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Notes for Michael Sprinkle and Maria Elisabeth Weigel

1738 Maria Elisabetha Weigel, daughter of Martin Weichel [sic], was born 31 January and was baptized 22 April. Sponsored by Peter Gartner and wife Maria Elisabetha. Trinity Lutheran Church, York register. [1] [2]

1752 Michael Sprogle, perhaps this Michael Springle, warranted 139 acres in Washington (formerly Reading) Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. Dated August 19. [3] [4] [5] Adjacent tracts were owned by Abraham Asper, Frederick Asper, Peter Smith, and Joseph Krall.

Michael Springle, son of Michael Springle, married Elizabeth Weigel of Manchester Twp. [6]

1761 Heirs of Martin Wigle, deceased, distributed land from his estate. Bastian Wigle, Jacob Bushong and wife Julianna, Michael Sprinkle and wife Elizabeth, sold land to Martin Weigle, all heirs of Martin Weigle. The land was in Dover and Manchester Twps, York County, Pennyslvania. Dated August 1. [7]

1769 Peter Springle warranted land in Manchester/Codorus Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. Two tracts were surveyed to Peter and Michael Springle Jr, parts of a 600 acre tract previously granted to Michael Springle Sr in 1734, then in Lancaster County. Dated May 8. [8] [9] [10]

1776 Michael Springle served in the York County Militia during the Revolutionary War. Private 6th Class, York County Militia (Capt. Copenhaeffer's Co.) & Capt. Simon Kopenhafer's Co. 1776 . [11] [12] List of men who apprehended British deserters. [13]

1779 Michael Springle was a tavern keeper in Manchester Twp, York County, Pennsylvania.

1779 Peter and Michael Springle, perhaps the sons of this Michael Springle (not taxed), were taxed as single men in Manchester Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [14]

1783 Michael Sprenkle was taxed in Manchester Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [15]

1793 Michael Sprenkle, farmer, was listed on the septennial census for Manchester Twp, York County, Pennsylvania. [16]

Research Notes:

1810 Michael Sprinkle lived in Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky. [17]

1816 Michael Springle died on May 25, Henderson County, Kentucky.

See also family search for births and baptisms of children.


Footnotes:

[1] Debra D. Smith and Frederick S. Weiser, Trinity Lutheran Church Records Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, 1730-1767 (Closson Press, 1995), 10.

[2] Henry James Young, Evidence of the Weigel Families of York County before the year 1850 (1940, Historical Society of York County, Vol. 23), 145-190, at 147, citing Vital Records of Christ Lutheran Church of York, Pennsylvania.

[3] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, York County, S88, [PALandWarrantLinks].

[4] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C2-34, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[5] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C2-37, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[6] Charles Fahs Kauffman, A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937 (1940), 184, see person A573, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[7] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed A-545, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[8] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, York County, S292, [PALandWarrantLinks].

[9] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA11-70, [PAPatentBookLinks].

[10] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, B5-19, [PASurveyBookLinks].

[11] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 7 (Revolution 1777-1789, Vol. 3) (1896), 109, [InternetArchive].

[12] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 2 (Muster Rolls Washington) (1906), 610, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[13] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 2 (Muster Rolls Washington) (1906), 715-719, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[14] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 21 (York Taxables) (1897), 19, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[15] John Gibson, ed., History of York County Pennsylvania, Part I General History (Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing, 1886), 612, [InternetArchive].

[16] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, 1793, Manchester Twp, York County, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[17] United States Federal Census, 1810, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].