I am trying all sp of this gal's name just to see if anyone
has run across a
Jeakey, Mary Catharina, and William Smither, Burlington 1734 Aug. 5 New Jersey Marriages, Colonial Era, 1665-1800
they then went to live in Berks co Pa where Smither died there, later Mary md a Jacob Bachman and outlived him when he d 1788.
I have also heard of it being sp other ways...
The Pennsylvania Dutch Society official index lists variations of the names as JACKEL, JACKLE, JAKEL [EL], JAKLE JECKEL, JEGEL ....also substituting the J for a Y too.
I do know she was German prob born there around 1711...trying to find her family and if you could help point me in some direction I would surely appreciate it, thank you.
I found an Andrew Jaecke arriving at the NY port on the ship IRENE on 22 June 1750 but no idea if hes related and can find nothing more on him. NS