Perhaps this might be of interest...since our Original 13 were German and with a much different language, spellings, pronunciation...they were quick to anglicize the surname. SO, that in mind, how many different spellings are in use TODAY of the immigrant...who himself may've undergone several changes? This is not even to consider pronunciation. I offer this for Thones (say Toonis) Kunders (rhymes with thunders). Today this name may be found spelled, in order of frequency, as CONARD, CUNARD, CONRAD, CONNARD, CUNNARD, CONERD, CUNERD and CONRADE, the latter two still in question, descent-wise. While it's overwhelmingly pronounced as CON'erd, variants like ka-NARD', CUN'erd, CON-RAD and CON'raid are found. The steam ship lines branch, about out of men, sometimes were called Q-NARD, but not by the family....SO, after over 40 years of this Kunders-gathering, I will have deposited most of my work at the Germantown Historical Society, the erudite Gene Stackhouse, transcriber. So, take it away, you op den Gräffs--your turn! Regards, Erik P Conard, say /CON'erd/ or I'll kill you!