Paternal; Maria Catherina Margaretha Kettering (4 Aug 1743 - Before Jan 1811)

Name: Maria Catherina Margaretha Kettering ^{Citation 1}
Parents: Johann Adam Kettering and Anna Magdalena Gampfer
Birth: 1743
Birth Location: today's Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: Before January 1811 ^{Source 2}
Death Location: today's Wythe County, United States ^{Source 2}

Spouse: Martin Staley ^{Source 2 & 3}.
Marriage Date: __ __ ____
Marriage Location: _____

Children: Valentine Staley, John Staley, Margaret Elizabeth Staley, Abraham Staley, Christina Staley (Steffy) ^{Notation 4 & 5}.

Maria Catherina Margaretha Kettering's Relationship to Carol in the family tree: Paternal Side 4x Great-Grandmother

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Sources:
Source 1. Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, "Maria Margaretha Kittring", 1743, Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, North Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Source 2. Find a Grave Index, "Maria Catherine Catron", 1811, Aker-Staley Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia, United States.

Citations:
Citation 1. Family Search One World Tree; "Maria Catherine Margaretha Kettering", 4 August 1743 - 1811 [ KGS9-DR3 ].

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Carol A. Wells-Perlaky's Notations:
Notation 1: She is sometimes listed with the maiden surname of Catron or Katron as well as Kettring.
Notation 2: Variations of married surname include Staehle, Stehle, Steely and Starly.>

Notation 3: She passed before January 1811 as Martin Staley married Elizabeth "Betsey" Thompson on 7 January 1811 in Wythe County, Virginia. She may have been buried in the same cemetery that Martin Staley is said to been buried in, but that is not confirmed either per my research.
Notation 4: Share DNA matches with this person's known descendants.
Notation 5: Known ancestor of Carol on paternal side of her family tree.

Post's Update History:

Original Publish Date: 1 August 2025 by Carol A. Wells-Perlaky

Paternal; Martin Staley (1735 - 25 Feb 1826)

Name: Martin Staley ^{Citation 1; Notation 1}
Parents: Johannes Ulrich Staehli and Anna Maria Germann
Birth: 1735
Birth Location: today's Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States ^{Citation 1; Notation 2}
Death: 25 February 1826
Death Location: today's Wythe County, United States

Spouses: 1. Maria Catherine Margaret Kettering and 2. Elizabeth "Betsey" Thompson ^{Source 2 and 3}.
Marriage Dates: 1. __ __ ____ and 2. 7 January 1811 ^{Source 2 & 3}
Marriage Locations: 1. _____ and 2. Wythe County, Virginia, United States ^{Source 2 & 3}

Children: Valentine Staley, John Staley, Abraham Staley, Margaret Elizabeth Staley (Staley), Christina "Teney" Staley (Steffy) ^{Notation 3 & 4}.

Martin Staley's Relationship to Carol in the family tree: Paternal Side 4x Great-Grandfather

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Sources:
Source 1. 1810 United States Federal Census, "Martin Steely", 6 Aug 1810, Wythe County, Virginia, United States.
Source 2. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, "Martin Staley" and "Betsey Thompson", 7 Jan 1811, Wythe County, Virginia, United States.
Source 3. Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, "Martin Staley and Betsey Thompson", 6 Jan 1811, Wythe County, Virginia, United States
Source 4. 1820 United States Federal Census, "Martin Starly", 7 Aug 1820, Evensham, Wythe County, Virginia, United States.
Find a Grave Index, "Martin Staley", 25 Feb 1826, Aker-Staley Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia, United States.

Citations:
Citation 1. Family Search One World Tree; "Martin Staley", 1735 - 25 February 1826 [ KGS9-DR3 ].

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Carol A. Wells-Perlaky's Notations:
Notation 1: Variations of surname include Staehle, Stehle, Stehley, Staily, Steely and Starly.
Notation 2: Martin Staley is reportedly said to been born in Lebanon County or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania area. However, there are some questions on my side about this as his father would've immigrated to the United States/American Colonies before 1735 for that to happen, whereas many online trees cite sources where he married Anna Maria Germann in 1734 in Switzerland and Johannes Ulrich Jacob Staehli immigrating in the 1750s, not in 1734 or even 1735. If the 1750s immigration date is correct, then Martin Staley would been born in another country, not in Lebanon or Lancaster county area of Pennsylvania.
Notation 3: Share DNA matches with this person's known descendants.
Notation 4: Known ancestor of Carol on paternal side of her family tree.

Post's Update History:

Original Publish Date: 30 July 2025 by Carol A. Wells-Perlaky