[M] #42928 Jonas Mechling ( Philip Jonas Mechling • Philip Mechling • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Jonas was born 14 Aug 1798 in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptised in First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died 2 Apr 1868. He was buried in Old German Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
He became a Lutheran minister at the age of 22 and travelled widely through Westmoreland Co. as a missionary pastor. During his 47 years of ministry, he was pastor of eight congregations, baptized 6,286 children, confirmed 2,039 children, and married 890 couples (many of them his own relatives). During this time he preached 6,327 sermons. He was one of the first Lutheran ministers to preach in English west of the Allegheny Mountains...at that time, most Lutheran churches used German. His picture now hangs in the First Reformed Church in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Jonas married #42987 Florinda Gressinger.
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They married. |
Florinda was born 18 Sep 1803 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She was baptised 22 Oct 1809 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She died 23 Apr 1889. She was buried in Old German Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
She is the daughter of Andres & Sara (McLaughlin) Gressinger.
Children of this relationship:
#42988 | F | i | Henrietta Mechling | (26 Feb 1824–28 Apr 1854) |
#42989 | M | ii | Augustus Andrew Mechling | (11 Feb 1826–18 Jan 1876) |
#42990 | M | iii | Wilhelm Herman Mechling | (1 Dec 1827–1906) |
#42991 | M | iv | Jonas Simon Mechling | (13 Jan 1830–) |
#42992 | F | v | Levina Elizabeth Mechling | (18 Mar 1832–1 Oct 1872) |
#42993 | F | vi | Florinda Gressinger Mechling | (4 May 1834–Child) |
#42994 | M | vii | George Washington Mechling | (15 Jul 1836–) |
#42995 | M | viii | Cyrus Luther Mechling | (3 Feb 1839–12 Jan 1860) |
#42996 | M | ix | John Mechling | (17 Mar 1841–) |
#42997 | F | x | Malinda Sara Mechling | (20 May 1843–1850) |
#42998 | F | xi | Florinda Amanda "Amanda" Mechling | (8 Feb 1846–) |
Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-2000, Volume VI - Philip Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 2000). Ref. as [Mercy VI-00].
Line Generation: 6
Relationship: Second Cousins Five Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊