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John (Wolfensberger) Wolfersberger Jr. (1721 - 1788)

John Wolfersberger Jr. formerly Wolfensberger aka Wolfenberger
Born in Langensoultzbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Francemap
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Husband of — married 1751 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

John Wolfersberger Jr. was born late 1729 or early 1730 as he was an infant on their voyage to America. His exact date and place of birth are not known. He married Hannah SUMMER on 26 July 1751, and the couple had nine children.[1] John Wolfersberger Jr. died 8 November 1788 in Woodstock, Virginia.

Alt: Johan Or John Wolfersberger Jr b. Abt 1730, , Alsace, Lorraine, France, d. 8 Nov 1788, Woodstock, Shenandoah County, VA Married Hannah Summer Or Sumner b. 1734, Of , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA, d. , , Shenandoah, , Virginia, USA[2]

Birth Date and Place

  • 16 October 1721
  • probably Langensoultzbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France or at sea
  • b. Abt 1730, , Alsace, Lorraine, France[2]

Parents

Marriage

Children

  • Joseph Peter Wolfensberger, born 1752 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, married Susanna MILLER on 27 Jul 1775 Peter Wolfersberger b. 1752, , Lebanon, PA, d. 1834, , Knox, Tennessee, USA m. Susannah Miller b. 1759, , , Of, PA, d. Abt 1803, , Greenbrier, Virginia, USA[2]
  • John Wolfensparger Sparger , born 1754
  • Frederick Wolfensparger -Frederich Wolfenbarger b. Abt 1756, , Lebanon, PA, d. Abt 1835, , Greenbrier, WV[2]m. Elizabeth d. Abt 1816
  • Benjamin Wolfensberger, born 1758 in Shenandoah, Virginia, no wife listed for him -Benjamin Wolfenbarger b. Abt 1758, , Lebanon, PA, d. Abt 1812, (, Wythe, VA)[2] married Catherine Brown d. Abt 1793, Greenbriar County, VA/WV
  • Hannah Wolfensberger Gillock Hannah Wolfersberger b. Abt 1758, , Lebanon, PA m. John Gillock Sr b. Abt 1750, , Orange, VA, d. 7 Apr 1783, , Shenandoah, VA[2]
  • Philip Wolfensparger Philip Wolfenbarger b. 1756, , Lancaster, PA, d. 31 Oct 1852, Beaver Twp, Pike, OH m. Catherine Penniwitt b. 1756[2]
  • Mary Catherine (Wolfersberger) Miller, born 1765 -Mary Catherine Wolfersberger b. Abt 1763, , Lebanon, PA married Martin Miller b. 1760[2]
  • Joseph Wolfensparger Joseph Wolfersberger b. Abt 1765, , Lebanon, PA, d. 1808, , Shenandoah, VA m. Elizabeth Hoy b. Bef 1780, d. Bef 1794
  • Barbara Wolfersberger Skinner, born 1768 Barbara Wolfersberger b. Abt 1768, , Lebanon, PA, d. Bef 1795 m. Joseph Skinner[2]
  • John Wolfersberger b. Abt 1760, , Lebanon, PA, d. 17 Nov 1840, , Highland, OH m. Christiana Frey b. 22 Nov 1759, , , PA, d. Abt 1833, (Mt. Airy, Surry, NC, USA)[2]
  • ? Mary Wolfersberger b. Abt 1760[2]

Death Date and Place

  • 8 November 1788
  • Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia, British Colonial America

Research indicates that he was buried in a cemetery in Woodstock now covered by a church or the court house.

Immigration record

Name Anna Margaretha Entzminger Wolffensperger
Arrival Year 1730
Arrival Place Pennsylvania
Family Members Wife Wolffensperger, Anna Margaretha Entzminger; Child Wolffensperger, Jacob Friedrich; Child Wolffensperger, Johan Peter
Source Publication Code 1031.10
Primary Immigrant Wolffensperger, Johannes
Annotation Date and port of arrival. Name of ship, village of origin, and reference to original record may also be provided. Spouse and children, mentioned prior to emigration, were assumed by indexers to have accompanied emigrant. Much genealogical data is also provided.[3]


DAR Ancestor

Name: WOLFENBARGER, JOHN
Ancestor #: A127509
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1724 GERMANY
Death: 11- -1788 SHENANDOAH CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 3, PP 843, 845
Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES


Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890

Name: John Wolfenberger [John Wolfensberger]
State: VA
County: Shenandoah County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1783
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 064
Database: VA Early Census Index


Family History

The following details are from The Wolfensberger Family Association website. [4]

The parents of John Wolfinbarger Jr were Johannes Wolfersberger and Anna Margaretha Ensminger; they are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania .

The WOLFENSBERGER family had its beginning in the area of Bauma, Switzerland.

The first family member of record was Knight BALDEBERT of Wolfsberg. Wolfsberg was a settlement on the mountain southeast of what is now Bauma, Switzerland. Knight BALDEBERT had his home in a Castle there. The Castle was known as the Wolfsberg Castle. The Castle has been long gone and only the site where the castle stood remains. Knight BALDEBERT evidently occupied this castle from 1233 to 1259. He was from Rapperswil and a subject of Griefenberg, a possession of the Counts of Rapperswil who held feudal tenure from St. Gallen. Knight BALDEBERT and probably others of his family endowed the Monastery at Ruti. The family Coat of Arms was held in this Monastery and many of the family now lay there buried. Knight BALDEBERT probably received his Knighthood from leading a group on a Crusade to the Holy Land.

Our own Dr. Wolf WOLFENSBERGER of Syracuse University has much more on the political and social life in Switzerland and the surrounding areas in those days.

Hermann von WOLFENSBERG was slain in the Battle of Morgarten fighting the Swiss, while serving Dike LEOPOLD of Austria.

Dorthea von WOLFENSBERG was married to Walter von SCHALCHEN in 1316, Noble von HENWIL leased his home to his sons von WOLFENSBERG from 1393 through 1394.

Hof Wolfsberg was leased, from 1432 to 1438, by the Monastery Ruti to Konrad SENN. While Hans was in residence at Wolfsberg he served as a witness to a tithing case between Oswald KUNDIG of Wallenwil and Bozart von HORNEN in the District of Bauna. It appears that in 1539 hof Wolfsberg was freed from the Monastery Ruti, as from that time on there were no tax entries in the local tax books on that property.

A few years later, the Old Zurich War broke out. Therefore it is understandable that the inhabitants in that area, through the development of the rights of citizenship, attempted to guard and protect the City of Zurich.

Amoung those admissions to citizenship was Hans WOLFENSBERGER, the weaver. He was admitted on Wednesday, after Corpus Christi Day, 22 June 1446.

At about this time the traces of the individual Rapperswil von Wolfsberg became more ans mor difficult to find, and in their place is seen more of the related name WOLFENSBERGER. A brief on these ancestors of Jahannes WOLFERSBERGER and their families is as follows:

1. Hans von WOLFSBERG, born about 1395 in Ober Wolfsberg, near Bauma, Switzerland. It is not known when he died. His wife's name is unknown. He had five sons: Hermann, Ulrich, Hans, Frederich and Konrad.

2. Ulrich, born about 1439 in Ober Wolfsberg, died after 1463 in Ettenhausen, Switzerland. His wife's name is unknown. He had only one son of record, that being a Mr. WOLFENSBERGER.

3. Mr. WOLFENSBERGER, born about 1466 in Ettenhausen, Switzerland. His wife's name is unknown. He had only one son of record, Mr. WOLFENSBERGER.

4. Mr. WOLFENSBERGER, born about 1510 in Ettenhausen, Switzerland. Date of death unknown. Name of wife unknown. Their children were; Ulrich, Jakob and Hans.

5. Jakob, born about 1552 in Ettenhausen, Switzerland, died after 1588 in Ettenhausen. His wife was Elsbeth KNECHT. Their children were; Hans, Erhart, George and Ulrich.

6. Erhart, born 12 February 1581 in Ettenhausen, Switzerland, died about 1622 in Ettenhausen. His wife was Margaretha LUTZ. Their children were; Barbara and Jakob. Erhart's second wife was Barbara TOBLER, no children. His third marriage was to Barbara MULLER and their children were; Hans, Anna and Margaretha.

7. Hans, born 24 December 1615 in Ettenhausen, Switzerland, died 15 February 1688 in Ettenhausen. His wife was Margret BARNWART. Their children were; Barbara, Ulrich, Hans, Erhart, Catherine, Jakob and Adeli.

8. Ulrich, born 14 November 1637 in Ettenhausen, Switzerland, died about 1678 in Ettenhausen. Wife was Anna KAGI. Their children were; Jakob, Elsbeth, Mathus, Anna, Hans and Johan Erhart.

9. Johan Erhart, born 18 November 1666 in Ettenhausen, Switzerland. He moved from Ettenhausen, Switzerland to Bas-Rhin in about 1688. He lived in Wolfsheim, which is a suburb of Strasbourg. Evidently it was while he was living in Wolfsheim that he met Ursula EMM. She agreed to marry Erhart if would convert to Catholicism. Evidently that he did and they relocated to the village of Wolshhiem which is about 6 km southeast of Saverne and about 20 km northwest of Wolfsheim. Erhart died 12 July 1740 in Wolshheim. Ursula was born in Buchiberg, Switzerland. A record shows that they both died on the same date, but that is questionable. The present record shows that they had only one child, a son, Johannes. A record shows that there were several other WOLFERSBERGER families in that same area, but so far no connection to Erhart.

10. Johannes, born about 1694 in Wolshheim, Alsace. Johannes married Anna Margareth ENSMINGER in Mattstall which is about 30 km northeast of Wolshheim. Margaretha was born in Durstel on 21 September 1697. Durstel is about 20 km northwest of Wolshheim. Margaretha's parents were born in Waldhambach which is less than 5 km north of Durstel. Johannes and Margaretha were married in Mattstall on 27 January 1721. They probably started their family in Langensoulzbach which is about 2 km southwest of Mattstall. Their children born to Jahannes and Margaretha were John Peter, Ursula, Jakob Frederick, John Jr, Mary Catherine, Anna Maria and John Philip all as follows:

10.1 John Peter, born 16 October 1721 in Langensoulzbach, Alsace, died before 1802 in Heidelburg Township, Lebanon County, Pensylvania. His first marriage was to Appolonia BRUNNER. Their children were Frederick, George Michael, Margaret (STORN) (HENNING), Anna (THOMAS), John George, John and Catherine.
10.2 Ursula, born 29 August 1724 in Langensoulzbach, died 8 September 1727, probably in Langensoulzbach.
10.3 Jakob Frederick, born 1 June 1727 in Langensoulzbach, died about 1764, buried in Heidelburg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Married Ann MEISER. Their children were Catherine Elizabeth (GEMBERLING), John and Anna Maria (PIFFER).
10.4 John Wolfersberger Jr. Born late 1729 or early 1730 as he was an infant on their voyage to America. Not certain where or the exact date he was born. Died 8 November 1788 in Shenandoah, County, Virginia and was buried in Woodstock, Virginia. Research has indicated that he was buried in a cemetery that is now covered by a church or the court house in Woodstock. John Wolfinbarger married 26 Jul 1751 to Hannah SUMMER. They had 9 children: Johann Peter Wolfensberger (born 1752 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, married Susanna MILLER on 27 Jul 1775), John Wolfensparger Sparger (born 1754), Frederick Wolfensparger, Benjamin Wolfensberger (born 1758 in Shenandoah, Virginia, no wife listed for him), Hannah Wolfensberger Gillock, Philip Wolfensparger, Mary Catherine Wolfersberger Miller (born 1765), Joseph Wolfensparger, and Barbara Wolfersberger Skinner (born 1768)
10.5 Mary Catherine, born 3 August 1733 in Heidelburg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Married Jacob TUY in 1753. Moved to Cumberland County, PA. Their children were John P and Eva Elizabeth.
10.6 Anna Maria, born about 1736 in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Married Martin HEFFELFINGER in about 1756 and moved to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Their children were Philip, Peter, John Frederick, Jacob, and Maria Barbra (SPANGLER).
10.7 John Philip, Sr.,born 14 February 1739 in Heidelburgh Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Died 14 July 1824 in Campbellstown, Pennsylvania, and buried in the Salem Reformed Lutheran Church in Campbellstown. Married Susanna --- in about 1766 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Susanna is also buried in the same cemetery with John Philip. Their children were John, John Philip, Frederick, Adam, Philip, Peter and John Jacob. John Philip, Sr had a second marriage to Charlotte SIHLE and to this marriage was born a son Reuben.

Sources

  1. Rootsweb: Peter Wolfinbarger
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Descendants of Johan Or John Wolfersberger Jr
  3. BURGERT, ANNETTE K. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992. 690p. Pag 548
  4. See: http://www.wolfensberger.org/pages/543125/index.htm.
  • U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1730; Page Number: 548. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. See: http://ancstry.me/2C3aabx.
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2714.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKS; Author: Yates Publishing; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA; Publisher Date: 2004.
  • Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890; Name: John Wolfenberger; Residence: 1783 - No Township Listed, Shenandoah County, VA; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA; Publisher Date: 1999. See: http://ancstry.me/2Abe8xf.
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Birth, Marriage & Death; Name: John Adam Wolfersberger; Spouse: Anna Margaretha Ensminger; Birth: 1694 - Ge; Marriage: 1721 - Ge.
  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Birth, Marriage & Death; Name: Johannes Wolfensberger; Spouse: Anna Margaretha Wolfensberger; Birth: 1695 - France; Death: 6 Jul 1761 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Herren, Eunice. Personal recollection, 10 Jun 2016, as told to Kassandra McCormack via e-mail. Notes in the possession of Kassandra McCormack.




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Wolfensberger-61 and Wolfenberger-10 appear to represent the same person because: same parents; same wife, same death date; birth date is uncertain
posted on Wolfenberger-10 (merged) by Dave Rutherford
Most of this bio belongs to his father. It is confusing to read because much of it does not pertain to the actual profile. Would you consider moving some of this to his father?
Wolfersberger-13 and Wolfersberger-11 appear to represent the same person because: John and John Jr. are the same according to my family records. I made a mistake trying to confirm that he is and now it won't let me.
posted by Kass McCormack
Wolfersberger-11 and Wolfensberger-39 appear to represent the same person because: I discovered the profile I created for John Wolfersberger-11 is a match for your John Wolfensberger-39. These two should be merged to one profile under your spelling of the surname (John Wolfensberger-39). If you prefer, I am happy to make the change if you allow me to join the Trusted List for Wolfensberger-39.

There will be a couple additional merges required which I will address separately. I'm sorry for the problem and thank you for helping me correct it.

Julie Mangano

posted by Julie (Miller) Mangano

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