Individual Details

Ulrich Sherck may have been jailed in Bern, Switzerland on 1710 July 27 for being an Anabaptist and deported in 1711. Ulrich and his family may have been among the Anabaptists that arrived in Muiden, Holland on 1711 August 3 aboard the Emmenthaler.
Whatever their background, the family landed in Philadelphia 23 August 1728 aboard the Mortonhouse. Settling first in Lancaster, Ulrich and family moved to Schoenek in Cocalico Township around 1735.
There is much confusion about the Newcomers and the Shirks. I have relied on the summaries by Allan Garber.

Birth	9 Mar 1663	Sumiswald, Verwaltungskreis Emmental, Bern, Switzerland
Death	3 Jul 1739	Cocalico, Lancaster, PA
Marriage		Barbara Grundbacher
Alt name		Ulrich Shirk Senior
Alt name		Ulrich Schurch Senior
Alt name		Ulrich Sherck Senior
Burial		Steinmetz Cemetery, Schoeneck, Lancaster, PA

Spouse	Barbara Grundbacher ( - )
Child	Peter Shirk (1696 - )
Child	Elizabeth Shirk (1698 - )
Child	Johannes Shirk (1701 - 1706)
Child	Ulrich Shirk Junior (1704 - 1763)
Child	Johannes Shirk (1706 - 1789)
Child	Peter Scherch (1709 - 1772)
Child	Michael Shirk Senior (1712 - 1757)
Child	Casper Scherk ( - 1783)
Child	Martha Shirk ( - )
Child	Jeanette Shirk ( - )

Father	Peter Schurch (1639 - 1697)
Mother	Christina Rachensteiner ( - )

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