Johann Philibus Kaes

  General Notes:

1754, Nov. 27. Kaes, Johan Pilipus (Philipp), of Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co., yeoman, will of.
Former wife, Ann Elizabeth. Present wife Rachele. Children - William, Eva Marya (wife of Paul Koul), Frona Catharina (wife of Henry Winter), Elizabeth (wife of Peter Aller), Ann (dec'd, who left children Philipp, and Hendrick Dilts). Children by present wife - Hendrick, Peter, Philipp and Catherine, all four under age. Real and personal estate. Executors - brother, Peter Young, and son-in-law, Peter Aller, both of said Co., yeomen, and William Poppelsdorph, of New York City, baker. Witnesses - Dirck Schuyler, Theodorus van Wyck, Adolph Bras, Jr. Proved Feb. 12 1756 (The testator signs in German)


A most fascinating story surrounds the pioneer members of the Kase (now Case)
family. John Phillip Kase arrived in Hunterdon County, from Germany,
about 240 years ago. Not far from the cabin that Kase built alongside
the Tuccaminjah Creek, now Mine Brook, lay the encampment of Chief
Tuccamirgan, a man of peace.
According to family tradition, the chief had his tribesmen help
cut logs for the Kase dwelling, and he scooped out a gum log to make
a cradle for the white man's babies. Childless herself, the Chief's
wife often took care of the young ones as though they were her own.
The friendship endured beyond life. Upon his death in 1750, Chief
Tuccamirgan was buried in the Kase family graveyard. His resting place
is marked today by a stone monument at the burial ground along Bonnell
Street, Flemington, inscribed "In memory of the Delaware Indian Chief,
Tuccamirgan." This lasting memorial was erected by patriotic and
historical organizations in 1925. ^59,60

Johann married Anne Elizabeth* Jung, daughter of Heinrich* Jung and Veronica* Remerin, on 29 Nov 1703.⁵⁸

Johann next married Rachelle ---------.