James CHRONISTER

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James Chronister the eldest son of Matthias and Elizabeth Chronister was born in 1751 in York or Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. At the age of 21 in 1772 James moved with his family from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania to Tryon County (later Lincoln Co.) North Carolina. It appears that during the 1770s he lived unmarried and was working on his father's farm. According to his pension application recorded in 1821 James enlisted in continental army at Orangeburg, South Carolina in the year 1781. He was mustered 1/1782 as a private and placed in the North Carolina regiment commanded by Captain Thomas Armstrong and was in the battles of Stone, Forodhold Bridge, Rounder, and Dorchester. He also stated in his application that he was discharged at Baconridge, South Carolina in the year 1783 after 2 1/2 years of service.

After 1784 James was married to SUSAN EARHART who was born in about the year 1760. Their childred were all born in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

James bought a farm of 100 acres in Lincoln County, North, Carolina in 6/24/1807 for 100 dollars on Potts Creek in the utmost northern part of the county, but sold it in 1811 and 1814. It was in or about 1814 that at the age of 63 James, Susanna and sons Daniel and Abraham moved with their families westward to the wilds of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, just a few miles west of the Mississippi River. James spent the remainder of his life here and in 1821 when he could no longer farm for a living, applied for pension for his service during the Revolution. On 3/1/1823, he was granted 8 dollars per month. At the time of the first U.S. Census of Missouri in 1830, at the age of 79 James was living close to his son Abraham in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.

Sometime during the 1830's The Revolutionary War Soldier died, leaving behind many grandchildren from whom sprang the present day generation of Missouri and Arkansas Chronisters.

Otros Eventos:

• Fact 1: 5 Sep 1738, Arrived in Philadelphia from Germany on the ship Winter Galley

Notas:

Immigrated to the United States with his father, Johannes, at the age of 4 years old.

They arrived in Philadelphia on 5 Sept, 1738 aboard the ship Winter Galley.

Mathias and Elizabeth settled in Lincoln Co, North Carolina around 1770s. Later generations moved on to Tennessee and finally settled in Arkansas no later than 1890s (Sidney Monroe). Johann Mathias was born near the Reformed Lutheran Church at Pretzdorf, Oberfranken, Bayern. He was baptised May, 1734.

During the 1750s Mathias is listed as a soldier serving in the French and Indian War (1754-63). In 1761, 1762 and 1763 he is listed on the Cumberland Co., Penn. tax list, living in West Pennsbourgh Township. Mathias and his wife are shown attending the Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church in Latimore Township, York Co.

In 1772 Mathias and his family moved to what is today Lincoln Co, North Carolina. On Jan 25, 1773 he was granted 300 acres of land. Sold it in 1787 to a Michael Buff.

Johann casado Elizabeth ? circa 1750 en ?. Elizabeth falleció entre 1790 y 1794 en Lincoln co. (North Carolina, USA). [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Otros Eventos:

• Fact 1: 1738, Founder of two lines of Chronisters in US.
• Fact 2: 5 Sep 1738, Arrived at Philadelphia, PA aboard ship Winter Galley

Notas:

Johannes' marriage to Catherine apparently produced 4 children, but all members of the family except Johannes and Johann 'Mathias' died in Germany. Those two arrived in Philadelphia on 5 September 1738 aboard the ship Winter Galley.

Johannes later married Barbara Weidenbach and they raised a large family of 12 children in Adams County, Pennsylvania. They are probably the ancestors of the R.J. Chronister and Samuel Chronister found in the 1880 Census (1% sampling) as living in Pennsylvania of parents born in Pennsylvania.

Mentioned in: "Inventory of Estate dated 9 March 1782 filed at Huntington Twp., York Co., PA"
Bought land in Huntington, York Co, Pennsylvania

Mentioned in: "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" by Strassburger.

Member: Lower Bermudian Lutheran Reformed Church

Johannes casado Catherine FENSELL en 5 Ago 1732 en Frankenthal (Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland). Catherine falleció en UNKNOWN en Deutschland?. [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Notas:

Bill Simpson of California advised that the information on Lorenz is from the Lutheran Church records at Pretzdorf, Oberfranken, Bayern, LDS microfilm 1396486. Records show Lorenz being born 1671, son of M. Crannester (or Cranester) and Margaretha Hoffman. The records have been transcribed to the LDS-IGI and can be found on the IGI Index for Germany on the disks released May, 1996.

Lorenz casado Anna Marie HOFFMAN en 2 Mar 1700 en Baudenbach (Bayern, Deutschland). Anna nació en en Baudenbach (Bayern, Deutschland); falleció en UNKNOWN. [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]