Johannes Knerr ^{1 2}

   Other names for Johannes were John Knerr Sr. and Johannes Knoerr.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1790, Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ He appears in the 1790 Census as John Knerr having:
Males (born)
16 and older (<=1774) = 2 (father and 1 older son)
Under 16 (1775-1790) = 5 sons
Females = 4 (wife and 3 daughters)

• Book: Anniversary History of Lehigh County, Volume II, 1914. ⁵ John Knerr, third son of Abraham, was born Aug. 11, 1747, and died June 12, 1825. He married Catharine Hartman, who was born Aug. 30, 1753 and died Nov. 7, 1834. They are buried at Lowhill Church. John Knerr was a farmer and resided on a tract of 238 acres in Weisenberg Township. He had thirteen children: John, Catharine, Mary Gertrude, John Conrad, Magdalena, Abraham, John Jacob, Andrew, John Daniel, John Christian, Salome, Benjamin, and Catharine.

Johannes married Maria Catharina Hartman, daughter of Johannes Hartman and Maria Eva Breinig, before 1772 in Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. (Maria Catharina Hartman was born on 30 Aug 1753 in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA,² died on 7 Nov 1834 in Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA ² and was buried in Lowhill Township: Lowhill Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA.)