HENDRICK JANSEN VAN AAKEN

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mar 22Dec1682

Metjen Kurlings (stepdaughter of Jan Strepers of Gulick Co, Germany, dec 1715)

Bp 1664

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Class

Anneken

Willem

Anganita

Hendrick

Elizabeth

In 1686 a Jan Strepers and an H.J. Van Aaken met William Penn in Wesel, Holland and took him to Crefeld, Germany near the border of Holland. It was from Crefeld that the thirteen Dutch families came who were the original settlers of Germantown PA, a suburb of Philadelphia.

Jan Strepers, of Gulick County, Germany (also near the Dutch border) purchased from William Penn (March 1682) 5,000 acres of land in PA. He came to PA for a short time, but returned to Germany where he died in 1715, leaving a step-daughter (Metjen Kurlings) and four other children by his second wife.

There are PA records for William, Henry, and Elizabeth, but whether they are of the same family and this family has not conclusively been established.

1725 All children were living in Amsterdam

Source: The Starne and Van Aken Families by Mildred Goshow, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Aug 1967; Mormon Genealogical Department Record F7337/511889

WARNING: We do not have proof that this is a son of HENDRICK JANSEN VAN AAKEN and METJEN KURLINGS. The connection is highly circumstantial based on the common locality of Philadelphia. We welcome all comments, additions and corrections.

WILLIAM VAN AAKEN

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mar 26May1755

Mary Gorges

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Children:

Ann b mar George Wunder*

Ch. George, William, Jacob, Samuel, Ann Rea, Catherine M.

Susannah/Hannah b mar -------Beck

Margaret b 1764 mar Joseph Starne Jr.*

Paul b mar Elizabeth Ax

Ch. Elizabeth (1797) and others?

Philadelphia Wills Book 1 #21 Pg 3449. Conrad Ax of Frankford in Oxford Twsp, Phil Co, PA, baker, wife Mary Ax – 4 children: Daniel, Conrad, Margaret, and John Ax – Step-son-in-law, Paul Vanakin. Signed June 7, 1803. Proved Feb21, 29, 1804.

· Witness in will of Tielman Small, Phila., Cooper, 15Mar1767

· Named in Will of Susannah Krupner

HENRY VAN AAKEN

D 1751-1753 3/12/1751 Will 4/4/1753 Will Proven

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Mar (1) 1745

Jane Goodson

D Maybe 11/25/1746. Early Quaker Records pf Phila. Pg 74

Bur

Mar (2) 1748

Rebecca Johnson (Jansen)

D After 1753

Children:

Paul b (1749) d young

24Feb1747 Named in settlement

25Jan1748 A certificate for Henry Vanaken to Abington Monthly Meeting on account of marriage.

12Mar1751 Decedent, Henry Van Aken, Merchant Book K pg 60. Named as Exec: Rebecca, wife, Richard Johnson, Thomas Neudrow.

WARNING: We do not have proof that this is a daughter of HENDRICK JANSEN VAN AAKEN and METJEN KURLINGS. The connection is highly circumstantial based on the common locality of Philadelphia. We welcome all comments, additions and corrections.

ELIZABETH VAN AAKEN

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mar

Paul Kripner/Krupner

WARNING: We do not have proof of relationship to HENDRICK JANSEN VAN AAKEN and METJEN KURLINGS. Somehow these Van Akens are probably descended from Paul Van Aaken above. The connection is highly circumstantial based on the common locality of Philadelphia. We welcome all comments, additions and corrections.

GEORGE WASHINGTON VAN AKEN

b 1806

d 1885

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mar 1832

Elizabeth Simon

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Children:

Eliza Doran b 1833

Mary Simon b 1835

Elizabeth Pauline b 1838

Paul Wonder b 1840 d 18Jun1864 Civil War

Kate b 1843

John Si mon b 1846 mar Emma V. Ganser

Ch. Elizabeth (1868/1871), George W., Philip E. (1872),

John

George Washington Jr b 1849 mar Mary-------

Ch. Emma Mary (1888) m Albert Steiner

Paul, William, Lillie, John, Walker

FRANCIS VAN AKEN

B 1817

Bur

Mar

Mary Jane Simon

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Children:

Frank (1849-1912) M(1) Hannah F. Nield) (6 Children)

John

George

Paul

Jacob

Lydia

Mary

William