Michael ZIEGLER

• Born: 1684, Salford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• Married: 1710, Germantown, Pennsylvania

• Died: August 24, 1765 in Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

• Buried: Lower Skippack Mennonite Church.  No marker remains today.

Michael married Catherine SCHRAUGER in 1710 (daughter of Carl A. SCHERGER and Barbara HENDRICKS).

General Notes:

Some say Michael arrived in America in 1709 about the age of 25, being born in Germany. Other records indicate that he was born in America in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Records show Michael was married in Germantown in 1710 to Catherine SCHRAUGER. By 1717 he had moved his family to Perkiomen Township in Philadelphia County, just north of Norristown, Pennsylvania. In 1717 he was listed as one of the Trustees for the Skippack Mennonite Church where he later preached.  He was a preacher at Skippack Mennonite Meetings, the second oldest in America with Germantown being the oldest. Michael was also a weaver and a farmer.

Will Abstract:  ZEIGLER, MICHAEL, Sr. Perkiomen. Co. of Phila. Yeoman. February 7, 1763. October 29, 1765.

Wife: Catherine. Children: Andrew, Christopher, Michael, William, Gertrauta, Susana, Margareth, Catharine. Poor of the Congregation (Perkiomen). Grandchild: Michael Ruth. Son in law: David Allibach. Executors: Andrew and Michael Zeigler. Witnesses: John Kiter, Abraham Heidrick. (N:454)