Joseph Scherg and Anna Mercer

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Husband Joseph Scherg ¹

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            AKA: Joseph Sherrick 2
           Born: 25 Dec 1757 - Switzerland 2
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           Died: 21 Dec 1811 2
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         Father: Joseph Scherg (      -      ) 1
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Wife Anna Mercer ³

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Children

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1 M Christian Sherrick ⁴

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            AKA: Christian Scherg 3
           Born: 19 Jan 1789 4
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2 M Peter Scherg ³

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3 M Jacob Scherg ³

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4 M Henry Scherg ³

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5 M Joseph Sherrick ³

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            AKA: Joseph Scherg 3
           Born: 30 Apr 1787 - Lancaster Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Barbara Beitler (1788-1857) 3
           Marr: 22 Mar 1810 3

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6 F Mary Scherg ³

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         Spouse: Abraham Stoner (      -      ) 3

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7 F Katherine Scherg ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Ann Scherg ³

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         Spouse: Henry Ruth (      -      ) 3

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9 F Susan Scherg ³

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         Spouse: Christian Funk (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Scherg

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He was a Mennonite preacher. He removed from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Fayette County, and on this journey was accompanied by his wife and his son, Joseph, Jr. In the year 1790 he moved to Westmoreland County, settling near what became Everson, where his death occurred. According to his will made November 23, 1811, and recorded at Uniontown, Fayette County, will book No. 1, page 140, which was probated February 20, 1812, he left a widow well provided for.

By this generation the family name was changed from Scherg to Sherrick.

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General Notes: Wife - Anna Mercer

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She was a distant relative of General Mercer, of Revolutionary fame.
She lived to the age of eighty-four years, three months and eleven days.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 384.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. I (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 309.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 385.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. I (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 310.