The Ancestors and Relatives of William Addams Reitwiesner
Part CC
The Descendants of Richard Addams



The number of descendants of this man, who died in 1748, is huge. As a result, this paper focuses on his male-line descendants (persons surnamed Addams).


Descendants of Richard Addams
                   
1. RICHARD ADDAMS, b. ... , d. ... [will dated Providence Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pa., 1 Feb. 1747/8, probated 24 March 1747/8], son of ... Addams and of ... ,
m. (1) ... [before 10 Oct. 1698]
GERTIEN OP DEN GRAEFF, b. ... , d. ... [before 22 Dec. 1726] dau. of Abraham op den Graeff and of Trintje ... .
m. (2) Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa., 22 Dec. 1726,
ELIZABETH WITHERS, b. ... , d. ... [will dated 3 Aug. 1769, pro. 7 Feb. 1770], dau. of ... Withers and of ... .
Issue by first wife (surname Addams):
2 a. Susannah, b. ... , d. ... [after 2 Apr. 1735].
3 b. Catherine, b. ... , d. ... [after 1 Feb. 1747/8].
4 c. Mary, b. ... , d. ... [after 1 Feb. 1747/8].
5 d. Margaret, b. ... , d. ... 1749.
6 e. Elizabeth, b. ... , d. ... [ca. 1808].
7 f. Ann, b. ... , d. ... .
8 g. Abraham, b. ... , drowned in the Perkiomen Creek, Montgomery Co., Pa., 5 Apr. 1738 [ae. 31].
9 h. William, b. ... , d. ... .
10 i. Isaac, b. ... , d. ... [liv. 1 Feb. 1769].
Issue by second wife (surname Addams):
11 j. Hannah, b. ... [ca. 1729], d. ... .



Generation II


2. Susannah Addams, b. ... , d. ... [after 2 Apr. 1735], dau. of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Gertien op den Graeff,
m. ... [ca. 1714], Conrad Custer, b. ... , d. ... 1772, son of Arnold Custer and of ... .
Issue (surname Custer):
a. Charity, b. ... 1716, d. ... 1770,
m. ... , Uriah Humble, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Humble and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
b. Arnold, b. ... 1716, d. ... March 1759,
m. ... , Bridget Strauder, b. ... 1722, d. ... 1759, dau. of ... Strauder and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.


3. Catherine Addams, b. ... , d. ... [after 1 Feb. 1747/8], dau. of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Gertien op den Graeff,
m. ... , John Morris, b. ... , d. ... [bef. 1 Feb. 1747/8], son of Israel Morris and of Sarah ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


4. Mary Addams, b. ... , d. ... [after 1 Feb. 1747/8], dau. of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Gertien op den Graeff,
m. ... , Israel Morris, b. ... , d. ... [bef. 1 Feb. 1747/8], son of Israel Morris and of Sarah ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


5. Margaret Addams, b. ... , d. ... 1749, dau. of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Gertien op den Graeff,
m. ... , Paul Casselberry, b. ... , d. ... [living 1 Feb. 1747/8], son of Henry Casselberry and of Catherine ... .
Issue (surname Casselberry):
a. Jacob, b. ... 11 Oct. 1744, d. ... 11 Nov. 1795,
m. ... , Anna Tyson, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Tyson and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
b. Elizabeth, b. ... , d. ... ,
m. ... , Arnold Van Fossen, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Van Fossen and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
c. Catrin, b. ... , d. ... .
d. Richard, b. ... , d. ... .
e. Ann, b. ... , d. ... 1776,
m. ... , Samuel Harris, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Harris and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
f. Benjamin, b. ... , d. ... .


6. Elizabeth Addams, b. ... , d. ... [ca. 1808], dau. of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Gertien op den Graeff,
m. (1) ... , Thomas Bull, b. ... , d. ... 2 March 1747/8 [ae. 42], son of John Bull and of Elizabeth ... ,
m. (2) ... 18 Apr. 1751, Thomas Rossiter, b. ... 1725, d. ... 1798, son of ... Rossiter and of ... .
Issue by first husband (surname Bull):
a. John, b. ... 1 June 1731, d. ... 9 Aug. 1826,
m. ... , Mary Phillips, b. ... 1730, d. ... 23 Feb. 1811, dau. of ... Phillips and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
b. Ann, b. ... 25 Aug. 1734, d. ... 31 July 1812,
m. ... , Henry Newbury, b. ... 1724, d. ... 4 May 1789, son of ... Newbury and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
c. Catherine, b. ... June 1738, d. ... Jan. 1758.
d. William, b. ... , d. ... 1789,
m. ... , Margaret Hunter, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Hunter and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
e. Thomas, b. ... 1746, d. ... 1781,
m. ... , Sarah Gronow, b. ... 1751, d. ... , dau. of ... Gronow and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
Issue by second husband (surname Rossiter):
f. Samuel C ... , b. ... 1753, d. ... 16 Nov. 1823,
m. ... , Mary Elizabeth Stephens, b. ... 14 Apr. 1761, d. ... 9 Aug. 1839, dau. of ... Stephens and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
g. Thomas, b. ... 24 Dec. 1755, d. ... 13 Apr. 1848,
m. ... , Elizabeth Coates, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Coates and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
h. Elizabeth, b. ... , d. ... 13 Feb. 1845,
m. ... , Ralph Robinson, b. ... Apr. 1746, d. ... March 1802, son of ... Robinson and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.


7. Ann Addams, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Gertien op den Graeff,
m. ... , Jacob Umstead, b. ... 1709, d. ... 31 Jan. 1785, son of John Umstead and of ... .
Issue (surname Umstead):
a. John, b. ... , d. ... ,
m. ... , Gwenefred Evans, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... evans and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
b. Richard, b. ... , d. ... ,
m. ... , Magdalena Tyson, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Tyson and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
c. Jacob, b. ... , d. ... ,
m. ... , Ann Tyson, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Tyson and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
d. Hannah, b. ... , d. ... ,
m. ... , Jacob Pannebecker, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Pannebecker.
Children and descendants not shown here.


8. Abraham Addams, b. ... , drowned in the Perkiomen Creek, Montgomery Co., Pa., 5 Apr. 1738 [ae. 31], son of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Gertien op den Graeff,
m. ... , Rachel ... , b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... and of ... .
Issue (surname Addams):
a. Ann, b. ... , d. ... [liv. 1 Feb. 1747/8].
12 b. Abigail, b. ... , d. ... [surv. husband],


9. William Addams, b. ... July 1705, d. Adamstown, Pa., 26 May 1773 [will dated 21 Nov. 1772, probated Lancaster, Pa., 7 June 1773] dau. of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Gertien op den Graeff,
m. ... 1729, Ann Lane, b. ... [before 1710], d. ... [after 1773], dau. of Edward Lane and of Ann Richardson.
For issue, see Part C.


10. Isaac Addams, b. ... , d. ... [liv. 1 Feb. 1769], dau. of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Gertien op den Graeff,
m. ... , Edith ... , b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... and of ... .
Issue (surname Addams):
a. Sarah, b. ... , d. ... [liv. 1771].


11. Hannah Addams, b. ... [ca. 1729], d. ... , dau. of Richard Addams [number 1] and of Elizabeth Withers,
m. ... [bef. 1747], Owen Evans, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Evans and of ... .
Issue (surname Evans):
a. Margaret, b. ... , d. ... .



Generation III


12. Abigail Addams, b. ... , d. ... [surv. husband], dau. of Abraham Addams [number 8] and of Rachel ... ,
m. Trappe Church, Montgomery Co., Pa., 6 March 1753, as his second wife, Herman Umstatt, b. ... , d. ... [will dated 16 June 1767, probated Philadelphia Co., Pa., 9 May 1768], [he had m. (1) ... , ... , b. ... , d. ... ], son of John Umstatt and of ... .
Issue (surname Umstatt):
a. ... , b. ... , d. ... .









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