Mathias Jr. Wessinger
| ID: | I56 |
| Last: | Wessinger |
| First: | Mathias |
| Middle: | Jr. |
| Birth: | 22 Mar 1746 at Darmsbach, Germany 1 |
| Death: | 26 Mar 1816 at South Carolina 2 3 |
| Burial: | Lexington Co., South Carolina 4 5 |
| Sex: | M |
| Notes: | Family records: "Landed in Charleston 1752 from Port Rotterdam (River Rhine), Holland, Settled in Dutch Fork, South Carolina." Note - - This is Mathias Jr., the son of Matthaeus Wössinger and Margaretha Siebler from Germany. Mathias Jr. arrived in America as a 6-yr-old child on the ship Rowand, with his parents and siblings. See extensive research on Wessinger family of Dutch Fork area of South Carolina: URL: http://www.dfchapter.homestead.com/Wessinger.html. "WESSINGER - Mathias WEISINGER line, came from the parish of Pforzheim in the northern parts of Baden. Release from the bonded serfdom which was granted to Mattheus Wossinger from Darmsbach, (Germany) for emigration to America on 16 Febr. 1752. Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe 61/853. Arrived 2 Oct 1752 Snow Rowand, commanded by Captain Arthur Tran. Mathias Wessinger with wife and 3 children, Michael 8, Mathias 6, Catherine 1 ½ year. Matthias settled his family at the junction of the Broad and Saluda Rivers in 1755. " Source: From webpage "Some immigrants in the eighteenth century to South Carolina townships - Amelia, New Windsor, Orangeburgh, Saxe Gotha URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scogsgs/origin.htm |
| Sources: | 6 |
| Mother: | Margaretha Siebler b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN |
| Father: | Matthias Sr. Wessinger b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN |
| Marriage 1 | Lydia Ann Smith b: 1752 d: 22 Nov 1807 |
| Wedding: UNKNOWN | |
| Children: | |
| 1 Mary Magdalene Wessinger b: 29 Nov 1782 South Carolina | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: Internet Note: Exact date and details from: Wessinger family of Dutch Fork area of South Carolina - http://www.dfchapter.homestead.com/Wessinger.html. |
| 2 | Title: Internet Note: Exact date and details from: Wessinger family of Dutch Fork area of South Carolina - http://www.dfchapter.homestead.com/Wessinger.html. |
| 3 | Title: Internet Note: Exact date and details from: Wessinger family of Dutch Fork area of South Carolina - http://www.dfchapter.homestead.com/Wessinger.html. Text: The cemetery of Matthias Wessinger, with wife and six children, is under Lake Murray (Option No. 529 containing his cemetery, as well as an Indian cemetery - Lake Murray Records). This land is located on the 200 acre land grant of 1758 to John Ulrick Smith. In 1787, Matthias Wessinger was a petitioner for incorporation of Bethel Church. |
| 4 | Repository: --Name: Library of Congress Title: Silent Cities. A Tombstone Registry of Old Lexington District South Carolina, Vol 1. Author: Seay, June Anderson Publication: First Edition 1984, Call Number: 86-114293 Note: ISBN 0-9617786-4-4, 0-9617786-5-2 Page: p. 203-204 Note: St. John's Lutheran Church "organized circa 1831, is located near Turner's Landing, Lake Murray. WESSINGER plot includes surnames Seay, Bachman, Lybrand, and a monument to Mathias Wessinger. Text: Back of Family Stone reads: Direct descendants of Mathias Wessinger who with his / family left Germany "on encouragement given to foreign / protestants," Sailed from Port Rotterdam landing in / Charleston in 1752. Settled below St. Michael's Church in the / Dutch Fork on 250 acres land granted by the King of England. |
| 5 | Title: Internet Note: Exact date and details from: Wessinger family of Dutch Fork area of South Carolina - http://www.dfchapter.homestead.com/Wessinger.html. Text: The cemetery of Matthias Wessinger, with wife and six children, is under Lake Murray (Option No. 529 containing his cemetery, as well as an Indian cemetery - Lake Murray Records). This land is located on the 200 acre land grant of 1758 to John Ulrick Smith. In 1787, Matthias Wessinger was a petitioner for incorporation of Bethel Church. |
| 6 | Repository: --Name: Library of Congress Title: Silent Cities. A Tombstone Registry of Old Lexington District South Carolina, Vol 1. Author: Seay, June Anderson Publication: First Edition 1984, Call Number: 86-114293 Note: ISBN 0-9617786-4-4, 0-9617786-5-2 Page: p. 204 |
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