Hans Jacob BERKEL
Baptisms and Marriages in S.E. PA, 1730-1779, by Stover, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1988
Ancestry World Tree
New.familysearch.org, Sep 2011
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500's-1900's
Pennsylvania Census, 1772-1890
1850 Census: Pomfret, Chautauqua County, New York
Immigration: Sailed aboard "The Mary," arriving in Pennsylvania 29 September 1733
Name: Berkel was changed to Pirtle/Purtle in America 1797 - Sold SC property, migrated to Christen Co., KY. Land grant - 1000 acres south of Green River.
He married Dorothea Abt 1724 at Rheinland, Palatinate, Germany . Dorothea was born at Rheinland, Palatinate, Germany Abt 1704 .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Catherine Berkel
born Abt 1725.
Nicholas Berkel
born Abt 1727.
Maria Magdalena Berkel
born Abt 1729.
Anna Barbara Berkel
born Abt 1730.
John Jacob Berkel
born 7 Jan 1734.
Michael Leonhardt Berkel
born 20 Aug 1736.
Anna Eva Berkel
born 8 May 1739.
Maria Dorothea Berkel
born 27 Nov 1741.
Elizabeth Berkel
born 24 Dec 1743.
Hans Jacob Berkel died 1820 at Caldwell, Kentucky .