KESSLER, Johannes George Bernhard

1711 - 1792  (80 years)

• Name	KESSLER, Johannes George Bernhard  [1]
  Born	8 Nov 1711	Muehlhofen, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jan 1792	Frederick County, Maryland
  Person ID	I2961	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	KESSLER, Hans Nicolaus,   b. 1662, Ilbesheim, Germany ,   d. Bef 1720, Muehlhofen, Germany  (Age < 57 years)
  Mother	ACONTIUS, Marie Magdalena,   b. 1674, Dierbach, Germany ,   d. 11 Jun 1740, Muehlhofen, Germany  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1707	Germany
  Family ID	F1003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HAUSWURTH, Anna Catherine,   b. 1714, Germany ,   d. Frederick County, Maryland
  Married	30 Jul 1737	Widen, Germany
  Children	1. KESSLER, Johann George Bernhard,   b. 27 Sep 1739, Widen, Germany ,   d. 21 Feb 1826, Frederick County, Maryland  (Age 86 years)   2. KESSLER, Johannes,   b. 12/12 Jan 1741/1742, Widen, Germany ,   d. Hagerstown, Maryland   3. KESSLER, Isaac,   b. 8 May 1744, Widen, Germany ,   d. 23 Apr 1747, Widen, Germany  (Age 2 years)   4. KESSLER, Andreas,   b. 27 Sep 1744, Zweslbruecken, Winden, Germany ,   d. 24 Sep 1809, Donegal Township, Westmorland County, Pennsylvania  (Age 64 years)   5. KESSLER, Susanna Catherine,   b. 7 Nov 1749, Widen, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. KESSLER, Margaret,   b. 1753, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Johannes was a "Master Shoemaker" and belonged to the Evangelical Reformed Church. He Came to America 7, October, 1751 with his wife and four children on the ship "Janet", Captain Jacob Hauswird. Left from Zwesbruecken, Germany. They stayed in Pennsylvania for almost two years then showed up in the Evangelical Reformed Church records in 1753 in Frederick County, Maryland. He showed up on the church records until 1789 and then nothing further. Frederick muster rolls circa 1757. Service with the Hessian Army. He fought Indians in Frederick, Maryland under a Captain Peter Butler. He did not collect what was owed him for his last 34 days of active duty until 1768. He owned land in Tasker's Chance, now Frederick, Maryland.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Kessler family researcher, Karen Kessler Cottrill.