Notes for Johann Adam Buchele: Johann Adam Buchele was of noble rank and his wife, Cathrina Hirtzler, was a baptist, a religion looked down upon by Protestants and Catholics. As for what noble rank he held, we cannot ascertain. A nobleman was a person having hereditary title, rank and privileges; member of the Second Estate, as distinct from the clergy and commoners. He may have been a knight, as it was Johann Buchele who was knighted, and as the children of Michael Buchele are of the Johann lineage. Cathrina Hirtzler united with the Evangelical Church at Eutingen, but we do not know when. If it wasn't until after the children were born, this would not have been considered a legal marriage by the church until she united with the church. They may have been married before the children were born, but the children were considered illegitimate as far as the church was concerned. We can only speculate on this, as there are no records available to substantiate it. The same goes as to whether Johann Adam Buchele held a noble rank. This was handed down by the early ancestors of the family, but no records are available to substantiate it.
As a morganatic marriage, there came a time when Johann Adam Buchele had to part from Cathrina, his wife, and any children born to her. We see in the emigrant list of those coming into Pennsylvania, on September 14, 1751, one Johann Adam Bukle went through commons at Philadelphia Court House, arriving on the ship St. Andrew, with James Abercrombie as Captain. The ship sailed from Rotterdam, Holland. We can find no record of Johann Adam Buchele in America after this time. It is probable that he returned to Baden and took his rank.
Returned to Germany after 1751. Family legend places Johann Adam as a member of the nobility. Name, birth, date/place, marriage year, migration info from "Descendents of Michael Beeghly and Barrow Inken, Book III.
More About Johann Adam Buchele: Occupation: Minister / Elder.
More About Johann Adam Buchele and Cathrina Hirtzler: Marriage: Abt. 1743
Children of Johann Adam Buchele and Cathrina Hirtzler are:
+Michael Buchele, b. February 02, 1738/39, Eutingen, Dutchlacher, Germany, d. August 12, 1812, Brothersvalley Twp. Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Johann Adam Buchele (b. March 12, 1716/17, d. date unknown)
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