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John Jacob Mickley and his eleven year old son John Jacob helped save the
Liberty Bell from being melted down by the British. See the account from The Mickley Family of America, 1893,
published by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
"In October 1777, the British occupied Philadelphia.
Weeks earlier all bells, including the Liberty Bell, were removed from the city.
It was well understood that, if left, they would likely be melted down and used
for cannon. The Liberty Bell was removed from the city and hidden in the
floorboards of the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which you
can still visit today." --Quoted from Liberty
Bell website.
The 1751 casting of the Liberty Bell commemorated William
Penn's 1701 Charter of Privileges.
Mickley genealogy and the above scanned excerpt obtained through the
generosity of Douglas F. Hardy. Rose Marie Stuck Bollinger kindly typed much of
the genealogy in GEDCOM format.
Descendants of Louis Michelet
Generation One
1. Louis1 Michelet;
born 17 Dec 1675 at Metz, Moselle, France; married Suzanne Mangeot 1697 at
Zweibrucken, Palatinate, Germany; died 27 Feb 1749/50 at Zweibrucken,
Palatinate, Germany, at age 74.
He was also known as Rev. The Mickley family were Huguenots who decended
from the Michelets of Metz who have been traced back to the year 1444 in that
city. Metz is an ancient city that dates to pre-Roman times. It was captured by
Henry II, King of France, on April 10, 1552, and was formally ceded to France by
the Peace of Westphalia on October 24, 1648. During the Franco-German War, Metz
was beseiged by the Germans and surrendered by the French on October 27, 1870.
Metz remained a part of the German Empire until 1919 when it again became part
of France under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The Protestant religion
was introduced to Roman Catholic France between 1520 and 1523. Originally they
were accepted and protected by the French rulers, but as their numbers
increased, they were considered a threat. A series of religious wars between the
Catholics and Protestants (now called Huguenots) ravaged France from 1562 to
1598 when the Edict of Nantes was proclaimed by Henry IV, King of France. This
gave some religious freedom to the Huguenots until it was revoked by Louis XIV,
King of France, in 1685. As a result, no marriage was solemnized in France in
accordance with the Protestant religion. *Louis Michelet was a merchant in Metz
and he and his intended, Susanne Mangeot, secretly were members of the
protestant religion. They therefore found it necessary to travel to the
neighboring Dukedom of Deus Ponts or Zweibrucken, in the Bavarian Palatinate, to
celebrate their marriage. Here, in the German Empire, they were free to openly
practice their religion. According to Susanne's diary, they were married there
in 1697 and apparently remained in that city to await the birth and baptism of
their first child, Jean Jacques Michelet. The family moved back to Metz by 1699
according to information in the Statistical Archives of Metz and in that year
they openly declared their conversion to the Huguenot way and gave up Roman
Catholicism. Four more children were born at Metz and in 1715, Louis, now a
widower, declared that his five children had also converted to the self-styled
'Reformed Church.' At some point, Louis returned to Zweibruchen where he became
a Protestant pastor and where he spent the rest of his life. *This information
was obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He gathered it from Minnie F. Mickley's
The Genealogy of the Mickley Family of America, together with A Brief
Geneological Record of the Michelet Family of Metz and Some Interesting and Valuable Correspondence, Biographical Sketches, Obituaries and Historical
Memorabilia (Advertiser, 1893).
Children of Louis1
Michelet and Suzanne Mangeot were as follows:
+ 2 i. John Jacob 2
Mickley, born 1697 at Zweibrucken, Palatinate, Germany.
3 ii. Barbe' Michlet; born 16 Nov 1702 at Metz, Moselle, France.
4 iii. Marie Michlet; born 11 Dec 1703 at Metz, Moselle, France.
5 iv. Louis Michelet; born 8 Dec 1705 at Metz, Moselle, France.
He immigrated in 1720 to Berlin, Germany.
6 v. Pierre Michelet; born 21 Dec 1710 at Metz, Moselle, France.
Generation Two
2. John Jacob2
Mickley (Louis1Michelet);
born 1697 at Zweibrucken, Palatinate, Germany; died 18 Aug 1769 at Whitehall
Township, Lehigh Co. PA; buried 1769 at Egypt Reformed Church, Egypt, Lehigh
Co., PA.
He was also known as Jean Jacques Michelet. He was listed on the
passenger list as Johan Jacob Mueckli, age 22, and signed his name that way when
he took the oath of allegiance. John was single at the time and first lived with
a cousin, Jacob Levan, in Oley, Berks County, PA, and farmed the land. Several
years later he moved to Whitehall township and became one of the first settlers
of that part of Northampton Co. This is now part of the town of Egypt and became
part of Lehigh County When that county was formed in 1812. He bought land from
Adam Deshler in Whitehall Township on December 14, 1761 and the town of Mickleys
developed on this original tract. He was naturalized on 9 Aug 1761 at
Northampton Co., PA. **Information obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He
obtained the information from 'Mickley Family of America' by Mickley; 'Records
of the Egypt Reformed Church' by Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds Collection in
the Terwillinger Section of the Waterloo Library and Historical Society,
Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm Deischler-Mickley File. Also see
Carl Boyer III, Ship Passenger Lists, Pennsylvania and Delaware (1641-1825)
**Please see 'notes' on Louis Michlet for more information. He immigrated on 28
Aug 1733 to Philadelphia, PA on the ship Hope of London, Dan Ried master,
leaving from Rotterdam, Holland. He was Type: Re-interred in 1864 at Mickleys'
Church Cemetery, Mickleys, Lehigh Co., PA, in the lot of their grandson Jacob
Mickl.
Children of John Jacob2
Mickley and Elizabeth Barbara Burkhalter were as follows:
7 i. Susanne 3
Mickley; born between 1737 and 1745 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co.
PA.
+ 8 ii. John Jacob Mickley, born 17 Dec 1737 at Old Egypt, Lehigh
Co., PA; married Susanna Margaretha Miller.
9 iii. John Martin Mickley; born 3 Mar 1744/45 at Whitehall
Township, Lehigh Co. PA; died 11 Mar 1828 at Adams Co., PA, at age 83.
Martin was the twin of Magdalena Mickley. Their birthdate may
have been March 30th. He died on March 11, 1828 at the age of 83.
*Nine children were born of the marriage and all were baptised at the
Egypt Reformed Church in Lehigh Co. Martin was a soldier in the
Revolutionary War and was in the battle of Germantown, PA, on October
4, 1777. He sold the old homestead in Lehigh (then Northampton) County
and moved to Adams County, PA, probably in 1785. *Information obtained
from Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He obtained the information from 'Mickley
Family of America' by Mickley; 'Records of the Egypt Reformed Church'
by Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds Collection in the Terwillinger
Section of the Waterloo Library and Historical Society, Waterloo,
Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm Deischler-Mickley File. Also see
Carl Boyer III, Ship Passenger Lists, Pennsylvania and Delaware
(1641-1825).
10 iv. Magdalena Mickley; born 3 Mar 1744/45 at Whitehall
Township, Lehigh Co. PA; married Peter Deshler at Near Egypt; died
1827 at Schoenersville, Northampton Co., PA; buried at Schoenersville,
Northampton Co., PA in a churchyard.
Magdalena was the twin of John Martin Mickley. Their birthdate
may have been March 30th. Magdalena first married Peter Deshler. They
married near Egypt and settled in Schoenersville, Northampton Co., PA.
She had three sons and one daughter by Peter before he died. Magdalena
next married Michael Bieber of Allen Township, Northampton Co. There
were no children of this marriage. **Information obtained from Douglas
F. Hardy, MD. He obtained the information from 'Mickley Family of
America' by Mickley; 'Records of the Egypt Reformed Church' by
Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds Collection in the Terwillinger
Section of the Waterloo Library and Historical Society, Waterloo,
Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm Deischler-Mickley File. Also see
Carl Boyer III, Ship Passenger Lists, Pennsylvania and Delaware
(1641-1825).
11 v. John Peter Mickley; born 1752 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh
Co. PA; died 1828 at Bedminster Township, Bucks Co., PA.
October 8, 1763, Peter, age 11, was chestnutting with his
brother, Henry, age 9, and his sister, Barbara, age 7, on Laurel Hill
near Spring Mill in Lehigh County, when they were attacked by Indians.
Peter narrowly escaped by hiding between two trees in the woods, but
Henry and Barbara were both scalped. He was in the military service
against the Indians and served throughout the Revolutionary War as a
fifer. He was in the battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777. John
Peter married Eva Keck of Bucks County at the close of the war and
about 1784 they settled in Bedminster Township. They had two sons and
eight daughters. He lived circa 1784 at Bedminster Township, Bucks
Co., PA.
12 vi. John Henry Mickley; born 1754 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh
Co. PA; died 8 Oct 1763 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. PA. Was
scalped by Indians.
13 vii. Barbara Mickley; born 1756 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh
Co. PA; died 9 Oct 1763 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. PA.
She was scalped by Indians.
Generation Three
8. John Jacob3
Mickley (John2, Louis1Michelet);
born 17 Dec 1737 at Old Egypt, Lehigh Co., PA; married Susanna Margaretha Miller
1763 at Lehigh Co., PA; died 12 Dec 1808 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. PA,
at age 70.
John Jacob Mickley was a Private in the Northampton County Militia in
1776 in Captain Benjamin Weiser's company. When the British troups invaded
Philadelphia in 1777, the Executive Council ordered that the bells of the city
be removed for safe keeping. The State House bell (or Liberty Bell), the bells
of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, eleven bells in all, were removed to
Allentown by way of Bethlehem, PA. The reason for this order was to prevent the
captors of the town from seizing the bells as spoils of war and melting them
into cannons. The Liberty Bell was secretly removed and loaded on a wagon and
carried off, ostensibly with the baggage train of the Continental Army. The
impression was given that it was lost in the Delaware River. Some historians say
that it was taken to Lancaster and then to York, PA, where Congress met between
1777 and June 27, 1778. The diary kept by the presiding Bishop of the Moravian
Church of Bethlehem states, however, that on September 23, 1777, 'The bells from
Philadelphia were brought in wagons. The wagon with the Liberty Bell broke down
here, so it had to be unloaded; the other bells went on.' The bells were being
taken to allentown under the charge of John Jacob Mickley who used his own
horses and wagon and was accompanied by his son, John Jacob, then eleven, who
was allowed, at times, to drive the horses. After his wagon broke down in
Bethlehem, the Liberty Bell was transferred to Frederick Leaser's wagon and
arrived safely in Allentown the next day, September 24, 1777. The bells had been
taken from Philadelphia during the night and appeared to be farmers' wagons
loaded with manure. In allentown, the Liberty Bell and the chimes of Christ
Church were buried beneath the floor of Zion's Reformed Church and remained
secreted there for nearly a year. Rev. Abraham Blummer was pastor of the Church
at the time. His son, Henry Blummer, was married to Sarah, a daughter of John
Mickley. After the British troups left Philadelphia, the bells were returned to
their proper places in the latter part of 1778. The account of 'The Liberty Bell
Episode' was written by Minnie F. Mickley for the 'American Monthly Magazine'
and is reprinted in 'The Genealogy of the Mickley Family of America.'
**Information obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He obtained the information
from 'Mickley Family of America' by Mickley; 'Records of the Egypt Reformed
Church' by Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds Collection in the Terwillinger
Section of the Waterloo Library and Historical Society, Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY
and on LDS Microfilm Deischler-Mickley File. Unrecognized GEDCOM data: Unknown
GEDCOM tag: _MIL in 1776 at Private in the Northampton County Militia, Captain
Benjamin Weiser's Company.
Children of John Jacob3
Mickley and Susanna Margaretha Miller were as follows:
14 i. Catherine M. 4
Mickley; born 28 Mar 1764 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. PA; died 2
Jan 1835 at age 70.
She lived at Limestoneville, Montour Co., PA. She This couple had
two children.
15 ii. John Jacob Mickley; born 14 Apr 1766 at Whitehall Township,
Lehigh Co. PA; married Eva Catherine Schrieber 1788; died 1 Apr 1857
at The homestead at Mickleys, Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co., PA, at
age 90.
He rode on the wagon bearing the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia
to Allentown in 1777 at the age of eleven. Sponsors for baptism were
Peter Doeschler and his wife, Magdalena Doeschler, Valentin Fatzinger
and Maria Barbara Hofman. _MIL in 1794 at Soldier in the Whiskey Rebellion of PA.
+ 16 iii. Christian Mickley, born 1767 at Whitehall Township,
Lehigh Co. PA.
17 iv. Johann Peter Mickley; born 17 Jan 1773 at Whitehall
Township, Lehigh Co. PA; died 1861 at Hokendauqua, Lehigh Co., PA.
He lived at near Hokendauqua, PA.
18 v. Henrich Mickley; born 11 Dec 1774. His sponsors for baptism were John Martin Mickley and his wife
Catharina. He must have died young.
19 vi. Daniel Mickley; born 29 May 1776 at Whitehall Township,
Lehigh Co. PA.
Sponsors for baptism were Peter Mickley and Maria Barbara
Burkhalter. *He must have died young as this is the first of two
Daniel Mickleys born to Jacob and Susanna Mickley, the second was born
in 1780.
20 vii. Magdalena Mickley; born 1 Mar 1778 at Whitehall Township,
Lehigh Co. PA.
Sponsors for baptism were Andreas Miller and his wife Anna
Elizabeth Miller.
21 viii. Daniel Mickley; born 7 May 1780 at Whitehall Township,
Lehigh Co. PA; died 1822.
He lived at Greensburt, Westmoreland Co., PA. Sponsors for
baptism were Johannes Adam Miller and Maria Catharine Hofmann wife of
John Hofmann.
+ 22 ix. Heinrich Mickley, born 10 Jul 1782 at Whitehall Township,
Lehigh Co. PA.
23 x. Joseph Mickley; born 26 May 1784.
He lived at Franklin Co., PA.
24 xi. Sarah Mickley; born 27 Nov 1786.
The decendants of Sarah are mentioned in the DAR records
19:234.
25 xii. Anna Mickley; born circa 1788. She lived at Danville, PA.
Generation Four
16. Christian4
Mickley (John3, John2,
Louis1Michelet); born 1767 at
Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. PA; died 1812.
Children of Christian4
Mickley and Mary Elizabeth Deshler were as follows:
26 i. Peter 5
Mickley; born 17 Jul 1797.
27 ii. Catherine Mickley.
28 iii. Elizabeth Mickley.
29 iv. Anna Mickley.
22. Heinrich4
Mickley (John3, John2,
Louis1Michelet); born 10 Jul
1782 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. PA; died 27 May 1827 at Whitehall
Township, Lehigh Co. PA, at age 44.
He was also known as Henry. He Henry's sponsors for baptism were Peter
Mickley and his wife Eva. He died at age 44 *Information obtained from Douglas
F. Hardy, MD. He obtained the information from 'Mickley Family of America' by
Mickley; 'Records of the Egypt Reformed Church' by Roberts; The Stanley I.
Reynolds Collection in the Terwillinger Section of the Waterloo Library and
Historical Society, Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm
Deischler-Mickley File.
Children of Heinrich4
Mickley and Mary Magdalena Burkhalter were as follows:
30 i. Magdalena 5
Mickley; born 3 Jan 1804 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. PA; died 21
Jul 1875 at Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY, at age 71.
She was also known as Polly. She Magdelena, called Polly Sigfried
is mentioned in guardianship papers regarding five nieces, daughters
of her sister Anna Lovina Mickley Deshler. *Information obtained from
Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He obtained the information from 'Mickley Family
of America' by Mickley; 'Records of the Egypt Reformed Church' by
Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds Collection in the Terwillinger
Section of the Waterloo Library and Historical Society, Waterloo,
Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm Deischler-Mickley File.
31 ii. Anna
Lovina Mickley; born 22 Jul
1806 at Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. PA; married John
Deshler 14 Oct 1827 at Fayette, Seneca, New York; died circa
1870; buried at Bear Cemetery Fayette, Seneca Co. NY. Their daughter,
Sally Ann Deshler, married Moses
Stuck.
The Seneca Historian Office Card - Name of Anna was obtained from
probate or obit of Sally Ann Stuck. *Her sponsors when she was
baptized were Johann Peter Burkhalter, Sr., and his wife Catherine.
*Her will mentions Sally Ann, wife of Moses Stuck of Lenawee Co., MI;
Walter J. Deshler and wife Urana of Lenawee Co., MI, Pricilla, wife of
Henry Rich of Bremer Co., Iowa, David Deshler and wife Elnora Deshler
of Fayette, NY; Lovina, wife of Jacob Houser of Fayette, NY: Margaret,
wife of Wilson Kidd, and Harriet Deshler. *Information obtained from
Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He obtained the information from 'Mickley Family
of America' by Mickley; 'Records of the Egypt Reformed Church' by
Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds Collection in the Terwillinger
Section of the Waterloo Library and Historical Society, Waterloo,
Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm Deischler-Mickley File.
32 iii. Edward B. Mickley; born 17 Dec 1808 at Whitehall Township,
Lehigh Co. PA; died 11 Feb 1885 at Fayette, Seneca Co. NY, at age 76;
buried 14 Feb 1885 at Maple Grove Cemetery, Lot 553, Waterloo, Seneca
Co., NY.
Edward Mickley died at age 76 having suffered a stroke on
February 5. His residence at time of death was 80 Elizabeth Street,
Fayette, NY. *He was born and raised in Whitehall Township. As a young
man he moved to Seneca Co., NY and settled in Fayette (South
Waterloo). For several years he was a grain shipper to Albany and New
York City--shipping his grain by way of the barge canal. He later
engaged in the dry goods business as Mickley & Kohler, later
associating with a Mr. Seigfried in the flouring business and with
General Markel, in the brick mills of South Waterloo. He served as a
town clerk and in the spring of 1840, was elected and served as
supervisor of the Town of Fayette. He appeared on the census of 14 Aug
1850 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY, giving his age as 41 years, his
birthplace as Pennsylvania and his occupation as clerk. He was living
with his wife and six children--Franklin, Henry, Adeline, Catherine,
Erastus and Decatur. *Information obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD.
He obtained the information from 'Mickley Family of America' by
Mickley; 'Records of the Egypt Reformed Church' by Roberts; The
Stanley I. Reynolds Collection in the Terwillinger Section of the
Waterloo Library and Historical Society, Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY and
on LDS Microfilm Deischler-Mickley File.
33 iv. Deborah Mickley; born 12 Mar 1811 at Whitehall Township,
Lehigh Co. PA; died 10 Dec 1869 at Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY, at age
58; buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Lot 385, Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY.
The Information obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He obtained
the information from 'Mickley Family of America' by Mickley; 'Records
of the Egypt Reformed Church' by Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds
Collection in the Terwillinger Section of the Waterloo Library and
Historical Society, Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm
Deischler-Mickley File.
34 v. William Burkhalter Mickley; born 30 Jun 1813 at South
Whitehall Township, Sehigh Co., PA; married Sarah Alleman circa 1845;
died 30 Oct 1897 at His farm on East River Road, Seneca Falls, Seneca
Co., NY, at age 84; buried 1 Nov 1897 at Maple Grove Cemetery, Lot
207, Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY.
He was born and raised in South Whitehall where he spoke only
German. His father died when he was a teenager and at the age of
eighteen, he was apprenticed to a man who built furnace bellows. About
three years later, he moved to Waterloo, NY., and helped build the
first brick gristmill in the town. He worked for a year in Rochester,
placing machinery in a large mill, then built the first distillery in
Waterloo. He soon built one in Penn Yan which he operated himself and
later traded it for a farm on the banks of Seneca Lake. He purchased
land west of Waterloo which he sold to a railroad company. He
purchased another tract of one hundred acres nerar McDougall which was
leased and cultivated on shares. He appeared on the cencus of August
1, 1860 at Seneca Falls, Sececa Co., NY, giving his age as 46 years,
his birthplace as Pennsylvania and his occupation as farmer. He was
living with his wife and five children - Susan, Elsie, Alice,
Georgiana and Dewitt. He left a will on 23 Mar 1893 at Seneca Falls,
Seneca Co., NY. In it he mentions his wife, Sarah A, seven children
and three nieces. *Information obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He
obtained the information from 'Mickley Family of America' by Mickley;
'Records of the Egypt Reformed Church' by Roberts; The Stanley I.
Reynolds Collection in the Terwillinger Section of the Waterloo
Library and Historical Society, Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY and on LDS
Microfilm Deischler-Mickley File.
35 vi. Charles Mickley; born 1815 at Pennsylvania; died 1878 at
Waverly, Bremer Co., IA.
Information obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He obtained the
information from 'Mickley Family of America' by Mickley; 'Records of
the Egypt Reformed Church' by Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds
Collection in the Terwillinger Section of the Waterloo Library and
Historical Society, Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm
Deischler-Mickley File.
36 vii. Stephen B. Mickley; born 24 Mar 1818 at Whitehall
Township, Lehigh Co. PA; died 9 Jan 1902 at LeMars, Plymouth Co., IA,
at age 83.
Information obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He obtained the
information from 'Mickley Family of America' by Mickley; 'Records of
the Egypt Reformed Church' by Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds
Collection in the Terwillinger Section of the Waterloo Library and
Historical Society, Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm
Deischler-Mickley File.
37 viii. Thomas Mickley; born 5 Apr 1820; died at Waverly, Bremer
Co., IA.
He and Margaret Mickley bought a farm near Janesville, Iowa, in
1868, as reported in a Seneca Falls Newspaper on May 15, 1868.
*Information obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD. He obtained the
information from 'Mickley Family of America' by Mickley; 'Records of
the Egypt Reformed Church' by Roberts; The Stanley I. Reynolds
Collection in the Terwillinger Section of the Waterloo Library and
Historical Society, Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY and on LDS Microfilm
Deischler-Mickley File.
38 ix. James Mickley; born 30 Aug 1826 at Whitehall Township,
Lehigh Co. PA; died at Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA.
Sponsors for baptism were Joseph and Catharina Mickley. He
served in the Mexican War in 1847 and then moved to Allentown, PA.
James never married. *Information obtained from Douglas F. Hardy, MD.
He obtained the information from 'Mickley Family of America' by
Mickley; 'Records of the Egypt Reformed Church' by Roberts; The
Stanley I. Reynolds Collection in the Terwillinger Section of the
Waterloo Library and Historical Society, Waterloo, Sececa Co., NY and
on LDS Microfilm Deischler-Mickley File.
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