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Andreas OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born in 1631. Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Annecken OP DEN GRAEFF⁽²⁵²⁸⁾⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ Parents: Abraham Isacks OP DEN GRAEFF and Trintgen\Katharina JENSEN\JANSEN.

She was married to Herman DEHAVEN about 6 Feb 1710 in Wytmes, Pa.⁽¹³²⁰⁾⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ Children were: Jacob DEHAVEN, Edward DEHAVEN, Abraham DEHAVEN, John DEHAVEN, Herman DEHAVEN, Margaret DEHAVEN, Mary DEHAVEN, Isaac DEHAVEN.

Dirck (Derick Isaacs) OP DEN GRAEFF⁽²⁵²⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ died on 24 May 1697 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co, Pa.⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ He was born in Germany.⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ Was a Mennonite. See notes for Abraham Op Den Graeff regarding the protest of slavery. Practiced weaving of linen. Was appointed with his brother to be the first burgesses of Germantown by William Penn. Parents: Isaac Hermans OP DEN GRAEFF and Greitjen PEITERS.

He was married to Noleken VIJTTEN on 20 Mar 1681 in Krefeld, Germany.

Fricken OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Gertien OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born about 1680 in Krefeld, Germany. Parents: Abraham Isacks OP DEN GRAEFF and Trintgen\Katharina JENSEN\JANSEN .

Hallerkin OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born on 1 Jul 1614. He (or she) died on 20 Jun 1691. Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Herman OP DEN GRAEFF⁽²⁵²⁸⁾ was born on 26 Nov 1585 in Aldekerk, Holland (Germany?).⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ Alderkerk is about 12 miles from Krefeld, Germany, according to Bosley. He died on 27 Dec 1642 in Crefeld, Germany. According to Pennypacker, "Herman Op den Greaff (was) the delegate from Crefeld (Germany) to the Council which met at Dordrecht in 1632, and adopted a Confession of Faith."

From Aldekerk, he moved to Crefeld, Germany, where he married a Mennonite girl, Grietjen Pletjes, according to Pennypacker.

Further from Pennypacker, page 148 "In the Council of the Mennonite Church, which set forth the eighteen articles of thier confession of faith at the city of Dordrecht, april 21, 1632, one of the two delegates from Krevelt, or Crefeld, was Hermann Op den Graeff."

Krefeld was a small town of handicraftmen. He was a delegate to the 1632 Mennonite Convention in Dordrecht, and thre signed the Confession of Faith, according to Bosley.

He was married to Grietjen PLETJES on 16 Aug 1605 in Krefeld, Germany.⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ Children were: Trinken OP DEN GRAEFF, Hester OP DEN GRAEFF, Abraham OP DEN GRAEFF , Trinken OP DEN GRAEFF, Hallerkin OP DEN GRAEFF, Isaac Hermans OP DEN GRAEFF , Jacob OP DEN GRAEFF, Alletjen OP DEN GRAEFF, Andreas OP DEN GRAEFF , Fricken OP DEN GRAEFF, Susanna OP DEN GRAEFF, Andreas OP DEN GRAEFF , Jacob OP DEN GRAEFF.

Herman Isacks OP DEN GRAEFF⁽²⁵²⁸⁾⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born in 1642 in Germany.⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ He died on 2 May 1704 in Kent Co, MD.⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ Served as a lawyer in Germantown. Was of the Mennonite faith. Was a weaver of linen. Was appointed with his brother to be the first burgesses of Germantown by William Penn. Parents: Isaac Hermans OP DEN GRAEFF and Greitjen PEITERS .

Hester OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born on 5 Nov 1609. He (or she) died on 11 Dec 1657. Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Isaac OP DEN GRAEFF⁽²⁵²⁸⁾ Parents: Abraham Isacks OP DEN GRAEFF and Trintgen\Katharina JENSEN\JANSEN.

He was married to Mary BASILHER before 27 Mar 1731.

Isaac Hermans OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born on 28 Feb 1616 in Crefeld, Germany.⁽²⁵²⁸⁾ He died on 17 Jan 1679 in Crefeld, Germany. One of 18 children of Herman and Grietjen Op den Graeff. Emigrated on the "Concord" arriving at Philadelphia, Pa on Oct 6, 1683, settling in Germantown. Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Children were: Abraham Isacks OP DEN GRAEFF, Herman Isacks OP DEN GRAEFF, Dirck (Derick Isaacs) OP DEN GRAEFF, Margaretha OP DEN GRAEFF.

Jacob OP DEN GRAEFF⁽⁷⁴⁴⁶⁾ was born in Germantown, Philadelphia Co, Pa. The Op de Graeff family came to America in 1683 from Crefeld, Germany, which is located about 15 miles southwest of Mulheim.

Source 1
In 1681 Pen received from Chrles II., in payment of a debt of 16000 pounds sterling which the government owed his father, Admiral Penn, the grant of an immense tract of territory, situated between New Jersey and Maryland, to which the king--against Penn's own wishes, however--gave the name of Pennsylvania. Penn immediately planned what he called a "Holy Experiment" in government, a State in which religious as well as political freedom should be granted to all. He went about at once to attract colonists to his new colony, and soon after the formal confirmation of the king's grant there appeared in London a slender pamphlet entitled "Some Account of the Province of Pennsylvania in America", in which the advanteages of the new State were set forth in a favorable light. Almost at the same time a German translation was published in Amsterdam, entitled "Eine Nachricht wegen der Landschaft Pennsylvania in America".
Francis Daniel Pastorius, who may be called the Bradford of the Germantown settlement, writes in an autobiographical memoir as follows: "Upon my return to Frankfort in 1682" (he had been travelling extensively through Europe, chiefly for pleasure), "I was glad to enjoy the company of my former acquaintances and Christian friends, Dr. Schu"tz, Eleonora von Merlau, and others, who sometimes made mention of William Penn of Pennsylvania, and showed me letters from Benjamin Furley, also a printed relation concerning said province; finally the whold secret could not be withholden from me that they had purchased twenty-five thousand acres of land in this remote part of the world. Some of them entirely resolved to transport themselves, families and all. This begat such a desire in my soul to continue in the society, and with them to lead a quiet, godly, and honest life in a howling widerness, that by several letters I requested of my father his consent".
In the mean time the Quakers and Mennonites of Kriegsheim had heard of the wonderful possessions of the quiet and gently Englishman who had visited them a few years before, and had read how under his laws liberty of conscience was promised to all who should settle in the new colony. Comparing this prospect with their own unhappy condition, they immediately resolved to seek relief in Penn's land. By this time Pastorius had received the consent of his father (together with a sum of money), and thereupon went to Krigsheim, where he saw the leaders of the intending settlers, Peter Schumacher, Gerhard Hendricks, and others, and with them discussed the preparations necessary for the long journey. He then descended the Rhine to Crefeld, where he conferred with Thomas Kunders, Dirck Herman, the Op den Graeff brothers, and others, who followed him across the ocean six weeks later.
Pastorius thus became the agent of the Frankfort Company, of the Kriegsheimers and of the Crefelders. He sailed ahead of the others, June 6 1683 and arrived in Philadelphia August 16 where he was heartily welcomed by Penn.
Pastorius was the advance courier of the prospective settlers of Germantown. July 24th thirteen men together with their families sailed for the New World on board the Concord, treaching Philadelphia October 6, 1683, some two months after Pastorius himself.

....Later in the same source (page 176) we read "The first colony of Mennonites in Pennsylvania was that at Germantown; the great resemblance between them and the Quakers made the latter welcome them and they often worshipped together. It was to the monthly meeting at Rigert Worrell's that Pastorius, Hendricks and the Op den Graeff brothers presented the famous petition against slavery in 1688, the first instance of the kind in America" Parents: Abraham Isacks OP DEN GRAEFF and Trintgen\Katharina JENSEN\JANSEN.

He was married to Annecken DEHAVEN on 29 Apr 1712 in Dutch Reformed Church, Bensalem, Bucks, Pa.

Jacob OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born on 17 Jul 1617. He died in Dec 1618. Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Jacob OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born in 1634. He died in 1634. Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Margaret OP DEN GRAEFF⁽²⁵²⁸⁾ was born before 1692.⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ Parents: Abraham Isacks OP DEN GRAEFF and Trintgen\Katharina JENSEN\JANSEN.

Margaretha OP DEN GRAEFF⁽²⁵²⁸⁾ Parents: Isaac Hermans OP DEN GRAEFF and Greitjen PEITERS .

She was married to Peter SCHUMACHER after 1685.⁽¹⁰¹³⁾

Susanna OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born on 15 Aug 1629. She died on 9 Jan 1714. Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Trinken OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born on 18 Jun 1607. He (or she) died on 25 Apr 1608. Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Trinken OP DEN GRAEFF⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ was born on 15 Dec 1611. He (or she) died on 15 Oct 1658. Parents: Herman OP DEN GRAEFF and Grietjen PLETJES.

Ruth OPP⁽¹¹²⁷⁾

She was married to Ralph HARTZELL on 28 Jul 1959.

B. D. ORCUTT⁽¹⁸⁶²⁾ Of Pleasant Grove township, Marion County, Ia

Johannes ORT(D)ENBURGER⁽⁷⁴⁴⁷⁾⁽⁷³⁾ was born in 1612 in Giessen, Hessen, Germany. He died in 1673 in Oberkleen, Hesse, Germany.⁽⁷⁴⁴⁸⁾ According to Rick Ortenberger, Johannes Ortenburger was a School master in Lang Goens from 11638 to 1646. He then served as an Evangelical Lutheran Pastor in Ebersgoens from 1646 to 1651, and until his death in 1673, he was pastor in Oberkleen. Parents: Georg ORTTENBURGER and Susanna.

Children were: Anna Sibilla ORTENBURGER.

Danny ORTEGA. Parents: Tony Donald ORTEGA and Iris Sylvia LEEBRICK.

Gary Malcom ORTEGA (Private). Parents: Tony Donald ORTEGA and Iris Sylvia LEEBRICK.

Toni Renee ORTEGA (Private). Parents: Tony Donald ORTEGA and Iris Sylvia LEEBRICK.

Tony Donald ORTEGA (Private).

Children were: Danny ORTEGA , Toni Renee ORTEGA, Gary Malcom ORTEGA.

Matthias ORTENBERG⁽⁷⁴⁴⁹⁾ was born about 1548 in Giessen, Hessen, Germany or Ortenberg, Hessen, Germany. He died before 1600 in Giessen, Hessen, Germany.

He was married to Gedert before 1568 in Giessen, Hessen, Germany or Ortenberg, Hessen, Germany.⁽⁷⁴⁵⁰⁾ Children were: Georg ORTTENBURGER.

Anna Sibilla ORTENBURGER⁽⁷⁴⁵¹⁾ was born in 1652 in Obercleen. She died on 11 May 1731 in Kirchheimbolanden, Germany. Daughter of Johann Ortenburger, evang. Pfarrers (pastor) in Obercleen, Germany Parents: Johannes ORT(D)ENBURGER and Anna.

She was married to Johann Baltasar LIEBRICH in 1672 in Obercleen, Germany.⁽⁷⁴⁵²⁾ Children were: Johann Balthasar LIEBRICH Jr. , Johann Andreas LIEBRICH, Katharina LIEBRICH, Katharina Margith LIEBRICH , Elizabeth LIEBRICH, Anna Apollonia LIEBRICH, Nicolaus Hartmann LIEBRICH .

Georg ORTTENBURGER⁽⁷⁴⁵³⁾ was born about 1570 in Giessen, Hessen, Germany. He died on 5 Jun 1635 in Giessen, Hessen, Germany. Parents: Matthias ORTENBERG and Gedert.

He was married to Susanna before 1603 in Giessen, Hessen, Germany or Ortenberg, Hessen, Germany.⁽⁷⁴⁵⁴⁾ Children were: Johannes ORT(D)ENBURGER .

Mary OSBORNE⁽⁹³⁴⁾

Children were: Betsy DEHAVEN.

Jeremiah OSWALD⁽¹⁰⁸⁷⁾.

Hughey OTANIC⁽⁷⁴⁵⁵⁾.

He was married to Betty Jane DEARTH on 11 Mar 1955.⁽⁷⁴⁵⁶⁾

Doctor OTT⁽¹⁰⁸⁷⁾

Elizabeth OTT was born on 8 Jun 1808. She died on 20 Nov 1889.

Children were: Jacob HARTZELL.

Druy E OVERTURF (Private).

Children were: Druy E OVERTURF Jr..

Druy E OVERTURF Jr. (Private). Parents: Druy E OVERTURF and Alma F NEELY.

Della OWEN⁽¹⁹⁷⁰⁾ was born on 5 Jul 1908 in Coin, Page Co, Ia. She died on 19 Jun 1990 in Omaha, Douglas Co, Ne. Parents: Francis (Frank) Roy OWEN and Callie COY.

She was married to Joseph DUFF on 21 Dec 1927 in Council Bluffs, Ia.⁽¹⁹⁷⁰⁾ Children were: Paul Eugene DUFF.

Francis (Frank) Roy OWEN⁽¹⁹⁷⁰⁾ was born on 2 Jan 1882 in Bingham, Page Co, Ia. He died on 27 Aug 1952 in Iowa City, Ia.

He was married to Callie COY on 27 Jun 1907 in Farragut, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽¹⁹⁷⁰⁾ Children were: Della OWEN.

Alyce Frances OWENS⁽¹²⁶⁰⁾ was born on 31 Jul 1912 in Kansas City, Jackson Co, Mo. She died on 5 Jun 1997 in Chino, San Bernadino Co, Cal.⁽¹⁰⁶⁷⁾ Last name at time of death was Leebrick. At time of SS Application (24 June 1943) , she was working for a company called Oypha Linck in St. Joseph, Mo. Her address was 2117 N 3rd St. Joseph, Mo. Her married name was Brooks. Parents: John Edward OWENS and Orpha Opal RAISER.

John Edward OWENS⁽¹²⁶⁰⁾.

Children were: Alyce Frances OWENS.

Ken OWENS⁽⁷⁴⁵⁷⁾.

Miriah OWENS was born in 1867 in Ill.⁽⁷⁴⁵⁸⁾ She appeared on the census on 11 Apr 1930 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, Ca.⁽⁷⁴⁵⁹⁾ Living with Charles Leebrick, Jr.

Children were: Irma J CHAMBERLIN.

Amanda OWSLEY⁽⁷⁹⁶⁾.

Mary OWSLEY⁽⁶³⁷⁾ was born in 1768. She died in 1848.

She was married to John BRYANT in 1786. Children were: George Smith BRYANT.

P. M.⁽⁹⁸⁵⁾ died in Aug 1860.

Children were: Victoria DUNCAN.

Carlina Rose PADGETT (Private). Parents: David Landrum PADGETT and Renee Diane LEEBRICK.

Christopher Andrew PADGETT⁽⁷⁴⁶⁰⁾ Parents: Warren PADGETT and Lisa SMITH.

David Landrum PADGETT (Private). Parents: Harold David PADGETT and Loretta Mae JOHNSON.

Children were: James Landrum PADGETT, Carlina Rose PADGETT.

Harold Bartley PADGETT⁽⁷⁴⁶¹⁾. Harold Bartley (Bart) Padgett is a 1978 graduate of Pickens High school and is employeed by Clark Construction Company. Parents: Harold K PADGETT and Lavern JOHNSON.

He was married to Donna Lee SIMMONS on 13 Mar 1986.⁽⁷⁴⁶²⁾ They were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Wigington (Lecia Padgett, his sister).

Harold David PADGETT Parents: Harold Frazier PADGETT and Daisy Resign (Resina) SURETT.

Children were: David Landrum PADGETT, Rosinia PADGETT.

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