Johann Gaspard (Merkel) Markle (1730 - 1819)

Born 16 Sep 1730 in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Catherine (Grimm) Markle — married 1753 in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1819 at age 88 in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Markle Name Study.

Casper (Merkel) Markle performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Casper (Merkel) Markle is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A073759.

Casper (Merkel) Markle was an early settler in Pennsylvania.

Among the early settlers of Central Pennsylvania Gaspard may have been born in Berks County or Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1730. He married Elizabeth Grimm, and in 1770 removed to Westmoreland County. Shortly afterwards his wife died, and he returned to Berks County, where he married Mary Marich Rothermel, whom he brought to his home in this county. His residence here was the post of refuge to which the settlers fled for succor and safety. He and Judge Jacob Painter entered large tracts of land that extended several miles up and down Sewickley Creek.

Gaspard Markle in 1772 erected a grist-mill on Sewickley, which traverses his ancient homestead. Here was made some of the first flour manufactured west of the Allegheny Mountains. It was transported in flat-boats by Jacob Yoder, a citizen of Reading, to New Orleans. All the salt used was transported by the Markles (Gaspard's sons) from Eastern cities on pack-horses, the intervening country being an almost unbroken forest and impassable with wagons. Of course taverns and habitations, if any, were few and far between, and the caravans of packers were compelled to carry with them from home the necessary provender for the whole journey. But often the weary packer was turned out to graze on the mountains, or in the rich valleys which diversified and divided them, while the rider himself reposed under the shadows of the overhanging forest. His son, Gen. Joseph Markle, was born Feb. 15, 1777, and was the most daring of all the packers over the mountains.

Gaspard apparently made noteworthy contributions to Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War since he is listed in the Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot's Index. The DAR lists Service Description: 1) Constable Huntington 2) Suffered Depreciation, 1783. Markell, Gaspard DAR Ancestor #: A073759 Service: Pennsylvania Rank(s): Civil Service, Patriotic Service Birth: 1732 Pennsylvania Death: 9-17-1819 South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania ^[1]

( A predatory Indian attack; a raid. ^[2]

It is believed he is buried in Markle's Millgrove Cemetery, South Huntingdon. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 22, 2021), "Record of Markell, Gaspard", Ancestor # A073759.
2. ↑ Posted at https://www.geni.com/people/Johann-Gaspard-Casper-Markle/6000000007445653844 http://mypeoplepc.com/members/tylinn/mymarklefamilysite/.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Created by: Rick Fullmer Added: 15 Feb 2011 Find A Grave: Memorial #65684091

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• Berks County Patriots who received "Depreciation Pay" for service in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War.
• http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/berksp/military.htm
• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-39879970/johann-casper-merkel-in-wikitree?indId=externalindividual-c651f672b435f2989cb71f9e2e3b662b&mrid=45e4cf8041d8a855b60ccf2a7373162d
• Sons of the American Revolution Application 89387
• Among the early settlers of Central Pennsylvania
• Will of Casper Markle of Huntingdon Tp Will Book No 2 Page 7 No 67 of 1819

[[1]] [[2]] family pages 623-624 of Rothermel Families of America [[3]] J.V. Thompson Journals, Vol. 11 Page 595; vol. 1, p. 9, 13, 65, 102-103; vol. 25 p. 346-347V4 Page 214

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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Richard Ludwig for creating WikiTree profile Merkel-51 through the import of Richard Ludwig's Family.ged on Jan 18, 2013.