Most information on first few generations of descendants from Glen Huffman, Immigrant Henry Wimer of Pendleton County West Virginia (1993); copy in Pendleton Co., WV Library. Veteran of Revolutionary War, served in 1775 in Pennsylvania Line. Discharge signed by General Anthony Wayne.
Henry was born in 1742. He passed away in 1825.
Sources
*U,s, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty- Land Warranty Application Files 1800-1900
*US Revolutionary War Pensioners 1801- 1815 1818 - 1872
Pennsylvania Septennial Census 1779-1863
*(West) Virginia Wills and Probate records 1724-1985
*Probate March 2 1825 Pendleton (West) Virginia
"Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQ2-FYH : 27 August 2018), Henry Wimer in entry for Elizabeth Colaw, 17 Dec 1856; citing Highland County, Virginia, reference p3 #5; FHL microfilm 31,997.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry: