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1. The following notes are from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" by Donna Shell 25 Aug 2001 with email dani5322@netzero.net - I have not yet verified these sources:
a. The book, "History of Western Civilization," by Hayes, Baldwin, & Cole. Pub. in 1962 by Macmillan Co. Pg 428. By the Treaty of Ryswich in 1697, which ended the War of the League of Augsburg, France secured full recognition of its ownership of the whole province of Alsace. b. "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D. Publication of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808. Vol. 1. Arrived on Ship Lydia on 29 Sept. 1741, and took the Oath. Pgs. 300-303. Age 18. The following information was provided by Joy Adams of Jeremiah, KY: Hans Peter Wampler, Jr. No. 162 came to the U.S.A on the ship "Lydia" with his parents and other siblings-it landed at Philadelphia, PA Sept. 29, 1741. Hans Peter Jr. signed his name and gave his age as 18. c. Eichtersheim and Sinsheim Lutheran Records, per Annette K. Burgert,"18th Century Emigrants, Northern Kraichgau, PA German Soc. [Pertinent pages in custody of P. J. Phipps. Pg. 75.] d. Peter and Anna Barbara were married 26 Sept. 1743, Lancaster Co., PA in Hill Lutheran Church, Swatara, by Rev. John Casper Stover Sr. Married in Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lebanon Twp. Book of Records of Rev. John Casper Stover. Lebanon Co. Hist. Soc. Checked by Herb Bohler of Flemington, NJ. e. FGR from Glenn Kinzey of Prague, OK, dtd., 26 Dec 1992/notes. Has marriage in Swatara, Schuylkill Co., PA. (Could be Schuylkill Twp of Lancaster Co.) f. Lancaster Co., PA 1750 Tax Records, Vol. 3, by Gary Hawbaker & Clyde Groff shows a Peter Wampler in Bethel Twp. taxed for the year 1750. g. A Deed, Record, N-505 of Frederick Co., MD was issued to Peter Wampler Jr. from Richard Coroxall on 15 Dec. 1770. h. Book, "Wamplers in America," by G. M. Shouse - 929.273, W181 -sh. "Wampler Family History 1701-1980" by Fred Wampler 929.273 W 181-w. i. Families & History of Sullivan Co., TN, Vol.1, 1779-1992. Pg 626. [Kerry's note: I reviewed this book at FHL in Salt Lake City - FHL book 976.896H2] j. Data received from Ronnie Graybeal of Riverton, Utah under cover of ltr. dtd. 18 Aug. 1990. k. 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. (I have a copy). [Kerry's note: I reviewed this book at FHL in Salt Lake City - FHL book 929.273 W181wr.] l. 1790 Census, Frederick Co., MD. Book, by Genealogical Pub. Co. Pg 58 2 males over 16, 1 under 16 & 3 females. m. "Our Grable History," a paper by Joseph H. Piatt. I have a copy. n. The Wampler tannery was built in 1810 in Frederick Co., MD. (Don't know which Wampler was the builder). Source: History of Frederick Co.
2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 56-57 contains the following geographical information on Alsace: "No place in Europe has been subjected to more boundary changes than Alsace (in German this region is called Elsass). Today Alsace is part of France. It has changed hands between Germany and France many times. The culture of Alsace is German. Although it is part of France today, German is stll spoken freely in the smaller vallages... Alsace consists of the departments [states] of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin... It is the department of Bas-Rhin [Low Rhine] that will be of particular interest to us... [The book includes maps.] ...the distance between Keskastel to Hinsingen is about 2 miles. The French government has changed some of the German sounding village names to something that is easier to pronounce in French. The only name change that will concern us is Altweler. Today this village is called Altwiller. After wars between Germany (or, to be more exact, what was to become part of unified Germany) and France, boundaries in Alsace were often ill-defined. It is more meaningful to speak of our ancestors as being Alsatian, rather than German or French. To state that they were French is misleading, because their culture and language were German. To state that they were German is not in accord with the present boundaries of Germany. Please note that Alsace does border on the German states of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palitinate) and Saarland. Thousands of Swiss emigrated into the Rheinland (including Alsace) following the Thirty Years War (1618-1638). Most of this movement took place in the last half of the 1600's. Among these immigrants was Christian Wampfler of Diemtigtal, Zwischenflüh, Switzerland who was to settle in Sparsbach, Alsace." [Note: the villages of Keskatel, Hinsingen, Altwiller, Zollingen, and Diedendorf all appear to be within a 4-5 mile radius of Altwiller; however, this whole grouping of villages appear to be 20 or so miles west of Sparsbach and about 8 miles southwest of Herbitzheim.]
3. FHL Book 929.273, film 6005243, "John Jacob Eller and His Descendants with Other Pre-1800 Eller Immigrants to America," by the Eller Family Association, 1998, 817-297-1280, Chapter 1, concerning migration patterns in Colonial North Carolina and early pre-1800 immigrants:
"When the Ellers... arrived in Pennsylvania, they found all the productive land occupied, or available only at high prices. In the favored easterly sections, the cost of farms was almost prohibitive. Under these conditions the newly arrived German immigrants began to move southward, some stopping in Maryland, and some in the Shenandoah Valley. When word came of cheap and abundant land in North Carolina, particularly in Rowan County, that became the choice destination for a growing stream of German migrants who traveled south on the Great Wagon Road... [The Ellers presumed path from their homeland was] German Palatinate - Rhine River - Rotterdam - England - Philadelphia - Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Great Wagon Road - Crane Creek on the Yadkin River in Rowan County, North Carolina... Their arrival there began about 1745, the number increased markedly prior to 1760, and except for a decline during the French and Indian War, continued until the Revolutionary War. A large number of Scotch-Irish settlers had settled in Rowan County, and taken up the most fertile land prior to the arrival of the Germans. This left the land of less fertile soil to the east and southeast of Salisbury for the Germans."
"In colonial times two major travel routes entered North Carolina from the north. The Great Wagon Road began in Philadelphia, passed through the Shenandoah Valley, and entered the northern border of North Carolina. After crossing the Yadkin River at the 'Shallow Ford' west of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the road continued south to Rowan County and beyond. This was the route taken by most of the Pennsylvania Germans who came to North Carolina."
"Another route known as the Trading Path began in tide-water Virginia at Petersburg and joined the Great Wagon Road at the Trading Ford on the Yadkin River only a few miles east of the present town of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina… Until after the French and Indian War, which ended in 1761, the Indians, principally the Catawba and Cherokee tribes, were not far to the west of Salisbury."
"From the Trading Ford, the road continued southward into Cabarrus and Mecklenburg Counties and on into South Carolina. Situated strategically at the confluence of major travel and trading routes, Salisbury, founded in 1755, remained for decades the most western frontier town in North Carolina. Rowan County extended westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains to include the present state of Tennessee. This gave the distinction to Rowan County of being the largest ever in the United States. The trans-mountain region was destined to become the state of Tennessee in 1796, but first it was a part of the Cherokee Indian Nation, as was most of the mountain area of present western North Carolina… [It was] reported that settlers were coming from the north in hundreds of wagons, and in 1755 it was reported that 5,000 had crossed the James river in Virginia bound for Rowan County..."
"[During the French and Indian War of 1759-1760 which disrupted life in Rowan County, immigrant] Christian Eller [was] listed in a militia company in 1759 that was called up after an Indian attack near Salisbury. (Clark-1983, p. 851. Christian Eller listed on n Jacob Eller.)…"
"North Carolina is unique among coastal states in that settlement did not spread from the coast, but from the north and south… Also, from South Carolina came new settlers who settled in the western part of the state [of North Carolina]… In the last 16 years of the Colonial Era… south bound traffic along the Great Wagon Road was numbered in the tens of thousands. It was the most heavily traveled road in all America… A significant number [of settlers] moved to the head waters of the Yadkin River, then crossed the Appalachians on the Boon Trail, to settle… in an area that was destined to become the northeastern corner of the state of Tennessee… Some descendants of immigrant Eller families of Rowan County were drawn toward the western frontier. Peter Eller, eldest son of George Michael Eller, moved to the headwaters of the Yadkin in time to acquire choice land in Wilkes (now Ashe) County, North Carolina. George Eller, eldest son of Christian Eller, moved to the southeastern corner of Virginia; and John Jacob Eller, Jr., eldest son of John Jacob Eller, crossed the mountains, perhaps as early as 1779, into the Holston Valley in the future state of Tennessee…"
"The Germans… usually left Pennsylvania just after fall harvest and mad the journey down the Valley of Virginia in time to arrive in the fall, build their homes, and plant crops in the spring…"
4. Index of miscellaneous deeds from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. I am not sure of the relationship, if any, of all the parties herein listed and this is for reference only:
"Some Frederick County Maryland Deeds:
E-125 Joseph Grable to Jacob Funk, March 20, 1753
E-509 Joseph Grable to Jacob Funk, August 21, 1754 Agreement
F-244 Joseph Grable to Jacob Funk, May 28, 1757
F-393 Joseph Grable from James ___, February 11, 1758
K-782 Joseph Grable to Jacob Roland, November 19, 1766
K-782 Samuel Grable from Leonard White, November 14, 1766
K-743 Joseph Grable to Jacob Funk - Release
K-803 Martin Garver from Jacob Danner, December 19, 1766
K-1284 Henry Eller to Jacob Flora, June 6, 1767
L-515 John Garver from Jacob Danner, October 1, 1768
N-396 Leonard Kitzmiller from Samuel Stringer, October 10, 1770
N-505 Peter Wampler from Richard Coroxal, December 15, 1770
S-96 George Michael Eller from Edward Gaither
O-3 Henry Eller to David Buzzard, January 14, 1771
L-665 John Grable to Jacob Roland, May 1772
P-128 Henry Eller from Leonard Kitzmiller, June 13, 1772
P-110 Leonard Kitzmiller to Samuel Carver, June 13, 1772
BD1-539 John Garver to Jacob Danner, May 22, 1775- did not find
BD6-34 John Grabill to Jacob Danner, June 20, 1775
WR-2-543 Peter Grable to Michael Christ, May 26, 1779
WR-3-71 John Grabell to Wm. Renner, July 27, 1782
GM2-444 Peter Wampler, 1782
WR-4-98 Peter Grable to Michael Christ, May 26, 1779
WR-6-4 Henry Eller to Philip Fishburn, June 22, 1784
WR-6-84 Henry Eller to Francis B. Sappington, August 19, 1784
WR-3-205 John Grable from John Bowman, Bill of Sale
WR-7-332 John Grable and others to George Kitzburger, June 12, 1787
WR-7-616 John Grable to Paul Clapsdale, December 4, 1787
WR-8-505 John Grable from John Shuk, June 8, 1789 Bill of Sale
WR-9-194 John Grable from Sam Cole, April 30, 1790
WR-9-250 John Grable from Joseph Boyer, June 1, 1790
WR-9-46 Peter Grable from Martin Sheets, July 8, 1790
WR-9-546 Peter Grable from Henry Repp, December 7, 1790
WR-11-279 John Garber and others, September 24, 1791, Agreement
WR-11-210 John Wampler to Lazarus Findburg, November 21, 1792
WR-11-199 Joseph Wampler from Michael Baer, November 19, 1792
WR-11-587 Joseph Eller from Jacob Baer, May 31, 1793
WR 12-41 John Garber, Upton Scott and others, May 9, 1794 Agreement
WR 12-445 John Grable from Balser Riam, June 3, 1794
WR 12-447 John Grable from Balser Riam, June 3, 1794
WR 12-456 John Grable to Christian Ebey, June 6, 1794
WR 12-451 John Grable to Christian Ebey, June 6, 1794
WR 12-535 John Grable from Conrad Cragon, August 14, 1794
WR 12-516 John Grable to Rebecca Reynolds, July 30, 1794
WR 13-153 John Grable to Conrad Hi , March 26, 1795
WR 13-126 Joseph Eller from Frederick Murray, March 24, 1795
WR 13-449 Martin Garber from Richard Cook, August 11, 1795
WR 13-263 Martin Garber from Philip Fishburn, May 6, 1795
WR 15-481 John Grable from Negro Bill, July 5, 1797
WR 15-595 Joseph Eller from John Kerr, September 6, 1797
WR 15-518 Martin Garber from Richard Coal, August 8, 1797
WR 15-519 Joseph Grable from Martin Garber, August 8, 1797
WR 15-395 David Wampler from Joseph Grable, June 8, 1797
WR 17-44 Jacob Grable from Wm. Hardin, May 24, 1798
WR 19-71 David Wampler from Christian Simmons, October 8, 1799
WR 12-245 Peter Wampler from Samuel Chase, March 1794
WR 16-463 John Wampler from Joseph Baker, May 2, 1795
WR 17-302 John Garber from ___ Scott, October 2, 1798
WR 19-247 Joseph Eller from Jacob Young, January 16, 1800
WR 19-250 Joseph Eller to Jacob Pofsbarger, January 17, 1800
WR 19-252 Joseph Eller to Michael Minor Sr., January 17, 1800
WR 19-444 John Wampler to John Iler, April 16, 1800
WR 21-466 John Grable from Christian Leasner, September 17, 1801
WR 21-541 Jacob Garber to Joseph Baker, October 21, 1801
WR 23-227 Martin Carver and others to Samuel Garber, July 29, 1802
WR 23-228 Samuel Garber from Christian Garber and others, July 29, 1802
WR 23-229 Samuel Garber and others to Christian Garber, July 29, 1802
WR 23-231 John Garber from John Wampler, July 29, 1802
WR 23-234 John Wampler to Martin Garber, July 29, 1802
WR 22-548 Moses Grable from Craig Marshall, May 15, 1802
WR 20-41 Martin Garber from Wm. Head, June 21, 1800
WR 20-43 Martin Garber from Peter Kramer, June 28, 1800
WR 22-4 Moses Grable to Michael Freeze, November 3, 1801
WR 25-579 John Garber from Israel Bigler, May 8, 1804
WR 26-71 John Garber from Anna Garber and others, September 5, 1804
WR 27-544 Joseph Grable to Peter Grable, October 10, 1805
WR 39-561 John Grable from Peter Grable, May 22, 1811
WR 42-380 John Grable and others to State of Maryland, May 31, 1813
WR 44-85 John Grable to Louis Mottier, April 5, 1813"
5. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 88-91 notes that the ship Lydia arrived in Philadelphia carrying passengers identified as being from the Palatine (the present German state of Rhineland-Palatinate or Rheinland Pfalz in German. The book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, as cited above, points out that vertually all German speaking people coming to America during this era were identified as Palatines. Part of the passengers could be Palatines and the remaining passengers could be German speaking people from adjacent areas to the Palatine. This was the case for the passengers aboard the ship Lydia. The following Wampflers were listed on the ship:
Hans Peter Wampfler, 40 years of age.
Hans Peter Wampfler, 18 years of age.
Hans Michel Wampfler, 16 years of age.
There were assuredly more of the family aboard but only the males age 16 and older were listed. Considering the list was made by the captain prior to the departure of a voyage that took about 3 months, the ages work out exactly. The book as photocopies of first two males who signed their names but Hans Michel did not since he probably could not write yet. The christening records for Anna Magdalena Wampfler, Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr., and Hans Michael Wampfler all indicated the family left for America May 3, 1741. Also in the record books of Zollingen (the home of Anna Veronica Lung, the wife of Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr., the following words were written on 12 Apr 1755: "Peter Wampfler married Veronica Lung, the heiress of Jacob Lung, who was a citizen of Zollingen. They have for about 15 years been moved to the new land." This was probably written since she was an heiress to her mother who was the last of her parents to die in 1754. Also on the list of arriving passengers was a Johannes Mettauer (age listed as 25) who was the son of Samuel Mettauer and Anna Magdalena Wampfler and a nephew to Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.
Another book by the same author, "Wampler Family History, 1701-1980," pp. 1-4, adds additional insight into the voyage to America. In the late 1600's and concurrent with the internal conflicts within continental Europe, there was a visit by William Penn of Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the German States of the Rheinland. He assured these very productive farmers, whose farming efforts were now largely in vain because of political and religious wars, that if they were to come to his Province of Pennsylvania, they would be free to worship according to their own beliefs and they would have the civil liberties they desired. By 1683 there began a steady influx of German immigrants. By 1729 the new German immigrants were required by law to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and also an oath of abjuration and fidelity to the laws of Pennsylvania Province. The actual voyage itself began when families left their German homeland by boarding a boat on the Rhine River around the first of May and journeyed down the Rhine through many custom inspeciton stations. The ships were often detained at each station and each family had to spend money there for essential items. This trip from their homeland to where the ship departed in Holland usually took about 4-6 weeks. There was usually also another wait in Holland of 4-6 weeks before the English ships sailed. After embarking in Holland, the ship usually had a 1-2 week layover in England awaiting proper winds for the 8-12 week transatlantic voyage. In the case of the ship Lydia, James Allen was shipmaster and they sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, with an english port stop in Deal. The ships were crowded with not enough food and water. Disease was prevalent and many passengers died. Once the ships arrived n Philadelphia, health officers from the city inspected the ships for persons with infectious diseases and if such persons were identified, the ship was ordered to be removed one mile from the city. The Wampfler family swore allegiance to the British Crown upon arrival on Sep. 29, 1741. These foreigners had faith that their new homeland would allow them to farm, prosper, and worship God in peace.
6. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, p. 2, mentions both Michael and Peter Wampler as bondsmen to their mother who was adminstratrix of their father's estate upon his death: "Hans Peter Wampler lived less than 8 years after arriving in America and died intestate in 1749 at Lebanon, Lancaster Co., PA. His widow, Veronica, survived him and made application to be the administratrix of his estate on 24 Apr 1749. Michael Wampler and Peter Wampler, planters, were her bondsmen. The amount of the bond was 300 British pounds. Veronica was granted her request and under the condition of this obligation was required to make an inventory of the personal estate of her husband. An inventory and appraisement... was made 30 Apr 1749." For further information and a transcription of the inventory, See notes for Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.
7. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 5-6: "In the year 1757 there was much unrest and fear in Lebanon Township. The Shawnee and Delaware Indians were murdering and abducting many person ther. A letter written on 11 Aug 1757 from Hanover, Lancaster Co., PA, to the Governor of Pennsylvania read in part: '...We hear from Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, that on last Friday, four children were carried off by the Indians...'" Mrs. Shouse then quotes the Oct. 13, 1757 Pennsylvania Gazette article already quoted below; however, she seems unaware of the 1765 subsequent article which names two Wampler Children. She then continues: "The names of the children who were abducted are unknown. Some researchers of this line believe that two of the children were Eva and Christina. No proof has been found to substantiate this."
8. Found on Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":2696817"; I wrote on 10 Feb 2004 to the Lancaster, PA county library for confirmation of these quotes and have since received newspaper copies of both entries:
A. "The Pennsylvania Gazette (October 13, 1757) - By a letter from Hanover Township, in Lancaster County, dated the First Instant, we learn, that the children mentioned in our last to be carried off from Lebanon township, belonged to one Peter Wampler; that there were five of them, and taken away while their father and Mother were gone to the Meadow for a Load of Hay; and that the Indians likewise took from the House what they thought most valuable, and destroyed what they could not carry away, to a considerable Value. In the same Letter it is said, that the Frontiers are almost without Inhabitants; and that that Day, and the Day before, several Creatures were killed by the Enemy in Hanover Township and that on the Thursday before four People were killed in Berks County, and four made Prisoners, near the North Kill, by a party of Indians, supposed to be about Fifty."
B. The Pennsylvania Gazette (January 17, 1765) - List of Captives taken by the Indians, and delivered to Colonel Bouquet, by the Mingoes, Delawares, Shawanese, Wyondots and Mohickons, at Tuscarawas and Muskingam, in November, 1764. Pennsylvanians - Females and children = "..Christina Wampler..Christopher Wampler.."
9. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 5-6: "On 1 Nov 1749, Johan Peter Wampler and his wife Maria Barbara were sponsors at the baptism of John. Jacob Brenneisen, son of Jacob and Veronica Brenneisen. [Veronica is Peter's sister; I am unsure why Peter's wife is noted as Maria Barbara whereas her correct name is Anna Barbara - perhaps since the first name is religiously ceremonial in their culture, then Maria and Anna may be somewhat interchangeable. ] The baptismal ceremony was at the Hill Lutheran Church. Hans, Johan, and Johannes are all forms of the name John and this record was the last record located which indicated that Peter had a double given name. On 3 Mar 1751, Peter Wampler was sponsor at the baptism of Valentine Heylmann and wife, at the Hill Lutheran Church..." Mrs. Shouse mentions Peter's presence in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA in the year 1757 when the Indians carried off some of his children into captivity [see quote above]. She then continues: "Peter Wampler's name appeared on a tax list in Lebanon Twp. in 1759 and no further record has been found for him and his family in Lancaster Co., PA. There is a record of a Peter Wampler paying taxes in Reading Township, Adams County, PA in 1762, and a Peter Wampler was granted Warrant No. 2577 for 200 acres of land in Chester County, PA on 7 Aug 1765. This compiler has not investigated records of Adams and Chester Counties. The next record found for Peter Wampelr was in 1770 when he bought land in Frederick County, Maryland."
10. Wampfler is the proper surname for those Wamplers born in Alsace. It was anglicized to Wampler upon immigrating to America in 1741.
11. Book, "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, 1980, p. 91, has photocopies of three signatures of Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr. The first signature was written when he started his voyage to America and signed the ship's passenger list at age 18 in 1741. The second was in conjunction with his father's probate inventory on 24 Apr 1749. The third was when he signed his will in Frederick Co., MD,on 8 Jun 1792.
12. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999, pp. 28-29:
A. "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.' 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."
B. Referenced sources:
a. Annette Kunselman Burgert, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1992.
b. "Early Lutheran Baptisms and marriages in Southeastern PA: the Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730-1779," Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1988.
c. Peter Wampler's will written 8 Jun 1792, probated 30 Jun 1792, Will Book GM2, pp. 444-6, Frederick Co., MD.
d. Barbara Wampler's will written 16 May 1796, probated 28 Jun 1800, Will Book GM3, p. 392, Frederick Co., MD.
e. "Assessed Inhabitants of York County, PA, for the Year 1762, Book II (Townships Which later Formed Adams Co.)," Special Publication #6, South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, York, 1979.
f. Historical Society of York County, PA: Original land records, state of Pennsylvania. Warrant no. 2577, 200 acres in Radnor (sic: Reading) Township, York County, dated 10 Dec 1765. Some genealogical researchers have erroneously reported that this land lay in Chester Co., PA.
g. Land records, Frederick Co., MD, pertaining to Peter Wampler: N, p. 505 (1770); BD2, p. 97 (1775); WR7, p. 384 (1787); WR11,p. 11 (deed made 5 Jun 1792, recorded 13 Aug 1792); Wr11, p. 662 (agreement recorded 12 Jul 1793); WR12, p. 245 (deed made 22 Nov 1793, recorded 10 Mar 1794).
h. 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.
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.
j. D.J. Lake, C.E., "Atlas of Frederick County, Maryland," Philadelphia, 1873.
k. C. E. SChildknecht, Editor, "Monocacy and Catoctin, Vol. 1," Shippensburg, PA, 1985.
l. "Our Grable History," (16 pages), by Joseph H. Piatt, Oakmont, PA, Jun 1991. Includes data on Peter Grabill/Grable/Graybill and family, and on Martin Garber, Sr. and family.
m. "Heads of Families at the First Census of the US Taken in the Year 1790; Maryland." Govt. Printing Office Washingiton, DC., 1907.
13. The book "A Wampler Family Record - John Wampler and Magdalena Garber of Maryland and Virginia," FHL film 2055493 item 10, p. 17: "Hans Peter Wampler, Jr... purchased 200 acres of land in 1770 and was a farmer at Linwood, MD. He purchased in additional 45 acres in 1775. The land was known as the Royer Homestead. It lay next to the Meadow Branch Church and they gave a part of the land for the Meadow Branch cemetery."
14. 6. FHL film 599224 it. 2 "Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Cleona and Annville in North Annville Township, Lebanon Co., PA. Parish Registers 1743-1943," p. 21:
"Jacob Brenneissen and wife Veronica (Renounced Evangelical truth and the Lutheran church and became Dunkers)
-A son Joh. Michael b. 6 Oct 1747, bapt. 8 Nov 1749, sponsors: Joh. Michael Wamfler and wife.
-A son Joh. Jacob, b. 28 Sep 1749, bapt. 1 Nov 1749, sponsors: Johan Peter Wampfler and his wife Maria Barbara.
-A daughter Anna Elisabetha, b. 1750, bapt. 28 Oct 1750, sponsors: Michael Wampfler and his wife.
15. FHL book 974.8 B4pgp "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America," by Annette Kunselman Burgert (Camden, ME; Picton Press), pp. 2-3, 520-24:
A brief description of the area from which the Wamplers came from in the Northern Alsace:
"In the eighteenth century, the northwestern section belonged to the Counts of Nassau and was known as the Grafschaft of Nassau-Saarwerden. Several of the families mentioned in the Reformed parish records at Diedendorf actually lived in the neighboring territories of Lixheim and Vinstingen, which are today located in the neighboring Departement of Moselle. Members of these families emigrated to Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century and are included in this study, although the villages are not located in Bas-Rhin today. This area is approximately forty miles northwest of the city of Strasbourg.
As early as 1559, the Count of Nassau granted refuge in Nassau-Saarwerden to Huguenots who were expelled from French territory for religious reasons.
The Grafschaft of Nassau-Saarwerden was occupied by France and Lorraine from 1649-1670 and during this period the Lutheran religion was forbidden and the Catholic church was the official church. After a brief interval, Louis XIV invaded in 1676. In 1698 the county was returned to the jurisdiction of the Counts of Nassau, and the Lutheran religion was once more the official religion...
Wampfler, Hans Peter age 40 (Keskastel=67260 Sarre-Union; Altwiller=67260 Sarre-Union)
Wampfler, Hans Peter age 18
Wampfler, Michael age 16
[Immigrated on the ship] "Lydia," 1741; [Source:] S-H, I: 300, 301, 302 [Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William John Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers. 3 vols. (Norristown, 1934)].
European Records
Keskastel Lutheran KB [Kirchebook (Church book)]:
Peter Wampffler, linenweaver at Hinsingen, and wife Veronica had:
1. Anna Magdalena bp. 7 June 1720; Sp.: Samuel Mettauer, linenweaver at Kastel; A. Magdalena, wife of Peter S__tz of Newhausel; Anna Magdalena ?___. (Record extracted 3 May 1741)
2. Hans Peter bp. 4 Aug. 1722; Sp.: Hans Peter Klein, Harskirchen; Johannes Wampffler;
Anna Elisa, wife of Jacob Lang of ?Zollingen; Maria Barbara, ?daughter of Michel Buttner (Ext. 3 May 1741).
3. Michael b. ca. 1724
Harskirchen Lutheran KB:
4. Anna Fronica b. 5 Nov. 1726, bp. 7 Nov. 1726 at Altweyler
5. Anna Barbara bp. 24 July 1729 at Altweyler [Altwiller]
6. Anna Elisabetha bp. 3 Dec. 1732 at Altweyler
7. Anna Catharina bp. __ ___ 1734
8. possible Georg, bp. not located
American Records
Rev. John Casper Stoever's Records (F. J. F. Schantz, trans. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever, Baptismal and Marriage, 1730-1799. {Harrisburg, 1896; reprinted Baltimore 1982}. This translation contains errors and omissions.):
-John Peter Wampler m. 26 Sept. 1743 Anna Barbara Brenneiss(en), Swatara. They had children:
1. Joh. Michael b. 6 Oct. 1747, bp. 8 Nov. 1747; Sp.: Joh. Michael Wampfler and wife
2. Joh. Jacob b. 28 Sept. 1749, bp. 1 Nov. 1749; Sp.: Johan Peter Wampfler and wife Maria Barbara
3. Anna Elisabetha bp. 28 Oct. 1750; Sp.: Michael Wampfler and wife.."
CHRISTENING:
1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 83 has a photocopy and translation of the christening church record from Keskastel as follows: "August 4, 1722 Hans Peter Wampfler weaver in Hinsingen and Veronica his wife a son christened named Hanss Peter. Witnesses: Hanss Peter Klein from Keskastel, Johannes Wampfler [uncle], Anna Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Lung of Zollingen [probable grandmother], Maria Barbara, Michael Buttner's daughter. Removed 3 May 1741." Note Hinsingen did not have a church and the family used the one at Keskastel until a church was started at nearer Altweiler by about 1726.
MARRIAGE:
1. Http://www.pa-roots.com/~lancaster/church/stoever/stoevermarriage1.html: "Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania," compiled by Mildred Smith (msmith@cybermania.net); these following individuals are all relatives and the marriage of this person is noted with an asterisk:
1737 09 18 Brenneis, Margaretha (Cocalico) - Uhrich, Johannes 1749 01 17 Brenneisen, Rudolph - Schaeffer, Anna Barbara (Cocalico) 1747 01 13 Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon) - Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) *1743 09 26 Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) - Wampler, John Peter 1751 01 21 Brennersen, John - Minier, Christina(Bethel)
*1743 09 26 Wampler, John Peter - Brenneiss, Anna Barbara (Swatara) 1746 01 07 Wampsler, Anna Magdalena (Lebanon) - Boger, Mattheis (Lebanon) 1747 01 13 Wampsler, Anna Veronica (Lebanon) - Brenneiser, Jacob (Lebanon)
2. Hans Peter Wampler, in his will probated 30 Jun 1792 in Frederick Co., MD, states: "I give unto my beloved wife Barbara Wampler all the land I bought of Philemon Fishburn during her widowhood..." and that part of his inheritance was to go to Jacob Snither equally with his other children and of whom Barbara in her later will notes as her son. Assuming, as many report but without documentation, that Hans Peter's first wife Anna Barbara Brenneisen died in 1782 in Frederick Co., then the above Barbara would be a later marriage. Some believe, as does Roy Wampler cited elsewhere in these notes, that there was only one marriage and Barbara was married before to Snither. I do not concur. The marriage is well documented in 1743 with Anna Barbara 'Brenneiss[en]' and it appears unlikely she would have previously been married to a ___ Snither prior to that time since so many of her Brenneisen siblings were recorded in the same Hill Lutheran Church and there are no Snithers reported. Similoarly, several entries on Rootsweb.com Worldconnect are quite sketchy indicating that the second Barbara (Snither) was actually a first marriage to Hans Peter; however, this makes no sense since these databases all indicate Barbara Brenneisen died in 1782 - yet it is apparent there was a Barbara in 1792 that had been widowed before marrying Hans Peter. Additionally, in the same will, he names all of his children by name. Later he says that upon his wife's death or remarriage, any money remaining to be divided "equally between all my children and Jacob Snither..." Jacob apparently was like a son and most likely a son of the second Barbara's first marriage to a Snither/Sneither. Some Worldconnect sites as of Feb 2004 note the second Barbara's maiden name as Snither/Sneither which makes no sense since how could she have a son with the same last name. I concur with the book, "Wamplers in America," by G. M. Shouse - 929.273, W181 -sh, pg. 6, where she indicates: "Peter may have married a second time to a widow whose name was Barbara Sneither. A Barbara Wampler wrote her will in Frederick County, MD on 16 May 1796, directing that all of her estate, except her wearing apparel, be sold at public sale and that the money be equally divided between her son Jacob Sneither and Joseph Wampler." When one considers that by the mid-1760s Hans Peter was most likely a Dunker, then it would not be a surprise that there were no records of the first Barbara's death or Hans Peter's second marriage since the Dunkards purposefully and traditionally did not keep church vital records to maintain their professed isolation and separateness.
3. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 365-6, gives some of the history of the "The Hill Church (Berg Kirche)": "The Hill Church is located four miles northwest of Lebanon, Pennsylvania in North Annville Township. It was built in 1733 and was used jointly by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations. Ref. John Casper Stoever formed the congregation in 1733. Rev. Stoever called it 'the church on the Quittapahilla' because he lived and had a mill on that stream. The Hill Church was the first organization for religious services in what is now Lebanon County and was the first to erect church buildings. According to Egle's history of Lebanon County, '...In 1754, and thereafter, when the Indians made frequent incursions, people often took their guns with them to defend themselves against savages. During divine service men with loaded muskets were placed at the door as sentinels.' The present church, built in 1837, is the third church in the same location. An ancient grave yard adjoins the church and many old markers are long gone. [The book has a picture rendering of the old two story Hill Church.]"
4. FHL book 974.8 B4 pgp, Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1983, "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America," vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau, by Annette Kunselman Burgert, pp. 74-75:
"Pennsylvania records:
Stoevers's Record: m. 26 Sept. 1743 John Peter Wampler and Anna Barbara Brenneiss, Swatara."
DEATH:
1. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, pp. 5-6: "Hans Peter Wampler, Jr., ...died iin June 1792 in Frederick County, Maryland. His will was written there on 8 Jun 1792 and was presented for probate on 30 June 1792... The places of their burial [he and his wife] have not been located."
2. Transcript of Peter Wampler's (1792) will from website http://wew.bmb.uga.edu/wf-page/eve-update/peter-will.htm by John E. Wampler from photocopy. Will, signed 8 June, 1792, probated 30 June, 1792; Source: Liber G. M. No. 2, Folio 444, Frederick County, Maryland; Executor: Martin Garber, Senior. Transcript:
"I Peter Wampler of Frederick Co. and the state of Maryland being of sound disposing mind, memory and understanding do make this my last will and testament in manner & form following this. In the first place I give unto my beloved wife Barbara Wampler all the land I bought of Philemon Fishburn during her widowhood, I also give unto my aforesaid wife fifty pounds current money, to be paid in payments of twelve pounds and ten shillings per year, her choice of two feather beds and furniture, two cows, one hiefer, one mare, one servant girl named Catharine Halberster, one copper kettel, one dutch oven, two iron pots, six pewter plates, one dozen pewter spoons, all the wool, flax lining, meal and fifteen bushel of wheat one spinning wheel, one large washing tub, two buckets and one woman's saddle, if she stands to this my will - I give and bequeath unto my beloved son David Wampler five shillings current money - I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Jacob Wampler thirty two pounds four shillings current money, I give and bequeath unto my beloved son John Wampler forty one pounds current money, I give undo my beloved son Daniel Wampler seventy one pounds current money - I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Joseph Wampler seventy one pounds current money - I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Barbara Wards children forty six pounds current money to paid to them after the death of theri [sic] mother and the interst arising on the aforesaid money to be paid annually unto my afresaid daughter by my executor during her natural life - I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Eve Kincey thirty five pounds current money - I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Christania Gabriel [Graybill] twenty six pounds current money I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Philiptenia Engler fifty six pounds current money - I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Ann Hartman [or Hortman] thirty six pounds current money It is also my will and desire that all my estate that is not devised unto my beloved wife shall be sold as soon as convenient after the first day of March next and the moneys arising (after the payment of my just debts and legacies) to be equally divided between all my children share and share alike except my daughter Barbara's part and her part to go to her children to be kept and paid by the Executor, and the same manner as the legacy which is left to the aforesaid children It is further my will and desire that the land devised to my beloved wife after her marriage or death to be sold by my executor and the moneys arrising to equally between all my children and Jacob Snither share and share alike It is my will and desire that my beloved wife shall live on the plantation where I now live, until the first day of March next and keep my estate together. Provided she makes no willful waste or abuse of the said estate It is my will and desire that my executor shall build an addition to the dwelling house (sixteen feet square) on the land devised to my beloved wife and pay for the same out of my estate, I give and bequeath unto my beloved friend Martin Gerber Sen. twenty pounds current money for his trouble in sellling my estate & lastly I appoint my beloved friend Martin Gerber Sen. my executor of this my last will and testament. I hereby authorize him to makeover and convey to any person or persons that shall purchase any part or parcell of my estate the same in as ample and full a manner as if it was done by myself - Published pronounced and declared by Peter Wampler this 8th day of June 1792 to be his last will and testament in the presence of the subscribers who saw each other sign it as witnesses - Joshua Howard Abraham Crumbacker, Philip Engler} Peter Wampler"
3. Family Search's "Maryland, Register of Wills Books, 1629-1999" accessed 7 Oct 2015 <https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-24293-49863-48?treeref=LDY8-BH2%3Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DLDY8-BH2>:
Will of Peter Wampler, Frederick, Maryland, written 8 June 1792, proved 30 June 1792
To wife Barbara Wampler, all lands purchased from Philemon Fishburn; 50 pounds; two feather beds & furniture; two cows, one heifer; one mare, one servant girl, Catherine Halberster; one copper kettle; one dutch oven; two iron potts; six pewter plates; one doz. pewter spoons; all the wool, flax linning (linen), meat and fifteen bushels of wheat; one spinning wheel; one large washing tub; two buckets and one woman's saddle;
to son David Wampler, two shillings;
to son Jacob Wampler, 32 pounds, four shillings;
to son John Wampler, 41 pounds;
to son Daniel Wampler, one pound;
to son Joseph Wampler, 71 pounds;
to daughter Barbara ?Warts, the interest on 46 pounds; the 46 pounds to go to her children after her death;
to daughter Eve Kincey [Kinsey, Kinzey, Kintzi], 35 pounds;
to daughter Christania Gabriel [Christina Grabil, Graybill], 26 pounds;
to daughter Philiptenia Engler, 56 pounds;
to daughter Ann Hortman [Hartman], 36 pounds;
to friend Martin Gerber [Garber] Senr, 20 pounds and executorship;
remainder of estate to be sold after next March 1st; money arising from sale, after payment of debts and legacies to be divided between the children except Barbara and her childrens' parts to be kept and paid by the executor; land devised to wife to be sold after her death and money from the sale to be divided between the children and Jacob Snither [Snider]; wife shall live on the plantation until next March 1st and maintain the estate; executor to build an addition to the house, 16 feet square, on the land devised to wife;
Witnesses Joshua Howard, Abraham Grumbacker, Philip Engler;
Signed Peter Wambler.
SOURCES_MISC:
1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.
2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.
3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999.
4. FHL film 1638364 it. 16 has a periodical newsletter published by Barbara S. Wampler entitled "Wampler Ancestors and Descendants in America." The newsletter only ran for a couple of years and was more focused on the Virginia and more modern Wamplers than what are in my database. What little it had was topical and better covered by other sources.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1722 - Bef 1792 (~ 69 years)