Merkley: my Merkley Ancestry Story begins in Germany with Felix Merckel. Frederick Markel, my 7th Great Grandfather immigrated and settled in Ulster County, New York; my 6th Great Grandfather, Wilhelmus was born and remained there. His son, my 5th Great Grandfather, Frederick Markle, ended up in Canada after the Revolutionary War. His son, my 4th Great Grandfather, Michael Markley, married and raised his family in Canada, later in life, he moved to what was now the United States of America and settled in Iowa. His son, William, my 3rd Great Grandfather, remained in Canada; but his grandson, Edgar Merkley, my 2nd Great Grandfather, moved to Sac County, Iowa and all his children were born there, including Stella Merkley, my Great Grandmother. *Note: end of this document, special twists in my ancestry lineage.
Stella Gertrude Merkley married John Porter Adams (see, Beginnings, Adams Surname)
Parents of Stella: Edgar Merkley & Matilda Wiley-2nd Great Grandparents
Parents of Edgar: William Ira & Elizabeth Casselman -3rd Great Grandparents
Parents of William: Michael Frederick Markely & Nancy Casselman -4th Great Grandparents
Parents of Michael: Frederick Markle & Rebecca Pickard -5th Great Grandparents
Parents of Frederick: Wilhelmus Merckel & Sarah Koch -6th Great Grandparents
Parents of Wilhelmus: Frederick Markel & Anna Barbara Alman -7th Great Grandparents
Parents of Frederick: Felix Merckel & ? -8th Great Grandfather
Felix Merckel (1645-?) & ?
Married: ?
Germany (probably)
Frederick Markel (1669-1735)
Frederick Markel (1669-1735) & Anna Barbara Alman (1675-1739)
Married: 1690 *Source: Rootsweb, Kristen
Hassloch, Rheinland-Pfaltz, Germany to New York, USA
Children born in Germany
Anna Merckel (1700-?)
Lorentz Merckel (1700-1743)
Anna Maria Merckel (1701-1781)
Johann Mathias Merckel (1703-1778) married Catharina Margaretha Kehl
Elisabetha Merckel (1704-1784)
Johann Andreas Merckel (1706-1778)
Margaretha P Merckel (1708-1788)
Arrival: 6/14/1710, New York, NY (age 41)
Married: 8/1710 *Source: Rootsweb, Kristen
Anna Barbara Alman (1681-1742)
West Camp, NY
Johann Adam Merckel (1711-1791)
Maria Elisabetha Merckel (1713-1735) married Jacob Cornelius Brink
Bernhardt Barent Merckel (1715-1789) married Cornelia Vandermerken
married Barbara Vandermerken
Eva Merckel (1716-1796) married Jeremy Jeremiah Kittle
Elizabetha Maria Merckel (1719-?) married Thomas Bush (Bosch)
Johannes Merckel (1720-?) married Elisabetha Anna Schnaub
Wilhelmus Merckel (1722-1813) married Sarah Koch
Petrus Merckel (1725-1725)
Petrus Merckel (1726-?)
Anna Merckel (1729-1809) married Jacobus Bosch
married Robert Nellis
On the enlargement, below, you can read the names of our immigrant ancestors: Merckel (Merkley aka Markley, Markel, Markle) and Caselman (Casselman aka Cassleman).
Inscription:
Know O Traveler, within site of this hill on October 6, 1710, led by the Rev. Joshua Kochertal and the Rev. Johann Frederick Hager, there arrived on the east and west shores of Hudson's River nearly 300 families of refugees of the Palatine Region in Europe, who suffered many sorrows in the ravages of war, sickness, poverty and destitution, yet survived to settle these shores, sustained by their faith in the Lord and the sympathy of Queen Anne of England, whom they came to serve in the reduction of the pine forest for naval stores for her Majesty's Fleet. Do you wish to know more? Seek out their names on this tablet, on the pages of history their deeds.
Wilhelmus Merckel (1722-1813) & Sarah Koch (1730-1768)
Married: 4/4/1752 *Source: none given, most likely from Church records
Ulster, NY
James K. Markle (1753-1796) *Butler's Rangers. Canada after war
Wilhelmus Markle II (1754-1836) married Agnes ? *War of 1812, Canada
John Markle (Maracle) Sgt. (1755-1800) *Butler's Rangers. Canada after war
married Margaret Smith
Frederick Markle (1756-1836) *Butler's Rangers, Canada after war
married Rebecca Pickard
Petrus Markle (1758-1800) *no record of service (age 18). died in Canada
Henry Markle (1760-1812) *Butler's Rangers. Canada after war
married Mary Vrooman
Sarah Sally Merkle (1761-1844) married John Vandemerk (NY)
Alexander Markle (1763-?) *no record of service (age 13). died in Canada
married Rebecca Weaver
Benjamin Markle (1764-1811) *age 12, Revolutionary War Rolls
married Sarah Hasbrouck
Jacob W Markle (1766-1850) *age 10, Rev. War. married Sally H Higgins
Bridget Markle (1768-1844) married William Longyear, widow of war vet
Abraham Markle Sr (1770-1826) married Rachel Van Deusen, he was 21
married Catharine Thorn, he was 24
During his lifetime, Abraham went back and forth between Canada and the United States. he served in the War of 1812 in the Corps of Canadian Volunteers and was involved in attacks on what had been his home in Canada, for that he was indicted for Treason in Canada.
Frederick Markle (1756-1836) & Rebecca Pickard (1769-1844)
Married: 7/29/1783 *Source: Canada Loyalists Records
Ontario, Canada
Sarah Jane Markle (1784-1865)
Elizabeth Markle (1786-?)
Mary Markle (1788-?
Benjamin Markle (1790-1874)
Solomon Osterhout Markle (1792-1874)
Rebecca Markle (1794-1860)
Abraham Markle (1796-1863)
Catherine Markle (1798-1862)
Esther Markle (1798-1862)
John Frederick Markle (1800-1876)
Margaret Markle (1801-1862)
David Markle (1801-?)
Mary Estha Markle (1802-?)
Catherine Markle (1803-1862)
Delilah Markle (1807-1891)
Michael Frederick Markley (1808-1892)
Henry Markle (1810-1818)
Alexander S. Markle ?
Michael Frederick Markley (1808-1892) & Nancy Casselman (1805-1882)
Married: 8/28/1831 *Source: none given
Ontario, Canada to Iowa, USA
William Ira Merkley (1833-1918) married Elizabeth Casselman
Catherine Markley (1835-1908)
John Markley (1836-?)
Margaret M Markley (1837-1920)
Isaac M. Markley (1841-1903)
Levi Markley (1842-1929)
Michael M. Markley (1846-1921)
Cephrenes R. Markley (1851-1932)
Note: See, Beginnings, Casselman Surname
William Ira Merkley (1833-1918) & Elizabeth 'Betsy' Cassleman (1836-1917)
Married: 11/14/1859 *Source: none given
Ontario, Canada
Edgar Cephrenus Merkley (1861-1939) married Matilda Wiley
Eva Merkley (1861-1950) m: Roland Eugene Whitteker
Mary Ellen (Ella) Merkley (1863-1916) m: Sephrenus Alvin Casselman
Lucy Merkley (1865-1960) m: Anson Casselman
Nancy Merkley (1868-1898) no record of marriage, died young, age 30
Michael Merkley (1869-1893) no record of marriage, died young, age 24
Elizabeth or Libby Merkley (1871-?) no record of marriage
John Curtis Merkley (1872-1900), m: Lyda E Merkley ? Father: Cephrenus Merkley.
Aden Merkley (1875-1918) m: Annie McIntosh
Sarah Alice Merkley (1877-1959) m: Levi Whittaker
Note: See, Beginnings, Casselman Surname
Edgar Merkley (1861-1939) & Matilda Valerie (Tillie) Wiley (1865-1939)
Married: 1/18/1886 *Source:
Ontario, Canada to Sac, Iowa
(Cyphus) Merle Merkley (1887-1931) m: Minnie Belle Larson
Isaac Erwin Merkley (1888-1965) m: Edna Reyer
Stella Gertrude Merkley (1890-1926) married John Porter Adams *see Adams
Loid Merkley (1891-1893) died young, age 2
Loren (William) Merkley (1894-1969) married Linda Clara Zach
Ross John Merkley (1895-1972) m: Laura Ellen Barnard
Eva Pearl Merley (1899-1900) infant death, about 6 months
Vernon Edwin Merkley (1901-1977) m: Luanna Fertig
Glen Ivan Merkley (1905-1946) m: Gladys Hahne
Edgar and Matilda Merkley, Grand Home
Merkley:
Stella's brother, Loren, married Linda Clara Zach, mother of my Grandmother, Hester Marie Zach; later, adopted by Loren becoming Hester Merkley, resulting in Loren being my Great Grandfather through marriage. My grandmother, Hester, was only three years old when Loren married her mother, she didn't learn that he wasn't her 'Father' until she was in grade school when a child called her a 'bastard'... she came home crying to her mother who said it was true but that was all she would ever say on the matter. My grandmother never knew who her biological father was; all she ever got was interesting 'stories' from relatives in Indiana where her mother was born and raised. They claimed to know who the family was and that 'Hes' was a spitting image of her 'aunts'. Story goes that Linda Zach was a live-in maid for a wealthy family, became pregnant by the son, the sisters found out and offered her a check for $15,000. to leave town; Linda tore up the check, threw it in their face, and left without ever telling her lover about her pregnancy. I will add this story as an 'attachment document' to Linda Zach-Merkley's biographical sketch, later.
There another interesting twist to our family lineage:
Fast-forward... my great grandmother, Stella Merkley-Adams, had a son, Myron Adams, Myron married my grandmother, Hester Zach-Merkley. Through marriage to my great grandmother, Loren Merkley is my great grandfather; when my grandmother, Hester, married Myron (Loren's nephew), the result was that Loren became by 'blood relative' grand uncle. The marriage of his nephew to his adopted daughter resulted in the birth of my mother. his granddaughter through marriage and his 'blood related' grand niece. Of course, she was always his granddaughter; and he was always my great grandfather... however, even the Ancestry.com Family Tree builder had trouble with this twist and Loren ended up two people in two locations...
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