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David Wampler

Male Abt 1757 - 1842  (~ 85 years)


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  • Name David Wampler 
    Born Abt 1757  of Lebanon Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Mar 1842  Madison Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Dunkard Cemetery, Taylorsburg, Montgomery, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1191  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Hans Peter Wampfler,   c. 4 Aug 1722, Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 30 Jun 1792, , Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Anna Barbara Brenneisen,   b. 6 Mar 1725, Sinsheim, Heidelberg, Badden Wurttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1782, , Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 26 Sep 1743  Swatara Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Catherine Englar,   b. 27 Jul 1763, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1824, , , Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married Bef 1790  of, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Sanchwick,   d. 9 Sep 1848, , Montgomery, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 7 Oct 1824  , Montgomery, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F807  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. I am not yet sure what order this individual and siblings are ordered for birth. Their father, Hans Peter's will, has the following for order except that he lists all the boys before the girls. Order of sons are David, Jacob, John, and Daniel. Order of the daughters are Barbara, Eve, Christiana, Philipenia, and Ann. Donna Shell as cited below orders these siblings as follows [she does not show the eleventh child Michael]:
      Eva, b. 1744 at Lancaster Co., PA.
      Philipena, b. 1746 at Lancaster Co., PA.
      Joseph, 1749 at Lancaster Co., PA.
      Ann, 1752 at Lancaster Co., PA.
      Christina, 1753 at Lancaster Co., PA.
      Daniel, 1755 at Lancaster Co., PA.
      David, 1757 at Lancaster Co., PA.
      Jacob, 1759 at Lancaster Co., PA(?).
      Barbara, 1767 at Frederick Co., MD.
      John, b. 11 Sep 1768 at Frederick, MD.
      Roy H. Wampler orders them as follows but he does note that his sequence is uncertain.
      Eve, b. ca. 1744-46, PA.
      Joh. Michael, b. 6 Oct 1747, PA; prob. died bef. 1792 since he is not mentioned in father's will.
      Joh. Jacob, b. 1749, PA.
      Anna Elisabetha or Ann, b. 28 Oct 1750, PA.
      Philiptenia or Phoebe, b. ca. 1751/52, PA.
      Barbara.
      Joseph.
      Christiana [Christina], b. ca 1760/61, PA.
      David, b. 1765, PA.
      John, b. 1768, PA.
      Daniel, b. 1770, MD.

      2. The following notes are from 23 Feb 2004 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" by Donna Shell with email dani5322@netzero.net:
      a. Paper on "John & Ludwig Wampler, Sons of the Immigrant Christian Wampler (1718-1765), with Notes on William Wampler (1813-1886)" by Roy H. Wampler, dtd. 15 July 1988. David moved to Montgomery Co., OH in abt 1825, pp. 27 & 28. [Kerry's note: I reviewed this book at FHL in Salt Lake City - FHL book 929.273 W181wr.] b. David Wampler vs The Heirs of Peter Wampler. B54. pp318-325. From the Maryland Archives, Annapolis, Maryland, Microfilm SR5153 p. 318. Sent to me on 20 Apr. 1999 by Kyle Graybeal. c. 1790 Frederick Co., MD Census. Book, by Genealogical Pub. Co., p 58: 1 male over 16, 2 under 16, & 1 female. d. 1800 Frederick Co., MD Census Index, p. 902, line 17. ?

      3. The European surname was Wampfler which was anglicized to Wampler after Hans Peter Wampfler's immigration in 1741. All Wamplers today in America are descended from either Hans Peter or his brother Johann Christian who immigrated in 1747. The surname Wampfler in America is from other Wampfler immigrants from the mid-1800's when record keeping was more accurate and authorities were more sensitive to cultural spelling of names.

      4. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999, pp. 28-29, mentions this child in regard to an 1803 sale of a piece of property after the death of Barbara Wampler: "After his marriage, Peter Wampler continued to live in Lebanon (then Lancaster) County until at least 1759... By 1762 Peter Wampler was paying taxes in Reading Twp., Adams (then York) County PA, and on 7 Aug 1765 he was granted Warrant No. 2577 for 200 acres of land in Reading Township; the land was surveyed on 10 Dec 1765. In 1770 Peter Wampler purchased land in Frederick Co., Maryland, and he lived there until his death in 1792. His name also appears in land records of 1775, 1787, and 1792-94. The tracts which he bought in the 1770s were named 'Park Hall (or Pork Hill)' and 'Mattingsly.' It is known that these tracts are situated in the western part of present-day Carroll County, in the vicinity of New Windsor. A deed executed on 5 June 1792, shortly before his death, gives his occupation as 'Weaver.' Thus he followed the tradition of his European ancestors who had practiced the trade of weaving. A deed executed in 1793 (after his death) pertains to a 126-acre tract called "The Resurvey of Hunting Lot' which he had bought from Philip Fishburn and which according to his will, was to belong to his wife during her widowhood. In the 1790 census, Peter Wampler is listed as a head of family in Frederick County, MD, with two males of 16 years and upward, one male under 16 years, and three females comprising his household. Peter wrote his will on 8 Jun 1792, naming Martin Gerber/Garber Sr. as his executor, with Joshua Howard, Abraham Crumbacker and Philip Engler as witnesses. The will was probated on 30 Jun 1792... On 9 Feb 1796 the executor, Martin Gerber/Garber submitted his account to the Orphan's Court. He reported assets of 1561 pounds, 11 shillings, 1 penny, payments on behalf of the estate totaling 331.18.9, leaving a balance due the heirs of 1229.12.4. Among the payments were 270 pounds paid to Philip Fishburn (evidently to complete the purchase of a tract of land), various sums related to building a house for the widow as had been stipulated in Peter's will (including 9 shillings 9 pence paid to Jno. Grabell 'for whiskey for workmen'), and a legacy of 20 pounds which the testator left to Martin Garber 'for his trouble in settling the estate.' Abraham Hartman, one of Peter Wampler's sons-in-law, is mentioned as a workman on the widow's house. At the end of the executor's account is a statement: 'Then came Martin Garver, who being a Dunker, solemnly affirmed and declared that the aforegoing Acct is just and true as it stands stated...' Earlier, when the will was presented for probate, a similar statement was made: 'Then Abraham Crumbacker and Philip Engler, two of the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing... will... solemnly affirmed and declared that they did see the Testator therein named Sign and Seal this will...' One can conclude that these two witnesses, as well as the executor, were of the Dunkard faith. Like the Quakers, the Dunkers refused to take oaths because of religious scruples; instead, they 'solemnly affirmed and declared' any statements which they were required to make in legal proceedings. According to Guy Edgar Wampler Jr., a 4th-great grandson of Hans Peter Wampler, Hans Peter became affiliated with the Dunkers in the 1760s... One matter remained to be settled after the death of Barbara Wampler in 1800. Peter Wampler had devised to his wife during her widowhood all the land that he had bought of Philemon Fishburn, and after her marriage or death this land was to be sold by his executor. The executor, Martin Garber, however, died before this duty could be discharged. Thus the matter fell into the domain of the Chancery Court. Particulars of the case are given in records of this court. David Wampler, one of Peter's sons, acted as plaintiff and the other heirs were named as defendants. The plaintiff's solicitor recited the pertinent facts: Peter Wampler on 8 June 1792, being seized of divers Real Estate, duly made his last will and testament, and he devised that the real estate should be sold by his executor, and he constituted Martin Garber his executor; the said executor died without discharging the trust reposed in him; Letters of Administration De Bonis Non were granted to the plaintiff, David Wampler. The Testator left the following children and heirs: David Wampler, Jacob, John, Daniel and Joseph Wampler; Barbara wife of John Warts; Eve wife of Henry Kinzig (Kinsey); Phebe wife of Jacob Engler; Christiana wife of Peter Graybill; Ane wife of Abraham Hartman; and Jacob Snider. On 4 Sep 1802 the court appointed David Wampler as trustee to sell the land; sureties were named. On 26 Mar 1803, the trustee, David Wampler, reported that the tract of land, known as 'The Resurvey of Hunting Lott,' had been sold to John Fox for 470 pounds 5 shillings. The final record shows that court costs were paid, and then each of the heirs (named above) received 1/11 of the balance, or 39 pounds 13 shillings 11-1/2 pence each. Before the trustee sold this property, he placed an advertisement in a newspaper of Frederick, MD: 'Chancery sale of tract, Resurvey of Hunting Lot, 1 mile from David Roop's Mill, near mouth of Beaver Dam creek, possessed by Peter Wampler, Frederick County, deceased - David Wampler, trustee.' [ i. F. Edward Wright, "Western Maryland Newspaper Abstracts (Vol. 2), 1799-1805," Family Line Publ., Silver Spring, MD; 1986, item 573, "Frederick-Town Herald," 19 Mar 1803.] From the information given in this notice one can determine that the property was located in present -day Johnsville District, Frederick County. Beaver Dam Creek flows northward through Johnsville District and runs into Little Pipe Creek. A German Baptist, or Dunkard, church was situated northeast of Johnsville, close to Beaver Dam Creek, and it is known that the Martin Garber family who bought land in this area in 1771 was active in the German Baptist community."

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. Mentioned as the child David Wampler in Peter Wampler's will signed 8 June, 1792, probated 30 June, 1792; Source: Liber G. M. No. 2, Folio 444, Frederick County, Maryland; see Peter's notes for full transcription. Order of sons' mentions are David, Jacob, John, and Daniel. Order of the daughters are Barbara, Eve, Christiana, Philipenia, and Ann.

      2. FHL 929.273 book "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, 1999, pp. 30, 47-50:
      a. "David Wampler, b. 1765, PA; d. 25 Mar 1842 (at age 77), Montgomery Co., OH; bur. at Dunkard Cem., Taylorsburg, Randolph Twp., Montgomery Co., OH. mar. (1) MD, Catherine Englar, b. 27 Jul 1763, PA, d. 14 Jan 1824, MD; bur. at Ambrose-Leatherman Cemetery, near Myersville, MD.; md. (2) 1824, Montgomery Co., Oh, Mary ( - -) Senseney, d. 9 Sep 1848, Montgomery Co., OH; bur. at Fort McKinley Cemetery, Madison Twp., Montgomery Co., OH. David Wampler lived in Maryland until 1824 when he moved to near Dayton, Montgomery County, OH. David's first wife, Catherine, was the eldest dau. of Philip Englar (1736-1817) and his wife Margaret Holverstot (1742-1819), natives of Europe who settled in Maryland in 1764. David's second wife, Mary, was the widow of Isaac Senseney (ca. 1766-1804) of Carroll (then Frederick) Conty, Md. Isaac and Mary Senseney were the parents of five children: John and Isaac Senseney, Mary who married Jacob Cook, Elisabeth who married George Winter, and Catherine who married George McGee. David Wampler bought a tract of land in Frederick County, MD, in 1793, and his name appears in other Frederick Co. land records up to 1822. Tax assessment records of 1798 show that he then owned land in present-day Carroll (then Frederick) County. When he sold a tract called 'The Range' on Little Pipe Creek, near New Windsor, on 5 Apr 1822, his wife Catherine relinquished her right of dower. He had purchased this tract in 1817 from the heirs of Isaac Senseney among whom was Isaac's widow Mary. The same Mary Senseney would later become David's second wife. A history of the Englar family states that "David Wampler was deacon of Pipe Creek (church) before he moved to Ohio in 1826 (sic)." The German Baptist, or Dunkard, church known as Pipe Creek (organized in 1758) was located close to Little Pipe Creek, between New Windsor and Uniontown. In 1824 David and Catherine Wampler were living in the Middletown Valley of Frederick County, MD. A month after Catherine died, David had a public sale of his livestock and farming utensils, and soon afterward he moved to Montgomery County, Ohio. His marriage to Mary Senseney took place in Ohio later in 1824. He was listed as a taxpayer in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1825. His will written 13 Aug 1841 and recorded in Montgomery County, Ohio, in April 1842, made bequests to his wife Mary, his granddaughter Margaret Wampler of Montgomery Co., OH (dau. of Samuel Wampler, deceased); his granddaughter Amanda Wampler of Montgomery Co., OH (dau. of Daniel Wampler, deceased); and granddaughters Julia Ann Johnson and Ann Maria Brown of Frederick County, MD; he stated that he had already given his son Philip Wampler by way of advancement his full share of the estate. The will of Mary Wampler, David's widow, was recorded in 1848. She left her estate to her five children by Isaac Senseney, and she made a conditional bequest to a granddaughter, Eliza Cook. Her son, Isaac Senseney, was named to be her executor."
      b. Issue by Catherine (sequence unknown):
      i. Phillip E. Wampler, b. 10 Jan 1790, MD; d. 1 May 1878, Montgomery Co., OH; bur. at Ft. McKinley Cem., Madison Township, Montgomery Co., OH., md. 27 Apr 1815, Baltimore Co., MD, Catherine Royer, b. 21 Feb 1797; d. 28 Sep 1867, Montgomery Co., OH; bur. at same cemetery; dau. of Peter Royer (1775-1842) and his wife Anna Roop (ca. 1775-1858) of Carroll Co., MD. Philip was an elder of the German Baptist (Dunkard) church. In 1825 or 1826 he and his family moved from Carroll (then Frederick) County,MD, to Montgomery Co., Ohio. [The book has a transcription of an 1830 letter from Catherine Royer Wampler to her mother with many relatives listed including her brother-in-law: "Daniel Wampler is in very poor state of health since last summer and its very doubty if he will recover." The book also lists issue of 12 children and 112 grandchildren of this couple.
      ii. Samuel Wampler, d. by 1841, md. 1824, Montgomery Co., OH, Mary Priddy. The 1830 census of Ohio lists a Widow Wampler in Jefferson Twp., Montgomery County. Probably this was the widow of Samuel Wampler. The book also lists one child of this marriage.
      iii. Daniel Wampler died between 1830 and 1841., md. 29 Jan 1824, Frederick Co., MD, Mary Brown. Moved to Montgomery Co., OH, by 1830. The book also lists one child of this marriage.
      iv. Mary Wampler, b. 5 Mar 1794, d. 22 Mar 1839 in MD, bur. at United Brethren Cemetery, Thurmont, MD., md. 1812, Henry Funderburg, b. 16 Apr 1788, d. 6 Feb 1836, bur at Lewistown, MD., son of Walter Fundenburg, Jr. and Elizabeth Stedbacker of Frederick Co., MD. Book lists 5 children of this marriage.
      c. Referenced sources:
      i. Gravestone Inscriptions, Montgomery Co., OH: (1) Dunkard Cemetery, Taylorsburg, Randolph Twp.; (2) Fort McKinley Cemetery, Madison Township. Furnished by Nancy Kiddoo, Whippany, NJ, Oct 1990.
      ii. Peter Wampler's will signed 8 June, 1792, probated 30 June, 1792; Source: Liber G. M. No. 2, Folio 444, Frederick County, Maryland.
      iii. Chancery Court, Vol. B54, pp. 318-325, David Wampler vs. the Heirs of Peter Wampler; proceedings dated 4 Sep 1802 to 5 Oct 1803, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD.
      iv. "The Brethren Encyclopedia," 2 vols., Philadelphia, PA and Oak Brook, IL."
      v. L.M. Brien, "A Genealogical Index of Pioneers in the Miami Valley, Ohio," Colonial Dames of America, Dayton, OH, 1970. David Wampler's entry (p. 184) found to contain errors. See "Problems Arising from Erroneous Data" at the end of Chapter 2 of this work for a list of these errors.
      vi. US Censuses for Montgomery Co., OH, 1830 and 1840.
      vii. US Censuses for Frederick Co., MD, 1800, 1810, and 1820.
      viii. "Heads of Families at the First Census of the US Taken in the Year 1790: Maryland," Government Printing Office, Washington, DC., 1907.
      ix. "The Carroll Record Histories of Northwestern Carroll County Communities" (first printed in the 1890s) ed. by J.M. Getty; Historical Society of Carroll County, Westminster, MD, 1994.
      x. LDS IGI for Virginia and Ohio as of March 1992.
      xi. David Wampler's will written 28 Apr 1881, recorded 23 Jul 1887; Will Book N, pp. 231-4, Montgomery Co., OH.
      xii. Gravestone inscription for Catharina Wampler (1763-1824) at Ambrose-Leatherman family cemetery, east of Route 153, between Myersville and Ellerton, MD; furnished along with other data by Mrs. Lloyd Spade (nee Leah Leatherman), Smithsburg, MD, 27 July and 11 Aug 1999.
      xiii. Vivian Englar Barnes, "Genealogy of the Englar Family," Taneytown, MD, 1929. Includes David Wampler (1765-1842), son of Hans Peter Wampler Jr., and certain descendants. Found to contain some errors: Katherine, Margaret and Anna are alleged to be children of David Wampler, but they were actually his grandchildren.
      xiv. "A History of McKinstry Mills," by Jesse P. Garner, printed in the Carroll Record, Taneytown, MD, 1895. Contains data on Senseney and Englar families. Reprinted in the "Carroll Record Histories." (See item ix above.)
      xv. Land records (1793-1822), Frederick County, MD, pertaining to David Wampler.
      xvi. Isaac Senseney's will, written 27 Sep 1804, Will Book GMRB1, pp. 78-9, Frederick County, MD.
      xvii. Mary Wampler's will, written 19 Feb 1844, recorded Nov. 1848, Will Book D, p. 454, Case No. 2127; Montgomery Co., OH.
      xviii. Jacob M. Holdcraft, "Names in Stone: 75,000 Cemetry Inscriptions from Frederick County, Maryland," 2 vols., Anna Arbor, MI, 1966.
      xix. Dielman-Hayward file, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD.
      xx. George J. Horvath, Jr., "The Particular Assessment Lists for Baltimore and Carroll Counties [Maryland], 1798," Famly Line Pubs., Silver Spring, MD; 1986.
      xxi. C.E. SChildknecht, Editor, "Monocacy and Catoctin, Vol. 1," Shippensburg, PA; 1985.
      xxii. Carol Willsey Bell, "Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850: An Index," Columbus, Ohio, 1981.
      xxiii. "Index of the Ohio 1825 Tax Duplicate," Gerald M. Petty, compiler, Columbus, OH; 1981.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Date and place with Catherine Englar surmised from birth of eldest son Philip as quoted above.