Individual Details
Maria Catharina QUICKEL
(21 March 1734 - 1 February 1796)
SOURCE CITATION:
Page: J-257
Text: Catharena Sheffer, widow, of Dover Township, York Co., PA.
Give and bequeath to my children:
Catharena, wife of Anthony Slothour.
Barbara, wife of Charles Crim.
Margaret wife of Frederick Bakers.
Christina wife of Joseph Leip.
Lavena, youngest daughter, wife of Philip Hoffman my copper cittle,
cotten
spinnen weal, one cack pan, two iron ladles, one meat fork.
Malchoir Benedick, youngest son.
Philip Benedick, eldest son.
George Benedick.
Michael Peter Benedick.
Nickolas Benedick.
Executor: Son in Law, Anthony Slothour.
18 February 1796. deceased by 8 March 1796.
Title: Will J-257 for Catharena Sheffer
Repository Name: York County Historical Society
Address: York PA
SOURCE CITATION:
Page: Pag 152 of Crim/Grim report
Text: Will J-257: Catharine Sheffer of Dover Twp., widow of (1) Melchior
Benddick and (2) Jacob Sheffer dated 18 Feb 1796 probated 8 mar 1796.
All children are Benedict: Catharine, wife of Anthony Slothour
Savena wife of Philip Hoffman
Melchior Benedict "youngest son"
Philip Benedict "oldest son"
Elizabeth wife of Conrad Statuzeberger
Barbara wife of Charles Crum
Margaret wife of Frederick Baker
Chiristina wife of Joseph Seip
George, Michael, Peter and Nicholas Benedick.
Title: Catharine Sheffer Will J-257
Repository Name: York County Historical Society
Address: York PA
Wills J-257 At York COunty Historical SOciety states that Philip
Hoffman married Sabina, d/o Cath. Sheffer, Dover Twp., widow.
Catharine married the second time to Jacob Shaeffer, a widower who
lived west of Dover and he died in 1794.
Her will was dated 8 Mar 1796.
The descendants of Catharine were the only ones of the immigrant
Philip Quickel that remained in York County PA. Quite a number of
these married descendants of George and Michael Quickel, the two
brothers of Philip. The first six were born in Lancaster COunty PA.
7-2-1999 information from FSnyder438@aol.com:
gives her name as Maria Catharina Quickel b 21 Mar 1733/4 in
Brandau, died Feb 1796 in Dover Twp York Co PA and married to
Melchior Benedict
Page: J-257
Text: Catharena Sheffer, widow, of Dover Township, York Co., PA.
Give and bequeath to my children:
Catharena, wife of Anthony Slothour.
Barbara, wife of Charles Crim.
Margaret wife of Frederick Bakers.
Christina wife of Joseph Leip.
Lavena, youngest daughter, wife of Philip Hoffman my copper cittle,
cotten
spinnen weal, one cack pan, two iron ladles, one meat fork.
Malchoir Benedick, youngest son.
Philip Benedick, eldest son.
George Benedick.
Michael Peter Benedick.
Nickolas Benedick.
Executor: Son in Law, Anthony Slothour.
18 February 1796. deceased by 8 March 1796.
Title: Will J-257 for Catharena Sheffer
Repository Name: York County Historical Society
Address: York PA
SOURCE CITATION:
Page: Pag 152 of Crim/Grim report
Text: Will J-257: Catharine Sheffer of Dover Twp., widow of (1) Melchior
Benddick and (2) Jacob Sheffer dated 18 Feb 1796 probated 8 mar 1796.
All children are Benedict: Catharine, wife of Anthony Slothour
Savena wife of Philip Hoffman
Melchior Benedict "youngest son"
Philip Benedict "oldest son"
Elizabeth wife of Conrad Statuzeberger
Barbara wife of Charles Crum
Margaret wife of Frederick Baker
Chiristina wife of Joseph Seip
George, Michael, Peter and Nicholas Benedick.
Title: Catharine Sheffer Will J-257
Repository Name: York County Historical Society
Address: York PA
Wills J-257 At York COunty Historical SOciety states that Philip
Hoffman married Sabina, d/o Cath. Sheffer, Dover Twp., widow.
Catharine married the second time to Jacob Shaeffer, a widower who
lived west of Dover and he died in 1794.
Her will was dated 8 Mar 1796.
The descendants of Catharine were the only ones of the immigrant
Philip Quickel that remained in York County PA. Quite a number of
these married descendants of George and Michael Quickel, the two
brothers of Philip. The first six were born in Lancaster COunty PA.
7-2-1999 information from FSnyder438@aol.com:
gives her name as Maria Catharina Quickel b 21 Mar 1733/4 in
Brandau, died Feb 1796 in Dover Twp York Co PA and married to
Melchior Benedict
Events
| Birth | 21 March 1734 | Brandau, Starkenburg, Hessen, Germany |  | ||
| Immigration | 1736 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Marriage | 10 March 1752 | Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Johann Melchior BENEDICT Jr. |  | | |
| Marriage | Aft 1784 | , York, Pennsylvania - Jacob SHAEFFER | | ||
| Death | 1 February 1796 | Dover Twp, York, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Ancestral File Number | PZ9B-5V |
Families
| Spouse | Johann Melchior BENEDICT Jr. (1716 - 1784) |
| Child | Johann Philip BENEDICT (1753 - ) |
| Child | Maria Catharina BENEDICT (1753 - 1807) |
| Child | Elizabeth BENEDICT (1754 - ) |
| Child | George BENEDICT (1755 - 1816) |
| Child | Barbara BENEDICT (1760 - 1796) |
| Child | Michael BENEDICT (1762 - ) |
| Child | Maria Margaret BENEDICT (1764 - 1796) |
| Child | Johann Peter BENEDICT (1769 - ) |
| Child | Johann Nicolaus BENEDICT (1771 - ) |
| Child | Sabina BENEDICT (1775 - 1851) |
| Child | Christina BENEDICT (1777 - 1796) |
| Child | Johann Melchior BENEDICT (1780 - 1857) |
| Spouse | Jacob SHAEFFER (1730 - ) |
| Father | Johann Philipp QUICKEL (1709 - 1757) |
| Mother | Anna Sabina PRITSCH (1709 - 1765) |
| Sibling | Johann Nickel QUICKEL (1735 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Johann Michael QUICKEL (1738 - 1804) |
| Sibling | Johann Peter QUICKEL (1740 - 1828) |
| Sibling | Sabina QUICKEL (1742 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Elisabeth Barbara QUICKEL (1744 - 1773) |
| Sibling | Catharina Maragaretha QUICKEL (1745 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria QUICKEL (1749 - 1751) |
| Sibling | Philipp QUICKEL (1745 - 1800) |
Notes
Marriage
SOURCE CITATION:Page: page 52-53
Text: PEnnsylvania Records:
Trinity Lutheran KB, Lancaster:
Married 10 March 1752 Melchoir Benedict, widower, and Maria
Catharina Quickel, d/o Philp Quickel.
Title: Eighteenth Century Emigrants - The Northern Kraichgau
Repository Name: York County Historical Society
Address: York PA
SOURCE CITATION:
Page: page 4
Text: The marriage record of Melchior Benedick shows that he was a native
of Zweybrecht, Germany. He landed at Philadelphia on 26 Sept. 1749,
married Catharine Quickel on March 10, 1752, and moved into York
County about 1763. He settled on a 106 acre tract of land located
in what is now Conewago Twp. York Co PA where he died and was buried
at the QUickel church. His will was
probated 26 May 1784.
Catharine later married a Jacob Sheaffer, a widower who lived west
of Dover and he died in 1794. Her will was dated 8 March 1796. The
descendants of Catharine were the only one of the immigrant Philip
Quickel that remained in York County PA.
Title: Quickel Ancestral History
Author: unknown
Call #: Bendict Family file
Repository Name: York Co. Historical Society Library
Address: York PA
The marriage record of Melchoir Benedick shows that he was a native
of Zweybrecht, Germany. He landed at Philadelphia on 26 Sep 1749.
Married Catharine Quickel on 10 Mar 1752. Moved into York County PA
about 1763 and settled on a 106 acre tract of land located in what
is now Conewago Twp. where he died , and was buried at the QUickel
Church.
Endnotes
1. Joan Kushner Compiled Records, Quickel - Descendants of Hans Quickel from Joan Kushner (desrat@lvcm.com, Las Vegas, NV).
2. Germany, Brandau - personal visit with Anne Hubertson (Personal visit October 2002 with Anne Hubertson in Brandau, Germany. Anne translates from the original church books in the Brandau area.).
3. Germany, Brandau - personal visit with Anne Hubertson (Personal visit October 2002 with Anne Hubertson in Brandau, Germany. Anne translates from the original church books in the Brandau area.).
4. Joan Kushner Compiled Records, Quickel - Descendants of Hans Quickel from Joan Kushner (desrat@lvcm.com, Las Vegas, NV).
5. Joan Kushner Compiled Records, Quickel - Descendants of Hans Quickel from Joan Kushner (desrat@lvcm.com, Las Vegas, NV).
6. Kirschnick, Ulrich, Familien in Brandau (Odenwald), 1635-1910 ( Family lineage book for Brandau, Hessen, Germany, index included.).
7. Joan Kushner Compiled Records, Quickel - Descendants of Hans Quickel from Joan Kushner (desrat@lvcm.com, Las Vegas, NV).