Part One

1683-1891

Thones Kunders
and his children


Also, a list of the Decendants
For six generations
Of his youngest son

Henry Cunreds, “of Whitpain”

Written and Researched by Henry C. Conrad

HERE and there along the line of two centuries, individual members of the Conrad—Conard—Connard family have gathered stray items of family history, and in many instances, dates and names have been preserved; but until the author of this little volume began his research, no one had collected all of the scraps of history regarding Thones Kunders and his family which are found herein.

That these facts might not be wholly lost, the author has collected from many sources all the information obtainable regarding this worthy ancestor of our family; one of the original settlers at German town; an humble wool dyer from the banks of the Rhine, who, settling in the untrodden wilds of America, and pursuing the even tenor of a modest and uneventful life, “builded better than he knew."

Being a lineal descendant of Henry Cunreds, his youngest son, the author's (Henry C. Conard) interest has been particularly attracted to him and there is presented herewith the names of the descendants of Henry, for six generations, more than fourteen hundred in all, mostly "plain folk," but as a rule thrifty, intelligent and honorable people, a natural and creditable outgrowth of the sturdy German ancestry from which they came.

HENRY C. CONRAD.
Wilmington, Delaware.
December 1, 1891

WHICH we have heard and known and our fathers have told us.... That the generations to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children.

- PSALM LXXVIII

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Kunders, an humble wool dyer from the banks of the Rhine, who, settling in the untrodden wilds of America, and pursuing the even tenor of a modest and uneventful life, “builded better than he knew.”

Robert Proud, in his history of Pennsylvania says, “Among the first Germantown settlers was Dennis Conrad. The first religious meeting of the Quakers, in that place, was held at his house in 1683. He was a hospitable, well-disposed man, of an inoffensive life and good character.”