Christianna (Wysor) Anderson (1761 - 1846)

Born 1 Mar 1761 in Blue Mountain, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Anderson — married 24 Mar 1779 in Near Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1846 at age 85 in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Christina Wysor was born 1 Mar 1761 and baptized 1 Jun 1761 in Upper Saucon, Northampton (later Lehigh), Pennsylvania. This baptism is recorded in the records of St Paul's Lutheran & Reformed Church, aka the Blue Church. It names Christina as the daughter of Adam Wysor and Elizabeth Beck, with sponsors, Balthasar and Christina Meier (see media).^[1][2]

At some point before the Revolutionary War, the Adam Wysor family left Pennsylvania and move into the region of Winchester, Frederick, Virginia.

Marriage:
Christina Wysor married Jacob Anderson 24 Mar 1779 in Frederick County, Virginia, at the home of her parents near Winchester.^[3]

Children: dates are approximate^[4]

1. George (1781-1814) married Polly BURTON, casualty of 1812 War, wife lived Pope, IL
2. Elizabeth (1783-1867) married George WOOLWINE, separated from husband, lived OH
3. Margaret (Peggy) (1785-1850) married (1) John KING, (2) Alexander GRAY, lived Pope, IL
4. Catherine (1785-1830) married married Jacob SHEARMAN
5. Susanna (1787-1846) married John HUGHES, lived Pope, IL
6. Mary Elizabeth (Polly) (1790-1850) married Abraham SHUFFLEBARGER, lived Pope, IL
7. Eve (1790-1850) married Jacob SONGER, lived Pulaski, VA
8. Jacob (1796-1874) married Drusilla, lived in Pope, IL
9. John (1797-1864) married Catherine KEPLINGER, lived in Fountain, IN
10. Nancy (1800-1840) married William SHEPHERD, died possibly Macon, IL
11. William J (1805-1891) married (1) Hetty CARPER, (2) Juliet BROOKS, lived Pulaski, VA
12. Malinda (1806-1842) Not named 1846 will of mother, presumed dead without heirs.

Census:
1782 Frederick, VA: listed Jacob, Peter, Adam, Henry^{[5] [6]}
1782 Montgomery, VA^[7]
1810 Christiansburg, Montgomery, VA: Males:2<10, 2<15, 1>45+; Females: 3<10, 1<15, 2<25, 1<44^[8]
1820 Christinsburg, Montgomery, VA: Males: 1<15, 1>45+; Females: 1<10, 2<25, 1>45+^[9]
1830 Montgomery, VA: Males:1<5, 1<15, 1<20, 1<30, 1<80; Females: 1<15, 1<30, 1<70^[10]
1840 Newbern, Pulaski, VA: Males: 1<90; Females: 1<20, 1<80^[11]
1840 Pulaski, VA list of Rev War Pensioners^[12]

Will:
Christina survived her husband and wrote her will 10 Apr 1846. It was proved 10 Sep 1846 in Pulaski County, Virginia. She names her children: Jacob, John, William, Elizabeth WOOLWINE, Peggy GRAY, Eve SONGER, Polly S BARGER. It also mentions the children of her deceased son George, and the children of her deceased daughters, Susan HUGHES and Nancy SHEPHERD (see media).^[1][3] Daughter Malinda is not named, nor are any children by her mentioned. She is presumed to have died unmarried between 1833-1846 when her parents’ wills were written.

Christina Wysor Anderson died 28 Jul 1846 in Pulaski County, Virginia.^[3]

Notes

Mark Steinke's excellent research which he shared in 1998, traced the connections of Jacob Anderson’s family in Pulaski, VA and related families to previous generations in PA. His diligent work unlocked the lineage of Jacob Anderson’s ancestors.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Research of Mark Steinke, 2014
2. ↑ St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania). 1946. Church records, 1740-1851, St. Paul's Lutheran. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data:Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1995/images/MIUSA1775D_134621-00578?ssrc=pt&treeid=101765110&personid=260012231936&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=1364 ($)
4. ↑ Jacob Anderson of Pulaski, Virginia 1758-1842 and Related Families, by Lynette McCarthy, Self Publ, 1981. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/120423-jacob-anderson-of-pulaski-virginia-1758-1842-and-related-families?viewer=1&offset=1#page=4&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. : records of the state enumerations, 1782 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23916383?h=8af7ac (Free Share)
6. ↑ The story of Winchester in Virginia, the oldest town in the Shenandoah Valley,bt Oren FredericMorton, 1925. p.272 [database on-line] https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23916353?h=04b292 (Free Share)
7. ↑ https://www.newrivernotes.com/montgomery_enumerations_1782_land_tax_list.htm
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY6-SJXW?cc=1803765&wc=QZZC-B6J%3A1588180005%2C1588180302%2C1588180909 : 1 December 2015), Virginia > Montgomery > Christiansburg > image 23 of 54; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYY-KPL?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-44V%3A1586984702%2C1586987202%2C1586985133 : 16 July 2015), Virginia > Montgomery > Newburn > image 3 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYF-9WTZ?cc=1803958&wc=35Y4-B8N%3A1588479103%2C1588469801%2C1588469601 : 14 August 2015), Virginia > Montgomery > Not Stated > image 1 of 2; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTT-N89?cc=1786457&wc=31SJ-LLG%3A1588670024%2C1588671096%2C1588667574 : 19 May 2020), Virginia > Pittsylvania > Southern District > image 28 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
12. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-LTDF?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RS1%3A1597372340 : 29 August 2019), Virginia, Census of pensioners, 1840 > image 13 of 13; citing various published state rosters, United States.
13. ↑ The Early Wysor family : with variant spellings Weiser and Wiser, and associated families of Trinkle, Anderson, Cecil, Shufflebarger and Peck, by Mark E Steinke, Publ: 1998 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/55198-redirection

See Also:

• "Descendants of Peter Anderson"

Acknowledgments

• Research of Mark Steinke 1998
• Significant additions to biography and sources compiled by Leah Kopka 2021