His eldest son, John Peter Troxell, was born April 3, 1719, as was aged 18 on his arrival in America. He was naturalized Sept. 26, 1748, and secured the land warranted by his father, with additional tracts upon where he erected in 1756 a large stone house, near Coplay creek, at Egypt which still stands, and in 1758, a stone barn, 85x27 feet, which was torn down in 1874. In this house services were frequently held by the Reformed congregation. Later he removed to Gwynedd and sold it to Samuel Wheeler, and removed to Maryland. He died Jan 25, 1799, and is buried at Tom's Creek Md. His first wife was Anna Barbara., born 1723, daughter of John Nicholas Saeger. She died about 1750, leaving two children.
John and Anna Barbara. His second wife, Catharine Maria Magdalena Schreiber, daughter of John Jacob and Anna Magdalena (Roth) Schrieber. was born Jan 6, 1737, and died Jan. 9,1806. She had seven children.