Listed as a possible son of Hans George Bechtel (b. 1676): '[?] Michael Bechtel, b. 1709. He was a member of the Mennonite Eckerhof congregation, near Meckesheim, Germany in 1731. He lived at Oggersheim, Germany in 1738. He was a Mennonite living at Berwangen in 1753. He was living at Langenzell in 1759 with his wife Barbara and six children.'
