Jan Luken, Original 13 Families of Germantown, PA

Sources vary on Jan's birthdate: ca. 1650/1, 1655, ca. 1660 .

Immigrated 1683 from Crefeldt, Germany, one of the "33 Dutchmen" who founded and settled Germantown, Pennsylvania.

"one of the founders of Philadelphia" Google Book

See a photo of the Lukens family mill in Germantown: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3670331632982818&set=pb.100064...

Germantown Historical Society, Philadelphia
July 17, 2020 ·
Today’s post brings us to the old Roberts Mill, previously known as Lukens Mill. This gristmill was built by Robert Townsend on what was once known as Mill Street, later renamed Church Lane. Though it has been said the mill was demolished in 1873, the 1862 Samuel Smedley map of Philadelphia does not show the structure as standing, whereas maps from 1843 and 1855 do. Historian Edwin C. Jellett copied this photograph from an earlier, unknown source.
The location where this mill once stood is at the present-day intersection of Church Lane and North Lambert Street, just east of Wister Street, the eastern boundary of Germantown.

• Residence: 1683 - Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jul 9 2024, 7:06:08 UTC

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Jan Lucken 1650 – 27 January 1744

Spouse:
Maria Dohrs 1660–1742
Marriage:
12 November 1679 Holy Roman Empire

Children:
Elizabeth Lucken 1684–1717
Alice Lucken 1686–1726
William Lukens 1688–1740
Sarah Lucken 1689–1719
Jan Luken Jr 1691–1741
Mary Lucken 1693–1772
Peter Luken 1696–1741
Hannah Luken 1698–1762
Andrew Luken 1700–1749
Mathias Luken 1700–1741
Abraham Tyson Lukens 1703–1776
Joseph Tyson Luken 1705–1779
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