Person:Jacob Keinert (1)

While German church records show Jacob's last name spelled Keinat, his own signature, preserved on a list at the Philadelphia courthouse, indicated his last name as Keinadt. In his own handwriting, Jacob signed his name at the Philadelphia courthouse as Jacob Keinadt.

1. ↑ Onstmettingen church records, Location: Wuerttemberg, Germany, File Number: LDS 1189964-1189967. (c 1600 -).

   _TOPI: Birth

2. ↑ Probate Jacob KEINERT
   Letters of Administration, 9 Jan 1787, Jacob Keinert, late of Windsor Township, York County.

   _TOPI: Death

3. ↑ Onstmettingen church records, Location: Wuerttemberg, Germany, File Number: LDS 1189964-1189967. (c 1600 -)
   LDS #1189965.

   _TOPI: Baptism

4. ↑ Onstmettingen church records, Location: Wuerttemberg, Germany, File Number: LDS 1189964-1189967. (c 1600 -)
   LDS # 1189966, Seelenregister for Jacob Boss.

   _TOPI: Emigration

5. ↑ Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. Strassburger's. (Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1934)
   Volume 1, p. 494.

   _TOPI: Immigration

6. ↑ Gerberich, Dr. Albert H. and Brumbaugh, Dr. Gaius M. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Tax Lists 1751, 1756, 1757, 1758. (National Genealogical Society, 1962, Original Date, 1933)
   pp. 14-17: Jacob KEINER, Earl Township Assessments, 1756. May or may not be the same person.

   _TOPI: Tax List

7.   Evangelical Lutheran Church at Earl (New Holland), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Register A der Evangelisch
   (1) Church Attendance:.

   _TOPI: Residence

   (1) Church Attendance:
   -- 1 Nov 1767 (Jacob KEINET and fr. Cath.)
   -- 18-19 May 1771 (Jac. KEINET and fr. Cath. KEINETIN)
   -- 17-18 Apr 1773 (Jacob KEINET & fr. Cath.)
   -- Oct. 1774 (Cath. KEINETIN)
   -- 7 Apr 1776 (Jacob KEINET and fr. Cath.)

8. ↑ William Henry Egle, ed. Notes and Queries: Historical, Biographical, and Genealogical
   p.56. A muster roll of Capt. Alexander Martin's Company of Militia of Col. Peter Grubb's Battalion, of Lancaste.

   _TOPI: Milit-Beg

   p.56. A muster roll of Capt. Alexander Martin's Company of Militia of Col. Peter Grubb's Battalion, of Lancaster county, on their march for the camp in ye Jerseys. Captain: Alexander Martin; First Lieutenant: Conrad Laub; Second Lieutenant: Henry Merckley; Ensign: Valentine Kinzer; Sergeants: James Blair, Thomas McMullen, Henry Erter, Samuel Craig; Corporals: Zacheus Persoll, Christian Romig, Emigh Snyder, Jacob Leed; Drummer, John Shoe; Privates: Alexander McElwain; James Martin; Tarrance Falls, Daniel Johnston, Henry Rankin, Henry Reichwine, Thomas Bennet, John Berkenhouse, Hugh Harbeson, John Mast, John Kochran, Philip Stikleman, William McElwain, John McMullen, Geroge Reifeild, Andrew Marten, Philip Rode, Alexander McBride, John Stewart, Lawrence Shultz, Francis Noier, John Henley, William Jennings, Josiah Kitters, John Carlton, Charles Oldwine, Thomas Brown, Henry Peters, Charles Stewart, John Lippert, Andrew Moreland, James Rice, Thomas Norris, Roger McGee, Michael Rogers, Michael English, John Davis, Jacob Rode, John Houser, Jacob KINNARD, Robert Kenney

9. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives
   5th series, Vol. VII, pp. 15-16; 5th series, Vol. VII, pp. 800-801.

   _TOPI: Milit-Beg

10. ↑ Edith Beard Cannon. Evidences of the Kinard Families of York County Before the Year 1850, Volume: Volume XXIX, Page: pp. 87-112. (Historical Society of York County, 1943)
    p. 108: "Jacob Kinerd, member of the First Class of the Inhabitants of Windsor Township, classified under an Ac.

    _TOPI: Mil-Draft

    p. 108: "Jacob Kinerd, member of the First Class of the Inhabitants of Windsor Township, classified under an Act passed in 1780, entitled 'An Act to compleat the quota of the Federal Army' each class was 'required to provide, in fifteen Days from this Date [January 30, 1781], one able-bodied Recruit for the Continental Army, to serve during the War,' under penalty of a fine of L15.0.0, specie: this class proved delinquent." Citation from Class Lists, H.J. Young, Black Series, pp. 31, 32, 35.

11. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives
    3d Series, Volume 21: 1783, Jacob KINNER, no acres, 5 inhabitants, no servants, no negroes.

    _TOPI: Tax List

12. ↑ Probate Jacob KEINERT
    Jacob Keinert, yeoman, late of Windsor Township, York County, dies and his widow, Catherine, and eldest son, Fred.

    _TOPI: Probate

    Jacob Keinert, yeoman, late of Windsor Township, York County, dies and his widow, Catherine, and eldest son, Frederick, appoint as administrator Ulrich Weaver. Letters of Administration are executed the same day (9 Jan. 1787): "Ulrich Weaver, Frederick Keinert & Philip Trey, all of Windsor Township" pledge 300 pounds to the attorney, jacob Barnetz, of York, and Ulrich Weaver is appointed administrator to deliver an account by 9 Jan. 1788. The document bears 5 signatures: the mark of Ulrich Weaver, what appears to be the signature of Frederick Keinert, what could be the signature of Philip Trey, the mark of Abby Grin, and the signature of John Dolly.

13.   Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. Strassburger's. (Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1934)
    Volume III, copies of handwritten shiplist for the Forest, 10 Oct 1752.

    _TOPI: Note

14.   Onstmettingen church records, Location: Wuerttemberg, Germany, File Number: LDS 1189964-1189967. (c 1600 -)
    LDS # 1189965, birth records.

    _TOPI: Name

15.   Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. Strassburger's. (Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1934)
    Volume III, ship list of the Forest, 10 Oct 1752, indicating Jacob's signature.

    _TOPI: Name

16.   Onstmettingen church records, Location: Wuerttemberg, Germany, File Number: LDS 1189964-1189967. (c 1600 -)
    LDS # 1189965, birth records.

    _TOPI: Note

17.   Editor: Debra D. Smith and Frederick S. Weiser. Trinity Lutheran Church Records, PA (1767-1782), Volume: 2. (Closson Press, 1995)
    p. 156 (burials); "September 25, 1774: Juliana, the daughter of Jacob Kinde, and wife Catharina".

    _TOPI: Name

18. ↑ Present at the baptism were the child's parents as well as Johannes Schlaich, Martin Ringwald, Anna, Balthas Majer's wife.
19. ↑ on the ship Forest, Captain Patrick Auchterlony, from Rotterdam and last from Portsmouth in England. Also on the Forest were Balthas Maute and Johannes Scheirer.
    
    Most "Palentines imported" into Philadelphia did not have the money to buy their fares to America. Consequently, on arrival, they were indentured to local farmers and businessmen who paid the ship merchants for their passage in exchange for several years of servitude. The most famous list of indentures is the Drinker list, detailing the fate of immigrants imported in 1764 on the ship "King of Prussia". The average price paid for a single male immigrant was about 14 pounds, 18 shillings, which included the immigrant's passage of 8 pounds, 8 shillings, and "head money" or tax of 4 shillings. The usual length of servitude was 2 to 2-1/2 years.
20. ↑ Jacob KEINER, freeman. What is a freeman? A freeman referred to a male, unmarried, over 21. Was removed as a freeman on the tax list when he acquired a wife. That someone disappears from the list of freemen usually indicates that the individual has married.
21. ↑ Jacob Kinat, "inmate by Baer". [source: A New Index: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Before the Federal Census, 1989, volume 5, page 95] "Inmate" in tax records refers to a married renter (i.e., not owning land) heading a household. "Rural cottagers (called inmates in the tax records) were given a house and allowed a few acres on which to grow crops, or making cheese, weaving, or doing other domestic labor for the landowner. They could not vote." (source: Randall M. Miller, William Pencak, PENNSYLVANIA: A HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, ISBN 978-0-271-0221407, page 93.) Baer was likely the landowner.
22. ↑ Were absent til Jan and Feb 1777. p.56. "A muster roll of Capt. Alexander Martin's Company of Militia of Col. Peter Grubb's Battalion, of Lancaster county, on their march for the camp in ye Jerseys." Captain: Alexander Martin; First Lieutenant: Conrad Laub; Second Lieutenant: Henry Merckley; Ensign: Valentine Kinzer; Sergeants: James Blair, Thomas McMullen, Henry Erter, Samuel Craig; Corporals: Zacheus Persoll, Christian Romig, Emigh Snyder, Jacob Leed; Drummer, John Shoe; Privates: Alexander McElwain; James Martin; Tarrance Falls, Daniel Johnston, Henry Rankin, Henry Reichwine, Thomas Bennet, John Berkenhouse, Hugh Harbeson, John Mast, John Kochran, Philip Stikleman, William McElwain, John McMullen, Geroge Reifeild, Andrew Marten, Philip Rode, Alexander McBride, John Stewart, Lawrence Shultz, Francis Noier, John Henley, William Jennings, Josiah Kitters, John Carlton, Charles Oldwine, Thomas Brown, Henry Peters, Charles Stewart, John Lippert, Andrew Moreland, James Rice, Thomas Norris, Roger McGee, Michael Rogers, Michael English, John Davis, Jacob Rode, John Houser, Jacob KINNARD, Robert Kenney. [source: Pennsylvania Archives, 5th series, volume VII, pp. 800-802.
    Captain Alexander Martin commanded the contingent from Earl Township, Fifth District, Third Batallion of Lancaster County Militia. source: Pennsylvania Archives, 2d Series, Volume XIII, pp. 283-285. Also, Alexander Martin, of Earl (Fifth District) was chosen for a committee by general election. Pennsylvania Archives, 2d Series, volume XIII, pp. 284-285.
23. ↑ card entry at Pennsylvania State archives: "Keinert, Jacob. Active Duty. Rank: Private; Company or Commander: Capt. Schott; Unit: Came on Foot; Enlisted March 10, 1777; Enlisted in Lancaster, During War; Return of March 15, 1779 - Cont. Units. The basic entry proves active duty." Records Comptroller General, at C.P.R.
24.   (3) Tax Rolls, Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania Archives, 3d Series, Volume XVII.-- 1779 (Jacob KINARD, inmate).
25. ↑ Jacob Kinard, inmate
26. ↑ Moves from Earl (New Holland) in Lancaster County to Windsor in York County. Reason unknown. In 1783, the population of Windsor was 1,118. There were 190 barns, 184 houses, and 10 mills. There was 22,054 acres of assessable land, but Jacob never owned any of it.
27. ↑ Tax for 3 horses, 2 cattle; tax 1.1.9
28. ↑ p. 108: "Jacob Kinerd, member of the First Class of the Inhabitants of Windsor Township, classified under an Act passed in 1780, entitled 'An Act to compleat the quota of the Federal Army' each class was 'required to provide, in fifteen Days from this Date [January 30, 1781], one able-bodied Recruit for the Continental Army, to serve during the War,' under penalty of a fine of L15.0.0, specie: this class proved delinquent." Citation from Class Lists, H.J. Young, Black Series, pp. 31, 32, 35.
29. ↑ Jacob KINNER, owns no land, 5 inhabitants.
30. ↑ Index card for Jacob KINER, Militia, York County, Certificate 13,073, Total L(pounds) 10.10; Certificate issued 26 October 1786. Appears to be a fine for nonservice.
31. ↑ Jacob Keinert, yeoman, late of Windsor Township, York County, dies. Catherine Keinert and eldest son Frederick Keinert renounce "all our right and title to the administration of the said Jacob Keinert's estate", and desire that "trusty friend" Ulrich Weaver be appointed as administrator of the estate. This is accompanied by a form letter(!) in which Ulrich Weaver, Frederick Keinert & Philip Trey, all of Windsor Township pledge 300 pounds to the attorney, Jacob Barnetz. Ulrich Weaver is charged with making and filing an inventory of Jacob Keinert's possessions by February 9, 1788 and to deliver an account of his administration by January 9, 1788. The document bears 5 signatures: the mark of Ulrich Weaver, what appears to be the signature of Frederick Keinert, the signature of Philip George Trey, the mark of Abby Grin, and the signature of John Dolly. [source: Book G, page 153, January 9, 1787.]
    
    "Yeoman" in 18th century America usually connoted a non-slaveholding, small landowning, family farmer. It was also a sign of respect for a hard-working individual. Jacob seems to have been the latter. He does not seem to have ever realized his dream of owning land.
32.   5th Series, Volume III, pp. 901-902: Muster Roll for month of October, 1778, Roll of Capt. Schott's Comany (No. 3), Philadelphia