Jacob3 Arner (probably ulrich2, Ulrich1; but see NOTES), probably born about 1758-59 in Heidelberg, Northampton (now Lehigh), Pennsylvania, USA; married about 1788 probably in Essex County, Upper Canada (now Ontario Province), Canada to Maria Barbara Arnold (daughter of Frederick John Arnold and Martha Schauer) who was born 16 March 1767 in Germany and died January 1818 in Gosfield, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
He is probably the Jacob Arner who enlisted in the 1st (Captain Jost Dreisbach’s) Company, Count von Ottendorf’s Corps on 21 February 1777 (PA:5:3:897, 898)(C). [NOTES: This is the same company that Johannes3 Arner (Ulrich2, Ulrich1) enlisted in a couple of months later. If Jacob was the son of Ulrich2 Arner, then this Johannes would have been his (next younger?) brother. Ottendorf’s Corps was broken up into independent companies in June 1778, after Ottendorf himself had deserted to the British. At least two of those companies were later stationed in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, but probably not until early 1779, so that may just be coincidence. (To see the reason that Wyoming is important, see the Notes here.)]
He is probably the Jacob Arner who signed the Oath of Allegiance on 27 August 1777 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
He served as a Private in Butler’s Rangers [NOTE: Butler’s Rangers was a British Loyalist unit that was formed in 1777 with recruits mostly from the Albany and Mohawk Valley areas in New York, but Jacob does not appear to have been one of the original recruits]. They were stationed at Fort Niagara in what is now Ontario, Canada. After the American Revolutionary War was over, they were granted lands in Canada.
“Jacob Arner, Private, an artificer” was serving in Captain Peter tenBroeck’s Company on 01 August 1778 (Haldimand Papers, National Archives of Canada, Additional Manuscripts 21765: Correspondence with Officers at Niagara, 1777-1784; Pay List 24 December 1777 to 24 October 1778).
On 20 July 1784, “Jacob Arner, alone” was on the list of persons receiving rations in Niagara District (Haldimand Papers, National Archives of Canada, Additional Manuscripts 21828: Musters of Refugee Loyalists Desiring to Settle in Canada, 1784, DePeyster to Haldimand, 20 July 1784).
On 10 January 1789, “Jacob Arner, 2 in family” then living in Malden, Essex, Ontario, Canada, was granted Lot 27 in the First Concession, in what is now Gosfield, Essex, Ontario (National Archives of Canada, RG 1, Upper Canada, Executive Council, L4, Land Records, Upper Canada, 1764-1842, Volume 2, List of Disbanded Troops, 10 January 1789).
Their burial place no longer exists. It is believed to have washed away or eroded into Lake Erie.
Known children, born in Gosfield, some possibly not in correct birth order:
Possibly John4 Arner, said to have died young.
+ ELIZABETH4 ARNER, born 25 April 1791; married Joseph Julien; moved to Colchester, Essex, Ontario; possibly later to Kent County, Ontario.
+ Jacob4 Arner, born 03 December 1793; married Susannah Iler.
Susan4 Arner, born about 1795; married to John Whittle; moved to Kent County, Ontario. [He was probably a son of Richard Thomas Whittle and Marie Joseph Eusebe Thibault. NOTE: Richard Whittle also served in Butler’s Rangers and was granted Lot 29 in the First Concession.] Susan applied for a Land Grant as a child of a Loyalist (Council of Upper Canada: Orders of Council, 13 August 1840).
Mary Ann4 Arner, born about 1796; died 18 August 1859 in Colchester South, Essex, Ontario; married to Henry Huffman (son of Rudolph Huffman and Rebecca Weiss, from Frederick County, Maryland) who was born about 1796 in Colchester South and died 13 October 1852 in Colchester South. She applied for a Land Grant as a child of a Loyalist (Council of Upper Canada: Orders of Council, 04 February 1836). They apparently had no surviving children [their adopted son Henry Huffman6 Julien inherited their farm in Colchester South after Mary Ann died]. 1851 Census: Henery Huffman, page 41, line 19, Colchester, Essex, Canada West.
Possibly Catherine4 Arner, married after 1823 to John Arnold of Kent County, Ontario (son of Johann Ludwig [Lewis] Arnold and Catherine Snider, and nephew of Maria Barbara Arnold, above) who was born about 1795 and died 1871. [NOTES: Or, Catherine might have been a widow (possibly of John Arner, above, if he lived long enough to be married), or a daughter of another unknown Arner in Ontario. There is an interesting family story that Jacob4 Arner (above) who later married Susannah Iler, had lived in his youth with an uncle “Mr. Arner” (presumably in Canada, but that’s not known for sure).]
[John Arnold was married first to Catherine McMullen and had at least one child, Catherine Arnold, born 1823. His uncle John Arnold had also served in Butler’s Rangers, and had been originally granted Lot 27, the same lot which was later granted to Jacob3 Arner.]
Magdalena4 Arner, born about 1800; married first to _______ Blakely; married second to ______ West, of Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
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