----- Original Message ----- From: <Sug444@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:47 PM================================= > Source: RICKENBACH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [RICKENBACH] Plank/Mervine > > > Hi Donn, > I typed up the information I was talking about. As you will see, I have > very little on David And Elizabeth. I thought that what I found was > interesting. But, if you would be kind enough to fill in a few blanks about > David and Elizabeth I would be grateful. > Sugar > Schulze > > Plank Ancestry > > 1. Jean de la Plank, Graduated from Basil University, Switzerland about 1700, > and they then immigrated to America in 1709. > 2. Jaques de la Plank, ( who changed his name to Jacob Plank) was the first > physician of Berks County PA. He lived in PA about 1720. His wife, Mary > Katherine's will shows that they had four children: 2-2-1. Catherine ( Plank > ) Schaffer > 2-2. Mary Katherine(Plank) Kime? (Keim),. > 2-3. Fredrick Plank > 2-4 Susanna (Plank) Rothermel. > 2-3. Fredrick Plank had six sons; four are mentioned: > 23-1. Michael, who moved to Mifflin Co. in 1795, PA > 23-2. Jacob, he lived in Lancaster and Cumberland County, PA > 23-3. John Pequea, he lived in Lancaster County, PA > 23-4. Peter Plank, lived in Caernarvon, Berks Co. PA., married Frances > Kauffman about 1782 in Berks County. > 23-4. Peter Plank, b. about 1748/1758 , Oley Township, Berks County, PA. d. > 1831, Lancaster PA. > He married Frances/Franey Kauffman b. 1761 in upper Chester County > d. 1837 Berks County. She is the d/o Jacob Kauffman. Peter and Franey had 8 > children. > 234-1. Samuel Plank b. Oct. 7, 1801, d. April 10, 1883. Married > Sarah Kochel. > 234-2. Anna Plank, b. Oct. 26, 1798 in Berks County PA. d. in Holms > County, Ohio. married Jacob Kauffman. > 234-3. John Plank, b. Feb.3, 1787 Berks County PA. d. Feb. 20, 1852, > Berks County PA. married Elizabeth Killer. > 234-4. Mary Plank, b. March 8,1783 Berks County PA d. 1810. Married > Nicolas Marvine, Aug. 2, 1802, Douglassville PA. > 234-5. David France Plank, b. May 21,1804 Berks County PA. d. April > 11, 1886 Berks County PA. Buried in the Caernarvon Cemetery. Morgantown, > Berks County PA. married Rebecca Buchwalter. > 234-6. Christian Plank, b. June 28 1791, Berks County PA. d. before > 1901 married Elizabeth Zook Hartz ( widow) > 234-7. Jacob Plank, b. Dec. 18 1785, Berks County Pa., d. Jan. 3 > 1862, Berks County PA, married Leah Zook > 234-8. Elizabeth Plank, b Dec 19 1793, Berks County PA, d. ? married > David Rickenbaugh > > > · In The Plank Ancestry that I found at the Berks County Historical Society > there were no references listed. > · In the Plank Ancestry, David Rickenbaugh is listed as Daniel Rickenbach. > · Some of my information came from the LDS Files. > > > Mervine > > 1. Phillip Mervine, whose parents were Huguenots, was born about 1702. He was > either born in America or came here when young. Learned the cooper's trade > and resided on a tract of land along the Schuylkill in Roxborough (new a part > of Philadelphia, PA) He married and had a large family of whom only Andrew, > William, George and John ( the youngest) can be called to mind. William was a > Revolutionary Soldier. > 1-1. Andrew Mervine b. > 1-2.William Mervine married Christiana Jones, Aug.4,1778, Amity Township, > Berks Co. PA - recorded in the church book of St. Gabriel's P.E. Church. > They had the following Children: > 12-1. Mary, b. 5/30/1779 married John Mason > 12-2.Nicholas, b. 7/6/1782 in Douglassville, Berks County married Mary > Plank b. 8/2/1802 d/o Peter Plank who died 1821. > 12-3. William, b. 6/14/1785 married ? > 12- 4. John, b. 6/9/1787 married Elizabeth Thomas > 12-1. Children of Mary ( Marvine) and John Mason were: > 121-1.Nicholas, b. 8/22/1810 > 121-2.Mary, b.12/4/1813 > 121-3.William, b. 1/9/1802 > 121-4.James, b. 7/13/1804 > 121-5. Phoebe, b. 7/31/ abt. 1805 -1807 > * William, James, and Phoebe were baptized Feb. 27 1809 at St. Mary's > Church, Chester County, PA > 12-2. Children of Nicolas and Mary b. Tuesday, Feb. 13,1810( Plank) Marvine > were: > 122-1. William - b. Tues. 8/13/1804, Baptized 2/27/1809 at St. Mary's married > Magdalena Yeiser at Shoemakersville Berks Co. PA > 122-2. Peter - b.3/13 /1806, baptized 2/27/1809 at St. Mary's > 122-3. John - b. 3/25/1808, baptized 2/27/1809 at St. Mary's married Mary A. > Freese, Aug of 1830. In Chester County, PA. Mary was the d/o John Peter and > Elizabeth (Neff) Freese They and their children moved to Ohio in 1839 > 122 - 4. Son Mervine > 122 -5. George Washington Mervine b. ? married Sarah Hartz > 122-1 Children of William and Magdalena (Yeiser ) Mervine were: > 1221-1. Moses b. Oct. 30 1836 > 1221-2. John b. July 24 1838 > 1221-3. William b. Sept. (6)? 1841 m > 1221-1. Children of Moses > 12211- 1. Tom > 12211- 2. Joesph. > 12211- 3.Sally > 12211- 4. Fany - Miller > 12211- 5.Ama - Clever > 1221-2. Children of John > 12212-1. Howard > 12212-2. Delilah > 12212-3. Rodger > 12212-4. Cora > 12212-5. John > 12212- 6. Robert > 12212-7. William > 12212-8. Laurie > 1221-3. Children of William > 12213-1. Ulyssis > 12213-2. Claud1 > 12213-3. Louie > 12213-4. Susia > 12213-5. Gary > > 122-3. Children of John and Mary ( Freese) Mervine > 1223-1.William Mason > 1223-2. Joseph K. > 1223-3. Hannah > 1223-4. Elizabeth H. > 1223-5. George Washington > 1223-6. David Pemberton > 1223-7. Cynthia A. > 1223-8. Charles > > 1-3. George Mervine > 1-4. John Mervine > > > > · In 1685, King Louis XIV of France persecuted the Protestants, which caused > the parents of Phillip Mervine(1) to leave France and to go to Germany, from > whence his family came to America through Holland. > · The Name Mervine is taken from the moving of Glaciers of the French Alps. > · Marvin, Marvine, Mavine, and Mevine all come from the same place. > · Marvines fought against the Moours under Le Harlisgrange Of Frank's now > France when the Mooures overran France. > · There were 3 Mervines in the war of 1812. > · Admiral William Mervine served in the wars of 1812 & 1861. He was the son > of John (12-4) ? and Liberia (Wright) Mervine. His grandfather was William > Mervine(1-2) married to Christina (Jones) in 1778. Grandfather William was > the father of Andrew Mervine.(1-1) > · While he was a Commodore, William raised the first American Flag on the > State of California , in San Monica from the gun boat "Salem". William sank > with Perry on Lake Erie. There were 3 survivors > · Andrew Mervine( 1-1 ) fought in the battles of: Trenton N.J. Dec. 26,1776, > and Jan 2, 1777. The battle of Brandywine, Pa., Sept. 11, 1777. Germantown > Pa., Oct.,4,1777, Pricetown , N.J. Jan. 3, 1777, and Yorktown, Va. Sept. 28, > 1781 - Oct. 19,1781. > · Andrew( 1-1) also was at Valley Forge where he was wounded. > · Andrew( 1-1 ) died at the age of 97, and is buried at Baptist Church Yard > in Phila. > · The Gun Boat " Mervine" was named after Admiral Mervine. > · ** Some of this information was taken from papers found at Berks Historical > Society. The papers were handwritten but there was no clue as to who wrote > the information down. Some dates and names were taken from a typed paper > found in the same file titled Mervine - Plank Ancestry. There is also no > indication as to who wrote this paper. The rest of the information came from > The marriage and baptism records from St. Mary's Church, Chester County PA. > >