Catrina
(Katherine)
"Katie"
Karn
formerly Schwackhammer aka Swackhammer, Kern
Born in New Jersey
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Friederich Schwecheimer
and Elizabeth Miller
Sister of
Johann Konrad Schwecheimer [half], Maria Catharina Schwecheimer [half], Johannes Schwecheimer [half], Johann Leonhard Schwecheimer [half], Eve (Swackhamer) Schuyler, Ann (Swackhamer) Leeke, Dorothea Dolly (Swackhammer) Terryberry, Elizabeth Swackhamer, Barbery Swackhamer, Helena Swackhamer, Baltus Swackhamer [half], Andrew Swackhamer, Jacob Swackhamer and Daniel Swackhamer
Wife of
Johann Christoph Kern
— married
3 Jul 1750 in New Jersey
Descendants 
Died
at age 82
in Long Valley, Washington Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Apr 2022
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Biography
Catrina, or Katherine, was born in 1733. She was the daughter of Samuel Schwecheimer (Schwackhammer, or Swackhammer) and Elizabeth Miller.[1]
Katie married Christopher Kern on 3 Jul 1750 in Morris, New Jersey. They had 12 children:[2]
- Mary Kern - born 1752
- Leonard Kern - born 1755
- Catherine Kern - born 1756
- Christopher Kern - born 1758
- Anna Kern - born 1760
- John Kern - born 1763
- Elisabeth Kern - born 1766
- Jacob Kern - born 1768
- David Kern - born 1770
- Philip Kern - born 1772
- Frederick Kern - born 1773
- Samuel Kern - born 1777.
Katie passed away in 1815 at 82 years of age.
Research
According to Chambers in ‘The Early Germans of New Jersey’, her father’s surname was Schwackhammer, though the spelling was modified over time to Swackhammer.
Sources
- ↑ The Early Germans of New Jersey: Page 518; accessed on Archive.org on 16 Apr 2022, Archive.org
- ↑ The Early Germans of New Jersey: Page 429; accessed on Archive.org on 15 Apr 2022, Archive.org
See also:
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19223047/katherine-karn : accessed 16 April 2022), memorial page for Katherine “Catrina” Swackhammer Karn (5 Nov 1733–5 Nov 1815), Find A Grave: Memorial #19223047, citing Old Stone Union Church Cemetery, Long Valley, Morris County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by STONE LADY (contributor 47208521) .
- FamilySearch Person: LCS7-ZH6
- Chambers,Theodore Frelinghuysen The Early Germans of New Jersey (Dover Printing Co., Dover, New Jersey, 1895)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Katherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Katherine:
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~1.56%
Myrna Perry
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JR9785419 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN28880
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~0.78%
Bob Perry :
23andMe, GEDmatch M657197 [compare]
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~0.78%
Sharon Halls :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KH5452385 [compare]
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