Doors/Thiessen/ Tyson Family of Krefeld
Doors (Thiessen, Tyson) Family of Krefeld
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Atleast two large families of Doors lived in the Kaldenkirchen
vicinity during seventeenth century. One famly lived in a marshy area
near the village. Kaldenkirchen was a little village in the forest near
the Dutch border that has remained unmolested through two world wars;
the Catholic and REformed churches that this family went to still stand,
across the street from each other. It was six to thirteen miles from
Krefeld. (Charles Custer)
Krefeld was a center of religious upheaval because the land was turned
over to the Protestant Dutch princes of Orange who practiced toleration,
and the Thirty-years War and a Catholic Counter Reformation sent Mennonites
fleeing up the Rhine to the Palatinate and to Krefeld.
Tisken An Gen Dohrs/ an gen Door b abt 1550 Kaldenkirchen, Germany
d 3/19/1614 Julian calender at
Kaldenkirchen, Germany. (Jack Bowman, [email protected])
This looks surmised; one would expect Peter's father to be named
Cuypers. However, the Castor Soc book on the Kusters takes the position
that this was Peter's father, I don't know on what grounds, and Michel
extracted from Shirley WEbb the info that she thinks so, too.
He was Catholic. White cites Niepoth as her source on this; "Dohrs or
Thiessens", an unpubl manuscript from Archives of Krefeld, transl by
J.J. Aelmore, Wichita KS, and this is what she has on it.
Peter Doors (Cuypers), a shopkeeper, b 1580 (Sue Schlack,
[email protected]) d 1638, White has "must have died shortly bef
12/28/1638", the date on the Mennonite record below. In Kaldenkirchen.
m Elizabeth Grietes 1638 Mennonite records of the village and parish
of Kaldenkirchen say, "Lyssgen Daers widow whose husband died a few
days ago. Their property after all debts are paid...worth about 36
Reichstalers. White speculates that he may have died of bubonic plague
which was raging in the area at the time.
Three sons:
REiner Doors Mennonite records of 1652, village and parish of
Kaldenkirchen list he is a retail merchant, has two acres and
about thirty of arable land and adjoing it one acre of fishery
rights, so it is worth abt two hundred and twenty Reichstalers.
In 1638, it said Reiner Daermans possesses udivided 3 acres of
orchard and fields against there are liens of 157 Reichstalers,
therefore the said REiner's property is encumbered for as much as
it is worth.
I don't know how it is known he is a "known" child of Peter and
Lysgen Doors, but White thinks so, too, and she doesn't fool around
with speculative information.
A daughter, Trinken, bapt 1663 at Kaldenkirchen Reformed church,
witnesses were Jan Strypers and Neesen (Agnes) Doors. From
Niepoth, by Luckens.
Peter Doors bp 9 Dec 1609. Kaldenkirchen. d 12/28/1638 Kaldenkirchen
SHirley Webb has a fourth: Margaret Greitjen Peiters Doors d 1683
m Isaac Hermans OpDen Graeff. It is thought that the wife of Isaac
Hermans, whose name was Gritjen Pieters or Peters, was
possibly a daughter of Peter Doors. There is no proof. The notion
is based on the fact that clearly her father's name was Peter, and
there is a small pool of known Mennonites named Peter who could have
been her father around. White doesn't list her as one of Peter's
three "known" children. (White doesn't mention that Agnes/ Neess,
wife of Matthias/ Theiss Doors, see below,
was allegedly Herman Op den Graeff's daughter Hillekren, either.
Why do I get the idea White isn't real impressed with the Scheuten
manuscripts?)
The source of this idea is the Scheuten manuscripts,
a document of apparently unknown origin, which presents straightforwardly
in tabular form with no documentation whatever quite a number of
interesting notions, including that Herman Op den Graeff's grandmother
was a Habsburg princess (his father appears to have been Abraham
Graeff of Kempden but it isn't proven), and his wife was a Plantagenet
(the English Norman royal dynasty)! Iris JOnes and Miller include
copies of the genealogical charts from the Scheuten manuscripts in her
update on the status of research on possible links between the
Op den graeff family and the others in the Fall, 1997 issue of
Krefeld Immigrants.
In the fall 1998 issue of Krefeld IMmigrants, Jones has an addendum
that clarifies much; others had sent her more info in the meantime.
See the discussion on my Op den Graeff page. The Scheuten manuscripts
are a private Scheuten family version of their family history allegedly
written by either a 17th century Krefeld Mennonite Preacher named
Scheuten or his 18th century son, first mentioned in Samuel Pennypacker's
writings between 1892 and 1897 and "the original" found in the private
possession of a Sheuten family member in 1928 dated 1928! SEveral
copies now exist in Germany, and the degree to which they differ from
each other is demonstrated by a set of copies of the same tables, of
Herman's immediaet family only, from a different copy of the manuscript,
which refers to Isaac's wife only as "Grietjen" or "Margaret" , no
Peters, no indication that she was a daughter of Peter Doors.
Jones traces the notion that Peters ever appeared after "Grietjen" and
finds that when Niepoth says it he appears to cite Hull ( William
Penn and the DUtch Quaker Migraton to Pennsylvania) who is the first
as far as she can tell to state this and gives no source at all!
However, the actual source is the 1681 Krefeld Quaker wedding certificate,
which both Hull and Niepoth use as their principal source documents in
analyzing the relationships between the Krefeld emigrants; they both
appear unaware that the Scheuten manuscripts exist. Grietjen signed
the wedding certificate of her brother in law and his bride along
with her husband; "Grietjen Peters".
Matthias/ Theiss Doors bp 9/18/1614 Kaldenkirchen, Germany. d after 1663
Kaldenkirchen, Germany m around 1635-40 (White) prob in Kaldenkirchen,
Neessgen/Nees/Neesen/Agnes.
There has been alot of speculation that
Agnes/ Neesgen was Hillekrin the daughter of HErman Op den graeff.
The sole source of that, according to a series of articles in
Iris Jones' Fall 1997 issue of Krefeld Immigrants, is the Scheuten
Manuscripts, which states this notion straightforwardly in a set
of genealogical tables, and provides no sources and no evidence what-
soever. Further, Iris Jones, in her effort to bring her readers up to
date of the status of research on this question, could find no other
evidence in support of it. The origin and authorship of the Scheuten
Manuscripts are apparently unknown. They have also been added to by
assorted people over the years in hard to sort out ways. They contain
rather remarkable ideas, such as that Herman Op den Graeff's father
was a nobleman, his mother was a CAtholic nun, and his grandmother was
a Hapsburg princess, and Herman's wife was a descendant of the English
Plantagenet royal dynasty! No evidence whatever is offered for that,
either - unless, it really isn't made clear, the Scheuten manuscripts
are also the original source of the idea that the highly mystical
religious symbolism on some stained glass windows in Herman's house
is code for their noble parentage. (See my Op den Graeff page). It
must be kept in mind that if the manuscripts invented a royal
pedigree for HErman and his wife in a set of pedigrees of the entire
group of families from Krefield and Kaldenkirchen who founded
Germantown, the author had a clear motive to invent ways the families
were linked in order to extend the royal lineage to the other families!
The addendum in the fall 1998 issue of Krefeld immigrants clears up
much; see under Peter DOors' children, above; Jones provides the same
tables from a different copy of the Scheuten manuscripts which are
markedly different in many respects. Grietjen the wife of Isaac HErmans
is never called Grietjen Peters or the daughter of PEter Doors. Most
of the children of Herman are given specific dates of birth and death
instead of approximate ones, particularly HIllekrin, who in every place
she appears has who she married listed as unknown rather than as
Theiss Doors as clearly written in the other copy in the same handwriting
as the rest of the chart! Such different versions of the chart is
quite interesting; it looks as if the person who prepared the one
with the approximate dates that were really definitely known was trying
to extend the royal pedigree to other Krefeld families not known to
be linked!
JOnes attempts to trace the notion that Grietjen's name was Peters and
concludes that Niepoth cited Hull (WM Penn and the Dutch Quakers)
who cited no source! Not quite. Both cite, and quote, the
Krefeld Quaker wedding certificate, with list of signatures. This is
the primary document both use to trace interrelationships (neither
seemingly knew the Scheuten Manuscripts existed). Greitjen signed
the certificate, "Greitjen Peters".
White has her b in Kaldenkirchen around 1616/18,
"Nothing is known about her parents or her childhood." Eric Conard
argued in either an e-mail to me or to the Original13 list that the
fact that she was born at the right time to have been Hillekren Op
den Graeff supports this notion, too; to my knowledge, the only known
estimate of birth for Hillekren is that provided in the Scheuten
Manuscripts; since no source of them is provided, they could have
been borrowed from the known dates for Agness/ Neess!.
Niepoth writes that Agnes was born in Kaldenkirchen, but cites no
reason why he thinks so. Charles Kester, in Kesters and Doors of
Kaldenkirchen, who uses the Niepoth article as a source, doesn't
cite any origins for Agnes at all, and Kester had access to the
church, school and other records of Kaldenkirchen themselves. He
cites far more from them than anyone else does. STrange he didn't
notice Agnes was born in Kaldenkirchen if evidence of it exists!
Only sort of document Niepoth really used that KEster didn't w as
court documents and powers of attorney that often said where people
were born, but I couldnt find it in any of his quotations from
those documents. Clearly, Agnes could not both have been born in
Kaldenkirchen and be Herman's daughter, since HErman lived in
Krefeld, and all of his children were born there.
Theiss also called Dahrs, Dahrmans, Doormand, Peters, Peterschen;
latter shows his father;s
name to have been Peter. He was a shopkeeper, lived in a little
house on a small piece of land near the town wall. Mennonite records
of village and parish of Kaldenkirchen of 1652 descr him as a retail
merchant, with a building lot with a small house and a quarter acre
of arable land and alongside it a quarter acre of fishery rights, worth
together abut 350 Reichstalers He d aft 1663 Kaldenkirchen
Sometime before 1655, Theiss Doors left the Catholic Church and became
a Mennonite. The Mennonites were Anabaptist. An effort was made to
expel him from Kaldenkirchen. He was fined 100 gold guilders for some
violation. He was unable to pay the fine, and the authorities
confiscated the goods in his shop to meet it. The bailiff of
Kaldenkirchen entered the Doors home, and got into an argument with
Agnes Doors, who was soon to give birth to a baby, abused her, and
struck her hard in the face. Charges were filed, and the case was
eventually taken before Elector Philipp Wilhelm, Duke of Julich, who
decreed that Theiss could stay on in Kaldenkirchen and was not to be
further molested.
Agnes had entered their children in the Reformed Church school but
to ease the stress and pressure from the officials, they changed
their children to the Catholic school and had their infant Margarita
baptized Catholic in 1/4/1655. Arnold Kosters/ Kusters and his wife
Catharine von Haren, parents of Paulus Kuster, were sponsors.
But by 1/20/1656 the family had changed to the Reformed Church and
attended there for three months. The trial record said that"Theis
Gohrs or Peterschen (Doors) b at Kaldenkirchen of Catholic parents,
later adhering to the Anabatpist sect (joined the Reformed Church
three mos ago but did this only to escape persecution." (Charles Custer)
Charles Kusters follows Wm Niepold's listing of the Doors children,
neither is sure taht all were children of these parents.
Anna/ Entgen Doors b c 1641 (dates from Krefeld Immigrants article)
m (1) abt 1663 (Nieboth) Heinrich Kurlis (Curlis, Kennlings,
Keurlis, Kurlings)
m (2) Johann (Jan) Strepers (Streypers) 5/12/1669, Kaldenkirchen
Reformed Church.He bought 5000 acres of land from Wm Penn for
100 pounds sterling, as much land as Jacob Telner and Dirk
Sipman. Jan and Anna did not emigrate to America but possibly
spent a short time there. Entgen/ Anna d Kaldenkirchen
8/2/1700, Jan Streypers d Kaldenkirchen 5/6/1715.
Jan and his brother, Wilhelm, Streypers, were sons of a merchant
of Kaldenkirchen and the two boys jointly inherited his business;
When Wm left for America the estate had not been divided. Jan
became an investor and was oe of the land purchasers for the
Krefelders in PA. Jan did not emigrate to Amerca. Jan sent
his brother, Wm, to settle the land. He became sole owner of
the family estate in Kaldenkirchen, and as compensation he turned
over all his land holdings in America to his brother, Wm. Jan's
three children all died in Germany.
Lenart/ Leonard Kurlis among Krefeld voyage in 1683, age
13; he was placed in care of Jan and Mercken Lensen in exchage
for 50 acres of land and use of a linen weaving stool and three
combs for three years. He was to be taught the weaving trade.
They were the only emigrants of 1683 to remain Mennonites
after arrival in Germantown.
Metgen (Mechtild) b 9 Mar 1664 (to #1) m Henderjik Jansen
van Acken/Aken. The same Hendrick Jans who w Herman Isacks
op den graff published the pamphlet on their persecutions
in HOlland. Lived in Krefeld from 1675. Did not emigr to
PA. prob buried as Krefeld townsman 14 Dec 1696.
He must have been son of Mennonite Jan Claussen (
van Acken and his wife, Dreutgen, who was expelled from
Gladbach in 1654, he later lived in Rheydt, must have
endured the persecution and imprisonment. (Niepoth)
They had:
Claes
Anneken
Willem
Agneta,
Heinrich, Elizabeth
Infant b 1/12/or Dec 1666 (to #1)
Peter Doors b c 1643,3) m 1666/1668 Judith Preyers. (Krefeld Immigr
article cites Niepoth's Tyson research.
Gertrude Doors b abt 1645, Kaldenkirchen. d 2/23/1707 Germantown
m (Reformed) in Kaldenkirchen 16 October 1668,
Paulus Kusters (Click on name to
go to his family information)
They came to Germantown abt 1690.
Johanna Doors b c 1649
Helen/ Lyntgen/Elin Theissen Lentgen Mattheisen, Lijntijen Teisen.
b abt 1650 Kaldenkirchen Bapt Goch
Mennonite Church 5/20/1670. at abt age 20. Nieboth thinks she
prob joined this congregation again as a maidservant in the
household of a friendly Mennonite family of Goch.
m Tonis/Thones/Dennis Kunders Cunders Theunis Koenders sono f Koendert
Lensen, Coen Lensen. Keunen, Conders, Kunders is the same name.
(Coen Hecken, Coentgen Heckers living in Creivelt from 1654 w wife
and 3 c's, Anabaptists, was a linen weaver apptly of Gladbach
(Nieboth) He was bapt at aGoch in the Mennonite Church 7/9/1673.
He was the son of Coen Lenssen Heckers and Entgen. White cites
Duffin in "Germantown Landowners, 1683-1714 and poss also William
Penn and the Dutch Quakers as sources on Kunders' house is where
the anti-slavery petition was signed in Germantown. His occupation
was listed as blue dyer, and he left dying equipment in his will.
They m in Krefeld Reformed Church 5/31/1677. HIs name
appears as Dannis Cunders, Anthony Conrad, and Tonis Heckers,
sometimes as Keunen and Conders. His rightful name was Tonis Coenen
Heckers. He lived in Krefeld from 1679 as Thonis Conradts.
He bapt Mennonite in Goch 9 Jul 1673.
They were among the 1683 emigrants.
They had:
a son, d 1683 a few days before they left
Conrad Theissen/ Tyson b Krefeld bef 1683
Mathias Theissen/ Tyson b Krefeld bef 1683
Jan Theissen/ Tyson b Krefeld bef 1683
More children b Germantown
Elizabeth Doors b c 1647)
m Peter Kurlis/Kurlings Kaldenkirchen Reformed Ch 3/17/1675. Emigrated in
1683 w their small children
Child (may have been named Metgen) d abt 1680 (Custer)
Metje Kurlis b Kaldenkirchen bp 27 Dec 1675
Johannes Kurlis b Kaldenkirchen bp 3 Feb 1677
Metgen Kurlis b Kaldenkirchen bp 27 Aug 1679
Angenes Kurlis b Kaldenkirchen bp 5 Jan 1681
Metgen bp Krefeld (Reformed) 22 Nov 1682 (Niepoth)
CHILD buried Krefeld 6 May 1682.
Matthias b Germantown presumably (Nieboth)
KURLIS/KURLINGS/KENNLINGS/CURLIS/KEURLIS Johann and Metgen
Kurlis, of te well-known Kurlis family in Waldniel, had
Peter Kurlis had Johann and Metgan amg children
Henrich Kurlis had Johann and Metgan.
They went to Germantown. "In 1695, Peter was called into the Court
of Germantown, but did not appear. He later answered that his reason
was that he had much work to do. He was asked why he refused to lodge
travelers and answered that he only intended to sell drink, not to
keep an ordinary. Then he was asked why he sold barley-malt beer at
4d a quart, against the law of the province. He asnwered that he did
not know of such a law. Next he was questioned why he did not obey
the law of Germantown Corporation, which forbids the sale of more than
a gill of rum or a quart of beer every half day to each individual.
His answer was that they being able to bear more, he could or would not
obey any such law."
"The Court determined that if Peter would not get a license and obey
the laws both of the province and of Germantown, he should not sell
anymore drink. Peter replied that he should first be allowed to use
the malt that he had, but the Bailiff told him, no, that henceforth
he should sell no more drink on penalty of a 5L fine. The court
then adjourned.
"Peter was back in court in 1695 when it was decided that Humphry
Edwards should pay him 7d for his breakfast. In 1701 Peter promised
in open court to keep a good and regular ordinary in this town,
whereof the Court does allow." (White, p 64).
Peter gave the bond to collect taxes for the governor in 1701/2 and
his books were reviewed by Aret Kinken and John Conrad Cotueis in 1702.
Margarita Doors bapt Catholic Kaladenkirchen 4 Jan 1655
Reiner/ Reinert/ Rynear Theissen (went by his father's first name)
b 1659.(Custer)
b c 1656 (Krefeld Immigr) Single in
1683 when he made the voyage from Krefeld. He m 1685, Germantown,
Margaret, presumed to have been either Margaret Kudners or Margaret
Streypers. Or married an English colnist's daughter, Maria___.
He may also have married Margaret in 1685, from ChesterCuster,
supported by an abstract of tile in Philadelphia Deed Book I,
p 416, cites Margaret as wife of Rynier Tyson of Abington twp, they
granted their son Isaac Tyson a tract of 250 acres in Abingdon TWP.
(Wm Penn & the Dutch Quakers) No wife mentioned in his will.
He d Fitzwatertown, Montgomery Co, PA, 7/27/1745.
According to Wm Penn and the Dutch Quakers, he became a man of
large welath and much influence but is said never tohave learned
to write his name (no room for him in the Catholic school?)
this would be why he did not sign th eQuaker marriage certificate
in Krefeld. He opposed the Keithians. In 1715 he was appointed
rep to Quarterly metg, in 1725, he was made an elder by the
Abington Monthly Meeting. In 1735 "Ryner Tyson Sr" was appointed
w two other members of his monthly mtg "to visit families of
Freinds for the promotion of the religious concerns of the Society."
His obituary termed him, "He was innocent and inoffensive in
life and diligent in attending his religious meetings."
Elisha Tyson, his great g.son, b 1750 on the old family homestead,
"removed when a young man to Baltimore, MD, and "there, in the
midst of a strong pro-slavery and slave-owning community, devoted
his wealth and influence for nearly a half century to an indefatigable
and highly successful defense of the Negro slave and freedman."
(Wm Penn and the Dutch Quakers)
Herman Doors bapt 16 Nov 1663 Kaldenkirchen Reformed, in PA by
1684, d in Germantown 14 Oct 1739. Krefeld Immigr article says
no record of a marriage. Wm Penn and the Dutch Quakers takes posn
that he was married to Jenneken Jansen, whose name is on the
marriage certificate of 1681 opposite his. She could have died
bef he came to Germantown to live for about 55 yrs as a widower
(termed "bachelor" which meant not having a wife). jenneken
Jansen may have been a sister of Henderjik Jansen.
Some genealogists think the following also belong to this family
(Custer);
Agnistan/ Agnes doors said to have maried Leonard Arents, among the
1683 emigrants. John L Ruth calls Lenart ARets as Jan Streyper's
brother in law (nothing was ever vaguer than being designated
Jan Streyper's in-law, nearly everyone was at some point. In-law
had a loose meaning.) Jan Streypers, writing his brother Wm in
Germantown, wanted Wm to see that Jan's five families were porvided
land in that village. The families were Jan Streeper's brother,
Willam Streepers, Reiner and Herman Tyson were Jan Streper's wife's
brothers. Thomas Conradt/ Kudners, Leonart ARets, and Paulus
Custers were their brothes in law." No ref made to Peter Kurlis
as a brother in law.
Merken/ Maria Theissen by BEcker and others. b c 1659 d 1742
Mary Tyson.
White has "?married Jochim Huiskens", she wasn't sure?
She cites an entry in 1675 in the Reformed Church in Kaldenkirchen
of the baptism of "the little daughter of Jochim Huiskens
and Maria Doors w witnesses Thonis Huiskens and Nys Doors. (Niess?)
HOwever, no marriage record for this couple. White has "Maria
did marry Jan Lykens around 1683 at the time of their leaving
Germany to come to Germantown" (White, 1683)
Many think she is the wife of Jan Luckens/ Luykens / Lukens
who came to America.(Custer) (Krefeld Immigr) Jochim Huiskens/
Johann Lucken of Dahlen or Wickerath (:WHite, who thinks they
m around 1683)
But though American writers state that Jan Luckens' wife was Maria
Theissen, a sister to Reiner, (?)he found no indication that Jan m
more than once. He noted that Niepoth said Jan Luckens m Merken/ Maria
Gastes. Gudo Gotthoff wrote that Jan Luckns m lst Merken Gastes but
that he left her in Germanyu, just as Wilhelm Strepers had left his
wife, and shortly after coming to America he m Maria Theissen.
Jack Bowman, who is of this line, says "Earliest records say that
he married Marie Thiessen, sister to Reynier Thiessen...Many of
the documents refer to Jan's wife as Mary, but there are no
records of their marriage. Niepoth... concludes that his wife
was Mercken Gastes. This comes from a written document dated
6/15/1683, which was drwon up by the Lucken siblings in Krefeld."
"In 1995 a 'conclave' of Lukens researchers got together to decide
on their interpretation of all documents relating to Jans wife's
name. They concluded that she had to be Marie Tyson. Niepoth
may be correct if Jan was married bef leaving Krefeld and his
wife died. But they could not find any documentation for the
Gastes name. "
Niepoth says that Maria or Mercken is not mentioned among the sisters
of Reiner Theissen. He also presents evidence on who Johann Lucken
did marry. Bans published on 12 Sep 1679 in REformed Church in
Crefeld for "JOhann Simes of Gladbach and Merken Wilhelms of
Gladbach". A Rheydt power of attorney in 1683 says Merken Lucken
is daughter of married couple Wilhelm Lucken and Adelheid, and
her name appears in the Quaker wedding as Merken Willems. So she
definitely was not the daughter of Theiss Doors! Nieboth also
mentions that Wilhelm was related on his motgher's side to the
Ther Mehr family.
Jan Lykens was b in 1650/1, son of Wilhelm and Adelheid Lucken, and
grew up in Gladbach.
Luykens was one of the pioneer settlers of GErmantown in 1683. He
was constable of the town 1691-5, sheriff 1694-5, d. 1744. Brought
a Dutch Bible from Krefeld, one of his descendants still owns it.
His will dated 9th of 8th mo 1741 in Philadelphia's registry
of wills, his property includes the trappings of a linen weaving
profession and some books, a house and lot in Germantown, and
two hundred acres of land joining Spipenk.
Derrick (Dirck) Tyson
Reiner Tyson supposed to have brought back to him from Europe a
younger brother, Derrick (Dirck) who d unm a few yrs after his arrival
Krefeld Immigr article argues that if not the brothers of the above.
Cornelius and Derrick Tyson were atleast cousins..
Cornelius Doors/ Thiessen b c 1652 emigr to Germantown in 1684 or by 1703. In 1684,
he might have travelled w his brother, Herman Doors. He m Margaret.
He was a Mennonite and not a Quaker. Reason to think he is Reynier's
brother but no proof.
Children:
Matthias (lst born) same name as Reiner, which might indicate that
Theiss (Matthias) and Agnes were his poarents.
DAughter supposed to have married sonof Tonis Kunders and Helene Thiessen
Daughter supposed to have married son of Tonis Kunders andHelene Thiessen.
Derrick Doors/ Tyson, cited in the GEnealogy of the Maryland Branch of
the Tyson Family, by Malcolm Van Vechten Tysen in 1902, there was a
brother of Rynier, Derrick, who came to PA w Tynier in 1683, converted
to the Quaker religion, and died unmarried soon after getting to PA,
this is the only source that mentions him.
Bibliography and sources:
Custer, Chester E., The Kusters and Doors of Kaldenkirchen, Germany,
and Germantown, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, July 1986,
pp 24-31.
"Are the daughters of Hermen Op den Graff the Mennonite Bishop the
Key to the RElationships of our early Germantown Families? in
Krefeld Immigrants, 14, pp 51-54
Niepoth, Wilhelm. The Ancestry of the Thirteen Krefeld Emigrants of
1683. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 1980, 31 (3), 191-207.
William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Immigration to Pennsylvania
http://www.enter.net/~smschlack/gen.html. Sue Schlack
[email protected]
Judy Douglas [email protected]
Jack Bowman [email protected]
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