The earliest known Barkley was George Barkley who lived in Pennsylvania in the 1700s. His descendants married into the families of Hower and Barron.

Eberhard Barkley had immigrated to New York from Germany before 1756 and married Margaret A. _____?. During the Revolutionary War, five of his six sons relocated in Canada because of their Loyalist leanings. Christian was one of the Loyalist sons. He married Elizabeth Bauman and had 5 children. Descendants include Casselman, McMillan, Merkley, and related families, many of whom still reside in Ontario.

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Christopher Friedrich Merckel (or Merkley) who was born ca. 1721 in Germany. He married his first wife (name unknown) ca. 1750 in Germany. She died ca. 1752 and Christopher immigrated to America ca. 1753. He married Maria Catharina Sittnich (or Sidney) 17 October 1753. They lived in New York and were the parents of six children. Descendants of Christopher Merkley and his eight children...

Christian Sterner (d.1739), a Huguenot and " ... a Swiss German ..." immigrated before 1719 to land near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and elsewhere.

David Smith Sr. was born November 1730 in Germany and married Anna Barbara (surname unknown) ca. 1750 in Germany or Pennsylvania. They immigrated to the United States prior to 1751 and by 1755 settled in Rowan, North Carolina. They were the parents of nine children. David died 2 May 1787 while living in North Carolina. Descendants lived primarily in North Carolina and Tennessee.

"Samuel J. Moore, the son of James and Elizabeth Moore, was born in Philadelphia in February, 1765. He was a carpenter. His first marriage was to Catherine Taylor (b. 18 March, 1776, d. 1817), daughter of Ebur and Sarah Taylor, on 16 February, 1800, in St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran Church . . . . Of this union eight children were born and another child was adopted. . . . "In 1818 Samuel J. Moore's second marriage was to Catherine Mires. Probably...

Eberhard Barkley was born in Wurtemberg, Germany and immigrated to the U.S. before 1756. He died in Albany County, New York. His son, Peter Barkley (born ca. 1763), settled in Dundas County, Ontario as a Loyalist. Descendants lived in Ontario, New York, and elsewhere.

Alexander Ewing (1679/1680-1728) emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, where most of his family were born, and then to Cecil County, Maryland. Gustavus H. Ewing (1853-1894), direct descendant, married Irene Samantha Williams in 1873, and moved from Tennessee to DeKalb County, Texas. Descendants and relatives of Alexander lived in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere. Includes some family history in Scotland....