List of Original 13

Here’s a list of the Original 13 who came to Pennsylvania on the ship Concord in 1683, with their families, various sources, various spellings.

This list is “work in progress” – please comment for additions or corrections.

List of the families in 1683 from ship “Concord”:

(Source: German Wikipedia, Philadelphiade)

1. Leonard Arets (van Aaken) (First mennonite, then quaker) 
2. Abraham Isacks op den Graeff (First mennonite, then quaker)
   • • Wife: Trintgen (nee Jansen)
3. Derick(Dirk) Isacks op den Graeff (First mennonite, then quaker)
   • • Wife: Nolcken (nee Vyten)
4. Herman Isacks op den Graeff (First mennonite, then quaker)
   • • Wife: Liesbet Isacks (nee Van Bebber)
     • Sister: Margrit Isaaks Op den Graef
     • Mother: Grietgen (nee Peters, died soon after arrival in November 1683)
5. Wilhelm Strepers (Erst Reformierter, dann Quäker)
   • • Wife: Belcken (nee Tuffers)
     • Son: Peter, 19
     • Son: Dirck, 17
     • Son: Leonard, 15
     • Daughter: Lysken, 13
     • Daughter: Jennecken, 9
6. Tönes Coenen-Heggers (First mennonite, then quaker, also spelled Tönis Kunders, Conradts, Hekkers)
   • • Wife: Lentgen (nee Matteis-Doors)
     • Son: Conrad
     • Son: Matthias
     • Daughter: Agnes
     • Daughter: Entgen
7. Reiner Theissen (also Reynier Tyson, Theisen and other spellings, brother of Tönes Coenen-Heggers and Peter Kürlis’ wife Elisabeth, first Mennonite, then Reformed, later Quaker)
8. Johann Simons (First mennonite, then quaker)
   • • Wife: Merken (nee Wilhelms-Lucken, sister of Johann Lucken)
     • Daughter: Merken, ca. 30
9. Johann Lenssen (Mennonite)
   • • Wife: Mercken (nee Pieters-Schmitz)
10. Peter Kürlis (First reformed, then quaker, also spelled Kurlis)
    • • Elisabeth (nee Doors)
      • Daughter: Metje, 7
      • Son: Johannes, 5
      • Daughter: Agenes, 2
      • Daughter: Metgen, 6 Mon.
11. Johannes Bleickers (First mennonite, then quaker)
    • • Wife: ?
      • Son: Peter, geboren auf See während der Überfahrt
12. Johann Lucken (First mennonite, then quaker)
    • • Wife: Merken (nee Gastes)
13. Abraham Tunes Klinken (First mennonite, then quaker)
    • • Wife: Beatrix (nee Lucken, Sister of Johann Lucken

Spellings used in Book Rudolf Gronau, Drei Jahrhunderte Deutschen Lebens In Amerika, 1909

Source: Archive.org
Book: Drei Jahrhunderte Deutschen Lebens in Amerika

1. Hermann opdenGraeff
2. Abraham opdenGraeff
3. Dirk (Dietrich) opdenGraeff
4. Lenert (Leonhard) Arets
5. Tünes (Anton) Kunders
6. Reinert (Reinhard) Tisen oder Theißen
7. Wilhelm Strepers
8. Jan (Johann) Lensen
9. Peter Keurlis oder Kuirlis
10. Jan Simens
11. Johann Bleickers
12. Abraham Tünes oder Tünies
13. Jan Luken oder Luyken

Spellings used on Pastorius Monument, Vernon Park, Germantown

Source: Monument in Vernon Park

1. Dirk Op Den Graeff
2. Herman Op Den Graeff
3. Abraham Op Den Graeff
4. Tuenes Kunders
5. Lenert Arens
6. Reinert Tisen
7. Wilhelm Strepers
8. Jan Lensen
9. Peter Keurlis
10. Jan Siemens
11. Johann Bleikers
12. Abraham Tuenes
13. Jan Lueken