SHEIBLY

SHEIBLEY  Absalom    1833-1858    died 21 Apr 1858  25-4-13  Funeral sermon by Rev. Fought.   Buried at St. John's
SHEIBLEY  Kate S. 1854 1927   Buried at St. John's

The first Sheibley was Peter. He was born April 10, 1742 in Switzerland. He died September 17, 1823 in Pennsylvania. Peter was the father of 20 children, 17 of whom lived to adulthood. He was one of the German Redemptioners, and settled in Oley, Bucks County (became part of Berks County), then moved in 1786 to what became Perry County (Perry County erected in 1820 from Cumberland County). He served in the Revolutionary War.

All those Sheibley children BUT only his one grandson, Absalom, and great-granddaughter are buried in Markelsville.

Peter Sheibley first married  Anna Elizabeth HEINSON ? Their children were:

  1. Frederick SHEIBLEY
  2. Solomon SHEIBLEY  
  3. Abraham SHEIBLEY b: abt 1778 in Pennsylvania
  4. John SHEIBLEY
  5. David SHEIBLEY
  6. Magdalena Margaret SHEIBLEY

Peter Sheibley next married Christiana Linn, born about 1760, and died March 16, 1842 in Perry County, Pa. Their children were:

  1. Susannah SHEIBLEY b: 15 Aug 1787 in Berks County, Pa
  2. William SHEIBLEY b: April 27, 1800 in Pennsylvania
  3. Peter SHEIBLEY b: abt 1798
  4. Jacob SHEIBLEY b: abt 1798 in Cumberland, Pa
  5. George SHEIBLEY b: abt 1792 in Pennsylvania
  6. Bernard (Bernhart) SHEIBLEY b: August 18, 1794 in Tyrone, Cumberland, Pa
  7. Catharine SHEIBLEY b: July 12, 1783 in Pennsylvania
  8. Sarah SHEIBLEY
  9. Elizabeth SHEIBLEY
  10. Mary SHEIBLEY b: 1797 in Pennsylvania
William SHEIBLEY was born  April 27, 1800 in Pennsylvania and died November 30, 1892 in Elliotsburg, Pa.  He married Catherine Fosselman who died before 1890. Their children were:
  1. Elizabeth SHEIBLEY
  2. Jane SHEIBLEY
  3. Peter W. SHEIBLEY
  4. Daniel SHEIBLEY
  5. Emanuel SHEIBLEY b: February 21, 1830 in Perry, Pa
  6. Absalom SHEIBLEY b. 1833; died 1858 at the age of 25; never married.
  7. Edmund SHEIBLEY
  8. Mary Agnes SHEIBLEY