Mary Magdalen (Gasser) Markley (1756 - 1820)

Born 4 Jul 1756 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Wife of Abraham Markley — married 5 Oct 1777 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1820 at age 63 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in 1756. Parents believed to be of German descent migration to South Carolina.

Abraham Markley married Mary Magdalen Gasser on 5 Oct 1777 in Charleston, South Carolina ^[1]in St Philip's Parish

Children of Abraham and Mary Magdalen Gasser Markley

1. Mary Elizabeth Markley 1778–1844 m) Ezekiel Noble
2. Elisabeth Christina Markley 1780–1855 m) William M Lee
3. Caroline Markley 1785– aft 1824 m) William Trescott
4. Benjamin Arthur Markley 1787–1841 m) Louisa Constantina Strobel

She passed away in 1820 at the age of 63 and is buried at Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery located in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Find A Grave: Memorial #33934279 (Also known as English Lutheran Cemetery)

NOTE

Gasser may not be the actual last name spelling may be a derivitive of a similar German name. I assume that this person was in the migration of German Palatines into colonial South Carolina as was her husband. Germany to Pennsylvania and then South Carolina.

The churches mentioned in documents were St. John’s which was completed in 1763. Thhe oldest church in Charleston was St Philip's which was founded in 1680 (it being to small) and a newer built church was holding its first services on Easter Day 1723. In 1751, St. Michael’s was built on the property of the original St. Philip’s, and the first services were conducted there in 1761.

Clue to Gasser

Revill, Janie. A Compilation of the Original Lists of the Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773. Columbia, S.C.: The State company, 1939.Page 15

Name: Mary Gasser

Arrival year: 1763-1764

Arrival Place: Charleston, South Carolina

Primary Immigrant: Gasser, Mary

Source Publication Code: 3627.37

Annotation: Place and date of immigrants' or discharged military person's petition requesting reimbursements of passage, additional land, headrights, bounty, etc. from the South Carolina government or of letter expressing satisfaction with the voyage to America. Extr

Source Bibliography: JONES, JACK MORELAND, and MARY BONDURANT WARREN. South Carolina Immigrants, 1760 to 1770. Danielsville, GA: Heritage Papers, 1988. 430p.

Charleston, South Carolina; Year: 1763-1764; Page Number: 68

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Markley Gasser Marriage Record

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 March 2021), memorial page for Mary Magdalen Gasser Markley (4 Jul 1756–29 Mar 1820), Find a Grave Memorial no. 33934279, citing Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Saratoga (contributor 46965279) .

• Descendants of Jacob Markley of Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, by Dotterer, Henry Sassaman, 1841-1903; Markley Freundschaft (Montgomery County, Pa.) pbl 1884 Page 9

• South Carolina, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965, Hunting For Bears, comp.. South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965. South Carolina marriage information

Name: Abraham Markley

Spouse: Mary Gasser

Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1777

Source: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol 5, # 3