Adam Barner (1740 - abt. 1818)

Born 1740 in Bern, Switzerland

Descendants

Died about 1818 at about age 78 in United States

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Biography

Adam Barner performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Adam Barner was born abt 1740 in Bern, Switzerland ^{[1] [2]}

Adam Emigrated to the United States from Bern Switzerland to the United States most likely to the Port of Philidelphia or New York City in 1758. ^[1].

He was first found in records in the Robeson tax records for the year 1764. As a single Freeman at least 21 years old^[1].

He married Maria Euphronica Conrad about 1766 in Robeson Township, Berks County, Penssylvania ^[1]. ^[3]

In 1772 he obtained a warrant and survey from the Proprietors which were heirs of William Penn. This got him 100 acres in Buck's County, Pennsylvania which he sold back in 1773. ^[1].

Adam fought in the Colonial Forces during the Revolutionary War there's some debate about which unit. One May 2, 1777 Adam's name shows up on page 201 in names of those that took the oath of allegiance in Berk's County, PA. ^[4]

Adam passed away about 1818 in Liverpool, Perry, Pennsylvania ^[5][1]. ^[6]

He was buried at Saint Michael's Cemetery in Perry County, Pennsylvania ^[7]

Adam also has a marker at Barner Family Cemetery ^[8]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Saint Michaels Churchyard , Pfoutz Valley, Perry, PA, USA

Event

Event:

Type: Findagrave

Place: 110903402/

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} The Adam Barner Family of PA by the Barner family History Committee, McDowell Publication (2000),
2. ↑ http://www.adambarner.org/bfrweb/g0/p1.htm#i1
3. ↑ Adam Barner Family reunion
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 Feb 2018), "Record of BARNER, ADAM", Ancestor # A006270.
5. ↑ The Adam Barner Family of PA
6. ↑ Adam Barner Family reunion
7. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Barner&GSfn=Adam&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=110903402&df=all&
8. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Barner&GSfn=Adam&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=44888414&df=all&

• Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Land Warrants, 1733-1987 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Index of Early Pennsylvania Land Warrants, 1733–1987, from the Pennsylvania State Archives. Stevens, Pennsylvania: Ken McCrea, 2010.

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.

• Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 325.

• Year: 1800; Census Place: Greenwood, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Series: M32; Roll: 38; Page: 60; Image: 38; Family History Library Film: 363341.