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Ancestors of George Henry Custer, Jr.

Generation No. 9

      256. Arnold Custer, born Abt. 1669 in Kaldenkirchen, Germany (Source: Chester E. Custer, "Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Volume IX, Number 3 July 1986 "The Kusters and Doors of Kaldenkirchen, Germany, and Germantorwn, Pennsylvania," page 28, Arnold was baptized on June 9, 1669. The witnesses at his baptism were Stina Swig, Ans Strypers (presumed to be Anna, Gertrude's sister), and Noulis Guys, wife of Mattis Custers, brother of Paulus.); died 1739 in Hanover Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of 512. Paulus Kuster and 513. Gertrude Doors. He married 257. Rebecca ? Abt. 1699 in Pennsylvania.

      257. Rebecca ?, born Abt. 1680; died Bef. 1739 in Pennsylvania.

Notes for Arnold Custer:
      In "Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage" Volume IX Number 3 July 1986 there is an article by Chester E. Custer titled "The Kusters and Doors of Kaldenkirchen, Germany, and Germantown, Pennsylvania". Researchers should try to obtain a copy of this article as Chester goes over the research done by Niepoth, Becker, Rotthoff, Lenders, Nieper and others to give us a better understanding of the early history of our family. Chester also visited the churches in Kaldenkirchen associated with the family and was assisted by Leo Peters, a professional archivist and linguist of Kaldenkirchen, in translating records. Chester also did research in Krefeld, in the Mennonite library in the Weierhof and in the archives at Dusseldorf.

      Arnold is a witness to the will of his father, Paulus, in Will Book C, no 58, p. 72 Register of wills Office, Philadelphia County Courthouse, Philadelphia, PA

      The Renunciation of Right to Administer: Estate of Arnold Kuster, Dec 22, 1739 is file no 35, Orphans' Court, Philadelphia, Pa. There is a copy of this document in Milo Custer's "Custer Genealogies" :
"Know all Men by these presents that I Conrad Custers of the County of Philadelphia. yeoman, for diverse good Causes and Considerations thereunto have renounced and disclaimed and by these presents Do as well for myself and the rest of the children of Arnold Custer, Father, who dyd (i.e. died.) Intestate and by their Order and Consent Renounce mine and their Right of Administration of the Estate of the said Dec'd. Willing and Desiring that the Administration thereof be Committed to Harman Custer Broth(er) of the sd. Deced. In Witness whereof I the said Conrad Custer have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 22 December 1739.
                                          Conrad Kuster

The Administrator's Bond, Estate of Arnold Kuster, 1739, is file no. 35, Orphans' Court, Philadelphia, PA.

The Deed, Arnold Kuster's heirs to James Brooke, 1740, is in Deed book 32, p. 90, Montgomery County Courthouse, Norristown, PA. A copy of this deed is also in Milo Custer's book, "Custer Genealogies" which states in part:
                  Deed
            Arnold Kuster's Heirs to James Brooke
                  1740
"This Indenture made the ....day of ....in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty. Between Conrad Custer and Susanna, his wife, Paul Custer and Sarah, his wife, George Custer and Mary, his wife, Nicholas Custer and Susanna, his wife, Arnold Custer and Barbara, his wife, they the said Conrad, Paul, George, Nicholas and Arnold being the sons of Arnold Custer, late of Hanover Township, in the County of Philadelphia, Bricklayer, deceased. John Jenkins and Katharine, his wife, one of the daughters of said Arnold the father, and Dorothy Custer and Hannah Custer, the other daughter(s) of the said deceased Arnold Custer, of the one part, and james Brooke of Hanover Township aforesaid, Yeoman, of the other part."...

      A note on the names of the counties cited should be made to explain that "About the year 1700 the lands around the Mantawny and the French Creeks were literally outposts of Pennsylvania. On our side of the river (Pottstown) they were a part of Philadelphia County. Chester County was formed in 1682, Berks in 1752, and Montgomery not until 1784." from page 1 of "A History of Pottstown, Pennsylvania 1752-1952" by Paul Chancellor, published by the Historical Society of Pottstown, Pennsylvania in the year 1953.

Notes for Rebecca ?:


More About Arnold Custer and Rebecca ?:
Marriage: Abt. 1699, Pennsylvania

Children of Arnold Custer and Rebecca ? are:

		i.		Katharine Custer, born Abt. 1700; died Unknown.
		ii.		George Custer, born Abt. 1704 in Germantown, Pennsylvania; died 01 Nov 1755 in Northhampton/Carbon County, Pennsylvania (Source: Jean M. White, Editor, The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters, (1991 The Castor Association of America Mennonite Press Newton, Kansas 67114), Pages 119-120, George was killed by Indians on Saturday, 1 November 1755 near the gap of the Blue Mountains, (now in Carbon County).); married Mary Roades 28 Jun 1731 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died Unknown.

Notes for George Custer:
Killed by Indians.

More About George Custer:
Religion: Members of Richland Monthly Meeting Quaker

Notes for Mary Roades:
Mary married George Custer brother to Paul Custer who married the daughter of Mary's sister, Sarah Roades Ball. Mary Roades Custer was the aunt of Sarah Ball Custer.

More About George Custer and Mary Roades:
Marriage: 28 Jun 1731, Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

iii.

Nicholas Custer, born Dec 1706 in Germantown, Pennsylvania; died Dec 1784 in Limerick Township, Pennsylvania; married Susanna Margaretta Hoppe Abt. 1732; born Abt. 1714; died Abt. 1787.

Notes for Nicholas Custer:
From a fellow researcher who visited Trappe, PA:
"...did get17 pages from Mulenbergs journal and a wonderful "Eulogy" that he had written about Nicholas on one of the pages. The Trappe Church was my highlight...to think I was sitting where Nicholas and family sat in the pews in 1743..."

More About Nicholas Custer:
Burial: Unknown, Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pennsylvania

More About Susanna Margaretta Hoppe:
Burial: Unknown, Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pennsylvania

More About Nicholas Custer and Susanna Hoppe:
Marriage: Abt. 1732

128	iv.	Paul Custer, born Abt. 1710 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; died 10 Nov 1783 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; married Sarah Martha Ball Abt. 1737 in Pennsylvania.
	v.	Hannah Custer, born Abt. 1715; died Unknown.
	vi.	Arnold Custer, Jr., born Abt. 1720; died Unknown.
	vii.	Dorothy Custer, born Abt. 1724; died Unknown.

      258. John Ball, died 1741 in Douglass Township, Pennsylvania. He married 259. Sarah Roades 12 Feb 1710/11 in Burlington, New Jersey.

      259. Sarah Roades, died Unknown. She was the daughter of 518. John Roades II and 519. Hannah Wilcox.

Notes for John Ball:
      John Ball of Plymouth and Douglass, Pennsylvania.

More About John Ball and Sarah Roades:
Marriage: 12 Feb 1710/11, Burlington, New Jersey

Children of John Ball and Sarah Roades are:

129	i.	Sarah Martha Ball, born 30 Dec 1712 in Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania; died 10 Dec 1779 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; married Paul Custer Abt. 1737 in Pennsylvania.
	ii.	Hannah Ball, born 23 Jun 1715; died Unknown.
	iii.	John Ball, died Unknown; married Mary Richards; died Unknown.

Notes for John Ball:
Father of Joseph Ball, whose huge estate and the court records generated from it help document members of this family. Records from the Joseph Ball estate are the basis for the book by Margaret Kinsey titile "Ball Cousins."

		iv.		William Ball, died Unknown.
		v.		Abigail Ball, died Unknown.
		vi.		Mary Ball, died Unknown.
		vii.		Anna Ball, died Unknown.

      288. Charles Morehead, Jr.., died Abt. 1705 in Northumberland, Virginia. He was the son of 576. Charles Morehead, Sr.. He married 289. Jane Presley.

      289. Jane Presley, born 29 Jan 1651/52 (Source: Humston Gleanings by Edward A. Hunston FHl Book929.273 H889he, 1981); died Unknown. She was the daughter of 578. Peter Presley and 579. Winifred ?.

Notes for Charles Morehead, Jr..:
      Research of James Melton, Barbara Denahey, and Barbara Wallace
      Some histories say Charles Morehead was born in 1609, son of David Morehead of London, and immigrated to VA in 1630 to manage his father's interest in the Kent Island project. If so, then he would more probably be the grandfather of John Morehead, rather than the father. John, a minor, was named the son of Charles Morehead, deceased in Charles' 1705/06 will in Northumberland Co., VA. Believed to have married 1st Jane Presley and 2nd Sarah Nelms Sarah was his widow. Charles had 8 children. From HUMSTON GLEANINGS: Jane Presley born 29 Jan 1652, parents Peter and Winifred Presley. Married Charles Morehead, had son, John.
      See previously cited sources and:
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY WILLS 1713-1749

Children of Charles Morehead and Jane Presley are:

144	i.	John Morehead, Sr., born Abt. 1700 in Virginia; died Bef. 24 Oct 1768 in Fauquier County, Virginia; married Mary Armistead Abt. 1730 in Virginia.
	ii.	William Morehead, died Abt. 1735.
	iii.	Charles Morehead III, died Abt. 1720.
	iv.	Alexander Morehead, died Abt. 1743.
	v.	Elizabeth Morehead, died Unknown; married ? Kesterson; died Unknown.
	vi.	Anne Morehead, died Unknown; married Benjamin Dameron; died Unknown.
	vii.	Mary Morehead, died Abt. 1726.
	viii.	Winifred Morehead, died Unknown; married ? Rider; died Unknown.

      296. Peter Jett, born Abt. 1717 in Mattox Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia; died Bef. 05 Aug 1784 in King George County, Virginia. He was the son of 592. Francis Jett and 593. Margaret Payton. He married 297. Rebecca Bowen Bef. 14 Jan 1736/37.

      297. Rebecca Bowen, born Abt. 1717 in King George County, Virginia; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 594. Stephen Bowen and 595. Susanna Pratt.

Notes for Peter Jett:
      From Rose Rentzel 29 Dec 2003:
PETER JETT, b. Abt. 1717, Mattox Creek, Westmoreland Co, VA.
Notes for PETER JETT:
King George Co, VA - Peter Jett's will May 22, 1784
In the name of God Amen. I, Peter Jett of King George CO, Va and the parish of
Brunswick, I recomend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me and my body to be buried in a Christian and decent manner at the sescretion of my executors hereafter mentioned, and what little estate it has pleased God to endow me, I give and devise the same in manner and form as followeth:
I bequeath unto my daughters, Mary Hunstead and Ann Conley my negro woman named
Rose and lease of the land I now live on, containing one hundred acres and my 2 houses.
King George CO, VA will for Peter Jett. I bequeath unto John Pratt Bowen, my lease I bought from John Reuben Payne, being the same land whereon sid Payne now lives. And also to John Pratt Bowen, bed, one table and furniture. It is my desire that my stock of hogs be divided between John Pratt Bowen and my daughters Mary Humstead and Ann Conley.
I bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Curtis 5 shillings.I bequeath unto my daughter Susanna Payne, 5 shillings. I bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Thielkild, 5 shillings.
I bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Jones, 5 shillilngs. I bequeath unto my grandson Jesse Thielkild, my young sorrel mare. I bequeath unto my granddaughter Susanna Hunstead, my wife's saddle. I bequeath the residue of my estate to be equally divided between my sons Francis and William Jett, and my daughter Mary Humstead and Ann Conley. And lastly, I appoiont my sons Francis Jett, William Jett, and John Pratt Bowen, my whole and sole executors, as witness my hand and seal this 22nd day of May, in the year of our Lord 1784.

Notes for Rebecca Bowen:
Research by James Melton
IGI Birth Parents Records FHL of LDS Church contains two references that Rebecca Bowen born 1716/1718 King George County, VA to Stephen and Susanna (Pratt) Bowen.

More About Peter Jett and Rebecca Bowen:
Marriage: Bef. 14 Jan 1736/37

Children of Peter Jett and Rebecca Bowen are:

148	i.	Francis Jett, born Abt. 1736 in Virginia; died 22 Oct 1791 in White Oak, Stafford County, Virginia; married Barsheba Porch.
	ii.	William Jett, died Abt. 1810.
	iii.	John Jett, died Bef. 1784.
	iv.	Margaret Jett, died Unknown.
	v.	Sarah Jett, died Unknown.
	vi.	Susanna Jett, died Unknown.
	vii.	Mary Jett, died Unknown.
	viii.	Ann Jett, died Unknown.
	ix.	Elizabeth Jett, died Unknown.

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