Display Patriot - P-257657 - Johannes/John/Peter KACHLEIN/KACHLINE/KICHLEIN Sr
Johannes/John/Peter KACHLEIN/KACHLINE/KICHLEIN Sr
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P-257657
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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Colonel / Civil Service / Patriotic Service
Originally buried at German Reformed Churchyard, reinterred to Easton Cemetery
Author: Miles Kachline Dechant
Peter Kachlein was born on 8 Nov. 1722 in Kirchheimbolanden, Nassau-Weilburg, Germany. He arrived in America in 1742 and died 27 Nov. 1789. His father was Johann Andreas Koechlein 1680-1728. His mother was Margarethe Hahn.
Peter had three wives. He married Margreta Umbehendin (1720-1766) in 1752. Children were Peter, Andreas, Jacob and Susannah. In 1767 he married Anna Doll (1746-1773). A child was John. Circa 1774 he married Catherine Gewinner, a widow who died 1797.
In 1756 he served as a sergeant in the Pennsylvania forces under Major William Parsons. He served as Sheriff of Northampton County for six years between 1766 and 1772.
On 9 March 1774 he was first commissioned as a justice of the peace for Northampton County. In December 1774 he was elected to a new Committee of Observation and Inspection.
He served as a delegate from Northampton County to the Pennsylvania Assembly for the 1775 term.
In the American Revolution Peter Kachlein served as Lieutenant Colonel, Northampton County Battalion, Pennsylvania forces, Flying Camp, the Battle of Long Island, 1776. He was taken prisoner. He was paroled in May, 1778 and officially exchanged in February 1779. In March 1780 the Supreme Executive Council commissioned Kachlein as County Lieutenant.
Following the war, Peter Kachlein was recommissioned as a Justice in the Court of Common Pleas in March, 1787. In 1789, when Easton was incorporated as a borough, he was appointed Chief Burgess – a position he held until his death.
Based on the inventory of his effects, he was probably a Freemason.
This information and more on Col. Peter Kachlein can be found in: Harle, Craig W., Ed., Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania, A Biographical Dictionary, Vol. III, 1757-1775, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg, 2005, pp. 775-783.
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Additional Information:
DAR cites EL- CHILD PETER JR, A205823, MARRIED ELIZABETH GRESS NOT ELIZABETH KAUFFMAN, See DAACF, Dec 2010