Jacob Kroll & Mary Waltman Kroll
1773-1853
Michael
Kroll and his wife who were born about 1745 in or near Wurttemburg, a state of province of Southern Germany near the Swiss
border. They emigrated to America
and were the parents of Jacob,
George and Solomon. Jacob was born in
1773 in Wurttemburg, Germany.
Mary Waltman
was born in 1773 in Pennsylvania. We believe her parents, Louis and Kate
Waltman, also came from Germany.
Jacob &
Mary were married in 1809 in Clarence, Erie County,
New York, and after their marriage they made a
home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Eight of their oldest children were born
here, namely: Catherine, John, Jacob, George,
Samuel, Daniel, Solomon and Polly. Then
they moved to Clarence Hollow, Erie
County, New York where
Betsy Elizabeth and William were
born. It was the only settlement in the western part of Erie County, New York
at this time.
Jacob lived
here until his 80th year. He
died 31 March 1853. We are not sure when
Mary died. Both he and his wife were
buried in an old family plot on the Abe Reigle (and later Abe Berry)
Farm on the Martin Road
in the town of Clarence, New York.
Inscriptions are still readable on his head stone marker, but those on Mary’s
marker have been worn away by the elements.
