John and Anna Elizabeth's daughter, Catherine, married Jacob Swoyer, which is why the stone has Swoyer on it. On the back side of this stone is the inscription for Catherine Dunkel Swoyer and her husband, Jacob.
Captain John Dunkel married Anna Elizabeth Stein, not Elizabeth Merkel:
Marriage Record - "PA German Marriages, Greenwich Twp., 3 Apr 1792, Johannes Dunckel and Anna Elizabeth Stein. This is exactly nine months before birth of Catharine Dunkel Swoyer, if her birthdate of 30 Dec 1792 is correct.
Norton W. Merkel states that Elizabeth Merkel married John Dunkel who was the "Captain John Dunkel" son of Peter Dunkel of Berks Co., PA and a 1st cousin to John Dunkle, son of Killean Dunckel (brother to Peter).
"Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Georg Merckel and Christina Hill was born and raised on the Mercklen Settlement Homestead in Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA. Captain John was of Greenwich Township, the son of Peter Dunkel, the son of Johannes Dunkel who, with his mother, were the immigrants who settled on the Dunkel's Homestead in Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., where Captain John was born." Taken from 'Synopsis Merckel: Markle' by Norton W. Merkel.
HOWEVER, NORTON MERKEL HAS ERRED IN HIS IDENTIFICATION OF CAPT. JOHN DUNKEL AS THE HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH MERKEL. The proof that Captain John Dunkel did not marry Elizabeth Merkel is in the baptism certificates of 3 of Captain John's children, which specifically name Anna Elizabeth STEIN as the mother of those children born 1807, 1810 and 1815 (Seth, Benjamin and Abraham - photos of baptism certificates attached).
Captain John Dunkel married Anna Elizabeth Stein, not Elizabeth Merkel:
Marriage Record - "PA German Marriages, Greenwich Twp., 3 Apr 1792, Johannes Dunckel and Anna Elizabeth Stein. This is exactly nine months before birth of Catharine Dunkel Swoyer, if her birthdate of 30 Dec 1792 is correct.
Norton W. Merkel states that Elizabeth Merkel married John Dunkel who was the "Captain John Dunkel" son of Peter Dunkel of Berks Co., PA and a 1st cousin to John Dunkle, son of Killean Dunckel (brother to Peter).
"Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Georg Merckel and Christina Hill was born and raised on the Mercklen Settlement Homestead in Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA. Captain John was of Greenwich Township, the son of Peter Dunkel, the son of Johannes Dunkel who, with his mother, were the immigrants who settled on the Dunkel's Homestead in Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., where Captain John was born." Taken from 'Synopsis Merckel: Markle' by Norton W. Merkel.
HOWEVER, NORTON MERKEL HAS ERRED IN HIS IDENTIFICATION OF CAPT. JOHN DUNKEL AS THE HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH MERKEL. The proof that Captain John Dunkel did not marry Elizabeth Merkel is in the baptism certificates of 3 of Captain John's children, which specifically name Anna Elizabeth STEIN as the mother of those children born 1807, 1810 and 1815 (Seth, Benjamin and Abraham - photos of baptism certificates attached).
John and Anna Elizabeth's daughter, Catherine, married Jacob Swoyer, which is why the stone has Swoyer on it. On the back side of this stone is the inscription for Catherine Dunkel Swoyer and her husband, Jacob.
Captain John Dunkel married Anna Elizabeth Stein, not Elizabeth Merkel:
Marriage Record - "PA German Marriages, Greenwich Twp., 3 Apr 1792, Johannes Dunckel and Anna Elizabeth Stein. This is exactly nine months before birth of Catharine Dunkel Swoyer, if her birthdate of 30 Dec 1792 is correct.
Norton W. Merkel states that Elizabeth Merkel married John Dunkel who was the "Captain John Dunkel" son of Peter Dunkel of Berks Co., PA and a 1st cousin to John Dunkle, son of Killean Dunckel (brother to Peter).
"Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Georg Merckel and Christina Hill was born and raised on the Mercklen Settlement Homestead in Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA. Captain John was of Greenwich Township, the son of Peter Dunkel, the son of Johannes Dunkel who, with his mother, were the immigrants who settled on the Dunkel's Homestead in Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., where Captain John was born." Taken from 'Synopsis Merckel: Markle' by Norton W. Merkel.
HOWEVER, NORTON MERKEL HAS ERRED IN HIS IDENTIFICATION OF CAPT. JOHN DUNKEL AS THE HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH MERKEL. The proof that Captain John Dunkel did not marry Elizabeth Merkel is in the baptism certificates of 3 of Captain John's children, which specifically name Anna Elizabeth STEIN as the mother of those children born 1807, 1810 and 1815 (Seth, Benjamin and Abraham - photos of baptism certificates attached).
Captain John Dunkel married Anna Elizabeth Stein, not Elizabeth Merkel:
Marriage Record - "PA German Marriages, Greenwich Twp., 3 Apr 1792, Johannes Dunckel and Anna Elizabeth Stein. This is exactly nine months before birth of Catharine Dunkel Swoyer, if her birthdate of 30 Dec 1792 is correct.
Norton W. Merkel states that Elizabeth Merkel married John Dunkel who was the "Captain John Dunkel" son of Peter Dunkel of Berks Co., PA and a 1st cousin to John Dunkle, son of Killean Dunckel (brother to Peter).
"Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Georg Merckel and Christina Hill was born and raised on the Mercklen Settlement Homestead in Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA. Captain John was of Greenwich Township, the son of Peter Dunkel, the son of Johannes Dunkel who, with his mother, were the immigrants who settled on the Dunkel's Homestead in Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., where Captain John was born." Taken from 'Synopsis Merckel: Markle' by Norton W. Merkel.
HOWEVER, NORTON MERKEL HAS ERRED IN HIS IDENTIFICATION OF CAPT. JOHN DUNKEL AS THE HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH MERKEL. The proof that Captain John Dunkel did not marry Elizabeth Merkel is in the baptism certificates of 3 of Captain John's children, which specifically name Anna Elizabeth STEIN as the mother of those children born 1807, 1810 and 1815 (Seth, Benjamin and Abraham - photos of baptism certificates attached).
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