JACOB DECKER and ANNETJE CORTRIGHT and family

Jacob and Annetje were both born in Ulster County, New York. They were married on the 8th of September in 1695 at the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster, New York. Their children are as follows:
1696 Grietjen, our ancestor
1698 Hendrick
1701 Catharina
1705 Geertje
1706 Jacobus
1708 Johannes
1711 Sarah
1712 Benjamin
1717 Lea
1722 Zolomon

This Decker family resided in Mombaccas, a community in Rochester, New York. Around 1717, they were living in Orange County, NY in a community called  Machackameck.

JACOBUS JANSE DECKER
BORN: 22 May 1671 in Kingston, Ulster, NY
MARRIED: 2 Sep 1695 in Kingston, Ulster, NY
DIED: 1761 Minisink, Orange, NY

ANNETJE HENDRICKS CORTRIGHT
BORN: 1678 in Rochester, Ulster, NY
DIED: 1722 in ,Ulster, NY
SOURCES: (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK1J-STFJ : 15 December 2015), Jacob Janse Dekker, 1761; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 144705464, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com; !Roots & Branches by Wardle pg. 152 says he m. Annetje HENDRICKS 2 Dec 1695; Doc. 741 Historical and genealogical research notes on Decker and Schoonmaker families, William Decoursey, Family Tree Maker's Web Site;The Palatine Families of New York (1985); Early Germans of New Jersey, by Chambers; Scandinavian Immigrants in New York (1916) by John O. Evjen.

ANTONI AND JANNETJE (COOBES) SWARTWOUT AND FAMILY

Antoni Swartwout was born about 1664 and was baptized at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, Ulster, New York in 1664. His future wife, Jannetje Coobes was born in 1666 in Rensselaerwyck, NY. Antoni and Jannetje were married on the 8th of May in 1693 in Hurley, Ulster, NY. They had three sons whose names were Roeloff, Jacobus, and Bernardus (our ancestor).

Antoni and Jannetje both died in 1700 in New York.

ANTONI SWARTWOUT
BORN: 1664 in Kingston, Ulster, NY
MARRIED: 8 May 1693 in Hurley, Ulster, NY
DIED: 1700 in Hurley, Ulster, NY

JANNETJE COOBES
BORN: 1666 in Rensselaerwyck, NY
DIED: 1700 in Orange County, NY
SOURCES:  PAF Insight for I.G.I. Search using PAF Insight for I.G.I. birth of Antoni Swartwout; "The Swartwout chronicles, 1338-1899, and the Ketelhuyn chronicles, 1451-1899" by Arthur James Weise; Ancestry.com. Our Brokaw-Bragaw heritage. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Foster, Elsie E.. Our Brokaw-Bragaw heritage; marriage record of the Bergen Church Book of 1683-1802 Vol XXII, Marriage Records 1665-1800; They received a certificate to Esopus;America Death: Died 1700 in Hurley, Ulster, New York, America Immediate Family: Son of Roeloff Albertse Swartwout and Aefje (Eva) Bradt; Ancestral File 1996.

RICHARD ADDAMS AND ALTIE OP-DEN-GRAEFF AND FAMILY

This family lived in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania where Richard and Altie were married on the 10th of October in 1698. For a wedding present, Altie's father deeded them 91 acres of land in Germantown of Philadelphia County!

Pictures from Old Germantown: the Pastorius family residences are shown on the upper left (c. 1683) and upper right (c. 1715), the center structure is the house and printing business of the Caurs family (ca. 1735), and the bottom structure is the market place (c. 1820). From Wikipedia. [Pastorius was the teacher for the Germantown children and was highly praised for his efforts.]

All of their children were born in Philadelphia County and a list of their names follows below, however, I only know the birthdates of seven of them:

1698 Susannah, our ancestor

1705 William

1707 Abraham

1712 Isaac

1714 Elizabeth

1717 Margaret 

1726 Ann

Catherine

Hannah

Mary

Evidently, Richard found it necessary to purchase more property totaling 150 acres of land and plantation.

RICHARD ADDAMS

BORN: bef 1670 in Upper Heyford, Northamptonshire, England

MARRIED: 10 Oct 1698 in Germantown, Phildadelphia, PA

DIED:       Mar 1747 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA

ALTIE GERTIEN OP-DEN-GRAEFF

BORN:   1680 in Krefeld, Duchy of Kleve, Germany

DIED:     1770 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA

SOURCES: Book, "Addams Family in America" by Addam S. McAllister, page 2, marriage of Addams/Op-den-Graeff

ARNOLD DOORS KUSTER and FAMILY

Arnold Doors  Kuster was born abt 1669 in Kaldenkirchen, Germany, the son of Paulus and Gertrude (Doors) Kuster. Arnold was baptized 9 June 1669 in the Evangelical Church in Kaldenkirchen, Germany

 In 1683, Arnold  came with his parents to Germantown,  Pennsylvania, USA.  They were with a group of Krefield Mennonites who were seeking religious freedom.(Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia. Founded by German Quaker and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854.)


Arnold later married Rebecca  Nuzom abt 1693.  He and his brother, Hermanus, were both  active Mennonites in Pennsylvania. A log church was built sometime between 1703 and 1708 for the Mennonites, and Arnold and Hermanus Kuster were among the members then. 

Arnold was a bricklayer. He appears on a list in 1702 as having sent his children to a school in Germantown, called the Friends School, taught by Francis Daniel Pastorius. He remained in Germantown until 1714. Arnold and Rebecca's children are listed below. Most of the children were born in Germantown. The last three were born in Manatawney, Hanover, PA.

1695 Conrad, our ancestor
1700 Katharine
1704 George Philip
1706 Nicolas
1710 Paul
1715 Hannah
1720 Arnold
1724 Dorthy

In 1714, the Arnold and Rebecca Custer family moved to the western part of Philadelphia County (an area now in Berks County) where he bought 316 acres in the Manatawney tract in New Hannover Township for his children. He died in 1739 in Hanover Township, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania and was buried at the Manatawney Cemetery (Mennonite). Letters of Administration were granted to his brother, Hermanus, on 22 Dec 1739. 

ARNOLD DOORS CUSTER
BORN: abt 1669 in Kaldenkirchen, Germany
MARRIED: abt 1693 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA
DIED: 1739 in Hanover Twp., Philadelphia, PA
BURIED: Manatawney Cemetery in Hanover, Philadelphia, PA
SOURCES: In "Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage" Volume IX Number 3 July 1986 an article by Chester E. Custer titled "The Kusters and Doors of Kaldenkirchen, Germany, and Germantown, Pennsylvania";  Researcher, Arlene Eakle, from the book "THE DESCENDANTS OF PAULUS AND GERTRUDE KUSTERS"; German immigration to Pennsylvania records. : "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVG-ZY2T : 13 December 2015), Arnold Doors Kuster (Custer), 1739; Burial, Manatawna, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Manatawna Mennonite Cemetery; citing record ID 21547976, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.