Gabriel Henry Fickle (abt. 1737 - aft. 1792)

Born about 1737 in Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania colony

Ancestors

Died after 1792 after about age 55 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Gabriel Fickel is said to have been born around 1737, in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. His father, Michael Fickel, was a native of Germany, and had arrived in Pennsylvania in 1734.^[1] He signed the Oath of Allegiance on the 23rd of September 1734,^[1] and married Margaret Slaymaker within the next two years. Gabriel was the second of the twelve children^[2] born to Michael and Margaret.

York County was created in 1749 from Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania.^[3] Gabriel married Mary Moore, in either Lancaster or York County. Gabriel and Mary had seven children,^[4]all born in York County.

1. Margaret Fickel b. 1761
2. Son Fickel b. bef. 1774
3. Gabriel Fickel, Jr. b. 1776
4. Joseph Fickle b. 1780
5. Daughter Fickel b. bef. 1790
6. Daughter Fickel b. bef. 1790
7. Daughter Fickel b. bef. 1790

In 1780 Gabriel was taxed for fifty acres of land, two horses, three cows, six sheep; all valued at $250.^[5] Gabriel was listed as the head of household in Huntington Township, within York County, in 1786.^[6] He had a household size of nine by the time the 1790 census was taken in York County.^[4]

Gabriel died some time after 1790.

Residence

1779: Huntington, York, Pennsylvania^[7]

1780: Huntington, York, Pennsylvania^[5]

1781: Huntington, York, Pennsylvania^[8]

1783: Huntington, York, Pennsylvania^[9]

1785: Huntington, York, Pennsylvania^[10]

1786: Huntington Township, York, Pennsylvania^[6]

1787: Huntington, York, Pennsylvania^[11] Gabriel purchased 200 acres in York County

1788: Huntington, York, Pennsylvania^[12]

1789: Huntington, York, Pennsylvania^[13]

1790: Mixed Townships, York County, Pennsylvania^[4]

Research Notes

Joseph has not yet been proven to be the son of Gabriel. (Silva-1055 22:54, 18 May 2021 (UTC))

York County Records:

• Will Book A (1749-1762) in York County, Pennsylvania had no Fickels listed.
• The 1779-1782 Wills had no Fickels listed.
• The 1782-1785 Will Book had no Fickels listed
• The 1785-1789 Will Book has no index
• There were "Fissel" guardianship records in York between 1749 and 1887, but no Fickel.(Silva-1055 00:58, 19 May 2021 (UTC))

An Ancestry Profile

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 15 May 2021), entry for Michal Fikle, 1734; citing EGLE, WILLIAM HENRY, editor Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808. (Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 2, vol. 17.) Harrisburg [PA]: E.K. Meyers, 1890. 787p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.
2. ↑ Probate for Michael Fickle, 1771, Book A-1, Pages 385-387, Frederick County, Province of Maryland court clerk's office.
3. ↑ York County, Pennsylvania as viewed on Wikipedia.org 18 May 2021
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 18 May 2021), Gabriel Fickle, Mixed Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 421, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 9; FHL microfilm 568,149.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 18 May 2021), entry for Gabriel Fickel, 1780; citing Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Pennsylvania, U.S., Septennial Census, 1779-1863," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 15 May 2021), entry for Gabriel Fickel, 1786; citing the Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863. Box 1026, microfilm, 14 rolls. Records of the House of Representatives. Records of the General Assembly, Record Group 7. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.
7. ↑ "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 18 May 2021), entry for Gabriel Fickel, 1779; citing Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
8. ↑ "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 18 May 2021), entry for Gabriel Fickel, 1781; citing Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
9. ↑ "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 18 May 2021), entry for Gabriel Fickel, 1783; citing Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
10. ↑ "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 18 May 2021), entry for Gabriel Fickel, 1785; citing Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
11. ↑ "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database with images, Ancestry ([Pennsylvania, U.S., Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952 Ancestry.com] : accessed 18 May 2021), entry for Gabriel Fickle, 1787; citing Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives.
12. ↑ "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 18 May 2021), entry for Gabriel Fickel, 1788; citing Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
13. ↑ "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 18 May 2021), entry for Gabriel Fickel, 1789; citing Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

• Will of Michael Fickle Fickel, Farmer, of Frederick County, in “Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999”> Frederick> Wills 1744-1777 vol 1> pages 385; image 208. Images available at FamilySearch.org [1], accessed 30 Nov 2021.

Signed 20 Nov 1770; Proved 3 January 1771

Heirs: wife, Margaret; children: Joseph, Elizabeth, Gabriel, Mary, Matthias, Daniel, Benjamin, Isaac, Jonathan, Esther, Naomi, Rachel. Executor: son, Joseph Fickel. Witnesses: Samuel McFinan, Benjamin Paddin, Wm Blair

Notes: “five youngest children – Benjamin, Isaac, Jonathan, Naomi & Rachel – shall dwell with their mother until they are of age.” Document uses both “Fickle” and “Fickel” spelling of surname.

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