CAPTAIN JOHN DETER, COLONEL NICHOLAS KERN, 3RD BATTERY NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, MILITIA
Heinrich was born in Germany between 1740 and 1745 and arrived on the ship Chance, Charles Smith, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Crowes, England. He took the oath of allegiance September 9, 1765. He married Anna Rosina Vetterman, daughter of Balthaser Vetterman (alias Baltzer Fetterman) and Catherine Gertrude Ludwig , October 16, 1770 in Alburtis, Lehigh County, PA. They first settled in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, PA. They moved to Greenwich Township, Berks County PA in 1795. They moved to their next and final settlement in Turbot Township, now Delaware Township, Northumberland County, PA in 1805. Their farm was known as The Sinking Spring.
They had ten children:
Magdalena Gernhardt Shafer 1771-1834
Jacob Garnet 1773-1813
Anna Elizabeth Gernhardt 1776-1854
Philip Garnhart 1779-1843
John Gernert 1780-1851
Catharine Gernhardt Fogelman 1783-1840
Margaret Gernhardt Litchard 1783-1836
Baltzer Garnhart 1785-1851
Anna Maria Gernhardt Williams 1786-1862
Susanna Gernhardt Mosteller 1789-1823.
Heinrich and Anna Rosina both died in 1820. They are buried in the churchyard of St. John's Delaware Run Union Church, Delaware Township, Northumberland County, PA.
CAPTAIN JOHN DETER, COLONEL NICHOLAS KERN, 3RD BATTERY NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, MILITIA
Heinrich was born in Germany between 1740 and 1745 and arrived on the ship Chance, Charles Smith, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Crowes, England. He took the oath of allegiance September 9, 1765. He married Anna Rosina Vetterman, daughter of Balthaser Vetterman (alias Baltzer Fetterman) and Catherine Gertrude Ludwig , October 16, 1770 in Alburtis, Lehigh County, PA. They first settled in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, PA. They moved to Greenwich Township, Berks County PA in 1795. They moved to their next and final settlement in Turbot Township, now Delaware Township, Northumberland County, PA in 1805. Their farm was known as The Sinking Spring.
They had ten children:
Magdalena Gernhardt Shafer 1771-1834
Jacob Garnet 1773-1813
Anna Elizabeth Gernhardt 1776-1854
Philip Garnhart 1779-1843
John Gernert 1780-1851
Catharine Gernhardt Fogelman 1783-1840
Margaret Gernhardt Litchard 1783-1836
Baltzer Garnhart 1785-1851
Anna Maria Gernhardt Williams 1786-1862
Susanna Gernhardt Mosteller 1789-1823.
Heinrich and Anna Rosina both died in 1820. They are buried in the churchyard of St. John's Delaware Run Union Church, Delaware Township, Northumberland County, PA.
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Jacob Garnet
1773–1813
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Anna Magdelena Gernhardt Shaffer
1774–1837
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Anna Elizabeth Garnhart
1776–1854
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Philip Garnhart
1779–1843
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Johannes Gernert
1780–1851
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Catherine Garnhart Fogelman
1783–1810
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Baltzer Garnhart
1785–1851
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Anna Maria Gernhardt Williams
1786–1862
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Margaret Gernhardt Litchard
1789–1836
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Susanna Gernhardt Mosteller
1789–1846
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