Nicholas Kephart (abt. 1733 - abt. 1829)

Born about 1 Jan 1733 in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Frye) Kephart — married 1768 in Lower Macungie, Northampton, PA

Descendants

Died about 1 Jan 1829 at about age 96 in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Nicholas was the eldest of six brothers, with the others being Adam, Jacob, Daniel, Caleb, and John. Nicholas sailed from Rotterdam on the ship "Two Brothers", arriving in America in 1747.^[1]

During the Revolutionary War, Nicholas Gebhart served as a private in the Fourth Company, Second Batallion of the Lancaster County Militia. He also served with a unit from Northumberland County, He lived for a time after the war in eastern Pennsylvania, but eventually ended up homesteading on a tract of land next to Abraham Goss.

At some point, Nicholas changed his name from Gebhart to Kephart.

Nicholas and his wife Mary Frey had the following children:

• George
• Catherine
• Abraham
• Christina
• Henry
• Elizabeth
• Mary
• Andrew
• Daniel

There were many marriages between the Kephart and Goss families. Nicholas lived near the old Centre school house. He and his wife are buried at the Goss Cemetery in Stumptown, Clearfield, Pennsylvania. ^[2]

The inscription on his memorial reads:

• NICHOLAS G. KEPHART

PENNSYLVANIA PVT 4 CO LANCASTER CO REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1733 1829

Sources

1. ↑ Osceola Mills From The Beginning , by Jasper M. Fritz and Gerald R. Fritz, edited by Scott W. Fritz, publ. 1991, p. 11
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20546724/nicholas-g-kephart