Peter (Trachsel) Troxel (1691 - 1766)

Born 6 Nov 1691 in Lenk im Simmental, Bern, Switzerland

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Died 16 Apr 1766 at age 74 in Frederick, Maryland

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Biography

Peter Trachsel/Troxell I was born 6 Nov 1691, Lenk, Simmental, Bern Canton, Switzerland to Jakob Trachsel (1652 - 1721) and Margaretha Brengal (1654 - 1721).^[1] He emigrated from Switzerland, traveling to Philadelphia in the ship "Samuel" with his wife Juliana Catharina and two sons, Peter, aged 9, and Daniel, aged 7, and a daughter Barbara, on August 17, 1733.^[2][3]

He settled at Egypt, Whitehall Township. They were the parents of at least eight children, named in his will: Peter, Daniel, David, John, Christian, Frederick, Julianah, and Margaritha. ^{[4] [5]} The family was living in Egypt as late as 1758, but at some point they moved to Frederick, Maryland where Peter died in 1766. ^{[6] [7]}

Research Notes

1736 When his son John was baptized, he is referred to as church censor of the congregation ^[8]

1737, Deacon, His name appears in the Egypt Reformed Church records until 1744 ^{[citation needed]}

After removing from Egypt he became a member of the Jordan Reformed congregation. ^{[citation needed]}

Naturalization on April 10, 1742 ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Scott County, Tennessee, FNB Chronicles, Author, Historian Thomas H. Troxel [1]
2. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Database at Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 7486 #3077091. Citing source publication code 1031.10, Burgert, Annette K., ‘’Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America’’. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992. 690p.: Primary Immigrant: Trachsell, Peter; Family Members: Wife Trachsell, Juliana Catharina Frawhuger; Child Trachsell, Joh. Jacob; Child Trachsell, Joh. Peter; Child Trachsell, Johann Daniel; Child Trachsell, Maria Barbara
3. ↑ Ship Samuel, arrived 17 August 1737 from Rotterdam to Philadelphia [2]. Passengers: Peter Troksell, age 42 {1695}, Cathrine Troksell, age 30 {1707}, Peter Troksell, age 9 {1728}, Daniel Troksell, age 7 {1730}
4. ↑ Frederick County Wills,1748-1766 Liber A1 Folio 1-278 (CR 49,159) Abstracted by Leslie and Neil Keddie The Family Tree Bookshop www.familytreebookshop.com
5. ↑ Will of Peter Troxell in "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T1P-9BJF?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-C6X%3A146535301%2C147297001 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 119 of 315; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
6. ↑ Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com 2015.Original data: Maryland County, District and Probate Courts.
7. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 90206942
8. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Vol. VI. Harrisburg, PA. 1907. Egypt Reformed Church, Lehigh County, 1734-1834. Translated by Charles Roberts. Digitized at FamilySearch. Includes baptisms of David, 1734, Johannes, 1736, Christian and Julianna, twins, 1739, George, 1741