OPDENGRAEFF/ADDAMS
OPDENGRAEFF
The OpDenGraeff family of Krefeld, Germany,
came to America in October 1683 on the ship "Concord" and settled in Germantown,
Pennsylvania. They were Quakers and Mennonites and left their homeland to escape religious
persecution.
Their families were large and were tied by marriage to the Theissen/Doors (some
chose the surname Theissen and some took the surname Doors),
Kuster/Custer,
Van Bebber, DeHaven and other early settlers of Germantown.
Some Germantown Deeds of the OpDenGraeff Brothers
|
NAME |
Date of Birth |
Death Date |
SPOUSE |
| *Herman OpDenGraeff | 26 Nov 1585 Ger. | 27 Dec 1642 Ger. | *Greitjen Pletjes |
| (Children of *Herman OpDenGraeff | & *Greitjen Pletjes) | ||
| Hester OpDenGraeff | 1609 Germany | 1643 | Isaac Van Bebber |
| Abraham Op Den Graeff | 1610 Germany | 1656 | Eva Vanderleyen |
| Trinken Op Den Graeff | 1612 Germany | 1653 | |
| *Agnes Neesgen OpDenGraeff | 1614 Germany | 1691 | *Theiss "Matthias" Doors |
| *Isaac Hermans OpDenGraeff | 23 Feb 1616 Ger. | 17 Jan 1679 Ger. | *Greitjen Peiters |
| Derk OpDenGraeff | 1621 Germany | 1655 | |
| Aletgen OpDenGraeff | 1623 Germany | 1706 Germany | Wilhelm L. Von Bonn |
| Sophia OpDenGraeff | 1628 Germany | Evert Lucassen | |
| Susanna OpDenGraeff | 1629 Germany | 1714 | |
| (Children of *Agnes "Neessgen" | OpDenGraeff and | *T. "Matthias"Doors) | |
| Anna "Entgen" Doors | abt 1641Ger | 2 Aug 1700 PA |
1.Heinrich Kurlis 2. Jan Streypers |
| Peter Doors | abt 1643 Ger | Judith Preyers | |
| *Gertrude Doors | abt 1645 Ger | 28 Feb 1709 PA | * Paulus Kuster (Custer) |
| Elizabeth Doors | abt 1647 Ger | Peter Kurlis | |
| Johanna Doors | abt 1649 | ||
| Helen Theisson | abt 1650 | Thones "Dennis" Kunders | |
| Cornelius Theisson | abt 1652 | 9 May 1716 | Margaret_____ |
| Margarita Doors | 4 Jan 1655 | ||
| Reiner Theisson | 1659 | 27 Jul 1745 PA | Maria/Margaret_____ |
| Maria Theisson | 1660 | 1742 | Jochim Lucken |
| Herman Doors | 16 Sep 1663 | 14 Oct 1739 | |
| (children of *Isaac H. OpDenGraeff | & *Greitjen Peiters) | ||
| Herman OpDenGraeff | 1644 | 1708 Delaware |
1. Lisbet Van Bebber 2. Debra Van Bebber |
| Derk OpDenGraeff | 1646 | 1697 Pennsylvania | Nilcken Vyten |
| Margaretha OpDenGraeff | 1651 | ||
| Jacob OpDenGraeff | 1653 | ||
| *Abraham Isacks OpDenGraeff | abt 1660 Germany | 25 Mar 1731 PA | *Trintgen Katarina Jansen |
| Adolphus OpDenGraeff | |||
| (Children of *Gertrude Doors & | *Paulus Kuster/Custer) | (See Custer page) | |
| (Ch'dren of *Abraham OpDenGraeff | & *Trintgen K.Jansen) | ||
| *Gertian OpDenGraeff | 1680 Germany | bef 1747 PA | *Richard Addams |
| Isaac OpDenGraeff | Mary_______ | ||
| Margaret OpDenGraeff | abt 1692 | Thomas How | |
| Annecken OpDenGraeff | Herman InDeHaven | ||
| Jacob OpDenGraeff | PA | 1750 PA | Anneken InDeHaven |
ADDAMS
It is said that Richard Addams spelled his name
with two "d"s to distinguish his family from
another one living in Philadelphia County, PA, in the late 17th century. His
ancestry has not
been established but he was almost certainly English or Welsh. He was a member
of Great Valley
Baptist Church in Chester County, PA. He probably came to this country, as so
many others did
at the time, to escape religious persecution.
|
NAME |
Date of Birth |
Death Date |
SPOUSE |
| *Richard Addams | abt 1659 | abt 1747 PA | 1. *Gertian OpDenGraeff 2. Alse_______ |
| (Children of *Richard Addams & | *Gertian OpDenGraeff) | ||
| *Susannah Addams | abt 1695 PA | bef 1747 PA | *Conrad Custer |
| Catherine Addams | aft 1747 | John Morris | |
| Mary Addams | aft 1747 | Israel Morris | |
| Margaret Addams | 1749 | Paul Casselberry | |
| Ann Addams | aft 1775 | Jacob Umstead | |
| Elizabeth Addams | ca 1808 | 1. Thomas Bull 2. Thomas Rossiter |
|
| William Addams | 1773 | Ann Lane | |
| Abraham Addams | 1707 | 5 Apr 1738 | Alse______ |
| Isaac Addams | 1769/72 | Edith______ | |
| (Children of *Richard Addams & | Alse _____ ) | ||
| Hannah Addams | 1769 | Owen Evans | |
| (Children of *Susannah Addams & | * Conrad Custer) | (See Custer Page) | |
| (Children of William Addams and | Ann Lane) | ||
| Richard Addams | bef 8 Jan 1732 | bef 1740 PA | |
| Mary Addams | bef 8 Jan 1732 | bef 1775 | |
| Abraham Addams | aft 1732 | 1803 PA | |
| Samuel Addams | aft 1732 | aft 1788 | |
| Richard Addams | 1740 PA | 1816 | |
| Williams Addams | 1774 | ||
| Isaac Addams | 1746 | 1809 |
(Note:
* on the Chart denotes my own Direct Ancestors)
Sources:
"Passengers & Ships Prior to
1684" pub. 1985 by The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania,compiled by Walter
Lee
Sheppard, Jr.
(Pages 96 & 97 detail the ship "Concord" on which the OpdenGraeff
group came to America)
"The Descendants of Paulus & Gertrude Kusters" pub. 1991 by The
Castor Assoc. of America
"The Addams Family in America" by Addams S. McAllister.
"Krefeld
Immigrants and Their Descendants" a twice yearly publication by Links
Publications of Sacramento, CA.
Are you descended from this
line? If so, I invite you to e-mail me.
Shirley Webb
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