Third Generation

7. Johann Heinrich KERST^2,11 was born on 2 Sep 1728 in Berks County, PA. He died on 15 May 1788 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. John Henry was a farmer in Oley Township, probably received his fathers estate. Henry's will written 13 November 1787 and filed for probate 3 June 1788.
To son Samuel, my plantation and grist mill in Oley, containing 133 acres, when he is 21, providing for wife Appolonia and paying 800 pounds as follows: To daughter Elisabeth, wife of Jacob HILL 100 pounds; to daughter Hanna KERST 100 pounds; to grandson Henry BOYER, son of daughter Julia deceased, 100 pounds; to granddaughter Molly BOYER 50 pounds; to daughter Susanna, wife of Peter HOLLENBUSH 100 pounds; to daughters Elisabeth, Hanna, Magdalena 100 pounds each additional. Exec: wife Appolonia and friend Daniel BERTOLET. Witness: Jacob KOLCHNER, David WEISER, and Paul GROSSCUP.

Johann Heinrich KERST and Appolonia GERICK were married about 1755. Appolonia GERICK^2,4,12 was born in 1740. She died on 19 Apr 1810 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. Daughter of Hans Martle Gerick and Catharine. Shared her parents Exeter Township estate with her brother George. Original Hans Gerick house is still standing in 2001, abandon, and awaiting restoration or tear down. Her will was submitted for probate 30 March 1810, which doesn't quite work with her death listed here. Johann Heinrich KERST and Appolonia GERICK had the following children:

+30	i.	Anna Maria KERST.
+31	ii.	Julianna KERST.
32	iii.	Johann KERST2,3 was born on 19 Dec 1760 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He died in 1763 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. Buried in private cemetery at Kauffman and Bertolet Mill Roads.
33	iv.	Susanna KERST2 was born about 1763. Married to a Peter Hollenbush.
+34	v.	Anna Elizabeth KERST.
35	vi.	Johannes KERST5 was born on 19 Dec 1768 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He died in Sep 1798 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He was buried in Friedens Union Cemetery, Oley, PA. I have Johannes in this family as it seems to be the only place he fits. Buried with his uncle Frantz in the Oley Evangelical Cemetery, described as a bluff near Bertolet Mill..
36	vii.	Eva Rosina KERST2,13 was born on 22 Nov 1769 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. She was baptized in Salem Reformed Church, Spangsville, Berks Co., PA. Not mentioned in wills, an infant death. Baptism at Salem Reformed Church has father's name as Frederick??
+37	viii.	Hannah KERST.
+38	ix.	Samuel KERST.
39	x.	Henrich KERST2 was born on 27 Nov 1777 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He died on 26 May 1783 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA.