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From: BSilver49 <>
Subject: [KERN-L] Nicholas KERN Northampton & Bucks Co PA & Palf Germany
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:12:56 EDT

Subj:Nicholas Kern of Bucks & Northampton Co, PA & Pfalz, GERMANY
Date:98-04-17 12:39:06 EDT
From:BSilver49
To:PELLFAM4

Hi Susan,
Ever since you gave me the name Nicholas KERN as the father of my Frederick
KERN , I spent most of yesterday looking for the Nicholas KERN that might be
the father of Frederick and I think I found him, or at least his family. What
I did was to combine information from several sources on the internet and a
set of World Family Tree Data disks that I own. I took the most reliable
looking stuff and combined them together and was thus able to build a family.
I should warn you, however that none of this has yet been verified and so
should be taken with a grain of salt.
One confusion was the locations listing both Bucks Co, PA and Northampton Co
PA. On checking, I discovered that Northampton Co PA was formed from part of
Bucks Co in 1752 so the family could have been in one town & changed counties
during that period. Another confusion is the tendency of Pennsylvania KERN
families to give all of their children of the same sex a common first name at
baptism. For example one family might name their six children: Hans Lorentz,
Hans Nicholas, Hans Joseph, Anna Margaret, Anna Maria, Anna Saloma and then
for the rest of their lives, these individuals go by only their middle name:
thus the above family would ever after be listed only as Lorentz, Nicholas,
Joseph, Margaret, Maria & Saloma. So, sometimes an individual will be listed
under both names and sometimes only under the middle name. One cannot assume
that Johannes Adam would be listed later as Johannes but probably as Adam.

So: here is what I have: There are 2 Nicholas KERN familes of the correct time
period and in the same place. They may be the same person , they may be father
and son but they are most certainly related. They have the same approximate
date of death but different dates of birth. For the Nicholas KERN born in 1666
I have only 1 child & no spouse listed but a clear record of his ancestors.
He is listed as dying about 1748. The other Nicholas KERN is listed as born
about 1693 but his wife is listed as 7 years older. His listed dod is May 4,
1749 in Bucks Co, PA. I compiled his children from several sources, each
listing only one of the children. His parents are not given. His wife is
listed as Maria Margaretha. If the date of birth for this second Nicholas
KERN is a mistake and he was actually born earlier, the two could easily be
the same person.
To compolicate matters, one of the Nicholas Kerns is listed as having a son
and grandson named Nicholas.

Here is Nicholas KERN #1's family:
Descendants of Phillip Kern

1 Phillip Kernb: Abt. 1510 in Hornbach, GERMANY d: 1561-1570
.........2 Peter Kernb: 1530-1544 in Hornbach, GERMANY
d: Abt. 1595 in Bod Bergzabern,
Pfalz, GERMANY
.............+Catharine b: Abt. 1546
d: Aft. 1612 in Bod Bergzabern,
Pfalz, GERMANY
....................3 Hans Kern
....................3 Phillip Kern
....................3 Hans Kern b: 1571-1572 in Bod Bergzabern, Pfalz,
GERMANY d: Bef. 1635 in Schoenau, GERMANY
........................+Gertrudeb: 1573-1576
...............................4 Hans Kern b: 1598-1603 in Schoenau,
GERMANY
d: 1656-1668
...................................+Reissb: Abt. 1606 in Nothweiler,
GERMANY
d: Bef. 1666
...........................................5 [1] Hans Kern
b: 1622-1628 in
Nothweiler, GERMANY
d: 1674 in Rumbach,
Pfalz, GERMANY
...............................................+Ottilia Wagnerm: Abt. 1648
b: 1623d: Aft.
October 11, 1657
......................................................6 Hans Peter Kern
b: Abt.
1650 in Rumbach, Pfalz,
GERMANY
d: Aft. 1670
......................................................6 Johannes Kern
b: February 05,
1653/54 in Rumbach,
Pfalz,
GERMANY
......................................................6 Hans Velten Kern
b: February 10,
1655/56 in
Rum
bach, Pfalz, GERMANY
......................................................6 Margaret Kern
b:
October 11, 1657 in Rumbach,
Pf
alz, GERMANY
d:
October 22, 1657 in Rumbach,
Pf
alz, GERMANY
......................................................6 Elizabeth Kern
b: October
11, 1657 in Rumbach,
Pfalz
, GERMANYd: October
13,
1657 in Rumbach, Pfalz,
GER
MANY
...........................................*2nd Wife of [1] Hans Kern:
...............................................+Barbara Neuhartm: December
1657
b: 1635-1642
......................................................6 Catharina Margareth
Kern
b: September 07,
1658 in Rumbach,
Pfalz,
GERMANY
......................................................6 Hans Leonhardt Kern
b: July 15,
1660 in Rumbach,
Pfal
z, GERMANY
d: in
Nothweiler, GERMANY
..........................................................+Maria Catharine
Nevhardt

b: Abt. 1660
......................................................6 Hans Jacob Kern
b:
April 02, 1662 in Rumbach,
Pfalz
, GERMANY
......................................................6 Nicholaus Kern
b: December 04, 1666
in Rumbach,
Pfalz,
GERMANYd: Abt. 1748
7.
George Henry KERN
b.
Sept 12, 1707 in Rumbach,
Ge
rmany
d.
1763 in Whitehall,

Northampton Co, PA

8. Christopher KERN

1742-1794

+ Catherine OTT
6. Christof KERN
b: June 14,
1664 in Rumbach, Pfalz,
GERMANYd:
1748 in Rumbach,
Pfalz,
GERMANY
..........................................................+Catharina
Salome
...........................................5 Anna Catharine Kern
....................3 Abraham Kernb: Abt. 1576d: 1638-1639
....................3 Velten Kernb: Abt. 1584d: Abt. 1648
........................+Margaret
...............................4 Jost Kern
...............................4 Johannes Kern
....................3 Peter Kernb: Abt. 1569d: Aft. 1620
...............................4 Joachim Kernb: Abt. 1593
...............................4 Frederich Kernb: Abt. 1595
...............................4 Paul Kern
.........2 Ruprecht Kernb: Abt. 1542
.........2 Johannes (Rev) Kernb: 1548d: 1616

Nicholas Kern #2

1. Nicholas KERN b. 1693 Europe
d. May 4, 1749 Heidelberg Twp, Bucks Co, PA
Immigrated to America, Philadelphia, PA Oct 2,
1727
+ Maria Margaretha b. 1687 in Europe d. 1770 Northampton Co, PA
Children:
2. Corneila Elizabeth KERN b. 1724 m. 1754 to Martin
SINGLEY
2. Lorentz KERN b. 1726-1749
+ Elizabeth Cahterine BAER
3. John Henry KERN July 6, 1772
3. Anna Margaret KERN 1774
3Maria Salome KERN 1777
3. Elizabeth KERN 1780
3 Maria Susanna KERN 1783
3 Magdalena KERN 1786

2. William KERN b 1725 Europe M: 1767 Northampton Co, PA
d. Aug 18, 1800 in Heidelberg Twp, Northampton Co,
PA
+ Maria Salome BAER
3. Christopher KERN B:1768 Heidelberg Twp,
Northampton
Co,PA
3. George William KERN b. 1772 Heidelberg, PA
3. Nicholas KERN b. 1773 in Heidelberg, PA
3. Elizabeth Catharine KERN b. 1775 in
Heidelberg, PA
3. John Kern b. 1777 Heidelberg PA
3. Marie Salome KERN b. 1779 Heidelberg, PA
3. Julia Ann KERN b. 1781 in Heidelberg PA
+ William PETER
3. Daniel KERN b 1783 Heidelberg, PA
3. Jacob KERN b. 1789 Heidelberg, PA
2. Nicholas KERN
+ Eva
3. Nicholas KERN

What do you think ? Could either or both of these two men be the father of our
Frederick KERN ?

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