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We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm _______________________________________________________________________________ The First Generation in America The first DeHavens in America were Evert (Edward) ten Heuven, (Im Hoff, Endehave, Indehoffen, In den Hoffen, DeHaven) his wife and four children who came from MŸlheim on the RŸhr, Germany in 1698. They settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Edward In den Hoffen and wife Elizabeth (Shipbower) were still living March 4, 1728 when they deeded their 100 acre tract to Peter Indehoffen. The earliest residence recorded was in old Germantown, 1698. Evert is said to have been Ruling Elder at the Skippack German Reformed Church in 1706 but a deed shows that he bought 100 acres of land in Whitpain Township, 1706, the land being bounded by......."said Edward Endehaven's other Land." In 1710 the names of Evert ten Heuven, his wife and children appear in the old Bensalem history of the Presbyterian Church. Three of his children were married there in 1711/1712: Harmon, Peter, and Annaken. Evert was then Senior Elder of the early church at Wytmess (Whitemarsh), a township southeast of Whitpain and not far from the present Boundaries of Germantown. The apparent incongruities in the early history of Evert (Edward) Heuven (Endeheuven) disappear as one studies the early land transfers in which various spellings of the family name are brought together as identical, and as one reads the church history which says that some of the same persons who belonged to the various groups named in the Bensalem records were instrumental in organizing the corresponding Reformed churches. The nationality of the writer of a record was apparently responsible for the variation in spelling the name. It is quite evident that Evert Indenhoffen had some contact with Francis Pastorius in the early settlement of Germantown, that he assisted in the settlement of the tract along the Skippack river and that he lived in the southeastern part of Whitpain Township which was contiguous with Whitemarsh. Naturally he would have been one of the nearby Wytmess congregation and he indubitably assisted in the organization of the early German Reformed church at Skippack. The "ten Heuvens" were not mentioned by Van Vlecq as being among those who were "the nucleus of Rev. Boehm's German Reformed Congregation at Wytmess on Dec. 26, 1726," although various lands of Peter Indehave were adjacent to the land upon which Boehm's Church was later built at Blue Bell, Whitpain Township. Evert ten Heuven (Edward DeHaven) m. Elizabeth Shipbower Children: Anna Gerdruth b. 1676 m. 1702 Stoffel Stahle; remained in Germany Willm DeHaven bap. 29 Nov. 1680, MŸlheim an der RŸhr m. Treyngen Auff Den Bollemberg of Kettwig, 1694?; remained in Germany Gerhard (Garret) DeHaven bap. 12 May 1681, d. Feb 1747 m. Maria Salle [Sellen]. b. d. 7 Sep 1745 Harmon (Herman) DeHaven bap. 1682 d. 1752 m. Annekin Op den Graef Peter DeHaven bap. 3 Dec. 1686, d. 23 May 1768 m. I. Sidonia Levering, b. 23 Apr. 1691, d. abt 1736 II. Elizabeth McNulty m. about 1742 Annaken DeHaven bap. 7 Jan. 1691 d. aft 1752 m. Jacob Op den Graef b. 1687 d. 1750 Wilhelm DeHaven bap. 26 Mar. 1694 [1684], d. in infancy Second Generation Gerhard (Garret) DeHaven was a son of Evert and Elizabeth (Shipbower) (ten Heuven) In Den Hoffen. He was born in Menden, Westphalia, Germany and he was baptized on 5 December 1681 at the Reformed Church in MŸlheim an der RŸhr. In 1698 he came to America with his parents. He married Maria Salle. Gerhard died in 1746 and Maria died on 7 September 1745. They are buried in the Mennonite Burying Ground, Skippack Township, now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Gerhard and his brother, Herman, bought 440 acres on the upper side of Skippack Creek, one mile in length, along the Lower Sanford (Bebbers Township) line. It extended 229 perks on both sides of the Skippack road. Gerhard built a grist mill near the village of Skippack. He took his oath of allegiance Sep. 29, 1709. In 1727 he was Gerhardt Indehaven Elder of the Reformed Church at Skippack. In his will, 1746, he designated himself as "of the townships of Skippack and Perkiomen, Yeoman." Signed his name "Gerhard in Hoven" on a petition for Skippack pike in 1713. Gerhard (Garret) DeHaven bap. 5 Dec. 1681, d. Feb 1747 m. Maria Salle [Sellen], b. abt 1690 d. 7 Sep 1745 Children: Evert (Edward) DeHaven b. 17 Aug 1708, d. 1747 m. Sarah __________ [Sarah second married Derrick/Deitrick Welker.] Margriet (Anna Margreda) DeHaven bap. 4 Sep 1711, d. 10 Sep 1745 m. Johannes Peter Keiter (Kyder), b. 1716, GE d. abt 1775, PA Peter Keiter remarried at least once and possibly two times. His only surviving child with Margriet, John Peter Keiter, married Gertraut Boocher in 1763. Herman (Harmon) DeHaven was a son of Evert and Elizabeth (Shipbower) ten Heuven. He came to America from MŸlheim on the RŸhr, Germany in 1698. On February 6 1710/11 he was married, at Wytmess, to Anneken Op de Graef. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Van Vlecq. Anneken was a daughter of Abraham Isaac Op de Graef. Herman took his oath of allegiance with his father and brothers in 1709. He and Gerhart bought 440 acres of land on the Skippack Creek in 1706. Gerhard and wife Mary, Herman and wife Ann conveyed 200 acres at the upper end of their 440 acre tract to Peter Janson, May 2, 1723. Herman and his family then moved to New Providence, where he was living in 1734 on a 200 acre tract. He built a saw mill and grist mill. He also kept an ordinary or inn. He was granted a license for the inn in 1734. Herman died in 1752 and is buried in the Mennonite Cemetary, Shippack. Abraham's (son of Herman) family was associated with the old Trappe Evangelical Lutheran Church. Herman (Harmon) DeHaven b. Abt 1682 d. 1752 m. Annekin Op de Graef b. Abt 1693 d. aft 1752 [daughter of Abraham Isacks Opdengraeff and Trintgen Katherina Jensen] Children: Edward DeHaven b. 1710? d. 1781 [First born.] m. Hannah Wanger of Lancaster Co, PA Abraham DeHaven b 1711 d. 1771, VA. m. 1736 Rebecca Pawling b. 1716 d. 1776 [dau of Lt. John Pawling and Aynte Dewitt] Katherine DeHaven b. abt 1713 d. bef 1792 m. Enoch Davis, Esq. b. abt 1710 d. 1792, NC [son of John David/Davis and Mary ____] [not Michael Davis as sometimes seen.] Mary DeHaven b. abt 1714 d. 1788 m. Samuel Seeley b. 1710 d. 1779 Northampton Co, PA John DeHaven b. abt 1715? d. aft 1803 m. I. ? ? [listed as married in father's will, 1752.] m. II. 24 Dec 1794, Mary Catherine (Coplin) Umstead d. aft 1803 Margaret DeHaven b. 1721 d. aft 1783 m. William Davis b. bef 1719 d. 1783 [son of John David/Davis and Mary ____] Elizabeth DeHaven b. 1723 d. 1791, PA m. John Pawling b. 1722 d. 1789 [son of Lt. John Pawling and Aynte Dewitt] Jacob DeHaven b. 1724 d. 1761, PA m. Eleanor Davis d. aft 1780 [dau of John David/Davis and Mary ____] Harmond DeHaven b. 1729 d. 1761, Berks Co, PA m. Mary Umstadt b. abt 1732 [Mary, dau of Peter Umstat, 2nd. married Nicholas Schneider.] Isaac DeHaven b. abt 1730 m. Elizabeth Peter DeHaven was a son of Evert and Elizabeth (Shipbower) ten Heuven. He was born at MŸlheim on the RŸhr, Germany in 1686 and came to America with his parents in 1698. On 24 December 1711 he was married to Sidonia Levering who was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on 23 April 1691. Records of the Bensalom Dutch Reformed Church in then Bucks County say, "Married December 24, 1711 - Pieter ten heuven young man born at Willem aen der Roer and Sedonia Leveringh, young woman born at Jermantown and now residing at Rocks township." Sidonia was a daughter of Wigard and Magdalena (Bokers) Levering who came to America in 1685. Her home while with her parents was "northwest of the Baptist church, Roxborough, on the northerly side of Ridge Road, nearly opposite Green Lane." The place of her burial is not known; it may have been in the Levering burying ground, Roxborough, or at Boehm's church, Blue Bell. She is believed to have died before 1736 as a legacy from Sidonia's father was left directly to her husband that year. Peter later married his second wife, Elizabeth McNulty. On March 4, 1728/9 Peter received 100 acres in Whitpain Township from his parents. He is recorded as residing there in, or before, 1734. On May 1, 1742 said Peter granted 56 acres of the above tract to "his son Edward Indehove." (Another brief of the title gave the name as Edward Indehoffen) On Dec. 1, 1742 Peter and wife Elizabeth granted 44 acres of the 100 acre tract to John Indehoffen. On Dec. 10, 1742, Peter and Elizabeth, his wife, granted unto "William Indehove son of said Peter" 55 acres of a tract of 105 acres in Whitpain, bought from Thomas Thomas of Radnor June 1720. On Feb. 10, 1746/7 Peter and Elizabeth granted 50 of the 150 acre tract bought by Peter from Rees Thomas, Anthony Morris and Ann Whitpain in 1730, to Samuel DeHaven, the son of Peter. Samuel's first tract was south of the land belonging to the German Congregation and east of the Skippack road. On June 7, 1757 Peter granted Samuel 12 more acres from this tract. On May 28, 1754 Peter and wife granted 40 acres, and on Dec. 15, 1759 23 acres of this tract to his son Jacob DeHaven. On Dec. 15, 1759 Peter and wife granted 21 acres, and on Sep. 18, 1761 2 acres and 5 perches, to the son Garret DeHaven, this also from the 150 acre tract above named. Jacob and Garret sold out entirely to Samuel so that Samuel finally owned the 150 acres. A tract of 48 acres was deeded to Peter (Junior) June 20, 1751 from the above named 105 acres bought by Peter, "Elder" from Thomas Thomas of Radnor. It was bounded by lands of Edward and William DeHaven and Joshua Dickinson, beginning at the Skippack Road. Since John's estate was kept in his line until the latter part of the 19th century and is located on maps at Blue Bell, and since these lands were adjoining, it is obvious that the settlement of Peter, the elder, was at Blue Bell, part of it contiguous with the German Congregation (Boehm's) and part on the other side of the Skippack Road. The cause for granting the deed of 1742 was "the sad Peter and Elizabeth thereunto moving." Peter died on 23 May 1768 at age 82 and is buried at Boehm's Church, Blue Bell, Whitpain Township, Montgomery (then Philadelphia) County, Pennsylvania. The will of "Peter de Haven of Whitpain" was written on November 29 1767 and proven on 13 June 1768. Peter DeHaven b. 1686, Mulheim, Westphalia [Now Germany] d. 23 May 1768, PA m. I. Sidonia Levering, b. 23 Apr 1691, d. abt 1736 Children: Edward DeHaven b. abt. 1712, d. bef 1770 m. Margaret ______ William DeHaven b. 1714, d. 10 Sep 1784 m. Hannah Cramer, b. 1717 d. 25 Jun 1786 Magdalena Deborah (Modlin) DeHaven b. 26 Nov 1716, d. 25 Sep 1801, PA m. Hance Supplee, b. 17 Jul 1714 d. 16 Dec 1770, PA John DeHaven b. 1718, d. 15 Jan 1812 m. Elizabeth Potts b. 1721 d. 19 Oct 1808 Peter DeHaven b. 1719, d. 11 Nov 1815 m. I. Sarah Hughes b. 1722 d. 15 Sep 1760 m. II. Elizabeth (Hubbs) Knight, a widow, b. abt 1722 Elizabeth DeHaven b. abt 1719 m. John L. Yocum b. 1718 d. 12 Dec 1761, PA Samuel DeHaven b. 3 Mar 1724 d. 19 Feb 1815 * m. Susanna Yocum b. 1726 d. 17 Apr 1814 [surname is in question.] [Susanna first married a Spaulding.] Gerhard (Garret) DeHaven b. abt 1727 d. abt 1815? m. Anna Frey Mary DeHaven b. abt 1729 d. seen as 1768 and 1812?? ***** Jacob DeHaven b. abt 1730 d. 1812 m. Marcy Britton Van Pelt b. abt 1743-46 d. 1809 **** This marriage entry I believe is in error, but often seen. Some early documentation states that Jacob, son of Peter was a bachelor. Later in life he lived with brother William until WilliamÕs death in 1784, and then with brother Samuel. Another Jacob Dehaven, b. 1737 d. 24 Apr 1820, married Marcy Van Pelt who had children, Jonathan and possibly Catherine, Sneedy and others. This Jacob and Marcy Van Pelt remove to Philadelphia. Jacob buried in Blockley Cem, Philadelphia, PA and Marcy in the Lutheran Burial Ground in early Philadelphia. Mercy is likely the Massay DeHaven removed to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia in 1867. Jacob, son of Peter and Sidonia, is in what became Montgomery County and likely buried at Old Swede's or Boehm's Church Yard. m. II Elizabeth McNulty abt 1742 Children: John DeHaven b. abt 1744 d. 1812 m. Maria/Mary _____ b. 1734 Abraham DeHaven b. abt 1746? some show a death date of 1788, but not sourced. Annaken DeHaven was a daughter of Evert and Elizabeth (Shipbower) ten Heuven. She was born at MŸlheim an der RŸhr, Germany, where she was baptized on 7 January 1691. She came to America in 1698 with her parents. On 29 April 1712 she was married to Jacob Op den Graef who was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Abraham Isaac Op den Graef. They were married by Rev. Paulus Van Vlecq who recorded the bride's name as Anneken ten Heuven. The records of the Bensalom Dutch Reformed Church in then Bucks County say, Married April 29, 1712 - Jacob op de graef, young man born in Jermantown and now residing at Schipack and annchen ten heuven, young woman born at Willem aen der Roer." In April 1712 Jacob Op den Graef was living in Skippack. In June 1713 the signature of Jacob Op den Graef immediately proceeded that of Herman In Hoven on the petition for the early road which was the beginning of the Skippack Pike. The road was described as leading from the upper end of Bebbers Township to the "wide marsh" or Farmer's Mill (Fort Side). Annaken Dehaven b. about 1690 near Mulheim an der Ruhr [now Germany] married Jocob Op Den Graef and died between 1725-30. Jacob was born 1687 and died 1750. His sister Anniken, married Herman/Harmon DeHaven above. After Annaken's death, Jacob Op den Graef married Susanna ______. Susanna remarried after Jacob's death, Jacob Oberholtz[er]. Children: Elizabeth m. 18 Mar 1730, Daniel Rausch Catherine m. Richard Gobel/Gable Abraham [used Updegrove spelling] m. Christine Peterson Edward b. 1720 d. abt 1787 [will recorded as Updegrave] m. Ann ? Margaret x. Enneken/Ann m. John Tyson