Vern's
email August 11, 2011 I made a
big mistake in the book,
page 19. "Anna Marie" that I listed as "probably
Maria", daughter of Friedrich Schaeckler. She actually IS his daughter,
Maria, but did not marry Johann Philip Flick, so her husband and
children
listed there are not related to Maria and should be blanked out. Since
her
sister, Elizabeth Shackler was baptism sponsor for Daniel, son of Anna
Maria __
& Philip Flick, I made the bad choice of saying it was
"probably
Maria". Now I have proof it is incorrect. Recently,
I discovered that John
Philip Flick was the first child of Gerlach Paul Flick. His
brother
was away from home in the army and Gerlach Paul had a son, Henrich
Philipp (Feb
1751), by his brother's wife, Anna Gertruda. The German
church
records list the child's parents as Gerlach Paul Flick and Anna
Gertruda. The
baby was listed as illegitimate. Philipp was reared by his
uncle, listed
as "step-son". Very soon after Philipp's birth, Gerlach
Paul left for America, since the Flick family was prominent in the
town.
Philipp married Anna Marie Jung in Germany. Their first three children:
Joh.
Martin, Anthonius and Johann Ludwig were born in Germany before Philipp
and
Anna Marie came to Pennsylvania. At this time, Gerlach Paul Flick
met his
adult first-born for the first time. Philip lived in that area of
Pennsylvania,
but didn't live close enough to cause people to question who he was.
After they
arrived in America, they had at least three more children; Catherine,
Daniel
and Anna Maria. All three children were those baptized at Zion's Stone
Church
in Northampton Co. Philipp was listed as "John Philip" instead of
Heinrich Philip. Now, I
have another thing that keeps
gnawing at me. Anna Gertraut, daughter of Gerlach Paul Flick and mother
of
Daniel Sheckler, used her maiden name until she married Edward
Greenmeier
(whatever spelling). I have searched every record I could find in
Northampton
County, even the bustard bonds in the county jail. I have found no
record of
her marriage to a Sheckler, no birth record for Daniel Sheckler, and no
church
record of his baptism. I found his confirmation record at the church in
Bath. The only church records I have not been able to check are
the
pre-1800 records of the church in Bath, Pennsylvania. The records are
in a
safety deposit box, are in German and are very, very fragile, I was
told. The question of
Daniel Sheckler's father [Any
ideas are welcome.]: 1. At
the time of Daniel's
birth (1784-1795 sometime), John
Sheckler was the only son of Friedrich Schaeckler who
seems to
have been unmarried, so I have called him the unproven father. He was
not
listed in the Pennsylvania area after the Rev. War, but was listed in
Friedrich's will. One person named John Shackler was found
in Mississippi
Territory records, related to military, and later the same name
was listed
in the Louisiana Territory. Then a John Shackler died in New Orleans in
1806. I
do not know whether this was Friedrich's son or not, or if he was the
father of
Daniel. If he was the father, then he must have "skipped town". 2. Could
his father have been Daniel Martin?
Daniel's and Magdalena's first child was born about the same time
as
Daniel. The fact that Anna Gertraut Flick named her son Daniel
Sheckler, and Daniel
Martin Sheckler had no son named Daniel, keep nagging at me. Not too
long after
this time, Daniel Martin moved to Buffalo Valley. Did he have an
affair
with Gertraut while his wife was pregnant and needed some distance?
Could you
watch as you search to see if there is anything about this? It would be
in
Northampton Co, PA, because that is where Gertraut always lived. 3.
Immigrant, Friedrich
Schaeckler,
was also a widower in this time frame, with a daughter only a few years
older
than Daniel. The thing that has ruled out the possibility of his being
Daniel's
father is that he already had a son, Daniel Martin. Joyce Aug. 11, 2011 Vern's answer - October,
21- 2011 Hi
Joyce 2nd-
Fredrick Jr. was 34 in 1794
where his 7th son has no name and died before 1828 as Daniel
did.
Vern |