The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-05-15
MUCH MONEY.
THE SPRINGER ESTATE
OvERSIIADOWED.
A $500, 100000 Legacy i'm HoI-
land Awaiting the lkern
Heirs i'm America, Pro-
vidinE They Can
Prove Their II.
tie Clear.

! tie Clear.
Special Dispatch to the Enquirerl
Your correspondent mas just been
put in possession of the particulars of
a fabulous estate in Holland belong
ing to the Kern heirs in America. As
the sequel will show, this immense
and truly incomprchensible fortune
completely overshadows the Springer
estate, five of which heirs reside In
and near this city. DR.. Lewis Kern,
of this city, and his sister, Mrs. e.
Miller, of Alto, village three miles
west of Kokomo, are clearly heirs To
the Kern estate. The details Of this
immense fortune is as follows:
The Kern family in America came
originally from Holland in 1927 and
1916, and settled in Pennsylvania.
This is matter of public record
about which there is no doubt. That
they all trace their lineage back to
the Kern stem in Holland is equally
certain. The American family is
numerous. Indeed enough are known
to make a full regiment or more
Though nearly two centuries, they
can trace their lineage back to a
wealthy and aristocratic family-the
root stock-in Holland. 1t is claim
ed that nearly two hundred years ago
the original Kern family loaned a
fabulous sum to the Government OF
Holland for the term of ninety nine
years each, which time has now ex-
PRED, leaving the fortune, swelled by
accrued interest,in valuation of about
5000, 100000. This figure is SO large
as to evade the grasp and compre-
hension of the human understanding,
but such it exists, nevertheless
This fortune, it is claimed, falls to
the heirs of family by the name OF
Gildner, who married into the Kern
family some five or six generations
ago. The exact date and circum-
stance of this marriage is the only
flaw in the claim; but Committee OF
the heirs is now hard at work looking
up the missing link.
The following is list Of the male
Kerns, who, with two exceptions,
were above the age of sixteen years,
and who emigratcd from Europe to
the Colony of Pennsylvania between
the years 1927 and l776, respectively,
landing at Philadelphia, and taking
the required declaration of allegiance
to the King of Great Britain and of
fidelity to the Proprietary Of the
Province Of Pennsylvania. The list
was carefully compiled by Josiah
Quincy Kern, of Washington City, in
1877, from copies of Rupp's List of
Emigrants, embracing over thirty
thousand names, found in the Libra
~ of Congress. From the following
twenty-eight Kerns sprang the nu-
merous families of the name in this
country: Nicholas, Abraham, Johan-
mes, Ulrich Wilhelm, Kari, Johan
Thomas, George, Hans Jacob, Peter,
Johan Simon, Leonhardt, Matthels,
Heinrich, Carl Balthassar, Jacob,
Hans, Valentine, Hans George, Johan
Adam, Matthews, George Michael,
Friedrich, George Adam, Jacob,
Matthews, Conrad, Johan Heinrich,
Jacob. 1t will be seen that the same
name in several instances in the above
list is repeated, but each came over at
a different date.
Jacob Kern, who landed at Phila-
delphia September 80, 1884, was the
great grandfather of the Howard
County climants, who are DR.. Lewis
Kern, of this city, and his sister, Mrs.
f. Miller, of Alto, this county. DR..
Jacob Kern, of Botetourt Springs,
Virginia, father of John w. Kern, of
this city is also an heir he being a
brother of DIR Lewis. Henry and
Isaac Kern, now Of Virginia, and Mich
olas, of Marion county, Indiana, are
also brothers of DR.. Lewis and are
equal heirs. OF this family the above
children alone remain. Their faith
er's anne was Jacob and their grand
fathers name Adam. This family
| can trace their lineage back to their
grandfather, Jacob Kern, who
came to this country in 1854, who
was one of the early Kern families
so close to the theme about which
they all now seek to come. The In
diana family of Kerns had four un-
cles-Adam, Nicholas, John and Hen
ry-all of whom died in Virginia
years ago. The greatgrandfather,
Jacob, from whom the Indiana fami-
w is derived, settled iii Whitehall
Township, in what is now Lehigh
county Pennsylvania. just what will
be the outcome of this chase after
tickle fortune we can not say, but DR..
Kern assures us that he has conf
dence that the matter can yet be
Strengthened up. Over fifty years
ago the heirs in Holland were work
ing the matter up, but the war OF
1880, which resulted in dividing Hol-
land and Belgium into separate King
doms, put stop to the movement at
the time. A united and strenuous
effort is now being made to recover
| the fortune.