Casper Bernhardt

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Husband Casper Bernhardt ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Casper Barnhart 3
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1 M John William Barnhart ^{6 7}

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            AKA: William Barnhart Sr.,2 4 5 Johann Wilhelm Bernhardt 1 2
           Born: 3 Mar 1746 - Germany 2
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           Died: 6 Jan 1822 or 1823 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2 7 8
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         Spouse: Anna Schmidt (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 12 May 1772 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2

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2 M Jacob Barnhart, Sr. ^{1 9 10}

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3 F Marilis Bernhardt ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Fretz (      -      ) 2

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4 F Maria Bernhardt ²

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         Spouse: Matthew Deker (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Casper Bernhardt

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He and his son, Wilhelm Bernhardt, were mentioned on the "List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship 'Boston', Mathew Carr, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes," and they took the oath of allegiance, November 10, 1764. Casper evidently brought his whole family with him, but all except Wilhelm were under the age at which an oath of allegiance was required; i. e., eighteen. Casper Bernhardt's will, dated August 9, 1790, of record in the register's office at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, names two sons: William, of whom further; and Jacob; and two daughters: Marilis Fretz, and Maria, who later married Matthew Deker. [P-AH, 92]

The Barnharts were among the first settlers near Millerstown, Butler County, in the townships of Donegal and Fairview. Rudolph Barnhart, probably a grandson of the immigrant ancestor, came from Westmoreland County to Fairview township, Butler County, in 1794, but returned for the winter. Among the settlers in the vicinity of Millerstown, in the following year, were Jacob Barnhart, Sr., and Jacob Barnhart, Jr. This presence of two persons of the same name, in the same place, and at the same time, with but scanty information concerning the wives and families of the early Barnharts, and almost no detailed knowledge with regard to dates and ages, is a fruitful cause of possible error. The following is given as a probable account of the family history, and more probable, it seems to us, than that which would make Jacob Sr. the father of John, born in 1800; yet the chance of confusion from the duplication of names must be remembered in reading it. [GPHAV, 687] This account seems to be based on the idea that Jacob Barnhart, Sr., was the original immigrant ancestor.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 102.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 92.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 335.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 655, 656.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 102, 335.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 309, 612.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 963.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 309.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 656.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 688.