Zerviah Wanzer (1753 - 1775)

Ancestors

Died 1775 at about age 21 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Zerviah was a Friend (Quaker)

Zerviah was born 5d 12m 1753 [5 Dec 1753].^[1] He is the son of Moses Wanzer and Elizabeth (Knapp) Wanzer. ^[1]

His inventory was taken on 25 December 1775 in New Fairfield and recorded in Danbury. Abraham Wanzer was the administrator of his estate.^[2]

Birth and Siblings

Children of Moses and Eliza Wanzer:^[1]

• Abraham Wanzer b. 15 of 10m, 1748
• Nicholas Wanzer b. 22 of 8m, 1751
• Zerviah Wanzer b. 5 of 12m, 1753, N/S
• Moses Wanzer b. 11 of 5m, 1755
• Ebenezer Wanzer b. 10 of 2m, 1757; d. 16 of 1m, 1758
• Abigail Wanzer b. 6 of 9m, 1758
• Ebenezer Wanzer b. 3 of 6m, 1760
• Heusted Wanzer b. 3 of 2m, 1762
• Eliza Wanzer b. 17 of 6m, 1764
• John Wanzer b. 13 of 7m, 1766
• Ann Wanzer b. 9 of 1m, 1771

Notes

• Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} [Quaker Births From Oblong Monthly Meeting], Dutchess County, New York, LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost, Transcribed by Debbie Axtman, Pages 1-4
2. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TFNZ : 3 March 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 559-560, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 3, 1768-1782, Pages 295-297. Starts at bottom of right hand side