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EIKLOR GENEALOGY

 
The"Greene County Ecklers"

There were as many as fifteen Eckler's who immigrated to the United States prior to 1900. Three main ancestral lines have been identified. They have been tagged as the MOHAWK VALLEY ECKLERS, the GREENE COUNTY ECKLERS, and the KENTUCKY ECKLERS. So far, none of these three distinct lines of Ecklers are known to be related to each other in any way. A general "rule" for determining which "tree" an Eckler is from, is to know where that particular Eckler's ancestors were located about the time of the American Revolutionary War. If the Eckler's ancestors were predominately from up-State New York (excluding Greene County, NY), then that Eckler is from the MOHAWK VALLEY Eckler line. If an Eckler's ancestors were predominately from the southern United States, then that Eckler is from the KENTUCKY Eckler line. If an Eckler's ancestors were from Greene County, New York and/or Pennsylvannia, then that Eckler is from the GREENE COUNTY Eckler line. This page is concerned mostly with the GREENE COUNTY Ecklers. However, some information is available from the other two "trees" to help differentiate between these three distinct immigrational ancestors.

The following information is in no particular order. These are some of the references I've found while researching the Eiklor surname; sources are included when possible.

  • Biography of John Eiklor, Sumner County, Kansas


  • Can you identify this gravestone? I found the photo while browsing through an antique store. I have been unable to identify the person or the place. Henry Eichler, born April 2, 1838; died March 15, 1905. Wife, Mary, was born January 27, 1840. At the time this photo was taken, she was still alive. If you can help me, please email Eiklor1@aol.com

  • Wisconsin Land Patents, Pepin County

  • Wisconsin Land Patents, Pierce County

  • Huron Twp., Erie Co., Ohio, Cemetery Huron Twp. Index

  • Capt. Henry Eckler, who fought in the American Revolution, is from the MOHAWK VALLEY ECKLERS.

  • Eiklor, Eckler, and Agler in the SSDI

  • 1870 Federal Census for Newton County, Missouri, Roll number M593-795
    John Eiklor 39 M Indiana
    Jerusha 26 F Indiana
    Hannah 4 F Illinois
    Serepta 1 F Illinois

  • Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Volumne I: A-E, abstracted by Virgil D. White, published The National Historial and Publishing Company, Waynesboro, Tenn, 1990

    Abstracts Part One

    Abstracts Part Two

  • Pioneers of the Six Bulls, The Newton County, Missouri Saga, 3rd Series, 1890 Special Census of Newton County, Volume II, Compiled by Larry A. James, 1991
    EIKLOR, John 1st Corporal E 16th Indiana Infantry August 1862 - June 1865, Newtonia, Rheumatism

  • Jasper County, Missouri Federal Census 1900, Joplin Township
    EICHLER, Max white/male, bo, age 28, single, miner, Born Germany, father born Germany, mother born Germany

  • Cemetery Inscriptions, Kay County, Oklahoma
    Eckler, Henry R., 13 July 1912 - 17 June 1975

  • Early Pennsylvannia Births, 1675-1875, compiled by Charles A. Fisher, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1979

    Births Page One

    Births Page Two

  • Biography of John L. Eiklor
    Professor of Humanities, University of Northern, Iowa

  • 1812 Early Tax Payer's
    Residents at the organization of Bradford Co., PA, 1812-13. The taxable inhabitants (all males 21 years and over and females owning property) as ascertained from assessment rolls, voting lists and other sources. Taken from Clement F. Heverly's Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford Co., Pa., 1800-1825, Vol. II, 1915, reprint pages 189-200. Typed for the USGenWeb Bradford County Site by John Hoff of Oklahoma.

  • Bradford County, PA, Marriages
    Bradford Co., PA, Marriages from 1840 through 1869, as printed by the Rev. Edward C. Hoagland in his Twigs from Family Trees, 1940. These records were taken from two Bradford County newspapers - the "Bradford Porter" and the "Bradford Reporter". Thanks to John Hoff of Oklahoma for providing this to the Bradford County USGenWeb Site.

  • Land Sales Records, Illinois, Eiklor

  • Land Sales Records, Illinois, Eckler

  • Ohio Deaths


    • From the Ohio Genealogical Society

    ECKLER ALBERT
    County Name: FRANKLIN Date of Death: 10/27/1916
    Volume Number: 2067 Certificate Number: 61779
    ECKLER GEORGE E
    County Name: WILLIAMS Date of Death: 5/11/1915
    Volume Number: 1660 Certificate Number: 31174
    ECKLER LEONARD J
    County Name: FRANKLIN Date of Death: 12/14/1914
    Volume Number: 1519 Certificate Number: 65961
    ECKLER MARY J
    County Name: MORROW Date of Death: 3/27/1916
    Volume Number: 1902 Certificate Number: 20664
    ECKLER WILLIAM H
    County Name: RICHLAND Date of Death: 1/29/1913
    Volume Number: 985 Certificate Number: 5263
    ECKLER ALBERT
    County Name: HAMILTCN Date of Death: 3/14/1921
    Volume Number: 3534 Certificate Number: 15595
    ECKLER CAROLIN
    County Name: FRIE Date of Death: 6/22/1918
    Volume Number: 2613 Certificate Number: 36972
    ECKLER CHARLES W
    County Name: HAMILTON Date of Death: 4/17/1919
    Volume Number: 2962 Certificate Number: 26912
    ECKLER CLARA C
    County Name: FRANKLIN Date of Death: 10/20/1918
    Volume Number: 2716 Certificate Number: 62553
    ECKLER CORNELI M
    County Name: LORAIN Date of Death: 12/8/1920
    Volume Number: 3456 Certificate Number: 76739
    ECKLER DAVID F
    County Name: FRANKLIN Date of Death: 4/11/1918
    Volume Number: 2561 Certificate Number: 23862
    ECKLER EARL J
    County Name: MAHONING Date of Death: 11/28/1919
    Volume Number: 3112 Certificate Number: 64486
    ECKLER JOHN
    County Name: WILLIAMS Date of Death: 11/1/1921
    Volume Number: 3732 Certificate Number: 65238
    ECKLER ELIZABETH
    County Name: EIE Date of Death: 9/29/1923
    Volume Number: 4257 Certificate Number: 53944
    ECKLER JAMES
    County Name: HAMILTON Date of Death: 9/30/1925
    Volume Number: 4834 Certificate Number: 51912
    ECKLER JOHN W
    County Name: BUTLER Date of Death: 8/13/1925
    Volume Number: 4653 Certificate Number: 6661
    ECKLER LEEFEE A
    County Name: WILLIAMS Date of Death: 2/17/1923
    Volume Number: 4103 Certificate Number: 15266
    ECKLER WILLIAM
    County Name: HAMILTON Date of Death: 4/22/1925
    Volume Number: 4718 Certificate Number: 22768
    ECKLER CONRAD D
    County Name: ERIE Date of Death: 12/15/1937
    Volume Number: 8639 Certificate Number: 75058
    ECKLER DAVID F
    County Name: FRANKLIN Date of Death: 10/28/1935
    Volume Number: 7942 Certificate Number: 59982
    ECKLER JOHN R
    County Name: SLMIIT Date of Death: //
    Volume Number: 80 Certificate Number: 21090
    ECKLER JOYCE
    County Name: SLUMIT Date of Death: 6/1/1934
    Volume Number: 7551 Certificate Number: 53953
    ECKLER MARY F
    County Name: FRANKLIN Date of Death: //
    Volume Number: 1609 Certificate Number: 54225
    ECKLER SHIRLEY
    County Name: HAMILTON Date of Death: //
    Volume Number: 8493 Certificate Number: 38687

  • New York Pensioner's of 1835


    • United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [New York Section], Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835.

    County: Herkimer Co.
    Name: Henry Eckler
    Rank: Private
    Annual Allowance: 33 33
    Sums Received: -
    Description of service: Not given
    When placed on the pension roll: August 1, 1832
    Commencement of pension: March 4, 1831
    Age: 68
    Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks.: -

    Egle, William Henry. Names Of Foreigners Who Took The Oath Of Allegiance To The Province And State Of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, With The Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808. Harrisburg, PA : E. K. Meyers, 1892.

    Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania [p.57]
    Hans Henrich Eckler
    Johan Hendrick Eckler, age: 21
    Simon Eichler
    Aug. Sigfried Eichler

    LIST OF FORRIGNRRS IMPORTED IN THE TWO BROTHERS, THOMAS ARNOT, MASTER, FROM ROTTERDAM.
    Conrul Eichler
    Conrad Eichler
    Hironimus Eichler

    Upstate New York in the 1760s


    Selected Tax Lists and Militia Rolls of Old Albany County, 1760-1768
    by Florence Christoph, Pkcton Press, Camden, Maine

    Andries Ekelair

    Estimate of the West Side of the Manner of Renselaerwyck


    (The West Manor of Renssalaersyck was located in what is now Albany County, NY)
    Jacob Eker
    John Ecker
    Joseph Ecker
    Peter Ecker

    Index to Indian Wars Pension Files 1892 - 1926, Vol. I: A-K, transcribed by Virgil D. White, Published by the National Historical Publishing Company, Waynesboro, Tennessee, 1987.

  • ECKLER, Josephus P., widow Orpha S., SC-4421, Oregon, 11 December 1902, WC-9620, Oregon, 21 January 1920, served 1891-6, died 17 December 1919, Portland, Oregon.
  • ECKLER, Sylvester, widow, Theresa, Army IC-1238412, Illinois, 30 November 1928, WA-1722982, Illinois, 1 August 1932, served 1891-6, died 27 June 1932, Chicago, Illinois.

    Newton County, Missouri Census 1910, copied and compiled by Eunice Newdigger, 1994.

  • EIKLOR, John,, age 41, white, male, Husband, born in Illinois, father and mother born in Pennsylvannia. Wife: August M., age 45, white, female, born in Illinois, father and mother born in Illinois. Found on the Burwick Township Census, page 14.

    1870 Federal Census, Newton County, Missouri, Roll Number M593-795, compiled by Joan Kunkel and Betty Bell, 1982. 313-277.

  • EIKLOR, John, age 39, Born in Indiana. Wife: Jerusha, age 26, born in Indiana. Children: Hannah, age 4, born in Illinois; Serepta, age 1, born in Illinois.

    Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol. I: A-E, abstracted by Virgil D. White, National Historical Publishing Company, Waynesboro, Tennessee, 1990.

  • ACKLER, John. BLW #6752-100-27 Aug 1790 assigned Nicholas Fish, srv as Pvt in NY Line John or John Ecklar or Eckler, Gertrude, W19214, NY Line, sol appl 9 May 1818 Greene City, NY age 59, in 1820 family was Caty 17, Mayhaim 15, Gertrude 12 and another child aged 10, wid appl 15 Feb 1837 Greene Cty NY aged 72, m 15 April 1786, sol died 15 Jan 1833, in 1837 sons Henry and Peter Eklar signed aff'dt, daughter Polly Ackler signs aff'dt 1843 that wid resides with her, son Henry was 28 in 1838, aff'dt, wid's maiden name appeared to be Gertrude Brandon.
  • ACKLER, Leonard, Catharine, W25335, NY Line, wid appl 5 Feb 1839 Herkimer Cty NY aged 75, m 11 Mar 1787, her maiden name was Catherine Young and she was b 4 Jul 1863, sol appl 27 Oct 1832 Herkimer Cty NY, sol b 22 May 1760 Tryon Cty NY and died 10 Jan 1839, sol's bro Peter Acker or Ecker was 78 in 1832 and lived Columbia Cty NY, a Henry Ackler aged 73 in 1839 signs aff'dt relationship not stated.
  • ECKLER, Christopher, R3239, NY Line, appl 11 Oct 1832 Herkimer Cty NY aged 83 a res of Warren NY, sol lived at a settlement called Kyle south of the Mohawk River, sol mentioned a Peter Eckler and also srv under a Capt Henry Eckler, sol moved to Fort Plank near the Mohawk River and lived there until the end of the Rev War, the said Peter Eckler was a bro of sol and he made aff'dt in Otsego Cty NY but was a res of Warren NY in 1832.
  • ECKLER, Henry, S10605, BLW #24610-160-55, NY Line also War of 1812 Srv, sol appl 13 Feb 1833 Herkimer Cty, NY aged 67, sol was b 24 Jan 1766 at Canajoharie (now Minden) in Montgomery Cty NY and lived there until the division of the town and ctys and he was put in the town of Stark in Herkimer Cty NY, on 14 Mar 1857 sol had moved to Cherry Valley in Otsego Cty NY.
  • ECKLER, Peter, Hannah, R3217, BLW #53754-160-55, NY Line, sol appl 9 Oct 1832 Herkimer Cty NY aged 78 a res of Warren NY, sol lived at the settlement of Kyle south of the Mohawk River within what is now Herkimer Cty NY, sol srv under a Capt Henry Eckler but no relationship was stated, sol's bro Christop[her Eckler also srv in the Rev War and rec'd a pension, sol moved to Fort Plank during the Rev War and after the was sol lived at Kyle in Otsego Cty NY then moved to Osquago in Herkimer Cty NY then moved to Warren NY, wid appl 3 Nov 1852 Herkimer Cty NY aged 80, sol d 28 Nov 1834, sol m Hannah Cronkhite 22 Feb 1818, wid appl for BLW in Aug 1856 at Danube NY.

    Pioneers of the Six Bulls, The Newton County, Missouri Saga, 3rd Series, 1890 Special Census of Newton County, Vol. II, compiled by Larry A. James, 1991.

  • EIKLOR, John, 1st Corporal E 16th Indiana Infantry August 1862-June 1865, in Newtonia Township, rheumatism.

    Jasper County, Missouri Census, 1900

  • EICHLER, Max, white, male, border, age 28, single, miner, born in Germany, father and mother born in Germany.

    Early Pennsylvannia Birth, 1675 - 1875, compiled by Charles A. Fisher, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1979.

  • Aigler, John Jacob, 30 May 1752, Berks County.
  • Aigler, Christina, 24 November 1758, Berks County.
  • Aigler, Simon, 24 May 1783, Snyder County, father J. Jacob, Sr.
  • Aigler, Christina, 9 December 1799, Snyder County.
  • Aigler, John Jacob, Jr., 20 September 1789, Snyder County, father J. Jacob, Sr.
  • Aigler, Esther, 7 December 1795, Snyder County.
  • Aigler, Reuben, 14 December 1818, Snyder County.
  • Aigler, Noah, 22 February 1823, Snyder County.
  • Aigler, Susanna, 15 September 1827, Snyder County.
  • Aigler, Leah, 25 April 1817, Snyder County.
  • Eagler Peter and Barbara Hafflich, parents, chld: Catherine, b. 1814, Sponsors: Cath. Hafflich, Jacob Von Neida.

    Cemetery Inscriptions, Kay County, Oklahoma, compiled by Pioneer Genealogical Society, Ponca City, Oklahoma, published by Pioneer Genealogical Society, printed by The-Go-Ye Mission, Inc., Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

  • EIKLOR, Jenette, 20 April 1901, IOOF Cemetery, Blackwell, Oklahoma.
  • ECKLER, Henry R., 13 Aug 1902 - 17 June 1975, Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery, Township 26, Kay County, Oklahoma.

    New World Immigrants


    A Consolidation of Ship Passdenter Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, Vol. II
    Edited by Michael Tepper, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980, Baltimore.

    Jacob Eigler (filed under Aigler in Index to Naturalization); age 24 in 1842; nativity, Germany; emigrated from Bremen; arrived at Baltimore, 29 June 1841; Declaration of Intention, 4 October 1842; Proof of Residence, 5 June 1848; witness George Willner; naturalization granted 5 June 1848.

    Some Saxe-Gothan Settlers


    Exerpted from "The German-Swiss Element in South Carolina, 1732-1752, by Gilbert P. Voigt in the Bulletin of the University of South Carolina, No. 113 (1922), 56-60.
    January 28, 1748 Abraham Eichler

    Eckler-Ackler-Ackley Family by A. Ross Eckler.

    "A somewhat smaller number of Ecklers descended from the Christian Eigler (or Egler), who was born in the Rhine Valley region of Germany (perhaps the principality of Hesse-Cassel) about 1680, emigrated to England in 1709 and was shipped to New York in 1710. He was a mason and stonecutter by occupation, suggesting a link with the Eckler family of Imsweiler, Germany. Although he had a son and three daughters prior to 1709, the only descendant to carry on the family name was a son Andreas, baptized in New York City in 1711. This family settled in Greene County, NY but few Ecklers live in that area today. The name changed from Eigler to Eckler in the third generation. One branch of the family spelled the name Eiklor."

    Heads of Families--New York 1790 Census

    County and Town

    Name

    Free white males older than 16

    Free white males under 16

    Free white females

    Slaves

    Albany, Catskill

    Eckler, Andrew

      2

      2

      3

      0

    Albany, Catskill

    Ecker, Jacob

      3

      3

      3

      1

    Montgomery, Canajoharie

    Eckler, John

      1

      6

      2

      0

    Montgomery, Canajoharie

    Eckler, Henry

      1

      3

      2

      0

    Montgomery, Canajoharie

    Eckler, Peter

      1

      3

      3

      0

    Montgomery, Canajoharie

    Eckler, Leonard

      1

      1

      2

      0

    Montgomery, Canajorharie

    Eckler, Hendrick

      1

      0

      2

      0

    Eiklors from 1850 New York Census

    GREENE COUNTY ECKLERS

    GREENE COUNTY

    ECKLER, CHARLES in CATSKILL

    ECKLER, CHARLES in CATSKILL

    ECKLER, HENRY in CATSKILL

    ECKLER, MARY in CATSKILL

    ECKLOR, JAMES in GREENEVILLE

     

    MOHAWK VALLEY ECKLERS

    DELAWARE COUNTY

    ECKLER, WILLIAM in DELHI

    HERKIMER COUNTY

    ECKLER, BENJAMIN in GERMAN FLATTS

    ECKLER, DANIEL in WARREN

    ECKLER, GEORGE in COLUMBIA

    ECKLER, HANNAH in DANUBE

    ECKLER, HENRY in WARREN

    ECKLER, HENRY H. in STARK

    ECKLER, HENRY J. in STARK

    ECKLER, HERNY in WARREN

    ECKLER, ISAAC in STARK

    ECKLER, JACOB in COLUMBIA

    ECKLER, JACOB JR in GERMAN FLATTS

    ECKLER, JAMES in WARREN

    ECKLER, JEREMIAH in WARREN

    ECKLER, JOSIAH in GERMAN FLATTS

    ECKLER, LEONARD in GERMAN FLATTS

    ECKLER, MATHIAS in STARK

    ECKLER, PETER C. in GERMAN FLATTS

    ECKLER, PHILIP in GERMAN FLATTS

    ECKLER, THOMAS in WARREN

    ECKLER, VANDEN RODP in WARREN

    ECKLER, WILLIAM in WARREN

    ECKLER, WILLIAM H. in STARK

    LIVINGSTON COUNTY

    ECKLER, PETER in GENESEE

    MONROE COUNTY

    ECKLER, BENJAMIN in MENDON

    ECKLER, BENJAMIN in PENFIELD

    ECKLER, DAVID in MENDON

    ECKLER, JACOB in MENDON

    ECKLER, JOHN in PITTSFORD

    ECKLER, JOHN in PITTSFORD

    ECKLER, JOSEPH in PENFIELD

    ECKLER, MASON in MENDON

    ECKLER, NOAH in MENDON

    NEW YORK COUNTY  (New York City ?)

    ECKLER, MARY in NEW YORK CITY WARD

    ECKLER, PETER in NEW YORK CITY WARD

    ECKLER, THOMAS in NEW YORK CITY WARD

    ONEIDA COUNTY

    ECKLER, JOHN J. in FLORENCE

    ONTARIO COUNTY

    ECKLER, BENJAMIN B. in WEST BLOOMFIELD

    OSTEGO COUNTY

    ECKLER, BENJAMIN in MIDDLEFIELD

    ECKLER, HENRY in SPRINGFIELD

    ECKLER, JACOB Q. in CHERRY VALLEY

    ECKLER, JULIA ANN in SPRINGFIELD

    ECKLER, MARINDA in MIDDLEFIELD

    ECKLER, MARTIN in MIDDLEFIELD

    TIOGA COUNTY

    ECKLER, ALMON in NICHOLS

    ECKLER, JOHN in NICHOLS

     

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