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Jacob's Account of Mennonites in America p. 185 in William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania by William I. Hull; Letter to Amsterdam p. 265 in History of Old Germantown by Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, C. Henry Kain, John Palmer Garber, Horace F. McCann, Germantown, Philadelphia, 1907, Horace F. McCann, Publisher
Germantown has played a significant role in American history; it was the birthplace of the American antislavery movement, the site of a Revolutionary War battle, the temporary residence of George Washington, the location of the first bank of the United States, and the residence of many notable politicians, scholars, artists, and social activists.
Op den Graeff (Dutch pronunciation: [ɔb də(ŋ) ˈɣraːf]) is a German and American family of Dutch origin. [1] They were one of the first families of the Mennonite faith in Krefeld at the beginning of the 17th century. Various family members belonged to Original 13, the first organized immigration of a closed group of Germans to America in 1683.
The 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery was the first protest against enslavement of Africans made by a religious body in the Thirteen Colonies. Francis Daniel Pastorius authored the petition; he and the three other Quakers living in Germantown, Pennsylvania (now part of Philadelphia), Garret Hendericks, Derick op den Graeff, and Abraham op den Graeff, signed it on behalf of the ...
Herman Isacks op den Graeff, also Herman op den Graeff, Opdengraef, Opdengraff as well as Op den Gräff [1] (1642 in Krefeld - 1704 / 1708 in Delaware County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was one of the so-called Original 13, the first closed group of German emigrants to North America and an original founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania.
Signature of Abraham op den Graeff (at the 1688 Germantown Quaker petition against slavery) Abraham Isaacs op den Graeff, also Op den Graff, Opdengraef as well as Op den Gräff [1] (c. 1649 – c. 1731) was one of the so-called Original 13, the first closed group of German emigrants to North America, and an original founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania, as well as a civic leader, member of the ...
Signature of Derick op den Graeff (at the 1688 Germantown Quaker petition against slavery) Derick Isaacs op den Graeff, also Dirk, Dirck, Derrick Isaacs op den Graeff, Opdengraef, Opdengraff as well as Op den Gräff [1] (1646 in Krefeld - May 24, 1697 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was one of the so-called Original 13, the first closed group of German emigrants to North America, an ...
Herman op den Graeff was the first historically proven member of the Op den Graeff family. He was born on 26 November 1585 into a Mennonite religious family in Aldekerk (Duchy of Guelders, Holy Roman Empire), near the Dutch border. [2]