.KACHEL

Adam Kachel (c.1665)

Johann Adam Kachel (c1684-29Dec1739) of Dertingen, Baden, m.20 Jan1711 Walpurgis Kuhn (c.1681 - 22 Aug 1732) daughter of Hans Kuhnen (c.1661 - 24 Mar 1720) of Wenkheim, Catholic

1. Anna Margaretha Kachel (31 Oct 1711)
2. Maria Magdalena Kachel (11 Mar 1713)
3. Maria Margaretha Kachel (9 Oct 1715)
4. Hans Andreas Kachel (1 Aug 1718-1777)
5. Valentin Kachel (1 Aug 1718-20 Sep 1720)
6. Friedrich, Kachel (19 Aug 1722)
7. daughter, born about 1723

Johannes Fersch (c.1637 - 25 May 1688) wagoner of Wenkheim, Catholic, married 
31 Jan 1668 Barbara Schmidt, daughter 
of Martin (d.4 Aug 1675) and Barbara 
(d.9 Dec 1667) Schmidt. Their son was

Wilhelm Vers (3 Jun 1679-1 May 1732) 
married 28 Apr 1706 Anna Catherina Pfenning (1 Oct 1687). Their daughter:

Hans Andreas Kachel was born 1 Aug 1718 in Dertingen, Germany, about 20 km west of Würzburg. He emigrated to Philadelphia 12 Sep 1750, aboard the ship Priscilla, and settled first in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, moving to Berks County about 1758. He was naturalized at Reading 30 Sep 1770. He died about 1777 (will probated 16 Jul 1777) in Cumru Township, Berks Co, Pennsylvania. Andreas was a soldier in the Wertheimer Company 1741-3. On June 26, 1740, Hans Kachel, soldier, and Ursula Vers from Wenkheim formally apologized to the Lutheran congregation at Dertingen for premarital relations, and were married there 28 Jun 1740. Ursula Anne Marie Vers (1717 - Nov1805) was the daughter of Wilhelm Vers and Anna Catherina Pfenning, daughter of Nikolas Pfenning (c.1667) and Marie Grunewalt (c.1643) of Wenkheim, Catholic.

1. Johann Sebastian Kachel (23 Oct 1740 - 10 Nov 1741)
2. Simon Kachel (28 Jan 1742 - Aug 1810) married Catherine Fritz, then Barbara Laub
3. Anna Christina Kachel (8 Dec 1746 - 19 Oct 1769) married Nicholas Scherer
4. Maria Magdalena Kachel (about 1749)
5. Johann Leonhard Kachel (26 Jul 1751 - about 1824) m(1) Margaret Freysinger, m(2) Catherine Sink
6. Andrew Kachel (2 Jul 1755 - 30 Aug 1763)
7. John Kachel (19 Jan 1759 - 5 Jun 1825) married Eva Catherine Eitzel (1761-1829)

Simon Kachel, sometimes referred to as "Simon Samuel" was born 28 Jan 1743 in Dertingen, Germany, emigrated with his parents in 1750 to Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania. He was confirmed 14 May 1758, age 15, at New Hanover Lutheran Church. He married at the same church 31 Mar 1767 Anna Catherine Fritz, who was confirmed there 17 Apr 1756, age 14, daughter of Johannes Jurg Fritz, born 1701 in Heidelburg, Germany. Simon was Private, 4th Class, in Capt. Weidner's Company No.3, First Battalion, Berks County Militia during the Revolution. He married (2) 18 Mar 1780 Barbara Laub, daughter of Johannes Laub and widow of Peter Holder, whom she had married 26 Jan 1777. Simon's will was made 1 Aug 1810 in Cumru Township, Berks Co, Penn.

Simon and Catherine
1. Anna Maria Kachel (3 Feb 1768) married 4 Jun 1788 Michael Laub
2. Leonhard Kachel (9 Sep 1769-28 May 1845) married about 1790 Maria Margaretha Freymeyer (1775-1843)
3. John Kachel (1770) probably the Johannes Kachel who married 27 Nov 1792 Fronica Bauer
4. Simon Samuel Kachel (1772-1816) married Regina Rachel Laub
5. George Kachel (1774-1820) married 1 Aug 1795 Susanna Nickelson
6. Andrew Kachel (1776-18 May 1822) married 2 Aug 1817 Elizabeth Kaufroth
Barbara and Peter
. . Susanna Holder (c.1778 - 24 Apr 1836) married 1 Feb 1803 George Ludwig
Simon and Barbara
7. Michael Kachel (1781?) sold his inheritance when he left for the army in 1812
8. Catherine Kachel (26 Oct 1782) married 8 Oct 1799 Aaron Sands
9. William Kachel married 21 Nov 1818 Regina Rachel Laub, his brother's widow
10. Christina Kachel (20 Mar 1786) married 15 Mar 1804 Jacob Heck
11. Jacob Kachel (28 Feb 1787 - 17 Feb 1851) married 6 Jul 1817 Elizabeth Schwartz
12. Anna Maria Barbara Kachel (6 May 1790) married 21 Dec 1821 Adam Ludwig
13. Henry Kachel (9 Jun 1792 - 15 Feb 1856) married 21 Jun 1814 Catherine Fester, see below
14. Johannes Kachel (20 Dec 1797 - before 1810)
15. Abraham Kachel (4 Feb 1799) married Maria
16. Elizabeth Kachel (17 Jan 1800-1833) married 22 Aug 1815 George M Ehrgood (1792-1872)
17. Peter Kachel (9 Feb 1802 - 2 Jul 1853)
- - Most of the above information from Germany and Pennsylvania is from original research
by Gail Hesser of Reading, PA, and David B Rietz of Highland Park, IL.

Henry Kachel was born 9 June 1792, in Cumru Township, Berks County, PA, and baptized 9 Dec 1792 at Allegheny Lutheran Church. He was married at First Reformed Church in Reading 21 June 1814 to Catherine Fester (Pfister?), born 25 Oct 1792, of Heidelberg Township. The Census of 1820 shows Henry, Catherine, and three daughters in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County. 1830 in Brecknock Township. They moved to Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, in the 1830's. Their son Jeremiah, age 2, was buried in Indiana in July 1833, but Israel was born in Pennsylvania in 1834 and Henry was not listed as an early settler of Warren County in 1836. Another son was buried in Indiana in March, 1838. Henry died 15 Feb 1856, and his tombstone in VanReed Cemetery, Warren Co, spells his name Kachel, but early records in Warren County vary widely (Kochell, Cahell, Cochel, Cackle) gradually narrowing to Kochel, and pronounced KOTCH-ul. Catherine "Granny Kochel" died 26 Feb 1881, aged 88 years, 4 months, 1 day, and is buried in VanReed Cemetery.

1. Elizabeth Kochel (d.before 1858) m.8 Feb 1841 George H Simmerman
2,3 two other daughters born before the Census of 1820, but not shown in 1830
4. Harriet Kochel (4 Dec 1820 - 9 Dec 1879) m.16 Apr 1841 Henry J Beever (1813-1898)
5. Maria Kochel (3 Dec 1822-12 Jan 1898) m.11 Dec 1842 John Hickman (1822-1886)
6. Catharine Kochel (24 Feb 1825) m.16 Jan 1843 Ephraim Beason (1823); Cedar Co, Missouri
7. Sarah Kochel (27 Feb 1827) m.28 Feb 1845 George Ruble; Lucas Co, Iowa
8. Angeline Kochel (31 Jan 1828 - before 1858) m.19 Dec 1850 Henson Lewis
9. Jeremiah Kochel (1831-Jul 1833) buried in VanReed Cemetery
10. Edmund Kochel (22 Jun 1831) m.22 Apr 1852 Catherine Pitman; Ringgold Co, IA (Edward Kohal)
11. Israel Kochel (1834) m.20 Nov 1860 Jane Brier
12. Infant Son (d.Mar 1838) buried in VanReed Cemetery
13. Henry Kochel (1838) m.24 Sep 1857 Drucilla Fink m(2) Sarah
14. George H Kochel (1844-before 1856)

1. William H Hickman (1844)
2. Silas H Hickman (1845)
3. Angeline Hickman (1848-1923) m.1868 George B Liptrap; m.3 Jul 1912 William Porter Boone
4. Sarah E Hickman (1849) m.1870 John Milligan
5. John R Hickman (1851) m.1885 Mary E Farmer; m.1919 Jane Farmer
6. Israel Harrison Hickman (26 Mar 1853-29 Oct 1929) m.1875 Amanda Ellen McKinzie
7. Harriet Catherine Hickman (26 Mar 1853-26 Sep 1929)
8. Mary Josephine Hickman (1856) m.1874 Joel Worth Gray (1849) and lived at Attica, Indiana
9. Jemima E Hickman (1860)
10. Albert W Hickman (24Oct1862-1Sep1934) m.1893 Mary Fix
11. Nathan A Hickman (1864)
12. Minerva Emma V. Hickman (1866) m.1896 William H Eberhardt
13. Charles Hickman (1868)

Maria Kochel (1822-1898) m.1842 John Hickman

Angeline Hickman (1848-1923) m.1868 George B Liptrap

John Liptrap (1872-1935) m.1904 Bertha Stonecypher

Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977) m.1949 Frances Mary Tate Matthews

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)