Family Reunions: The Croll Family
Source: Morton Montgomery, p. 313
Surnames: CROLL, GRIM, SCHLENKER
The descendants of John Croll held their fifth biennial reunion in
Hancock Park in 1908. At this reunion Martin S. Croll, of Topton
(father of William A. Croll, the present treasurer of Berks county), read a
paper on the previous Croll reunions, the first of which was held in
1895, being one of the very first meetings of this character in this county.
The Crolls are descended from Philip and Ulrich Croll, who came to this
country on the same ship, in 1728, on which Egidius Grim (the
forebear of a large family) also emigrated.
John Croll, whose posterity held the reunions, was a descendant of
Philip Croll. He was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Schlenker) Croll
and was born in Greenwich in 1814, being of the third generation of
American Crolls. The Grimville Church, in Greenwich township, is
mentioned in old documents as the “Crolle Kirche,” so named after this
family.
Rev. P. C. Croll, A. M. in 1877, published “The Croll Family,” a volume
of 106 pages, as a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary of the
marriage of John and Catherine Croll.
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