Herman Isaaks Op den Graeff

1585 - 1642  (57 years)

• Name	Herman Isaaks Op den Graeff
  Birth	26 Nov 1585	Aldekerk, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Dec 1642	Krefeld, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
  Person ID	I512	Parlett-Stancliff
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family	Greitjen Pletjes,   b. Abt 16 Oct 1588, Kempen, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 7 Jan 1643, Krefeld, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1615	Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
  Children	1. Hester op den Graeff,   b. Abt 1609, Krefeld, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. Abt 19 Nov 1643, Krefeld, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age 34 years) + 2. Nees Op Den Graeff,   b. 1 Sep 1614, Kaldenkirchen, Germany d. 20 Aug 1691, Krefeld, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 76 years)   3. Isaak Hermann op den Graeff,   b. Abt 1616, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. Abt 1679, Krefeld, Germany (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  [[Category:Krefeld,_Nordrhein-Westfalen]] == Biography == Herman was born of Mennonite parents in the village of Aldekerk, Germany on 26 Nov 1585.<ref name= "Bender">Bender, Harold S. (1957). Graeff, op den (Opdegraf, Updegrave, Updegrove) family. [http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Graeff,_op_den_(Opdegraf,_Updegrave,_Updegrove)_family&oldid=141143 Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online], adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Kitchener, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol.2, p.561. Accessed 9 December 2016.</ref> In 1615 in Krefeld (about 12 miles from Aldekerk) he wed a Mennonite girl named Greitijen Driessen (often seen as Grietjen Pletjes) of Kempen, a small town between Aldekerk and Krefeld.She was the daughter of Pletjes Driessen of Kempen. <ref name="Hull">William I. Hull, William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania: (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970), p.210.</ref> The date 16 Aug 1605 was given for the marriage on this profile, but a source is needed for this date since it does not concur with the year 1615 given in two previously cited sources. The marriage date on the profile has been changed to 1615. Herman died 27 December 1642, leaving his widow and eighteen children.<ref name= "Bender" /> His widow would die the next year.<ref name="Hull" /> Their son [[Op den Graef-11|Isack Hermans Op den Graeff]] would marry and convert to Quakerism. <ref name= "Bender" /><ref name="Hull" />After he passed in 1679, his family would sail aboard the ship "Concord" to Philadelphia arriving in October 1683.<ref name="Hull" /><ref name= "Bender" /> == Op den Graeff Family Origins == There are a few theories regarding who the parents of Herman Op den Graeff's were. One such story is that Herman Op den Graeff was the son of the the Duke of Julich-Cleves-Berg, [[De La Marck-1|Johan Wilhelm De La Marck]] and [[Van Aldekerk-1|Anna Van Aldekerk]]. The source for this is the ''Scheuten Manuscript.'' == Sources == <references /> See also:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_op_den_Graeff Wikipedia on Herman op den Graeff]*[https://archive.org/details/lifefrancisdani00leargoog The life of Francis Daniel Pastorius, the founder of Germantown]*[https://archive.org/details/ancientmodernger00hotc Ancient and modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill] Author: Beryl Meehan Author: Erik Granstrom