1710 Members at Whitemarsh Presbyterian Church: Anneken Baerents,
wife of J. Pieters.
1713 Jacob Peters/Peterson purchased 500 A in Limerick from Edward
& Ann Roberts. Jacob Peterson wit. James Brooke’s will
in 1719/20. Jacob and his wife “Ann” sold their 500
acres as follows: 1724 - 200 acres to son Henry Peters and 100
acres to son Peter Peters; 1730 - 200 acres to Casper Acre. Both
Henry & Peter are called Peterson on the 1734 tax list. Jacob
was a descendant of a Peterson family who were part of the 1638
settlement of Early Swedish families. The names Jacob, Christiana,
Isaac, and Henry used in this family suggest a relationship with
the family of Haramontee/Araminta Peterson, the wife of Matthias
VanBebber.
(Recs. of Rev. Van Vlequ, Phila. Co. land recs. used in plotting
of land of Limerick Twp. by Barbara Wentz, Records of the Van
Bebber/Peterson families in Cecil Co. MD transcribed by Eleanor
Mayfarth.)
HEINRICH, SON OF JACOB AND ANN PETERS/PETERSON
1. Hendrick Peters, Limerick Twp, Co. of Philadelphia. Farmer.
Will written April 18, 1756, proved July 31, 1759. Wife: Bernkin.
Children: Warner, Isaac, Alse Miller, wife of Isaac Miller, Christiana
Updegraff, wife of Abraham Updegraff, Hannah Kendall, wife of
Joseph Kendall. Mary Bunn, wife of Nicholas Bunn. Grandchild:
Henry Peters, son of William deceased. Exec: Bernkin and Isaac
Peters, Nicholas Bunn. Will shows that Heindrick has purchased
an additional 200 acres, which he wills to son Isaac.
Witnesses: Andreas Gresberts, Philip Yost, Antony Miller.”
(Phila. Co.Will Book L.298.)
Barbara Wentz says the following about her land plot of Henry’s
land: “this clarifies that I am talking about Henry’s
land because I do have the deeds to Jacob and Casper I only have
the deed of Jacob Peters to Henry Peters for 200 acres. Below
Henry's 200 acres was the 100 acres Jacob Peters to Peter Peters.
. .and below that the 200 acres Jacob Peters sold to Casper Acre.
However, to the left of Henry Peters 200 acres, I have a block
of 200 acres but have no idea who James Shattick and Edward Lane
sold this to. It certainly appears that this would be the other
200 acres that Henry acquired. Below that two hundred acres (and
adjacent to Peter Peters land and Casper Acres' land was the Woodley
land of 300 acres.)”
Children of Hendrick and Ann Peters/Peterson
1. Warner Peters- From the “Ledger of Owen Evans”, of
Limerick, Justice of the Peace, page 231: “May 2, 1748- Warner
Peterson unto Nicholas Bunn for 3 years and 6 mo to be taught
to be wevedr and a blue dyer and to be taught to read and write
and to have one week in each harvest to have a Dryed sute as a
freedom sute.” Warner married 13 Feb 1752 Catharine Vanderslice,
daughter of Anthony Vanderslice and Martha Pannebacker.
( The Ledger of Owen Evans, #42, p. 231; Phila. Co. Will Books:
I: 478: 1751 Will of Anthony Vanderslice: no son-in-laws listed,
all girls still Vanderslice; M:200 1761 will of Martha lists names
of sons-in-law; Vanderslice chart of Charles Majors, #27: date
of marriage)
[Note: The will of Martha Vanderslice also includes her daughter
Ann, “who married Herman Umstat”,
now shown as son of Peter Umstat of Limerick.]
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2. Isaac Peters m. Eve Vanderslice, daughter of Anthony Vanderslice
and Martha Pannabecker between 29 Oct 1751 and 14 Sep 1761. He
was willed 200 acres in Limerick Twp. by his father. However,
he was in New Hanover Twp. by 8 Feb 1766 when he and Eve had their
daughter Cristina bap. at Falkner Swamp Reformed Church. (PA Ar.
Vol. 14, p. 43 ). He died after 1775 when his land in New Hanover
was taken by the Sheriff for mortgage foreclosure on his 44 acres.
(PA Gazette, New Hanover Lutheran Church Recs.)
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3. Alse Peters m. Isaac Miller. Witnesses of Heinrich’s will
included Anthony Miller. Unknown connection to following: John Umstat, son of John NS and Deborah
( ), of Frederick Twp. m. 2nd Catharine Miller, 1768.
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3. Christiana Peters m. Abraham Updengraff, son of Jacob Updengraff,
and grandson of Abraham and Trintje/Catherine Op den Graff. Addams
McAllister (#13) says that Jacob "born in Jermantown"
was married on April 29, 1712, to Anneken In de Haven, sister
of Herman In de Haven, who married Anneken OpdenGraff. sister
of Jacob. He adds that Jacob “Up den Graff’s will of
1750 [wit. by Thomas How and Nicholas Bunn] , lists his son Abraham.
The children of Christiana and Abraham are listed by the DeHaven
Family as: Barrinda..... Ann..... Joseph..... Edward..... Henry
.... Mali..... Hannah..... Abraham..... Susannah..... Mary.....
Elizabeth
(DeHaven Family research)
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4. Hannah Peters, m. Joseph Kendall, son of immigrant John Kendall
and his wife Mary, who lived adjacent to Heinrich. Joseph’s
administration was 29 Jul 1757. Hannah survived, died by 1759.
Both bur. Limerick
(From entry in Kendall Bible included in Evans, Frank B III (#26),:
Children of John and Mary Kendall: Joseph m. Hannah Pieters, dau.
Hendrick and Bernkin Pieters; Other comments in manuscript.)
Joseph Kendall and Hannah Peters had two sons: Joseph m. Mary
Geiger; and Henry Kendall m. widow Mary (Lane) Stahl, dau. of
Edward and Ann (Evans) Lane, and granddaughter of William Lane
and Owen Evans Esq, both bur. Limerick Twp.....[the Geiger family
has connections to Berks Co.UMs]. Wm. Stahl 1st husband of Mary
Stahl was a descendant of Margaret Bunn and Kasper Stahl. ( "Corrections
and Additions to 1790 St. James Pew Chart" (#17) ; research
of DeHaven/Umstead team for Berks Co. Records.)
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5. Mary Peters m. Nicholas Bunn pre 1748. He was b. in 1721, the
son of Peter Bunn and his 2nd wife Gurchan Johnson, dau. of Claus
Johnson and Katherine Conrad. His occupation is sometimes listed
as “Blue Dyer”, later as “Surveyor” or “Conservitor”
[“Real Estate Broker”]. He died in 1777 in Berks Co.
Mary d. pre 1764, probably in Mont. Co. Nicholas m. 2nd to “widow”
Margaret Yocum, in Berks Co. 26 July 1764 by Alex Murray, Episcopal
Missionary.”
(Cemetery Recs., St. Gabriel’s Church, Berks Co.; Berks Co.
PA Will Book 2, p. 271.)
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Riddle: William’s son Henry Peters, grandson of Heinrich,
was b. pre 1756. William Sellen Tyson in his 1805 will lists among
his children: Son-in-Law Richard Umstead,
husband of his dau. Magdalena, deceased, [b. 1750] and daughter
Elizabeth., wife of Henry Peters..Was this Wm.’s son???
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Peter Peters, Son of Jacob and Ann Peters/Peterson
In deeds relating to Peter Peterson, he is sometimes Peters, sometimes
Peterson. Peter m. Susanna Woodley, daughter of Jonathan Woodley's
oldest brother. In 1747 Peter Peterson & wife Susanna, late
of Limerick but now of VA. sold their land in Limerick. Trappe
records say (in German) that on 10 Nov 1755 young Peter Peters
who fled Indians in VA was buried. (1742 will of William Woodley
of Philadelphia names his kinsman as Susanna Peterson.)
(Phila. Co. Will Book G:36)
1773 A Peter Peters died in Hampshire Co. VA (has a will there).
Peter Rambo Jr. b. abt. 1724 m. Mary Peters, “dau. of Peter”,
at Trappe. Peter Rambo and wife later went to Hampshire Co. VA
too, has a will there. Peter Umstatt/Umstott
b. Limerick Twp. and wife Rachel were also living there at that
time.
Philadelphia Administration File 85-1746 Jonathan Woodley (from
Phila. Register of Wills Archives, Barbara Wentz:)
1. Inventory - app. by Griffith Jones and Joseph Gray on 8 Sep
1746. Two tracts of land in Phila. containing about 250 acres
valued at 350.0.0. total Inventory, 1,025.5.10. Exhibited 17 Sep
1746
2. Adm. Bond of Peter Peters on Estate Late of Jonathan Woodley,
dec. 8 Sept 1746.
Peter Peters of South Branch of Potomack in the Colony of Virginia,
yeoman, Jacob Shoemaker of the [city?] of Phila., Turner, &
Jacob Casdrop of the Northern Liberties of the same City, Carpenter
are held and firmly bound ????? W. ??Plumsted. 2000 pounds. Dated
8 Sep 1746.
Jacob Casdorp signed [I traced his signature] and Peter Peters
signed PP. Tracing the location on a current map indicates that
this was in the area that was to become Hampshire Co. VA.
Hannah Peters, b. Abt. 1735 in PA; d. 1805 in Amityville, Berks
Co., m.. 1st Benjamin Kendall d. bef. 1756, m. 2nd Jonathan Custer,
Sr. , son of Paul and Sarah (Ball) Custer, b. 4 Oct 1738, Montgomery
Co., d. 13 Nov 1823 in Amityville, Berks Co., Kendall issue unknown.
Custer Children:
Peter Custer, b. 21 Feb 1760, Berks Co., d. Bef. 08 Mar 1841 in
Berkeley Co., VA, m. Elizabeth Fleisher 28 Feb 1781 in Reading,
Berks Co. .... Hannah Custer, b. 26 Dec 1761 in Trappe; died Dec
1809; m. Adam Protzman, Jr. 21 Jan 1782, St. Gabriel’s Church,
Berks Co..... Benjamin Custer, b. 17 Apr 1763; d. 05 Jan 1832
in Jefferson Co. VA .... Jonathan b. 28 Sep 1768 .... George b.
14 Sep 1770.
[Although the submitter of this information did not use documentation,
we believe records of Augusta Lutheran Church of Trappe and St.
Gabriel’s Church in Amity, Berks Co. were used and this does
fit the pattern of what we know of this Custer family.]
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