ViewsWatchersBrowse |
Nicholas Kerns
b.1698 Amsterdam, Holland (Germany)
d.Bef 11 May 1749 Near Slatington, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Family tree▼ (edit)
Facts and Events
[edit] Immigration of Nicholas KernsArrived on the ship "Advantage" from Holland on Oct. 2, 1727. [edit] Advisory on Nicholas KernSeveral Kern/Kerns researchers have dis-proved that Nicholas Kerns was the husband of Catherine Engen (who later married Matthew Sharp) and father of George and Michael Carn/Kern, who migrated from Pennsylvania to Bedford County, Virginia. Nicholas Kern the ancestor of the Kern family, sailed from Rotterdam, Holland on the ship "Adventurer" and arrived at Philadelphia on Oct. 2, 1727. He and his wife Maria Margaretha left many records in Pennsylvania, where Nicholas died (in Northampton County, Pennsylvania) in 1749. Nicholas Kern of Pennsylvania clearly identifies his wife in his written will as "Maria Margaretha", not Catherine. As such, he could not have been the father of George and Michael Carn/Kern of Bedford County, Virginia. [edit] Will of Nicholas Kern
[Anniversary History Of Lehigh County, Vol. II, Copyright 1914]
[edit] Information on Nicholas KernNicholas 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. [Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=davidhelfrich&id=I2393] |