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Christopher’s 5th great-grandfather · ancestor no. 208 · generation 8
Evidence: identity family compilation
Family
- Children in this vault: Michael Schrock (1782–1860)
Life and evidence
Born Switzerland c.1745; m. Mary Stuckey; farmed near Berlin, Brothersvalley Twp., Somerset Co., Pa. (tax list; History of the Church of the Brethren of the Western District, 1916; Glades Star vol. 9; Plank reunion notes 1926). Came with two brothers. Sons named in 1926: Joseph (1784), Henry, John, Christian (1780–1847), Nicholas, David, Abraham, Jacob, Peter; one daughter.
Wynigen lead: Schrag/Schrock Anabaptists from Laumberg near Wynigen (Canton Bern) lived in the Münster valley in the 1700s and received Wynigen citizenship papers in 1763 (Delbrück/Bernese Anabaptists, 1953).
‘An immigrant probably from Wyningen [Wynigen, Canton Bern], Switzerland’ (1986 history).
A second account: born in Pennsylvania? ( History of the Church of the Brethren of the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1916, sketch of Elder George Schrock)
George Schrock’s great-grandfather “migrated to America and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1700. From this family came two sons, Casper and John, who settled near Berlin in 1765.” Their names are on the Brothersvalley Township tax lists until 1796. Casper “lived on a farm some distance north of Berlin”; his son Christian (1780–1847) married Franie Good and joined the Brethren (Dunkards).
Conflict: this makes Casper American-born (the “about 1700” is probably too early), while the Plank and Glades Star notes say he was born in Switzerland about 1745. Both agree on Berlin, Brothersvalley Twp., a large family, and his brother John.
Other Schrock households near Berlin at the time: John (Casper’s brother), Ulrich, and Benedict Schrag (Troyer, Treier, Treyer). Casper’s grave is reportedly on the Wills farm a mile north of Berlin.
Where they lived
- ? — Wynigen
Sources
Narratives and research
- History: Lancaster’s Swiss Mennonites, 1710s - backdrop and inroads
- Research: Archival trip plan - Lancaster County
- Sources: Burkholder - Nützliche und erbauliche Anrede an die Jugend (Ephrata, 1804), The Schrock Ramseyer Story (1986)
Open questions
- Born Switzerland c.1745 (Plank notes, Glades Star) vs. son of a Lancaster Co. immigrant, settled near Berlin 1765 (Brethren history 1916)
Research log
- 2026-10-31: The Diary (July 1979), ‘The Schrock Family’ (arrangements by Dr. Hugh Gingerich): Casper came as a minor, first taxable in Lancaster Co., then Lebanon Valley, ‘probably married Mary Stuckey’, then Somerset Co.; children Henry 1777, John 1778, Christian 1779, Michael 1782 (m. Susanna Yoder), David, Joseph, Catherine, Abraham, Jacob, Peter. ‘The above three Schrocks immigrants [Hanes 1730-1797, ship Polly 1766; Ulrich b. 1740, ship 1769; Casper] are generally regarded as brothers, being of Claus Schrock of Europe’: a tradition, not linked
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.