Pages from the Notebook of Samuel Weisel

as written by Samuel Weisel (1828-1916)

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Samuel Weisels Book Warrington
Township Bucks County Pe
December 7th 1856

        

[the following notes were written with pen and ink in a bound, unlined
notebook approximately 6 inches long x 4 inches wide]


Settlement of Weisel Clan in
America & oath of allegiance
Michael Weisel came from "xxx" [may be "the" or "south"]
palitinate Germany a[n]d wife
Susannaa, Frederick Weisel age 25
Martin Weisel 30 years
wife         "   [no age listed]
Weinhard  "  [no age listed]
Michael     }    Settled in Bucks County
& Martin   }    Michael Bedminster Twp.
" Frederick}
Which Country Which County [repeat]
had bee overrun and devastated
a great many time during what
what was called the 30 years religoous
wars and ware of conquest and
where religous prosecutions were
frequently
     [end of page 1]


Casimer & Weinhard Weisel
probably settled in mariland
Michael & his wife (probably) settled in Mariland
  [incorrect as far as we know]
Michael & wife ware accompanied
by three sons,      Jacob
            Michael Jnr.
            George
on Feb 15th 1743 two trats of land
ware surveyed for Michael in the
Northwestern part of Bedminster T.P.
Near tohicken church.  One of the first
German reformed churches in Bucks
County fronting road Line Betwen
Hilltown and Bedminster.
Michael Died in July 1767, their
land was conveyed to their son
Jacob who in turn who in turn [repeat] to
portion to his Brother Michael, thee
    [end of page 2]


other Brother George having
settled in Richland T.P.
Michael & Susana Weisel and their
ware the first people of the name
to Emigrate to this county and ware
ware [repeat] the pioneer ancestor of the Bucks
County family of Weisel
Second Generation in America
Jacob Weisel, Born in Palitinate
1717 or 18.  Died in Bucks County 1797


Frederick Born  April 21st  1751
Anna Catherine Born 3/18        1756
John Born July 6            1758
George "   June 29          1761
Maria Elizabeth   Sep           1769
    [end of page 3]


Second Generation in America
Jacob Weisel Born in Palatinate
Third Generation Michael Weisel [incorrect generation]
[Jacob and Michael were brothers]
Born in Palestinate in 1720
Died in Buck County June 24,
1796  Magdalena
was a private in McHenry Co.
3rd Battalion Col. Robt. Robisons
Regiment Penna Militia
in Revolutionary War.
George Weisel Born in Palatin
nate about 1722.  Died in
Bucks County.  Married
was private Capt. Manus
Yost's Co., Col. John Kellers
Regiment.  Penna Militia
Revolutionary War.
    [end of page 4]


Reference Penna. Archives
5th Series Vol 5. Pages 342
351, 373, 374, 379, 427
Bucks County Historical
Society Davis History o[f] Bucks
County
These men were evidently patrio[ts]
for ther new country.  Michael had
come over when 12 years of Age.  he
was a resident of Bedminster Twp
Bucks County until his death.
Was a member of the Tohickon
Reformed Church.  these men
served Throut the War.  Michael
[believed to be son of Michael Jnr.]
Weisel married twice first wife
Catherine, Second Mary Sorver married
Augt 19th 1794.  She died 1830 he
died 1819.  Children Elizabeth
Smith, Magdalena Bissey, Eve W. Swartz
    [end of page 5]


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Michael, Daniel, Susan Swartz,
Catherine, Tobias and Samuel
at one time at one time [repeat] owned
Point Pleasant tavern in Bedminster about
1765.  Married Eve Shellenberger
[believed to be Henry Weisel]
Children Susana Fluck Born 1789
George married Catherine Fluck Born
3/28 1790, Joseph Born July 10
1793, Henry & Elizabeth Seiple Born
1/29 1796, Mary Eckel 1802 and
Samuel and Catherine Solliday Born
Augt 1st 1804.  Joseph purchased
the homestead at his farther's death
George L. Weisel Born in Bedminster
T.P. March 11th 1773.  Married Ma
rgaret Scheib on April 19th 1796
Rec'd from father portion of old homestead
which he later sold & moved to
[believed to be Montgomery Twp.,
Montgomery County, Penna per the 1810 census]
    [end of page 7]


Late in life purchased farm
in Warrington T.P.  his wife was Born
April 7 1775


[John incorrect] George L. Weisel moved
from Bedminster T.P.  [repeat of above information]Mch 11th 1773
Married to Margaret Scheib
John George Weisel [in pencil] married Kate Scheib
Later in life purchased farm in Warrington T.P.  on his Warrington
property he built a Saw Mill in 1843
and in 1844 Chopping mill
from a stream called Mill Creek
later sold farm & mill to his son Samuel Weisel
Mill torn down in 1906 for want
of water and repairs by
Harry Kenderdine
    [end of page 8]


5th Generation [correct]
Henry Weisel was Born Sep 21st
1823.  [brother of Samuel Weisel]
Married Maria Loux
5 children, H. Oliver,
Michael Louis and 3 Deceased
Mary Ann unmarried Born 1826
[sister of Henry, Samuel & Aaron Weisel] Died 1878
Samuel Weisel Born April 12th
1828.  Married Katherine Kober 5 children
Born Sep 15th 1829.  Farmer & miller
on homestead in Warrington T.P.
Aaron Weisel Born Feb 25th 1831
  [brother of Henry & Samuel]
Married Maria Kober  6 children
      [end of page 9]


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6th Generation [correct]
Frank P. Weisel Born Jan 18 1854
Married Kate Stout Bo[r]n [no date given]
Amand[a] Weisel Born July 10th 1855
Married Frank S. Reiff Born [no date given]
Mary A. Weisel Born Augt 24th
1857.  Married W.H. Detweiler
Born Jan 16 1886
Anna Catherine Born Sep 20th
1859.  Married Elwood George
Kephart Born April 16th 1856
Died July 12th 1807 [incorrect year]
Anna, C. I. Kephart, Horace, Samuel,
Elsie, Amey, Russel, Ralph
and Earl  all
moved to California
    [end of page 11]



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4th Generation [believed to be correct]
John George Weisel Born
[believed to be incorrect name, should read
Mary Weisel who was the sister of  John George Weisel]
Augt 26th [no year given] Married Henry
Danenhower  [perhaps Danehower] George married [meaning unclear,
appears to be out of context]
2 children [believed to be from marriage of Mary and Henry Danenhower]
Sarah Berkenstock
Elizabeth never married
    [end of page 13]

[The following information is not contiguous with previous writing in the
notebook.  It was recorded in pencil and appears not to be in the hand of
Samuel Weisel.  The dates may be notations from tombstone engravings.]


Johannes Scheib
born Feb 24, 1771
died June 25, 1818


George Scheib, wife Barbara
born Feb 27, 1783
died June 9, 1823


Catherine Scheib
born Jan 9, 1774
died Aug 16, 1860


Barbara Gerhart Scheib
born Sept 21, 1782
[died] ---  12, 1872


George Scheib
born Aug 10, 1744
died Sept --, 1815


Elizabeth Scheib
[born] May 26, 1747
[died] Dec 19 1834


Christiana , wife of John Weisel
born Jan 20, 1820
died Dec 6, 1850


Joseph Weisel, son of Henry Weisel
born June 10, 1793
Susanna Rufe, wife, dau. of George & Sarah Rufe
born Jan 15, 1801
died Apr 8, 1852


George W[eisel]
born Mar 28, 1790
died Sept 16, 1863


married Catherine Fluck
born May 12, 1792
died Nov 10, 1878


Jacob Sallade, son of Barbara W[eisel] S[allade]
[born] Feb 2, 1748
died Apr 15,1815


Barbara S[allade], dau [of Barbara Weisel Sallade]
born Apr 24, 1754
died Apr 3, 1829


Aaron [Weisel]
died Sep 20, 1916


Maria [Weisel]
died Oct 27, 1919


buried at Hilltown (new cemetery)


Henry Weisel married Maria Loux Nov 18, 1847


John George [Weisel] born May 29, 1850
died Feb 23, 1853


Lydia Ann [Weisel]
[born] Jul 13, 1852


Henry Oliver [Weisel]
[born] Feb 21, 1855
[died] Dec 1, 1913


Michael Lewis [or Louis] [Weisel]
[born] Nov 26, 1857
   twins
Mary Lucinda [Weisel] died Nov 26, 1857



Haldeman History


Maryann Funk, grand
daughter of Christian
Haldeman married a man
by the name of Beidler, who
went west and was a lumber
dealer, had several children


Catherine Funk married probably a Swartley.  find out

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