Germany to PA; 1751; Amish to Brethren, PA & MD
I am not related to these people, just entering information from one of my books, "Allegheny Passage" by Emmert F. Bittinger, which is about the Church of the Brethren:
"Elder John Michael Buechley (1742-1812) was born in Eutingen, Germany. He came with his parents, John Adam and Catherine Hirtzler Buechley, to America on the 'St. Andrew' which arrived Sept 14, 1751.They were Amish.After settling in Cocalico Twp. in Lancaster County, Catherine died.Michael then married Barbara Zug.Following this, they moved to Elklick Twp., then to Brothers Valley Twp., in Somerset County in 1783.He was baptized into the German Baptist Brethren Church in 1783 then elected to the ministry in 1784 and to the eldership in 1788.Many of their sons and sons-in-law became Brethren ministers, marrying into the Hendricks, Flory, Keagey, Meyers, Forney, Horner, and Cover families."
"Elder Jacob Beeghly, Sr., son of John Michael Bucchley, was born Dec. 10, 1766, and died July 2, 1834.Although he probably lived all his adult life in Somerset County, he was active in preaching in the Garrett County (MD) Brethren settlements at the earliest dates."
"Jacob and his wife Mary (Polly) Hendricks, daughter of John Hendricks, had five sons and six daughter, and the famlies into which they married illuminate the question of where some of the early members of Bear Creek came from, for many descendants of these marriages migrated to Maryland and lived in the Bear Creek Congregation."
There is further information on their children.
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