Johann Christian MERCKLIN
"Look behind your Mirror - Some descendants of Michael Rugh"
Ancestral File, Version 4.19
Pedigree Resource File
Internet IGI, Mar 2009
Will of Christian Merckel written 25 April 1749; Abstract of Wills and Administrations of Berks County, PA (FHL#974.816 )
Heuchelheim Frankenthal Church Records
NAME: Johann Christian was known as John Christopher when he came to America. BIRTH: Birthplace also listed as Metz, Alscace-Lorraine, France; Alsace, on the Rhine, Germany NOTES: 1. listed as legitimate son of Hans Georg Mercklin, master cartwright from Schulkersdorff (now Schillersdorf) located in Unter Elsass (Lower Alsace) - by (near) Buschweiler (now Bouxwiller) on marriage record to Anna Catharina Benner. 2. Baptismal name was Johann Christmann MERCKLEN. OCCUPATION: Master Cartwright
NAME: Jemima WURTZ/WEURTZ
He married Anna Germina Weurtz Abt 1719 at Amsterdam, Holland . Anna Germina Weurtz was born at Amsterdam, Holland Abt 1697 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Peter Merckel
born Abt 1719.
Christian Merckel
born Abt 1721.
Catherin Merckel
born Abt 1725.
Mary Merckel
born Abt 1730.
Anne Maria Merckel
born Abt 1732.
Anna Lena Merckel
born Abt 1734.
Johann Christian Mercklin died 10 Apr 1766 at Moselem Springs, Berks, Pennsylvania .