Anna Veronika (Landvatter) Merkle (1666 - 1708)

Born 1666 in Oberamt, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Wife of Abraham (Merckle) Merkle — married 27 Jul 1684 in Bonfeld, Ritterkanton Kraichgau des Schwäbischen Ritterkreises, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1708 at about age 42 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

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Anna Veronika Maria (Landvatter) Merkle, born as Landvotter in 1666 at Oberamt, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg; died about 1717 perhaps at sea. She married Abraham Merckle July 27, 1684 in Bonfeld^[1], born March 1, 1666 in Bonfeld; died 1734 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Names of [Merkle] Family members used in the Profiles of Abraham and Anna Veronika Merkle and their children have been brought into alignment with the historic (German) Merkle Family Tree:

"Stammtafel der familie Merkle; nach den Kirchenbüchern zu Bonfeld, Oberamts Heilbronn, königreich Württemberg, und denen zu Wimpfen, grossherzogtum Hessen (1886)" (see Descendants of Abraham Merkle.

Children of Anna Veronika Landvatter and Abraham Merkle:

(i) Jeremias Andreas Merkle, born May 16, 1685; died young after May 1685 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany.

(ii) Anna Maria (Merkle) Hite, born January 16, 1687 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; died 1739 in Long Meadows, Frederic County, Virginia; married Johann Justus "Jost" Hite November 11, 1704 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; born December 5, 1685 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany. Anna Maria emigrated to New York with her husband Jost Hite and baby daughter Mary in 1710 as Palatinate Subsistence refugees.

(iii) Anna Felizitas (Merkle) Bopp, born January 6, 1689 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; died October 9, 1773 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; married Johann George Bopp (aka Popp) February 28, 1716 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany. Anna Felizitas emigrated to New York with her father Abraham in 1717, and her husband Johann George Bopp emigrated with her.

(iv) Anna Veronika Merkle, born August 22, 1690; died young August 23, 1691 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany.

(v) Andreas Jeremias Merkle, born June 9, 1692 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; died April 19, 1766 in Wimpfen, Hesse, Germany; married Maria Katharine G. Lautenschlager October 6, 1716 in Wimpfen, Hesse, Germany; child Georg Paul Merkle, born September 23, 1740 in Wimpfen, Hesse, Germany.

(vi) Anna Katharine Merkle, born March 19, 1695 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany. In 1717 she immigrated from Germany with her father; apparently died en-route.

(vii) Anna Veronika (Merkle) Frey, born January 3, 1697 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; died 1752 in Frederick Twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; married William Frey about 1722 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; born 1695 in Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; died June 15, 1768 in Frederick Twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Veronika Merkle emigrated to New York with her father Abraham in 1717 at age 20; was reunited with her sister Anna Maria Hite in Perkiomen, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and raised ten children with William Frey in Falkner Swamp (Frederick Twp.) adjacent to the Hite Family, her sister Christen Merkle and her brother Jacob Merkle.

(viii) Regina Christine "Christen" (Merkle) Frey, born March 20, 1699 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; died January 1, 1760 at Cedar Creek in Frederick County, Virginia; married Benjamin Frey about 1721 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; born about 1696 in Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, died March 1753 at "Frye Fort" in Frederick County, Virginia.

Christen Merkle emigrated to New York with her father Abraham in 1717 at age 18; was reunited with her sister Anna Maria Hite in Perkiomen, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; and raised nine children with Benjamin Frey at Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley.

(ix) Isaac Merkle, born July 11, 1701 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; died young October 15, 1701 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany. Twin brother of Jacob Merkle.

(x) Jacob Merkle, born July 11, 1701 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; died August 29, 1784 in Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He emigrated to New York with his father Abraham in 1717 at age 16.

Married (1) Barbara Dodderer (daughter of George Philip Dodderer and Veronica Schleipfer) February 13, 1722 in Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; born about 1704 in Stebbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, died July 24, 1738 in Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Married (2) Barbara Rausch (aka Kausch) July 29, 1739 in Perkiomen, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; born April 14, 1714, died September 1784.

(xi) Isaac Merkle, born February 22, 1704 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; died young 1705 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany.

(xii) Anna Rosina Merkle, born November 5, 1705. In 1717 she immigrated from Germany with her father at age 11; apparently died en-route.

(xiii) Abraham Merkle, born March 12, 1708 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany; died young September 11, 1708 in Bonfeld, Württemberg, Germany.

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Note

Letter from Hank Adams 29 Nov 2001 Anna Veronica was the daughter of David Landvatter; she was born about 1684.

Marriage:

Date: 27 FEB 1684^[2]

Place: Bonfeld, Wuerttenburg, Germany

Sources

1. ↑ Church book Bonfeld, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Heilbronn > Bonfeld > Mischbuch 1607-1737 Band 1 Archion image 146
2. ↑ Stammtafel der familie Merkle shows Abraham Merkle and Anna Veronika were married "27. Juli 1684".

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