Annaken DeHaven

     Annaken DeHaven was born circa December 1690 at Mülheim, Duchy of Westfalen. She was the daughter of Evert ten Heuven and Leisbeth Shippbouhr. Annaken DeHaven was baptized on Sunday, 7 January 1691. She married Jacob Op Den Graeff, son of Abraham Isaacs Op Den Graeff and Trijntje Jansen, on Friday, 29 April 1712 at Wymes, White Marsh Township, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania, America, by the Reverend Paulus Van Vlecq.¹ Annaken DeHaven died in 1752.
     Annaken DeHaven was a daughter of Evert and Elizabeth (Shippbouhr) ten Heuven. She was born at Mülheim an der Rühr, Germany, where she was baptized on 7 January 1691. She came to America in 1698 with her parents.

On 29 April 1712 she was married to Jacob Op den Graef who was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Abraham Isaac Op den Graef. They were married by Rev. Paulus Van Vlecq who recorded the bride's name as Anneken ten Heuven. The records of the Bensalom Dutch Reformed Church in then Bucks County shows the following: married April 29, 1712 - Jacob op de graef, young man born in Jermantown and now residing at Schipack and annchen ten heuven, young woman born at Willem aen der Roer. In April 1712 Jacob Op den Graef was living in Skippack.

In June 1813 the signature of Jacob Op den Graef immediately proceeded that of Herman In Hoven on the petition for the early road which was the beginning of the Skippack Pike. The road was described as leading from the upper end of Bebbers Township to the "wide marsh" or Farmer's Mill (Fort Side).