kessler, john g.p. of northampton co., he was born june 18,, 1825, s/o philip and catharine (kindt) kessler. his great-grandfather john george peter kessler emigrted from germany, became one of the early settlers of plainfield. the grandfather was george peter kessler, he was 3 when he came to america. the father of john was philip a. kessler. children, john g.p., andrew, amandeus, sidney, thomas, richard, catharine, w/o jacob steele and julia, w/o jacob buss. john .g.p. marrie eve stecker, of forks twp. children; philip a., theron m., georg l. kessler, frank j. (m.d.) was born and reared in bethlehem, sept 12, 1869. his grandfather philip kessler. the dr's father was a blacksmith, he learned his trade at easton and moved to bethlehem in 1858, he married eva roth, she was born in whitehall, d/o jacob roth. mr. and mrs. thomas kessler became the parents of 4 children, two are living. the other son harvey w. northampton co kessler anna maria 28 jan 1780 leonhard and catharine- williams catharine 7 sept 791 george peter and elizabeth-st. peter's, plainfield elizabeth 16 may 1772 peter and eliz-williams george peter 9 may 1793 george peter and elizabeth-st. peter's, plainfield juliana 12 april 1796 peter and elizabeth maria christina 11 feb 1774 leonhard and catharine samuel 14 sept 1794 andrew and catharine simon jacob 24 dec 1797 george peter and elizabeth willim 17 au 1796 andrew and catharine kesler susanna 22 nov 1794 george peter and elizabeth kesseler john 3 may 1800 andrew and catharine the rest are recorded at easton. rev. war-burials kesler, mathias, fairfield cem. fairfield, ohio rev. war-pensions kesslar, adam or adam casler, wf maria, n.y. line, see adam casler kessler, george peter or george peter kesler, wf elizabeth, pa. line. soldier was born 14 oct 1761 in the principality of sals kirnburg in weierbach in europe and was the on of george peter and catharine (schmidt) kessler of northampton co., pa. soldier married elizabeth, d/o philip correll and maria engel born schuck on dec. 11 1785 and widow was born 2 may 1762 in bucks co., pa. soldier died 9 july 1836, wido applied 30 april 1852 in norhampton co.. in 1852 widow was living with a maiden dau. (not named). widow died 4 may 1852, in 1852 a philip kessler was mentioned and in 1833 a philip correll was of northampton co., pa but their relationship to soldier's family was not given, a document in german in this file. john, navy service, soldier was born in phila. co., sept. 1761 and vet applied there 5 ec 1836 and he lived there at enlistment. soldier was the s/o leonard and anna mari kessler. soldier died 17 march 1840. soldier rec'd a disability pension from march 4, 1793 Best Wishes, Geri