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View Tree for Peter DrachselPeter Drachsel (b. November 06, 1691, d. Aft. April 16, 1766)

Peter Drachsel (son of Jakob Trachsel and Margaretha Bringel) was born November 06, 1691 in LENK, BERNE CANTON, SWITZLERLAND, and died Aft. April 16, 1766 in EGYPT, LEHIGH CO., PENN.. He married Juliana Catherina on Abt. 1734 in WOLFERSHEIM, GERMANY.

 Includes NotesNotes for Peter Drachsel:
Peter Troxell/Drachsel/Trachsel emigrated from Switzerland to Philadelphia on the ship "Samuel" with his wife, Juliana Catherina and two sons, Peter, Jr., aged 9 and Daniel, aged 7, on August 17, 1733. He settled at Egypt, Whitehall Township, where his son David was baptized on September 23, 1734. In 1736 ,when his son John was baptized, he is referred to as the church censor og the congregation. In 1737, he was deacon and his name appears in the Egypt Reformed Church records until 1744.

On November 10, 1743, he pruchased from Casper Wistar, tow tracts of one hundred acres each along the Jordan River, for which a bill of sale had been made in 1742. Here he built a stone house, 30 by 21 feet, in the year1744, which is still standing and is the oldeest house in Lehigh Co.Pennsylvania. When the large hearth was moved several years ago, the mantlepiece was found to contain the figures 1744. In this old building, travelers were entertained in the early days. The house stands near the Jordan Creek, east of Troxell's crossing, on the electric road (old trolley road), from Allentown to Slatington.

Peter Troxell mortgaged these tracts in January 12, 1754 to Lynford Lardner for 294 Lira. The house is mentioned in the mortgage and the land is described as"situated on a branch of the Lehigh Creek, called Indian Creek". He secured additional land, in all, 500 acres. After removing from Egypt, he became a member og the Jordan Reformed congregation.


Peter Troxell/Drachsel/Trachsel, left his will written in Dutch language. Also the wooden place found in or around the old homestead he built, was written in Dutch.


More About Peter Drachsel:
Ethnicity/Relig.: 1736, Egypt Reformed Church, Lehigh Co., Penn. Peter is the church censor in 1737 and he is the deacon from 1736 and found in the church listings untl 1744..

More About Peter Drachsel and Juliana Catherina:
Marriage: Abt. 1734, WOLFERSHEIM, GERMANY.

Children of Peter Drachsel and Juliana Catherina are:
  1. +David Traxel, b. July 27, 1734, EGYPT, BUCKS CO. PA15, d. Aft. 1810, POSS., MONTGOMERY CO. OH.
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