Isaac DeTurck

From Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania, comp iled by Morton L. Montgomery, published by J. H. Beers & Co, Chicago, 190 9, pg 1503:

Isaac DeTurk, the first American ancestor of this old established Americ an family, was born in 1686. He landed at New York with his sister Esth er about 1707, settled at Esophus and was among the settlers of Quassick C reek, Dutchess Co., NY in 1709. But June 11, 1712, the Commissioners of Pe nnsylvania (province) issued a warrant to him for 300 acres of land o ut at a place called "Oley", of which locality this is the first mentio n. In this warrant he is mentioned as "late of Franklin-thal, in Germany ." He was married to Maria Gerber (possibly in New York), who bore him thr ee children: Catharine, who m. Abraham Levan; John, who m. Deborah Ho ch or High; and Esther, who m. Abraham Bertolet. Maria (Gerber) DeTurk h ad been married previously to a Mr. Vemar, and had a daughter, who m. a M r. Bertolet. Isaac DeTurk bequeathed his entire landed estate to his son J ohn, who paid his sisters their proportionate parts according to appraisem ent.

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