Solomon IMMEL

                   NAME:
    Henrich aka Henry - IMMEL aka IMEL

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    Possible Father Solomon IMMEL

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ID: I2903 Name: Henry Imel Sex: M Note:  HENRY IMEL, SR. Eldest of the five "Hessian" brothers (My Oldest Known Ancestor)  HENRY IMEL, SR. - b. Jan. 5, 1756, Germany. d. Nov. 5, 1848 in Fayette or Somerset Co., Pa. (The Bible of a granddaughter, Nancy Imel Rugg, states that Henry Imel died in Somerset Co., Pa. probably at the home of his daughter Elizabeth Imel Henry. However, I was unable to find Henry's grave or place of death). He was married ca 1778 in Maryland to MARGARET DISHER - b. Sept. 29, 1756 in New Jersey. Died Nov. 29, 1841, Fayette Co., Pa. and is probably buried in the Imel Cemetery there. In the 1880 census of Fayette Co., Pa., the son, Henry Jr. lists his mother as "born in New Jersey."  Edward L. Imel of Gowrie, Iowa says the tradition in his line is that Henry and Margaret Imel had five sons and five daughters. My research indicates six sons and five daughters. I could not find Henry Imel in the 1770 census of Maryland - the first record of him is the 1800 census of Belfast Twp., Bedford Co., Pa., which lists his children as follows: 3 sons under 10. (John and Henry, Jr. would be under 10; Samuel ca 14) 1 son 16-26. (Jacob would have been ca 16) 1 female under 10. (Born between 1790-1800 - name unknown) 1 female 10-16. (Elizabeth would have been 13) 1 female 16-26. (Sophia would have been 17) Isaac, James and Mary were already married and not living home.  The 1820 census of Saltlick Twp., Fayette Co., Penna. lists the following: 1 male under 10. (Grandson James, age 6, son of Samuel) 1 male 10-26. (This could be either a son of Samuel - or Henry, son of Jacob who was deceased in 1820. Henry would have been 10 or 11) 1 male 26-45. (Samuel, age 34, widower, living home with parents) 1 female 10-16. (Born after 1800, probably ca 1804, name unknown) 1 female 26-45. (Daughter born between 1790-1800)  Note: Samuel was the only son who could have been living home in 1820. He married a second wife ca 1833, when he was 47 years of age and had four other children.  The 1830 census of Saltlick Twp., Fayette Co., Penna. lists Henry and Margaret with a male between 15-20. This would be James above, now age 16, a grandson.  Children of Henry and Margaret: 1. Isaac Imel, b. 1780 in Maryland. 2. James Imel, b. 1781 in Maryland. 3. Mary Imel, b. June 20, 1782, Maryland. 4. Sophia Imel, b. July 2, 1783, Maryland. 5. Jacob Imel, b. ca 1784-5, Maryland. 6. Samuel L. Imel, b. 1786, Maryland. 7. Elizabeth Imel, b. July 24, 1787, Maryland. 8. John Imel, b. Nov. 23, 1789, Maryland. (My ancestor). 9. Henry Imel, Jr., b. Jan. 15, 1792, Bedford Co., Penna. *10. Daughter, name unknown, born between 1790-1800. *11. Daughter, name unknown, born ca 1804 in Bedford Co., Penna. *One of these daughters lived to be 104 years of age.  The earliest record I could find of HENRY IMEL was land that he bought of GEORGE BOYLE on Feb. 6, 1792 of 133½ acres located in Belfast Township, Bedford Co., Penna. This would now be located in Belfast Twp., Fulton Co., Penna. Henry Imel sold this farm August 24, 1811 to JOHN WALKER. This would be approximately the time he moved to Fayette Co., Penna. When he purchased the farm from George Boyle in 1792, the deed was never registered. John Walker also did not have the deed recorded. It was only after Walker sold the farm in 1819 to JACOB STOANER that Stoaner had the deed recorded. The obituary of his daughter Mary stated that she was born near "Fredericktown", Maryland, so this must have been where his Maryland farm was and where his older children were born.  The farm of Henry Imel was located a short distance north of the farm of a JOHN IMBLE/EMEL in Bethel Twp., Bedford Co., Penna. who bought 286 acres in 1787 and sold them again on Jan. 31, 1801 to a Rachel Mann, wife of Andrew Mann. The proximity of the two farms and the spelling of the names suggests that they may have been related. However, I was unable to learn anything about this John Imble other than the purchase and sale of the land. He was not listed in wither the 1790 or the 1800 census records.  FARM OF HENRY IMEL IN BEDFORD COUNTY, PENNA. 
(From the Mormon Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Film 43536 pt 16, pp 560-61)  On April 5, 1819, JACOB STOANER had the deed recorded in Bedford Co., Pa. by Anthony Shoemaker, Justice of the Peace and David Mann, Recorder.  IMEL TO WALKER: KNOW ALL MEN by these present that I, HENRY IMEL of BEDFORD COUNTY in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for and in consideration of the sum of Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars to me in hand paid by JOHN WALKER of the County and State aforesaid, yeoman, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted, bargained sold, released and confirmed and by these present do grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm unto the said JOHN WALKER, his heirs and assigns, a certain tract of land situate in Belfast Township in the County of Bedford aforesaid on the Waters of Licking Creek bounded and described as follows . . . containing one hundred and thirty three acres and one half acre and the usual allowance of sic per cent for roads, etc. (which said tract was surveyed on a Warrant granted to GEORGE BOYLE September 19, 1787 and sold to HENRY IMEL by GEORGE BOYLE, a reference to their Article of Agreement having date of the sixth day of February, 1792.) . . . IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereto set my Hand and Seal the Twenty Fourth day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven.  Sealed and Delivered in the HENRY IMEL (Seal) Presence of : JOHN WOBLE and ABRAHAM WALKER  Note: HENRY IMEL signed this deed himself as "HENRY IMEL" which establishes the correct spelling of the name. I had found a Bible record of a granddaughter who wrote the name "HENRY IMMEL" which sent me on a "wild-goose chase" of several years, trying to find a baptismal certificate for a "Henry Immel" in the various church records of Lancaster County, Penna. The original name of "IMEL" I found only in Maryland.  During the Revolutionary War, a group of IMEL brothers were brought over as German Mercenaries by the British, to fight against the Colonists. But shortly after landing in America they went AWOL and joined up with the Continental Army. Peter Imel, age 12, was a drummer boy in General Morgan's Virginia Riflemen. The only record of these Imel brothers was that carried down in the line of Peter's descendants. However, the number of Imel brothers varied from three to four and even five. Only two names were remembered: Thomas born 1757 and Peter born 1764. And although Peter's descendants claimed to have lived in Virginia before they migrated to Indiana and had no record of ever having been in Maryland, the tombstone of Peter's son Henry reads: "NATIVE OF MARYLAND".  Disher History: There was a Peter Disher, born ca 1750, who lived in Botetourt Co. or Rockingham Co., Virginia who could be a brother to Margaret. This Peter Disher drowned in the James River when the water was at high mark. There was a HENRY DICHER, born ca 1791 in Virginia who was living in Fayette Co., Penna. in the 1850 census. And I found a Frederick Disher living in York Co., Penna. in the 1790 census. But other than these three, I found no other "Disher" spelling. The name has many spellings, such as: DEYCHER, DEYSCHER, DEICHER, DEISCHER, DEYSHERE, TYSHER, TEYSCHER, TEISCHER, etc. I found several of this spelling in Washington County, Maryland, and there was a Deyshere Church there, established in 1747, named after a Peter Tysher, later called Troxell's church and today known as the Salem Reformed Church.   In "HISTORY OF THE SWISS & GERMAN PIONEER SETTLERS" by H. Frank Eshleman, p. 240, he tells of an old German woman who owned much land in Lancaster Co., Penna. and sold it to the early settlers: ". . . land back to the Susquehanna River was settled in the neighborhood of Columbia by Farricks, Stricklers, Garbers and others. They purchased their first right from MARY DITCHER, an old German woman who went about making what she called 'improvements'. This consisted of a few sticks put together and a fire kindled and a kettle hung over it. This constituted her claim. Then she would sell out her claim for a trifle, move on and take up another cl
aim . . . she wandered through woods, leading her horse, which was her only property, with her knitting in her hand, clad in sheep skin."  I also found the following documents interesting, in which BOSTON TYESHOR apprentices his son William to the Rev. Mr. Samuel Hunter of Frederick Co., Maryland, under date of December 19, 1747 (Liber B - Folio 127, Frederick Co., Maryland): "TYESHOR has put forth as apprentice and servant his son William Tyeshor, aged 9 years and 2 months, unto Rev. Hunter for 11 yrs. and 10 mos. That Hunter will allow and provide for him during the term of 11 yrs. and 10 mos. all necessary cloaths, meat, washing, and lodging. Also to learn him to read and write and cast up accounts according to the custom of the Province in these cases and a decent suit of apparel at ye expiration of term".  Since there were no IMELS of any spelling in Fayette Co., Penna. before Henry and Joseph moved there; and since I have found all the sons of Joseph in Union Co., Indiana, I believe the following to be sons of HENRY IMEL and MARGARET DISHER: 1 Birth: 5 JAN 1756 in Germany 1 Death: 5 NOV 1848 in PA, Fayette or Somerset Co 1  Father: [given name unknown] Imel   Mother: [given name unknown] [surname unknown]   Marriage 1 Margaret Disher  b: 29 SEP 1756 in NJ  Married: ABT 1778 in MD 1 Children  Mary Imel  b: 20 JUN 1782 in MD  Jacob Imel  b: ABT 1785  Elizabeth Imel  b: 24 JUL 1787 in MD  John Imel  b: 23 NOV 1789 in MD  Sources:   Author: Keller, Velma Byrum (1894-1975) Publication: Allentown, PA: Schlechter's, 1974 		
		
		
		
		



Hello,
      Here is what I have on the Imels, got information from differnet people and places. If you find any mistakes or anything I can add please let me know. I don't have any ancestors to Margaret Disher do you?
      Marcy
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Subject: Imels up to 6th gen.

Descendants of Imel

Generation No. 1

1.  IMEL1 was born Abt. 1730 in Hesse, Cassel, Germany.

Children of IMEL are:
2.	i.	HENRY SR.2 IMEL, b. January 05, 1756, Hesse, Cassel, Germany; d. November 05, 1848.
	ii.	THOMAS IMEL, b. 1757, Hesse, Cassel, Germany.
	iii.	JACOB IMEL, b. 1760, Hesse, Cassel, Germany; d. Abt. 1830.
	iv.	JOSEPH IMEL, b. 1762, Hesse, Cassel, Germany; d. 1839, Fayette Co., Pa.
	v.	PETER IMEL, b. March 30, 1764, Hesse, Cassel, Germany; d. January 03, 1849, Rocklin Cemetery, Marion, IN.


Generation No. 2

2.  HENRY SR.2 IMEL (IMEL1) was born January 05, 1756 in Hesse, Cassel, Germany, and died November 05, 1848.  He married MARGARET DISHER 1778 in Frederick, Maryland.  She was born September 29, 1756 in Bedford Co., Pa, and died November 29, 1841 in Fayette Co., Pa.

Children of HENRY IMEL and MARGARET DISHER are:
	i.	ISAAC3 IMEL, b. 1780, Frederick, Maryland.
	ii.	JAMES IMEL, b. 1781, Frederick, Maryland.
3.	iii.	MARY J. IMEL, b. January 20, 1782, Frederick, Maryland; d. March 09, 1880, Preble, Ohio.
	iv.	SOPHIA IMEL, b. July 02, 1782, Frederick, Maryland; d. December 11, 1866, Rehobeth Cemetery, Rehobeth, Perry, Ohio.
	v.	JACOB IMEL, b. 1785, Frederick, Maryland; d. 1860.
	vi.	SAMUEL L. IMEL, b. 1786, Frederick, Maryland.
	vii.	ELIZABETH IMEL, b. July 24, 1787, Frederick, Maryland; d. June 05, 1874, Sculton Cemetery, Upper Turkeyfoot, Somerset, PA.
	viii.	JOHN IMEL, b. November 23, 1789, Frederick, Maryland; d. May 16, 1861, Hazelton Cemetery, Salt Lick Township, Ohio.
	ix.	DAUGHTER IMEL, b. Abt. 1790, Bedford Co., Pa.
4.	x.	HENRY JR. IMEL, b. January 15, 1792, Bedford Co., Pa; d. September 07, 1888, Blue Vale Cemetery, Exeter, Nebraska.
	xi.	DAUGHTER IMEL, b. 1804, Bedford Co., Pa.


Generation No. 3

3.  MARY J.3 IMEL (HENRY SR.2, IMEL1) was born January 20, 1782 in Frederick, Maryland, and died March 09, 1880 in Preble, Ohio.  She married WILLIAM BAILEY.

Child of MARY IMEL and WILLIAM BAILEY is:
5.	i.	LETTITIA4 BAILEY.

4.  HENRY JR.3 IMEL (HENRY SR.2, IMEL1) was born January 15, 1792 in Bedford Co., Pa, and died September 07, 1888 in Blue Vale Cemetery, Exeter, Nebraska.  He married ANNA FULTON September 07, 1815 in Fayette Co., Pa, daughter of JAMES FULTON.  She was born September 02, 1797 in Saltlick Township, Fayette Co., Pa, and died May 01, 1860 in Imel Cemetery, Fayette County, PA.

Children of HENRY IMEL and ANNA FULTON are:
	i.	ELIZABETH4 IMEL.
	ii.	JOHN HENRY IMEL, b. January 28, 1816, Fayette Co., Pa; d. February 24, 1887, Imel Cemetery, Springfield Township, Fayette Co., PA.
	iii.	MARY IMEL, b. September 04, 1817, Fayette Co., Pa.
	iv.	JAMES IMEL, b. June 14, 1819, Fayette Co., Pa; d. February 16, 1913, Chadwick, Illinois.
	v.	HENRY IMEL, b. October 21, 1821, Fayette Co., Pa; d. January 01, 1906, Funk, Phelps, Ne, Magill Cemetery.
	vi.	MARGARET MAGGIE IMEL, b. August 19, 1826, Fayette Co., Pa; d. January 25, 1905, Fair Haven Cemetery, Carroll, Illinois.
	vii.	ANNA IMEL, b. March 22, 1829, Fayette Co., Pa; d. May 27, 1887.
	viii.	LEVI IMEL, b. September 01, 1831, Fayette Co., Pa; d. June 27, 1916, Exeter, Fillmore, Ne, Exeter Cemetery.
	ix.	HANNAH IMEL, b. January 19, 1834.
6.	x.	JACOB IMEL, b. June 19, 1836, Fayette Co., Pa; d. November 03, 1913.
	xi.	PHOEBE IMEL, b. September 16, 1839, Fayette Co., Pa; d. April 07, 1923; m. (1) GEORGE STEYER; m. (2) GEORGE STEYER.
	xii.	RACHEL IMEL, b. July 15, 1843, Fayette Co., Pa; d. March 06, 1899, Kearney, Buffalo, Ne, Kearney Cemetery.


Generation No. 4

5.  LETTITIA4 BAILEY (MARY J.3 IMEL, HENRY SR.2, IMEL1)  She married JACOB STRAIT.

Child of LETTITIA BAILEY and JACOB STRAIT is:
7.	i.	LETTITIA5 STRAIT.

6.  JACOB4 IMEL (HENRY JR.3, HENRY SR.2, IMEL1) was born June 19, 1836 in Fayette Co., Pa, and died November 03, 1913.  He married MARY JANE STEYER April 05, 1860, daughter of ABSALOM STEYER and JULIE BRANT.  She was born February 22, 1835 in Somerset Co. Pa., and died January 09, 1913.

Notes for JACOB IMEL:
	Jacob accompanied his father to Carroll County, Illinois, in 1864, and lived nnear Fulton, Illinois. But in 1871 he returned to Fayette County, Pa where he lived until his death. He was living at Indian Head, Pa when his brother James died in Illinois in 1913. He was listed in the 1880 Soundex as living in Saltlick Twp., Fayette County, Pa. His will is dated March 7, 1910 (Will Book 18, Page 35, Fayette County, PA.)
	In his Will, his wife Mary Jane was to have the home and care provided by sons, if she survived her husband. The sons, Absalom and Jacob H. were to pay each "dauter" $500 for the home farm. Daughters named were Julia, Sarh, and Mary. Jacob resided in Saltlick Twp. at the time of his death, where he bought land in 1875.
	The 1880 Cennsus lists Jacob in Saltlick Twp. He is age 43; Mary Jane is 45; Julia Ann is 17; Sarah Amanda is 15; Absalom is 12; Mary is 7. Visiting them at the time is Henry Imel, Jr. from Nebraska, Jacob's father.

More About JACOB IMEL:
Burial: Sparks Cemetery, Indian Head, Fayette Co., Pa

More About MARY JANE STEYER:
Burial: Sparks Cemetery, Indian Head, Fayette Co., Pa

Children of JACOB IMEL and MARY STEYER are:
8.	i.	JULIA ANN5 IMEL, b. November 08, 1862;
                  

                   Rockland Cemetery,Marion,,Indiana
Peter Imel was also sealed to Parents 18 Mar 1995 IFALL

	Re: Peter Imel Descendent			
	Author: Amy Fischer 		Date: 30 Dec 2001 6:55 AM GMT 	
		

Peter Imel and his brothers henry, thomas, Jacob and Joseph were brought to America as Hessian soldiers in 1776 from Hesse-Cassel, Germany as mercenaries for the British Army. Shortly after arriving in America, they went AWOL and joined up with the Continental Army. Peter, age twelve, was a drummer boy with General Morgan's Virginia Riflemen which demobilized at Winchester, Va. In 1782. Peter Imel died in the home of his son George near Fairland, Ind. and was first buried in a family plot on George's farm. His old marker is still standing there and it states that he died Jan. 3, 1849, age 84 yrs., 9 mos., 5 das. In 1940, three of his great grandsons (George J. Imel and two brother) moved Peter's body six miles and interred the remains in a grave with his son George in Rockland Cemetery, fifteen miles southeast of Indianapolis, Ind. There are five bodies in this one grave and among four tombstones one reads: "PETER IMEL, 1754-1849 - A SOLDIER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR". One of the dates on the stone is in error and should read "1764 in stead of "1754". (Our family has seen his grave). You may not have found his war record, but he was there.  Thanks for your reply. Amy Fischer

Re: Peter Imel Descendent			
	Author: John Helmut Merz 		Date: 30 Dec 2001 3:53 PM GMT 	
	Surnames: IMEL-IMMEL			
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	In Reply to: Re: Peter Imel Descendent  by: Amy Fischer 			

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Dear Amy, I have read your response to my posting of yesterday and have the feeling that you need more convincing arguments to consider the roots of Peter Immel. In all the family charts I inspected in the Rootswe system, some which are excellent and very detailed, I cannot find one clu as to Peter's parents. All it says he was born in Germany. No documantation is available. Since I have looked for many hours and tried to explore all avenues, I am still as much in the dark as you and it sure bothers me. I do run a Rootsweb mailing list specifying in Hessian Soldiers of the American Revolution, and together with many other experts we have been able to solve many such puzzles. To anyone looking for help in their Hessian research I strongly recommend to subscribe to AMREV-HESSIANS-L-request@rootsweb.com and at least check the mail list archives for clues. Many postings have been made to cover the name IMMEL/IMEL, as well as of thousands of other Hessians, and there is nothing else which will give you as much help. Try  look for Mailing lists in the top bar, go right down to Miscellaneous, click on Military and the list name should show up. Can't make it any easier for you to do genealogical research. Good luck. Incidently, this is the way to find any Rootsweb mailing list, surname, country, or local. Cheers, John Merz, Hamilton, Canada