Adam MARKLEY
1800 Census, Frederick County, Maryland
#450 Disk 1, Coshocton County, Vol. 1 pg. 60
Vol. 4 Tree 1227
Maryland Marriages, 1634-1820 #195
Maryland Marriage Index, 1655-1850 #224
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DEATH: Will Date: 29 Mar 1812; Will Probate: 4 Jan 1813. NOTES: 1. Came to America about 1770. NAME: Adam MARKLEY, Jr. BURIAL: Name Markle on stone. War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783 SUPPLEMENT GERMAN REGIMENT PAPERS Adam Markley, Jr. enlisted July 21,1776 Muster Roll of Capt. George P.Keeports Company of the first German Battalion Continental Troopscommanded by Colonel Nicholas Husacker. Philadelphia,PA Sept. 19, 1776. On 20 January 1792 Adam Markley and his wife Mary Magdalena (daughter of William Dickensheets) sold three and three quarter acres of land called "Williams Delight" for five pounds. From Will Book 1, pages 20-22 Coshocton Co., Adam Markel, Jr. His wil lmade 29 Mar. 1812, proved 4 Jan. 1813, Coshocton Co., names heirs as wifeMary (1/3 of real and personal property) and in order below 12 children(each to receive 1/12 of the 2/3 rd remaining estate); ordered executor(son William) to sell his following land in Maryland: (a) "In BaltimoreCounty...part of a tract called Pars Range...", (b) " A tract or parcel of land Joshua Lott...on the North side of the stateroad leading from Liberty town to Baltimore including the center of saidroad adjoining a tract of land called Reaswayon Cold Friday in FrederickCounty..." and (c) "demand the money and execute a title for that tractthat is sold to Joshua Jones...", ordered wife Mary to keep homesteadduring the term of the lien; and desired his lot in the town ofCoshocton, held by himself and James Calon not be sold until his youngestson becomes 21. If wife Mary should remarry she is to receive $100 inlieu of the 1/3 estate. Per Deed Book 4 page 351 Coshocton Co., on August 26, 1825, for $100, lot 168 in Coshocton was sold to James Taylor, a merchant of Zanesville, bythe 11 surviving children and their spouses as "heirs at law under thewill of Adam Markley late of Coshocton County". From History of Western MD, pg. 375-378, Land Grants & Resurveys. 1797 - Adam & Gabriel Marckel, Resurvey "Father's Gift" 539 acres Excerpts from FTM CD # 450, Disk 1, Vol. 1 Chapter V, Pg. 60 County andFamily Histories: Ohio, 1780-1970 On Denman's "prairie" in Bethlehem Township were James Craig and Ira Kimberley in 1801. John Bantham, a Marylander in the Revolution, and Henry Carr reached that section in 1806. Other early settlers were William Speaks who served in the Revolution, Samuel Rea and Andrew Wilsonin the War of 1812, Joseph Burrell and Adam Markley.
NOTES: 1. John B. had the dubious distinction of being the first person murdered in Coshocton , OH. He was killed by George Arnold, a roughneck, during anelection day fracas in town. 2. Migrated from Frederick County, Maryland to Coshocton County, Ohio in 1808. MARRIAGE: John and Rebecca were married in Muskingum (now Coshocton) County, Ohio by William Whitten, J.P.
From Coshocton County, Ohio Family Histories, 1780-1970 "The early settlers in Cochocton County, Ohio were the ealiest of thewilderness conquerors, men in a world of new-found freedom. Theirs wasthe fighting chance: the chains of British bondage had been broken; hereas freemen they were to prove themselves empire-builders in the heart ofthe forest, by sheer strength of might. The militant spirit found vent in militia organization. Very soon aftertheir arrival they formed companies. Colonel Charles Williams was incommand. In 1809 there were first and second battalions of the secondregiment. fourth brigade, third division of the Ohio militia." Around the time of the War of 1812, a company commanded by Captain AdamJohnston had among others on it's rolls, Frederick Markley, ThirdSergeant, John M. Bantham, Third Corporal and Henry Carr, Private.
He married Mary Magdalena Dickensheets 18 Sep 1779 at Frederick, Maryland . Mary Magdalena Dickensheets was born at Montgomery, Pennsylvania Abt 1758 daughter of Johan Valentine Dickenschied and Catherine Dudderow .
They were the parents of 12
children:
William S. Markley
born 24 Apr 1780.
Martin Benjamin Markley
born 17 Jul 1782.
Elizabeth Markley
born Abt 1783.
Catherine M. Markley
born 11 Aug 1785.
John B. Markley
born Abt 1787.
Benjamin Markley
born Abt 1789.
Frederick Markley
born Abt 1791.
Amos Markley
born Abt 1793.
Hester Markley
born Abt 1794.
Anna Markley
born Abt 1795.
Abraham Markley
born Abt 1797.
David B. Markley
born Abt 1799.
Adam Markley died 1812 at Bethlehem Twp., Coshocton, Ohio .
Mary Magdalena Dickensheets died 1813 at Bethlehem Twp., Coshocton, Ohio .