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lebte 1737 in Whitehall township, als folgende "Wegelnburger"nach Amerika kamen: Hans Georg KERN (1696-1748, Cousin), GeorgFRIEDRICH NEUHART (1699-1765), Hans GEORG NEUHART (1716-1800),Michael NEUHART (1713-1793), Johann JACOB NEUHART (1721-1801)
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According to Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775. Baltimore,: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005 hr was naturalized Chapter K, p. 156, he was naturalized in Pennsylvania on 10 Apr 1742 and was from Bucks [this part later Lehigh] County. See also I. Daniel. Rupp, A Collection of upwards of Thirty-thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French, and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727-76. Philadelphia: Leary, Stuart & Co., 1898, p. 54. "Borough of Slatington Page 556 Settlement of the Kerns. - On the west side of the Lehigh River, about two miles below the gap in the Blue Ridge, at a point where the famous ?Warriors? Path crossed the stream, and were is now the thriving borough of Slatington, one Nicholas Kern, as early as 1737, took up land on which he subsequently made his home. His first warrant was dated Nov. 24, 1737, and his second March 15, 1738. The two tracts amounted to five hundred acres. It was described as being on the west branch of the Delaware (as the Lehigh was then called), and was adjoined on one side by land of Gottfried Knauss (who then lived near the site of Emaus), and upon the other by vacant land. Nicholas Kern, after raising a large family of children, died in 1748, leaving a widow, six sons - Henry, Frederick, Nicholas, John, William, George -- and one daughter, -- Caroline (Mrs. Martin Singling). A will left by Kern directed that the property should be divided into eight equal parts between the widow and children. All of the family remained at this place until the youngest children had arrived at maturity, when some of them removed to the lower part of the county, where their descendants still reside. William and John remained at the homestead and took care of the farm and the mills which had been erected on Trout Creek. In the Evans map of 1755, and in Edward Scull?s of 1770, one of these mills was designated as ?Trucker?s Mill.? Benjamin Franklin, in his report to Governor Morris, in January, 1756, states that he procured boards and timber for the building of Fort Allen, at Weissport, from ?Trucker?s Saw-Mill.? Many state papers, letters or reports from officers who were stationed in this region from 1756 to 1764, bear date ?Kern?s? or ?Trucker?s.? Mrs. Michael Ramaly, long since dead, gave information many years ago to Charles Peters, of Slatington, concerning this name ?Trucker,? stating that it was given to William Kern to distinguish him from others of the same name, and that he was of a jovial turn of mind, much given to joking. ?Trockener,? in German, signifies a joker, a wit, and that was doubtless the term originally applied to the miller, which in time was corrupted to ?Trucker.? In the year 1761 a road was laid out on the line of he old Warriors? Path, crossing Trout Creek, and running through the site of Slatington. On the 4th of January, 1770, William and John Kern bought of the other heirs considerable of the land left to them. The former had one hundred and forty acres, for which he paid three hundred pounds, and John two hundred and twenty-six acres, for which he paid two hundred and fifty pounds. William purchased other lands, and on Oct. 1, 1799, he and his wife, Salome, deeded to Nicholas and John Kern, their sons, two tracts of land near the homestead. One of these tracts (one hundred and seventy two acres) had been patented Jan. 16, 1784, and another, of two hundred and ninety-five acres, March 10, 1794. Frederick Kern, a brother of William, took up a warrant for land the year his father died, and John, another brother, took up one hundred and forty-nine acres March 27, 1769. The mill heretofore spoken of originally stood above the iron bridge that crosses Trout Creek, but subsequently was removed to the place where now stands Hess & Co.?s mantel-factory. William Kern?s house, built of logs and possessing the distinction of a double porch, stood where the residences of Benjamin Kern and Henry Kuntz now are. It was torn down about 1858. The old stone barn, built about 1807, is still standing. Reverting to the Kern family, we can state that William, who lived until about 1810, had at least eight children, viz.: William, Stoffel (or Christopher), Nicholas, John, Jacob, Elizabeth, Salome, and Julia, by two wives. William lived at Lehigh Gap and kept tavern there many years. He died near Stemlersville. Stoffel settled about midway between the site of Slatington and the Blue Mountain and followed farming. His sons were Henry, Daniel, Charles, Levi, and Stephen; Levi alone is now living and is ?Page 557?located north of the mountains. There were also three daughters, of whom Elizabeth (Mrs. Stephen Smith), of Schnecksville, is the only one living. Nicholas Kern lived at the homestead until 1819. He married Hannah Best, the daughter of an early settler, and built a house on the portion of the old farm about a mile from the site of Slatington. He had four sons, -- Henry, Jacob, Adam and Stephen, of whom Adam and Jacob are the only ones living, and are located respectively in Illinois and in Heidelberg township. Two daughters are also living, -- Polly (Mrs. Eli Hoffman) in Lowhill, and Anna (Mrs. Eli Kern) in Washington township." From The History of the Counties of Lehigh & Carbon, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by Alfred Mathews & Austin N. Hungerford, Philadelphia: (1884), transcribed from the original in 2005, by Jack Sterling, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carbdat/m&h/37_sltngtn.htm (accessed 8/13/08). See also Alfred Mathews, History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards, 1884, pp. 540, 556. Note: Some researchers believe that Nicholas Kern arrived In Philadelphia on 10-02-1727 on the ship Adventure, however the name match on that ship [Niklos/NIcho Chron/Crou/Coin] is open to question. He may have made more than one crossing. "Passengers abroad the Pink Plaisance, which landed at the port of Philadelphia; September 21, 1732 List A: A list of the Palatine men on board the Pink Plaisance above the age of 16 years, as signed on their own (or with help, if illiterate). John Parrett, Master from Rotterdam [Netherlands], but last from Cowes, [England] qualified September 21, 1732. At the Courthouse Present: The Honorable the Governor, S. Hasell, Esquire, Mayor The foregoing list [list A] was sworn to by the Master. R. Charles, Cl. Con. "At the Courthouse aforesaid, September 21, 1732. Seventy two Palatines, who with their families, making in all One hundred eighty-eight Persons, were imported in the Pink Plaisance, John Paret, Mr., from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes as by Clearance thence." From the minutes of the Provincal Council, printed in Colonial Records, Vol. III, p. 454. List B: Palatines imported in the Pink Plaisance, John Parrett, Master from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes, p. Clearance thence. Qualified September 21, 1732. List C: Palatines imported in the Pink Plaisance, John Parrett, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Cowes. Qualified September 21, 1732. "At the Courthouse before the Governor, Mayor and other Magistrates, the foregoing Qualifications were taken and subscribed by the sev[enty] foreigners whose Names are contained in this and the preceding Page." Robert Charles, Cl. Con. .....Nicholas Carn, 39 [age][father], Nicolas (O) Carn [son] Nicolaus (X) Kern [Nicholas Carn/Kern's' father] ...Magdilen Carnin, 45 [wife] Urik Willm Karn [son] Margaret Karn [daughter] Note:Nicholas is probably the borther of the Henry [Heinrich] Kern #48 shown on the on same list, aged 27. http://www.genealogygoldmine.com/martin/shiplists/1732Plaisance.html (accesse 8/13/08). "Nicholas Kern, the ancestor of the Kern family, sailed from Rotterdam, Holland on the ship "Adventurer" and arrived at Philadelphia on Oct. 2, 1727. The first mention of him in Lehigh region is on Sept. 23, 1734, when he and wife were sponsors to the child of Peter Troxell, baptized by Rev. John Philip Boehm. He probably lived in Whitehall township, sometime before securing title to land. The first warrant for which he applied was dated Dec. 3, 1735, for 150 acres; the second, Feb. 24, 1737, for 100 acres and the third on Oct 28, 1737, for 50 acres. The first and third warrant for 200 acres were surveyed Nov. 7, 1737, described as situated on a branch of the Lehigh Creek, in Bucks County, beginning at a marked elm tree by vacant land, south 20 degrees west 142 perches, north 70 degrees west, 239 perches; then by land Caspar Wistar, north 20 degrees west 63 perches and by vacant land north 20 degrees, west 79 perches; thence by vacant land south 70 degrees, west 239 perches to the place of beginning; containing 200 acres and 16 perches. The warrant dated Feb. 24, 1737, was for 100 acres beginning at a small white oak; thence by vacant land south 20 degrees west, 136 perches to a post, a corner of Leonard Steininger's land; thence by the same north 70 degrees west, 160 perches to the corner of Jacob Weaver's land; thence by the same north 20 degrees east, 106 perches by vacant land south 70 degrees east, 160 perches to the place of beginning. On Feb. 27, 1739, Nicholas Kern and his wife Maria Margaret, sold these tracts to Lawrence Guth. The names of Nicholas Kern and his wife appeared as sponsors in the Egypt Reformed Church records in 1736, 1739, 1740, 1741. On Dec. 13, 1744, Cornelia Kern, daughter of Nicholas Kern, was a sponsor to the child of John Nicholas Schneider. June 14, 1741, Nicholas Kern and his wife Margaret, were sponsors to John Nicholas, son of Ulrich Sensinger. Lorentz Kern, son of Nicholas, was born march 5, 1741, and baptized May 7, 1741, at the Jordan Lutheran Church. His sponsors were Lorentz Guth and wife, Salome. On Nov. 24, 1737, he secured a warrant for 300 acres of land situated along the Lehigh river, described as the west branch of the Delaware. Gottfried Knauss in 1739, secured 200 acres adjoining Kern on the south. After 1741, we find no mention of Nicholas Kern in Whitehall, and it is probable at that early date he removed to his 500 acre tract and began to cultivate the land. He was naturalized April 10, 1742. At this time several of his sons were nearing manhood and with their assistance, at an early date, he erected a grist mill and a saw mill on his land, which he mentions in his will. He died in the early part of 1749 and his will was probated May 11, 1749. This will was one of the first recorded by an inhabitant of this section and is recorded at Philadelphia in Book 1, page 120. It reads as follows: "In the Name of the Holy Trinity, Amen. I, Nicholas Kern, being afflicted by the Lord's Privence, with Sickness and weakness of Body, which makes me doubtful about my recovery, but being by God's Mercy of Sound Mind, I first of all recommend my soul into the hands of my dear Redeemer, Jesus Christ and have declared this to be my last Will and Testament in the presence of the under-written Witnesses in manner as follows, Viz: first, it is my will and order that my wife Maria Margaretha after my decease shall hold our plantation, Grist Mill, and Saw Mill, all our cattle and implements, together with all the moveable or Household furniture until the youngest of our children, vizt: Lorentz Kern, will be of age; that is, my said wife Maria Margaretha shall, until the time above limited, have full power to manage and act with all and every of our aforesaid goods or estate of what denomination soever, for the best of herself and the children, according to Justice and it ought to be done and at the time our said youngest son will be of age, then all our Estate above mentioned to be justly divided according to our law of Pennsylvania, that is to say, one just and equal third part of all our Estate unto my wife Marie Margaretha and the remainder two-thirds part unto my eight children: vizt: Henry, Frederick, Cornelia, William, Nicholas, John, George and Lorentz Kern share and share alike, and as my daughter Maria Barbara, now living in Philadelphia, never did contribute and assist us in the least about which I and the rest of my family earned by hard labour, but on the contrary has spent the time she lived in this country for her own advantage, nevertheless, notwithstanding to withdraw my affection as a father from her or to exclude her totally from her portion, I therefore bequeath unto her 10 pounds, our Lawful Pennsylvania current money, which shall be paid unto her at the time of the reparation to be made amongst my remaining children, moreover, I give and bequeath unto my last mentioned daughter, Marie Barbara, one cow, which shall be given and delivered unto her the next spring. Moreover, I ordain and state my wife Maria Margaretha and Jacob Farber to be guardians of my children and executors of all my estate to the end that they have direction of my children under age for their instruction and education in the Christian religion, as also that nothing may be wrong, administration be lost but rather increased of what I left behind me and to the end, that al which is above mentioned may be firmly and unchangeably kept and followed, I do confirm these presents with my own hand writing and seal and is attested by the under written witneses: Done in Bucks County, near Lehigh, December ye 28th, 1748. Signed Nicholas Kern J. Ch. Seybert Jacob Heffelfinger Jacob Farber John Nicholas Sneider Translated September 18, 1749, by Joseph Crell. Salford, the 11th day of May, 1749. There personally appeared Jacob Farber and John Nicholas Schneider, two of the witnesses to the within written will, and on their oath respectively declare they saw and hear Nicholas, the testator within mentioned, sign seal, publish and declare the same will be his last will and testament and at the time thereof he ws of sound mind, memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge. Cosam. Jacob Reiff by authority for William Plumstead, Recorder General, May 11, 1749. Proved. Letters testamentary granted to Maria Margaret Kern, Jacob Farber,the other executor having renounced executorship. Margaret, widow of Nicholas, was still living in 1770, and on Jan 4, 1770, with Henry, Federick, William, Nicholas, George and Lorentz Kerns, and Martin Singling and wife, Cornelia, released to John Kern for 200 pounds part of a tract of 226 acres of land, and to William Kern, a tract of 140 acres of land for 300 pounds. Of the children of Nicholas Kern as it was customary to name the children in order of their age in wills, we assume that Henry was the eldest." - From: Anniversary History Of Lehigh County, Vol. II, "Nicholas Kern was one of the earliest settlers of Whitehall township, where he had taken up land under date of December 3, 1735, February 24, 1737, and October 28, 1737, for 300 acres, which he sold, February 27, 1739, to Lawrence Guth. A Nicholas Kern landed at Philadelphia October 2, 1727, and September 21, 1732, there is also one of the same name recorded. One of these was the Kern of Whitehall township. Nicholas Kern and wife Mary Margaret were sponsors at Egypt church in the years 1734, 1736, 1739, 1740 and 1741. He took up large tracts of land in 1737 and 1738, amounting to five hundred acres where Slatington is now located, where he later removed and died in 1748, leaving seven children, William, John, Cornelia, who married Martin Singling, Frederick, Nicholas, Henry and George. William Kern was born in 1725 and died August 18, 1800. He is buried in the old graveyard at Unionville church. He was of a jovial disposition, and was called "der trockener Kern." This became corrupted into "Trucker," and Benjamin Franklin, in his report to Governor Morris in January, 1756, states that he procured boards and timber for the building of Fort Allen, at Weissport, from "Trucker's Saw Mill." Peter Troxell, or Drachsell, and wife Juliana Catharine, natives of Switzerland, arrived at Philadelphia, with two sons, Peter and Daniel, on August 17, 1733. He settled at Egypt, but a few years later removed a few miles westward, near where the Iron Bridge of the C. & F. R. R. is located. Here he took up large tracts of land, some of which is still owned by his descendants. He was one of the most prominent men in Whitehall township in colonial times and was an active member of the Egypt Reformed and later of the Jordan Reformed church." Proceedings and Papers Read Before the Lehigh County Historical Society, by Lehigh County Historical Society, Published by The Society, 1908, Vol. I, p. 57. See also The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time, by William Watts Hart Davis, Democrat Book and Job Office Print, 1876, p. 527.
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