Johann Jacob3 Arner (felix2, Ulrich1), born 05 April 1750(14) in Whitehall, Bucks (now North Whitehall, Lehigh), Pennsylvania; died 28 July 1818 aged 68 years, 03 months, 23 days(14) in Upper Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania (also Death Notice in the Allentown Unabhaengiger Republikaner, issue of 06 August 1818); married to Anna Margaretha Kern who was born 29 December 1754(5a) in Heidelberg, Northampton (now Lehigh), Pennsylvania and died 05 March 1835 aged 80 years, 02 months, 06 days(5a) in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
[Margaretha was probably a niece of the John Kern who married Jacob’s sister, Anna Margaretha3 Arner.]
On 14 April 1771, he was a baptismal sponsor in Lehigh, Northampton, Pennsylvania for Johann Jacob Öhl, son of Andreas and Christina Öhl.
He was on the Muster Roll of the 8th Company, 2nd Battalion, Northampton Militia on 18 January 1777 (PA:5:8:117)(C). He served in the 4th Company, 1st Battalion, Northampton Militia from 01 November 1781 to 01 January 1783 (PA:5:8:054)(C). He was on the Muster Roll of Captain Frederick Kuntz’s Company (of Lehigh Township), Northampton Militia on 18 April 1785 (PA:6:3:886)(C). He was on the 1776, 1779, 1781, and 1788 Tax Lists in Whitehall Township (but not as a landowner; and apparently living on his widowed grandmother’s land in 1781). He is probably the Jacob Arner on the 1785 Tax List in Lehigh, Northampton, Pennsylvania (PA:3:19:161)(C).
On 26 July 1789, they were baptismal sponsors in Whitehall, Northampton (now Lehigh), Pennsylvania for Salome Ruch, daughter of Heinrich and Elisabeth Ruch(2).
[NOTE from Jeff Minnich: In Northampton Deed Book D-2, page 010, there is an interesting conveyance dated 17 December 1796. In this, the Hon. John Penn of Stoke Poges, Bucks, England, late one of the Proprietors of Pennsylvania, and the Hon. Richard Penn of Queen Ann St, Parish of Marlybone, Middlesex, England, brother of the late John Penn, the other late Proprietor of Pennsylvania, through their attorney, Edmund Physick, deeded to Jacob Arner, Plot No. 107 in Forks Township, 110 acres in Dryland. This tract had been designated Tracts A and B in the ejectment proceedings by the proprietors against the settlers. The affair was settled by mutual agreement - the settlers paid the Penns a reasonable amount for the land, and the Penns executed deeds to the settlers. Hence the deed to Jacob Arner. This would make all female descendents of Jacob Arner eligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Colonists, as descendents of original land holders. (On 10 April 1811, Jacob Arner and wife Margaret sold 33 acres of this tract to Peter Maurer and gave a deed recorded in Northampton Deed Book F-3, page 427.)]
1790 Census: Jacob Aroner, page 273, Allen, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
1800 Census: Jacob Arner, page 539, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
1810 Census: Jacob Arner, page 085, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
He is buried at Zionsville Reformed Church at Old Zionsville, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania [NOTE: go to the church page for photographs of his gravestone]. She was buried at Christ Union Church (now Schoenersville Cemetery) at Schoenersville, Lehigh, Pennsylvania [but I didn’t find her gravestone; it may be illegible or difficult to read by now, if it even still exists]. His estate (Lehigh Will Book 1, page 206), Letters of Administration for Henry Arner and Michael Ritter filed 03 August 1818, documents mention widow Margaret.
A deed filed 26 May 1824 (Lehigh County Deed Book 5, page 176), selling land that he had bought on 30 March 1811, lists the heirs of Jacob Arner deceased of Upper Milford: Jacob Arner, Nicholas Arner, Henry Arner, Jacob Snable and Elizabeth his wife (late Arner), Abraham Saylor and Eve his wife (late Arner), all of Northampton County; George Arner, Michael Ritter and Margareth his wife (late Arner), Michael Beige and Susanna his wife (late Arner), all of Lehigh County; and John Arner of Centre County. [Note that this list does not include son Peter, who may have already been living in Groveland, Livingston, New York. Perhaps Peter had already signed over his rights to the land. Or possibly it was just an error by the person writing the deed.]
Children, most probably born in Lehigh Township:
+ John Jacob4 Arner, born and christened 18 October 1774 (Sponsors: Felix Arner and Maria Elisabeth [the paternal grandparents] )(3); married Catharina Barbara Doerner; moved to York County, Pennsylvania, then to Maryland [probably in northern Frederick (now Carroll) County], then to Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
John Abraham4 Arner, born 11 April and christened 05 May 1776 (Sponsors: Abraham Voiturin and Margaret Arner)(3); died 13 August 1776 aged 04 months, 02 days(34).
+ John4 Orner, born 24 June and christened 13 July 1777 (Sponsors: John Schneider and Susanna Hahn)(3); married Elizabeth Paul; moved to Bald Eagle, Centre (now Clinton), Pennsylvania.
+ John Henry4 Arner, born 25 December 1778 and christened 31 January 1779 (Sponsors: John Anthony and Susanna Voiturin)(3).; married Catharina Paul; moved to Groveland, Livingston, New York.
+ Nicholas4 Arner, born 25 September and christened 22 October 1780 (Sponsors: Jacob Rittenhouse and Susanna Saeger)(3); married Susanna Koenig; moved to Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
+ ELIZABETH4 ARNER, born 17 August and christened 08 September 1782 (Sponsors: Henry Blos and Maria Elizabeth)(3); married Jacob Schnabel; moved to Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
Catherine4 Arner, born 04 April and christened 09 May 1784 (Sponsors: George Adam Teuper and Catharina Helfrich)(3).
+ MARGARETHA4 ARNER, born 11 February 1787; married (Honorable) John Michael Ritter; lived at Rittersville, Lehigh, Pennsylvania.
+ EVA CATHARINA4 ARNER, born 27 July and christened 24 August 1788 (Sponsors: Nicolaus and Eva Seger)(2)(37); married (Doctor) Abraham Saylor; moved to Lower Nazareth, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
+ SUSANNA4 ARNER, born 18 February and christened 28 March 1790 (Sponsors: Johannes and Susanna Baer)(2)(37); married first John Strauss; married second Michael Biege; moved to North Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania.
+ Peter4 Arner, born 09 February and christened 08 April 1792 (Sponsors: Joh. Schneider and Agnes Kreuz, single)(5a); married Louisa Magdalena Knauss; moved to Groveland, Livingston, New York, then to Lenawee County, , Michigan.
+ JOHANN GEORG4 ARNER, born 29 January and christened 09 March 1794 (Sponsors: Georg Tosser and Magdalena Stapp, single)(5a); married Maria Breisch; moved to Lower Macungie, Lehigh, Pennsylvania.
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