1747 Heinrich Weigel, son of Martin and Anna Dorothy Weigel, was born on October 18. He was baptized on May 22, 1748 at the Christ Evangelical Lutheran church in York, York County. [1] [2] [3]
1764 "Came into court Baltzer Spangler Senr, guardian of Henry Wigle, a minor orphan son of Martin Wigle, late of Manchester Township, yoman, deceased, aged sixteen years the eighteenth day of October last, and prayed that the said Henry Wigle may be bound an apprentice for his brother Leonard Wigle of Manchester Township joiner. It is considered by the court and the said Henry Wigle is hereby bound an apprentice … " Dated August 31. [4]
1804 Henry and Peter Weigle were deeded land in York County on March 6. [5]
1809 Mrs Susanna Weigle died in 1809 in Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Mrs Susanna Weigle was buried at IOOF Cemetery, Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Mrs Susanna Weigle was born on July 18, 1756 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [6]
Research Notes:
The notes above are intended to be for Henry Weigel, son of Martin Weigle. We seek further evidence about whether he was the same person as Henry Weigle of Fayette County.
1810 Henry Wykle lived in German, Fayette County, Pennsylvania in a household with Males: 1 (age Under 10), 1 (age 10 thru 15), 1 (age 16 thru 25), and 1 (age 45 and over); Females: 1 (age 26 thru 44). [7]
1820 Henry Weigle lived in German, Fayette County, Pennsylvania in a household with Males: 1 (age Under 10), and 1 (age 26 thru 44); Females: 1 (age 45 and over). [8] John Coover, Ephraim Watters, and Francis Fast, listed nearby, were listed near Samuel Wigle in the 1830 census, suggesting that son Samuel inherited his father's farm.
1829 Henry Weigel died on October 18 at age 82 and was buried at Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. [9] [10] [11]
A descendant has reported the following descent lineage: Henry (1747) and Susanna (?) (1756), who migrated to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, to John Weigle (1776) and Anna Maria Brubaker (1775), to Jacob J. Weigle (1802) and Sarah Reiman (1805), to Josiah J. Weigle (1837) and Lavina Will (1842), to Phillip M. Weigle (1877) and Mary J. Sechler (1882), to John D. Weigle (1912) and Dorothy L. Bailey (1916).
[1] F. J. C. Hertzog, York County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1800: Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, [AncestryRecords].
[2] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands to North America, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau (1983), 388.
[3] Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, York, Orphans Court Docket B-57, FHL film 22152, image 194, [FamilySearchImage].
[5] Neal Otto Hively, The Manor of Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 6 (1993), 92.
[6] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[8] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] Find A Grave Memorial 116119450, [FindAGrave].
[10] Fayette County Genealogy Project, Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery - German Twp. Cemetery, Transcribed from headstone photos by Lee Donovan, [Fayette_Genealogy_Project].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].