John Marck (1775 - 1859)

Born 22 Aug 1775 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1859 at age 83 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

“Johannes Marx, son of Conrad Marx and wife Margaretha, born Aug. 22, 1775, bapt. Sept. 24, 1775; Sponsors Johannes Morritz and Barbara wife of Michael Neuhard, the elder.”^[1]

“No records have been found giving the date of John’s marriage. He did marry Anna Margreth Köhler (Koehler, Kehler), the younger sister of his brother Jacob’s wife Maria Magdalena. The were both daughters of Peter Koehler (Kehler) and his wife Margaretta who were married Jan. 26, 1779 and who, according to their tombstones on Western Salisbury Cemetery had one son and eight daughters, 52 grandchildren and 31 great-great grandchildren. Peter Koehler was born Nov. 16, 1755 and died Feb. 5, 1830. Margaretta was born Dec. 21, 1760 and died Sept. 18, 1841. They owned the mill property which was later known as Riegel’s mill and Farr’s mill just north of Emmaus along Cedar Crest Blvd. Since Conrad Marck’s property was just north of this and also along what is known as Riverbend Road we can well imagine that Jacob and John met their brides to be and married not long after. This suggests that John married Anna Margaret sometime after 1802 and before 1807 when their first child, Esther, was born. The couple had five children.”^[2]

After the death of his father Conrad in 1807, “John Marck purchased the Lower Macungie farm and grist mill from the heirs on April 1, 1809 for a total of 2793 pounds. He apparently transferred most of the land to his younger brother Jacob, sold two small portions, and retained about twenty-three acres along with the grist mill.”^[3]

“At least by 1813 a Lehigh County Tax Assessment List shows that John retained 23 Acres of the land on which the grist mill was located. The land was appraised at $966.00 and the mill at $3500.00 for a total tax of $11.74. Jacob, on the other hand, was taxed on the basis of owning 51 acres.”^[4]

“John, a miller and sawmill operator, was still living on the 23 Acre tract above mentioned according to the 1830 census at that time.”^[5]

“On April 6, 1835 John purchased two tracts of land in Upper Milford Township, one of 141 Acres and the other 19 Acres and 7 perches for $6500.00 from George Martin and subsequently moved his family there. Two years before his death he divided and sold the land to his son Peter and son-in-law Elias Knauss.”^[6]

Anna Margaretha, wife of John Marck, was born 18 Aug. 1787 and died 3 Jan. 1847.^[7]

“The 1850 U.S. Census shows that John, now about 76 years of age, farmer, who stated his net worth as $3500.00, was still living on the Upper Milford Township farm. His son Peter and Peter’s wife Eliza, who were both 24, lived with him. His grandson (the son of John Jr. who died at age 32) whose name was Willoughby was then 11 years old was also living on the farm with John Sr.”^[8]

John Marck died 21 Feb. 1859 and was buried at the Old Western Salisbury Cemetery in Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA.^[9]

“John’s Will, written June 10, 1847 and probated March 15, 1859 provides for the distribution of his Estate. His executors were his son Peter Marck and his sons-in-law Elias Knauss, John M. Ritter, and Irvin Burkhalter. (L.C.W.B. 3, p. 70, Estate File No. 3002.) The reader will remember that he had sold his farm to his son Peter and his son-in-law two years prior to his death. It seems he made the necessary equalization between his children for these funds at that time. The final accounting of his estate shows $2596.48 available for distribution. Each of his five children got $519.29 each – the three children of the deceased son, John, got $173.09 each (i.e. Willoughby, Milton and Lydia) as of the date of settlement on April 16, 1860.^[10]

Children:

1. Esther, b. 19 Feb. 1807; m. Elias Knauss; d. 20 Aug. 1868.

2. John, b. 19 Nov. 1811; m. Judith Henninger; d. 25 Oct. 1843.

3. Rebecca Margaret, m. John M. Ritter; d. 2 May 1894.

4. Peter K., b. 12 Mar. 1826; m. Eliza Burkhalter; d. 17 Nov. 1899.

5. Sarah Ann, b. 2 Feb. 1830; m. Erwin Burkhalter; to Missouri.

Sources

1. ↑ Records of the Zion Reformed Church at Egypt, Whitehall Twp., Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., PA, published in the Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, vol. 6, p. 22; quoted in Conrad Marck, his Family and Descendants, by Charles Harold Shafer (Allentown, PA, 1987), p. 47.
2. ↑ Charles Harold Shafer, Conrad Marck, his Family and Descendants (Allentown, PA, 1987), pp. 49.
3. ↑ Shafer, p. 22.
4. ↑ Shafer, p. 48.
5. ↑ Shafer, p. 48.
6. ↑ Shafer, pp. 48-9.
7. ↑ Shafer, p. 45, with photo of her gravestone.
8. ↑ Shafer, p. 49.
9. ↑ Shafer, p. 45, with photo of his gravestone.
10. ↑ Shafer, pp. 49-50.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to John Schmeeckle for creating WikiTree profile Marks-936 through the import of Burkhalter.ged on Dec 9, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.