Husband John Chrisman Markle 1 2 3
AKA: John Chrisman Merklin,3 4 John Crissman Merkling 5
Born: 1678 - on the Rhine, Alsace, Germany 2
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Died: - Berks Co, PA
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Marriage: - Amsterdam, Holland
• Family History: George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882).
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Wife Jemima Weurtz 2 6
AKA: Jemima Weurtzen,1 Jemima Weurtzin,5 Jemima Wurtz 3
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1 F Maria Appolonia Merklin 7
AKA: Maria Appolonia Merkle,7 Maria Appolonia Merkling
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Spouse: John Jacob Hill (Abt 1716- ) 7
Marr: 3 Jul 1739 7
2 M Gaspard Markle 3 9 10
AKA: Gasper Markle 3 8
Born: 1732 - Berks Co, PA 3
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Died: Sep 1819 - Kentucky 6
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Spouse: Elizabeth Grim ( -Abt 1770) 2 3 6
Spouse: Mary Rothermel (Abt 1755-1832) 8
Marr: 1776 11
General Notes: Husband - John Chrisman Markle
He was born at Alsace, on the Rhine, about the year 1678. Some time after the Edict of Nantes, in 1685, he fled from Germany, passing down the Rhine into Holland, and settled in Amsterdam. Here he married Jemima Weurtz, or Weurtzen, a sister of the admiral of that name. In 1703 he emigrated to the United States, and settled at a place called "Salem Springs," in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Here he purchased fifteen hundred acres of land from the Penns. He was by trade a coach-maker, and established on his purchase a wagon-makers shop, blacksmith-shop, and grist-mill.
He had nine children, Gaspard was the youngest.
Another member of the Markle family, Hon. Abraham Markle, removed from Germany to Canada, where he served as a delegate in the Provincial Parliament. He came to the United States in 1812, served as colonel in the American army and received four sections of land from the government in place of his property in Canada which was afterwards confiscated by the British authorities.
The Markles are descended from a German family. In Rev. Dr. Stapleton's "Memorials of the Huguenots" it is stated that "One of the earliest Alsatian emigrants to Pennsylvania was John Christman Meriden (Markley). At the Revocation period his parents retired to Amsterdam, in Holland, whence John Christman came to the Maxatawney Valley and located at 'Moselem Springs' in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1728. Gaspard Markley, a son of the emigrant, in 1771, became a trans-Allegheny pioneer and settled at West Newton, in Westmoreland county, where he erected the first mill west of the mountains. He also built a stockade fort for the protection of the frontier settlers. Some of the descendants of Gaspard Markley became prominent men, notably his son, Gen. Joseph Markley (born 1777, died 1868), who was for many years prominent in the business and political affairs of Western Pennsylvania. In 1844 he was the Whig candidate for governor, but was defeated by his opponent, Francis R. Shunk, by a small plurality." In a footnote to the above: "See Keim and Allied Fainilies, page 301. The emigrant was born in 1678, and died 1766, leaving children: Peter, George, Christian, Casper, Catharine Stoever, Frankina Rough, Mary Hill, Anna Maria Kramer, and Anna Lena. Will at Reading," Pennsylvania.
General Notes: Wife - Jemima Weurtz
She was a sister of the admiral of this name.