Peter A. Rhodes of Enfield, Ct.:Information about CONRAD STRICKLER

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CONRAD STRICKLER (b. Abt. 1701, d. 1782)

CONRAD STRICKLER (son of HANS STRICKLER and LISABETH (LOHRER)) was born Abt. 1701 in IBERSHEIM, RHEINLAND-PFALZ, GERMANY, and died 1782 in HELLAM TOWNSHIP, YORK CO., PA.. He married CHRISTINA BIXLER, daughter of CHRISTIAN BIXLER and ANNA.

Notes for CONRAD STRICKLER:
Conrad had been imprisoned in Zurich for his religious beliefs.
He was naturalized as a Mennonite in February 1728 at Lancaster County, Pa., making his mark "K" on the petition. He apparently could not write in 1728. He received 350 acres in Hellam Township York County, Pa., on 30 Oct 1736 which was disputed by Maryland. Part of his land was patented to his son Jacob Strickler in Feb 1767. He sold part (196 acres) of his land to his wife. His wife sold it to her son John on 29 Jul 1765 for natural love, and then later John sold this land to his son Ulrich. In the deed part of his land was in the possession of Jacob Strickler in 1765.
Conrad probably arrived in Pennsylvania with his brother Abraham in 1726.
Conrad had sons John, Jacob, and Conrad who all lived in Hellam Township, and he is probably the father of Henry, Abraham, and Ulrich Strickler who all moved to Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pa. Conrad possibly had daughters as well. Conrad was living on the west side of the Susquehanna River as early as 1732, when he and Nicholas Beery, Michael Tanner and others were captured by the Maryland authorities and thrown into jail in Baltimore over a land dispute. They paid a fine and were released.

From Frank Duff:
When did Conrad Strickler arrive in America?
This question has been the source of much argument and speculation.
There are many theories that have evolved. None have been proven. One suggested that Abraham and Conrad Strickler came to America with the Brubaker Family, arriving at New York Harbor 16 Jun 1710. However, When Richard W. Davis of Provo, Utah looked into the 16 Jun 1710 immigrants, he could find no Brubakers or Stricklers arriving at that time. H.M. Strickler suggested they arrived in America in or about 1700. This date is much to early for Abraham or Conrad to have arrived in America. Based on known data about Abraham's birth, Abraham would have been 6 or 7 years old in 1700 and Conrad not more than 5 years old. Plus most German Mennonite Immigrations to America did not occur until after 1717. Another theory again includes the Brubaker family. On 27 Sep 1717, Johannes Bruppacher and Christian Hershey took up a warrant of 1,000 acres on the Little Conestoga creek in West Hempfield, Pa. This land was near where Abraham and Conrad Strickler first appear in records. The Brubaker family has ties to Ibersheim and Friederichstadt, Germany and to the same locations in Switzerland as the Strickler family. This theory is based on the idea that families who had moved together for so many years, also came to America together. The conclusion here being the Stricklers arrived in America about 1717 with the Bruppachers. Abraham Strickler and Conrad Strickler both took oaths of Naturalization in March 1728 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. It was often a few years before an oath of allegiance was taken. This indicates that Abraham and Conrad arrived as early as 1723 to 1724. Abraham and Conrad may have arrived in Anerica about October 1724. They may have lived for several months with the Brubaker family. In 1725, the Strickler and Brubaker families had all grown and room was limited, so Abraham and Conrad ventured out on their own. In 1728, they purchased land from John Daugherty. They each lived there with their brother Heinrich. Conrad then moved south to York Co., and Abraham further south into the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

From Stricklers of Pennsylvania:
The name of Conrad Strickler appears in the indictment of Henry Munday and Charles Higgenbothem in Chester County in 1736, as one of the tenants whose possessions of land west of the Susquehanna were disturbed by these men and others in the interests of Lord Baltimore, as recred by I. Daniel Rupp in his "History of Lancaster and York Counties." published in 1846.

Children of CONRAD STRICKLER and CHRISTINA BIXLER are:

+JACOB STRICKLER, b. 1727, BUCKS COUNTY, PA., d. 01 Dec 1801.