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     She married Louis Hall.¹ Elsie was born at Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA, on 7 July 1882.¹ Elsie died in September 1933 at age 51.¹

     She married Tom Connelly.¹ Carrie was born at Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA, on 5 September 1884.¹ Carrie died in February 1977 at age 92.¹

     Annie was born at Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA, on 25 September 1892.¹

     He married Mae Newell.¹ Louis was born at Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA, on 18 November 1871.¹ Louis died on 23 January 1969 at age 97.¹

     John Lawrence (Johannes Lorentz) Lawyer Barker CD, Schoharie, Lawyer: "3612: LAWRENCE LAWYER (called jr. on 1774 bp rec.) - born 1750 (son of Jacob Frederick, as in Mattice book, pg 194); died 23 Aug 1840; m SRL 9 Nov 1773 ELISABETH LAWYER (b 1752, Elis./wife of Law./ d SRL 3 Sep 1827 age 75) dau of LAWRENCE LAWYER & ELISABETH BERG. Confirmed at Schoharie (SRL) 1769. Lawrence served at the Battle of Cobleskill in 1778, when he helped carry off the wounded Joseph Belkap, and he had his house there burned twice during the Revolution. Lawrence jr. was on the 1790 Schoharie census (2-2-4). The will of Lawrence Lawyer of Cobleskill, dated 18 Oct 1834 (probated 20 May 1841), mentions son Abraham, deceased son John L. (his widow Margaret and children Augustus, James, William, & John Lawrence), grandch Caty, w. of Abraham Kromer, Ann Eliza (w. of Jerome Kromer), Mary Jane Schuyler (single), & Lawrence Lawyer Schuyler (Barber wills/25a.580)."

Szumowski Genealogy:

"Johannes [John L] LAWYER [...] was born^1 6 Apr 1782 in Schoharie Co., NY and was christened^2 1782 in Schoharie, Schoharie, Co., NY. He died 17 Sep 1832. Johannes married Margaret.
Other marriages:
SPRAKER, Nancy
CHRISTENING: Sponsors: Johanne Lawyer, son of Lorentz, and his wife. No christening date listed in the records.
BIOGRAPHY: Johannes Lorentz Lawyer
DEATH: Some records have him as dying 19 Feb 1874.
Margaret married Johannes [John L] LAWYER.
Other marriages:
DURAND, Harvy
They had the following children:
M i James William LAWYER was born 15 Jan 1828 in Cobleskill, Schoharie Co., NY and was christened 2 Mar 1828 in Cobleskill, Schoharie Co., NY.
F ii Maria LAWYER was born 24 Jun 1830 and was christened 1 Aug 1830 in Cobleskill, Schoharie Co., NY.
M iii John Lawrence LAWYER was born 15 Nov 1832 in Cobleskill, Schoharie Co., NY and was christened 30 Dec 1832 in Cobleskill, Schohaire Co., NY. He died 30 Dec 1832."

These are the footnotes:

"1R.W. Vosburgh, ed., Records of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church records in the town of Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY (New York city, 1914), Library of Congress, Washington, DC, F129.S55 S5.

2R.W. Vosburgh, ed., St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church records."

John was born at Schoharie, New York, USA, on 6 April 1782.^1,2,3 He was baptized at St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Schoharie, Schoharie, New York, USA, in 1782. Religion: (an unknown value).² He married Nancy Spraker on 14 October 1803.¹ He married Margaret McMillan circa 1827. First child b 15 Jan 1828.^1,4 John died on 17 September 1832 at age 50.^1,5

     Nancy was born in 1782.¹ She married John Lawrence (Johannes Lorentz) Lawyer on 14 October 1803.¹ Nancy died in December 1882. Surely this should be Dec 1822, not Dec 1882, since her last child was b 27 Jul 1822, and since her husband's first child by his next marriage was b 15 Jan 1828..¹

     Jeremiah was born at ?Roxbury, MA, on 3 November 1639. Jacobus does not give birthdate or place..¹ He was baptized on 16 May 1675. Religion: (an unknown value).² He married Sarah Hotchkiss. LDS: 16 May 1675?, New Haven CT, but son b 25 Apr 1664. Jacobus does not give place or date..^1,2 Jeremiah died in 1711 at ?Derby, CT. LDS: 18 Dec 1681 Roxbury MA. Jacobus 1711/2; residence Derby..^1,2

     Sarah was born at New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, in 1648.¹ She married Jeremiah Johnson. LDS: 16 May 1675?, New Haven CT, but son b 25 Apr 1664. Jacobus does not give place or date..^1,2 Sarah died in 1712 at Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Samuel was born at Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, on 29 September 1663.¹ Samuel died on 18 February 1697 at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, at age 33.¹

     Jabez was born at Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, in 1642.¹ He married Margaret Tomlinson at Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, on 5 November 1662.¹ Jabez died in 1678 at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.¹

     Margaret was born in 1644.¹ She married Jabez Harger at Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, on 5 November 1662.¹ Margaret died on 17 March 1698 at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.¹

     William was born at Vermont, USA.¹ He Real Bullets:

"William left rural Vermont for Boston, where he attended art school and went on to work as a newspaper illustrator in Boston, Philadelphia and finally in New York City, where the family settled permanently in 1917." He married Dessa Durand (Du730f) at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, before 1909.¹ He moved in 1917 at New York City, New York, New York, USA.¹

     Charles Edward Gorham Real Bullets:

"Charles's grandfather, Charles Edward Gorham, lived and worked for most of his life as an artisan in St Johnsbury, Vermont."

See grandaughter Dessa Durand for more info. Charles was born on 6 August 1842.² He married Addie Malvina Heerman at Troy, Orleans, Vermont, USA, on 4 July 1884.³

     Sarah was born. Sarah died in 1984. Footnote 11: "Eulogy of Sarah Bloom delivered at her death in 1984 by Emmanual Hoffman.".¹

     She married Jesse Baldwin [JBa571].¹ Anor was born at Derby Twp, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, on 12 October 1775.²

     Edward was born. He married Sarah (?).¹

     Sarah was born. She married Edward Harger.¹

     HANS GEORG [GEORGE] ["JURRIAN"] ["JERRI"] BARNER [BERNER] HANS JURRIEN GEORG (JURGEN) BERNER is yet another variation on his name. Another is JERRI BERNER, from marriage record, where wife is SARAH OMSTEED.

The 1790 NY Census for the "town of Schoharry", 202:

George Barner 1 1 3

lists GEORGE with 1 son < 16 (that would be Simeon (Simon) b 1789), SARAH, and two daughters (which would be Sarah b 1785 and Catharina b 1786). The next child, Johannes, was b 24 Oct 1790.

The 1800 Schoharie Co NY Census, Cobleskill, 153:

George Berner 1 1 _ 1 _, 1 _ 1 1 _

for 1M 0-9, 1M 10-15, 1M 26-44, 1F 0-9, 1F 16-25, 1F 26-44. This is puzzling because our records would have this for GEORGE in 1800:

GEORGE BERNER 3 1 _ 1 _, 2 1 _ 1 _

for Johannes 9, Hendrick 8, David 5, Simeon 11, GEORGE 42, PHOEBE 3, Catharine 2, Sarah 15, and SARAH 34. We are fairly sure that the following children were alive in 1800: Simeon, David, PHOEBE, and Catherine. If only these survived to 1800, then we would have

GEORGE BERNER 1 1 _ 1 _, 2 _ _ 1 _

which implies that Sarah must also have lived and been incorrectly (?) placed, at 15, in the 16-25 age group. So this record would imply that Johannes and Hendrick were dead by 1800. The child I am most uncertain was alive in 1800 is Catherine. I tend to count her as alive because there was a Katherine Berner who witnessed GEORGE's will in 1829.

Listed next to GEORGE in the 1800 census are John Berner and Joseph Berner.

The 1820 NY Census for Schoharie Co has this entry:

George Barner _ 2 1 1 2 1, _ _ _ _ 1 , _ 2

with the last 2 being the number of persons engaged in agriculture and the remaining numbers read as follows: 2M 10-15, 1M 16-18, 1M 16-25, 2M 26-44, 1M 45+, 1F 45+.

From other sources for GEORG BARNER, he would be 62 on 1 Jun 1820 and SARAH would be 55. Their children would be 2M 10-15, 1M 16-18, 2M 16-25, 3M 26-44, 2F 16-25, 1F 26-44. Assuming all the daughters are married, David 25 is married, and one of the sons 26-44 is married (or dead), all reasonable assumptions, then the count is as given in the census.

From FHL microfilm roll 0860324 (Abstracts: Wills, etc, Schoharie NY), 2:34:

"p. 19. GEORGE BARNER of Cobleskill. Dated Dec. 22, 1829. Probated Aug. 9, 1830. Mentions: sons: Silas, Simon, David G., Joshua, Levey, wife Lana, Witnesses: Martinus Borst of Middleburgh, Katharine Berner of Cobleskill, Henry Shafer of Cobleskill, Executors: sons: Simeon, David G., Silas. signed George Barner."

This all fits except for wife "Lana". Either this is the wife of Levey (Levi) or it is a transcription error for Sara. SARAH was alive at GEORGE's death.

Schoharie County NYGenWeb Site:

"History of Schoharie County" by William E. Roscoe

CHAPTER XXIII: HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF COBLESKILL

"BERNER SETTLEMENT.

In the orchard near Dr. Werner's residence stand two tomb-stones that mark the graves of Joseph Berner and his wife, the first settlers of the place. Mr. Berner was born in 1755 and settled upon the farm now owned and occupied by Peter Myers, and was soon followed by his brother George."

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Baptism Records, for 29 Nov 1795, lists as sponsors for the birth of Jeremias Kilmer (son of Jurrian and Salome Kilmer): "Jurrian Berning and Sene Berning". Note that GEORGE's sister Salome married George Kilmer and had son Jeremiah, bap 29 Nov 1795. So Jurrian and Sene are surely GEORGE ("Jurrian") and SARAH (transcription error from Sara?). HANS was born at Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA, on 5 January 1758.^8,9,10 He was baptized at Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA. Religion: (an unknown value).^8,9 He married SARAH OLMSTED [OMSTEED] [AMSTADT] [ALMSTEAD] at Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA, on 3 December 1784. SARAH OMSTEAD record gives 1784, , Dutchess, NY.
Hans George Berner record gives 3 Dec 1784, Kingston, Ulster, NY.
Note that Rhinebeck, Dutchess and Kingston, Ulster are just across the Hudson River from one another. Roswell R. Hoes, best reference, gives 3 Dec 1784..^{11,12,8,1,9,13,14} HANS was listed as the head of a family on the on 2 August 1790 Census at Schoharie, New York, USA.⁵ HANS was listed as the head of a family on the in 1800 Census at Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA.¹⁵ He made a will at Schoharie, New York, USA, on 22 December 1829.¹⁶ HANS died on 8 May 1830 at Schoharie, New York, USA, at age 72. "of Cobleskill" in will.^8,9 HANS's will was probated at Schoharie, New York, USA, on 9 August 1830.¹⁶

     SARAH OLMSTED [OMSTEED] [AMSTADT] [ALMSTEAD] Her surname is spelled Amstadt (umlaut over second "a") in baptism record for son Johannes:

2:21, 1790: "Johannes Oct. 24 Nov. 15 Georg Berner and Sara Amstadt ..." SARAH was born at Dutchess, New York, USA, circa 1766. LDS gives "" as city.^2,3,4 As of 3 December 1784,her married name was BARNER [BERNER].^{5,6,7,8,3,9,10} She married HANS GEORG [GEORGE] ["JURRIAN"] ["JERRI"] BARNER [BERNER] at Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA, on 3 December 1784. SARAH OMSTEAD record gives 1784, , Dutchess, NY.
Hans George Berner record gives 3 Dec 1784, Kingston, Ulster, NY.
Note that Rhinebeck, Dutchess and Kingston, Ulster are just across the Hudson River from one another. Roswell R. Hoes, best reference, gives 3 Dec 1784..^{5,6,7,8,3,9,10} She was baptized at St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Schoharie, Schoharie, New York, USA, on 16 November 1790. Religion: (an unknown value).^11,4 SARAH died on 6 June 1841.³

     Sarah Barner There is a Sarah Barney m Henry Dygart, 14 Apr 1805, recorded at the Lawyersville Reformed Church, who might be this Sarah Barner. Sarah was born at Schoharie, Schoharie, New York, USA, on 30 April 1785. The Sara BARNER LDS christening record says "Birth: 30 Apr 1785, Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schoharie, Schoharie, New York", thus appearing to be a baptism record rather than a birth record. Her father is here given as Jurgen BARNER.

The Schoharie records for St Pauls (inspected on microfilm) do not list a baptism date, only a birth date, for Sara..^2,3,4,5,6 She was baptized at St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Schoharie, Schoharie, New York, USA. Religion: (an unknown value).^2,4,7

     JOHANNES BERNER See text for great grandfather HANNS BERNER. JOHANNES was born.^3,4,5,6 He was baptized at Poppenweiler, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, on 20 February 1711. Religion: (an unknown value).⁷ He married ANNA BARBARA WUSTER (WOESTER) at St Peter's Lutheran Church, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA, on 28 October 1749.^8,9,10,5,11

     ANNA was born at Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA, circa 1728. Placename bracketed with < > in family record; city name so bracketed in birth record, which also says "".^1,2,3,4 She married JOHANNES BERNER at St Peter's Lutheran Church, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA, on 28 October 1749.^5,6,7,3,4

     SIMON was born.

     Johannes was born at Schoharie, New York, USA, on 24 October 1790.^1,2,3 He was baptized at St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Schoharie, Schoharie, New York, USA, on 15 November 1790. Religion: (an unknown value).^1,2,3

     ?NATHANIEL BAKER "of E. Hampton, L.I." See daughter JOANNA BAKER for further details. ?NATHANIEL was born at Easthampton, Suffolk, New York, USA, on 22 December 1655.^2,3 He married ?CATHARINE (CATALYNTJE) SCHELLINGER at Easthampton, Suffolk, New York, USA, circa 1678.^2,3 ?NATHANIEL died on 27 February 1739 at Amagansett, Suffolk, New York, USA, at age 83.²

     ?CATHARINE was born at Nieuw Amsterdam, New York, on 9 April 1656.^1,2 She was baptized at Dutch Reformed Church, Nieuw Amsterdam, New York, on 19 April 1656. Religion: (an unknown value).¹ She married ?NATHANIEL BAKER at Easthampton, Suffolk, New York, USA, circa 1678.^1,3 ?CATHARINE died on 14 May 1722 at Amagansett, Suffolk, New York, USA, at age 66.¹ Her body was interred at Amagansett, Suffolk, New York, USA, at Old Burying Ground.¹

     William was born.¹

     Edward was born.¹

     She married John Arthur Doncaster at Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. "m. Doncaster, Amherst, Nova Scotia".^1,2 Ella was born at New York, USA, on 6 May 1862.^3,4 Ella died in 1904.⁴

     He married Ella May (Mary) Durand [Du719] at Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. "m. Doncaster, Amherst, Nova Scotia".^1,2 John was born at Brookdale, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 14 March 1852.³ John died in 1929.³