Jeremiah
Runkle
Sr
Born in Montgomery, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Runkle
and Catherine Eteris
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Christina Runkle
— married
16 Feb 1796 in Augusta County, Virginia
Husband of
Christina Robenolt
— married
9 Dec 1828 in Perry County, Ohio
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Alice (Runkle) Alspach, Catherine (Runkle) Clouse, Samuel Runkle, Sarah Ann (Runkle) Woodring, Daniel Runkle, Mary (Runkle) Bowman, John Runkle, Susannah (Runkle) Foster, Nancy (Runkle) Moyer, Jacob G Runkle, Margaret Rebecca (Runkle) Rarick, Sophia (Runkle) Kuntz, Lydia (Runkle) Henderson, Jeremiah Runkle Jr. and Peter Runkle
Died
at age 80
in Perry, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Apr 2016
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Biography
Jeremiah was born in 1773. Jeremiah Runkle ... He passed away in 1854. Mr. Runkle's first wife was Christina Runkle (a distant cousin). They were married February 17, 1796 in Augusta County, Virginia.
He married Christina Robinolt-Solt December 9, 1828 in Northhampton, Pennsylvania.
Research Notes
Removed Ludwig Runkle and Barbara Dubs as parents (06/14/23).
An unnamed father, possibly a son of Peter Runkle's lived in Virginia was was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and had at least four children:
- Jeremiah (b. 1776; settled in Fairfield County and then Perry County, OH; married his cousin Christina Runkle [daughter of Lewis] by whom he had 13 children; also married Christina Sult by whom he had four children)
- Nelly (went with Jeremiah to Ohio, but returned to Virginia)
- Nancy (went with Jeremiah to Ohio, but returned to Virginia)
- James (no additional information)[1]
Jeremiah's children were:
- Samuel (married Nancy Wiseman and had six children)
- Elizabeth (married Daniel Alspach and had 11 children)
- Catharine (married John Clouse and had six children)[2]
- Sarah (married Daniel Woodring and had three children)
- Daniel (married Betsy Chroninger and had three children)
- Mary (married Noah Bowman and had seven children)
- Susan (married John Foster; names of children not known)
- Sophia (married John Kuntz and had two children)
- Nancy (married John Moyer and had six children)
- John, died unmarried
- Jacob (1816-1882; removed from Perry County, OH, to Miami County, IN; married Anna Alspach and Mary with unknown surname; he had 10 children, five by each wife)
- Margaret or Rebecca (married George Rarick and had two children
- Lydia (married John P. Henderson, had eight children and lived in Toledo, IN)
- Jeremiah (married Anna Leonard and had 11 children)[3]
- Lucinda, died young
- Lavina, died young
- Peter (lived in Montpelier, Indiana; married Mary M. Bevington and had three children: Cary R., Charles S., and Essie E.)[4]
Sources
- ↑ The Runkle Family: Being an account of the Runkels in Europe, and their descendants in America, by Fisher, Ben van Doren, New York: T.A. Wright, 1899. via https://archive.org/details/runklefamilybein00fish/page/n659/mode/2up
- ↑ The Runkle Family: Being an account of the Runkels in Europe, and their descendants in America, by Fisher, Ben van Doren, New York: T.A. Wright, 1899. via https://archive.org/details/runklefamilybein00fish/page/n663/mode/2up
- ↑ The Runkle Family: Being an account of the Runkels in Europe, and their descendants in America, by Fisher, Ben van Doren, New York: T.A. Wright, 1899. via https://archive.org/details/runklefamilybein00fish/page/n665/mode/2up
- ↑ The Runkle Family: Being an account of the Runkels in Europe, and their descendants in America, by Fisher, Ben van Doren, New York: T.A. Wright, 1899. via https://archive.org/details/runklefamilybein00fish/page/n671/mode/2up
- Find A Grave: Memorial #50606691
- Burial: Lutheran Reformed Cemetery, Thornville, Perry County, Ohio, USA
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jeremiah 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 Jeremiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jeremiah 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 Jeremiah:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Kathy (Fitzpatrick) Lewis 
:
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~0.78%
Anonymous Werling :
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