April 27, 1727- Abraham Lukens and Mary Maurle are married in Germantown.
"Reared in the faith of the Society of Friends and a birthright member of Abington Monthly Meeting, he proposed intentions of marriage before that meeting in March, 1727, with Mary, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Maurle, of Bristol township, Philadelphia county, and on April 27, 1727, the proposal was favorably acted upon by the Meeting.
They at once took up their residence on the 500 acres of land purchased by his father in 1709, in Towamencin township, Philadelphia, now Montgomery county, 300 acres of which Abraham inherited at his father's death in 1741. A certificate was granted by Abington Monthly Meeting, April 30, 1728, transferring the membership of Abraham Lucken and wife to Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, with which meeting some of their descendents still hold membership."
April 1727- Matthias Tyson dies at the age of 40 in Abington Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Matthias Tyson was born in 1686 to Reiner Theissen & Margaret Streypers of Germantown. He married Mary Potts, daughter of John & Elizabeth Potts of Wales.
(Matthias Tyson & Isaac Tyson are brothers. Abraham Lukens is their first cousin. They and Abraham Lukens are my first cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)
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