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Merkel Family of North
America
So far as can be determined, this is the original
spelling of the Surname. The earliest colonist bearing that name was
a woman, probably a wife of an English Immigrant to new England in 1698.
Next was my ancestorJohann Friedrich Merkel from Hassloch, Germany who was
selected for Governor Hunter's Naval Stores Project and was brought, with
1500 other Palatines to the Colony of New York in 1710. In the nearly
three hundred years since then, descendants have lived in nearly every
state of the United States and nearly every Province of Canada. Eventually,
I hope to have a searchable database for all of the immigrants to the US
and Canada bearing any variation of this surname. Meanwhile, make
to with JF. Next I will be adding a possible relative Jacob of Schoharie
Co, NY followed by the Mohawk Merkels (Markell/Merkely/Markley/Maricle)
who came from near Karlsrhue (Christopher and Michael) and Switzerland (Heinrich).
Some of my line were Loyalists and some of the Mohawk Merkels were, as well,
but records from the period are fuzzy and if they didn't belong to either
the Lutheran or Reformed churches, tracing their births and marriages is
quite difficult. Please write me if you have corrections or additons
to this page.
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