Events
- Died
- 30 DEC 1729 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherCoen Koendert Lensen Heckersb. 1627
- MotherEntgen Anna Comes1632 – 20 APR 1691
- ChildThones Kunders1653 – 30 DEC 1729
- ChildTring Lessen Kundersb. 1655
- ChildLenss Lenssen Kundersb. 1657
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 31 MAY 1677
- FatherThones Kunders1653 – 30 DEC 1729
- MotherElin Teissen1650 – BEF. 1729
- ChildMadtis Condersb. 25 JAN 1679/80
- ChildCunraed Cunraeds17 MAY 1678 – 1747
- ChildJohn Cunradsb. 3 AUG 1681
- ChildChild Cunraedsb. 1683
- ChildAnne Enncke Kunders Cunraedsb. 4 JUL 1684
- ChildAgnes Cunraedsb. SEP 1686
- ChildHenry Cunredsb. 1688
- ChildElizabeth Cunraedsb. 1691
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 t 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 saile d 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 t o 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 o 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.