I put this together for my aunts and cousins using a book, a few genealogy databases, and a few websites. Super exciting Pennsylvania family history
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Herman Isacks op den Graeff
1642 Heiliges Römisches Reich
1708 Kent, Delaware, British Colonial America
8th great grandfather
Leanart Arets
1647 Heiliges Römisches Reich
1714 Germantown, Philadelphia, British Colonial America
9th great uncle
Tönes Coenen-Heggers (Thones Dennis Kunders)
1653 Heiliges Römisches Reich
1729 1714 Germantown, Philadelphia, British Colonial America
9th great uncle
Abraham Isaacs op den Graeff
1649 Heiliges Römisches Reich
1731 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
9th great uncle
Dirck Isaacs op den Graeff
1642 Heiliges Römisches Reich
1697 Germantown, Philadelphia, British Colonial America
8th great uncle
Reynier Theisen Dohrs
1659 Heiliges Römisches Reich
1745 Abington, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
9th great uncle/1st cousin ten times removed
Pieter Keurlis
1646 Heiliges Römisches Reich
1726 Germantown, Philadelphia, British Colonial America
9th great uncle
Jan Johann Luken
1650 Heiliges Römisches Reich
1744 Germantown, Philadelphia, British Colonial America
9th great uncle/1st cousin ten times removed
"The 13 heads of household from Krefeld, Germany, who arrived aboard the Concord to found Germantown, Pennsylvania" https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GnEG59aWH/
the Settlement of Germantown Pennsylvania and the Beginning of German Emigration to North America 1899 BY HON. SAMUEL WHITAKER PENNYPACKER, LL.D. https://www.jstor.org/tc/accept?origin=%2Fstable%2Fpdf%2F20084440.pdf&is_image=False
"The primary reasons for the migration of the Original 13 Families were religious persecution and the pursuit of economic opportunities. The Quakers and Mennonites faced significant religious intolerance in Europe, which pushed them to seek a place where they could freely practice their faith. The economic opportunities in the New World, especially in the burgeoning colony of Pennsylvania, also attracted these families." https://www.myheritage.com/wiki/The_Original_13
Op den Graeff family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op_den_Graeff_family
family bloodline derived from:
Van Bebber-Op Den Graeff
Cassel
Bergey
Shirk
Swartzlander
Bott
