[M] #2081 John George Mechling ( John Jacob MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

John was born 30 May 1773 in Springfield Twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptised 20 Jun 1773 in Trinity Union Church, Springfield, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. He died 8 Feb 1853 in Mahoning Co., Ohio. He was buried in Columbiana Co., Ohio.

John married #2082 Mary Magdalena "Polly" Thomas.

Relationship notes

They married Aft Sep 1797 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

 

Other names for Polly: Anna Magdalena Thomas.

Polly was born 27 Mar 1774 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She was baptised 22 May 1774 in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She died 22 Apr 1826 in Mahoning Co., Ohio.

Her baptismal sponsors were Adam & Catherine Fritschmann.

I think Mary's marriage date of Abt 1796 or Jul 1797 as given in various places is a little early. It seems inconsistent with Mary's father's will. The will was executed in 1797 and makes no mention of Mary's husband, although it names the husbands of her sisters. The heirs acknowledged receipt of their inheritances in the September and, in that acknowledgement, Mary is "a single woman over 21 years".

Some sources get around this by listing this individual as Anna Magdalena and inserting a younger sister named Mary between John and Christiana. However, this seems implausible to me because that sister would have been under 21 at the time of the will.

Some sources list her death location as Columbiana Co., Ohio.

Children of this relationship:

#2128MiSamuel Macklin(13 Jan 1798–25 May 1857)
#2129MiiPhilip Mechling(21 Aug 1800–30 Jul 1873)
#2136FiiiSusanna Macklin(Abt 1802–)
#2130MivJohn Jacob Macklin(9 Jan 1802–12 Jul 1853)
#2134MvGeorge Macklin(Abt 1804–14 Feb 1848)
#2131MviJohn Macklin(7 May 1805–3 Dec 1897)
#2132FviiElizabeth Macklin(14 May 1807–19 Mar 1867)
#2133FviiiBarbara Macklin(1810–)
#2135MixWilliam Macklin(26 Oct 1813–31 Aug 1901)
#12506FxMagdelena Macklin(28 Dec 1817–)

Rich Thomas, "My Genealogy Research..A Web Site by Rich Thomas", http://www.rtgenealogy.net/. Individual research and citing Professor Werner Hacker, Eighteenth Century Register of Emigrants from Southwest Germany (to American and other countries), (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, 1994), 456-457.

Wills & letters of administrations of Westmoreland County Court House, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, p. 72. Original data: Della Reagan Fischer, Wills & letters of administrations of Westmoreland County Court House, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, (McKeesport, Pennsylvania: unknown, 1969).


Line Generation: 5

Relationship: First Cousins Six Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling