Adam Johannes (Joh) Kimberling, Sr

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1750, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; With father, stepmother, and two siblings on the Osgood, from Rotterdam via Cowes, England. See a remarkable first-hand story of voyage at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gohrpage/journey.html
• Possessions: Abt 1793, Bath County, Virginia, USA; On Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Jacson River, and about 20 miles upstream from Covington VA

Notes:

Additional source: Family Tree Maker (includes birthdate, arrival in America)This note was sourced to a RootsWeb site that no longer exists; I don't know who wrote it, but it's my original source for 7-year-old Adam Kimberling's emmigration from Germany with his parents Fredrich Kimberling and Maria Schmaltzhoff on the Osgood in 1750.

- Robin

JOHANNES ADAM WAS BORN 7 JULY, 1743 IN GERMANY. HE CAME TO AMERICA WITH HIS PARENTS (STEP-MOTHER) ON THE OSGOOD IN 1750. AROUND 1770 HE MARRIED NANCY DAVIS, THE DAUGHTER OF PATRICK DAVIS. ABOUT 1793 ADAM AND HIS SON, JACOB, PURCHASED SOME LAND ON THE CEDAR CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE JACKSON RIVER AND ABOUT 20 MILES UPSTREAM FROM COVINGTON, VA. THIS IS SITUATED IN PRESENT BATH CO.,VA.

IN 1803 ADAM AND NANCY AND THEIR CHILDREN MOVED TO MASON CO., THE KIMBERLINGS TRAVELED FROM COVINGTON, VA. TO CHARLESTON, VA IN A TWO-WHEELED OX CART ON THE ARMY POST ROAD. FROM THE FALLS BELOW CHARLESTON, THEY FLOATED DOWN THE KANAWHA RIVER ON A RAFT TO GRIMM'S LANDING. AFTER MAKING A SLED FROM THE RAFT, THEY HITCHED UP THE OXEN, WENT OVER TWO HILLS AND SETTLED ON THIRTEEN &gtMILE CREEK.

Buried:
GRid=10382694; no grave photo; Useful bio with parents, wife, migration to across the Allegheny Mountains in Virginia to Mason County (now in West Virginia).

Died:
Inventory of his estate was taken March 1805

Adam married Nancy Davis about 1770 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA. Nancy was born about 1753; died in 1815 in Mason County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Kimberling Cemetery, Arbuckle, Mason County, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
At that point in time, Augusta and Botencourt Counties extended all the way through what is now West Virginia, so this could have been in present day Bath County, where Adam later bought property

1. Nancy Kimberling was born on 28 Jan 1791 in Virginia, USA; died on 14 Jun 1868 in Wayne County, Iowa, USA; was buried in Cambria Cemetery, Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA.
2. James Kimberling, Sr was born in 1773 in Virginia, USA; died after 1840.
3. Mary Magdalene Kimberling was born on 13 Dec 1775 in Virginia, USA; died in 1841.
4. Jacob Kimberling was born on 27 Sep 1777 in Bath County, Virginia, USA; died on 4 May 1855 in Mason County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Kimberling-Sayre Cemetery, Mason County, West Virginia, USA.
5. Adam Johannes Kimberling, Jr was born in 1785 in Bath County, Virginia, USA; died in 1845 in Illinois, USA.
6. Joseph Kimberling was born in 1786 in Bath County, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Apr 1848 in Mason County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Kimberling Cemetery, Arbuckle, Mason County, West Virginia, USA.
7. Nathaniel Kimberling was born on 2 Sep 1789 in Bath County, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Jan 1877 in Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA; was buried in Cambria Cemetery, Cambria, Wayne County, Iowa, USA.
8. Elizabeth (Becky) Kimberling was born in 1793 in Virginia, USA; died after 1860.
9. Elijah Kimberling was born in 1800 in Bath County, Virginia, USA.
10. Ann Kimberling was born est 1798 in Virginia, USA.
11. William Kimberling was born in in Virginia, USA; died in 1785.

Other Events:

• Name: Jacob Friedrick Kummerlin
• Baptism: 14 Oct 1746, Neckartenzlingen, Württemberg, Germany
• Arrival: 1750, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Departure: Apr 1750, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; On the "Osgood"
• Probate: 20 Aug 1765, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Mary Magdalene Kimberland's bond as administratrix of Jacob Kimberland.

Notes:

Birth:
Name also spelled Kuemmerle, Kummerlin, with and without umlauts

Jacob married Maria Eva Katharina Schmaltzhaf on 30 Jan 1741 in Stetten Am Heuchelberg, Heilbronn, Wuerttemberg. Maria (daughter of Philipp Adam Schmalzhaf and Rosina Barbara ??) was born on 1 May 1716 in Massenbach, Wuerttemberg; died before 1744 in Wuerttemberg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Before Jacob's second marriage

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Married:
In the Evangelical Church (Evangelisch)

Michael married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philipp married Rosina Barbara ??. Rosina died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]