Christopher Meckele

Male Abt 1740 - Bef 1806  (~ 65 years)


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  • Name Christopher Meckele  [1
    • The last name is Meckele (also has been spelled Meckle) based on birth record of daughter Maria Catharina Meckele. Also noted the first name of the father was "Christian".
    Nickname Christian 
    Born Abt. 1740  Codorus Township, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • May have been born in Codorus Township, Pennsylvania based on the remarks found in his wife Catarina Meckle (maiden name Stambach) Will and Last Testament.
    Gender Male 
    Died Before 1806 
    • Based on the Will and Last Testament of his wife Catarina Meckle (maiden name Stambach) which states she is the widow of Christian Meckle.
    Person ID I47  Mackley
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2019 

    Father Christian Meckel,   b. Abt. 1715, Village of Elsheim, Oppenheim, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1766, Windsor Twp, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catarina Stambach,   b. 22 Sep 1740, Conewago, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1807, Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Children 
     1. Barbara M. Mackley,   b. Abt. 1764, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. John Mackley,   b. 11 Jun 1765,   d. 24 Sep 1833  (Age 68 years)
     3. Christian Mackley,   b. Abt. 1765,   d. 24 Feb 1859  (Age ~ 94 years)
     4. Jacob Mackley,   b. Apr 1770, Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1856, Mt. Joy Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years)
     5. Johann Heinrich Mackley,   b. 25 Jun 1772,   d. Before 1810, Manheim Twp, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     6. Maria Catherina Mackele,   b. 16 Oct 1774, Springfield Township, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. George Mackley,   b. 21 Sep 1776, Codorus Twp, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1855, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     8. Elizabeth Mackley,   b. 29 Oct 1778, Codorus Twp, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Johann Michael Meckele,   b. 5 Mar 1781, Springfield Township, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1857, Codorus Twp, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     10. Anna Maria Eva Mackley,   b. Jun 1783
     11. Margaret Mackley,   b. 19 Aug 1785,   d. Aug 1851, Codorus Twp, York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Last Modified 18 May 2019 
    Family ID F36  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Christopher Mackley (or Meckley) Family Record
    Christopher Mackley (or Meckley) Family Record
    Date: Abt. 1740
    Location: Pennsylvania, USA

    Source: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014; McGilp, Andrew F - Martin, Cerenus
    Lancaster Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2012
    Lancaster Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2012
    This document supports the Birth, Marriage and Death Records for John Mackley, Deborah Reed and Family.

    Source: Ancestry.com patron submission
    Christian Meckley (also spelled Meckel) 1782 Tax and Exoneration
    Christian Meckley (also spelled Meckel) 1782 Tax and Exoneration
    Date: 1782
    Location: Shrewsbury, York County, Pennsylvania

    Source: Ancestry.com patron submission, Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801
    1786 Pennsylvania Septennial Census for Christian Meckly (also spelled Meckele/Meckel)
    1786 Pennsylvania Septennial Census for Christian Meckly (also spelled Meckele/Meckel)
    Date: 1786
    Location: York, Pennsylvania, USA

    Source: Ancestry.com patron submission; Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863
    Christian Meckel (also spelled Meckele) Tax and Exoneration
    Christian Meckel (also spelled Meckele) Tax and Exoneration
    Date: 1788
    Location: Codorus, York County, Pennsylvania, USA

    Source: Ancestry.com patron submission, Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801
    Christian Meckel (also spelled Meckele) U.S. Direct Tax
    Christian Meckel (also spelled Meckele) U.S. Direct Tax
    Date: 1798
    Location: Codorus, York County, Pennsylvania, USA

    Source: Ancestry.com patron submission, Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798
    Catarina Meckle (maiden name Stambach) Last Will and Testament
    Catarina Meckle (maiden name Stambach) Last Will and Testament
    Date Written: 5 October, 1806
    Date Proved: 1 January 1807
    Location: Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA

    This document denotes her husband name is Christian Meckle and also names of their children Barbara, Margareta, John, Christian, Jacob, Johann, George, Michael, Anna, Elizabeth and Catarina. It also mentions "is in my professing and coming to me as by a legacy from Jacob Stambach, fourther" (father).

    Source: "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899B-V4ZM?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-4WG%3A268493601%2C270673301 : 3 July 2014), York > Wills 1803-1818 vol L-N > image 226 of 800; county courthouses, Pennsylvania. Film 22134 image 226.
    1820 United States Census for Christian Mackley (also spelled Meckel and Meckele)
    1820 United States Census for Christian Mackley (also spelled Meckel and Meckele)
    Date: 1820
    Location: Codorus, York County, Pennsylvania

    Source: "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBM-9HH?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-8RT%3A1586985402%2C1586986909%2C1586986910 : 16 July 2015), Pennsylvania > York > Codorus > image 4 of 7; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Page 4.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014.