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William |
Morricle Sr. Wilhelm Morgel |
| Birth Date: |
~1742 |
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| Birth Location: |
Germany |
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| Death Date: |
1820 |
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| Death Location: |
Rural Floyd, Virginia |
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Burial: |
Morricle Family Cemetery Rural Floyd, Virginia (No stone marker.) |
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Father Not known. |
Mother Not known. |
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Wilhelm Morgel married (?) in about 1767 in Germany. |
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| Children (in birth order) | ||||||
| 1 Anna Maria Morricle 1769-1830 |
2 Elizabeth Morricle 1771-1850 |
3 Catherine Morricle 1773-1854 |
4 Margaret Morricle 1775-1824 |
5 William Jr. Morricle 1777-1864 |
6 Jacob Morricle 1779-? |
7 John Morrical 1781-1864 |
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Wilhelm Morgel was born in about 1742, in Germany. In about 1767, he married a woman named Mary Margaretha (her last name is not known). He came to America with his wife in about 1768. His name was changed to the more Anglo-sounding "William Morricle." From 1770 to 1790 he lived in Frederick County, Maryland (about fifty miles northwest of present day Washington, D.C.). There, he and his wife had seven children -- four girls and three boys. In the fall of 1790, he and his family moved over 250 miles to live in Montgomery County, Virginia (present day Floyd County, Virginia). Over the course of eight years, he purchased almost 600 acres of farm land. Like most German-Americans, he was Lutheran. He was a charter member of the Zion Lutheran Church in his community. He died in 1820 in Montgomery County, Virginia (present day Floyd County). He was buried in the family cemetery on the Morricle farm; there is no stone to mark his grave. His last will and testament, which was signed in 1819, reads as follows: |
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Wm. Morricle Will. In the name of God Amen, I William Morricle of the county of Montgomery & state of Virginia being of sound mind & memory recollecting to mind that it is ordained for man once to die do make this my last will & Testament. First, I desire to be buried in Christian like form. Then I give unto my son Wm. Morricle Two hundred Acres of land in one tract on the South fork of little river and in another tract Seventy nine acres. Then I give my son Jacob Morricle One hundred & seventy acres of land joining William's and both the mentioned sons is to pay to my son John Morricle Forty dollars apiece. So I appoint my sons Jacob & Wm Executors to this my last will and revoking all other wills heretofore made as Witness my hand and seal this 22nd day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred & nineteen. Signed Sealed & acknowledged Wm (m-his mark) Morricle {seal}
before us
John B
Pharis At Montgomery May Court 1820 This last will and Testament of William Morricle dec'd was presented in court and proved by the oath of John B. Pharis a witness thereto and continued for further proof and at May Court 1822 the same was further proved by the oath of Edward Sumpter a second witness thereto and ordered to be recorded.
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