Kunders/Conard Genealogy

Spouse:  Elin (Or  Helene) TYSON (Or THEISSEN)
Birth:      ca 1650, Kalden Kirchen, Rineland, Prussia
Bapt:      20 May 1670, Goch
Death:    bef 1729, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA
Father:   Matthias (Theis) DOORS (ca 1614-)
Mother:  Agnes (or Nees) -?- (1616-)
Marr:      13 May 1677, Crefeld (Krefeld), Rhineland, Germany

Children: Cunreed [CUNRAEDS] (1678-1747)
                Madtis [CONDERS] (1679-ca 1726)
                John [CUNNARD] (1681-<1765)
                Ann (Entgen) [CUNREDS] (1684-<1752)
                Agnes [CUNREDS] (1686-?)
                Henry [CUNREDS] (1689-ca 1758) - (Henry's Great Grandson, Sir Samuel CUNARD [1787-1865] began the Cunard Shipping Lines)
                Elizabeth [CUNREDS] (1691-<1757)

Notes:  Thones was one of the first 13 German families to come to America aboard the "Concord"   in 1683 and establish Germantown, PA (now a portion of Philadelphia).  He and the other passengers were Quakers and Mennonites, escaping persecution in Germany.  Very soon after the arrival of this little band, the first Friends meeting in Germantown was held in the house of Thones Kunders, and likely was continued there until the first meeting-house was built in 1686.  It was in Thones Kunders' House that the first Anti-Slavery document in America was written in 1688.  It proved too controversial for even the Quakers to approve at their monthly and yearly meetings.
     Burgess of Germantown in 1691; Elected one of the Fens-besichtger "Fence-viewers" in 1692 (Viewers made sure a town's inhabitants kept their livestock from running at large); Town Recorder in 1696; Justice Dec. 16, 1702;  Juryman in 1694/5,1702,1704. Overseer of Friends' Meeting before Dec. 1702; chosen Overseer of Germantown Meeting Mar. 1716 & Dec. 1720; appointed to attend Quarterly Meeting Nov. 1717.  He was among those naturalized by an Act of Assembly, 1708-1709.
 

2 Madtis CONDERS
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Birth:   25 Jan 1679/1680, Crefeld, Rhineland, Germany
Death:  ca 2 Apr 1726, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA
Occ:     Farmer, Yeoman Of Germantown In 1742

Spouse:  Barbara TYSON
Birth:      ca 1685
Father:    Cornelius TYSON
Mother:   Margaret ?
Marr:      29 Jul 1706, Philadelphia County, PA
 
Children: Anthony (ca 1707-)
               Margaret (ca 1709->1784)
               Cornelius (ca 1712-1770)
               Magdalene (ca 1714-?)
               William (ca 1717-?)
               John (ca 1719-?)
             Matthew Or Mathias (ca 1721-?)

Notes: Madtis (Matthew) Conders followed the occupation of a husbandman (farmer), and died three years before his father- only 47 years old.
 

3 Cornelius CONARD
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Birth:     ca 1712, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA
Death:    12 Sep 1770, Horsham Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA
Occ:       Weaver, Yeoman In 1742

Spouse:  Priscilla BOLTON
Birth:      ca 1712, Horsham Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA
Death:     22 Nov 1765, Horsham Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA
Father:    Everard BOLTON Jr.
Mother:  Mary NAYLOR
Marr:      29 Jun 1732, Abington Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia Co., PA

Children: Matthew (1733-1793)
                Mary (1735-?)
                Everard (1738-1824)
                Joseph (1742-1833)
                John (Twin) (1744-<1820)
                Samuel (Twin) (1744-<1820)
                Susanna (1750-?)
 

4 Joseph CONARD Sr.
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Birth:      21 Jun 1742, Horsham Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA
Death:     7 Apr 1833, Chester Co., PA

Spouse:  Martha PENNINGTON
Birth:      21 May 1743, New Britain, Bucks Co., PA
Death:     10 Aug 1825
Father:    Daniel PENNINGTON
Mother:   Elizabeth MICHENER

Children: Mary (Died in Youth) (1768-1773)
                Paul (1770-1800)
                John (1773-1857)
                David (Died in Youth) (1776-1776)
                Joseph (1778-1843)
                Daniel (1780-1848)
                Priscilla (1781-1844)
                Elizabeth (Died in Youth) (1782-1786)
                Cornelius (1785-?)
                Martha (1789-?)
 

5 Joseph CONARD Jr.
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Birth:     13 Feb 1778, Bucks Co., PA (? Plumstead Twp.)
Death:    5 Oct 1843, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA "West Side Of Schylkill"
Burial:   Schylkill Meeting Ground, Chester Co., PA
Occ:       Farmer

Spouse:  Maria ROBERTS 
Birth:      23 Jul 1789, Milford Twp., Bucks Co., PA
Death:     16 Aug 1857
Burial:    Schylkill Meeting Ground, Chester Co., PA
Father:    William ROBERTS
Mother:   Rebecca PENNINGTON
Marr:       24 Nov 1808, Richland Monthly Meeting, Bucks, PA

Children: Paul (1809-1892)
                Martha (Died in Youth) (1811-1813)
                John Roberts (1813-1880)
                Charles Carol (1815-1893)
                Lewis R. (1818-1871)
                David (1820-1907)
                Rebecca (Died in Youth) (1822-1823)
                Joseph (Died in Youth) (1825-1831)
                Sarah Roberts (1827-1914)
                William Roberts (1833-1903)
 

6 William Roberts CONARD 
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Birth:     10 Jan 1833, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Death:    23 Nov 1903, Burlington, Burlington, N.J.
Burial:   Odd Fellows Cem., Burlington, Burlington, N.J.
Occ:       Prod. Inspector (Iron)-A.H.McNeal; Conductor-Pullman Car Co.

Spouse:   Julia Ann POWELL 
Birth:      1 Jan 1837, Burlington County, N.J.
Death:     22 Apr 1909, Burlington, Burlington, N.J.
Burial:    Odd Fellows Cem., Burlington, Burlington, N.J.
Father:    Joseph Laurie POWELL (1799-1878)
Mother:   Rebecca Ann FIREING (1803-1852)
Marr:        1 Jan 1862, Burlington, Burlington,New Jersey

Children: George Powell (1864-1939)
                Anna Laurie (1868-1909)
                William Roberts (1872-1946)
 

7 George Powell CONARD 
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Birth:    16 Feb 1864, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Death:   9 Sep 1939, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Burial:  Village Cemetery, Remsenburg, Long Island, NY
Occ:      President, Railway Equipment Publication Co., NY, NY
Educ:    Burlington Public Schools

Spouse: Helen Mary UNDERWOOD 
Birth:     17 May 1862, London, England
Death:    24 Jul 1942, Remsenburg, Long Island, NY
Burial:   Village Cemetery, Remsenburg, Long Island, NY
Father:   John E. UNDERWOOD (1827-1882)
Mother:  Elizabeth Grant MAIRE (-1865)
Marr:      10 Oct 1888, Brooklyn, Kings, NY

Children: Edith Underwood (1890-1960)
                Frederick Underwood (1891-1954)
                Helen Evelyn (1896-1979)
                Lillian (1900-1996)

Notes:  He attended the Burlington public schools, and after completing his studies accepted a postion in the shoe manufacturing firm of Robert Wood & Son.  Later he was employed in the car accounting department of the Pennsylvania and West Shore railroad.  Later, he became President of the Railway Equipment Publication Company of New York City.
 

8 Frederick Underwood CONARD 
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Birth:     17 Dec 1891, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Death:    14 Mar 1954, West Hartford, Hartford, CT
Burial:    Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford, Hartford, CT
Occ:        Business Leader, Inventor
Educ:      B.S., Stevens Institute

Spouse:  Julia Ellmaker HAND 
Birth:      8 Apr 1890, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Death:     3 May 1980, Hightstown, Mercer, NJ
Burial:    Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford, Hartford, CT
Father:    Charles Waller HAND (1856-1915)
Mother:  Julia Ellmaker WALLER (1855-1912)
Marr:      12 Sep 1917, Brooklyn, Kings, NY

Notes:  In 1919 he became affiliated with the Underwood-Elliott-Fisher Company, serving in Bridgeport, New York, Rockford, IL, and as V.P. in Hartford in 1935.  In 1947, he became President of the Niles-Bement-Pond Company, which manufactured precision instruments.
      In the late 1920's, he invented the "limited slip differential" for cars (positraction), but the car manufactuerers waited years for the patents to expire before producing it, so they wouldn't have to pay royalties. 

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