Maria Margaretha Stempel (Speck)

Mary Margaret Speck Stemple
BIRTH 1737
Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 1830 (aged 92–93)
Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Aurora Pioneer Cemetery
Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111985086/mary-margaret-stemple

'BIOGRAPHY: She wrote her will in 1798. Her first child was born in 1757, her last in 1776. Information from "A Genealogy of the Stemple Family", by Jay Stemple 1966. Published by Whittet and Shepperson, Richmond, VA. It is also reported that her last names was Speck. It is reported that one of Margaret and Godfrey's daughters married a Schley. If this is true the reader may be interested in the line of Schleys provided in "A Genealogy of the Stemple Family" by Jay Ferry Stemple, pages 378-380 Pioneer, Aurora.

Dr. Peter Stempel, The Name Stempel in the Palatinate, Researching the Stempel Family, published 1993 by the author in Altrip, Germany. Forty-three pages, in German. Bruce Stemple sent a copy to Mary J. Riter in the summer of 1998 she then translated: The list below somewhat follows the order in which Margaret named her children in her will.

Christina/Christianna, b. ca. 1755, probably in Berks County, PA

Barbara, b. ca. 1757 in PA, either in Berks County or possibly in Lancaster/now Lebanon County.

Rosina, b. 1 Jun 1759, bp 24 Jun 1759 at Lebanon, PA.

Susanna, b. ca. 1761, probably near Lebanon, PA

John "David", b. -- Feb 1763, bp 20 Feb 1763 at Lebanon

Eva "Catharina", b. Jan 1766, bp 26 Feb 1766 at Lebanon

Eve, b. ca. 1769, probably in PA, but possibly in Washington County, MD

Martin S., b. 3 Feb 1772, bp 19 Apr 1772 near Hagerstown, Washington County, MD

Anna Maria "Polly", b. 10 Sep 1774, bp 2 Nov 1774 near Hagerstown, Washington County, MD

John, b. 7 Nov 1776, bp 2 Feb 1777 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hagerstown, MD

• MARGARET STEMPLE: HER MAIDEN NAME AND POSSIBLE PARENTS

Mary Margaret STEMPLE was born before 1736 and probably around 1733, probably in Germany. Unfortunately, her maiden name is not mentioned in any church records. In his .4 Genealogy of the Stemple Family, Vol. 2, Jay F. STEMPLE states that Mary Margaret was born a BOYLES; however, he cites no source for his information. In "A Short Account of My Origins" written in German (translated by Margaret Miller SIMON) in the summer of 1842 by David SIMON, the eldest son of Jacob SIMON and his wife Elisabeth STEMPLE, David names his mother's parents and grandparents, specifically giving the women's maiden names: "...Elisabeth STEMPEL, who was born February 8, 1790 in Preston County, Virginia, and who, in the autumn of 1810, had come to Boardman, Ohio, with her aunt (wife of Adam SIMON). Her parents were named David and Eva Catharina STEMPEL. Her mother was the eldest child of Thomas and Eva Elisabeth REINHART and her father was the son of Gottfried and Margaret STEMPEL, born a SPECK. The other grandmother was born a WEISHAAR." Margaret Miller SIMON translated "A Short Account of My Origins" in November 1973 and it was published in the quarterly publication of the Ohio Genealogical Society, "The Report" Vol. XIV, fall 1974.

• The following information included here is not proved; further research must be done to prove or disprove,

PA German Pioneers, Vol. I, pp 226, 229, 231: [Martin SPECK not proved as Margaret's father. 1

Ship Friendship, Henry BEECH [also BEACH], Commander, from Rotterdam, but last from Dover in England, qualified at the courthouse in Philadelphia on 20 Sep 1738:

Martin SPECK, 35y. Martin (+) SPECK Martin (+) SPECK

BURIAL: Pioneer Cemetery located on a hill on what is now Dale Stemple's farm & the original cemetery where all early burials were made. The farm & cemetery are located on the west side of the road to Terra alta, about 1/3 miles north of Highway 50.

Godfrey married Mary Margaret SPECK before 19 May 1754 in MD (?). Mary was born about 1733 in MD or PA. She died 1800/1801 in Aurora, Preston Co, WV and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Aurora, Preston Co, WV