This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vk.2ADE/1736 Message Board Post: Peter’s Henry Line *Henry Mearkle (Peter, Lorenz) b 10 Feb 1771 m Lovis Steckman. b 25 Oct 1781, Virginia. Lovis was the d/o of John Steckman b 1750 Virginia and d 9 Sep 1838 Bedford, PA bur Indian Spring Farm Cemetery, Bedford and Polly. Henry was an early farmer in Monroe Township. Henry registered 50 acres in a land warrant on 24 Feb 1830. See Appendix for an awesome Steckman Genealogy from the Steckman web site. Their children not necessarily in this order: 1. Mary b c 1800 or 7 Apr 1814 m William Layton d 9 Feb 1909 2. Elizabeth b c 1802 d.y. 3. Rachel 30 Nov 1804 m 29 Mar 1827 Jeremiah Akers. Rachel d 26 Feb 1894 4. John b 3 Dec 1805 or 1806 m Sarah (see below) 5. Barbara b 24 May 1807 m John Clark b 27 Feb 1803. they settled in black Hawk County in 1854. She d 1893, Spring Creek, Black Hawk, Iowa a. Simon Clark b. George Clark c. Henry Clark b 1829 d. Emeline Clark b 1833 e. Andrew Clark b 1837 f. Nancy Clark b 1840 g. Lewis Clark b 1844 h. William Clark b 1846