Johann Christian MERCKLIN

Research Citations:

Sources:

Rootsweb.com
"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

Notes:

                   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