 in Krefeld, Holland. (3758) The source lists Krefeld as being in Germany. It's also listed in other sources as being in Hol...
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Herman Isacks op den Graeff=* Herman Isaaks Op Den GRAEFF was born about 1642 in Krefeld, Holland. (3758) The source lists Krefeld as being in Germany. It's also listed in other sources as being in Hol...
4/29/2018
original settler in Germantown Phila. "William Streypers, the father of the Streeper family in America, was one of the original colonizers of Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. On October 6...
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original settler in Germantown Phila. "William Streypers, the father of the Streeper family in America, was one of the original colonizers of Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. On October 6...
4/29/2018
Abraham Isaacs op den Graeff One of the thirteen original families who settled Germantown. Lived across Germantown Pike from Thomas Kunders. There is a marker on the original site of the Kunders house....
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4/10/2016
Abraham Isaacs op den Graeff One of the thirteen original families who settled Germantown. Lived across Germantown Pike from Thomas Kunders. There is a marker on the original site of the Kunders house....
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