Individual Details
Abraham Markley
(1 Mar 1664 - )
Abraham & Anna Veronica had 13 children. They emigrated to PA from Bonfeld, Germany, in 1717 & apparently died enroute, possibly buried at sea. Name also seen as Merckle, Merkle, Markle.
Last page of the Bonfeld churchbook is a Pastor's list of Emigrants from the Village.
Under the date of 1710: Johannes Heyd with his family, and Justus Heyd, his son, with his family
1717: Abraham Merckle, his wife with 5 ch. and his son in law, among others.
There is a folder in the Montgomery Co PA Historical Society which lists the information about the children of Abraham.
Note in Family Tree on Ancestry. Copied from mhacker8372 on 25 Nov 2007.
Abraham Mercle, the son of Jorg and Eva Merklin of the District of Wimpfen in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany, was born 1 Mar 1664. According to the Church Book of Bonfeld, District of Heilbronn, Germany, Abraham Mercle married Anna Verinica Landvatter, 27 Jul 1684. The birth of their 13 children (6 of these children died young) is also recorded in the Church Book of Bonfeld. Abraham and Eva's eldest daughter, Anna Marie, married Hans Yost Heydt, 11 Nov 1704, in Bonfeld. The young couple sailed on the ship "Fifth Party" and arrive in New York, 1710, living first in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Hans Yost Heydt and his family were living in Pennsylvania by 1714 in the Perkiomen region, where he became known as Jost Hite. Hite along with Robert McKay and Benjamin Borden promoted the settling of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Abraham Mercle with his wife Anna Verinica,; daughters, Anna Katherine, Regina Christine, Anna rosina, Anna, Felizitas; a son-in-law; and son Jacob came to Pennsylvania in 1717. It is believed that Abraham settled in Phildelphia County, now know as Montgomery County, where Jost Hite and the Heinrich Frey families were also living. Regina Christine (also referred to a Anna Christine andChristian Anne) and Benjamin Frye were married in 1720. Abraham's son Jacob, who settled in the Skippack region, was the first known to use the Markley spelling for his surname. Jacob Markley married Barbara Dotterer, 13 Feb 1722, and they were assiciated with the Augusta Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Events
| Birth | 1 Mar 1664 | Bonfeld, Wuerttenburg, Germany |  |  | |
| Marriage | 27 Feb 1684 | Bonfeld, Wuerttenburg, Germany - Anna Veronica Landvatter | | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Veronica Landvatter ( - ) |
| Child | Jeremias Andreas Markley (1685 - 1685) |
| Child | Anna Maria Markley (1687 - 1739) |
| Child | Anna Felicitas Markley (1689 - 1773) |
| Child | Anna Veronica Markley (1690 - 1691) |
| Child | Andreas Jeremias Markley (1692 - 1766) |
| Child | Anna Catherine Markley (1695 - ) |
| Child | Anna Veronica Markley (1697 - 1752) |
| Child | REGINA CHRISTENA ?Markley (1699 - 1760) |
| Child | Issac Markley (1701 - 1701) |
| Child | Jacob Markley (1701 - 1784) |
| Child | Isaac Markley (1704 - 1704) |
| Child | Anna Rosina Markley (1705 - ) |
| Child | Abraham Markley (1708 - 1708) |
| Father | Jorg Merckle (1603 - ) |
| Mother | Eva [Merkle] (1617 - 1690) |
Notes
Birth
Christened 2 Mar 1664. Have also seen this date as May. Perhaps a confusion with the dating.Marriage
Given as 27 Jun 1684 in the Ancestral File with no known surname for Anna Veronica. If there is a record of this marriage it seems likely the German records would have listed Anna Veronica's married name.Endnotes
1. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
2. Ancestral File, version 4.19 (2002), Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. Available online at http://www.familysearch.org. , Version 4.19 online. 1 Dec 2001..
3. Henry Z. Jones, Jr., The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710 (Universal City, CA 1985), p.353-355.
4. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
5. Ancestral File, version 4.19 (2002), Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. Available online at http://www.familysearch.org. , Version 4.19 online. 1 Dec 2001..