Anna Engle

The English spelling of my maiden name is: Brechbill.

Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s," database
Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1754; Page Number: 141
Ancestry Record 7486 #3009013 (accessed 22 March 2023)
Source Bibliography: JOHNSON, MRS. ARTA F., editor. "Immigrant Ancestors." In The Palatine Immigrant. Vol. 8:1 (Summer 1982), pp. 20-25; vol. 8:2 (Autumn 1982), pp. 80-87; vol. 8:3 (Winter 1983), pp. 139-144; vol. 8:4 (Spring 1983), pp. 186-191.; Arrival Place: Pennsylvania;
Household Members (Name):
Anna Engel
Anna Brechbuehl Engel
Catharine Engel
Ulrich Engel; Source Publication Code: 3570.4; Annotation: Date of arrival with port or place of settlement, a few are date and place of first mention of residence in New World. Listings of mostly Mennonite German immigrants, the majority were from Baden-Durlach in the Palatinate.; Name: Anna Engel; Arrival Year: 1754; Primary Immigrant: Engel, Ulrich.

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Anna was the daughter of Christen Brächbühl (Sept 10 1680 Trachselwald, Canton Bern- unknown) and Anna Steiner (abt 1675). Her parents were married on January 30 1705 in Trachselwald, Canton of Bern. Her father was a treasurer in the State Church. But due to his continued contact with his exiled brother Benedict, he was arrested, fined and exiled. Anna was married to Ulrich Engel on March 4 1736. They sailed with their family from Rotterdam on the ship 'Phoenix,' under the command of Capt. John Spurrier. They landed at Philadelphia on October 1 1754. Ulrich and his family established a homestead in Wildcat, which later became a railroad station outside of Marietta. They were the parents of the following known children (all born in Corgemont, Jura, Canton Bern):

1-Catharine Engel (1739-1807) married Peter Witmer
2-Christian Engel (1740-after 1751 Corgemont)
3-Anna Engel (1741-1805) married Henry Groff
4-Ulrich Engle (1743-1799) married Magdalena Bicksler (1741-Sept 13 1821), daughter of Christian Bixler and Catherina Sharer
5-Maria Engel (1744-1764 Donegal Twp)
6-Johann 'Hans' B. Engel (1745-1824) married Elizabeth Schock; Hans was a Private in the Revolutionary War (DAR Ancestor #A036778)
7-Barbara Engel (1748-1783) married Benjamin Musser
8-Christina Engel (1750-1786) married Jacob Musser
9-Jacob 'Yokeli' Engel (1753-1833) founder of the River Brethren Church, a branch of the Mennonite faith, in 1776 it became a separate organization with Jacob as the first bishop; married Veronica Schock

Anna died at age 48. She and Ulrich were buried on their homestead, Wildcat Farm. A memorial marker was erected in 1878 by descendants.

There is a photo of the memorial headstone here~ http://www.englefamily.net/photographs/photographs.htm and on other places online. Transcription of the headstone is from Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy at http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m4846x4853.htm#Fm484...

Inscription
"Within this enclosure lie the remains of Ulrich Engle and wife who emigrated from Switzerland to this country with their family of eight children in the year 1753 and settled on this homestead. Ulrich died about the year 1755 and his wife about the year 1759. Some of their descendants are also buried herein. This burial ground has been set apart as a resting place for them and as a memorial of respect and honor by their descendants A.D. 1878."

Anna was the daughter of Christen Brächbühl (Sept 10 1680 Trachselwald, Canton Bern- unknown) and Anna Steiner (abt 1675). Her parents were married on January 30 1705 in Trachselwald, Canton of Bern. Her father was a treasurer in the State Church. But due to his continued contact with his exiled brother Benedict, he was arrested, fined and exiled. Anna was married to Ulrich Engel on March 4 1736. They sailed with their family from Rotterdam on the ship 'Phoenix,' under the command of Capt. John Spurrier. They landed at Philadelphia on October 1 1754. Ulrich and his family established a homestead in Wildcat, which later became a railroad station outside of Marietta. They were the parents of the following known children (all born in Corgemont, Jura, Canton Bern):

1-Catharine Engel (1739-1807) married Peter Witmer
2-Christian Engel (1740-after 1751 Corgemont)
3-Anna Engel (1741-1805) married Henry Groff
4-Ulrich Engle (1743-1799) married Magdalena Bicksler (1741-Sept 13 1821), daughter of Christian Bixler and Catherina Sharer
5-Maria Engel (1744-1764 Donegal Twp)
6-Johann 'Hans' B. Engel (1745-1824) married Elizabeth Schock; Hans was a Private in the Revolutionary War (DAR Ancestor #A036778)
7-Barbara Engel (1748-1783) married Benjamin Musser
8-Christina Engel (1750-1786) married Jacob Musser
9-Jacob 'Yokeli' Engel (1753-1833) founder of the River Brethren Church, a branch of the Mennonite faith, in 1776 it became a separate organization with Jacob as the first bishop; married Veronica Schock

Anna died at age 48. She and Ulrich were buried on their homestead, Wildcat Farm. A memorial marker was erected in 1878 by descendants.

There is a photo of the memorial headstone here~ http://www.englefamily.net/photographs/photographs.htm and on other places online. Transcription of the headstone is from Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy at http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m4846x4853.htm#Fm484... Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 14 2023, 1:38:16 UTC