Another Jacob Kemery or Kemmerly

I admit that this family is giving me fits.  Not only am I not positive that this Jacob, born between 1786 and 1794, is the son of Hans Jacob Kemmerly who was the subject of last week's blog post, not only am I not positive that he is the son of Martha Punch, but I am also not positive that he is the father of Daniel Kemery, who will be the subject of next week's post.  I also appear to have mis-identified his spouse, and other trees say he was in a different location that I've placed him.  So, is Jacob, or is he not, the father of Daniel?  I hope someone reading this will know "for sure".  

As I currently see it, Jacob Kemery, formerly Kemmerli or Kemmerly, was the son of Hans Jacob Kemmerli and possibly Martha Punch.  I am unable to locate reliable dates or parentage or location for her, so this is only a suggestion.  Jacob was one of two children mentioned in the will of Hans Jacob in York County, Pennsylvania, although he was not shown as a minor and it is possible that this isn't his family at all.  

I decided in writing this post that Jacob did not marry Ann Maria Laber, as I'd thought earlier.  The only documentation I could find for a couple with those names was in Germany, and earlier than our Jacob.  I did, however, find a Jacob Kemery in Stark County, Ohio who was married to Ann Marie Reed, the daughter of George Adam and Magdalene Mountz Reed.  They were married March 12, 1811 in Stark County, Ohio.  

I'll digress here a little to talk about locations in helping us identify Jacob.  Some trees show him as having died in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, with the same death date as that of his wife.  (Ann Marie's headstone is in Stark County, with the same date of death as that attributed to the Jacob of Brown County, if there was one.)  The family names associated with Jacob and most of his immediate descendants are Stark County names, and that's why I currently think that this is more likely to be our Jacob Kemery.  He didn't die until 1872, still in Stark County.  I hope someone can prove me right, or wrong!

The final problem is that his supposed son, Daniel, is not listed on most of the family trees I looked at, nor is he mentioned in his father's estate papers.  It could well be that when Daniel moved to Whitley County, Indiana, prior to 1850, his father had given him money in lieu of a later inheritance.  Jacob was relatively well-to do, based on real estate and personal property values in the 1860 and 1870 US census, so it was certainly possible.  

Here, then, is a suggested but not totally proven list of the children of Jacob and Ann Marie Kemery:

Adam was born April 10, 1811, just a month after his parents married.  he married Anna Marie Reed, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Bordner Reed.  Their children are Lucinda, Rosanna, Aaron, and Sarah.  Adam died in 1888. I have not yet established a connection between the two Ann/Anna Reeds, but it is more than possible that there is one.)

Daniel was born about 1812, and married Susannah Essig, daughter of George and Catherine Shollenberger (varying spellings) Essig, in Medina County, Ohio.  (Medina and Stark County share borders so they possibly lived near each other.)  Their children are Mary, Daniel, Harriet, Adam, Alfred, Solomon, Alexander, Lydia, Amanda, John, and Maranda, with several born in Whitley County, Indiana.  I will write more of this family in my next post.  

Jacob was born in 1815 and married Mary Bordner, the daughter of Philip and Catherine Roedel (various spellings) Bordner.  (Again, I haven't established a connection between Mary and the Elizabeth who was the mother in law of Adam, but I wouldn't be surprised to find one.)  Their children are Mary, William, Amanda, and Heman.  Jacob died in 1900.

The first daughter was Elizabeth, born in 1819.  (From the dates of the children, it is possible that another pregnancy or birth occurred maybe around 1817, but I haven't located information about that. Elizabeth married Jesse Whitmer, the son of Johannes Peter and Maria Catherina Phillips Whitmer.  Their children are Jacob, Rosanna, Monroe, Catherine, and Herby.  Elizabeth died in 1887.

Mary was born another four years later, in 1823.  She married Hugh Snyder, the son of Daniel and Susanna Shroyer Snyder.  Their children are James, Jacob, Anna, George, Newton, Henry, and William.  Mary died in 1896.

The final daughter born to this couple as Anna, who was born in 1830.  She married first Solomon Schreffler, the son of Conrad and Catherine Bordner (that name again!) Schreffler.  Solomon died in 1872 and she married Daniel Keehn in 1876, the son of Johannes and Elizabeth Trull Keehn.  I believe the children were Solomon's.  They are Priscilla, Solomon, Ann, Malinda, John, and Conrad.

I have seen trees that also named John, George, Philip and William Kemery as sons of this couple.  I can find nothing that ties these names to this family, although it's possible that they were short=lived sons who were born and died between census reading.  Again, I'd love to see any evidence that could prove or disprove any of these names as belonging to this family.  

When Ann Marie died in 1847, Jacob married, about 4 months later, Catherine Carbaugh, who is still a mystery.  Catherine had at least one child with the last name of Carbaugh, per census records, so Carbaugh is likely not her maiden name.  Jacob and Catherine are said to have had at least two children together.  

Louis or Lewis Kemery was born about 1849 and died in 1903.  He married another Whitmer, Sarah, again one I have not yet identified.  They had Alfred or Alphaeus, Hugh, Melville, Margaret, and Clara. 

Jacob's final child, as far as we know, was Frederick, born in 1853.  He married Frances Streb or Strasse, again not yet identified, and their children are Minnie, Mary, Bertha, and Ida.  He was one of the few Kemery children who moved west, all the way to Kansas, but returned to Ohio and died sometime after 1920.  

I have also seen Levi as a child of Jacob and Catherine.  I can find no supporting evidence and wonder if someone misread a document as Levi rather than Lewis.  So he is a question mark, along with several other people mentioned in this blog post.  

Please, please contact me if you know anything about this family.  I really would like this post to be documented, one way or the other.