Descendants of William
Morricle Sr. of Germany
Generation One
1. William
MORRICLE Sr.;[1]
born circa 1742 in Germany; married circa
1767 in Germany; died 1820 in
Montgomery Co., VA and was buried in family cemetery on his farm, no stone.[2]
He emigrated circa 1768 from Germany to
America. He lived between 1770 and 1790
in Frederick Co., MD. He was Lutheran. He lived between 1790 and 1820 in Montgomery Co., VA (Area is
Floyd Co., VA now).[3] He probably left Frederick Co., MD for
Montgomery Co., VA in October, 1790.[4]
He purchased 92 acres from Hercules Ogle
for six pounds on September 6, 1791 in South Fork (now Dodds Creek), a branch
of Little River, Montgomery Co., VA.[5] In 1796 in Montgomery Co., VA, "1796,
WILLIAM MORUCLE from Obadiah Dickenson, 200 acres south fork Little
River".[6] He purchased 300 acres, survey dated Oct.
9, 1798 in Montgomery Co., VA.[7]
He was a Charter member of the Zion Lutheran Church.[8]
Children of William
Morricle Sr. were as
follows:
2.
i. Anna Maria; born 1769 in
Frederick Co., MD; married George
Epperly March 20, 1787
in Monocacy Church, Frederick Co., MD;[9]
died 1830 in Wayne Co., IN.[10]
3. ii. Elizabeth; born March,
1771 in Frederick Co., MD; married
Christian Epperly November 3,
1789 in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Woodsboro, Frederick Co., MD; died September
17, 1850 in Floyd Co., VA, at age 79 and
buried in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery.[11]
4. iii. Catherine; born circa
1773 in Frederick Co., MD; married Jacob
Sauer January 26,
1790 in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Woodsboro, Frederick Co., MD; died November
10, 1854 in Floyd Co., VA.[12]
5.
iv. Margaret; born circa
1775 in Frederick Co., MD;[13]
married David Weddle November 2,
1796 in Montgomery Co., VA;[14]
died July 24, 1824 in Montgomery Co., VA and was buried in the Weddle Cemetery.[15]
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6. v. William Jr., born 1777 in
Frederick Co., MD; married
Margaret Weaver.
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7. vi. Jacob, born circa
1779 in MD; married Hannah
Rutrough.
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8. vii. John, born circa
1781 in Frederick Co., MD; married Polly
(--?--).
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[1]Wilhelm
Morgel in German records.
[2]Marguerite
Tise, The Morricle Family: The Story of a
Floyd County Family (Floyd, VA: 1984), pp. 1. 2. Hereinafter cited as The Morricle Family.
[3]Ibid.,
p. 1.
[4]Ibid.,
p. 5.
[5]Ibid.
[6]Mary
B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers
On The Western Waters, Vol. I (Orange, VA: Green Publishers, Inc., 1980),
p. 317 Montgomery County Surveys.
Hereinafter cited as Early Adventurers, I.
[7]Tise,
The Morricle Family, p. 5.
[8]Ibid.,
p. 1, 7.
[9]Ibid.,
p. 2, 9.
[10]The
Church of the Latter Day Saints, compiler, "FamilySearch Ancestral File,
v4.19"; Family Record William Morricle (AFN:10BP-LB4), Ancestral File, Hereinafter cited as "LDS Ancestral
File, v4.19".
[11]Tise,
The Morricle Family, p. 12.
[12]Ibid.,
p. 20.
[13]Ibid.,
p. 2.
[14]Mary
B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers,
I, p. 151, 174.
[15]Tise,
The Morricle Family, p. 34.