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Generation: 2
2. | Thones Kunders was born in 1653 in Neuwerk, Honschaft Damm, Muchen Gladbach, Rhineland, Germany (son of Coen Koendert Lensen Heckers and Entgen Anna Comes); died on 30 Dec 1729 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Notes:
COLONIAL & REVOLUTIONARY LINEAGES OF AMERICA
THE CONRAD LINE - Pg 296
I. Thomas Kunders, as the name was originally spelled, was born about 1653-58, and died in the Fall of 1729 at Germantown, PA. His early life was spent at Crefeld, Germany, where he worked as a blue dryer. A group of one-half dozen neighbors at Crefeld purchased 1800 acres of land in PA from William Penn. One of these, Lenart Arets, whose wife was a sister of Kunder's wife, sold to him 500 acres of this land. A party of 13 families, consisting of 33 persons, left Crefeld. They sailed 24 Jul 1683 on the ship "Concord," and, upon their arrival in PA, located at Germanton. The Kunder's home was on what is now Germanton Avenue. He was a Friend and in 1688 was one of the Friends of Germantown who voiced the first opposition to slavery. When the town was incorporated in 1692, he was chosen one of the burgesses.
He married Elin Steypers, supposed to have been a sister of William Steypers. The first three children were born in Crefeld; the others in Germantown. They assumed the name Conrad. Among their seven children was a son:
1. Madts, of whom further.
(HC Conrad: "Thomas Kunders & His Children" pg 5-7, 11, 16, 19, 22)
II. Madts Condersor Conrad, as the name became at this time, son of Thomas & Elin (Steypers) Kunders, was born at Crefeld, Germany 25 Jan 1679, and died at Germantown, PA in 1726. His will dated 29 Oct 1725, was proved 09 Apr 1726. He came to America with his parents at an early age.
He married Barbara Tyson (TysonII) Among the children named in his will was a daughter:
1. Margaret, of who further.
(Ibid, pg 14)
III. Margaret Conrad, daughter of Madts & Barbara (Tyson) Conrad, born in 1709 married Jacob Shoemaker (First Shoemaker Line III)
(Ibid, pg 14 BH Shoemaker: "Genealogy of the Shoemaker Family of Cheltenham, PA")
WILL
CUNARDS, DENNIS. Germantown, Co. of Philadelphia.
June 19, 1722/3. December 30, 1729. E.121.
Son-in-Law: Griffith Jones. Children: Cunrad, Mathias, John, Henry, Ann Streepers, Agnes Powell, Elizabeth Jones. Friend: Anthony Loofe. Exec: Cunrad Cunrads, Griffith Jones.
Wit: Peter Shoemaker, Dirk Jansen, David Hey.
Thones married Elin Teissen on 31 May 1677. Elin (daughter of Matthiae Doors and Agnes) was born in 1650 in Krefeld, Rheinland, Germany; died in BEF. 1729 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Elin Teissen was born in 1650 in Krefeld, Rheinland, Germany (daughter of Matthiae Doors and Agnes); died in BEF. 1729 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Generation: 3
5. | Entgen Anna Comes was born in 1632 in Munchen, Gladbach, Alst., Prussia, Germany; died on 20 Apr 1691.
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7. | Agnes was born in in Germany. Children:
- 3. Elin Teissen was born in 1650 in Krefeld, Rheinland, Germany; died in BEF. 1729 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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