Strickler Family Tree

The following was included as part of the Bryan Family History by William Holmes Bryan. The document was written between 1910 and 1941. His original notes follow. This document will be updated and completed as more research is done. - Karen Wunderlich Stezowski

A partial genealogy of James Bryan's wife, Martha B. Strickler's side of her family. The complete genealogy is in possession of Dr. James Strickler of Scottdale, Pa., whose late wife had compiled.- -William Holmes Bryan (1941)

  1. Jacob Strickler (b. 1699 - 3 MAR 1787 PA) - Lucretia Staats (10 JUL 1692, NY - 1784 )(M ABT 1714, of Brooklyn, Kings, NY)
    1. Susanna Garrason STRICKLER (b. 16 FEB 1719, Bucks County, PA-1766)- John Lewis
      1. Joseph Lewis (baptized July 15, 1753)
    2. Elizabeth STRICKLER (b. 29 NOV 1724, Bucks County, PA-1771)- Matthew Aarensen (Arsen)
      1. Elizabeth Aarensen(baptized Mar. 18, 1753)
      2. Mattheus Aarensen(baptized April 6, 1755)
      3. Jacob Aarensen(baptized 1757)
    3. Peter STRICKLER (b.8 APR 1729, Philadelphia, PA)
    4. Anna or Annakee STRICKLER (b.20 JUN 1731, Philadelphia, PA)- Cerak Titus
      1. Lucretia Titus (baptized Apr. 18, 1754)
      2. Mary Titus (baptized Dec. 26, 1757)
    5. Mary or Maria STRICKLER (b.15 FEB 1734-Bensalem Twp, Bucks County, PA)-Joseph KEEN
      1. Lucretia KEEN
      2. Lucretia KEEN
      3. John KEEN
      4. Jacob KEEN
      5. Esther KEEN
      6. Maria or Mary KEEN
      7. Elizabeth KEEN
      8. Phebe KEEN
      9. Nancy or Ann KEEN (1780-1866) - Joshua SCOTT
        1. Joseph SCOTT
        2. Mary K SCOTT
        3. Andrew Hunter SCOTT Sr.
        4. Anthony R. SCOTT
        5. Ann SCOTT
        6. Sarah B. SCOTT Twin
        7. Joshua C. SCOTT
        8. Lewis Canby SCOTT
        9. James Wesley SCOTT
        10. Joshua Humes SCOTT Sr.
      10. Ann KEEN
      11. Joseph KEEN
    6. Jacob Strickler (b. 16 FEB 1726-03 MAR 1787, Bucks County, PA) - Elizabeth Halsmot (1724-1796)
      1. Jacob Strickler (b. 5 Dec 1749 - 29 Oct 1829) - Elizabeth Stewart (b. 1752)
        1. Barbara Ann Strickler - Stauffer
        2. Elizabeth Strickler (b. 1773 - 1849) - John Strickler (son of Jacob and Catherine Forry)
          1. John Strickler (b.1806) - Sarah Woodward (b. 1808)
            1. Joseph Woodward Strickler (b. 1837) - Nancy Ann Bennett (b. 1841)
        3. Mary Strickler (b. 1783) - Jacob Lonenecker (1783)
        4. John Strickler (b. 1789) - (1) Maria Hough (b. 1842) -(2)Rhoda Reeves
        5. Jacob Strickler (b. 1791) - Mary Fiscus (b. 1790)
        6. David Strickler (b. 1792) - Anna Whitmore (b. 1803)
        7. Henry Strickler (b. 1785) - Elizabeth Newmyer (b. 1786)
          1. Isaac Strickler(1819-1896) - Catherine Heath (1818-1896) (Married 1837)
            1. Anna Strickler - Thomas P. Pollock
            2. Jesiah Strickler(1840-1923) - Martha Freed (1839-1910)
              1. Martin Elmer (1861-1938)
              2. Cora Freed Strickler (b. 1869)- Dr. Frank Stoner
            3. Mary Strickler - George Rex
            4. Martha B. Strickler(1844-1881) - James Hamilton Bryan (1836-1919)
              1. William Holmes Bryan (1867)
              2. Harry Allenbaugh Strickler Bryan (1868) - Ella Vena Gaspar
              3. Franklin M. Bryan (1871-1875)
              4. Anna Belle Bryan (1873-1875)
              5. Mamie C. Bryan (1875-1875) 1 day
              6. Aurilla Blanche Bryan (1876) - Frank Walter Snyder
            5. Wilson Strickler - Jennie H. Mauk
            6. Frances Strickler - James Strawn
            7. William Henry Strickler- Nancy McCune then her sister Ida McCune
            8. Patience Strickler - Charles Mytinger
            9. Sarah Strickler - William Y. Bygate
            10. Harriet Strickler - Phil N. Pyatt
      2. John (Johannes) Strickler (b. June 4 or 14, 1752 - Jan 1826 or 1797)
      3. Peter (Petrus) Strickler (b. Dec. 10, 1754-1826 or Bef 1787)- Nancy Groom(1764-1838)
        1. Thomas Strickler GROOM (1797-1847) - Catherine KETTERMAN (1806-1887)
      4. Shadrach (Serrick) Strickler (b. Nov 28, 1758 - 1793 or 1821/1822)
      5. Abraham Strickler (b. July 18, 1761 - 1806)
      6. Isaac Strickler (b. Jan 13, 1764 - 1809)
      7. George or Jores Strickler (b.16 Oct 1757)
      8. Joseph Strickler (b. 8 Jun 1767 - 21 Apr 1840)

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Original Notes:

Isaac Strickler, son of Henry and Elizabeth( Newmyer) Strickler , b. inTyrone Twp. Fayette Co. Nov. 23, 1819;d.Feb 18, 1892. He was a farmer andlived in East Huntingdon Twp. He married Catherine Heath ,b.Oct 10,1817;d.Apr.5, 1896.He is buried in the Scottdale cemetery.

Isaac Strickler, father of Martha B. Strickler (wife of James Bryan), was born November 23, 1819, and died April 5, 1896. age 78, 4mo., and 12 days, and is buried in the Scottdale, Pa. cemetery.

Catherine (nee Heath) Strickler, wife of Isaac, was born in 1818, and died after 1900. She is interred beside her husband in the Scottdale cemetery.

Catherine was a Miss Heath before her marriage to Isaac Strickler, and her mother was a Pegg before she became the wife of Heath, father of Catherine. The Pegg's, as well as possibly the Heath's were of Pennsylvania Dutch extraction, perhaps this extraction would find its source in Holland, Dutch.

Isaac and Catherine were married March 2, 1837, and lived on several farms in the vicinity of Scottdale, finally locating on a large farm near Wesley Chapel, a community church in the Methodist Conference, about four miles from Scottdale, where they lived most of their lives and raised their large family of children.

The names of their children are given below but their dates of birth, and death, of marriage, place of residence, are most incomplete. Their children are omitted. They follow:
Anna(called Ann) married Thomas P. Pollock
Jesiah (1840-1923) married Martha Freed

JOSIAH STRICKLER who married MARTHA FREED. She was born ca 1839 and d. 1910, d/o Peter Freed (1810-1861) & his wife, Anna Stoner (1813-1878) farmers of Tyrone Twp; Peter Freed was s/o Henry Freed (1779-1863) & Barbara Newcomer 91781-1857) of Bullskin Twp.
Children of Josiah & Martha (Freed) Strickler were:
1. Martin Elmer (1861-1938)
2. Cora Freed Strickler b. 1869; mar. Dr. Frank Stoner
Submitted by Joan Ruse 3/10/98

Mary married George Rex
Martha B. (1844-1881) married James H. Bryan
Wilson married Jennie H. Mauk
Frances (called Frank and Fannie) married James Strawn
William Henry married Nancy McCune. Nancy died and William Henry married her sister Ida.Possible Link
Patience married Charles Mytinger
Sarah married William Y. Bygate
Harriet (called Hattie) married Phil N. Pyatt.

Sarah and Harriet were twins. Sarah in 1941, is the only surviving member of the Strickler family, but there are many grandchildren and great grandchildren of Isaac and Catherine.


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Ruben LOWRY and Nancy STRICKLER had a daughter out of wedlock, Jane STRICKLER aka Jane LOWRY. Jane (my gg grandmother) was born 18 Dec 1826 in Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA.

Jane STRICKLER/LOWRY was married 21 May 1849 in Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA to Robert P. LYNCH.

This info was gleaned from the Civil War Pension Records of Jane LYNCH.

submitted by - Mona of Seattle 3/14/98
Early Strickler Marriages
1767, Mar. 19 STRICKER, Adam and Elizabeth Sommers
1779, Jul. 19 STRICKE, Adam and Barbara Neff
1785, Aug. 18 STRICKER, John and Sarah Sellers
1771, Sep. 18 STRICKER, Mary and John Hyel
1752, Sep. 19 STRICKER, Anna and Cerak Tite

Source: Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810
M = STRICKLAND Polly & MOYER Henry Nov. 7,1816
M = STRICKLAND Samuel & TURNER Elizabeth March 23,1815
Source: Marriages in Northumberland , Union and Columbia Counties Pa.
MARY IDA STEPHENS, b. October 07, 1864, Redstone, Fayette, Pa; d. February 11, 1954; m. J. ARTHURSTRICKLER, Abt 1885.

Abraham Strickler 3-24-1732 / 3-19-1798
Elizabeth Stickler(wife of abraham) 1-24-1740 / 10-9-1822
Anna Strickler 9-9-1766 / 2-20-1848
Abraham B. Strickler 10-30-1809 / 3-15-1879
Jacob Strickler 10-26-1811 / 9-5-1879
Elizabeth Weltmer (wife of John Weltmer) 3-31-1815 / 4-8-1842(dau. of Heinrich & fanny Strickler)
Source: Landis / Strickler Mennonite cemeteryA farm cemetery(private property) Hummelstown, Middletown Road, Pa./Dauphin Co.
"A descendant of the MOSES VANCE Family, who retained a copy of theiroriginal family bible, states several of theMOSES VANCE descendants were buried in this same cemetery, but no doubttheir stones were destroyed when theRailroad constructed their branch, or they could have been moved elsewhere,but the above two stones remain under agroup of trees.

We shall add here the bible records as follows:

MOSES VANCE, b. 5/23/1773; died 1/27/1829; married ELIZABETH, daughter ofJACOB & ELIZABETH STRICKLER, settlers in Tyrone Township in 1797.

ELIZABETH STRICKLER, b. 1773; died 9/8/1849, and both (husband and wife)are buried on the NATHANIEL KING Farm.

Their Children:

JOHN VANCE, b. 1/11/1797; d. 3/12/1886; married MARY STRICKLER, daughterof ABRAHAM STRICKLER.

JACOB VANCE, b. 11/7/1798; d. 11/4/1883; married CHARLOTTE HARDY
SAMUEL VANCE, b. 7/30/1800
FRANCES VANCE, b. 3/27/1802
WILLIAM VANCE, b. 12/6/1804
CRAWFORD VANCE, b. 3/13/1806; married SUSAN CLAYTON
MARGARET VANCE, b. 3/29/1808
ALFRED VANCE, b. 4/22/1810
ELISA VANCE, b. 9/22/1813; single
GEORGE VANCE, b. 1/12/1815; single"
[Reference, MOSES VANCE FAMILY, found in the book "History of FayetteCounty, Pennsylvania, pages 401, 784, 787", by author Franklin Ellis;information transcribed for PA Archives, November 1997.]

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