Phillip Wetzel (1751 - 1826)

Born 19 Dec 1751 in Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1826 at age 74 in Centre, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Private Phillip Wetzel served with Berks County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Phillip Wetzel is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A123609.

From Fisher's Snyder County Pioneers:

PHILIP WETZEL, SENIOR, seems to have been a son of Jacob Wetzel, Sr. He was born on December 19, 1751, probably in Berks County, Pa., and died in Center Township, Union (now Snyder) County. Pa., on September 4, 1826. He is buried in the Hassinger Old Cemetery, west of Middleburg, Pa., In 1780, he was assessed as a single freeman in Hereford Township, Berks County. In 1784, he lived in the same township but owned no land. His occupation at the time was that of blacksmith. He was assessed in Penn Township for the first time in 1794. Letters of administration in his estate were granted to Philip Wetzel on November 17, 1826, and Henry Wetzel and Peter Decker were given as sureties. A deed given by the heirs of Philip Senior, dated on Dec, 2, 1828, contained these names of the supposed children of Philip:

• Philip of Middleburg. Pa.
• Daniel of Center Township
• Solomon Solomon of Fayette, Seneca Contuy, New York, and
• Jonathan of Center Township.

Eva, wife of Philip (Junior or Senior) ^[1] born Dec. 28, 1788, died Feb. 18. 1832, is buried in the Hassinger Old Cemetery. Philip Wetzel, Senior, served as a Sergeant in the Pennsylvania Artillery. His father Jacob. served as a private, 8th Class, in Captain John Miller's Company of the Berks County Militia, in 1783.

Sources

1. ↑ Probably Eva Yeager, wife of Philip, Jr

• Fisher, Charles A. The Snyder County Pioneers. Retrieved from https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/195756-the-snyder-county-pioneers (Accessed 29 Feb 2020).

• Montgomery, Thomas Lynch (ed). Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, battalions and line, 1775-1783|Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, associated battalions and militia, 1775-1783. Pennsylvania archives. Sixth series; Vol 5, p 248.

• DAR Database Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 28 February 2022), "Record of Phillip Wetzel", Ancestor # A123609.

• Selinsgrove Times Tribune. Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. 12 Sep 1935, p 1.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63470985/philip-wetzel : accessed 28 February 2022), memorial page for Philip Wetzel Sr. (19 Dec 1751–4 Sep 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63470985, citing Hassingers Old Cemetery, Middleburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Carl Catherman (contributor 47367106) .