The Marriage of My 5th Great Grandparents

Peter Keppel Sr. and Anna Elizabeth Grobb were immigrants from Germany to Pennsylvania. Peter Keppel arrived in Philadelphia on 15 Sep 1749.  He was a passenger on the Phoenix from Rotterdam via Cowes, England; Captain by John Mason. 

Anna Elizabeth Grobb, b. 29 April 1737 arrived with her parents also from Germany. 

Peter Keppel Sr. and Anna Elizabeth Grobb were married on 6 January 1756 in Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania, British America.

Their marriage is recorded in a book compiled by Dr. William J. Hinkle and Filmed by the LDS Church in 1947. The Book “Reformed Church records in Eastern Pennsylvania at Franklin & Marsha College Library, Lancaster Pennsylvania; William J. Hinkle, 1947, page 58, Entry 32 reads:”

32. Peter Kepple, single, Lutheran, born 1730 May, son of Paul Keppel. Came to America in 1750. Married Anna Elisabeth, single, Lutheran, 20 years of age, da(ughter) of Johan Grob, from Whitehall township. Banns published (1) on Dec. 28, 1755 in Old Goshahoppen, (2) on Jan 1; (3) on Jan. 4 in Old Gosh. Married January 6."

Peter Kepple was enumerated in a 1786 Pennsylvania Census; but, by 1790 they had migrated to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and can be found in the 1790 Census for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. 

1790 U S Census, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, population schedule, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Page: 366; Image:, Household of Peter Caple; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 February 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm M637, Roll 7.

Peter and Anna Elizabeth had a family of 7 known children. Their 5th borne child, Catherine married Johan Martin Dry about 1785/86 in Mecklenburg County and became my 4th Great Grandparents.

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My thanks to the LDS FHLRemoteAccess for providing the within Marriage document via e-mail per my request.

"Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (http://www.FamilySearch.org : viewed 3 February 2021), Johann Peter Köppel /Kepley, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V26D-GZC; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V26D-GZC.