[M] #1526 Thomas Mechling ( Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Thomas was born 4 Aug 1751 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptised 25 Aug 1751 in Evangelical Lutheran Church, Upper Milford Twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. He died 8 Jun 1786.
He was born in the family log cabin in what was then Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, but later became part of Northampton Co. His godparents were Thomas and Elisabetha Kurr, whose daughter, Anna Barbara, married Thomas' brother, John Peter. Note that James Elliott Mechling's SAR application states that he was born and died in Hosensack, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Lower Milford Twp., Lehigh Co.
Thomas' father died when he was 14 years old and he was willed the house and land on the condition that he care for his mother. At the age of 21, he took legal possession of the land and the other heirs (brothers Dewalt, Jacob, Philip and his sister, Elizabeth) signed the property to him.
He was a soldier in the American Revolution, serving as a lieutenant in the 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, Northampton Co. Militia, under Captain Peter Shuller.
Thomas married #9969 Katherine Welsh.
Relationship notes |
They married. |
Katherine was born 20 Nov 1754. She died 13 Jun 1830.
She lived near Easton, Pennsylvania at the time of their marriage.
After Thomas' death, she moved back to Easton with her children and married Anthony Oberly, a widower. Anthony had two children by his previous marriage to Rebecca Freeman: Isaac and John. He and Katherine had four children: Catharine, Elizabeth, Susannah Rosina and Anthony.
[Mercy VII-00] notes Katherine's name variously spelled as Katherine, Katharine, Catharine.
Children of this relationship:
| #12995 | M | i | J. William Mechling | (10 Oct 1774–) |
| #12996 | M | ii | Jacob Mechling | (20 Apr 1776–) |
| #12997 | M | iii | John Jarret Mechling | (28 Jul 1778–12 Aug 1856) |
| #12998 | F | iv | Anna Mechling | (23 Dec 1779–) |
| #12999 | F | v | Anna Barbara Mechling | (4 Apr 1782–17 Oct 1829) |
| #12994 | M | vi | Peter Mechling | (20 Feb 1784–Abt 1865) |
Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-2000, Volume VII - Thomas Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 2000). Ref. as [Mercy VII-00].
Lineage application of James Elliott Mechling, SAR Membership Number: 98670, Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Line Generation: 4
Relationship: Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grand-Uncle