John Kerner and Magdalena [Unk]

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Husband John Kerner ¹

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            AKA: John Carner
           Born: Abt 1752 - southeastern Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jun 1819 - Ferguson Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Magdalena [Unk] ¹

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           Born: Bet 1755 and 1765
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1830 - ? Ferguson Twp, Centre Co, PA
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Peter Carner

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            AKA: Peter Karner 2
           Born: Abt 1785 - Penns Twp, Northumberland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1870 - ? Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

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2 M John Carner, Sr. ^{3 4}

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           Born: 29 Jan 1787 - Penns Twp, Northumberland Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Dec 1870 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Pine Hill Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Susan Stroup (1793-1844) 6
           Marr: Abt 1816 - Union Co, PA 3

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3 M George A. Carner ⁷

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           Born: 16 May 1795 or 1797 - Northumberland Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Apr 1866 - Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Mount Nebo Cemetery, Whitestown, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Elisabeth Schoch (1797-1871) 7
           Marr: Abt 1819 - Washington Twp, Union Co, PA

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4 M Jacob Carner

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           Born: Abt 1802
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

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5 M Leonard Carner ⁸

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           Born: Abt 1803
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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6 F Molly Carner

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           Born: 
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General Notes: Husband - John Kerner

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Another source states that he was born about 1736.

He was probably born in the Philadelphia - ­Berks County area of Pennsylvania.

He fought in the colonial forces during the Revolution­ary War. He enlisted at Reading, Berks County, in 1775 as a rifleman in Colonel Thompson's Regiment in the company commanded by Captain George Nagle. He was discharged in July of 1776 on Long Island and returned to Reading where he re-enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Mouser and afterwards Captain Finney's company in the Sixth Regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Colonel Harmen. According to his pension papers, he was wounded in the hand and lost two fingers at the Battle of Litchfield's Point. He also saw action at the battle of Scotch Plains, the taking of the Hessians at Trenton (December, 1776), Princeton (January, 1777) and the battle of Brandywine (September, 1777). He may have served in the colonial forces until 1781.
After the war, he seems to have settled in the wilderness of Northumberland County in the central part of Pennsylvania. In 1786, he was living in Penns township, Northumberland County. In 1788, he sold some land in Penns township. In 1813 he is found living in White Deer township, Northumberland County, (now Union County). He left White Deer township by 1816. He was living in Union County in May, 1818, when he applied for his pension. He was probably living in Washington township where his son George was living. In late 1818 or early 1819, he moved to Ferguson township, Centre County where he died. [DKM, 1]

1 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 1.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1005.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 639.

4 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 11.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 41.

6 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 213.

7 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 4.

8 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 3.