He married Magdalena Kolb on May 3, 1730. She was the daughter of Martin Kolb (Kolp) and Magdalena Van Sintern.
They made their home in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Magdalena and George's children included:
Magdalena Bachtell Corel (1730, married Johannes Corel),
Jacob Bachtell (1733),
Martin Bachtell (1735, married Anna Riesser),
Isaac Bachtell (1739, Sophia Bittings),
George Bachtell (1741, married Maria Bitting),
Abraham Bachtell (1743, married Ester Friedt) and
Maria Bachtell Fritz (1746, married Johann Fritz).
George died on August 28, 1768 and Magdalena died on April 10, 1786. George and Magdalena are buried in Sprogell Mennonite Cemetery near Pottstown.
Montgomery County, in southeast Pennsylvania was created on September 10, 1784, out of land that was originally part of Philadelphia County.
Mennonites are Christians who reject infant Baptism. In the early 18th century about 2,500 Mennonites fled to Pennsylvania from persecution in the Palatinate. They opposed the Revolution, resisted public education, and did not approve of religious revivalism. They supported separation of church and state, and opposed slavery.
