Melchior Kribel

Melchior Kriebel Sr had at least 2 children who were married before the migration to PA
Melchior and his son Caspar, their wives Maria & Susannah,and Caspar's young son George, were on the ship's list for the third and main migration of Schwenkfelders, which began Tuesday, April 20, 1734, when the first family left Berthelsdorf, Germany. The emigrants embarked on the Elbe River for Altona, Denmark, on April 28, and on May 20 reached their destination. On June 21 they embarked on the ship Saint Andrew, and on July 29, Plymouth, England, was reached. They first saw land of the New World on September 17, and on September 22 the actual landing in Philadelphia took place.

MELCHIOR KRIBEL (Kriebel) SR., born in Berthelsdorf, d. Mar. 17, 1744,

m. Maria , d. Nov. 1, 1738. Melchior and Maria came to Pa.

in 1734 and probably settled in Towamencin, Montg. Co., although there is no

record of their having held real estate. It is probable that both are buried

in Towamencin Schwenkfelder Cemetery, although their graves have not been located.

Melchior and Maria had at least two children, both married before the migration

to Pa.:

1. Caspar KRIBEL, b. 1700, d. Feb. 16, 1770, on June 8, 1728, m. Susanna WIEGNER,

b. Aug. 26, 1706, d. Apr. 17, 1769, dau of George Wiegner and Maria Heebner of

Herrnhut. Maria is buried in Towamencin Schwenkfelder Cemetery. Caspar and

Maria came to Pa. in 1734 with one son, George, the second son, Abraham, being

born in Pa.

Caspar Kribel lived on the farm now (1920) occupied by his descendant, Charles K.

Kriebel, Jr., in Towamencin Twp., near the Towamencin Schwenkfelder Church. He

is buried, however, in a cemetery in Upper Hanover Twp, near Kraussdale, Pa.

Tradition states that he left his home on horseback one morning in midwinter,

and after admonishing his children and family to be good while he was gone, rode

to "Goshenhoppen" as the Upper District was then called, to transact some business.

While on this journey he was stricken with illness and died suddenly and was buried

in the so-called "Kraussdale Cemetery". He was naturalized June 21, 1743.

Melchior (Borman) Kriebel Sr (E 25) Birth abt 1680 in Twardocice, Pielgrzymka, dolnośląskie, Poland Death 17 Mar 1744 in Lower Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA