[M] #1521 John Peter "Peter" Mechling ( Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )

Peter was born Abt 1737 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. He died 1765.

Not much is known of Peter's early life. If it was typical for a Lutheran family of that time and place, he attended the Upper Milford school, which was held in German.

After his marriage, they moved to Salisbury Twp. in what was Northampton Co. at that time. Here he operated a grist mill and a saw mill. Some accounts state that, although he was listed as an executor of his father's estate, he died before his father. However, [Mercy II-99] points out that the release of the family farm to his brother, Thomas, on 2 Jan 1773 shows that "...a sum of four hundred pounds shall be divided amongst my six children...", thereby including Peter since two daughters had died earlier. Further, it notes that the death record of Anna Barbara listed his death as 1766.

Peter married #9967 Anna Barbara Kurr.

Anna was born 25 Dec 1737 in Goschennhoppen, Pennsylvania. She died 3 Sep 1804. She was buried in Bindnagle Church Cemetery, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania.

She is the daughter of Johann Thomas & Elizabeth Kurr.

Shortly after Peter's death, she and her children moved to her parents' home in Berks Co. In Jun 1767, she appealed to sell her husband's land and mills in order to pay his debts and have money on which to live. These were sold on 2 Nov 1767. The money was paid to her at a rate of 150 pounds in a month, and then 100 pounds each May until the full amount was completed.

On 29 Mar 1774, she remarried to John Nicholas Goetz, a blacksmith and had four children: Thomas, John Nicholas, John Jacob and Barbara.

Children of this relationship:

Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-1998, Volume II-John Peter Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 1999). Ref. as [Mercy II-99].

Line Generation: 4

Relationship: Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grand-Uncle