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Johann Jacob WELLER

Johann Jacob WELLER[1]

Male 1704 - 1794  (89 years)

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  • Name Johann Jacob WELLER  [2
    Born 16 Sep 1704  Diedenshausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LXMT-8W5 
    Died 8 May 1794  Graceham, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried 10 May 1794  Moravian Cemetery, Graceham, Frederick Co., Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I594765705  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2022 

    Father Johannes Daniel WELLER,   b. 11 Aug 1677, Diedenshausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1761, Rapho Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Anna Margaretha SPIESSEN,   b. 9 Dec 1679, Diedenshausen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1754, Girkhausen, Sliegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 26 Nov 1705  West Falen, Girkhausen, Arnsberg, Prus. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna Margaret KOEHN,   b. 2 Mar 1715, Girkhausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1738, Died Of Dropsy upon arrival in Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1737  Diedenshausen Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F10629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Maria Barbara WILHIDE, Vierruhr,   b. 9 Mar 1714, Schwaigern, Brackenheim, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1754, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland Colony, British North America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 21 Apr 1738  Hallem Township, York County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Johannes Jacob WELLER,   b. 10 May 1739, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1809, Graceham, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Philip (Moravian) WELLER,   b. 12 Jun 1742, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1779, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     3. Elizabeth Juliana WELLER,   b. 16 Apr 1744, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1793, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     4. Johannes WELLER,   b. 27 Aug 1747, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1802, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     5. Maria "Mollie" Magdelena WELLER,   b. 6 Sep 1749, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1826, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F536728515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Anna Elizabeth KRIEGER,   b. 1719, Bettelhausen, Wittgenstein, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1800, Graceham, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 13 Aug 1755  Moravian, Graceham, Frederick Co. MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anna Elizabeth WELLER,   b. Abt 1756, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F10623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Johann Jacob Weller was born September 16, 1704, in Diedenshausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Germany, the son of Johann Daniel Weller. His father married a year later to Anna Maria Spies, so it seems like either Johann Jacob was the son of an earlier wife of his father, or he was illegitimate. Johannes Weller, also an immigrant who settled in the Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, area, was most likely his 1/2 brother, despite the fact that many have claimed they were cousins or even not related at all. Jacob married 3 times. The first time on March 10, 1737, in Diedenshausen, to Anna Margaretha Koehn, who died shortly after they arrived in Pennsylvania. Perhaps she became ill on the voyage. Jacob married 2nd on April 21, 1738, in Hallem Township, York County, Pennsylvania, to Maria Barbara Willheit, daughter of Johann Friedrich and Wilhelmina Lucretia Hafner Willheit, also immigrants from Germany. They were the parents of 5 known children: John Jacob, Philip, Elizabeth Juliana, John and Maria Magdalena Weller. Maria Barbara passed away in 1754. Jacob married 3rd on August 13, 1755, to Anna Elizabeth Krieger. They were the parents of one daughter, Anna Elizabeth Weller. Jacob Weller passed away on May 8, 1794, in Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, and was buried on the 10th in Graceham Moravian Church Cemetery, Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland.
      From the records of the Graceham Moravian Church, Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland:
      "WELLER, Jacob, son of Daniel Weller, was born September 16, 1704 at Dietenshausen in Berleburg; he married in 1726 (sic) Anna Margaret Koehn who died at Skippack, of the dropsy; he came to America 1737, arriving at Philadelphia in the fall of that year; thence they went to look up his friends, particulary John Peitzel, which led him into the Crice (Kreutz) Creek settlement. Thence the family came here in 1742, and he was present at our first communion. He married secondly in March (sic), 1738 at Crice Creek to Maria Barbara Wilhide (called 'a blessed vessel'); she had previously been the wife of (Leonhart) Vieruhr; she died July 17, 1754. He married thirdly on August 13, 1755 Anna Elizabeth Krieger, whose father was a citizen at Bettelhausen; she was born in 1719 at Bettelhausen in Wittgenstein; she died April 2, 1800. As his years advanced, he retired and spent most of his time reading the Holy Scriptures and other edifying books, praying for the welfare of his children and grandchildren, and was a beloved and venerable patriarch, of exemplary career. He was healthy all his life until the 27th of April, when he became completely helpless. He died May 8, 1794 and was buried May 10 in the burial ground in his orchard. His wife, who was very ill this spring, was able to take care of him, for which he was very happy and grateful." -- Record also states that a son and a daughter died before the father.
      Johann Jacob Weller from Diedenshausen, in 1737, stepped off the Andrew Galley ship in Philadelphia, a member of the German Reformed Church. By the time he settled in Western Maryland in what became Mechanicstown, Weller had become an active Moravian. For a time, traveling Moravian ministers actually conducted services in Weller's home. His cousin, Johannes Weller, who also settled in what was later the Mechanicstown area, however was associated with the Lutherans. (Reference: U.S. Forest Service, Catoctin Mountain Park, Historic Resource Study, Chapter 1, Settling the Catoctins ).
      York Moravian Church Record:
      "Anna Elizabeth Weller of Jacob and Anna Elizabeth, born May 22, 1756, baptized June 27. Sponsors: Catharina Herbach, Maria Elizabeth Krieger."
      (findagrave.com)

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Maria "Mollie" Magdelena WELLER, person ID LK1Y-M5V. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for John Jacob WELLER, person ID LXMT-8W5. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Johann Jacob Weller, person ID LXMT-8W5. (Reliability: 3).