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Mary Bonnett Wetzel acs- K OK 1735-1805
BIRTH 1735 • Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania,
DEATH JUNE 1805 • Wheeling Creek, Ohio, West Virginia,
Jean Jacques Bonnet immigration
In 1733, the Jean Jacques Bonnett family started out from Friedrichstal, Germany, looking forward to a prosperous life. There was the father, Jean Jacques, who preferred to be called Jacob and was 31 years old, Marie Desreux Bonnett the mother, also 31 and the four children Margaret 8, Susanna 4, Christina 2, and the baby John Simon 9 months. [BonE1] There had been another child named John Isaac but he was no longer with them. His loss was part of the reason Marie was willing to leave her home. We cannot imagine what the trip was like for the family. However, when the ship Elizabeth arrived in Philadelphia on the 27th of August 1733 a saddened family of four disembarked. The two middle children, Susanna and Christina, had died en route.
Having no choice but to continue, they went on and settled in Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Five more children were born here -- Elizabeth, Mary, Lewis, Samuel and Susannah. Jacob Bonnett is listed for a survey of 400 acres in December of 1737. A land certificate for property in the Monocacy was issued and he received another one on the west bank of Hunting Creek below its fork. Marie died there and was followed by her husband in 1752. They are both buried in the Chester County Cemetery.
Their sons Samuel and Lewis then lead the family on to Virginia around 1753/54.
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Lewis, Mary's brother
Lewis Bonnett was born in 1737 at Paoli, Pennsylvania, and came to Wheeling Creek in 1764 with his brother-in-law, John Wetzel and other pioneer settlers and started homesteading on Wheeling Creek near the site now occupied by Britt Run school. John Wetzel settled about 7 miles further up the creek on what is now known as the E. J. Wilson farm.
Lewis sold out his land on Big Wheeling Creek in 1773 or 1775 and moved to the Monongahela country. Some years later he moved back to the old homestead on Big Wheeling Creek in 1781 or 1782 and resided at the old home-place until his death in 1808. His mortal remains are buried on the farm he tilled and ploughed. His son, Lewis Bonnett, jr., was born March 13, 1778 in the Monongahela country. The senior Lewis Bonnett had three sisters, the oldest being Catharine who married John C. Sickes, the second, Mary married Captain John Wetzel and the third sister, Susannah, never married, but remained an old maid and died in Shenandoah county, Virginia.
French Émigrés
The Bonnetts were of French extraction, having emigrated to the American colonies from French Flanders. French thrift and belief in close family ties characterized the Bonnett relationship. When the elder Lewis was 18 years old he enlisted in the Virginia Rangers and was under George Washington at Braddock's defeat. When quite young, he married Elizabeth Waggoner, who was also of French descent.
The historic barn and house built by Lewis Bonnett on the land he secured by a tomahawk right from the King of England's representatives in 1770, are still standing and are occupied today by the Messrs. Britt. Captain Bonnett brought an old distiller from Germany and the underground tunnel leading from the distillery to the creek is one of the landmarks of the old place.
On the exterior of the old house now owned by the Britts, may be seen, intact, the old ladder used to mount to the second floor. When the Buchanan brothers built the old stone house they expected to do much entertaining so they selected that crest of land for the house site due to the beauty of the scene. In its day, the old stone house was considered one of grandeur and style.
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Record for Mary Bonnett Wetzel acs- K OK
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Mary Bonnett Wetzel acs- K OK 1735-1805
BIRTH 1735 • Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania,
DEATH JUNE 1805 • Wheeling Creek, Ohio, West Virginia,
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The Wetzels In Marshall County.
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Captain John Wetzel, Sr. and Mary Bonnett Wetzel with their children, Martin, Christina, George, and Lewis left the South Branch of the Potomac in search of new opportunities. They settled along Big Wheeling Creek, which is now the Sand Hill District, in Marshall County. Later Fort Wetzel was built on this location..
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The wagon train also included the ZANES, who established Wheeling, the BONNETTS, the EBERLYS and the ROSENCRANZE families who all settled in this area. History records show that all these men and sons were to become notable scouts and Indian fighters in the settlement of the Frontier..
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Three more children were born to the Wetzel's after they settled in the Big Wheeling Creek area. They were; Jacob, Susannah, and John Jr..
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Captain John Wetzel and his son Martin were in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. Martin was one of the soldiers who survived the Foreman Massacre near McMechen and was among the defenders of Fort Henry in 1777. Martin, his brother Lewis, and his dad Captain John Wetzel, were also among the defenders in the second attack on Fort Henry on September 11 - 13, 1782, against the British and the Indians, which is known as the last battle of the Revolutionary War. In 1782, Martin and Lewis were among the defenders of Fort Beeler against the Mohawk and Shawnee Indians..
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Jacob became sheriff of Ohio County, Virginia in 1803 and in 1818, his family became the first settlers of Morgan County, Indiana..
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Captain John Wetzel, Sr. was wounded by Indians near Captina in 1787 as he and a companion were paddling a canoe up the Ohio River returning from Middle Island Creek. He died soon after reaching the fort at Baker's Station, and he is buried there. His marker has been moved about two miles south to a road side park on W.Va State route 2..
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Lewis was a folk hero to the white settlers as he was their protector from the Indians and was a deciding force in helping to settle this territory. He killed his first Indian at the age of 16 near St. Clairsville, Ohio. At the age of 17, he entered into his life's work of hunting Indians, being appointed a scout at an assembly in Wheeling by the settlers who needed protection for their homes and families. The only pay he received was the pleasure, if any, of hunting Indians and the satisfaction of serving his fellow man..
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The skill he acquired in his youth of loading his muzzle loader at a full run and hitting his target, coupled with his cunning ways, was the deciding factor in his ability to kill every Indian he saw in revenge for the torture of his family members, including himself, and the killing of his father by the Indians..
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The prize of Lewis Wetzel's scalp by the Indians was never achieved. While he was visiting a cousin in Natchez, Mississippi in 1808 he contacted a fever and died at the age of 44..
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His remains were returned in 1942 to the McCreary Cemetery, located in Marshall County two miles from the Wetzel homestead, where his mother and brothers Martin and John Jr., are also buried. Compiled by Gerald T. Plants.
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From The History of Marshall County, West Virginia, 1984..
Reference: http://www.lindapages.com/marshall/wetzel.htm.
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The Bonnet-t-e's & Kin (David Daniel Louis Bonnett)
The Bonnet-t-e's & Kin, Vol. 18, pp. 1-7, 1994. With the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in France in 1686, the persecution of protestants began, many of whom fled to neighboring countries.
Daniel Bonnet is given as father of Jacques and Jean Pierre Bonnett.
The Bonnet-t-e's & Kin, Vol. 18, pp. 1-7, 1994. Records of the Reformed Church at Friedrichstal, near Karlsruhe, Germany, list families for Jacques Bonnet and Jean Pierre Bonnet, both sons of Daniel.
Jackson County, West Virginia, Past and Present, 1990, pp. 127-128. David Daniel (Louis) Bonnette (born 1655) and wife Christi Causine lived in Thronque, France, between 1681 and 1686. Protestant, they fled from Piemont, Italy (now known as the area of Dauphine, Southern France), to avoid persecution. David was in Morlheim, Germany, in 1699, but subsequently settled in Friedrichstal Baden, Germany, where he raised his family. There were two sons, Jeanne Coliver Bonnette and Jean Jacques Bonnette.
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TITLE: The Bonnet-t-e's & kin.
AUTHOR(S): Bonnett, Howard T., 1906- (Added)
PUBLISHED: Lake Forest, Ill. : H. Bonnett, 1973-
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
DESCRIPTION: v. ; 28 cm.
NOTES: Title from caption.
SUBJECTS: Bonnett family--Periodicals.
ALTERNATE TITLES: The Bonnet-t-e's & kin Bonnet-t-e's and kin
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ISSN: 0743-0957
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kimdwilson Piemont not in France: Piemont (Piemonte) is in today's northern Italy. It borders Switzerland and France.
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kimdwilson Dauphine': Dauphine' is a former French province in the southeastern corner of the country, which would place it just to the west of Piemonte, Italy.
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Captain John Wetzel*
Birth: 1733 - Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 11 Jun 1786 - Wetzel, West Virginia, USA
Marriage: 1756 - Rockingham, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Mary Bonnett*
F: Johannes Martin Wetzel*
M: Maria Barbara Geist*
Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel
Name: John Wetzel
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara
Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA
Birth Date: 1733
Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA
Marriage Date: 1756
Death Date: 1786
Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA.
Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
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Birth: 1733 - Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 11 Jun 1786 - Wetzel, West Virginia, USA
Marriage: 1756 - Rockingham, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Mary Bonnett*
F: Johannes Martin Wetzel*
M: Maria Barbara Geist*
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WETZEL (Whetzel), JOHN, b. 1733, Switzerland, d. 11 June 1786, Wheeling, Va., now W. Va., m. 1754, Mary (Marie) Bonnett.
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Eva Christina “Eve” Wetzel Wolfe
BIRTH 1759
Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, USA
DEATH unknown
Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL Limestone Cemetery
Limestone, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
MEMORIAL ID94160084 ·
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 4
Family Members
Parents
CPT John Whetzel
1733-1786
Mary Bonnett Wetzel
1735-1805
Spouse
John Jacob "Mountain Jake" Wolfe III
1754-1834 (m. 1774)
Siblings
Pvt Martin Wetzel
1757-1829
Lewis Wetzel
1763-1808
Capt Jacob Whetzel
1765-1827
Susannah "Susan" Whetzel Goodrich
1767-1828
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John Jacob Wolf Jr.
BIRTH 20 Mar 1731
Oberauerbach, Stadtkreis Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
DEATH 1779 (aged 47-48)
Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
MEMORIAL ID156008424 ·
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 8
Estate Records of John Jacob Wolfe:
Shenandoah County, VA Court Records, 1779: To cash paid to the children and heirs of John Jacob Wolf Deceased who was one of the sons of the testator to wit: to John Jacob Wolfe, Clora, the wife of Anthony Rodenheffer, Margaret the wife of George Miller, Augustine Wolfe, Barbara the wife of John Cook, George Woolf, Mary the wife of Conrad Reeder, Adam Wolf and John Wolf, to each the sum of £2.17.9 as per their receipts respectively.
(John) Jacob Woolf Administration, 25 March 1779: Know by all men these presents that we Mary Wolf and Godfrew Wilkins are held and firmly bound unto Abraham Bird, Johnas North, Joseph Watson and ____ ____, gentlemen Justices of the County Court of Shenandoah County are (?) setting in the sum of ten thousand pounds current money of Virginia to which the payment will and truly be made to the justices and their successors we bind ourselves and every of us our and every of our heirs Executor Administrators jointly and severally (?) by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 25 Day of March 1779.
The condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound Mary Woolf Administratrix of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of Jacob Woolf, deceased do make or cause to be made a true and just inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of the Deceased which have or shall come to the hands of the said Mary Woolf or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her will and truly administrate according to law and further do make a just and true account of her acting and being therein when thereto required by the said Court and all the rest and residue of the goods and chattels and credits of the said Deceased which shall be found remaining on the said administration account the same being first examined and allowed by the said Court for the time being shall deliver and pay unto such persons as respectively the said Justices by their order and if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said Jacob Woolf and the executors therein named do exhibit the same into the said Court making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the said Mary Woolf being there unto required do (to?) render and deliver up the letter of Administration approbation of such testament being first had and made in the said Court then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Sealed and Delivered.
In presence
Note: the above Estate Administration proves that John Jacob Wolfe's wife was named Mary [maiden name not known] and NOT Sarah Elizabeth Anderschall as some have claimed. There are supposedly records of a Sarah Elizabeth Anderschall marrying a Jacob Wolfe, but NOT this Jacob Wolfe.
Family Members
Parents
Johann Jacob "Jake the Elder" Wolf Sr
1707-1799
Anna Catharina Schmiden Wolf
1709 - unknown
Spouse
Mary unknown Wolf
1732-1824
Children
George Wolfe
1752-1827
John Jacob "Mountain Jake" Wolfe III
1754-1834
Philip Augustine Wolf Sr
1756-1832
Sara Mary Wolfe Rader
1761-1853
Adam "Paddy" Wolfe Sr
1771-1859
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Name: Wetzel, Peter (same page as Martin, John, Jacob)
Township:Harrisonburg
County: Rockingham
State: Virginia
Year: 1810
Roll: 67
Page: 144
Image: 196.00
Philip Stultz 3 3 1 1 2 2 - 3 1 1 - -
John Malone - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - -
Jacob Dove 3 - - 1 - 2 1 - 1 - - -
Christy Showalter 2 1 2 1 - 2 3 1 1 - - -
John Baker 3 1 - 1 - 3 - - 1 - - -
Frederick Smith 2 1 1 - 1 5 1 - 1 - - -
George Sonaprank 2 - - 1 - - 1 1 1 - - -
Jacob Ruce 4 1 - 1 - - - - 1 - - -
George Dove 1 1 3 - 1 1 1 1 - 2 - -
Aaron Dove - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - -
John Neff 1 - 1 1 - 4 - - 1 - - -
John Riggleman 2 2 - - 2 4 - 3 1 - - -
John Wetzel 2 - - 1 - 2 - - 1 - - -
Jacob ? - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - -
George Caplinger 1 - - 1 - 2 - - 1 - - -
James Brooks - 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - -
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Christy Caplinger 3 3 1 1 - - 1 - 1 - - -
John Seaver 1 1 2 - 1 - 2 1 - 1 - -
Frederick Grider - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 - -
Henry Feaster? - 1 2 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 - -
Jacob Lantz 2 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - -
John Rose 3 2 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - -
George May 2 3 1 - 1 1 - - 1 - - -
Agnes Sonaprank - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - -
Isaac Shaver 2 1 - 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Jacob Wetzel 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 - -
Peter Wetzel - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - -
Andrew Anderson - - - - - - - - - - 4 -
Michael Mayers - 1 1 - 1 - - - - 1 - -
Martin Wetzel 2 - - 1 - 4 - - 1 - - -
Adam Sencreck? 2 - 1 1 - 2 - - - 1 - -
Frederick Dove 1 - - - 1 2 - - 2 - - 1
Thomas Toppin - - 1 - - - - - 3 1 - -
Elizabeth Baker - 2 2 - - - - 1 - 1 - 4
Ancestry.com. 1810 U.S. Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1810 United States Federal Census. M252, 71 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, roll 67, page 144, image 196.00.
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ii. CHRISTINA WETZEL 65,66, b. 1759 67; m. JACOB WOLFE 68
- [S1959] William Hintzen, Hintzen, William, The Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley (1769-1794), 081 consolidated 20190307HAv- 11 citations, (1) ... (18) links.
In 1770,... John moved his family to the Monongahela country, probably somewhere in the vicinity of Dunkard Creek, a (West) Virginia tributary of the Monongahela which enters that river just inside the Pennsylvania line. It was there that his seventh and last child, the fifth of the Wetzel boys, John, Jr., was born in October 1770.
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When Lewis Wetzel's brother Martin escaped from Indian captivity in 1781, he returned to the old family home in Virginia, where he visited his relatives. It was during this visit here that he met and married Mary Coffield, before returning with his new bride to his family on Wheeling Creek. Mary Bonnett Wetzel was later to name her two daughters, Christiana and Susannah, in honor of her two older sisters, who had died before reaching America.
- [S1584] C.B. Allman -(related to Wetzel's through Ezra Allman, married to Amanda, daughter of Eliza Wetzel Kelly?), Allman, C.B., Lewis Wetzel: Indian Fighter, (Name: The Devin-Adair Co, New York, 1939, 1961: original title: "The Life and Times of Lewis Wetzel";), 05 alternate spelling of Coffield: Coffielt BONNETT WETZEL (6) facts .... (.
alternate spelling of Coffield: Coffielt Martin, b 1757 Christiana, b 1759 George, b 1761 Jacob, b September 16, 1765 Susannah, b 1767 John, Jr., b. 1770. says Lewis was born in Lancaster Co, his older brother Martin born in Rockingham Co, VA birthday for John: 06 Feb 1797
- [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Pope Family Tree, Owner: misapope Last viewed: John Wetzel, Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for John Wetzel
Wetzells in Ohio: The Wetzels In Marshall County
From The History of Marshall County, West Virginia, 1984. Submitted by Phyllis Slater.
Captain John Wetzel, Sr. and Mary Bonnett Wetzel with their children, Martin, Christina, George, and Lewis left the South Branch of the Potomac in search of new opportunities. They settled along Big Wheeling Creek, which is now the Sand Hill District, in Marshall County. Later Fort Wetzel was built on this location.
The wagon train also included the ZANES, who established Wheeling, the BONNETTS, the EBERLYS and the ROSENCRANZE families who all settled in this area. History records show that all these men and sons were to become notable scouts and Indian fighters in the settlement of the Frontier.
Three more children were born to the Wetzel's after they settled in the Big Wheeling Creek area. They were; Jacob, Susannah, and John Jr.
Captain John Wetzel and his son Martin were in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. Martin was one of the soldiers who survived the Foreman Massacre near McMechen and was among the defenders of Fort Henry in 1777. Martin, his brother Lewis, and his dad Captain John Wetzel, were also among the defenders in the second attack on Fort Henry on September 11 - 13, 1782, against the British and the Indians, which is known as the last battle of the Revolutionary War. In 1782, Martin and Lewis were among the defenders of Fort Beeler against the Mohawk and Shawnee Indians.
Jacob became sheriff of Ohio County, Virginia in 1803 and in 1818, his family became the first settlers of Morgan County, Indiana.
Captain John Wetzel, Sr. was wounded by Indians near Captina in 1787 as he and a companion were paddling a canoe up the Ohio River returning from Middle Island Creek. He died soon after reaching the fort at Baker's Station, and he is buried there. His marker has been moved about two miles south to a road side park on W.Va State route 2.
Lewis was a folk hero to the white settlers as he was their protector from the Indians and was a deciding force in helping to settle this territory. He killed his first Indian at the age of 16 near St. Clairsville, Ohio. At the age of 17, he entered into his life's work of hunting Indians, being appointed a scout at an assembly in Wheeling by the settlers who needed protection for their homes and families. The only pay he received was the pleasure, if any, of hunting Indians and the satisfaction of serving his fellow man.
The skill he acquired in his youth of loading his muzzle loader at a full run and hitting his target, coupled with his cunning ways, was the deciding factor in his ability to kill every Indian he saw in revenge for the torture of his family members, including himself, and the killing of his father by the Indians.
The prize of Lewis Wetzel's scalp by the Indians was never achieved. While he was visiting a cousin in Natchez, Mississippi in 1808 he contacted a fever and died at the age of 44.
His remains were returned in 1942 to the McCreary Cemetery, located in Marshall County two miles from the Wetzel homestead, where his mother and brothers Martin and John Jr., are also buried. Compiled by Gerald T. Plants
From The History of Marshall County, West Virginia, 1984.
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Notes on Captain John Wetzel
For more information on McCreary Cemetery, Marshall County, West Virginia, and photographs of the grave stones of Captain John Wetzel and his family, go to:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/cemetery/mccreary.htm
Notes for Captain John WETZELCaptain John Wetzel, along with the Bonnets, the Zanes, the Ebberlys, and the Rosencranzes, moved, across the Alleghenies, to occupy some of the "free lands" that had become available, in 1786. Ultimately, the little group of families settled near present day Wheeling, West Virginia. The Wetzels carved a farmstead along Big Wheeling Creek, about 14 miles from the Ohio River.
John Wetzel received his title, "Captain," from service in the Revolutionary War. He was Captain of the Rangers, raised from Ohio and Monongahila Counties, the summer of 1778. His company was under the command of Colonel Daniel McFarland. His son, Martin Wetzel, Jr. was a private in this company.
Neither Capt. John Wetzel nor son, Private Martin Wetzel, Jr., received compensable injuries while in service.
Capt. John Wetzel's personal property estate was appraised Aug. 19, 1786, and was valued at about 120 Pounds, which was considerable for a frontiersman. His son, Jacob Wetzel, was administrator of his will.
More information on Captain John Wetzel is given in Wagoner's study, "John Wagoner, 1741-1842." Other notes on Captain John Wetzel and his family are found in "The Whetzel Family," compiled by Lewis H. Yankey, Criders, Virginia, 1991.
For more information on McCreary Cemetery, Marshall County, West Virginia, and photographs of the grave stones of Captain John Wetzel and his family, go to:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/cemetery/mccreary.htm
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Revolutionary War
JOHN WETZEL, Sr., b. 1733, Holland, moved to Switzerland about 1740, married Mary Bonnett, 1756. Children: Martin, b. 1757; Christina, b. 1759; George, b. 1761; Lewis, b. Aug. 1763; Jacob, b. 9/16/1765; Susannah, b. 1767; John Jr., b. 1770. In battle of Point Pleasant under General Andrew Lewis, 10/10/1774. Rendered service as a scout, commanded a company of rangers on the frontier of West Virginia, 1778. Killed by Indians 6/11/1786, VA/WV, buried Grave Yard Run, near Baker's Station, Franklin District, Marshall County, WV. Listed in D.A.R. Patriot Index, Captain, VA & PA.
(Source: D.A.R. Lineage Book
misapopeadded this on 28 Feb 2011 krl60originally submitted this to Wetzell/Pollock Family Tree on 21 Aug 2009
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Lewis, son of Captain John
Lewis Wetzel, giant of the American frontier, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the fourth of seven children to Mary and John Wetzel. His father was a German immigrant, a former indentured slave who had risen above his station to win the hand of the daughter of the well established Bonnet family, who had already been living on American soil for several generations.
When Lewis was just one year old, his family packed up with some other hardy settlers and moved across the Allegheny mountains to take possession of land that was now up for grabs as a result of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. They settled in an area of forest clearing along Big Wheeling Creek, not far from the Ohio River.
Unfortunately for them, the Wetzel’s and their neigbors were now direct targets from the Shawnee, Delaware and Miami Indians. The family became used to raids from these tribes. The boys grew up quick. They learned how to use a gun at an early age.
At the age of thirteen Lewis was captured by a raiding party of Wyandot Indians along with his brother George. During the assault young Lewis was grazed in the chest with a bullet. Despite the pain of this wound, which had torn into his sternum, Lewis knew that he had to keep up with the fast pace set by the Indians as the rushed back to their village. To slow them down meant certain death. On the third night of their capture, however, the Indians were lax in providing guards over the two boys. As their captors slept, the two boys made their escape. They took off without their shoes. Before long, though, they realised that they wouldn’t get far on bare feet. While his brother lay low, Lewis stole back to the camp and got the boy’s moccasins. But that wasn’t enough for feisty Lewis. He went back a third time and stole back his father’s rifle and powder horn from the Indians.
The boys now set out for home. The Indians soon set out in pursuit but the Wetzel boys eluded them. They crossed the Ohio River on a raft they had made. They finally dragged themselves back into their village clearing to the amazement of their family.
This event marked a new turn in Lewis’ life. He now spent his every waking moment in perfecting his skills as an Indian fighter. He became an expert shot and extremely adept with the tomahawk and hunting knife. He also perfected another skill that was rare indeed on the frontier - he was able to load, prime and shoot his long rifle while running at full speed through the forest.
At age fourteen, Lewis was part of a rescue party sent out to rescue a woman who had been taken by the Indians. Along with the woman’s husband, Lewis tracked down the Indians. They followed them across the Ohio River and found them at nightfall. Three Indians were sleeping while the fourth stood guard over the weeping woman. All night the two white men watched over the camp. Then just as the Indians were waking, they made their move. They shot the first two Indians to wake and then charged the others with their tomahawks. The Indians fled. As his companion comforted his wife, Lewis took off after the escaping two Indians. He shot down the first one. The other then turned to attack Lewis, knowing that his rifle was now spent. But Lewis put into practice his skill of reloading on the run and soon had killed his third Indian of the day.
Over the next few years, Lewis would have more run ins with Indian raiders and hostage takers. With each episode he would further enhance both his frontier skills and his reputation among his compatriots. By the time he was twenty Lewis was a full time Indian hunter. He was never to settle down and raise a farm or otherwise domesticate himself.
Lewis had grown into a large, formidable character. He seemed, however, uncomfortable in adult company. His speech was faltering and his manners ungainly. However, whenever shooting, knife throwing or tomahawking competitions were held, Lewis would always be the winner. He became a one man Indian hunting army. His favorite trick was to hunt down small bands of Indians and attack them while they were sleeping, wreaking havoc with his knife and tomahawk.
In 1781 Wetzel made the mistake of killing a Delaware Indian Chief who was acting as a peace emissary. The act was outrageous but Wetzel was not punished for it. From this point Wetzel began to act more and more irrationally. His hatred for Indians knew no bounds and people became less and less comfortable in his presence. In 1789 he murdered a Seneca Chief who had long worked to bring about peace with the whites. This time his crime was not ignored. A murder warrant was sworn out for him and Lewis Wetzel became a fugitive.
A militia guard soon captured Wetzel. But he promptly escaped, to be secreted amongst his people in the woods. However, he was captured a second time when he was recognized by a regular army group, wearing civilian clothing. He was locked up in Fort Washington in preparation of his trial. But soon 200 frontiersmen had gathered around the fort demanding his release. The territorial judge capitulated and Wetzel was free again.
As peace settled along the frontier Wetzel and his ilk found themselves out of step. He went west into Spanish territory. Little else is known of his life from that point. In 1808 he became ill with yellow fever. He soon died. He was just 44 years of age.
misapopeadded this on 28 Feb 2011 krl60originally submitted this to Wetzell/Pollock Family Tree on 3 Sep 2009
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Fort Wetzell,
FORT WETZEL-
Fort Wetzel was a stockade fort situated on Wheeling Creek, now in Sand Hill District, Marshall County. The builders and defenders were John Wetzel and his five sons -- Martin, Lewis, Jacob, George and John -- the most noted Indian fighters that ever dwelt on the West Virginia frontier.
From: MYERS' HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA, Volume 1, Chapter XII, pages 159-181. Compiled by S. Myers, 1915. Published by The Wheeling News Lithograph Company
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originally submitted this to Wetzell/Pollock Family Tree on 21 Aug 2009
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Killed by Indians
Capt. John Wetzel was killed by Indians crossing the Ohio river 11 Jun 1786.
Capt. John Wetzel was in the Battle of Point Pleasant under General Andrew Lewis 10-10-1774, he also rendered service as a scout, and commanded a company of rangers on the frontier of WV 1778.
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klbenninghofforiginally submitted this to Benninghoff Family Tree on 26 Sep 2009
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Wetzel County, WV signpost: Lewis was Captain John's son and brother to John. Captain John's sons were well known in the area as frontiersmen. Lewis, however, was the most (in)famous.
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Wetzel County, WV
Lewis was Captain John's son and brother to John. Captain John's sons were well known in the area as frontiersmen. Lewis, however, was the most (in)famous. misapope added this on 28 Feb 2011 krl60 originally submitted this to Wetzell/Pollock Family Tree on 5 Sep 2009 |
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Memorial to Capt. John Wetzel, 1733-11 June 1786, moved in 1990 from Graveyard Run, Americana Park to McCreary Cemetery
Memorial to Capt. John Wetzel born 1733 - died11 June 1786 Buried at Graveyard Run Marshall County, West Virginia. Thie monument originally was located at Americana Park, State Route 2, Marshall County, West Virginia. It was … |
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Virginians in the Revolution, p. 818: WETZEL, Capt.John, Martin, Jacob, Daniel
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Fort Wetzel, erected ca 1769, 12 miles from Wheeling, WV on Wheeling Creek
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John Wetzel and sons, Lewis, Jacob, Martin, John, and George came with the Zanes in 1769 and built a fort. The Wetzels became famous as scouts and Indian fighters. In 1787, the elder Wetzel was killed by Indians at Baker's Station.
A stockade fort erected about 1769 by John Wetzel and his noted sons, twelve miles from… |
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Headstone, Capt. John WHETZELL, Captain VA Rangers, Rev. War June 19, 1786
Headstone, Capt. John WHETZELL, Captain VA Rangers, Rev. War June 17, 1786
Inscription:
JOHN
WHETZELL
Captain VA Rangers
Rev War
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- [S1061] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), John Wetzel consolidated 20190210HAv (3) into general collection.
Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel Name: John Wetzel Spouse: Mary Bonnett Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA Birth Date: 1733 Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA Marriage Date: 1756 Death Date: 1786 Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA. Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4912832&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t9778058_p25885691_kpidz0q3d25885691z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid
Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel
Name: John Wetzel
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara
Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA
Birth Date: 1733
Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA
Marriage Date: 1756
Death Date: 1786
Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA.
Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4912832&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t9778058_p25885691_kpidz0q3d25885691z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid
- [S1584] C.B. Allman -(related to Wetzel's through Ezra Allman, married to Amanda, daughter of Eliza Wetzel Kelly?), Allman, C.B., Lewis Wetzel: Indian Fighter, (Name: The Devin-Adair Co, New York, 1939, 1961: original title: "The Life and Times of Lewis Wetzel";), 5.
alternate spelling of Coffield: Coffielt Martin, b 1757 Christiana, b 1759 George, b 1761 Jacob, b September 16, 1765 Susannah, b 1767 John, Jr., b. 1770. says Lewis was born in Lancaster Co, his older brother Martin born in Rockingham Co, VA birthday for John: 06 Feb 1797
- [S1061] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
Family Data Collection - Individual Records about John Wetzel Name: John Wetzel Spouse: Mary Bonnett Parents: Hans Martin Wetzel, Maria Barbara Birth Place: Lancaster Co, PA Birth Date: 1733 Marriage Place: Rockingham Co, VA Marriage Date: 1756 Death Date: 1786 Source Citation: Birth year: 1733; Birth city: Lancaster Co; Birth state: PA. Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4912832&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t9778058_p25885691_kpidz0q3d25885691z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid
- [S1335] SAR, West Virginia Society of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Application Files, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about John Wetzel Sr by Robert Donald Messerly.
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about John Wetzel Sr by Robert Donald Messerly Name: John Wetzel Sr SAR Membership: 94708 WV SAR #: 1156 Birth Date: 1733 Birth Place: Holland Death Date: 1786 Death Place: Ohio, Virginia Spouse: Mary Bonnett Children: Martin Wetzel Name: Martin Wetzel SAR Membership: 94708 WV SAR #: 1156 Birth Date: 1757 Birth Place: Rockingham, Virginia Death Date: Oct 1829 Death Place: Ohio, Virginia Father: John Wetzel Mother: Mary Bonnett Spouse: Mary Coffield Children: George Wetzel
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about John Wetzel Sr
by Robert Donald Messerly
Name: John Wetzel Sr
SAR : 94708
WV 1156
Birth: 1733 Holland
Death: 1786
Ohio, Virginia
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Children: Martin Wetzel
Name: Martin Wetzel
SAR: 94708
WV 1156
Birth: 1757 Rockingham, Virginia
Death: Oct 1829
Ohio, Virginia
Father: John Wetzel
Mother: Mary Bonnett
Spouse: Mary Coffield
Children: George Wetzel
Source Citation: SAR Membership Number 94708.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
Description: This database contains applications for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970. These records can be an excellent source for names, dates, locations, and family relationships. Learn more...
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Martin Wetzel
by Robert Donald Messerly
Name: Martin Wetzel
SAR: 94708
WV 1156
Birth : 1757 Rockingham, Virginia
Death: Oct 1829
Death: Ohio, Virginia
Father: John Wetzel
Mother: Mary Bonnett
Spouse: Mary Coffield
Children: George Wetzel
Source Citation: SAR Membership Number 94708.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- [S1335] SAR, West Virginia Society of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Application Files, SAR Membership Number: 91974/WV1147 Record for Captain John Wetzel Sr.
Record for Captain John Wetzel Sr (20) facts
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Record for Captain John Wetzel Sr
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about Captain John Wetzel Sr
Name: Captain John Wetzel Sr
SAR Membership: 91974
WV: 1147
Birth: 1733
Holland
Death: 1786
: Ohio, Virginia
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Children: Martin Wetzel
applicant: Dr. Charles Donald Messerly, oral surgeon
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SAR Membership Number: 91974/WV1147
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Record for Captain John Wetzel Sr
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
about Captain John Wetzel Sr
Name: Captain John Wetzel Sr
SAR Membership: 91974
WV: 1147
Birth Date: 1733
Birth Place: Holland
Death Date: 1786
Death Place: Ohio, Virginia
Spouse: Mary Bonnett
Children: Martin Wetzel
applicant: Dr. Charles Donald Messerly, oral surgeon
- [S565] SAR Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), 20250606GHLn- merged.
Record for Ewell Warren Hatfield (18) facts
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Ewell Warren Hatfield
Name: Ewell Warren Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 15 Jul 1901 Devon, Mingo, West Virginia
Father:
Mother: Margaret Jane Schindel
wife: Ruth Red Barkley
born: 18 March 1903
married: 06 Feb 1931
Occ: Owner, Hatfield Insurance Agency
children: Kenneth Bryon Hatfield born: 07 Nov 1933
Nancy Ellen Hatfield born: 08 May 1936
Address: 1225 Park Avenue
Charleston, WV
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Elliott R Hatfield
Name: Elliott R Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 12 Nov 1871 Delorme, West Virginia
Death: 20 Apr 1932 Charleston, West Virginia
Father:
Mother: Levicy Chafin
Spouse: Margaret Jane Schindel
Children: Ewell Warren Hatfield
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Anderson Hatfield
Name: Anderson Hatfield
[Anderson Devil Anse Hatfield]
SAR: 83763
Birth: 9 Sep 1839 Newtown, West Virginia
Death: 6 Jan 1921 Sarah Ann, West Virginia
Father:
Mother: Nancy Vance
Spouse: Levicy Chafin
Children: Elliott R Hatfield
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Ephriam Hatfield
Name: Ephriam Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 11 Apr 1812 Newtown, West Virginia
Death: 28 Jun 1881 Mingo, West Virginia
Father:
Mother: Martha Weddington
Spouse: Nancy Vance
Children: Anderson Hatfield
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Valentine Hatfield
Name: Valentine Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 1789 Virginia
Death: 1867 Virginia
Father:
Mother: Mary Goff
Spouse: Martha Weddington
Children: Ephriam Hatfield
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Ephriam Hatfield
Name: Ephriam Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 1765 Virginia
Death: 16 Jun 1855 Virginia
Father:
Mother: Rachel Smith
Spouse: Mary Goff
Anna McKinney
Children: Valentine Hatfield
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Joseph Hatfield
Name: Joseph Hatfield
SAR: 83763
Birth: 1740 Virginia
Death: 29 Aug 1832 Campbell, Tennessee
Spouse: Rachel Smith
Children: Ephriam Hatfield
Source Citation: ; SAR Membership Number: 83763.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
Description: This database contains applications for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970. These records can be an excellent source for names, dates, locations, and family relationships. Learn more...
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