Veronica Schwenk

Veronica (Markley) Schwenck aka Veronica "Merckelin". Jacob Markley and his family were members of Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church at New Providence (Trappe), where we find the following entry on the church book: "April 7, 1751, in Providence was confirmed: Veronica Merckelin, Jacob Merckels daughter, 19 years old. She can read a little."[3]Note: Although American descendants of Jacob use the surname "Markley", the historic references use a variety of spellings of the name. Here we see the Lutheran Church book in 1751[3] recording his name as "Merckels", and his daughter's name as "Merckelin". Neither name sounds much like "Markley". Perhaps the need for the family name change came later, and historic references were changed to match. Veronica was born April 1, 1732, Perkiomen Twp., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died October 2, 1777; married George Schwenck April 30, 1751; born February 24, 1728 in Germany, died February 24, 1803, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Their children were:

• 1. Johannes "John" Schwenck, born March 5, 1752; died February 3, 1803; married Regina Krautz, born 12 April 12, 1756; died after 1803.
• 2. Jacob Schwenck aka Nicholas, born June 7, 1755; died July 29, 1825; married Eva Maria Beirly; born May 24, 1753, died March 4, 1835.
• 3. Abraham M. Schwenck, born May 24, 1759; died August 6, 1843; married Fronica Bauer, born April 10, 1756; died September 13, 1840.
• 4. Daniel Schwenck, born May 5, 1761, died February 26, 1836; married (1) Catherine Raudenbush, born January 6, 1765, died August 17, 1802; married (2) Catharine Boyer, maiden name Shantz.
• 5. Elizabeth Schwenck, born December 31, 1766, died September 5, 1804; married John Markley December 31, 1785, born December 8, 1764, died July 28, 1834. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Markley-84

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