Martin Luther von Diehl and Anna Catherine Zerkiebelin

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Husband Martin Luther von Diehl ¹

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            AKA: Martin Luther Diehl 1
           Born:  - Germany
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           Died: 1832 1
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       Marriage: 15 Sep 1785 - ? Philadelphia, PA 1

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Wife Anna Catherine Zerkiebelin ¹

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Children

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1 M Capt. Peter Diehl ¹

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           Born: 1788 1
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           Died: 19 Mar 1839 1
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         Spouse: Sarah Schmidt (1792-1876) 1
           Marr: 1813 1

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General Notes: Husband - Martin Luther von Diehl

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The von Diehls were of ancient German lineage and a family of high standing. The earlier generation in America retained the von, which signifies rank, but later it was dropped, then becoming Diehl.

The first of this branch to arrive in America was Martin Luther von Diehl, born in Germany, who came when a young man during the earlier period of the Revolutionary War. He located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, at what is now Lehighton, purchasing land, later found to be richly underlaid with anthracite coal. He cleared land on which he established his home, the property long being known as the Martin Diehl farm.
When General Washington, after the evacuation of Boston by the British, called on congress for ten thousand soldiers, Northampton County responded with three hundred and forty-seven men, among whom was Martin Luther Diehl. He enlisted in Captain John Arnott's company, Colonel Baxter's battalion of the Flying Camp. He saw service on Long Island and was engaged in the battle of August 29, 1776, and was one of the body of men who escaped unharmed and rendezvoused at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, the next day.

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Notes: Marriage

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The records of old Zion Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, contain the following entry: "Martin Luther Diehl and Anna Catherine Zerkiebelin, both single persons from Germany were married by the Rev. J. H. Christopher Helmuth on the 15th day of Sept. 1785 A.D. evidence Mr. Henkel."

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1704.