Individual Details
Evert in den HOVEN
(1650 - 4 Mar 1728)
DeHaven Family
USGenWeb Archives
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 Mülheim on the Rühr, 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.
From the Op den Graef Web Site
Evart was born in either France or Germany possibly about 1655. The exact place and date of his birth are unknown. According to Evangelical Church records at Mulheim, Westphalia, Germany, he married Elizabeth Shippbouhr on May 21, 1675. Records of the baptism of some of the children are at the same church and show that the family lived there from 1676 to at least 1688. When Evart and Elizabeth came to America from Mulheim on the Ruhr, in 1698, they settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania and at Whitpaine and Providence Townships in Philadelphia County. Philadelphia County is now a part of Montgomery County. Evart and his sons became naturalized citizens in 1709. Evart became a Ruling Elder in Whitemarsh Reformed Church in Germantown.
According to the records of that church, he was ordained on June 4, 1710, the day Whitemarsh Church was organized. He was a yeoman or farmer. Evart died some time after 1728 when his last known legal transaction was made. Elizabeth died later. Both Evart and Elizabeth are buried in the Whitemarsh cemetery. Besides the four children who came to America, there were two sons and a daughter. The sons apparently died at quite an early age. Both were named Wilhelm; one was the second oldest child, older than Herman and other younger than Annacken. The oldest child was Anna Gerdrut. Her name appears in the church baptismal record. Born in 1676, she may have been married by 1698 and stayed in Germany. Her name does not appear in other records with the family in America. All the children were born at Mulheim on the Ruhr, Germany.
[2992] Pennypacker's book "The Settlement of Germantown" relates on pages 138-139 that "We find among the residents in 1699, Evert In den Hoffen from Muhlheim on the Ruhr, Gerhard, Peter and Anneke, who were doubtless his children, some of whom are buried in the Mennonite graveyard on the Skippack."
[2993] From the Whitpain source.."The family originated in Alsasce-Loraine when that area was juggled back and forth between France and Germany. In the era around 1682, the name was in Hoffe or Indehove or other variations, depending in which country they happened to be. In France they followed the Protestant Hugenot faith and tradition, and were often ostracized in that Catholic country.
[2994] "When William Penn's offers came, subsequently many bothers--with their own fleet of ships, their wives, children, and kin, plus all their possesions--sailed up the Delaware into the port of Philadelphia. When they tried to navigate the Schuylkill,
hey had to leave the larger ships and use smaller boats. It is here they scattered in many directions, especially in Chester and Montgomery counties.
[2995] Shockey info-
[2996] The First Generation in America
[2997] The first Dehavens in America were Evert (Edward) ten Heuven, (Im Hoff, Endehave, Indehoffen, Dehaven) his wife and four children who came from Mulheim on the Ruhr, Germany in 1698. They settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Edward Edward Indehoffen 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.
[2998] 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 Bensalom history of the Presbyterian Church. 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.
[2999] 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 ads the church history which says that some of the same persons who belonged to the various groups named in the Bensalom 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 undoubtably assisted in the organization of the early German Reformed church at Skippack. The "ten Heuvens" were not mentioned by Van Vleoq 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.
Now in Our Fourth Century
Published 1994
Gerhart was the son of Eberhard (Evert) and Elizabet(h) Shipbouwers In Den Hoffen. Evert and Elizabeth In Den Hoffen were the immigrant ancestors in that line, haveing arrived here in the year 1698. The In Den Hoffens probably first settled not far north west of present day Philadelphia, in Wytness (Whitemarsh) of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
On 4 June, 1710, at Whitemarsh, a church (Reformed) was established, of which "Evert Ten Heuven" was an Elder.67 Thereby is revealed the religious affiliation of old Everett and his family. The surrounding area was almost completely Dutch by that time.
USGenWeb Archives
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 Mülheim on the Rühr, 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.
From the Op den Graef Web Site
Evart was born in either France or Germany possibly about 1655. The exact place and date of his birth are unknown. According to Evangelical Church records at Mulheim, Westphalia, Germany, he married Elizabeth Shippbouhr on May 21, 1675. Records of the baptism of some of the children are at the same church and show that the family lived there from 1676 to at least 1688. When Evart and Elizabeth came to America from Mulheim on the Ruhr, in 1698, they settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania and at Whitpaine and Providence Townships in Philadelphia County. Philadelphia County is now a part of Montgomery County. Evart and his sons became naturalized citizens in 1709. Evart became a Ruling Elder in Whitemarsh Reformed Church in Germantown.
According to the records of that church, he was ordained on June 4, 1710, the day Whitemarsh Church was organized. He was a yeoman or farmer. Evart died some time after 1728 when his last known legal transaction was made. Elizabeth died later. Both Evart and Elizabeth are buried in the Whitemarsh cemetery. Besides the four children who came to America, there were two sons and a daughter. The sons apparently died at quite an early age. Both were named Wilhelm; one was the second oldest child, older than Herman and other younger than Annacken. The oldest child was Anna Gerdrut. Her name appears in the church baptismal record. Born in 1676, she may have been married by 1698 and stayed in Germany. Her name does not appear in other records with the family in America. All the children were born at Mulheim on the Ruhr, Germany.
[2992] Pennypacker's book "The Settlement of Germantown" relates on pages 138-139 that "We find among the residents in 1699, Evert In den Hoffen from Muhlheim on the Ruhr, Gerhard, Peter and Anneke, who were doubtless his children, some of whom are buried in the Mennonite graveyard on the Skippack."
[2993] From the Whitpain source.."The family originated in Alsasce-Loraine when that area was juggled back and forth between France and Germany. In the era around 1682, the name was in Hoffe or Indehove or other variations, depending in which country they happened to be. In France they followed the Protestant Hugenot faith and tradition, and were often ostracized in that Catholic country.
[2994] "When William Penn's offers came, subsequently many bothers--with their own fleet of ships, their wives, children, and kin, plus all their possesions--sailed up the Delaware into the port of Philadelphia. When they tried to navigate the Schuylkill,
hey had to leave the larger ships and use smaller boats. It is here they scattered in many directions, especially in Chester and Montgomery counties.
[2995] Shockey info-
[2996] The First Generation in America
[2997] The first Dehavens in America were Evert (Edward) ten Heuven, (Im Hoff, Endehave, Indehoffen, Dehaven) his wife and four children who came from Mulheim on the Ruhr, Germany in 1698. They settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Edward Edward Indehoffen 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.
[2998] 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 Bensalom history of the Presbyterian Church. 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.
[2999] 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 ads the church history which says that some of the same persons who belonged to the various groups named in the Bensalom 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 undoubtably assisted in the organization of the early German Reformed church at Skippack. The "ten Heuvens" were not mentioned by Van Vleoq 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.
Now in Our Fourth Century
Published 1994
Gerhart was the son of Eberhard (Evert) and Elizabet(h) Shipbouwers In Den Hoffen. Evert and Elizabeth In Den Hoffen were the immigrant ancestors in that line, haveing arrived here in the year 1698. The In Den Hoffens probably first settled not far north west of present day Philadelphia, in Wytness (Whitemarsh) of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
On 4 June, 1710, at Whitemarsh, a church (Reformed) was established, of which "Evert Ten Heuven" was an Elder.67 Thereby is revealed the religious affiliation of old Everett and his family. The surrounding area was almost completely Dutch by that time.
Events
| Birth | 1650 | Mülheim an der Rühr, Westphalia, Germany |  | ||
| Marriage | 21 May 1675 | Mülheim an der Rühr, Westphalia, Germany - Lisebiet SCHIBBAUERR | | ||
| Death | 4 Mar 1728 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Burial | Ambler, Montgomery, Pennsylvania | |
Families
| Spouse | Lisebiet SCHIBBAUERR ( - 1728) |
| Child | Anna Gerdruth DeHaven (1676 - ) |
| Child | Harmon DeHAVEN (1682 - 1752) |
| Child | William DeHaven ( - ) |
| Child | Wilhelm DeHaven ( - ) |
| Child | Gerhart DeHaven ( - 1746) |
| Child | Peter DeHaven ( - 1768) |
| Child | Annaken DeHaven ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Op Den Graef Web Site (Updegraff Data) of Kevin L. Sholder..
2. Op Den Graef Web Site (Updegraff Data) of Kevin L. Sholder..
3. Op Den Graef Web Site (Updegraff Data) of Kevin L. Sholder..
4. Op Den Graef Web Site (Updegraff Data) of Kevin L. Sholder..