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. 1749 -1794) - 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 Strickler (b. June 14, 1752 - 1797)
      3. Peter Strickler (b. Dec. 10, 1754-1826)- Nancy Groom(1764-1838)
        1. Thomas Strickler GROOM (1797-1847) - Catherine KETTERMAN (1806-1887)
      4. Shadrach (Serrick) Strickler (b. Nov 28, 1758 - 1793)
      5. Abraham Strickler (b. July 18, 1761 - 1806)
      6. Isaac Strickler (b. Jan 13, 1764 - 1809)

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Original Notes:

Isaac Strickler, son of Henry and Elizabeth( Newmyer) Strickler , b. in Tyrone Twp. Fayette Co. Nov. 23, 1819;d.Feb 18, 1892. He was a farmer and lived 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:

  1. Anna(called Ann) married Thomas P. Pollock
  2. 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

  3. Mary Strickler (5 Jan 1843 - 11 Apr 1891) married George Rex (30 Nov 1838-29 May 1897)
    1. Edward Bower REX (24 Feb 1872 - 14 Aug 1900)
    2. Ella J. REX (13 Apr 1867 - 22 Aug 1899)
    3. Martha Mary REX (21 Apr 1882 - ) - Harry P. GALLATIN
    4. George Strickler REX (22 Apr 1874 - 8 Aug 1876)
    5. Ernest Walton REX (23 May 1885 - 16 Apr 1926) - Ica Pearly LEMLEY
    6. Charles REX (8 Sep 1864 - 22 Apr 1899)
    7. Mary C. REX (14 Sep 1862 - 21 Sep 1863)
    8. Joseph A. REX (25 Sep 1876 - 27 Feb 1904) - Lizzie DAVIS
    9. Georgiana REX (25 Sep 1876-25 May 1957) - Henry Davis BELL
    10. Albert Gallatin REX (b 4 Dec 1879) - Virginia Gertrude FEITT
  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 married Jennie H. Mauk
  6. Frances (called Frank and Fannie) married James Strawn
  7. William Henry married Nancy McCune. Nancy died and William Henry married her sister Ida.
  8. Patience married Charles Mytinger
  9. Sarah married William Y. Bygate
  10. 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. ARTHUR STRICKLER, 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 cemetery A farm cemetery(private property) Hummelstown, Middletown Road, Pa./Dauphin Co.
"A descendant of the MOSES VANCE Family, who retained a copy of their original family bible, states several of the MOSES VANCE descendants were buried in this same cemetery, but no doubt their stones were destroyed when the Railroad constructed their branch, or they could have been moved elsewhere, but the above two stones remain under a group of trees.

We shall add here the bible records as follows:

MOSES VANCE, b. 5/23/1773; died 1/27/1829; married ELIZABETH, daughter of JACOB & 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, daughter of 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 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, pages 401, 784, 787", by author Franklin Ellis; information transcribed for PA Archives, November 1997.]

Research on the Strickler/Vance families from the "History of Fayette County Pennsylvania Edited by Franklin Ellis, Volume 1; 1882"

Moses Vance
Alexander Vance held one of the 4 land warrants issued for Tyrone County (his was issued 4/3/1769, but not surveyed till 4/11/1788). John Vance, Moses' father settled on a tract of land in 1766. John Vance (d. 1772) "who's ancestors came from Scotland and Ireland, was a native of Virginia". He came to PA with his sister's husband Col. William Crawford. John was already married to his wife Margaret White before he left VA. John died young leaving his wife Margaret to raise their 6 children, David, William, Moses, Jane, Elizabeth, and Maria. "Among the records of property is one where, under date of Jan. 10, 1781, Margaret Vance, widow of John Vance, reported the list of her registered slaves, - one female, named Priscilla, aged twenty-seven years, and two males, Harry and Daniel, aged respectively seven and three years.

Priscilla and Harry afterwards became the property of the daughter, Jane Vance who was married to Benjamin Whalley. The son David (Vance) settled in Kentucky, and William (Vance) remained on the old place until middle life, when he died, never having married. Moses Vance also stayed upon the homestead, and when, in 1790, the land upon which his father's family had lived so long was warrented to Benjamin Whalley, two hundred and fifty acres of it was transferred to him and upon that he resided until his death.

Moses Vance's wife was Elizabeth, a daughter of Jacob Strickler, and they reared a family of seven sons and two daughters, John, Jacob, Samuel, Francis, William, Crawford, George, Margaret, and Eliza. John still lives on the old Gamer place, Jacob is in Lower Tyrone, and William's home is in Connellsville. Before leaving his native town, Tyrone, William held the office of justice of the peace for some years. George Vance removed to Illinois, and Samuel, Francis, Crawford, and Margaret are dead." Note: The above was written around 1882.

1803-1804 Moses Vance and Henry Strickler are listed as Auditors for their Township. 1807 Moses is again listed as an Auditor. In 1847, William Vance is the Auditor. 1849 and 1855, Jacob Vance is the Auditor.(p. 790)

1820 & 1821 Moses Vance was a County Commissioner. (p.150) With 10 shares, he was one of the original ivestors of Connellsville's first banking institution which was formed in 1816 and called "The Connellsville Navigation Company". A number of his Strickler relations were also involved. (p.380) At the March term of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Fayette County in 1822, Isaac Measor, Moses Vance, and Thomas Boyd were appointed commissioners "to enquire into the expediency of dividing Bullskin township and forming a new township out of part thereof to be called Connellsville township." They were successful. (p.401)

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"History of Fayette County Pennsylvania Edited by Franklin Ellis, Volume 1; 1882"

Henry Strickler and Elizabeth Newmeyer Strickler
(Grandparents of Martha Strickler who married James H. Bryan)"At Pennsville, and north of the village (Bullskin), a large tract of land was settled early by Peter Newmeyer. He died in 1836, aged seventy-five years, and was interred in the cemetery at the Baptist Church. His sons who attained manhood were named Jacob, David, Samuel, and Jonathan; and his daughters married, -Betsey, Henry Strickler of Tyrone; Mary, Christian Newcomer, of Tyrone; Ann, David Shalenbarger, who lived on the Sherrick place; Rachel, Abraham Shallenbarger who lived on the adjoining farm; Susan, Henry Arnold, of Connellsville; Hattie married Edward Riggs; Jacob Newmeyer married Ann Shallenbarger, and died in Tyrone; David moved to Ohio; Samuel married Elizabeth Stauffer, and removed to the West; Johnathan married Mary Strickler, and lived on the home-place until his death, May 15, 1879, at the age of eighty years. None of the family remain in the township."

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