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Extracted from
Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania
Edited by Wilfred Jordon
Lewis Publishing Company, 1935
New Series, Volume 6
HANS GEORG MERCKLY , known in the Colonial records as George Markle, was born near Basel, Switzerland, February 1730. and died in Pennsylvania in August, 1799. He arrived in Pennsylvania on the ship " Christian " and was "qualified" at Philadelphia, September 13, 1749. He was unmarried when he came. After his marriage he established himself near Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The records of Pennsylvania show that in 1752 he became the owner of one hundred acres of land. His name occurs in 1790 in the census of Strasburg Township. He gave his services during the American Revolution as a private in the Strasburg Militia. He was a Member of Captain William Smyth's Company, on whose roster his name appears in 1777, 1780 and 1783. In the same company was also his son, John.
George Markle married (first), October 30, 1761 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Miss Regina Dora Barbara Frohlich. She was born December 24, l740 in Wurttemberg, Germany and was fourteen years old when she left for America. George Markle evidently married a second time, as at his death, a guardian was appointed for two young sons of his.
Additional References:
A brief memorial of Joh. Jonas Rupp and complete genealogical Family Register of his Lineal Descendants from 1756 to 1875, with an Appendix by I. Daniel Rupp, 1874. Genealogical Society of Philadelphia, PA, Sept 1977. Call no.: F, R , .878.
Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol VII showing military service of George Markley in the Revolutionary War.
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