INTRODUCTION
Story of a Wiseman is a family history of the surname Wiseman
in America. The purpose was to
compile a history which would be beneficial to any person researching the Wiseman surname in early America, but is centered around my own
genealogy, of course, which is believed to be 0101 Thomas Wiseman, origin
unknown, who came to Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA by 1706 and to his
“unproven” son 0201 Isaac Wiseman,
Sr. of Berks Co., PA. and Rowan Co., NC.
Isaac’s son, 030105 James
Wiseman, is my 3rd Great Grandfather, a Revolutionary War soldier who served
out of Rowan Co., NC. (all proven)
The interest in this surname Wiseman
became incessant with me in 1982 when I was named president of my local Wiseman
family reunion for the first time. My
wife, Betty’s family, had just completed a genealogy and I decided that it
would be exciting and educational to learn a few facts about my own lineage and
present it to the family at the reunion that summer.
Instead of the usual gifts for youngest, oldest, fartherest traveled,
etc., I purchased Family Group Sheets and Lineage Charts to pass out to the
family members. A questionaire was
prepared to learn what the members knew of their ancestry.
The results were fractional compared with what was later to come.
No one knew a single person beyond the oldest generation’s grandfather.
Before the reunion took place I had traced the Wiseman family back to Wabash Co., IN., the birthplace of my
grandfather, 060105050105 Norman Walter
“Walt” Wiseman. There I found records to prove my great grandparents, 0501050501
James “Squire” Wiseman and wife 0501050551
Elizabeth (Burns) Wiseman, and James’ father 04010505
Andrew Wiseman and his wife 04010555 Jerusha (Keller) Wiseman. I
also found there Elizabeth’s father 0501050571
John Burns. It took nearly
three years to prove the father of Andrew to be
030105 James Wiseman and his mother 030155
Lydia “Lyde” (?) Wiseman. (The
question mark in parenthesis indicates Lyde’s maiden name is unknown)
James was found to be a veteran of the Revolutionary War, serving out of
Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC., and buried at Reyburn cemetery, Peru, Miami Co., IN. (The
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS, preceding the name, will be explained later.)
Thus I was able to present the family reunion with information that no one
alive in our family had realized to be a part of their Wiseman ancestry. After
the reunion the facts were too incomplete to just put it down.
I then began an extensive study which is included in this book.
But the “Story” will continue! This is only the beginning - - -
Volume I
It is a never-ending story which will not end until God removes man from this earth!
0101
Thomas Wiseman and his wife 0151
Elizabeth (?) Wiseman will have descendants on every corner of this nation. The book, Story
of a Wiseman, leaves several unanswered questions.
It will be some other Wiseman
descendant who will pick up this story, add to it, correct it, and generally
rewrite its contents. More facts
will be found, but it is now time to get into print, what known facts and
conclusions we have.
It is important to point out that some material contained in these pages is
speculation so that some other person might be able to pick up on these aspects
and possibly come up with citings to prove them right or wrong.
To identify these unknown facts a question mark in parenthesis (?)
has been used to identify them as unknown.
The other question mark used behind information, but with no parenthesis
is information which is speculation,
or guesses, to differentiate them from actual citings, or fact.
This is not in good genealogy taste but I did not want these possible
ties to go unnoticed by future generations and by readers of this history. This
created a major problem in my family history, that is, some researchers have
dropped the question mark and made my statements of questionable sequence, into
fact!
These question marks might be described as “theory,” or a
“hypothesis” of what could be fact. One of these speculations was the
possibility that 0101 Thomas Wiseman?
and his wife 0151 Elizabeth (?) Wiseman?
were the parents of 0201 Isaac Wiseman,
Sr.
i.
Caley
Gredig, P.O. Box 709, Basalt, CO 81621. [Tel.: 1 (970) 927-3575], informed us
she had found proof that Thomas and Elizabeth (Quadling)
Wiseman came to America with William Penn
on the ship Canterbury in DEC 1699, from Norwich, County
Norfolk, England, but she could not sent us proof of her citing. She also
claims to have
found proof that Isaac, Abraham, Sarah, Jacob and Thomas, Jr. were the
children of Thomas and Elizabeth;
and that Isaac was b-1699 in America. Caley has been informed
that we cannot accept her research until she sends us the source of her
information. There
is a “Family Traditional Story” that Thomas came to America in 1706
(possibly closer to 1699) and that Isaac, Sr. was born ”aboard ship”! Over
80 years of searching by the WISEMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
has not revealed any proof of the connection and it is the biggest
mystery in this genealogy.
The story of Caley’s find began with a telephone call on 05 JAN 1995 from
Wayne Wiseman, 2787 South Lansing Way, Aurora, CO 80014. [Tel.: 1 (303) 751-9626]. Wayne informed me that he had made
contact on ComPuServe, an internet
computer service, with Donald Wiseman, 8171 Storm King Peak, Littleton, CO
80127. [Tel.: 1 (303) 972-8529, who
informed Wayne of Caley’s find.
UPDATE: On 22 OCT
1995 we received message from <[email protected]>(Tom Allen of Colorado) that
Caley Gredig informed him that her source is, The William Penn Diaries,
(On microfilm at the FHC/LDS, Salt Lake) A search was made to find the microfilm
Number(s) of these diaries and we
found there is no such diaries!
We have no proof that,“Isaac Wiseman,
Sr. was born 26 FEB 1700 aboard the ship “Canterbury”. (This date was
arrived at by translating the double-dating system & Penn’s arrival date!)
- - - R.D.W.
Several family genealogists have committed themselves to one or the other of
several origins of 0101 Thomas Wiseman,
but I refuse to rule out any possibility. England,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany and even the Maryland Colony seem to be open
possibilities.
The family IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS assigned in this book are my own design
and although these numbers get bulky and cumbersome, they do allow each
descendant, their spouse, and the parents of the spouse to be identified by an
i.d. number for each person. To get the reader started in reading the meaning of
these numbers the following explanation should help:
0101
Thomas Wiseman
(Possible progenitor of this family in America and in this genealogy, which have
been assigned numbers; See Chapter 1.)
0151 Elizabeth (?), wife of 0101 Thomas Wiseman.
Note:
The first two digits on the
left of each i.d. number
always indicate the generation of that person
in America, that is “01”
is first generation. The two digits on the right of each number of a descendant
indicates his birth position among his siblings.
A spouse will always end with a number in the 50’s, unless there are 10
or more children, in which case it will end
510, 511, etc., thus Elizabeth (above) is “51”.
(If there is more than on spouse, an “A”
follows the first spouse and a “B”
follows the second spouse, etc. The
father of a spouse, that is will end
in the
70’s, and a
mother of a spouse will
end in the 80’s. That is, Elizabeth’s father, if found, will be “0171”
and her mother would be “0181”.
0201 Isaac Wiseman, Sr. (Second generation in America, son of 0101
Thomas and 0151 Elizabeth (?)
Wiseman; See Chapter 2.) and his wife, 0251
Mary (Marshall?) Wiseman. Mary’s
given name is cited, but her surname is unproven.
The question mark behind her name in the
parenthesis indicates that the information is heresay, a guess, or
hypothesis, whereas when it is inside parenthesis,
it is unknown information (?). In either case, the fact is either
unknown, or unproven information.
A citing means that some legal
document has been found to prove the statement to be a fact.
030101 Isaac Wiseman I,
(Third generation in America), is the son of 0201
Isaac Wiseman, Sr. and
0251 Mary (Marshall?) Wiseman.
“03” at left is third
generation, “01”
at center is the previous family number and parent, and “01” at the right end of the number is this persons family birth
position number.
To follow a line one must simply locate a known ancestor or descendant, then
to find this ancestors Wiseman
parent, lower the generation number (at left) by one, and remove the two-digit
birth position number. (at right)
Example: If the known
ancestor is 04010505 Andrew Wiseman:
Lower “04”
(at left) to “03” and remove “05”
at right. Thus, Andrew’s father is 030105
James Wiseman. To find Andrew’s
children, add one number to left pair of
numbers “05” and add the childs family number, “01”,“02”, etc. to
the right. “0501050501” would be
the first child of
04010505
Andrew Wiseman. 0501050502 would be the second
child, etc.
ii.
The first citing of a Wiseman on
American soil is in “The Records of the
Virginia Company of London,” edited
with an introduction and bibliography by Susan Myra Kingsbury, A.M., Ph.D.,
instructor in history and economics, Simmons College. Mr. Richard Wiseman
is present at a “Quarter Court held for Virginia at St. Thomas Smith’s house
in Philpott Lane 28,” dated 28 APR 1619.
Note:
Researched by
Karen Mazock, 825-202 Waterview
Drive, Virginia Beach, VA. 23452, who abstracted all the pages from these
volumes which mention the Wiseman surname. (1989)
“The
Flowering of the Maryland Paltinate,” by
Harry Wright Newman, Washington, D.C., 1961, is a history of the Province of
Maryland and the overthrow to “Proprietary Rule in 1654,” and presents the
accounts of Lord Cornelius Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore.
The book relates the story about passengers aboard the “Ark,” who arrived
in St. Mary’s County, MD. in 1634. Among
these passengers Governed by Lord Baltimore’s brother, Leonard Calvert, was
Robert (aka Henry) Wiseman, son of
Sir Thomas Wiseman, Knight.
Robert was probably a kin to Penelope
(Wiseman) Cornwaleys, her husband Esq., Commissioner for the new colony.
This is the second Wiseman
family known to have set foot on American soil. It is possible that 0101
Thomas Wiseman descends from this Wiseman
family.
It is important to point this history out even though no tie can be made to
the “gentleman adventurer” Robert (aka Henry) Wiseman, who apparently used both christian names, and to Thomas
Wiseman, who first appears in Philadelphia Co., PA. in 1706.
The possibility does exist that there is a connection. A photo duplication received from the Maryland Hall of
Records is of a land office patent 4, page 5,
which lists a Thomas Wiseman
and is dated “1659 May the Second.” (2 MAY 1659) It reads, “William Wilkinson, Clerk demands land for
transporting Thomas Watkins, Francis Gleson, Francis Hill, Thomas Wiseman, John Dodson, Thomas Tisbery, John Poor, Robert
Davis, Thomas Cranfoot, Lidia Hoborne, Elizabeth Allen, all since the year 1652.
-- Warrant inde to lay out 1100 acres on the eastern shore ret. (returned) 25th
December: next.” Thomas
Wiseman of Philadelphia Co., PA. was deceased by 1716. Could he be this same
Thomas Wiseman? To me it is unlikely they were one and the same person.
Other land office patents in Maryland, besides Thomas Wiseman in 1659, patent 4, page 5, mentioning the surname Wiseman
include:
A thorough search of records in Wales, covering the period from 1680 to
1710, turned up no Wiseman surnames
whatsoever! This would lead us to
believe that if Thomas Wiseman sailed
from Wales to America in 1706 (or 1699), he must have first moved there from
some other location. Two good possibilities that recently turned up in the
Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints’ IGI (International Genealogical
Index) Files, which we thought might lead us to the place from which Thomas
Wiseman originated, were proven to be impossible.
They are the marriage record of one Thomas
Wiseman, of Long Melford, County Suffolk, England, to Elizabeth Simson, dated 1691; (The IGI has this wrong!) and
the other is a Thomas Wiseman, of All Saints, Norwich, County Norfolk, England, who
married there to Elizabeth Quadling,
15 AUG 1696. (Some researchers have made this Thomas and Elizabeth the parents
or our proven ancestor, Isaac Wiseman,
Sr.)
Note:
Diana Spelman, B.A., 118 Stafford Street, Norwich, NR2 3BQ, England, a
professional researcher, reported 28 APR 1994 that, “Thomas
Wiseman & Elizabeth Qadling
can be eliminated as a possibility, because proof has been found that they lived
and died in Whepstead Parish, Norwich, England.” On
25 MAY 1994 Diana reported that
Thomas Wiseman of Long Melford did not marry
Elizabeth Simson and that the IGI
record is in error. The marriage of Elizabeth Simson to John Bell is
directly above a Thomas Wiseman
marriage to Susanna Evered.
So, these two marriages were eliminated.
If the citing of Caley Gredig is ever proven, then Diana was wrong in her
finding at Norwich.
Diana also researched the book, Boyd’s
Marriage Index, 1650-1700, and found no other Thomas to Elizabeth marriage
in Suffolk.
iii.
Other possibilities in the 1988 IGI were:
This
is the christening of the Thomas Wiseman believed
by Gredig, and others, to be the father of our Isaac
Wiseman, Sr.
Wiseman,
Thomas - Married 1674 to Elizabeth Warner,
at Great Yarmouth, County Norfolk, England.
Note:
Diana Spelman, above, checked a 10-year period of the baptismal register,
1675-1684 and found two children of Thomas & Elizabeth, named John &
Elizabeth. She found no son Thomas Wiseman She researched the burial records, 1721-1754 and found
Thomas, buried 5 JUN 1678, thus eliminating him as a possibilty of being our
Thomas Wiseman. (1994)
Wisman,
Thomas - Christened 8 JAN 1678 at
Saint Margaret, Durham, County Northumberland, England.
Father: William Wisman. (No “e”.)
Note:
Diana Spelman informed me 17 SEP 1994 that
she, “commissioned a search of the Durham registers for Thomas Wiseman
1678”. Geoff Nicholson,
commissioned to do the search for Thomas Wisman
reports the possibility of Thomas being “our Thomas”
from the following citings: (1)
24 MAY 1668, marriage
at St. Margaret’s,
Durham of William Wiseman (With
“e”.) to Elizabeth Renton; (2) 8 JAN 1677/78,
baptism of Thomas, son of William Wisman;
(3) Other
baptismals: At St. Nicholas,
Durham, (1) 24 FEB 1669, Henry and (2) 13 NOV 1673, Barbara; At
St. Margaret’s, Durham, (3) 14 SEP 1679, Cutberd/Cuthbert?, (4) 18 APR 1680,
Margaratt; (5)
2 MAR 1682, Mary . The last three were
all of William Wisman.
(No “e”.)
Found no Thomas Wisman/Wiseman
burial from 1677 to 1706, however,
two marriages for Thomas Wiseman,
(1) 29 MAY 1711 to Eliz. Wood; and
(2) 11 FEB 1726 to Mary Marley.) If
this is
the same Thomas of Durham, then
obviously he
is not our
Thomas of
Philadelphia Co., PA, 1706.
Wiseman,
Thomas - Christened 6 JAN 1678 at Newbiggin By Appleby, County Westmorland,
England.
Father: Christopher Wiseman. (Not
researched)
Wiseman,
Thomas - Christened 3 JUN 1683 at St. Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London,
England.
Father: Edward Wiseman; Mother:
Isabell (?). (Not reserched)
Note: These were the most
practical possibilities, although some twenty-six (26)
Thomas’ are included between the years 1660 and 1700 in Great Britain.
Funding and time are the reasons some of these possibilities have not
been searched.
Another good possibility for the origin of Thomas Wiseman is Ireland! The
IGI, 1982, listed the Given names Thomas, Elizabeth, James, Jane, John,
Jonathan, Margaret, Mary, Robert and William Wiseman, several times over, all prominent names in our line.
The Given names Isaac and Jacob are not found in these records, but it is
possible that these names came out of the region where 0101
Thomas Wiseman lived, first settling in Pennsylvania, namely Germantown,
Bebber’s Township and Roxborough, Philadelphia Co., PA. Isaac and Jacob Isaacs were promenent leaders of the Germantown settlement and the
names can be found among several families of that place.
Also, Mathias VanBebber was the son of Jacob Isaacs VanBebber, of Crefeld (now Krefeld), Germany.
This led some researchers to believe that 0101
Thomas Wiseman was of German descent.
In conclusion, although some genealogists believe that Thomas
Wiseman came from Germany and others were sure it was England, nothing had
been found which points to any one place. The
statements made by Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, LL.D., in “The
Pennsylvania Magazine,” 1880, Vol. IV, No. 1 and again by William I. Hull,
Ph.D., author of the “Dutch Quaker
Migration To Pennsylvania,” 1935, were misleading.
One would presume that Hull’s assumption that Thomas
Wiseman, and others, came “VI. FROM
UNSTATED PLACES IN HOLLAND OR GERMANY,” seems to come from the works of
Pennypacker.
iv.
It is also assumed that Pennypacker made his analysis from the land records
of that area, which include the land of Thomas Wiseman. But why would
Hull assume that all residents (pioneers) of Bebber’s Township were from
“Holland or Germany”? We have
since been assured that these settlers were not all Dutch and German in origin!
So the possibility still existed that Thomas
Wiseman could have been from Maryland, Germany, or the Great Britain
countries of England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales.
Much research needs to be done through the records of Philadelphia Co., PA.,
especially that period of time which includes 1680 to 1720. The Thomas Wiseman Letter
of Administration mentions the “Orphan’s Court of Philadelphia
County,” but the document uses a date before the Orphan’s Court records’
beginning dates. Do we assume that
early records were not filed, or was the earliest book of these records lost,
stolen or destroyed? Or is this
record stored in the pages of some other early book such as we have found in
other courthouses? (Paper
was scarce and sometimes a Clerk, or Recorder would use this procedure to make
record) A thorough search of
the early Philadelphia County records might turn up a document which would prove
the children of 0101 Thomas and Elizabeth
(?) Wiseman.
The prominent dates for records found of our earliest ancestors in America
are: 1706, 1708, 1712, 1715/16, then a gap exists to 1727 for the earliest
record of 0201 Isaac Wiseman, Sr.
This is explainable by his estimated birthdate of 1706 (or 1699).
Next comes the 1737 date of a Sarah
Wiseman who some researchers recorded as being the name of Thomas Wiseman’s wife. The
land record of 1708 mentions, “wife Elizabeth.”
Then a long time passes before Isaac appears on a record again in 1744, a
petition for a new Township called Amity, in Berks Co., PA. After this date his
name begins to appear at regular intervals on several Berks Co., PA Tax Lists.
The first record of Isaac in Rowan Co., NC. is the 21 JAN 1773 Marriage Bond
of his daughter 030103 Mary Wiseman
to John Merrill.
There is the possibility that he spent some time in the Rockingham Co.,
VA. area where his son, Isaac Wiseman I, later
settled, before moving on to Monroe Co., VA. (now WV.)
The official documents leave little doubt that 0201 Isaac Wiseman, Sr. was the father of 030101 Isaac Wiseman I, as well as 030102 Jacob Wiseman of Rowan Co., NC., 030103 Mary (Wiseman) Merrill, 030104
William Wiseman, my line of 030105
James WISEMAN, 030106 Rachel
(Wiseman) Merrill, and 030107
Jonathan Wiseman?, all residents of Rowan Co., NC., but born in PA.
So this is where our Story of a Wiseman officially
begins.
There are so many genealogists, friends and relatives to thank for their
contributions to this work. I have
compiled a list of names and addresses of correspondants and will publish them
in a separate booklet, Correspondence of
Robert D. Wiseman, 1982/199-.
- - - Robert D. Wiseman, 1999.
More
On How To Read Identification Numbers:
Please don’t let the IDENTIFICATION NUMBER in front of the name confuse
you! When you find your name, write
down the number in front of it and follow these steps:
v.
Example:
My i.d. number
is 0801050501050207 Robert Dean Wiseman. By
dropping the “08” at left to “07”,
and by removing the birth position number “07”
at the right, I now have my father’s number, 07010505010502
Walter Frederick Wiseman. My
grandfather is 060105050105 Norman Walter
Wiseman, and my Great Grandfather is 0501050501 James Wiseman, etc. Reversing the procedure to find my
children, increase the double-digit number on the left to “09” and add their birth position number to the right. 090105050105020701
Thomas Eugene Wiseman is my first-born child and first son; 090105050105020702
Karla Joan Wiseman Bronicki is my second-born child and first daughter, etc.
It is just that easy!
Note:
All names with a number in Chapter 8 are descended from 030105
James Wiseman, a Revolutionary War Soldier out of Rowan Co., NC (1777-1781)
and are eligible for Daughters of the American Revolution and/or Sons of the
American Revolution respectively to sex. Anyone interested in joining can
contact me. There are two question marks used in this book; One is in
parenthesis (?) and represents Unknown and the other is without
parenthesis and represents Unproven, or “an educated guess”. NFI is No Further Information. An (FGS/08E), or similar
number, behind a name indicates a Family Group Sheet with more detail is in the
computer data file on this individual and is available from me by sending a
query and SASE with name and FGS number.
Example:
030105 James Wiseman is
on floppy disk (FGS/03B).
- - - Bob Wiseman.
Note:
A statement needs
to be included here that some researchers have already declared that 0101
Thomas & 0151 Elizabeth (Qadling - s.i.c.: Quadling)
Wiseman are the parents of 0201 Isaac
Wiseman, Sr., below. This is
too important of a step in our Wiseman
Family Genealogy to do without evidence of a source, or citing and I will
not accept it without some proof! Our
professional researcher in Norwich, County Norfolk, England stated that she
“does not beleive that Thomas & Elizabeth Wiseman
(of Norwich) ever left County Norfolk”.
What
we are getting is this:
0201 Isaac Wiseman, Sr. (s/o
Thomas and Elizabeth (Wadling) Wiseman and
that he was born 26 FEB 1700, on board ship “Canterbury” and that he m-(?)
Mary Marshall.)
Note:
Elizabeth’s surname is “Quadling”
on her marriage record and her family surname appears to be this spelling in
other records of the region where they lived. I don’t know where the Wadling spelling
is from. - - -
R.D.W.
0101 Thomas Wiseman (b-1672
at Norfolk, England, s/o Thomas &
Mary (Murton) Wiseman; d-14 JUL 1716
at Lancaster Co., PA; m-15 AUG 1696 at All Saints, Norwich, England to Elizabeth
Wadling [s.i.c. - Quadling].)
- 0201 Thomas Wiseman, father
of 0101 Thomas Wiseman (b-(?),
s/o - 0301 Edmond Wiseman; d-(?); m-26 JUN 1670 at South Wooten,
Norfolk, England to Mary Murton.)
- 0301 Edmond
Wiseman, father of - 0201 Thomas Wiseman (b-c1622
at Wymondham, Norfolk, England, s/o -
0401 Robert Wiseman; m-(?) to (?).
- 0401
Robert Wiseman, father unknown (b-(?);
d-(?); m-16 JUL 1620 at (?) to Jane
(Cooker, or Coper?).
All
of the above is correct (See LDS/FHL, IGI file on surname Wiseman),
excepting one thing, we have no “proof” that the Thomas and Elizabeth Wiseman,
of Philadelphia Co., PA are one and the same as Thomas and Elizabeth (Quadling)
Wiseman of Norwich, County Norfolk, England, or that Thomas and Elizabeth Wiseman of Philadelphia Co., PA are the parents
of our known ancestor, 0201 Isaac
Wiseman, Sr.
I
have also researched this line in Norwich, County Norfolk, England and if we can
prove them to be our ancestors, then I will add more citings to the above four
generations in England. - - - R.D.W.
(1999)
vi.
CHAPTER 1
0101
Thomas Wiseman?*
is possibly the father of 0201 Isaac Wiseman, Sr, but it remains unproven. It is likely that
he was born about 1672 at England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany or Maryland. A
family traditional story states, “Isaac
was born aboard ship as the family sailed
to America”, some say “from
Wales,” but exhaustive
research of Wales from the period of 1680 to 1710 gives no
indication of a Thomas Wiseman in
Wales, nor was any other Wiseman to
be located there in this time-frame! He might have sailed from Wales when he
ventured to America in the 1700’s, this we have not yet determined.
We also must not rule out the possibility that he descended from the
Wiseman families of Maryland, who settled there as early as 1634.
*Note: The question mark ? with no
parenthesis used in this book indicates unproven
or questionable
The first citing of Thomas in America comes from a land purchase in
Philadelphia Co., PA., dated 12 OCT 1706.
Matthias Van Bebber recorded the Patent in the Rolls Office at Philadelphia in
Patent Book E-3, Volume 6, pages 24-28, for the sum of thirty-eight pounds “Current
Money of Pensilvania,” paid to him by Thomas Wiseman of
Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA.,
“Husbandman.” The purchased land contained One
hundred & Ninty acres. It appears that Thomas did settle in Germantown
after his arrival about 1706 (or 1699?), before moving to Bebber’s Township.
The unexplainable part of the above transaction is that the sale is made
back to VanBebber from Thomas on 12 OCT 1706 and was recorded on 14 OCT 1706.
Thomas Wiseman appeared and the following was recorded 10 DEC 1706:
The parcel of land contains the same acreage as the first transaction,
One hundred & Ninty acres. This transaction is signed with his mark,
Thomas MT Wiseman.
Why would Thomas be selling this land back to Van Bebber immediately after
purchase? I asked Lee Stanley, Archivist I, in the Department of Records at
Philadelphia, and his reply was, I have no
idea why Thomas Wiseman would buy 190 acres from Mathias Van Bebber one day and
then resell it the next day. This type of transaction does occur frequently.
The only explanation regarding the Thomas Wiseman mark is that maybe a neighbor
used the TW
initials for a mark and Thomas Wiseman wanted to use a mark which was
unique and his own.
William I. Hull, while a
professor at Swarthmore College, wrote that “Thomas
Wiseman of Bebber’s Township” and all his neighbors who lived near
Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA., came
from unstated places in Holland or Germany.
Why would Hull make this assumption in 1934 unless he took it as
truth from the writings of Samuel W. Pennypacker in the Pennsylvania Archives?
Most of these settlers were from the mainland of Europe but some came
from England and other Great Britain areas.
On 13 APR 1708 we find another land transaction being recorded, that of Matthias
Van Bebber To Thomas Wiseman, which occurred on the Twelfth
day of the sd. Month, and reads:
Yeoman
is an English word for Farmer. The acreage of this parcel has been reduced
substantially from the original transaction.
Sealed with the signature of Matthias Van Bebber.
On 17 MAR 1712 it was recorded that, Thomas
Wiseman of Roxberry Township in the County of Philadelphia Yeoman &
Elizabeth his wife, sold their land in Bebber’s Township,
Philadelphia Co., PA., to Jacob Christopher Zimmerman Carpenter on 14 FEB
1712. This parcel of land was sold for, -
- - the sum of Twenty Two Pounds & Ten Shillings current Money of
Pennsylvania - - - Ninety Acres of land - - -.
This transaction would make it appear that Thomas Wiseman was giving up his
land in Bebber’s Township and would remain, with residence, in Roxberry
Township. On the re-written copy of
this transaction, Thomas signs with his mark, m , different from the
first mark we found. Elizabeth also signs this time, with her mark, (e).
William Detweiler has spent many years researching this area of Pennsylvania
and suggested that, Thomas may have been
selling the parcel of land that he purchased in Bebber’s Township, possibly as
an investment. There is no
evidence that Thomas ever lived out in Bebber’s Township.
We know that he did live on the Roxberry Twp. property.
The next evidence we find of Thomas Wiseman is from the Index
of Wills and Administration Records of Philadelphia, PA., dated 14 JUL 1716.
Mathew Holgate is appointed Administrator
for the Estate of Thomas Wiseman, deceased
and is ordered to make a just account on
or before 14 AUG 1716. The photocopy of this document is very difficult to
read and, although it mentions the Orphan’s Court of Philadelphia, nothing of significance can be
read from the letter. Research of the Orphan’s
Court Records in 1984, by Veda Jones, 239 E. S. Temple, #307, Salt Lake
City, UT. 84111, verify that no Orphan’s
Court records exist at this early date, with the first records being dated 19
APR 1719. (Film #0021843) The Letter
of Administration signed by Mathew Hogate also mentions the date that his
administration is to be final, 14 JUL 1717. Figure 1 is a copy of a letter from Peter Evans, Register
General at Philadelphia, to Mathew Holgate, “of
Ye County of Philada. Greeting.” This
letter affirms that Thomas Wiseman died
intestate and that Mathew Holgate is duly appointed Administrator
on 14 JUL 1716.
We found a Thomas Wiseman,
Christened 16 MAY 1672 at St. Michael At Thorn, Norwich, County Norfolk,
England, s/o Thomas & Mary (Murton)
Wiseman; This might be the same Thomas who d-c1716 at Philadelphia Co., PA; Thomas of Norwich m-15 AUG 1696 at
All Saints, Norwich, to Elizabeth (Qadling,
sic, Quadling) at Norwich, County
Norfolk,England. It is said that
0201 Isaac Wiseman, Sr., was born
about 1699-1706, aboard ship as the family
traveled to America, and no indication has ever been found to indicate that
he had older brothers or sisters. The land records of Philadelphia Co., PA.,
prove Thomas’ wife at that time to be Elizabeth, but her maiden name is
unproven. Elizabeth Quadling was
Baptized 15 OCT 1676 at Tharston, County Norfolk, England, d/o Simonus &
Maria (?) Quadling. Their other
children were Edwardus, Baptized 25 JUL 1675 at Tharston & m-10 MAY 1702 at
Norwich, to Mary Leaman, and Maria,
Baptized 11 APR 1678 at Tharston & buried 23 MAY 1680 at Tharston.
Note:
It was Beverly Kirby-McDonough ([email protected]) who contributed the names
of parents & siblings for Elizabeth Quadling. (1996)
It is possible that Thomas married more than one time but nothing has been
found to indicate this is fact. Some family genealogists had his wife as Sarah,
but no evidence has been found to substantiate a wife named Sarah. It is
possible that Elizabeth was Elizabeth Sarah, or Sarah Elizabeth, but again no
evidence of support.
Note:
Bebber’s Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA is currently located in Montgomery
Co., PA. Caley
Gredig reported that a tombstone exists in a Montgomery Co., PA cemetery and it
has Thomas’ death date as 14 JUL 1716. This would confirm William Detweiler’s report that
Bebber’s Twp., later called Skippack Twp., became a part of Montgomery
Co., PA in later years. It seems likely that they would be buried in the
Bebber’s (Skippack) Township area since that is where they last resided.
However, the date 14 JUL 1716 is the date of the Letter of Administration
and it is doubtful his deathdate would be the same.
It would be assumed that if such a stone does exist, that it was placed
well after Thomas died, using the only date available to the informant.
Thomas and Elizabeth both signed when they sold their land to Jacob C.
Zimmerman in 1712, and it is possible that the Wisemans moved into Philadelphia,
where the Letter of Administration was written in 1716. Mathew
Holgate was named Administrater and this would lead us to believe that Thomas had no
sons old enough to take that responsibility, that is, they were too young to
assume this responsibility. Who was Mathew Holgate? Possibly a son-in-law? Or
maybe he was from Elizabeth’s family. Little research has been done to locate
the Holgate family of this time period.
0101
Thomas and Elizabeth (?) WISEMAN CHRONOLOGY:
Research leads us to believe that Thomas and his wife possibly had four
children, but nothing has been found to verify this as fact. A family tradition
relates the story that Thomas was the father of Isaac, but no proof has been
found. The Wisemans we suspect to be the orphaned children of Thomas are:
0201
Isaac Wiseman, Sr. Born about 1706? (or 1699?) aboard ship as the family traveled to America?,
according to an old family
traditional story (which stated the year 1706). Isaac died sometime before 07
JAN 1779, the date his will was probated in
Old Rowan Co., NC (Aged about 73 years?). He married 0251
Mary (MARSHALL?), whose maiden name
is unproven,
although some family genealogists report it to be MARSHALL.
Nothing has been cited to verify this name.
0202
Sarah Wiseman?
Born about 1708; probably in Roxberry Township, Philadelphia Co., in the Germantown area of PA. Her name was found in a 1737 St. Gabriel’s
Church record as a Baptismal of a bastard child named Elizabeth on 17 APR 1737.
No record found of what might have happened to Sarah or Elizabeth. (END)
0203
Abraham Wiseman Born
about 1710-15, probably in Roxberry Township, Philadelphia Co.,
PA.
There may have been other children and those appearing here are only
speculation of what might be possible, namely because they were all known to
have ties with the areas near Germantown, PA. The descendants of 0101
Thomas Wiseman are unproven! Other possibilities are: Thomas and Jacob
Wiseman.
0101
THOMAS WISEMAN RESEARCH FUND
(Revised 01 OCT
1996)
INTRODUCTION:
At the Sunday, June 9,
1991 WISEMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION REUNION,
held at Rio Grande, Gallia Co., OH, acting as President,
I made a plea for contributions to the above-named fund, to be used for
researching the origin of
0101 Thomas Wiseman. As one of the
Historians, I renewed this plea at the 13 JUN 1993 reunion. Following is a
financial statement and progress
report.
Note:
Contributions can be mailed to Robert D. Wiseman, 22962 Lakeshore Drive, Elkhart, IN
46514-9572. Tel.: 1 (219) 264-4534.
(Past President of the Indiana Genealogical Society;
Historian of the Wiseman Family Association; and past genealogist of the
Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Currently holds more WISEMAN genealogy than any other known person,
including all WISEMAN families in early America,
[1618 - 1900].
Checks should be made
out to Robert D. Wiseman.)
TOTALS:
CONTRIBUTOR/RESEARCHER:
DATE:
PAID IN: PAID OUT:
BALANCE:
SUMMARY TO DATE:
(6 NOV 1995)
Note: The Hearth
Tax Records cover Wales in the period of time I considered Thomas and
Elizabeth Wiseman to be living there. (1680-1710) I wrote to Mr. Foster, address below and sent him what
information we knew re: Thomas and asked for his fee statement and to see if he
would do the research.
If any contributor has
ideas on what needs to be researched, please let me know.
We need to take a look toward Amsterdam and Germany.
Thomas lived among families whom we know came from these localities. Even
though his name is “very English”, the possibility still exists that he may
have “sailed from Wales”, but became a stopping-off place for his emigration
from Amsterdam, or Germany. With no
objection, after our funds with Miss Spelman are exhausted, I will look into the
possibility of researching “the Mainland.”
We currently have enough funding available to take the next step in this
research. One contributor reacted with the thought that maybe we should hire an
extensive research of the Philadelphia county records and make sure something
has not been overlooked by past researchers.
He may have a point!
One of the biggest errors made in genealogy is skipping beyond a
generation before it has been thoroughly researched.
Diane DeCenso just turned up some new findings on Isaac Wiseman, Sr. this
summer and maybe we should invest in a search of Philadelphia county from 1700 to 1720 for any findings on Thomas Wiseman.
I am open for suggestions.
7
28 SEP 1994 - Miss Spelman
made her final report and informed me that our funds are depleted for her
search. She reports hiring Geoffrey
Nicholson, 57 Manor Park, Concord, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2BU England @
L25 (25 pound) for 2 hours research for Thomas Wisman/Wiseman, who was baptised 1678
at Durham, St. Margaret, County Northumberland, England.
In summary, he found a marriage for William Wiseman and Elizabeth Renton
on 24 MAY 1668, believed to be the
parents of Thomas. He also found
baptisms for Henry Wiseman (24
FEB 1669) and Barbara Wiseman (13 NOV
1673), at Durham, St. Nicholas; and from Durham, St. Margaret:
Thomas, son of William Wisman (8 JAN
1677/78), above; Margaratt, daughter of William Wisman (18 APR 1680); Mary, daughter of William Wisman (2 MAR 1682); and Cutberd (Cuthbert?), son of William Wisman (14
SEP 1679). Under St. Margaret burials he found: “No Thomas Wisman entry
from 1677 to 1706, inclusive”. No infant burial for a Thomas and no
marriage for a Thomas until 1711.
Miss Spelman also asked for a search of a will for William, but apparently there
was no time left for this search. Miss Spelman thinks it a good possibility that
a marriage found 29 MAY 1711 by
Geoff, “Thomas Wiseman & Eliz. Wood, 29 MAY 1711”, could be this Thomas Wisman. He would be aged c34
years and that is not unusual for this period of time.
In conclusion, if this 1711 marriage is Thomas of Durham, then he is eliminated as a
possibility for our Thomas of Philadelphia Co., PA (1706).
As for the remark by
Miss Spelman in her recent letter dated 28
SEP 1994, regarding the Thomas Wiseman “mark”, we must keep in mind that
the land transaction is a copy of the land record, made by the County Clerk, who
was probably English! We do not know the accuracy of his hand-made copy of the
signature by Thomas Wiseman and will probably never know, since the original
copy of the document went into the hands of the Grantee and is probably lost to
posterity.
We have now completed
the use of Miss Spelman as a researcher and can now make a choice of either
reseaching Philadelphia Co., PA from 1700-1720;
or hiring Miss Spelman to continue the search in England; or look into the
possibility of researching the areas of Amsterdam and Germany.
(Balance:
$325.00)
5
JAN 1995 - HAPPY NEW YEAR! And
what are year it may be for the descendants of 0101 Thomas Wiseman!
On 5 JAN 1995 I
received a telephone call from Wayne L. Wiseman (address below), one of our
newest members of the Thomas Wiseman
Research Fund of the Wiseman
Family Association. Wayne has
informed me that through his membership on CompuServe,
“the world’s most comrehensive computer information service”, he met up
with Donald Wiseman, 8171 Storm King Peak, Littleton, CO 80127. (Tel.: 1 (970)
972-8529) Don told Wayne about
another CompuServe subscriber, Caley Gredig, P.O. Box 709, Basalt, CO 81621.
(Tel.: 1 (970) 927-3575), who has found a passenger list for the ship William
Penn (actually the ship
Canterbury), which left England in 1698 (actually 1699 ) with passengers including Thomas Wiseman and wife
Elizabeth Quadling.
I called Caley this same day and she informed me that, yes,
she did indeed find such a passenger list!
However, she did not photocopy the list, nor did she remember the source.
Caley also informed me that through further researh she learned that Thomas and
Elizabeth (Qadling) Wiseman were married 15 AUG 1696 at All Saints, Norwich, County Norfolk, England and that Thomas was
Christened 19 MAY 1672 at St. Michael At
Thorn, located at Norwich and that his father was Thomas & Mary (Murton)
Wiseman, and he was Christened 20 OCT 1653 at St. Thomas, Wymondham, County Norfolk, which is located about five
miles west-by-southwest of Norwich and that he was the son of Edmond Wiseman. She has also learned that Edmond was the son of Robert Wiseman!
Caley also informed me that Thomas and Elizabeth had five children,
Isaac, Sarah, Abraham, Jacob and Thomas, Jr.
She is in the process of retracing her research to find the proof we need
of these new discoveries and we will record them here as soon as they are
received.
My sincere
congratulations go out to Wayne, Donald and especially Caley, for bringing us
these good tidings for the new year, 1995!
Thank you sincerely, but we still need proof! - - - R.D.W.
3-page photocopy
enclosure from Patty Greer, 63121 E. 202 Rd., Wyandotte, OK 74370-2606 (Tel.:
[918] 678-2405). The photocopy is entitled simply, WISEMAN, Researched and Written by Edward L. Woodyard, 1
Spruce Hollow, Armonk, NY 10504. Tel.: (914) 273-3756. (Patty & Ed) both
descend from 2A George Wiseman of
Harrison Co., VA. (now WV)
I immediately called
Ed to inform him of the importance of his research on 0101 Thomas Wiseman. He has presented some new citings which need
thorough documentation. Quoting Ed’s lead paragraph:
The immigrant was Thomas Wiseman, a Mennonite from England, who settled in Bebber
Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1706. Settling at Germantown, Pennsylvania, these Mennites were
under the leadership of Jacob (Isaacs) VanBebber,
head of the Dutch sect that colonized the area. Thomas Wiseman was
of Scottish ancestry and apparentlyemigrated as a young man at the urging of VanBebber
during a trip to England, Holland and Germany to attract new settlers.
In 1707 at Germantown, Thomas Wiseman married Elizabeth Renberg who had emigrated from Holland with her two
brothers, Dirck and William Renberg,
settling at Germantown that
year.
CONTRIBUTOR MAILING ADDRESSES:
“The purpose of the
WISEMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION developing the Thomas
Wiseman Research Fund is to
reduce the cost to individual budgets in paying for professional researchers and
to document the results of having any research done.” - - - R.D.W.
The WISEMAN FAMILY
ASSOCIATION Reunion is usually held the 2nd, or 3rd Sunday in June, 12 Noon, Bob
Evans Farm Pavilion, Rio Grande, OH. (In
1994, it was postponed one month,
so it is best to check the date.)
Note: This
statement was mailed to all the above contributors 10 JUL 1994 and 10 NOV 1994.
See The Sapit
Journal, The WISEMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION Newsletter, for future
statements.
Carole, David quit publishing The
Sapit Journal this past
year. I need to edit this page too. - - - Bob.
CHAPTER
2
Isaac and Mary (Marshall?) Wiseman, Sr. Chronology:
The Tax List reads, A
Tax of Two Pence in the pound six Shillings per head Laid on the Freeholders and
Inhabitants of the City and County of Philada. for to pay Assemblymens Wages and
the Quotes Due to the Lean office and for Destroying Wolves, Foxes and Crows and
Defraying other Exigencies of the County the Ensuing Year Asses’d the 23 Day
of February Ann: Domi. 1731.
Note:
At this time the Amity Collector was responsible for collecting county tax from
adjoining areas as well as local townships. Therefore, this list contains names
of people who resided beyond the boundaries of Amity.
Second source: The
Philadelphia County Archives. (Isaac
Wiseman, Sr.)
Family,
Love to all,
08 APR 1746- Researcher: <[email protected]> Bob Stewart. On
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 22:40:03 -0500 "James H. Kilburn" <[email protected]>
writes:
Hello, Most definetely did the family marry into the
Millers and Boones the other name I'm not aware of. But would be most interested
to have the info on the witness of Isaac Sr to the Will. The Wiseman Family
Association would like to have it for their archives or the source to obtain it.
Would you please reply to the following Emails and mine:
Attached is a transcript of the will.
Can you provide me with any more particulars on the Miller and Boone
links to the Wisemans? We are
especially searching for the Joane Miller maiden name.
The source is from
an LDS microfilm #0021723 of the Wills and Administrations of Philadelphia
county, PA, Book F-H, book H, page
246.
IN
THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I, Stephen Miller of Amity, in the county of Philadelphia, being sick and
weak in body but of a sound mind and memory, thanks be given to God for the
same, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life, and that it is appointed
once for men to dye, I do make this my last will and testament in manner and
form following hereby disannulling and making void all other and former wills by
me made other in wording or in writing.
Imprimis, in the first place, my will is that my just
debts that I owe to any person first be paid, and in the next place my mind and
will is that the residue be divided in manner and form following. Viz. I give
and bequeath unto my daughter Mary five shillings, having been already provided
for. I give and bequeath unto my
son Stephen two horses, the bay one called Dick and the black stallion.
I give unto my daughter Sarah two cows at her own
choise and five ewes. I give unto my son Henry the Hundred Acres of Lands more
or less adjoining Harmon Richmas in Amity Township and to him his heirs and
assigns forever upon. These
provisoes following: First that my
Joane enjoy the same until such time as he arrives unto the age of one and
twenty years. Secondly that he pay
as a portion unto his sister Elizabeth the sume of thirty pounds, when she shall
arrive at the age of eighteen years. Thirdly,
that he pay as a portion unto his sister Martha the sum of thirty pounds when
she shall arrive to the age of eighteen years.
I likewise order and appoint that all my moveables be
sold in order to pay and discharge all my debts, the Legacies excepted, and what
further I do hereby leave my beloved wife Joane. I give unto my wife Joane all my pewter, two basins and one
dish excepted, which I give to my daughter Sarah that hath her mother's mark.
I give likewise unto my wife my ruling horse and her side saddle and one
feather bed, Linnen Tickin and its furniture I give also to my daughter Sarah.
I give unto my wife one feather bed with Holland Tickin and its furniture
and one walnut chest. But if my son
Henry, Elizabeth or Martha should happen to dye before they arrive to their
several ages, then the survivor or survivors shall have the same share equally
divided between them. But if my
said three children Henry, Elizabeth and Martha should all dye before they
arrive unto their several ages, then
I give and bequeath unto my wife Joane all their several legacies and portions
to be enjoyed by her during her natural life and after her decease, it go to my
other children or the survivors of them or the heirs of them to be equally
divided.
I likewise give my
best suit of cloaths unto my son Stephen and the next best suit unto my son
Samuel. I likewise nominate and
appoint my wife Joana together with George Boone, Esq. to be my executors of
this my last will and testament.
His
Stephen # Miller
mark
Be it remembered that on the 20th day of February, 1746 (Has to be Isaac, Sr.), the above named
Stephen Miller published, pronounced, and declared the above or within written
will to be his last will and
testament and signed and sealed the same in our presents. Jacob Warren, Isaac
Wiseman, Isaac Dilbeck Philadelphia, April
8, 1746 Then personally
appeared Jacob Warren and Isaac Dilbeck, two of the witnesses to the foregoing
will and on their solemn affirmation according to law, did declare and affirm
they saw and heard Stephen Miller the Testator herein named sign, seal, publish,
and declare the same will for and
as his last will and testament and that at the doing thereof he was of sound
mind, memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge, and that Isaac
Wiseman, the other witness, thereto did also subscribe his name as a witness
on the presence of and at the request of the testator.
Coram Wm Plumster, Reg. Genl.
Be it remembered that on the 8th day of April, 1746,
the last will and testament of Stephen Miller, deceased, was proved in due form
of law and probate and tres testament were granted to Joana Miller and George
Boone, Esq. Exorsen the said
testament named being first legally sworn and solemnly affirmed well and truly
to administer the said deceased's estate and to bring an inventory thereof into
the Reg. Gen. Office at Philadelphia at or before the 8th day of May next and
render a true account when thereunto lawfully required.
Given under the seal of the said office.
William Plumster, Reg. Gen.
Thanks for any help you can give me on the Millers,
Boones and Winters.
Bob Stewart <[email protected]>
I saw your Genforum post on Isaac Wiseman.
He was a witness to the will of one of my ancestors,
Stephen Miller, in 1746 in Philadelphia county, PA.
After seeing that many times witnesses were kinfolk, too, I wanted to
contact you to see if Isaac or other members of his family married Millers,
Winters, or Boones?
We think Stephen Miller married Sarah Waren in 1724 in
Suffolk NY; after she died he married a Joane ______ and they lived in PA where
he died . Joane may have married Cornelius Cokely after Stephen's death.
Stephen and Joane's son Henry Miller married Hannah Winter, daughter of
William Winter and Anna Boone.
Note: The
following land record was copied and sent to me by James Kilburn 19 APR 1999. It
proves that Isaac Wiseman was living in Berks Co., PA in 1769. The question is,
is this Isaac, Sr., or his son Isaac I?
This indenture made the thirteenth day of May in the
year of our Lord =one thousand seven hundred and thirty three between Andrew
Likin and Anne = his wife of Amity in the county of Philada. in the Province of
Pennsylvania = of the one part and Benjamin Boone of Oley in ye said county
yeoman of the other part Witnesseth that the said Andrew Likin and Anne his wife
forsaid in consideration of the sum of ten pounds currant money of Pennsylvania
to them in hand paid at and before ye insealing and = delivery of these presents
(as also for the performance of certain covenants = clauses articles and
agreements certified and contained in a certain indenture = or instrument made
between the parties to these presents and dated the = twelfth day of May
instant) performed and done and to be performed and done by = ye said Benjamin
Boone and his heirs execrs admrs as by the said indenture = may at large appear
have given granted released aliened bargained and sold = and by these presents
do fully clearly and absolutely give grant alien = release and sell unto the
said Benjamin Boone his heirs and assigns forever all that plantation tract and
piece of land situate in Amity aforesaid = bounded with Schulkill River on the
west Marcus Hulins land on the north & on = the south and John Jones land on
ye east containing two hundred acres part = of four hundred acres laid out by
warrant from the Commissiones of = Propriety unto Moses Jones and by virtue of a
deed or instrument from under ye = hand and seal of ye said Moses Jones was
given or granted unto the said = Andrew Likin &c as by the said deed may
appear With all and singular it rights members jurisdictions and appurtenances
together with all houses = buildings orchards gardens meddows feedings pastures
woods under woods ways waters = c=85 pastures profits commodities heraditaments
and appurtenances whatsoever = to the said two hundred acres of land plantation
and premises or to any = part of parcle thereof belonging or in any ways
appertaining and all the = estate right title interest use possession claime and
demand whatsoever of him = the said Andrew Likin and Ane his wife with all
writings and evidences concerning ye same To have and to hold the said two
hundred acres of = land and all and singular other the premises hereby granted
sold and released = or mentioned to be granted =85or released with their and
every of their = rights members and appurtenances whatsoever with the said
Benjamin Boone his = heirs and assigns =85 the only proper use and behoof of the
said Benjamin = Boone his heirs and
assigns forever under the yearly quit rent due and to become = due for the same
to the Chief Lord of the Fee thereof only and alone exceptd
In
Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals dated the = day and
year first above written.
Andrew (the mark of) Likin (seal) Anne (the mark of) Likin (seal).
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us Geo.
Boone Isaac
=Wiseman (indented thus)
Berks County on the seventeenth day of
June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred sixty nine before me
the = subscriber one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for said County personally
appeared Isaac Wiseman who upon his solemn affirmation according to law =
did declare & say that he saw = 85 Andrew Likon & Anne Likon sign seal
and as = their act and deed deliver the within instrument of writing & at
the same time = he saw George Boone subscribe his name as a witness to the same
and that = the name of Isaac
Wiseman wrote as a subscribing witness was
the affirmants = own hand writing in witness whereof I have hereunto put my
hand & seal day = and date above wrote. George Douglass (seal).
Recorded and the original and this record diligently
compared and found = to agree exactly word for word the 26th day of May Anno
Domini 1772. James Reed Rec.
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LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF ISAAC WISEMAN, SR.
07 JAN 1779 - The will of Isaac Wiseman;
probated 7 JAN 1779 and proved 3 FEB 1779, in Rowan Co., NC and reads as
follows:
In the name of God Amen, I Isaac Wiseman of Rowan County in the state of North Carolina, being
through the abundant mercy of God, though weak in body yet of a sound and
perfect understanding and memory, do constitute this
my last will and testament and desire it may be received by all as such, I give
unto my wife Mary , after my lawful debts and funeral expense is paid, all my
household goods of every kind that I now own or possess, and all my stock of
every kind, that I now own or possess. Whereas
I have given a bond bearing date the fourth of this instant, to my son William,
to make him a deed for one half of a tract of and which I now hold by a warrant,
containing 200 acres, dated August 7, 1778. (Should be 12 MAY 1778?) My will is that the said bond be performed according to its
true intent and meaning. I give to my son James the other half of the above
mentioned tract of land which I now hold as aforesaid, but not to come into his
possession until the death of my said wife, but shall be her property and remain
in her possession during her lifetime, unless she pleases to give it to him
sooner.
And I do appoint my wife Mary, and my son Jacob, and
make them Executors of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of January anno domini 1779.
04
MAY 1779 - “Inventory of Isaac Wiseman
Estate returned by Executor and filed.” Source:
Court of Common Pleas
LAST
WILL & TESTAMENT OF MARY WISEMAN
28 DEC 1790 - The will of Mary Wiseman;
Probated 28 DEC 1790; Proved 10 NOV 1991 in Rowan Co., NC (Will
Book B, page 179), and reads as follows:
“In The name of God Amen, I
Mary Wiseman of
the state of North Carolina and County of Rowan, being sickly and weak in body
but through Goods of God of Good and sound memory and in my senses and
Considering my own mortality,
Do make this my last will and testament, and first I
will that my body be buried after a Descent Christian manner after
my Decease
at the Discretion of my
Executors hear-after
named and
my soul
to God that
give it is the faith and
Certain hope of the Reserection
at the Last day, and what worldly
goods it hath pleased God
to bless me with
I bestow in the following manner; I give
and bequeth to my beloved daughter
Mary Marrell
(MERRILL) my feather bed. I
give and bequeth
to my beloved son James Wiseman my Cow
and my big Bible and the
new Coverlid.
I give
and bequeth
to Elizabeth Marrell
(MERRILL)
my grand Daughter my pided hifer. I
give and bequeth to my son
James above named my
big pott. I
give and bequeth
to Ann Wiseman my Daughter
in law (wife of William)
one of my big shifts. I
give and bequeth to Elizabeth Wiseman (daughter
of James) the other one of my big
Shifts. I give
and bequeth to Elizabeth Marrell above named one of my smaller Shifts.
I give and bequeth to Lyde (Lydia) Wiseman my Daughter in law (wife of James) the other
one of my small
Shifts. I
give and
bequeth to
Rachel Marrell (MERRILL)
my beloved Daughter two Sheets, one blancket and one Coverlid and four
pewter plates, one qurt (sic), one tea pott and tea kettle and one grid iron,
one fier Shovel and tongs. I give
and bequeth to my son James above
named one pewter Dish and one pair Stilliards. I give and bequeth to my beloved
son William Wiseman
one iron trammel. I give and bequeth to Jane
Wiseman my grand Daughter one box
iron and one cattery. I give and bequeth to my son James above
named one pine Chest and one bull and the big pillow and bolster to his wife Lyda
and one striped petecot. I give and
bequeth to my Daughter Rachel above
named two petticoats, one Cloak and one silk bonnet.
I give and bequeth to my son James
one short gownd (sic), one pair specticles, and I hearby nominate and
appoint my son James Wiseman and Andrew
Marrell (Rachel’s husband Andrew
MERRILL) my son in law, Executors of this my last will and testament and I
Do hearby Deny all other wills and testaments whatsoever
in witness hear I the Sd Mary
Wiseman have set my hand and seal this twenty Eight day of
December in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and ninty.
09
FEB 1792 - Inventory
of Mary Wiseman Estate. Source: Court
of Common Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Rowan Co., NC, Rowan
County Register, by Linn.
“February the 9th 1792
CHILDREN of 0201 Isaac WISEMAN, Sr. and Mary (MARSHALL?) WISEMAN:
030101
Isaac WISEMAN I
- (See Chapter 4)
Isaac WISEMAN I was b-18 AUG 1738 in Amity Township, Berks Co., PA and d-3
MAY 1818
Note: With a large gap between the birth of Isaac Wiseman I
and Jacob Wiseman (8-plus years) it is feasible that other children were born to
Isaac and Mary (Marshall?) Wiseman.
Note: Alma
Lee Hogge, 540 Sign Pine Road, Chesapeake, VA 23322, sent me a query on21 MAY
1996 requesting information on Mary “Mollie” Wiseman,
who was b-c1746 at (?); m-c1766? at (?) to James Knight of Bath Co., VA, a Revolutionary War soldier, who d-c1794/96?
(His appraisement was filed in 1796); Family
folklore says that “Mollie (Wiseman)
Knight moved to Greenbrier Co., VA (WV) with two small children, James and
Rebecca Knight.” We have
inserted this information here because of the possibility of Mollie being a d/o
Isaac & Mary Wiseman.
030102
Jacob WISEMAN -
(See Chapter 5)
Jacob WISEMAN was b-12 JAN 1747 in Berks Co., PA and d-c1807 at Jersey
Settlement, Rowan
030103
Mary (WISEMAN) MERRILL -
(See Chapter 6)
Mary
WISEMAN was b-c1753 in Berks Co., PA and d-probably in GA;
Mary m-21 JAN 1773 in Rowan Co., NC to 030153 John
MERRILL, s/o Benjamin and Jemima (SMITH)
MERRILL.
030104
William WISEMAN - (See
Chapter 7)
William WISEMAN was b-Before 1757 in Berks Co., PA and d-17 SEP 1805;
William m-c1780 in Rowan Co., NC to 030154 Ann
(?).
030105
James WISEMAN - (See Chapter
8)
James WISEMAN was b-JAN 1759 in Berks Co., PA and d-c1837/38 near Peru,
Miami Co., IN; James m-c1785 in Rowan Co., NC to
030155 Lydia (?).
030106
Rachel (WISEMAN) MERRILL -
(See Chapter 9)
Rachel
WISEMAN was b-c1755 in Berks Co., PA and d-Unknown;
Rachel m-c1773 in Rowan Co., NC to 030156 Andrew MERRILL, brother of 030153 John MERRILL, Above.
030107
Jonathan WISEMAN - (See
Chapter 10)
Jonathan
WISEMAN was b-Before 1757 in Berks Co., PA and d-Before 7 FEB 1779 in Rowan Co., NC; Jonathan m-c1777 in Rowan Co., NC to 030157
Rachel WILLIS, d/o Thomas WILLIS.
030108 See- 2A George WISEMAN of Harrison Co., VA (Now WV) -
Note: See Chapter
14 for the continuation of this lineage. George WISEMAN
was b-c1740-45, place unknown and d-Before 1820 in Harrison Co., VA (His will
was made 11 MAY 1816); George m-c1758 to 2A1 Hannah
Spader. It remains unproven that
George was the s/o Isaac, Sr. and Mary.
Surname: Liken,
Boone, Wiseman, Hulins, Jones, Douglass, Reed
Transcription
of Berks Co., PA Deed Book B, Vol. I, p. 68
This Indenture made
the twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
thirty three between Andrew Likin and Anne his wife of Amity in the County of
Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania of the one part and Benjamin Boone
of Oley in the said County yeoman of the other part Witnesseth that ye said
Andrew Likin and Anne his wife for and in consideration of the sum of five
shillings currant money of the said Province to whom in hand paid by the said
Benjamin Boone the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge have bargained and
sold and by these presents do bargain and sell unto the said Benjamin Boone all
that two hundred acres of land situate in Amity bounded on the west with
Schulkill River and on the north and south with Marcus Hulins land and on the
east with John Jones land, together with all the woods under woods ways waters
water courses meddows marshes cripples swamps rights liberties privaledges
heraditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said two hundred acres of land
belonging or in any way appertaining and the reversions and reversions remainder
and remainders rents issues and profits thereof to have and to hold the said
tract and piece of land heraditaments and premisses hereby bargained and sold or
mentioned to be bargained and sold with the appurtenances unto the said Benjamin
Boone his Execrs administrators and assigns from the day of the date hereof for
and during and unto the full end and term of one whole year from thence next
ensuing and fully to be compleated and ended To intent and purpose that by
virtue hereof and of the . . .made for transferring of titles into possession
the said Benjamin Boone may be enabled to take and accept of a . . . and
confirmation of the same to him and his heirs forever In Witness whereof we have
hereunto set our hands and seals dated ye day and year above written. Andrew
(the mark of) Likin (Seal) Ann (the mark of) Likin (Seal). Signed sealed and
delivered in the presence of us Geo. Boone Isaac
Wiseman (indorsed thus) Berks County on the seventeen day of June in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty nine before me the
subscriber one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for said county personally
appeared Isaac Wiseman who upon his solemn affirmation according to law did
declare & say that he saw Andrew Licon and Anne Licon sign seal and deliver
the within instrument of writing &. . .at the same time saw George Boone
subscribe his name as a witness to the same and that the name of Isaac
Wiseman wrote as a subscribing witness thereunto was of this affirmants own hand
writing in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal day &
date above mentioned. George Douglass (seal) Recorded and the original and this
record diligently compared and found to agree exactly word for word this 26th
day of May Anno Domini 1772. James Reed, Rec.
This indenture
made the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and thirty three between Andrew Likin and Anne his wife of Amity in the
county of Philada. in the Province of Pennsylvania of the one part and Benjamin
Boone of Oley in ye said county yeoman of the other part Witnesseth that the
said Andrew Likin and Anne his wife forsaid in consideration of the sum of ten
pounds currant money of Pennsylvania to them in hand paid at and before ye
insealing and delivery of these presents (as also for the performance of certain
covenants clauses articles and agreements certified and contained in a certain
indenture or instrument made between the parties to these presents and dated the
twelfth day of May instant) performed and done and to be performed and done by
ye said Benjamin Boone and his heirs execrs admrs as by the said indenture may
at large appear have given granted released aliened bargained and sold and by
these presents do fully clearly and absolutely give grant alien release and sell
unto the said Benjamin Boone his heirs and assigns forever allthat plantation
tract and piece of land situate in Amity aforesaid bounded with Schulkill River
on the west Marcus Hulins land on the north & on the south and John
Jones land on ye east containing two hundred acres part of four hundred acres
laid out by warrant from the Commissiones of Propriety unto Moses Jones and by
virtue of a deed or instrument from under ye hand and seal of ye said Moses
Jones was given or granted unto the said Andrew Likin & c as by the said
deed may appear With all and singular it rights members jurisdictions and
appurtenances together with all houses buildings orchards gardens meddows
feedings pastures woods under woods ways waters c...pastures profits commodities
heraditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said two hundred acres of land
plantation and premises or to any part of parcle thereof belonging or in any
ways appertaining and all the estate right title interest use possession claime
and demand whatsoever of him the said Andrew Likin and Ane his wife with all
writings and evidences concerning ye same To have and to hold the said two
hundred acres of land and all and singular other the premises hereby granted
sold and released or mentioned to be granted . . .or released with their and
every of their rights members and appurtenances whatsoever with the said
Benjamin Boone his heirs and assigns . . .the only proper use and behoof of the
said Benjamin Boone his hers and assigns forever under the yearly quit rent due
and to become due for the same to the Chief Lord of the Fee thereof only and
alone exceptd In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals dated
the day and year first above written. Andrew (the mark of) Likin (seal) Anne
(the mark of) Likin (seal). Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Geo. Boone Isaac Wiseman (indented
thus) Berks County on the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred sixty nine before me the subscriber one of his Majesties
Justices of the Peace for said County personally appeared Isaac Wiseman who upon his solemn affirmation according to law did
declare & say that he saw . . .Andrew Likon & Anne Likon sign seal and
as their act and deed deliver the within instrument of writing & at the same
time he saw George Boone subscribe his name as a witness to the same and that
the name of Isaac Wiseman wrote as a
subscribing witness was the affirmants own hand writing in witness whereof I
have hereunto put my hand & seal day and date above wrote. George Douglass
(seal). Recorded and the original and this record diligently compared and found
to agree exactly word for word the 26th day of May Anno Domini 1772. James Reed
Rec.
Addresses of Researchers working 0201 Isaac WISEMAN, Sr. line:
0201
Isaac Wiseman, Sr. (Proven; See
Chapter 2.)
030101 Isaac Wiseman I
(FGS/03A; b-18 AUG 1738 in Amity Township, Philadelphia Co.,
PA; d-3 MAY 1818 in
Union Town, Monroe Co., VA; Buried in Old Rehoboth churchyard, near Union; Isaac
m-c1758
in Berks Co.,
PA to 030151 Elizabeth Davis, b-26 AUG 1738 at Berks Co., PA, d/o Samuel and (?) Davis;
According to the late
Ernest Newton Wiseman, who at the
time lived at 7 Glendale Drive, Gallipolis, OH, Some time about 1784, Isaac and his brood, both married and single, left
Berks Co., (PA) and went up the
Shenandoah Valley to Rockingham Co., VA. About ten years later they moved on to
what is now Monroe Co., WV.
He continues, Here
Isaac and Elizabeth spent the rest of their days and were buried in the Old
Rehoboth Churchyard near Union, the county seat. Three of their children, Abner,
Jacob and Elizabeth Blanton went to
KY; Samuel, John and Isaac (II) went
to OH; Joseph, William and Margaret, who married Bartholomew Ramsey,
Sarah, who married James Barley and
Rachel, who married Frederick Honaker,
stayed in WV.
Dr. Benjamin Winfield
Scott Wiseman, M.D., wrote in his
book, Wiseman Genealogy and Biography
, Culver, IN, 1910, 134 pp.: Isaac Wiseman
with his wife Elizabeth, and a large family of sons and daughters, emigrated
from Berks Co., PA, to Rockingham Co., VA, soon after the Revolution.
Dr. Wiseman
continues, Tradition says that he, or his immediate progenitor (Possibly Thomas
Wiseman), came to the colonies from Wales. The name, however, is not Welch, but
decidedly English or Anglo-Saxon, and is probably of remote Saxon or German, “Weismann”
favoring this assumption.
He continues, It
seems to the writer not unlikely that the remote ancestor or ancestors of the
family came into the British Isles at the time of, or soon after, the Saxon
Invasion. Reliable authority states that the Wiseman
family appears to have existed in (County)
Essex, England, since the time of Edward IV, by one Sir John Wiseman,
one of the auditors of the Exchequer in the time of Henry VIII. In the days of
feudalism the tenure of ownership was vested largely in possession, with loyalty
to the reigning sovereign or baron and the rendering of military service
thereto, and the ability to hold the same by force may have had much to do with
proprietorship in relation to the tract mentioned.
Dr. Wiseman
continues, The wide dissemination of the name in England, Ireland and Scotland,
evinced by letters received by the writer from some of the bearers who state
that their ancestors, for generations, resided in those countries, gives rise to
the belief that it has existed
there for centuries.
He continues, In
“Longmore’s Biographical Study of Richard Wiseman” we read that
there were three baronets by name of Wiseman
in the time of the Stuarts and that the name was frequently met with among
citizens of various occupations in London at that time.
Dr. Wiseman
states that, Isaac Wiseman’s
children were: Joseph, John, Sarah, Isaac (II), Jacob, Rachel, Samuel, Abner, Elizabeth, Margaret and William. (This
remains accurate to the date of this writing! The above text was taken from pp.
9 & 10 of his book.)
Note: See
Chapter 3, 0201 Isaac Wiseman, Sr.,
for more information on the events in the life of
030101
Isaac Wiseman I.
The following Civil
Court Dockets from Berks Co., PA were researched by Bernard “Bernie”
Wiseman. (1996)
Note: It
is unknown if the following Isaac Wiseman
is Sr., or Jr.
Isaac Wiseman, Jr. (aka 030101
Isaac Wiseman I), born 1738, would be age 36 at these first proceedings.
It is possible that John Marshall, in these proceedings, is the father, or brother of
Mary (Wiseman) Marshall?, wife of
Isaac Wiseman, Sr.
(Surname Marshall remains unproven)
August Term, 1764:
Before Jacob LEVAN, Peter SPYCKER, John PATTON, Henry
CHRIST, and James REED, Justices:
Parties and Proceedings
Pp. 21-22. GIBSON,
Mary, administratrix of Andrew GIBSON deceased, vs John
MARSHALL. Capias Debt: (18 Pounds)
Page 22. GIBSON,
Mary, administratrix of Andrew GIBSON deceased, vs Isaac Wiseman. Capias
Debt: (6 Pounds)
May
Term, 1765:
At a Court of Common Pleas held at Reading 14, 15, 16,
17, May 1765, before James REED, Peter SPYCKER, James DIEMER, and Henry CHRIST
Esquires:
February
Term, 1769:
Parties and Proceedings
Page 11. CHEW, Benjamin Esq,Register General vs Thomas
JENKINS, Isaac Wiseman,& Ludwig
HUIET. Summons Debt:
(400 Pounds)
Note: The
following e-mail was sent July 15, 1998 by Jim Kilburn
<[email protected]>:
Ohio
Bob & Indiana Bob,
When
we were discussing some land purchases on Sat. Nite late concerning what I
thought to be the land purchaseof Isaac Wiseman I, I apologize for making an
error in assumption. I have have been searching in my records tostraighten out
my error. But when we have so many Isaacs it is difficult to
tell who is who sometimes.
My
error is thus: A Isaac Wiseman
purchased on 5 APR 1797 land on Dropping Lick Creek in the Amount of 78 Acres from William and Elizabeth Rice. The land was then in Greebrier
County, Va. and in 1799 Monroe County, Va. on 20 JUN 1863 Monroe County,
West Virginia. The original Records are still in Greenbrier and I assume a copy
or copies in Monroe. I didn't know at the time that I obtained them that they
had been researched by (Uncle) Earnest Wiseman and cousin Ben Keller.
This
portion of my records is thus; In Greenbrier Co. (I don't know which Book) BUT
IS ON PAGE 317 It states, "ISAAC
WISEMAN 94 ACRES ON SOUTH FORK, DROPPING LICK CREEK ADJ. WHEREON HE NOW LIVES BY
WARRANT FOR 3104 ps, No. 840 asnee Jas. Ramsey
being by cert. from the Surveyor of Bath
County for 1000 acres dated 6
JAN 1795, 24 OCT 1798.
I
have to go to Leesburg, Va. this Thurs. for four days concerning Prison
Fellowship as I am on the Council for So. WV and Virginia. As soon as I get back
I am going to Greenbrier and Monroe to get the hard copy of this land Deed. My
theory on this matter is this; Since it is a warrant I am almost certain that it
is land given to the Veterans of the Revolution and that Isaac I received it for
that service usually the land was given in 100 acre parcels out of 1000 acres
tract and since the officers received more land depending on rank that Isaac
only received as a second class associator some where near the 100 acres.
Also I have a listing of 199 men eligible and voted in the election of
1800, both Isaacs are on the list and only landowners could vote at that time
also my Third Great Grandfather is on the list Isaac Kilbourn- spelled the old
way.
Keep
in Touch
Jim
The following e-mail
was sent 07 NOV, 1998 by Jim Kilburn <[email protected]>:
Bob,
You might already have this info but anyway in case you don't here goes. The
James Christy who was a clegyman that
signed the affaida. of Joseph Wiseman
was a circuit rider with Rev. John
Wiseman both being handpicked by Bishop
Asbury. The Charles Keenan was
the s/o Edward Keenan who gave the
land for Rehoboth. Isaac I and Elizabeth
(my third great grandparents and my wife's 4th and parents of Joseph & John, above) along with Joseph
are buried right in front of the Keenans.
Claude Keenan, the minister who signed my licence as a minister is a direct
decendant of Edward Keenan.
A copy of a letter dated 21 OCT 1835 from J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions addressed to John Huchinson,
Jr. Esq. Union, Monroe County, Va. reads as follows:
Department
of War, Pension Offices
0ct.
21, 1835
Sir,
You will have the goodness to inform J. D. Wiseman that his claim has been examined, and it appears
clearly that he has been allowed too much; he will therefore, return his
certificate of pension to ths office in order that the error may be corrected.
He states-that he volunteered
in Sept. 1778 in N.C. to go to the south-that he joined Gen. Ash
in S.C the day of his defeat; that his term of service expired while in N. C.
(?) AND HE RETURNED HOME HAVING SERVED NINE MONTHS. By this statement it would
appear that Mr. Wiseman must have
served six months before going to the south, as the Battle of River Creek where
Gen. Ash was defeated took place on
the 3rd of March 1779.
This however, cannot be
correct, as the Militia of N. C. was uniformly called out for three months
service, and the time of service of those in S.C. in 1779 expired in April of
that year.
Yours Respectfully,
J. L Edwards
A subsequent letter:
Department
of War
Pension
Office,
Dec.
31, 1835
Sir; I have this day instructed the Agent at Richmond to resume
the payment of the pension of Joseph
Wiseman a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of forty
dollars per annum.I am respectfully Your obt. servt.
J.L. Edwards.
John
Hutchison Esq.
Union
Monroe Co. Va.
Transcribed from some old notes in Monroe County. Will look for more.
Jim.
Monroe
Co., Virginia Marriage Index, 1740-1850
Field
Search
Matches
[Any]
WISEMAN
122
122
Combined Matches
Groom
Groom
Bride Given name
Bride
Marriage
County
My I.D. Number
Given
Name
Surname
Given name
Surname
Date
AARON
MORGAN
JANE
WISEMAN
19 December 1816
Monroe
0501010203
ALEXANDER
WYKLE
ELIZA H.
WISEMAN
22 January 1844
Monroe
060101010603A
ARCHIBALD
MILLER
MARGARET
WISEMAN
14 August 1850
Monroe
060101010704 and Unknown.
BUTLER
WISEMAN
NANCY
STEEL
25 March 1834
Monroe
060101010202
DANIEL
RAMSEY
BETSY
WISEMAN
18 March 1817
Monroe
0501010103B
DANIEL
RAMSEY
ELIZABETH
WISEMAN
18 March 1820
Monroe
DAVID
WICKLINE PHEBE
WISEMAN
23 February 1830
Monroe
0501010411
ELI
WIKLE
ELLEN
WISEMAN
28 February 1839
Monroe
060101010601A
ELKHANAH
WILSON
ELIZABETH
WISEMAN
19 December 1849
Monroe
060101020604A
HENRY
WISEMAN
NANCY
WIKLE
12 February 1834
Monroe
060101010201
ISAAC WARD
WISEMAN
MARY
NEAL
16 August 1821
Monroe
0501011101A
ISAAC
WISEMAN
MARGARET
RAMSEY
04 June 1806
Monroe
0501010102B
ISAAC
WISEMAN
SARAH
RAMSEY
31 March 1817
Monroe
0501010405
ISAAC
WISEMAN
SUSANNAH
HULL
17 September 1817
Monroe
0501010207
JACOB
CUNNINGHAM
JANE
WISEMAN
26 April 1849
Monroe
060101010208
JACOB
WICKLINE
ANN
WISEMAN
29 December 1819
Monroe
0501010408
JAMES Jr.
WISEMAN
ELIZABETH
SUMMERS
27 April 1815
Monroe
0501010205
JAMES
COOPER
MARY
WISEMAN
12 March 1808
Monroe
0501010403
JAMES
RICE
RACHEL
WISEMAN
23 December 1816
Monroe
0501010407
JAMES
WISEMAN
POLLY
ELLISON
27 April 1837
Monroe
060101010205
JLOYD
MANN
ELIZABETH
WISEMAN
30 October 1843
Monroe
060101010502
JOHN B.
HONAKER CHARLOTTE
WISEMAN
30 March 1844
Monroe
060101010901
JOHN Jr.
WISEMAN
MARGARET
MILLER
20 April 1829
Monroe
0501010110B
JOHN R.
WISEMAN
POLLY
BOSTICK
06 October 1825
Monroe
0501010206
JOHN
SLAGLE
ELIZABETH
WISEMAN
19 October 1818
Monroe
060101010206
JOHN
WISEMAN
AGNES
NEAL
24 December 1812
Monroe
0501010402
JOSEPH
STOVER
SUSAN M.
WISEMAN
28 July 1846
Monroe
060101010503
JOSEPH
WISEMAN
CATHERINE
SYDENSTRICKLER
28 November 1849
Monroe
060101010203
OWEN
WISEMAN
JANE
RAMSEY
10 December 1817
Monroe
0501010106B
RICHARD
WISEMAN
MARY A.
LOWERY
28 November 1848
Monroe
060101010204
ROBERT H.
WICKLE
NANCY M.
WISEMAN
23 December 1844
Monroe
060101010504
ROBERT
WISEMAN
MARGARET
WIKLE
07 May 1838
Monroe
060101010602A
SAMUEL
STEEL
EDITH
WISEMAN
18 February 1828
Monroe
0501010108B
SAMUEL
WISEMAN
ANNA
SWOPE
14 April 1814
Monroe
0501010404
SAMUEL
WISEMAN
MARY
MILLER
27 August 1815
Monroe
0501010105B
SETH
BOGGESS
EDITH
WISEMAN
23 May 1803
Monroe
(?)
THOMAS
BRATTON
SARAH
WISEMAN
07 September 1815
Monroe
0501010208
THOMAS
MILLER
SARAH
WISEMAN
06 September 1817
Monroe
0501010107B
THOMAS
WISEMAN
FRANCIS
LONG
20 April 1832
Monroe
0501010111B
WILLIAM M.
STEELE
ELIZABETH P.
WISEMAN
20 March 1831
Monroe
(?)
WILLIAM
WISEMAN
PHEBE
KILBURN
30 January 1804 Monroe
04010111