Martin - Kerchner

Descendants of Martin Wetzel
Generation No. 1
1. MARTIN 1 WETZEL was born Abt. 1680 in Germany, and died August 05, 1760 in Winchester Frederick Va..
He married (1) EVE *UNKNOWN* in Germany. She was born in Germany. He married (2) ANNA MARGRETHA
EMMRICHM January 10, 1710/11 in Baden Germany, daughter of HANS EMMRICH and *UNKNOWN*. She was
born January 06, 1692/93.
Children of MARTIN WETZEL and ANNA EMMRICHM are:
2. i. HENDRICK 2 WETZEL, b. 1700, Germany.
3. ii. MARTIN WETZEL, b. 1708, Germany; d. June 1794, Brocks Gap Rockingham County Va..
Generation No. 2
2. HENDRICK 2 WETZEL (MARTIN 1 ) was born 1700 in Germany. He married *UNKNOWN*.
Child of HENDRICK WETZEL and *UNKNOWN* is:
i. NICHALOS 3 WETZEL.
3. MARTIN 2 WETZEL (MARTIN 1 ) was born 1708 in Germany, and died June 1794 in Brocks Gap Rockingham
County Va.. He married ELIZABETH COMMERSTON Abt. 1732. She was born Abt. 1710, and died July 1807 in
Brocks Gap Rockinghan County Va..
Children of MARTIN WETZEL and ELIZABETH COMMERSTON are:
4. i. SUSANNAH 3 WETZEL, d. Abt. 1794.
5. ii. HENRY WETZEL, b. Abt. 1735, Winchester VA.; d. Bef. 1794, Rockingham County Va..
iii. MARIA CATHERINE WETZEL, b. January 29, 1748/49; d. Abt. 1794; m. (1) JACOB WOLFE; m. (2) GEORGE
RUBLE, April 01, 1776.
Generation No. 3
4. SUSANNAH 3 WETZEL (MARTIN 2 , MARTIN 1 ) died Abt. 1794. She married (1) WALHALL GOODRICH. She
married (2) JACOB REESE 1776.
Child of SUSANNAH WETZEL and JACOB REESE is:
i. HENRY 4 REESE.
5. HENRY 3 WETZEL (MARTIN 2 , MARTIN 1 ) was born Abt. 1735 in Winchester VA., and died Bef. 1794 in
Rockingham County Va.. He married CATHERINE "SARAH" WEATHERHOLTZ 1758, daughter of NICHOLAUS
WETTERHOLD and ANNA URBAN. She was born March 15, 1762, and died May 1850.
Children of HENRY WETZEL and CATHERINE WEATHERHOLTZ are:
i. HENRY J. 4 WETZEL, b. May 1758, Rockingham County Va..
6. ii. PETER WETZEL, b. 1760, Rockingham County Va..
iii. ELIZABETH WHETZEL, b. 1761.
7. iv. SUSAN WETZEL, b. March 15, 1762, Rockingham County Va.; d. May 1850, Bergton Rockingham County
Va..
8. v. BARBARA WETZEL, b. 1768, Rockingham County Va.; d. 1853.
9. vi. JOHN WHETZEL, b. Abt. 1770.
10. vii. SARAH WETZEL, b. February 24, 1773, Rockingham County Va..
viii. MARY WHETZEL, b. 1774.
11. ix. MARTIN WETZEL, b. 1775, Rockingham County Va..
12. x. JOHN JACOB WETZEL, b. 1784, Hampshire County VA..
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Generation No. 4
6. PETER 4 WETZEL (HENRY 3 , MARTIN 2 , MARTIN 1 ) was born 1760 in Rockingham County Va.. He married PEGGY
LUINBERGER May 28, 1805 in Rockingham County Va..
Children of PETER WETZEL and PEGGY LUINBERGER are:
i. DANIEL 5 WETZEL, m. BARBARY MILLER, December 08, 1812, Augusta County Virginia.
ii. MICHAEL WETZEL, m. PATSY ALAN.
iii. JR. PETER WETZEL, b. October 20, 1774, Frederick County Md.; d. October 20, 1864, Rockingham County
W Va.; m. (1) MARY TUTWILER, October 19, 1796, Rockingham County Va.; b. July 25, 1776, Rockingham
County Va.; d. November 04, 1834, Rockingham County Va.; m. (2) HANNAH MAY METZ, June 05, 1821.
More About MARY TUTWILER:
Burial: Pleasent Grove UB. Church Rockinghan
iv. ABRAHAM WETZEL, b. 1777, Frederick County Md.; m. MAGDALINE KELLER, November 09, 1797,
Rockingham County Va..
v. JACOB WETZEL, b. 1780, Rockingham County Va.; m. CATHERINE *UNKNOWN*.
vi. CATHERINE "SARAH" WETZEL, b. 1780, Frederick County Md.; d. September 24, 1872, Salineville
Columbiana County Md.; m. TOBIAS ROUDABUSH, December 11, 1802, Rockingham County Va.; b. Abt.
1776, York Pa.; d. February 15, 1867, Fox Carroll County Ohio.
More About TOBIAS ROUDABUSH:
Burial: Mount Olivete Carroll County Ohio
vii. GEORGE WETZEL, b. 1784; m. POLLY BRINKMAN, August 03, 1809; b. 1784.
viii. MARY MAGDALENE WHETZEL, b. 1788, Leitersburg Washington Co Md; d. 1873, Rockingham County
Va.; m. JACOB ROUDEBUSH, September 03, 1808, Rockingham County Va.; b. March 10, 1786, Berwick
York County Pa.; d. July 04, 1848, Elkton Rockingham County Va..
7. SUSAN 4 WETZEL (HENRY 3 , MARTIN 2 , MARTIN 1 ) was born March 15, 1762 in Rockingham County Va., and died
May 1850 in Bergton Rockingham County Va.. She married FREDRICK "FRITZ" DOVE November 09, 1804, son
of HENRY DOVE and MARGARET WITMYER. He was born 1762 in Germany, and died June 13, 1849 in Bergton
Rockingham County Va..
More About SUSAN WETZEL:
Burial: Bergton Lutheran Ch. Cem.
More About FREDRICK "FRITZ" DOVE:
Burial: Bergton Lutheran Ch. Cem.
Children of SUSAN WETZEL and FREDRICK DOVE are:
i. REBECCA 5 DOVE, d. Abt. 1841; m. NATHANIEL MONGOLD, July 03, 1836, Rockingham County Va..
ii. MAHALA DOVE, m. JR. GEORGE DOVE; b. 1789; d. 1887.
iii. GEORGE DOVE, b. 1786.
iv. DIANNA DOVE, b. Abt. 1804; m. NIMROD DOVE; b. 1820.
v. AARON DOVE, b. February 01, 1809, Brocks Gap Rockingham County Va.; d. April 26, 1896, Joensboro
Washington County Tenn.; m. ELIZABETH SOUDER; b. September 07, 1813, Crab's Run Rockingham County
Va.; d. November 09, 1898, Jonesboro Washington County Tenn..
More About AARON DOVE:
Burial: Keebler Cem.
More About ELIZABETH SOUDER:
Burial: Keebler Cem.
8. BARBARA 4 WETZEL (HENRY 3 , MARTIN 2 , MARTIN 1 ) was born 1768 in Rockingham County Va., and died 1853.
She married JOHN WILLIAM RIGGLEMAN January 23, 1789, son of GEORGE RIGGLEMAN and CATHERINE
CALDWELL. He was born May 20, 1758 in Berks County Pa., and died 1847 in Rockingham County Va..
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More About BARBARA WETZEL:
Burial: Caplingers Cem. Criders W Va.
More About JOHN WILLIAM RIGGLEMAN:
Burial: Caplingers Cem Criders W Va.
Children of BARBARA WETZEL and JOHN RIGGLEMAN are:
i. VIRGINIA 5 RIGGLEMAN.
ii. SAMANTHA RIGGLEMAN.
iii. SYLVANEUS RIGGLEMAN.
iv. SOLOMON RIGGLEMAN.
v. CATHERINE "KATE" RIGGLEMAN, b. Abt. 1791; m. (1) JR. GEORGE DOVE; b. 1789; d. 1887; m. (2) PHILIP
STUTZ; m. (3) DANIEL MOYER, April 18, 1829, Rockingham County Va..
vi. SARAH "SALLIE" RIGGLEMAN, b. 1793, Rockingham County Va.; d. Aft. 1860; m. (1) AARON DOVE; b.
April 01, 1786; d. October 14, 1848; m. (2) GEORGE HOTTINGER, March 03, 1817, Rockingham County
Va.; b. Abt. 1775, Shenandoah County Va..
More About SARAH "SALLIE" RIGGLEMAN:
Burial: Caplingers Cemetery Criders W Va.
More About AARON DOVE:
Burial: Dove Cemetery Bergton Va.
vii. MARY ELIZABETH RIGGLEMAN, b. 1796, Va.; d. February 17, 1855; m. ABRAHAM BAKER, October 20,
1817, Rockingham County Va.; b. 1784, Va.; d. March 1874.
viii. JR. JOHN RIGGLEMAN, b. 1798; d. Hardy County Mathias Va.; m. SARAH "SALLY" MASON, September 07,
1825, Mathias Hardy County Va.; b. Abt. 1804, Hardy County Mathias Va..
ix. JACOB RIGGLEMAN, b. January 20, 1798, Rockingham County Va.; d. August 08, 1878, Hardy County W
VA.; m. (1) MARY LANDIS; b. 1801, Landis Va.; d. July 17, 1858, Hardy County Mathias W VA.; m. (2)
MARGARET ANN CHAMP, 1820; b. 1820, Va.; d. 1901.
More About JACOB RIGGLEMAN:
Burial: Riggleman Cem. North Fork Cabins W Va.
More About MARY LANDIS:
Burial: Riggleman Cem. North Fork Cabins W Va.
x. MARTIN RIGGLEMAN, b. 1800, Rockingham County Va.; d. Abt. 1890, Randolph County W Va.; m.
HESTER SWADLEY, June 06, 1829, Pendleton County Va.; b. 1811, Pendleton County Va.; d. 1891,
Randolph County W Va..
xi. RACHEL RIGGLEMAN, b. February 20, 1805, Va.; d. 1889, Hardy County W VA.; m. ISAAC FITZWATER,
May 25, 1831, Rockingham County Va.; b. 1807, Rockingham County Va.; d. January 1839, Hardy County
Va..
xii. AARON RIGGLEMAN, b. 1807, Pendelton County Va.; d. Aft. 1880, Pendelton County W Va.; m.
ELIZABETH NESSELRODT, August 19, 1843, Pendleton County W Va.; b. 1814, Pendelton County Va..
More About AARON RIGGLEMAN:
Occupation: Stone Mason
xiii. CHRISTINE RIGGLEMAN, b. 1811; m. DAVID TURNER, January 27, 1827, Rockingham County Va.; b. Abt.
1805.
xiv. HAGAR RIGGLEMAN, b. 1815; d. Aft. 1850.
xv. REUBEN RIGGLEMAN, b. 1815, Pendelton Co Va.; m. PHOEBE NESSELRODT, November 10, 1841, Franklin
Pendleton County W Va.; b. 1823, Pendelton County Va..
More About REUBEN RIGGLEMAN:
Occupation: Farmer
xvi. JEMIMA RIGGLEMAN, b. 1815; d. 1897; m. JOSEPH ALFRED DOVE, 1817; b. 1817; d. 1897.
9. JOHN 4 WHETZEL (HENRY 3 WETZEL, MARTIN 2 , MARTIN 1 ) was born Abt. 1770. He married (1) MARY SWANK.
She was born 1775. He married (2) ELIZABETH CAPLINGER July 27, 1791 in Rockingham County Va., daughter
of CHRISTIAN CAPLINGER and CATHERINE SONIFRANK. She was born 1775.
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Children of JOHN WHETZEL and ELIZABETH CAPLINGER are:
i. CATHERINE "KATY" 5 WHETZEL, b. 1795, Rockingham County Va.; m. JACOB SIEVER, August 28, 1815,
Rockingham County Va.; b. Abt. 1795, Rockingham County Va..
ii. MARY WHETZEL, b. 1799; m. (1) BENJAMON "BENCE" BASHORE; m. (2) JACOB SONIFRANK, 1829,
Rockingham County Va.; b. June 27, 1804; d. December 10, 1859.
iii.
GEORGE WHETZEL, b. 1800, Rockingham County Va.; m. JEMIMA HEVENER, 1833; b. 1820, Pendelton
County Va..
iv. SR. JACOB WHETZEL, b. 1806, Rockingham County Va.; m. (1) MARY ANN LANTZ, 1830; b. 1811; m. (2)
MARY ANN FITZWATER, 1833, Hardy County Va.; b. 1810, Rockingham County Virginia; d. 1873,
Rockingham County Virginia.
v. ELIZABETH WHETZEL, b. Abt. 1815, Pendelton County Va.; m. ISAAC SMITH, May 16, 1842, Rockingham
County Va.; b. Abt. 1820, Rockingham County Va..
10. SARAH 4 WETZEL (HENRY 3 , MARTIN 2 , MARTIN 1 ) was born February 24, 1773 in Rockingham County Va.. She
married JACOB C. DOVE March 16, 1802 in Rockingham County Va., son of HENRY DOVE and MARGARET
WITMYER. He was born 1774 in Rockingham County Va., and died 1854 in Rockingham County Va..
Children of SARAH WETZEL and JACOB DOVE are:
i. CATHERINE 5 DOVE, b. 1797; m. (1) DANIEL MOYER; m. (2) REUBEN DOVE, July 07, 1818, Rockingham
County Va.; b. 1795.
ii.
ABSOLAM "APS" DOVE, b. 1802, Brocks Gap Rockingham County Va.; m. CATHERINE FEATHERS, Abt.
1825; b. 1/2 Indian.
iii. JOANNA "ANN" DOVE, b. 1805.
iv. MARGARET "PEGGY" DOVE, b. 1808; d. 1888; m. JAMES DOVE, 1838; b. 1790, Va.; d. 1878.
v. ABEL DOVE, b. 1810, Rockingham County Va.; d. November 14, 1890, Rockingham County Va.; m. MARY
MAGDALINE CULLERS; b. 1809, Hardy County Va.; d. June 18, 1881, Rockingham County Va..
More About MARY MAGDALINE CULLERS:
Burial: Bergton Va.
vi. SUSAN "SUSIE" DOVE, b. 1817; m. CLAYTON SUTHERLY.
vii. SARAH DOVE, b. 1818; m. JOHN MONGOLD.
viii. NIMROD DOVE, b. 1820; m. DIANNA DOVE; b. Abt. 1804.
11. MARTIN 4 WETZEL (HENRY 3 , MARTIN 2 , MARTIN 1 ) was born 1775 in Rockingham County Va.. He married
CATHERINE SHAVER October 21, 1800 in Rockingham County Virginia, daughter of PALZER SHAVER and
CATHERINE *UNKNOWN*. She was born 1780 in Rockingham County Va., and died 1873 in Rockingham
County W Va..
Children of MARTIN WETZEL and CATHERINE SHAVER are:
i. PHOEBE 5 WHETZEL, m. JOHN MICHAEL, March 18, 1852.
ii. ELIZABETH WHETZEL, m. JACOB MATHIAS.
iii. MARY CATHERINE WHETZEL, m. HENRY LINHOS, June 28, 1840; b. Germany.
iv. PAULSER WHETZEL, m. SARAH DOVE, March 28, 1848, Rockingham County Va..
v. *UNKNOWN* WHETZEL, m. SIMON KLINE.
vi. *UNKNOWN* WHETZEL, m. JOHN BILLER.
vii. SARAH "SALLIE" WHETZEL, b. Abt. 1800; d. January 26, 1875; m. PALSER MOYER, January 10, 1822.
viii. JACOB WHETZEL, b. 1803; m. DELILA MASON, May 05, 1828; b. 1809.
More About JACOB WHETZEL:
Occupation: Millwright
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HANNAH WETZEL, b. November 1806; d. April 17, 1890, Hardy County W VA.; m. SELLESTINE
WHITMER, March 20, 1828, Rockingham County Va.; b. July 21, 1807, Switzerland; d. July 21, 1881, Hardy
County W VA..
More About HANNAH WETZEL:
Burial: See Cemetery Mathias Hardy County W Va.
More About SELLESTINE WHITMER:
Burial: See Cem Mathias Hardy County W Va.
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x. JESSE WHETZEL, b. November 17, 1808, Hardy County Va.; d. May 06, 1890, Sullivan County Tenn; m.
MARY "POLLY" CULLERS, April 24, 1831, Hardy County Va.; b. April 10, 1807, Va.; d. June 02, 1875,
Sullivan County Tenn..
xi. SUSANNAH WHETZEL, b. 1817; d. January 20, 1876, Washington County Tenn.; m. CONRAD BASHORE; b.
1820, Rockingham County Va..
xii. JACKSON WHETZEL, b. 1824; m. (1) *UNKNOWN* JENKINS; m. (2) CATHARINE *UNKNOWN*; b. 1817.
12. JOHN JACOB 4 WETZEL (HENRY 3 , MARTIN 2 , MARTIN 1 ) was born 1784 in Hampshire County VA.. He married
MARY "POLLY" PELSE July 02, 1805 in Rockingham County Va.. She was born Abt. 1780.
Children of JOHN WETZEL and MARY PELSE are:
i. ELIZABETH "BETSY" 5 WHETZEL, b. Abt. 1800, Rockingham County Va.; m. (1) JOHN BRIGHT; m. (2)
*UNKNOWN* WHITEHEAD.
ii. JACOB WHETZEL, b. 1800, 1860 Cen Was 60 Years old; m. MARY ANN TEETS, June 15, 1831, Hardy
County W VA.; b. 1811.
iii. DAVID WHETZEL, b. 1802, Hardy County Va.; m. (1) RACHAEL SLATER; b. 1845; m. (2) LEAH PENCE,
July 31, 1822, Shenandoah County Va..
iv. SARAH WHETZEL, b. 1812, Va.; m. *UNKNOWN*.
v. JOHN WHETZEL, b. 1814; m. MAGDALENE DELAWDER, August 13, 1832, Hardy County Va.; b. September
21, 1809, Hardy County Va.; d. Hardy County Va..
vi. ISAAC WHETZEL, b. 1822, Rockingham County Va.; d. 1904; m. (1) CATHERINE "KITT" DOVE, March 22,
1846, Rockingham County Va.; b. 1826; m. (2) PHOEBE MOYER, November 21, 1859; b. 1838.
vii. MARY ANN "POLLY" WHETZEL, b. 1824, Rockingham County Va.; m. JOSHUA WELZ DOVE, April 05,
1846; b. November 20, 1823.
viii. CORNELIUS "OLD NICK" WHETZEL, b. 1825, Rockingham County Va.; m. MARY MILLER, 1849.
ix. PEARSON WHETZEL, b. 1827, Rockingham County Va.; m. NANCY CHRISMAN; b. 1829, Lost River Va..
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