Ulrich Engel was baptized 15 March 1711 in Würzbrunnen, Bern, Switzerland. His parents were Jost Engel and Christina Rohrer. He married Anna Brächbühl, daughter of Christen Brächbühl and Anna Steiner, 4 March 1736. They had eight children. They emigrated and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Kansas and Oklahoma.