Samuel Gulich ENCKE

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  General Notes:

He was the son of Joseph W. and Margaret Jones Encke; said Joseph W. was the seventh child of Peter and Zibiah W., and Peter was the son of John and Maria Philippine, who emigrated from Bingen on the Rhine, Germany, about 1760. Joseph R. Encke (Trenton, New Jersey) claims the Enckes can be traced back about four hundred years, and that the name " signifies ' A cutting or slip for transplanting,' and in ancient heraldry means 'The chief of the Cavaliers'."

Samuel married Mercy RUSLING, daughter of James RUSLING and Hannah Rose FRAZER, on 7 Mar 1839 in Washington, New Jersey. (Mercy RUSLING was born on 1 Oct 1814 in Washington Township, NJ and died on 15 Jun 1892 in Albion, Jackson County, Michigan, USA.)