Husband Gaspard Markle 1 2 3
AKA: Gasper Markle 3 4
Born: 1732 - Berks Co, PA 3
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Died: Sep 1819 - Kentucky 5
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Father: John Chrisman Markle (1678- ) 3 6 7
Mother: Jemima Weurtz ( - ) 5 7
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Other Spouse: Mary Rothermel (Abt 1755-1832) 4 - 1776 8
• Family History: George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882).
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Wife Elizabeth Grim 3 5 7
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Died: Abt 1770 - Westmoreland Co, PA
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Father: Egidius Grim ( - ) 9
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1 M George Markle 3
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Spouse: [Unk] Kaultleasure ( -1790) 3
Spouse: Mary Deer ( - ) 3
2 F Roxanna Markle 10
AKA: Rosanna Markle 3
Born: Abt 1756
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Died: 3 Feb 1839 10
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Spouse: Sebastian Burgett (Abt 1739-1789) 3 11
3 F Magdalena "Molly" Markle 3
AKA: Mary Markle 2 12 13
Born: Abt 1763
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Died: 1853 - ? Butler Co, PA 13
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Spouse: John Neyman (Abt 1757-1847) 12 14 15
Marr: Westmoreland Co, PA
4 F Elizabeth Markle 3
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Spouse: George Decamp ( - ) 3
5 F Esther Markle 2 3 16 17
Born: 13 Sep 1766 - Berks Co, PA 2 18
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Died: 10 Sep 1854 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2 18
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Spouse: George Ament (1758-1843) 2 3 16 17
Marr: 19 Sep 1786 2 17
6 F Catharine Markle 2 3
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Spouse: Jacob Whitesell ( - ) 3
7 M Abraham Markle 8
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Spouse: Rachel Blackburn ( - ) 8
8 M Daniel Markle 8
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Died: in infancy
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Gaspard Markle
Another source states that he was born in Holland.
He was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1732; married Elizabeth Grim, and in 1770 removed to Westmoreland County. Soon thereafter his wife died, and he returned to Berks County, where he married Mary Roadarmel, whom he brought to his home in Westmoreland County.
The family source suggests that his first wife lived rather longer after their marriage and that he married his second wife in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
His residence there was the port of refuge to which the settlers frequently fled for safety. He and Judge Jacob Painter had large tracts of land, extending several miles up and down Sewickley Creek. Several of his sons served in the Indian war, one of whom was George, who was distinguished at the defense of Wheeling. George, his nephew, was a revolutionary soldier and at the battle of Brandywine, while his brother Jacob was in the naval service under Commodore Barney, and on board "Hyder Ally" at the capture of "General Monk." His brother-in-law, Joseph Roadarmel, was at the battle of Long Island, August, 1776, where he was captured, taken prisoner and died of wounds. Abraham Markle, another member of the family, removed from Germany and settled in Canada, and was delegate to the Provincial Parliament. In the war of 1812-14 he came to the United Stares and became a Colonel in the American army. The British government confiscated all of his property in Canada, but the United States gave him four sections of land near Fort Harrison, in Indiana.
One of the first of Gaspard Markle's enterprises after his settlement in Westmoreland County was the erection, in 1772, of a grist-mill on Sewickley Creek, which traversed his homestead. Here was made some of the first flour manufactured west of the Alleghenies. It was transported in flat-boats by Jacob Yoder, a citizen of Reading, in Berks County, to the New Orleans market.
He subsequently resided in Spencer County, Kentucky, and upon his death there, the citizens erected a monument to him, to commemorate his early adventures at flour making west of the Alleghenies.
The family source states that he died in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was buried in the Markle Cemetery.
He settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, prior to 1760, coming from Berks County, where his father had settled in 1703, having upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes fled from Alsace in 1686 to Amsterdam, where he engaged in business until he took ship for America. [HFC 1882, 350]