Background
Engle was born in Switzerland and was an infant when his family emigrated to Pennsylvania to flee religious persecution.
Engle was born in Switzerland and was an infant when his family emigrated to Pennsylvania to flee religious persecution.
Jacob Engle was the second son of Ulrich and Anna (née Brechtbill). They sailed from Rotterdam and arrived in Philadelphia on October 1, 1754. They established a homestead in northwest Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
This information is from "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" published by J. H. Beers company in 1903.