See also
Husband:
Daniel WEISEL (1765-1825)
Wife:
Margaret STARTZMAN (1773-1817)
Children:
Marriage:
c. 1790
Name:
Daniel WEISEL
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Apr 19, 1765
Census:
1790 (age 24-25)
Maryland, USA5
Census:
1800 (age 34-35)
Washington County, Maryland, USA6
Census:
1810 (age 44-45)
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA7
Death:
May 19, 1825 (age 60)
Washington County, Maryland, USA4
The Torchlight (newspaper, published in Hagerstown, Maryland)
May 24, 1825
"Died in Williams-Port on Thurs 19th inst. [last Thursday] after an illness
of 30 hours of bilious colick, Daniel Weisel, in the
66th year of his age, inhabitant of Williams-Port for the last 30 years,
leaving 7 children."
Burial:
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA8
Address: River View Cemetery
Name:
Jacob WEISEL
Sex:
Male
Birth:
May 2, 179112
Death:
bef 1800 (age 8-9)
Maryland, USA
It is assumed Jacob dies young by examining census data and when his father Daniel died in 1825 he left 7 living children.
Census data supports that one of the two oldest boys, either Jacob or George, was not in the 1800 census. In the 1810 census there wasn't a male in the 16-25 age category.
Name:
Elizabeth WEISEL
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Nov 17, 179213
Death:
Name:
George WEISEL
Sex:
Male
Birth:
Jan 29, 179513
Death:
bef 1810 (age 14-15)
Maryland, USA
It is assumed George died young for two reasons. 1) A male in his age category doesn't appear in the 1810 census. 2) When his father Daniel died in 1825 he left 7 living children. All children with the exception of Sarah (who is said to have married Skipwith Wilson, are accounted for with the exception of George and the oldest child Jacob.
Name:
Sarah WEISEL
Sex:
Female
Birth:
Feb 25, 1797
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA14
Baptism:
May 14, 1797 (age 0)
Zion Lutheran Church, Williamsport, Maryland
Witness: Juliana Startzman
Death:
Name:
Mary WEISEL
Sex:
Female
Birth:
Dec 6, 1799
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA15
Baptism:
Mar 16, 1800 (age 0)
Zion Lutheran Church, Williamsport, Maryland
Witness: Eva Startzman
Death:
Apr 4, 1846 (age 46)
Maryland, USA10
Burial:
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA16
Address: River View Cemetery
Name:
Daniel WEISEL
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
Jan 25, 1803
Census:
1850 (age 46-47)
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA17
Occupation:
btw 1864 and 1867 (age 60-64)
Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals; Maryland, USA
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/ctappj.html
Archives of Maryland
JUDGES OF THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS (1778- )
History of the Maryland Court of Appeals
Daniel Weisel, 1864-1867
http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/studentwork/collinsdiaries.htm (2/2006)
PAGE 20 – Collins Diary 1852-1855
March 4. Started for Hagerstown, the seat of the Baltimore Conference –
had a safe ride over the rickety, rip-rap
Franklin R.R. between Chambersburg + H.
Found myself quartered on Judge Daniel Weisel –
an ex-judge – a very intelligent + gentlemanly man.
Rev Joseys, was my fellow guarder + bedfellow – a
very comfortable, nice clever man.
Friday Saturday 5th, was introduced to the
Conference by Bishop Wargh who was in the Chair –
made many agreeable acquaintances among the
preachers – recognized some old friends.
Census:
1880 (age 76-77)
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA18
Death:
aft 1880 (age 76-77)
Daniel was enumerated in the 1880 census as a laywer.
Name:
Margaret WEISEL
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Oct 5, 1807
DOB is from the cemetery burial record.
Death:
Mar 8, 1870 (age 62)
Maryland, USA
Burial:
Mar, 1870
Riverview Cemetery, Washington County, Maryland10
Name:
Samuel WEISEL
Sex:
Male
Name Prefix:
Dr.
Spouse:
Birth:
May 16, 1810
DOB is taken from cemetery record for burial.
Misc:
frm 1848 to 1872 (age 37-62)
Ledgers of Samuel Weisel; Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/refserv/bulldog/bull89/html/bull89b.html
THE ARCHIVISTS' Bulldog
Vol. 3, No. 25
10 July 1989
Books on Marriage
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
_____., Williamsport, Maryland, Congregation of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1791-1853; Ledgers of
Samuel Weisel, M.D., 1848-1872.
Census:
1850 (age 39-40)
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA19
Census:
1860 (age 49-50)
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA20
Death:
Jan 26, 1872 (age 61)
Washington County, Maryland, USA10
Burial:
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA21
Address: River View Cemetery
Name:
Susanna WEISEL
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
Oct 11, 1813
DOB calculated from cemetery record.
Burial:
Jan, 1907
Riverview Cemetery, Washington County, Maryland10
Death:
Jan 23, 1907 (age 93)
Maryland, USA
DOB is calculated to be 11 Oct 1813 from cemetery burial record.
Historical note may have been submitted by Calvin Kephart, the historian., Weisel Family Association 1935 Reunion Program.
1936 Weisel Family Association
Fifth Annual Reunion
at Forest Park, Chalfont, Bucks County, PA
on Saturday, September 5, 1936
Fifth Annual Reunion Approaches
The Committee on Arrangements is looking forward to this year's meeting as the largest and most enjoyable so far. Forest Park, a beautiful picnic grove, has been chosen because of the many advantages not heretofore available. A modern sanitary swimming pool and a few amusements will make the youngsters glad they came, and the location of this park makes it convenient for the Bucks County Weisels as well as the others. Support the plans of the committee by bringing the whole family. Pack a picnic lunch and we will all have a good old Weisel outing.
HISTORY OF THE MARYLAND WEISELS
Brief mention has been made at earlier reunions of the Maryland branch of the Weisel family of Bucks County. It is now fitting that some of the facts of the illustrious group should be made more generally known.
Jacob Weisel, Sr., son of the colonial pioneers, born about 1726, married Ann Margaret (surname not known) early in 1750 and they had the following children.
(1)Frederick, born January 1, 1751, died unmarried at Williamsport, PA, on November 1, 1838;
(2)Jacob, Jr., born August 5, 1753; more later;
(3)Anna Catherine, born March 18, 1756; died August 18, 1758;
(4)John, born July 6, 1758, no further data;
(5)George, born January 29, 1761, died June 12, 1835: married Elizabeth
Hoenig (Haney) January 18, 1788, born March 18, 1760, died March 8, 1858,
descendants around Williamsport, PA;
(6)Henry (?): uncertainty as to this name;
(7)Daniel, born April 10, 1766; more later;
(8)Maria Elizabeth, born July 9, 1769, died September 14, 1840, unmarried, at Williamsport, Penna.
In our struggle for independence, Jacob, Sr., served as an Ensign and First Lieutenant, and Frederick as a private in the Bucks County militia, and Jacob, Jr. served as a gunner in Captain Joseph Watkins' 1st Company, Artillery Battalion of Philadelphia. In 1786 the brothers Jacob, Jr., and Daniel migrated to the later-named Williamsport, Maryland, southwest of Hagerstown. Jacob, Jr., died unmarried on October 31, 1812, and was buried there. Daniel associated himself with a Mr. Humrichhouse in the merchandise business there and about 1790 married Margaret Startzman, born September 16, 1773, died July 28, 1817, daughter of Henry and Eve Startzman. Their house was one of the first erected on the banks of the Potomac River in that region. Their children were:
(1)Jacob, born May 2, 1791;
(2)Elizabeth, born November 17, 1792: married Daniel Cyester, no issue;
(3)George, born January 29, 1796;
(4)Sarah, born 1797, married Skipwith Wilson: issue;
(5)Mary, born December 6, 1799, unmarried: died April 4, 1846;
(6)Daniel, Jr., born January 26, 1803: more below;
(7)Margaret, born October 11, 1807: md. Jacob Roth (Rhode) Jr.: issue;
(8)Samuel, born May 16, 1810: more below;
(9)Susanna, born October 11, 1813: md. Adam Shoop: issue.
Daniel Weisel, Jr., was graduated from Princeton College in 1824 and immediately entered the office of Attorney Hoffman at Baltimore. While there he was graduated from the Baltimore Law School. In 1826 he was admitted to the Maryland Bar and the same year married Matilda, daughter of Amos and Sarah Theresa (Williams) Davis, the latter a niece of General Otho Holland Williams. In 1830, with a Mr. Tice, he established the Republican Banner, a Whig newspaper, at Williamsport. His editorials were so able and forcible as to attract widespread attention, including the publishers of the "National Intelligencer". In 1838 they moved to Hagerstown, where he gained a lucrative law practice. From 1847 to 1852 he was Associate Justice of the Judicial District comprising Frederick, Washington, and Allegheny Counties, when by a constitutional change the court was supplanted by the single judge system. In 1861 he was elected Judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit, comprising Washington and Allegheny Counties, and in 1864 became a Judge of the Court of Appeals of the state, going out of office with another constitutional change in the judicial system in 1867. He thereupon resumed private practice.
In 1868 he was Republican candidate for Congress in the 6th District, reducing the normal opposition majority from 2800 to 480. That year he was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D. by his alma mater, Princeton College. In 1872 he was Delegate-at-large from Maryland to the National Republican Convention that nominated Grant and Wilson.
HISTORY of the MARYLAND WEISELS
Judge Weisel was a founder of the Williamsport Bank and its president for many years. His benefactions were numerous and he was an ardent advocate of education. He participated in the promotion and foundation of the Hagerstown Lyceum and the Hagerstown Female Seminary, and also was a member of the Board of Visitors of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Frederick.
Judge Weisel died at Hagerstown on September 25, 1880, and was buried in the cemetery of the Trinity Lutheran Church there. Promptly upon his decease the Washington County Bar adopted a resolution eulogizing his distinguished career and his personal character, as set out on page 1126 of J. T. Scharf's History of Western Maryland. He was a man of sturdy independence of character, sincere convictions, and great earnestness of purpose . . . . the personification of gentlemanly bearing and professional courtesy. His portrait will soon be hung among those of the other judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals at Hagerstown. He left no children.
His brother, Dr. Samuel Weisel, was likewise an eminent man. He was graduated in medicine from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1832 and was an outstanding surgeon in western Maryland. On November 14, 1837, he married Susan M. Turner. He died on January 26, 1872, and his wife died on December 26, 1898, aged 89 years. A son, Dr. Daniel Weisel, was also an able surgeon, having served in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army and attained the grade of Captain and Assistant Surgeon. Me was born on August 29, 1838, and died on October 30, 1888. His wife, who was Isabel Waters, died on November 19, 1929. A daughter, Harriet, lives in Washington DC, and a son, Major Edmund T. Weisel, born September 21, 1878, served in the Field Artillery of the U.S. Army. During the World War (I) he was promoted to the temporary grade of Lieutenant-Colonel on General Staff duty. On October 15, 1922, he was retired on physical disability and died (unmarried) on October 31, 1927.
In 1786 the brothers Jacob, Jr., and Daniel migrated to the later-named Williamsport, Maryland, southwest of Hagerstown. Jacob, Jr., died unmarried on October 31, 1812, and was buried there. Daniel associated himself with a Mr. Humrichhouse in the merchandise business there and about 1790 married Margaret Startzman, born September 16, 1773, died July 28, 1817, daughter of Henry and Eve Startzman. Their house was one of the first erected on the banks of the Potomac River in that region.
Washington County, MD distribution of Estate, Item 304 (Estate record obtained from the Washington County Historical Society, Hagerstown, Maryland) Distribution of Estate Accounts, Washington County Maryland 1778-1835. Originally published by Traces in four volumes. Compiled by Dale Walton Morrow and Deborah Jensen Morrow. Willow Bend Books, Westminster MD, 2001.
Item 304 in the Distribution of Estate Accounts for Washington County lists:
Startzman, Eve and Henry: Adm. David 4/12/1828, Share held by George Householder for estate of Daniel Weisell, Martin, Henry, heirs of Margaret Weisel, Juliana Householder, Susannah Firey, David, Eve Kershner T. $663.00
STARTZMAN, Henry. Adm. Martin, David 12/31/1828; Martin, Henry, Rebecca, Julianna Householder, Susanna Fiery, David, Eve Kershner T $1046.59
With regard to probate records the wills are available by volumes by year on microfilm through any LDS Family History Center. A general idex for probate records 1777-1850 is also available on microfilm [FHL mf 14644] which might be the best place to start. Western Maryland Genealogy magazine published abstracts of the wills beginning in volume 9 in 1993. Morrow and Morrow have a volume on Wills of Washington County.
Info provided by Lauren Brantner, October 2004
Register of Wills, Bucks County, 55 Court Street, Doylestown, PA., Administration of the Estate of Jacob Weisel (Register of Wills, Bucks County, 55 Court Street, Doylestown, PA.).
Administration of the Estate of Jacob Weisel
(Handwritten)
Know all men by these presents that I Frederick Wisley of Bedminster Township eldest son that is now living in this State of Jacob Wisley late of the same place deceased, do by these presents renounce, release and quit claim to the Administration of the goods and chattel rights and credits whatsoever, which were of the said deceased, and desire that the same may be commuted to my brother George Wisely or to such persons as may be entitled thereto. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty third day of August anno Dom 1797.
Witness Present, Michael Weissell
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We, the auditors appointed to adjust and settle the accounts of George Weisel, Administrator of the Estate of Jacob Weisel deceased do report that upon examination of the accounts we find a balance of seven hundred and thirty two pounds and one shilling and five pence in the hands of the administrator. We also find that Daniel Weisel, one of the heirs, had received from his father Jacob Weisel, on the second day of January 1793, the sum of seventy three pounds, eleven shillings and nine pence which we have considered as an advancement. Therefore he will not be entitled to receive a child's full share out of the above balance but only the sum of thirty five pounds, seventeen shillings, eight pence, the residue to be distributed among the other heirs of the said Jacob Weisel deceased, agreeably to the accounts for the distribution of Intestate Estates. Witness our hands this nineteenth day of November Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and eight - 1808.
William Erwin, Ralph Stover, Geo. Burges
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Register's Office, Bucks County April 20th, 1809
The heirs, creditors , and other persons interested are desired to take notice, that George Weisel Administrator of Jacob Weisel last of the township of Bedminster deceased has filed in this Office the accounts of his Administration to the Estate of the said deceased, and that the same will be presented, for approbation and allowance, to an Orphans Court, to be held at Newtown, in and for the said County of Bucks, on the thirtieth day of May next at 10 o'clock A.M.
Register
We also find that Daniel Weisel, one of the heirs, had
received from his father Jacob Weisel, on the second day of January 1793, the
sum of seventy three pounds, eleven shillings and nine pence which we have
considered as an advancement.
Riverview Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland (Riverview Cemetery records obtained from the Washington County Historical Society, Hagerstown, Maryland).
Weisel, Jacob b. 5 Aug. 1753; d. 31 Oct. 1812
Weisel, Margaret b. 16 Sep. 1773; d 28 Jul 1817
Weisel, Daniel, Sr. b. in Bucks County, PA 19 Apr. 1765; d 19 May 1825
Weisel, Mary 3rd d/o Daniel and Margaret Weisel b. 6 Dec. 1799, d. 4 Apr. 1846
Shoop, A. d 26 Feb. 1873 age 65 yr, 8 mo, 22 da
Shoop, Susan w/o A. Shoop d. 23 Jan 1907 age 93 yr, 3 mo, 12 da
Rhode, Jacob Jr., b. 2 Jul 1804, d. 9 May 1875
Rhode, Margaret w/o Jacob Rhode b. 5 Oct. 1807, d. 8 Mar. 1870
Weisel, Dr. Samuel b. 10 May 1810, d. 26 Jan. 1872
Weisel, Susan M. w/o Dr. Samuel Weisel d. 26 Dec. 1898 age 89 yr.
Weisel, Samuel L. s/o Dr. Samuel and Susan M. Weisel d. 9 Jan. age 36 yr.
Weisel, Dr. Edmund T. 2nd s/o Dr. Samuel and Susan M. Weisel b. 12 Oct. 1840,
d. 3 Mar. 1870
Weisel, Marion E. b. 28 Nov. 1844, d. 25 Feb. 1890
Weisel, Daniel, Sr. b. in Bucks County, PA 19 Apr. 1765; d 19 May 1825
Book Index. Wysel, Daniel 122.
Wysel, Daniel 122
1800 United States Federal Census, Maryland.
Book Index 1800: (Compiled Jackson)
Wesel, Daniel Washington Co, MD 162 10020-21110-10
M: <10=1, 26-45=2 F: <10=2, 10-15=1, 16-25=1, 26-45=1
Book Index.
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland M252_16, p. 470
Weisel, Daniel 20011-21110-0
M: <10=2, 26-45=1, >45=1
F: <10=2, 10-15=1, 16-25=1, 26-45=1
Weisel, Jacob 00001-00000-0
M: >45=1
Web - Find A Grave www.findagrave.com. Memorial #: 118713391.
Daniel Weisel, Sr
Birth: 10 Apr 1765 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 19 May 1825 (aged 60)
Burial: River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Memorial #: 118713391
Bio: Information is from Washington County Cemetery Records recorded by Samuel Webster Piper before 1935-36. Found in the library and the Historical Society of Hagerstown, MD
Family Members
Spouse
Margaret Weisel 1773-1817
Children
Mary Weisel 1799-1846
Daniel Weisel 1803-1880
Created by: Bonnie (47199659)
Added: 14 Oct 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118713391/daniel-weisel
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for Daniel Weisel, Sr (10 Apr 1765–19 May 1825), Find A Grave Memorial no. 118713391, citing River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie (contributor 47199659) .
Washington County, MD distribution of Estate, Item 304 (Estate record obtained from the Washington County Historical Society, Hagerstown, Maryland) Distribution of Estate Accounts, Washington County Maryland 1778-1835. Originally published by Traces in four volumes. Compiled by Dale Walton Morrow and Deborah Jensen Morrow. Willow Bend Books, Westminster MD, 2001.
Item 304 in the Distribution of Estate Accounts for Washington County lists:
Startzman, Eve and Henry: Adm. David 4/12/1828, Share held by George Householder for estate of Daniel Weisell, Martin, Henry, heirs of Margaret Weisel, Juliana Householder, Susannah Firey, David, Eve Kershner T. $663.00
STARTZMAN, Henry. Adm. Martin, David 12/31/1828; Martin, Henry, Rebecca, Julianna Householder, Susanna Fiery, David, Eve Kershner T $1046.59
Relationship of Margaret Startzman to Henry Startzman is from abstractions of probate/estate of Henry and Eve Startzman.
Riverview Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland (Riverview Cemetery records obtained from the Washington County Historical Society, Hagerstown, Maryland).
Weisel, Jacob b. 5 Aug. 1753; d. 31 Oct. 1812
Weisel, Margaret b. 16 Sep. 1773; d 28 Jul 1817
Weisel, Daniel, Sr. b. in Bucks County, PA 19 Apr. 1765; d 19 May 1825
Weisel, Mary 3rd d/o Daniel and Margaret Weisel b. 6 Dec. 1799, d. 4 Apr. 1846
Shoop, A. d 26 Feb. 1873 age 65 yr, 8 mo, 22 da
Shoop, Susan w/o A. Shoop d. 23 Jan 1907 age 93 yr, 3 mo, 12 da
Rhode, Jacob Jr., b. 2 Jul 1804, d. 9 May 1875
Rhode, Margaret w/o Jacob Rhode b. 5 Oct. 1807, d. 8 Mar. 1870
Weisel, Dr. Samuel b. 10 May 1810, d. 26 Jan. 1872
Weisel, Susan M. w/o Dr. Samuel Weisel d. 26 Dec. 1898 age 89 yr.
Weisel, Samuel L. s/o Dr. Samuel and Susan M. Weisel d. 9 Jan. age 36 yr.
Weisel, Dr. Edmund T. 2nd s/o Dr. Samuel and Susan M. Weisel b. 12 Oct. 1840,
d. 3 Mar. 1870
Weisel, Marion E. b. 28 Nov. 1844, d. 25 Feb. 1890
Web - Find A Grave www.findagrave.com. Memorial #: 118713288.
Margaret Weisel
Birth: 16 Sep 1773
Death: 28 Jul 1817 (aged 43)
Burial: River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Memorial #: 118713288
Bio: Information is from Washington County Cemetery Records recorded by Samuel Webster Piper before 1935-36. Found in the library and the Historical Society of Hagerstown, MD
Family Members
Spouse
Daniel Weisel 1765-1825
Children
Mary Weisel 1799-1846
Daniel Weisel 1803-1880
Created by: Bonnie (47199659)
Added: 14 Oct 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118713288/margaret-weisel
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for Margaret Weisel (16 Sep 1773–28 Jul 1817), Find A Grave Memorial no. 118713288, citing River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie (contributor 47199659) .
Historical note may have been submitted by Calvin Kephart, the historian., Weisel Family Association 1935 Reunion Program.
Weisel Family Association
Fourth Annual Reunion
All Related Branches
but Especially of the Descendants of
the Colonial Pioneers
George Michael and Susanna Weisel
1732
at Menlo Park, near Perkasie
Bucks County, Penna.
on Saturday, September 7, 1935
FOURTH ANNUAL REUNION APPROACHES
A heavy rainfall diminished to approximately 100 the attendance at the Third Annual Reunion last year, but a good time, good music, and profitable talks were nevertheless enjoyed by the faithful who braved the storm. Let us all come out for the Fourth Reunion on Saturday, September 7, and make it another occasion for congeniality of kinship and the renewal of family ties.
BEDFORD COUNTY (PA.) WEISELS
We should know more about those branches of the Bucks County Weisel stock that settled in other parts of the country, such as those who went to Bedford County, Pa., and to western Maryland shortly after 1800. Both had members who were prominent in their community and a credit to their ancestry. The data below relate to the Bedford County lines.
Among the nine children of George Weisel, a soldier of the Revolution, and Anna Mary (Weierbach) Weisel, representing the third generation in America, were (1) Jacob, born February 22, 1754, died April 12, 1839; (2) John (George), born April 5, 1758, died in December, 1844; (3) (John) Peter, born August 10, 1766, died November 6, 1851 ; and (4) John, born September 9, 1768, died December 25, 1864. All migrated to St. Clair twp., Bedford County, not far from Osterburg.
Jacob married Anna Maria (Silvius?), born August 4, 1783, died March 12, 1868, and had four daughters, (1) Mary, born January 9 1809, died August 28, 1875, wife of John Bradley (June 28, 1805-February 24, 1877), children Daniel, Edward, Catherine, and Mary; (2) Susanna, born October 28, 1810, died February 22, 1875, wife of Thomas Allison (February 22, 1807-July 3, 1886), child Robert W.; (3) Catherine (1814-1891) and (4) Sarah (1822-1890), unmarried.
John (George) married (1) Sarah (Pfeil?) and (2) Anna Barbara - and had by Sarah the following children (not necessarily in this order), (1) John (married - Hoover?), (2) David (to Somerset County, Pa.), (3) Abraham (married Elizabeth Mann), (4) James (married Mary Reimund), (5) Philip (married Mary Nycum), (6) Isaac (married Jane Dorsey), (7) Michael (unmarried), (8) Samuel (to Fort Wayne, Indiana), (9) Mary (married Jacob Mechtley), (10) Elizabeth (married Adam Bowers), and (11) Sarah (married a Mechtley).
(John) Peter was unmarried.
John married Margaret Schneider in Bucks County on September 29, 1796, as shown in the Tohickon church records, and their children were (1) Samuel, born 1797 (married Polly Fetters), (2) Jacob, born 1798, died 1839 (married Anna Maria ___), (3) Daniel, born 1801 (married Elizabeth Poff in Wayne County, Ohio, settled in Portland, Indiana), (4) John, born 1803 (married Rebecca Ronce), (5) Susan, born 1805 (married --- Prosser), (6 and 7) Mary and Hannah (died young), (8) Sarah born 1810 (married Daniel Fetters), (9) Rachel born 1812 (married Jacob Walters), ( 10) Rebecca, born 1815 (married John Fickes), (11) Josiah, born 1817 (married Amelia Heller), our secretary's line, and (12) Hester, born 1820 (married Fred Shimer).
John (George's) son John had a son Levi, who went to Ohio. His daughter Eliza married Joseph L. Dougherty.
His son Honorable Abraham Weisel, born December 31, 1801, was an early manager of Bedford Springs and was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1841-42. He was an elder in Friend's Cove Reformed Church. Children: Samuel, William, Margaret, Simon Peter, John, Hannah, George, Mary Jane, Henrietta, Abraham, Jr., and Joseph F. Abraham Jr., born February 14, 1844, married Malinda Hartman, and their children include William F., merchant at Bedford, and the late James Harold, a noted musician and composer at Pittsburgh.
Another son, Philip, and his wife Mary (Nycum) had children: Mary Matilda (married (1) Elias Diehl, children Jennie and William, and (2) Samuel Nicodemus, daughter Etta), Sarah Ellen (married John P. Reed, descendant of Montgomery County colonial Riedt family), William (unmarried), Emma (married Biven Middleton), and Henrietta (unmarried).
Another son, Isaac, and his wife Jane (Dorsey) lived near North Baltimore, Ohio. Descendants now reside at Los Angeles, Calif.
Original source for birth record in the newsletter is unknown.
Historical note may have been submitted by Calvin Kephart, the historian., Weisel Family Association 1935 Reunion Program.
1936 Weisel Family Association
Fifth Annual Reunion
at Forest Park, Chalfont, Bucks County, PA
on Saturday, September 5, 1936
Fifth Annual Reunion Approaches
The Committee on Arrangements is looking forward to this year's meeting as the largest and most enjoyable so far. Forest Park, a beautiful picnic grove, has been chosen because of the many advantages not heretofore available. A modern sanitary swimming pool and a few amusements will make the youngsters glad they came, and the location of this park makes it convenient for the Bucks County Weisels as well as the others. Support the plans of the committee by bringing the whole family. Pack a picnic lunch and we will all have a good old Weisel outing.
HISTORY OF THE MARYLAND WEISELS
Brief mention has been made at earlier reunions of the Maryland branch of the Weisel family of Bucks County. It is now fitting that some of the facts of the illustrious group should be made more generally known.
Jacob Weisel, Sr., son of the colonial pioneers, born about 1726, married Ann Margaret (surname not known) early in 1750 and they had the following children.
(1)Frederick, born January 1, 1751, died unmarried at Williamsport, PA, on November 1, 1838;
(2)Jacob, Jr., born August 5, 1753; more later;
(3)Anna Catherine, born March 18, 1756; died August 18, 1758;
(4)John, born July 6, 1758, no further data;
(5)George, born January 29, 1761, died June 12, 1835: married Elizabeth
Hoenig (Haney) January 18, 1788, born March 18, 1760, died March 8, 1858,
descendants around Williamsport, PA;
(6)Henry (?): uncertainty as to this name;
(7)Daniel, born April 10, 1766; more later;
(8)Maria Elizabeth, born July 9, 1769, died September 14, 1840, unmarried, at Williamsport, Penna.
In our struggle for independence, Jacob, Sr., served as an Ensign and First Lieutenant, and Frederick as a private in the Bucks County militia, and Jacob, Jr. served as a gunner in Captain Joseph Watkins' 1st Company, Artillery Battalion of Philadelphia. In 1786 the brothers Jacob, Jr., and Daniel migrated to the later-named Williamsport, Maryland, southwest of Hagerstown. Jacob, Jr., died unmarried on October 31, 1812, and was buried there. Daniel associated himself with a Mr. Humrichhouse in the merchandise business there and about 1790 married Margaret Startzman, born September 16, 1773, died July 28, 1817, daughter of Henry and Eve Startzman. Their house was one of the first erected on the banks of the Potomac River in that region. Their children were:
(1)Jacob, born May 2, 1791;
(2)Elizabeth, born November 17, 1792: married Daniel Cyester, no issue;
(3)George, born January 29, 1796;
(4)Sarah, born 1797, married Skipwith Wilson: issue;
(5)Mary, born December 6, 1799, unmarried: died April 4, 1846;
(6)Daniel, Jr., born January 26, 1803: more below;
(7)Margaret, born October 11, 1807: md. Jacob Roth (Rhode) Jr.: issue;
(8)Samuel, born May 16, 1810: more below;
(9)Susanna, born October 11, 1813: md. Adam Shoop: issue.
Daniel Weisel, Jr., was graduated from Princeton College in 1824 and immediately entered the office of Attorney Hoffman at Baltimore. While there he was graduated from the Baltimore Law School. In 1826 he was admitted to the Maryland Bar and the same year married Matilda, daughter of Amos and Sarah Theresa (Williams) Davis, the latter a niece of General Otho Holland Williams. In 1830, with a Mr. Tice, he established the Republican Banner, a Whig newspaper, at Williamsport. His editorials were so able and forcible as to attract widespread attention, including the publishers of the "National Intelligencer". In 1838 they moved to Hagerstown, where he gained a lucrative law practice. From 1847 to 1852 he was Associate Justice of the Judicial District comprising Frederick, Washington, and Allegheny Counties, when by a constitutional change the court was supplanted by the single judge system. In 1861 he was elected Judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit, comprising Washington and Allegheny Counties, and in 1864 became a Judge of the Court of Appeals of the state, going out of office with another constitutional change in the judicial system in 1867. He thereupon resumed private practice.
In 1868 he was Republican candidate for Congress in the 6th District, reducing the normal opposition majority from 2800 to 480. That year he was awarded the honorary degree of LL.D. by his alma mater, Princeton College. In 1872 he was Delegate-at-large from Maryland to the National Republican Convention that nominated Grant and Wilson.
HISTORY of the MARYLAND WEISELS
Judge Weisel was a founder of the Williamsport Bank and its president for many years. His benefactions were numerous and he was an ardent advocate of education. He participated in the promotion and foundation of the Hagerstown Lyceum and the Hagerstown Female Seminary, and also was a member of the Board of Visitors of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Frederick.
Judge Weisel died at Hagerstown on September 25, 1880, and was buried in the cemetery of the Trinity Lutheran Church there. Promptly upon his decease the Washington County Bar adopted a resolution eulogizing his distinguished career and his personal character, as set out on page 1126 of J. T. Scharf's History of Western Maryland. He was a man of sturdy independence of character, sincere convictions, and great earnestness of purpose . . . . the personification of gentlemanly bearing and professional courtesy. His portrait will soon be hung among those of the other judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals at Hagerstown. He left no children.
His brother, Dr. Samuel Weisel, was likewise an eminent man. He was graduated in medicine from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1832 and was an outstanding surgeon in western Maryland. On November 14, 1837, he married Susan M. Turner. He died on January 26, 1872, and his wife died on December 26, 1898, aged 89 years. A son, Dr. Daniel Weisel, was also an able surgeon, having served in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army and attained the grade of Captain and Assistant Surgeon. Me was born on August 29, 1838, and died on October 30, 1888. His wife, who was Isabel Waters, died on November 19, 1929. A daughter, Harriet, lives in Washington DC, and a son, Major Edmund T. Weisel, born September 21, 1878, served in the Field Artillery of the U.S. Army. During the World War (I) he was promoted to the temporary grade of Lieutenant-Colonel on General Staff duty. On October 15, 1922, he was retired on physical disability and died (unmarried) on October 31, 1927.
Original source for birth record in the newsletter is unknown.
Zion Lutheran church in Williamsport, MD (Church records obtained from the Washington County Historical Society, Hagerstown, Maryland).
p. 110: Sara of Daniel Weisel and wife Margaretha b. Feb. 25, 1797 bap. May
14, 1797, Witness: Juliana Startzman
p. 111: A. Maria of Daniel Weisel and wife Margaretha b. Dec. 6, 1799 bap.
Mar. 16, 1800, Witness: Eva Startzman]
[There were no births of Weisel children in the records of the Reformed
church in Williamsport, and only two births from church records of the Zion
Lutheran church in Williamsport, MD]
p. 110: Sara of Daniel Weisel and wife Margaretha b. Feb. 25, 1797 bap. May
14, 1797, Witness: Juliana Startzman
Ibid.
p. 110: Sara of Daniel Weisel and wife Margaretha b. Feb. 25, 1797 bap. May
14, 1797, Witness: Juliana Startzman
p. 111: A. Maria of Daniel Weisel and wife Margaretha b. Dec. 6, 1799 bap.
Mar. 16, 1800, Witness: Eva Startzman]
[There were no births of Weisel children in the records of the Reformed
church in Williamsport, and only two births from church records of the Zion
Lutheran church in Williamsport, MD]
p. 111: A. Maria of Daniel Weisel and wife Margaretha b. Dec. 6, 1799 bap.
Mar. 16, 1800, Witness: Eva Startzman]
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Mary Weisel
Birth: 6 Dec 1799
Death: 4 Apr 1846 (aged 46)
Burial: River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Memorial #: 118713498
Bio: Information is from Washington County Cemetery Records recorded by Samuel Webster Piper before 1935-36. Found in the library and the Historical Society of Hagerstown, MD3rd dau. of Daniel & Margaret Weisel
Family Members
Parents
Daniel Weisel 1765-1825
Margaret Weisel 1773-1817
Siblings
Daniel Weisel 1803-1880
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Added: 14 Oct 2013
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Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for Mary Weisel (6 Dec 1799–4 Apr 1846), Find A Grave Memorial no. 118713498, citing River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie (contributor 47199659) .
1850 United States Federal Census, Maryland. p. 133, M432_298, 177 199.
1850 US Federal Census, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
Weisel, D. 46 M Judge 4500 MD
Weisel, Matilda 50
Brown, Mary 35 F B
Dorsey, Thos 65 M B
Vener, Cath 20 M B
1880 United States Federal Census, Maryland. NA Film Number T9-0516, p. 74A.
Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland,
D.W. WEISEL Self W Male W 76 MD Lawyer MD MD
1850 United States Federal Census, Maryland.
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, p.2 M432_298
Weisel, Samuel 40 M Physcian 50 MD
Weisel, Susan 40 F MD
Weisel, Daniel 12 M MD
Weisel, E. T. 10 M MD
Weisel, M. 7 F MD
Weisel, Mary 3 F MD
Farmer, Eliza 21 F MD
1860 United States Federal Census, Maryland.
Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, 2 July 1860, p. 74
Weisel, Samuel 49 M Physician 1600 5000 MD
Weisel, Susan 49 F MD
Weisel, Daniel 21 M MD
Weisel, Edward 18 F MD
Weisel, Mary Ann 15 F MD
Weisel, Mary 13 F MD
Weisel, Samuel 9 M MD
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Dr Samuel Weisel
Birth: 10 May 1810
Death: 26 Jan 1872 (aged 61)
Burial: River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Memorial #: 119899673
Bio: Information is from Washington County Cemetery Records recorded by Samuel Webster Piper before 1935-36. Found in the library and the Historical Society of Hagerstown, MD
Family Members
Spouse
Susan M. Turner Weisel 1809-1898
Children
Edmund T. Weisel 1840-1870
Samuel L. Weisel 1851-1887
Created by: Bonnie (47199659)
Added: 6 Nov 2013
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Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for Dr Samuel Weisel (10 May 1810–26 Jan 1872), Find A Grave Memorial no. 119899673, citing River View Cemetery, Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie (contributor 47199659) .