Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » ARNOLD (PA 1700) van FOSSEN (1665-1734)

Personal data ARNOLD (PA 1700) van FOSSEN 

  • He was born in the year 1665 in Krefeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
  • Religion: Mennonite.
  • Resident on 1609-1884: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • (Emigrated) in the year 1700 in On ship CONCORD.
  • (Noted for) about 1702 in Gave land for first Mennonite Meetinghouse in Germantown.
  • (Noted for) in One of first residents of Germantown.
  • He died in the year 1734 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, he was 69 years old.
  • He is buried in Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
  • A child of Servatius (Fossen) van Fossen and Agnes Unknown
  • This information was last updated on August 29, 2023.

Household of ARNOLD (PA 1700) van FOSSEN

He is married to TRENCKEN (MARY) (JACOBSEN) JACOBS.

They got married on January 12, 1686 at Crefeld, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  5. John Jacobs van Fossen  1694-1786 
  8. Adam Jacobs van Fossen  1703-1777 


Notes about ARNOLD (PA 1700) van FOSSEN


Name: ARNOLD /VANFOSSEN/
Arnold Van Fossen
Birth: 1665 Krefeld, Stadtkreis Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death: 1734 (aged 68œ69) Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Plains Mennonite Cemetery, Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Memorial #: 34082853
Bio: Arnold Van Fossen was born ca. 1665 in Crefeld, present-day Germany. His wife was Trencken (Mary) Jacobsen, whom he married on Jan 12, 1686 in Crefeld. She was born ca. 1667 and died ca. 1708, about the age of 41..

He sailed from Hamburg-Altona, present-day Germany, for Pennsylvania on May 3, 1700 as a Mennonite refugee. He was among the first settlers at Germantown, Pennsylvania. He is listed with his wife as two of the 99 members of the Mennonite church on May 23, 1708. In a 1773 letter, the history of the church was recounted, and included the following: "Later, strife having arose between Hans Neuss and Arnold van Vossen, for Hans Neuss believed himself to have been wronged, he withdrew from the church and never reunited with it throughout his life."

On Dec 26, 1700, William Ruttenhuysen, a paper maker, sold fifty acres to Arnold Van Vossen for 60 pounds. The sale was witnessed by Herman op de Graef and John Neuws. (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol 18, p 283)

On Jun 28, 1701, a tax was laid for the building of a prison, erection of a market, and other objects for the public good. Arnold Van Vossen was listed as a patron.

On Feb 10, 1702-3, Arnold Van Fossen conveyed to Jan Neuss, on behalf of the Mennonites, a deed for three square perches of land for a church. The size of the plot was later increased when he conveyed, on Sep 5, 35 square perches or poles "for a place to erect a meeting house for use and service of the Mennonites, alias Menisten, and for a place to bury their dead."

On Jun 2, 1713, Arnold Van Vossen was one of the petitioners who asked the Court of Quarter Sessions in Philadelphia for a road or cartway, which was the beginning of Skippack Pike.

On Oct 1, 1714, Arnold Van Vossen sold the land that he had bought from William Puttenhuyser, to John Hall of Germantown for 46 pounds. At that time Arnold was a resident of Bebbers Township. (Johnson, Studies of Some Providence Families, p 106)

In 1725, he signed another petition to the Philadelphia Court, asking that a township be organized and named "Skippack and Perkiomen." The petition was granted and the town laid out. (Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol 4, pp 38-9)

The children of Arnold Van Vossen and Mary were:
i Sibella (Civilia), b. 1688, m. Jacob Christopher Zimmerman ca. 1708/9, d. 1744
ii Arnold, b. ca. 1690, m. Elizabeth Sellen, d. 1770
iii Marieke, b. ca. 1693, m. Oct 10, 1709
*iv Conrad, b. ca. 1700, m. Ankin (Ann) Bon, b. ca. 1728, d. ca. 1777
v Johannes, b. 1709, m. Elizabeth Bon (sister of Ann Bon), d. before 1787
vi Leonard, b. ca. 1710, m. Margaret --, d. 1760
vii Adam, b. ca. 1711, m. Catherine --, d. 1771

Son of Servatius Vossen born c.1630
Family Members
Children
Zibilla Van Fossen Zimmerman 1691-1745
Marieke VanFossen Biehn 1693-1752
Conrad Van Fossen 1699-1777
Adam Van Fossen 1703-1771
Maintained by: Tom Myers (47272121)
Originally Created by: SHERYL MASON REYNOLDS (47060601)
Added: 21 Feb 2009
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34082853/arnold-van_fossen
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34082853/arnold-van_fossen : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for Arnold Van Fossen (1665œ1734), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34082853, citing Plains Mennonite Cemetery, Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Tom Myers (contributor 47272121) .

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