Samuel was the son of the Rev. Samuel Koch Guklin (Golden) (b.1664, d.1745) and Maria "Mary" Magdalena Malacrida (b.1668, d.Before 1709). He immigrated from Switzerland to Philadelphia, PA in 1709 at the age of 15 with his father.
In 1718, at the age of 24, he moved to Oley, Berks Co., PA; "The land of big trees", with Engel Peter and Mr. Bartolet. Each built a log house and began to clear land. "These log houses were somewhere along the present public road from the yellow house to Freidensburg."
He was one of the first settlers in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. Berks County was incorporated in 1752; Samuel was one of the first county commissioners. Samuel worked with Engel Peter and Mr. Bartolet as a blacksmith.
Samuel married Elizabeth Hilsaweck on 22 May 1722 in Abington Presbyterian Church in New Hanover, Montgomery Co., PA.
Elizabeth was born in 1693 in Fayette Co., George and she died during 1745 in Oley, Berks Co., PA. She is likely buried with her husband but this has yet to be verified.
Samuel and Elizabeth are known to have had a daughter born in 1736 that they named: Phoebe Beatrice Gulden. Phoebe married Johannes Andrew Byerly (b.1713, d.1785) in 1758 and had 3 children.
Some suggest that he is buried in the Abington Presbyterian Church Cemetery in PA. But in July 2015 the one in Abington, Montgomery Co., PA had no record of his burial there.
In 1718, at the age of 24, he moved to Oley, Berks Co., PA; "The land of big trees", with Engel Peter and Mr. Bartolet. Each built a log house and began to clear land. "These log houses were somewhere along the present public road from the yellow house to Freidensburg."
He was one of the first settlers in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. Berks County was incorporated in 1752; Samuel was one of the first county commissioners. Samuel worked with Engel Peter and Mr. Bartolet as a blacksmith.
Samuel married Elizabeth Hilsaweck on 22 May 1722 in Abington Presbyterian Church in New Hanover, Montgomery Co., PA.
Elizabeth was born in 1693 in Fayette Co., George and she died during 1745 in Oley, Berks Co., PA. She is likely buried with her husband but this has yet to be verified.
Samuel and Elizabeth are known to have had a daughter born in 1736 that they named: Phoebe Beatrice Gulden. Phoebe married Johannes Andrew Byerly (b.1713, d.1785) in 1758 and had 3 children.
Some suggest that he is buried in the Abington Presbyterian Church Cemetery in PA. But in July 2015 the one in Abington, Montgomery Co., PA had no record of his burial there.
Samuel was the son of the Rev. Samuel Koch Guklin (Golden) (b.1664, d.1745) and Maria "Mary" Magdalena Malacrida (b.1668, d.Before 1709). He immigrated from Switzerland to Philadelphia, PA in 1709 at the age of 15 with his father.
In 1718, at the age of 24, he moved to Oley, Berks Co., PA; "The land of big trees", with Engel Peter and Mr. Bartolet. Each built a log house and began to clear land. "These log houses were somewhere along the present public road from the yellow house to Freidensburg."
He was one of the first settlers in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. Berks County was incorporated in 1752; Samuel was one of the first county commissioners. Samuel worked with Engel Peter and Mr. Bartolet as a blacksmith.
Samuel married Elizabeth Hilsaweck on 22 May 1722 in Abington Presbyterian Church in New Hanover, Montgomery Co., PA.
Elizabeth was born in 1693 in Fayette Co., George and she died during 1745 in Oley, Berks Co., PA. She is likely buried with her husband but this has yet to be verified.
Samuel and Elizabeth are known to have had a daughter born in 1736 that they named: Phoebe Beatrice Gulden. Phoebe married Johannes Andrew Byerly (b.1713, d.1785) in 1758 and had 3 children.
Some suggest that he is buried in the Abington Presbyterian Church Cemetery in PA. But in July 2015 the one in Abington, Montgomery Co., PA had no record of his burial there.
In 1718, at the age of 24, he moved to Oley, Berks Co., PA; "The land of big trees", with Engel Peter and Mr. Bartolet. Each built a log house and began to clear land. "These log houses were somewhere along the present public road from the yellow house to Freidensburg."
He was one of the first settlers in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. Berks County was incorporated in 1752; Samuel was one of the first county commissioners. Samuel worked with Engel Peter and Mr. Bartolet as a blacksmith.
Samuel married Elizabeth Hilsaweck on 22 May 1722 in Abington Presbyterian Church in New Hanover, Montgomery Co., PA.
Elizabeth was born in 1693 in Fayette Co., George and she died during 1745 in Oley, Berks Co., PA. She is likely buried with her husband but this has yet to be verified.
Samuel and Elizabeth are known to have had a daughter born in 1736 that they named: Phoebe Beatrice Gulden. Phoebe married Johannes Andrew Byerly (b.1713, d.1785) in 1758 and had 3 children.
Some suggest that he is buried in the Abington Presbyterian Church Cemetery in PA. But in July 2015 the one in Abington, Montgomery Co., PA had no record of his burial there.
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Sir Name: His father used Guklin; Samuel used Guldin (pronounced "Golden"); other descendants may have used Golden after the family's arrival in America
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