Lewis
Bechtol
Sr.
Born in Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Son of Zachariah Bechtol
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Jacob Bechtol
Husband of
Catherine (Wieland) Bechtol
— married
12 Mar 1808 in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Bechtol) Ringer, Sarah (Bechtol) Kefauver, Catherine (Bechtol) Kefauver, Sophia Bechtol, Hannah (Bechtol) Culler, Lewis Bechtol, Johannes Bechtol, Daniel Bechtol and Mary Margaret (Bechtol) Nikirk
Died
at age 68
in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Feb 2015
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Biography
He was born on 19 Jun 1783 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA and his parents were Anna Barbara (Beckenbach) and Zachariah Bechtol.
Lewis Bechtol married on 12 Mar 1808 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA to Catherine Wieland [1]
He passed away on 08 Nov 1851 in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA.
An 1852 equity court case over his estate named the following relatives [2] ...
- - widow, Catherine @~70yrs
- - father-in-law, Bernard Wieland, deceased
- - children ...
- - Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Ringer, living in Amherst Co, VA
- - Catharine, wife of Daniel Keafauver
- - Hannah, wife of Peter Culler
- - Mary M., wife of George Neikirk
- - Daniel Bechtol and wife Mahala Biser
- - John Bechtol and wife Mary Ann Getzendanner
- - Sarah, deceased wife of Daniel Keafauver (leaving minor son Horatio B. Keafauver).
Sources
- ↑ Marriage Licenses of Frederick County 1778-1810 by Margaret E. Myers & Family Line Publishing in 1994 edition#2; marriage license on 12 March 1808 in Frederick County, Maryland for Catherine Wieland & Lewis Bechtol
- ↑ Equity Court Records of Frederick County, Maryland citing Maryland State Archives; Liber ES-2; p29-51; abstract by Dorinda Shepley
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery on ancestry.com
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8542911&pid=108 Ancestry Family Tree
Acknowledgements
- Bechtol-104 was created on 07 Feb 2015 by Gary Smith through the import of Smith Family Tree-2.ged
- Bechtol-193 was created by L (Dargon) Donais
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lewis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lewis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lewis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lewis:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
L (Dargon) Donais 
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
Gary Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A615536 [compare], Ancestry member gjsmith89
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~0.78%
Jeff Brabander :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #931139
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N Gauthier
Bechtol-193 and Bechtol-104 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents and same wife and same children
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