Saturday, April 9, 2011

Surname Saturday - WILHELM (Germany? > Pennsylvania)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 205,  who is Maria Barbara WILHELM (1740-1781), another of my 5th-great-grandmothers. [Note: The 5th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back to Maria Barbara WILHELM is:

1.  Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-....)

2.  Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3.  Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

12.  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)
13.  Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944)

24.  David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902)
25.  Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901)

50.  John Daniel Spangler (1781-1851)
51.  Elizabeth King (1796-1863)

102.  Philip Jacob King (1764-1829)
103.  Catherine Ruth (1770-1813)

204. Philip Jacob King, born about 1739 in Germany; died before 25 February 1792 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of 408. Johann Nicolaus Koenig and 409. Maria Margaretha Stuber. He married  01 April 1763 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
205. Maria Barbara Wilhelm, born about 1740 in Pennsylvania, United States; died before 1781 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.

Children of Philip King and Maria Wilhelm are:
i. Philip Jacob King, born 24 February 1764 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 02 March 1829 in Spring Garden, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married (1) Catherine Ruth before 1790 in probably York, Pennsylvania, United States; married (2) Christina Miller 08 March 1814 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
ii. Elizabeth King, born 17 May 1767 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Bernard Pentz.
iii. Henry King, born 08 January 1770 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Eva Weidner
1797 in probably York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
iv. George King, born about 1774 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States;  married Catherine Mary.
v. Peter King, born 18 December 1775 in Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Susanna
03 March 1800 in probably York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
vi. John King, born 16 May 1776 in Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
vii. Barbara King, born 30 November 1777 in Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 03
February 1800 in York, Pennsylvania, United States; married John Rouse 1796 in probably York, York,
Pennsylvania, United States.

410 Jacob Wilhelm, died before 17 August 1771 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. He married
411. Catharine

Children of Jacob Wilhelm and Catharine are:
i. Maria Wilhelm, married Henry Tank.
ii. Philip Wilhelm
iii. Adam Wilhelm, married Maria Barbara King; born about 1750 in Germany.
iv. Jacob Wilhelm, born about 1735; married Catharine Schupp.
v. Maria Barbara Wilhelm, born about 1740 in Pennsylvania, United States; died before 1781 in York,
York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Philip Jacob King 01 April 1763 in Lancaster, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, United States.

The only resources I've found to date for the Jacob Wilhelm family are:

1)  Two of Jacob Wilhelm's children married two of Nicholas King's children, as described in the book "The
Kings of York County:  Pioneers, Patriots and Papermakers" by Richard Shue.   The book indicates that
Jacob Wilhelm lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania during the 1750's and 1760's.

2)  A short biography of Jacob Wilhelm was published in the biographical record of Frank Wilhelm in the
book "Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County,
Ohio:"  This work says:

"Jacob Wilhelm was the first of the family to come from Germany to America, brought with him
considerable means and settled in Lancaster county, Pa.  His grandson, also christened Jacob, was the great-
grandfather of Frank, the subject of this biographical notice, and early kept a hotel in Harrisburg.  He also
owned forty acres of land immediately east of the state house, and this ground is now covered with costly
buildings.  He died about the year 1830, at the age of ninety-three years, a member of the German Reform
church.  He served in the Revolutionary war, and had been twice married, and by his first wife was the father
of four children, viz:  John, Peter, David and Catherine; to his second marriage no children were born."

That doesn't make sense to me, because it doesn't mention Adam and Barbara, and has the great-
grandfather living until 1830 rather than 1771.  It may conflate two Jacob Wilhelms, or be another family
altogether. 

Obviously, I need to do more work on this family!  Are there any cousins reading this that want to share?

1 comment:

Geolover said...

The second quotation is a bit ambiguous as to which Jacob was the "he" who owned 40 acres near the Courthouse and died in 1830.

My interpretation was that the author was saying it was Jacob, grandson of the immigrant Jacob, who d. in 1830. But what you quote does not assert a 1771 death, or any date at all, for the immigrant Jacob.

You may well be right that the sketch began concerning a different Jacob than the one who d. 1771, or that it conflated two different Jacobs, but from what little is quoted it would need appreciable research to verify what Jacob was meant in the sketch.