Johannes Schmeck 1776 – 1829

our Schmeck Line

Dan's Paternal 4th great grandfather

Johannes Schmeck 

son of

Born 14 Dec 1776

Died Oct 7 1829 in Northumberland County Pa

married Oct 22 1801 in Berks Co, Pa

Maria Magdalena Leinbach

Daughter of Henry & Catherine (Keller) Leinbach

Born 1781

Died 1833 in Northumberland County Pa

"w/o Johannes Schmeck m/o Mary (Schmeck) Truckenmiller, John, & Daniel L. Schmeck. d/o Henry Leinbach Sr. & Catherine Keller"

Children

Daniel L. Schmeck 1803 – 1856
John Schmeck Jr 1804 – 1867
Mary Schmeck 1807 – 1876 M. Edmund Truckenmiller

1776 - Johannes Schmeck Is Born

14 Dec 1776 
Born in Alsace Twp, Berks Co, PA

1781 - Maria Magdalina Leinbach is Born
Name: Magdalene Leinbach
Event: Birth
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1781
Birth Place: Berks Co., PA
Church: Zion's and Spiess's Reformed and Lutheran Church
Role: Born
Household Members:
Name Role
Henry Leinbach Father
Mrs. Henry Leinbach Mother
Magdalene Leinbach Baptized

Magdalene Leinbach Born

Name MagdaLene Leinbach
Baptism Age 0
Event Type Baptism
Birth Date 21 Jan 1781
Baptism Date 1781
Baptism Place Alsace, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
Denomination Lutheran
Organization Name Zion Spies Evangelical Lutheran
Father Henry Leinbach
Household Members
Name Age
Magda Lene Leinbach

Henry Leinbach

1801 - Married Maria Leinbach

27 Oct 1801

Age: 24, Married  Magdalena Leinbach in Schwartzwald Church, Exeter Township, Berks County, PA

Source: Schwarzwald Reformed Marriages 

1803 Son Daniel Schmeck is born

1804  Son John Schmeck is born

1807  Daughter Mary Schmeck is born

1829  Johannes Schmeck Died

7 Oct 1829

Age: 52 Died in Limestone Twp, Columbia Co, PA 

Burial in Paradise Cemetery, Lewis Twp, Northumberland, Pennsylvania 

1833 Maria Leinbach Schmeck Died

6 Sept 1833

Maria Dies, Buried in Paradise Cemetery, North'd Co, Pa

Dies i Limestone Twp, Columbia Co., PA now it's Montour County, PA. Mary is on her tombstone but Court records have her name as Magdalena same dates. Buried at Paradise Reformed Cemetery, Lewis Twp, Northumberland Co., PA. some of her Truckenmiller grandchildren are buried beside her.

Burial

Sources:

Schwarzwald Reformed Church records : Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, an alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages and deaths from 1780-1927 /
prepared by Jacqueline B. Nein.
Main Author: Nein, Jacqueline B. 1931-

Can be found at the Historical Society of PA

Research:
Sorting out the Johnanes Schmecks

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Schwarzwald Reformed Marriages

There are 5 marriages for SCHMECK(no SMECK) in Schwarzwald Reformed Marriages(no SMICK/SCHMICK):

Johannes SCHMECK Alsace to Magdalena LEINBACH, Alsace on 10/27/1801

Valentine SCHMECK, Exeter to Elizabeth DEREK, Exeter on 1/10/1813
In 1890s-1900s there are these 3:

James E SCHMECK, Reading to Lucy Ella Y HERBEIN, Oley on 9/27/1890

Daniel E SCHMECK, Stonersville to Odella D QUINTER, Jacksonwald on 2/13/1892

Alvin H SCHMECK, Reading to Kate Irene WAGNER, Jacksonwald on 6/13/1901
Female SCHMECKs:

Christina SCHMECK, Alsace to Daniel RIESER on 3/8/1801

Magdalena SCHMECK, Alsace to Christophel OHNMACHT, Alsace on 4/27/1800

Kate E SCHMECK, Exeter to Charles O WENTZEL, Exeter on 9/17/1892

Ella H SCHMECK, Esterly to Solomon F ULRICH, Reading on 10/8/1900

1. Henry L. LEINBACH Sr. (1752-1832) s/o Johan Henrich LEINBACH (1705-1777) & Joanna Salome Hermann (1718-aft1777) m: Berks Co, PA 15 Aug 1772 Catherine KELLER (1754-aft1820). Lived originally in Berks Co, PA migrated to Turbot Twp, Northumberland Co, PA. *10 Children: Sarah SMITH (1774-aft1833); Christiana (1776-1846) m: Henry KARCHNER (1780-aft1846); John LEINBACH (1777-1849) m: Susanna HABERACKER (1784-1835); Maria Catherine (1779-aft1833) m: Daniel WENTZEL (1774); Magdalena (1781-1833) m: Johannes SCHMECK (1776-1829); Anna Barbara (1782-1814/1816) m: Peter HECKMAN; *Henry L. LEINBACH Jr. (1784-1829) m: 1809 Mary BARNHART (1789-1846) [d/o Johann Wendel Barnhardt (1746-1813) & A. Catherine Ebeling (1753-1830)]; Elizabeth (1786-aft1833) m: John GEHRET (1783); Susanna (1788-1846) m: 1809 Frederich FREED (1784-1881); Judith Mary (1791-1848) m: Daniel H. FRYMIRE (1787-1848). Henry L. LEINBACH Sr is the Revolutionary War Ancestor.

Henry Schmeck 1737-1799

I'm having some trouble sorting out the Henry's, and the conflicting information I have gathered...but I'm working on it.

Henry Schmeck 

Born  - according to book -March 3 1736

Born -According to Veterans Burial Card- 1738

Born - According to Death record - 1738

Died 4 Feb 1799

married 31 MAY 1768 in St. Gabriels Church in Douglassville, Berks, PA

Anna Maria Smidt

Born 1749

Died 1801

From:

Descendents of Johannes Schmeck of Alsace Township Berks County

Province of Pennsylvania. In Two Volumes

By Michelle Fegley Wahrenberger

"Henry (Heinreich) Schmeck was born on 3 Mar 1736 in Alsace Two, Berks Co, Pa.  he deidon 6 Feb 1799 in alsace Twp, Berks Co, Pa. He was christened about 1799 in Spies Zion Union Church serves in the milirary, Revolutionary War - Fourth Battalion - Third Compay- Alsace Twp - 2nd class in Alsace Twp., Berks Co, Pa.

Died intestate; leaving widow Anna Maria; 5 surviving children, Daniel, Henry, Samuel, Jacob, John"

Children:

Elisabeth Schmeck 21 Aug 1769 –

Daniel Schmeck 5 Feb 1774 – 1809 m. Susanna Barret

Henrich (Henry) Schmeck 1776 – 1855 m. Elisabeth Rothenberger

Samuel SCHMECK 1778 – 1831 m. Ann Elizabeth Ritzey (Henrici)

John Jacob Schmeck 1780 – 1812 m. Sarah Rothermel

findagrave listing here  there is a second Johan Jacob, 1783-1823 in Zions, here.

Johannes SCHMECK 1782 – 1829

(book gives dates as 16 Mar 1782-16 Feb 1867  Tombstone in Paradise Cemetery shows Born 14 Dec 1776 Died Oct 7 1829  - possibly not the same Johannes Schmeck!  There is a John Schmeck in the Zion Spies Cemetery 1781-1867 - he is recorded as the son of Valentine & Catherine Schmeck, and one in Alsace Cemetery that is likely this Johannes?)

Andreas Schmeck 1785 – 1787

Abraham Schmeck 1787 – 1787

Magdelena SCHMECK 1789 – 1799 (on Findagrave Here)

Buried- ?????

Find A Grave indicates Saint Gabriels Episcopal Church Cemetery, Douglassville , Berks County, PA for Henry's Wife Anna Maria - who only died 2 years after him.

Death records indicates burial in First Reformed Church in Reading

Veterans Burial Card indicates Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading Pa

On findagrave for the Charles Evans Cemetery there is a listing for a Henry (no pic) and also for his son John Jacob & his daughter Magdalena. 

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1768 (Age 32) Marriage

Name: Henry Smeck

Date: 31 May 1768

Event: Marriage

Relation: Groom

Location: Berks Co., PA

Remark: Henry Smeck of Berks County and Maria Smidt of Philadelphia County.

Church: Saint Gabriel's Church

Record ID: 260768

Age 31

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1769 (age 33)

daughter Elizabeth born.  Baptismal record for 29  Oct 1769 can be found in

 Trinity Lutheran Church Reading, Berks Co, Pa

Look for record - if they were married in St Gabriels, what took them to Trinity Lutheran?

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1774 (age 38 )

son Daniel Born in Reading, Berks Co, Pa

(5 years between first and second child?)

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1776 (age 40)

 son Henry Born in Alsace Twp, Berks Co, Pa

(this is the year "our" Johannes was born, according to his tombstone)

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1777 (age 41)

Served in Revolutionary War

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1778 (age 42)

Son Samuel Was born in September

page 14 of the Zion Spies Church Records 9/7/1778 Father Henry

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1780 (age 44)

Son John Jacob was born

page 15 of the Zion Spies Church Records, 11/7/1780 B. 1781, Father Henry

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1783  (age 47)

Son Johannes was born

John Smeck (Schmeck) 3/16/1783  7/13/1783 Henry, Jacob Schmeck & Wife Susanna

page 15 of the Zion Spies Church Records,

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1785  (age 49)

Record found in - Zion Spies Evangelical Lutheran Church

AD 1785, 24sten April habe die Allmosen Rechnung mit der Germeinde gehalten & an Allmosen geld gefunden vom 18ten July 1784 biss 24ten april 1785 4L 7 schilling welches geld Heinrich Schmeck in handen hat nebst das geld auf der andern seite mit 11L 8 schilling & 9 P, welches zusammen macht 15L 15 schilling & 9P geshehen Elsas township

                                                                       Jw Boos VDM

Ludwig Paultzler       Fillib Wentzel

Victor Spies           Johannes Meyer

Michael....            Jacob Schmeck

Heinrich Schmeck         Paul Brautigam

Christoph Gerhart       Jacob Hiel (Hill)

gorg bab                                                

Run through Google Translator - 

AD 1785, the 24th of April was the alms accounts held with the alms of Germeinde & schilling cash by 18th July 1784 found the 24th April1785 4L bit 7 which Henry Schmeck money in our hands has the money together, on the other side with 11 L 8 & 9 shilling P , which together make 15 shillings 15L & 9P Elsa township geshehen

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1785 (age 49)

Son Andreas was born

"a son" 3/31/1785  6/15/1785 Henry, Andrew Schmitt & Wife Catherine

page 18 of the Zion Spies Church Records,

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1787 (age 51)

son Abraham was born

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1787 (age 51) - two of his children die

19 Dec 1787, son, burial, father, record # 264736 (Andreas)

27 Dec 1787, son, burial, father, record # 264740 (Abraham)

Schwartzwald Reformed Church records

check to be sure - this is now the Schwartzwald church records, did Henry change churches, or are there two Henry's in this area at this time?  Or did the church change names?

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1789 (age 53)

daughter Magdalena was born

book says she died Feb 20 1799 - 14 days after her father?  buried in Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks Co, Pa

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1799 (Age 63) - Death

31 Name: Heinrich Schmeck

Date: 6 Feb 1799

Event: Burial

Relation: Decedent

Location: Berks Co., PA

Remark: Rupture. Age 60 years.

Church: First Reformed Church in Reading

Record ID: 276893

on the findagrave post for this burial:

Birth: Mar. 3, 1737

Berks County

Pennsylvania, USA

Death: Feb. 6, 1799

Berks County

Pennsylvania, USA

Alson known as Henry. Son of Johann Philip Schmeck and Elizabeth UNK. Husband of Anna Smidt m. 31 MAY 1768 in St. Gabriels Church in Douglassville, Berks, PA. 

 Burial:

Charles Evans Cemetery 

Reading

Berks County

Pennsylvania, USA

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Research:

Family Data Collection - Individual Records about Henry Schmeck

Name: Henry Schmeck

Spouse: Anna Maria Smidt

Parents: Johannes Schmeck Elisabeth

Birth Place: Berks, Alsacetwp, PA

Birth Date: 1738

Marriage Place: St Gabriels Ch, Douglassville

Marriage Date: 31 May 1768

Death Place: Berks

Death Date: 6 Feb 1799

Found in Zion's & Spies Church Records 1729-1881:

Baptism, Father, record# 277015

Mar 1781 Baptism, Father, record #277054

5 Jun 1785 Baptism, Father, record # 277122 (Andreas)

11 Sept 1785, Baptism, Sponsor, record #277131 (Daniel, Son of Jacob)

25 oct 1786, Baptism, Sponsor, record #277151

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Schwartzwald Reformed Church

19 Dec 1787, son, burial, father, record # 264736 (Andreas?)

27 Dec 1787, son, burial, father, record # 264740 (Abraham?)

Name: Henrich Schmeck

Date: 9 Jan 1788

Event: Birth

Relation: Born

Location: Berks Co., PA

Church: Schwartzwald Reformed Church

Name: Henrich Schmeck

Date: 26 Mar 1788

Event: Baptism

Relation: Baptized

Location: Berks Co., PA

Church: Schwartzwald Reformed Church

Record ID: 261456

Record ID: 261456

Name: Henrich Schmeck

Date: 21 May 1789

Event: Baptism

Relation: Father

Location: Berks Co., PA

Church: Schwartzwald Reformed Church

Record ID: 261619

Name: Henrich Schmeck

Date: 14 Apr 1800

Event: Baptism

Relation: Father

Location: Berks Co., PA

Church: First Reformed Church in Reading

Record ID: 276785

Name: Henrich Schmeck

Date: 23 Sep 1798

Event: Baptism

Relation: Father

Location: Berks Co., PA

Church: First Reformed Church in Reading

Record ID: 276669

Name: Henrich Schmeck

Date: 25 Jun 1797

Event: Marriage

Relation: Groom

Location: Berks Co., PA

Remark: From Elsass.

Church: First Reformed Church in Reading

Record ID: 276442

Henry Schmeck

Birth: Jan. 9, 1780

Death: Apr. 3, 1859

buried in Saint Paul's Church Cemetery 

Fleetwood, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Schmeck Line To Ward Welsh Truckenmiller

The Schmeck Coat of Arms was shown in the book I list at the bottom of the post.  I did not copy the photo, thinking it would be easy to find online.  I was wrong - I cannot find it online.
The design was half blue, half yellow, with a red bird.

Johannes Schmeck 1717 – 1762

married

Elizabeth Elisabeth Sheefer  1709 – 1782

Henry Heinrich Schmeck 1738 – 1799

married

Anna Maria Smidt 1749 – 1801

Johannes Schmeck 1776 – 1829

married

 Magdalena Leinbach 1781 – 1833

Mary Schmeck 1807-1876
Married

Edmund Truckenmiller  1810-1889
(Floyd's History of North'd Co Gives Mary's parents)

Daniel Truckenmiller 1838-1919

married

Mary Elizabeth Berger 1842-1920

Edward Truckenmiller 1870-1950

married

Hattie Welsh 1873-1936

Ward Welsh Truckenmiller 1908-1970

married

Thelma Clara Brown 1908-1992

Charles Frederick Truckenmiller 

married

Patsy Ann Smith (Living)

Daniel Ward Truckenmiller 

married

Heather Alice Sulouff (adopted by a Gehrer)

Research:

I found this book at the Berks County Historical Society:

Bibliographic information

Title	Descendants of Johannes Schmeck of Alsace Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania
Author	Michelle Fegley Wahrenberger
Publisher	M.F. Wahrenberger, 2006
Length	928 pages
Subjects	Alsace (Pa. : Township) Berks County (Pa.)

Schmeck

Descnedents of Joahnnes Schmeck by Michele Fegley Wahrenberger

Berks County Historical Society Library

Schmeck coat of arms is half blue, half yellow with a red bird

"One record says about c171 and states Alsace Tp Berks county Pa. Another says about 1720 in Germany, died in Elsass top.  But it is my belief that he was older, maybe 10-15 years older, Although I have no proof yet."  Page V

Schmeck Records, Primarily in Berks Co Pa

I'm so tangled up (as are many other researchers online, from what I have been able to sort out) in all the Schmecks in the Berks County area pre 1810, I thought it might help to list all of my records by location. 

Found in Zion's & Spies Church Records 1729-1881:
all for Henry Schmeck:
Baptism, Father, record# 277015
Mar 1781 Baptism, Father, record #277054
5 Jun 1785 Baptism, Father, record # 277122 (Andreas)
11 Sept 1785, Baptism, Sponsor, record #277131 (Daniel, Son of Jacob)
25 oct 1786, Baptism, Sponsor, record #277151
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page 19 of the Zion Spies Records
Daniel Schmeck  6 weeks old, 9/11/1785 Jacob, Henry Schmeck & Wife Anna Maria

page 29 Daniel Schmeck has "a son" 8/10/1803, Sp. Henry Leinbach & Wife Katherine
(Which Daniel? Henry has a son Daniel born in 1774, Jacob has one born in 1785)

also on page 29
Henry Schmeck has "a son" 5/15/1804  Sp. Jacob Schmeck & Wife Susanna

page 30
John Schmeck has "a dau." 1804 sp. Daniel Schmeck & Katherine Heckman

page 33
John Schmeck has a son Daniel, 1807 Sp. Jacob Schmeck & Wife Susanna

page 36
Hannah Schmeck born 5/10/1812 to Philip & Elizabeth Schmeck, sp. Dieter Shalter & Hannah

Based on the Above:

Jacob Schmeck M. Susanna

Children: Daniel b. 1785

Henry & Anna Maria Grandparents?

John Schmeck M.

Children: Daughter b. 1804 Daniel b.1807

(in 1804 Sp were Daniel Schmeck, in 1807 Sp. Jacob & Susanna.  Guess would be that John is the son of Jacob & Susanna, Brother to Daniel?)

Henry Schmeck M. 

Children: Son b. 1804

Sp are Jacob & Susanna - grandparents?

Daniel Schmeck M. (possible Leinbach)

Children: Son b. 1803, 

Philip Schmeck M. Elisabeth (possibly Shalter?)

Children: Hannah b. 1812

Schmecks in Zion 'Spies' Lutheran Church

 Burial Records, Old Cemetery

Page 6

G-9 Maria Schmeck, Wide of Heinrich Schmech

     B. June 13 1806 D. Dec. 15 1851

Page 9

M-5 Susanna Schmeck, wife of Jacob Schmeck

     B. Aug 11 1759 D. Mar. 17 1823 

M-10 Catharina Schmeck, Wife of Jacon Schmeck

     B. Oct 10 1785 D. Jan 6, 1862

N-3 Jacob Schmeck

     B. Oct 12 1749 D. June 14 1831

N-4 Ephraim Schmeck, son of Wilhelm & Maria Schmeck

     B. Sept 5. 1841 D. Sept 5 1842

Burials(from Findagrave) at Zions Spies:

Breidegam, Elizabeth Schmeck b. Aug. 24, 1819 d. Aug. 1, 1901    

   Breidegam, Hannah Schmeck b. Dec. 25, 1825 d. Jun. 14, 1905    

   Deysher, Amelia Schmeck b. Jul. 25, 1835 d. Jul. 13, 1874    

     Haas, Rebecca Schmeck b. Jan. 22, 1915 d. Dec. 15, 1993    

  Hartman, Esther Schmeck b. Jul. 20, 1818 d. Dec., 1843     

   Hartman, Mary Schmeck b. Mar. 20, 1821 d. Mar. 25, 1903    

     Heffner, Mary Schmeck b. Nov. 6, 1808 d. Nov. 30, 1885    

     Rohrbach, Bertha G. Schmeck b. 1904 d. Feb. 9, 2000

   Schmeck, Catharina Schmeck b. Mar. 30, 1815 d. Mar. 16, 1892    

    Schmeck, Daniel b. May 23, 1825 d. Jan. 15, 1913    

     Schmeck, Daniel b. 1806 d. unknown    

  Schmeck, Hannah Heckman b. Jun. 24, 1824 d. Sep. 29, 1898    

    Schmeck, Jacob b. Oct. 12, 1749 d. Jun. 14, 1831    

  Schmeck, Johan Jacob b. Sep. 9, 1783 d. Oct. 12, 1823    

Schmeck, John b. 1781 d. 1867    

    Schmeck, John H. b. Oct. 8, 1811 d. Nov. 12, 1885   

    Schmeck, Salome Heck b. 1772 d. Dec. 26, 1850    

   Schmeck, Susanna Kuhn b. Aug. 11, 1759 d. Mar. 17, 1822    

   Schmeck, Susannah Heckman b. Feb. 10, 1784 d. Jan. 3, 1874    

   Schmeck, Valentine b. 1838 d. 186