See also

Family of John WEISEL and Barbara --?--

  • Husband:

  • John WEISEL (1758-1844)

  • Wife:

  • Barbara --?-- (c. 1780-1857)

  • Marriage:

  •  

  • Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA

Husband: John WEISEL

  • Name:

  • John WEISEL

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Johannes George WEISEL (1720-1802)

  • Mother:

  • Anna Maria CRESSMAN ( -bef1798)

  • Birth:

  • Apr 5, 1758

  • Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA1,2

  • Baptism:

  • Aug 20, 1758 (age 0)

  • Tohickon Union (Reformed) Church, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

  • Residence:

  • 1792 (age 33-34)

  • Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA

  •  

  • http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/bedford/land/bedwarn-z.txt (Nov. 2016)

    LAND WARRANTS IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD FROM

    PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES. THIRD SERIES, VOLUME 25:

    PROVINCIAL PAPERS:

    WARRANTEES OF LAND

    in the SEVERAL COUNTIES of the

    STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1730-1898.

     

     

    LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, ACRES, DATE OF SURVEY

     

    WARRANTEES OF LAND, COUNTY OF BEDFORD - 1771-1893 - Page 660

    Wisel, George, 200, June 15, 1792

     

    WARRANTEES OF LAND, COUNTY OF BEDFORD - 1771-1893 - Page 667

    Wisel, John, 35, Jan. 20, 1817

    Weisel, John, 100, Nov. 13, 1818

     

    WARRANTEES OF LAND, COUNTY OF BEDFORD - 1771-1893 - Page 669

    Weisel, John, Ex., 251, Jan. 16, 1851

  • Death:

  • Dec 10, 1844 (age 86)

  • St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania3,4

  •  

  • The notice in the Bedford Gazette that John Weisel died at age 77 calculates to a birth year of 1767, which does not agree with his church records stating he was born in 1758. "Mr. John Weisel died December 10, 1844 at the age of 77. (Source: Bedford Gazette 1844)"

Wife: Barbara --?--

  • Name:

  • Barbara --?--

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. Jan 3, 1780

  •  

  •  

  • DOB calculated from death record.

  • Census:

  • 1850 (age 69-70)

  • Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA5

  • Death:

  • Nov 14, 1857 (age 77)

  • Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA

  •  

  • Anna Barbara Weisel died at the age of 77 years, 10 months, and 11 days on

    November 14, 1857. She was the wife of John Weisel. (Source: German

    Reformed and Lutheran Church, Bedford, Pa., Burial Records.)

Note on Husband: John WEISEL

John Weisel was baptised John Weisel, and his will is signed Johannes Weisel. Legally, for most court and census records, he is called John Weisel.

 

But family refers to him as George.

 

1) Orphan court records for Sarah Weisel in 1829 list her surviving siblings in birth order. They are Jacob, George, Peter, John, Mary, Elizabeth, and Joseph.

2) The Orphan court records for Mary Weisel in 1838 list the surviving siblings and their residence. George - Bedford, Jacob - Bedford, Peter - Bedford, John - Bedford, Elizabeth - Philadelphia, and Josephs surviving children in Richland Twp. Bucks Co.

3) In 1837 Jacob Weisel's Declaration for Pension names his brother George Weisel who "can testify to his service and his character"

4) The bible records for John Weisel and Nancy Ober names his father as John George. "John WEISEL was born April 4 A. D. 1793 Bucks Co, PA, son of John George WEISEL and Sarah PHEIL"

Sources

1.

F. Edward Wright, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 17th & 18th Centuries German Church Records - Volume 1 Tohickon Union (Reformed) Church, Bedminster Twp, Bucks County:.

p, 151 John of George Weisel and Maria

b. Apr. 5, 1758, bapt. Aug 20, 1758

Witnesses: parents

 

by Rev. John Egidius Hecker Sponsers were the parents.

2.

Archive - LDS FHL Historical Record Collections https://familysearch.org/ Historical Record Collections https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list. Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950. The Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 35 North West Temple Street

Salt Lake City , Utah 84150

United States. Tel: 1-866-406-1830, Web: www.familysearch.org.

Name:John Weisel

Gender:Male

Event Type:Christening

Event Date:20 Aug 1758

Event Place:GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH,TOHICKON,BUCKS,PENNSYLVANIA

Birth Date:05 Apr 1758

Father's Name:George Weisel

Mother's Name:Maria

Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C50755-1

System Origin:Pennsylvania-ODM

GS Film number:974.8 B4PG V.31

Reference ID:

 

Citing this Record:

"Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2VK-PK6 : 9 December 2014), John Weisel, 20 Aug 1758; Christening, citing GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH,TOHICKON,BUCKS,PENNSYLVANIA; FHL microfilm 974.8 B4PG V.31.

3.

Will of Johannes Weisel of Bedford County, Pennsylvania (Bedford County Court House. Will Book No. 3?, page 299.).

In the name of God amen, I John Weisel of St. Clair Township, Bedford County

and State of Pennsylvania being advanced in years and infirm of body, but of

sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do make & publish this my

last will & testament in manner and form following, viz. First I order and

direct that all my just debts be fully paid by my executors as soon after my

decease as may be - and if after the payment of my debts there should be a

surplus of personal property, I order & direct the same to be divided as is

hereinafter mentioned.

 

Secondly It is my will and I hereby order & direct my executors hereinafter

named to sell and dispose of my real estate, consisting of two contiguous &

adjoining tracts of land, being the properties I now occupy, and I hereby

authorize & empower my executors to make a deed or deeds therefor, & convey

the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof in fee simple. Said sale to

be made by my executors as soon after my decease as they may in their

discretion, deem prudent & advisable and the sale to be made either privately

or by publicly xxxxx or outcry as will be to the best advantage of which my

executors are to be the judges and the proceeds of said sale I order & direct

to be divided as follows:

 

Viz. the whole to be divided into eleven equal parts, and one equal part

thereof to be paid by my executors to pay to my son John Weisel, one other

equal part to my son David Weisel, one other equal part to my son Abraham

Weisel, one other equal part to my son Philip Weisel, one other equal part to

my son Isaac, one other to my son Michael, two equal parts to my son Samuel,

one equal part to my daughter Mary, intermarried to Jacob Michtly?, one other

equal part to the children of my deceased daughter Elizabeth intermarried

with Adam Bowers in the following proportions viz. Sophia the sum of twenty

dollars, John the sum of twenty dollars, and the residue of said equal part

to Elizabeth Bowers. And the other equal part of my estate I give and

bequeath to the four children of my deceased daughter Sarah Michtly.

 

 

It is also my will that the two shares which I have directed to be paid to my

son Samuel by my executors, are to remain in the hands of my executors for

six years after the sale of my place, they paying to him the interest

thereof annually but none of the principal until after the said six years.

And I hereby appoint my executors trustees to hold the same for my said son.

 

It is also my will that the residue of my personal estate should there be any

after the payment of my debts shall be divided and paid over in the same way

as I have directed my real estate to be divided & paid only that Samuel shall

have his portion at once.

 

And I also order & it is my will that my wife Barbara shall have her third

according to the intestate laws of Pennsylvania, and when my executors sell

my place, I hereby direct that they shall sell the same so as to secure her

third in as according to law.

 

Lastly, I hereby constitute & appoint my two sons John Weisel & Philip Weisel

the executors of this my last will and testament, hereby declaring this & no

other to be my last will & testament and revoking all wills & testaments by

me heretofore made.

 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 30th day of April

AD 1844.

 

Johannes Weisel seal

 

Signed sealed published

xxxxx & declared by

the testator to be his last

will & testament in our

presence who have signed

the same at his request

 

William U. Watson

E. L. Andersons

Jno. Mower

 

Source: Bedford County Court House. Will Book No. 3?, page 299.

Submitted by Alan Weisel, Feb 2002.

Notes: Wills are on microfiche and copies are made by machine directly from the fiche.

Photocopy not as clear as one would like.

John Weisel is the earliest Weisel will on record at BCCH.

Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 for John Weisel

Bedford Vol 001-003, 1771-1849 FHL film numbers 20347 Items 1 - 2

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8802/images/005534634_00631

 

4.

Bedford County Genealogy Project A PAGenWeb Project Website http://www.pa-roots.com/~bedford/ http://www.pa-roots.com/~bedford/search.html.

Text: Bedford County Death Notice Board

 

Mr. John Weisel died December 10, 1844 at the age of 77.

(Source: Bedford Gazette 1844)

5.

Census - 1850 United States Federal. Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 221.

Name:Barbara Weisel

 

Event Type:Census

Event Year:1850

Event Place:Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States

Gender:Female

Age:72

Race:White

Race (Original):

Birth Year (Estimated):1778

Birthplace:Pennsylvania

Household ID:221

House Number:210

Line Number:33

Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Affiliate Publication Number:M432

Affiliate Film Number:751

GS Film Number:20601

Digital Folder Number:004191074

Image Number:00067

 

HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace

Barbara WeiselF72Pennsylvania

Ann CarneyF37Pennsylvania

 

Citing this Record:

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44N-8VB : 9 November 2014), Barbara Weisel, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 221, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

(next is John Weisel age 46, and Rebecca age 30)