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ANDREW PUTMAN
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CHRISTIAN WYANDT
(WEYANDT, WEYGANDT, VOINT, WYAND)
AND ADAM SNYDER FAMILIES
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OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
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TO THE GENERATIONS TO COME
THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
"THE SENTIMENT OF THE TRIBE
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He wove his own nest and his shanty was spread
With skins he had stretched out over head.
Fresh hemlock made fragrant the floor,
For his bed as he sung when the daylight was o'er.
The world is wide enough, there is room for all,
Room enough in the green woods if not in the hall.
Room, boys, room by the light of the moon,
For why should not each man enjoy his own room?
Note: — Printed in Antietam Valley Record, April 1899 — from
a copy found by E. C. Wyand in an old German Bible in the
Attic of the Christian Wyandt Home.
PREFACE
|HIS volume owes whatever its worth
may be to the desire I have had
since childhood days to know who
I am. At the start this work
was to make that discovery and to
appease my idle fancy. The way,
at the beginning, was apparently
broad and well illuminated, but six-
teen years have elapsed since the
initial line was written, and the task
has become one of no little propor-
tions. It has taken the writer to
all the important libraries in Mary-
land, Washington, D. C, and Boston,
as well as to all the County Court Houses in which
records of interest may have been deposited, —
Hagerstown, Frederick, Upper Marlboro and
Annapolis. Every graveyard in which, perchance,
a stone of interesting date might rest, has been
visited and records made for comparison. Scores
of old bibles have been pressed into service, news-
paper files gleaned, and last but not least, trips
were made everywhere to consult Old Folks. We
regret that the most valuable records were burnt
with the Court House in Frederick City, Mary-
land, which was the county seat of what is now
Washington County from 1745 to 1797, in 1846.
Here, there, and everywhere, particulars of in-
formation were gathered for comparison as well
as for new light. A trip was made through the
West in 1904, visiting Iowa, Illinois and Indiana,
and in 1906 a special trip was made through Ohio,
all the centers being visited. So obscure were
some dates that we have resorted to logic and
mathematics, yet with it all we see clearly how
incomplete and inaccurate our details are, and
solicit your indulgence.
From this acorn we trust an oak will grow, and
then the planting has paid for itself.
One of the most striking points in the history
of these two families is that of their inter-marriage.
Repeatedly first cousins have married, here in
Maryland, in Pennsylvania and in Ohio.
As a result of this inter-marrying the writer is
doubly qualified for his duty, being a direct de-
scendant of Christian Wyandt on both sides —
Christian Wyandt being both his great grand-
father and great-great grandfather. Another
incident qualifying the writer, and which is father
to this effort, is that many years of his childhood
were spent with his grandfather, Ezra J. Snyder,
in the old Putman and Wyandt house. It was
those boyhood days there in that atmosphere, in
which these ancestors lived and died, that awak-
ened the desire which has resulted in this work.
My thanks are tendered first of all to David O.
Snyder, who has patiently withstood thirty years
continued questioning; to Mrs. Truman Palmer,
Wilmot, for notes, clippings and letters; to Dr.
Adolphus Gans, Massilon, Ohio, E. K. Trauger,
Attorney at Law, Plymouth, Ohio; to Rev. J. D.
Wyandt, Justice, Ohio; Judge D. D. Heller, De-
catur, Ind.; Miss Bessie Host, Bowerston, Ohio;
Caleb Wyand, D. H. Wyand, Keedysville, Md.,
Miss Emily Parker, and Wm. H. Welfley, Somer-
set, Pa., and others.
Respectfully submitted,
E. Clayton Wyand.
CONTENTS
Page
Andrew Putman and Posterity - - - - n
Andrew Putman Will - - - - 20
Deed from Josiah Chapline to Andrew Putman - 12
Putman Reunion, Ohio - - - - 23
Christian VVyandt and Posterity - - - - 24
Deed from Putman Heirs to Christian Wyand - 24
Deed from Abraham Rote to Christian Wyandt - 28
Christian Wyandt' s Will - - - - 35
Aftermath - - - - - - -74
Miscellaneous Letters ----- 82
Wyandt Geneology - - - - - - 89
E. Clayton Wyand - _____ I02
ILLUSTRATIONS
E. C. Wyand - Frontispiece
Opposite Pack
2 The Homestead ------ 3
3 The Homestead, near view - - - - 1 1
4 Distill and Spring House - - - -12
5 Somerset, Pa. - - - - - - 16
6 Jacob Snyder ___--- 22
7 Mrs. Jacob Snyder - - - - - 27
8 Mrs. Christiania Wyandt Deaner - - - 30
9 John H. Snavely and Wipe - - - 37
10 Old Folks Reception 40
11 Keedysville, Md. ----- 44
12 David Henry Wyand _____ 46
13 Jacob M. Snyder _____ 51
14 Four Generations - - - - - 54
15 Judge D. D. Heller ----- 58
16 David 0. Snyder ------ 60
17 Daniel B. Wyandt - - - - - 65
18 Scott Wyandt ____-- 66
19 Dr. Alpheus H. Gans ----- 68
20 Dr. Cullen P. Wolf - - - - 72
21 Dr. Louis E. Menuez - - - - 77
22 The Three Doctors' Wives - - - - 80
23 W. H. H. Agler, A. W. Agler - 84
24 David H. Buxton ------ 86
25 Curtis L. Buxton _____ 90
26 Rev. Simon Snyder Wyand - - - - 95
27 JosEphus E. Wyand ----- 98
28 Modern Putman-Wyand-Snyders - - - 100
29 At the Old Homestead, Nov, 1908 - - - 102
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ANDREW PUTMAN AND POSTERITY
A NDREW PUTMAN, or Buttman, came to
America from Germany, but there is noth-
g ing to prove the year of his arrival nor the
port of landing. Whether he had settled
in Pennsylvania and pushed into Maryland during
"The Border Trouble," or whether he found his
way here during the inllux of Germans, who had
been gathered up by Joss Hite and Jacob Von
Meeter to settle in Virginia, at the request of the
Governor of Virginia, we do not know. But we
do know that he had settled upon a tract of ninety
acres of vacant land, and in 1770 (by the records
at the Frederick City Court House) purchased of
Joseph Chaplin fifty acres, tract called " Part-
nership," a part of a traet called ' Resurvey on
Root's Hill," now together, and known as the
"Old Snyder Homestead," which is situated one
mile south-east of Kakle's Mills, Md.
In Rupp's thirty thousand names of Germans
who arrived in Philadelphia from Palatinate, via
Rotterdam, between 17 19 and 1780, we find but
one mention of the name Buttman — one Philip
Jacob Buttman, who sailed Oct. 7, 1743. On
the same ship came one Henrich Brunner and
one Johan Philip Schneider. The date and famil-
iar associated names may count for something.
The Andrew Buttman in question may have re-
sided in Pennsylvania, or one of the Northern
12 ANDREW PUTMAN AND POSTERITY
colonies — perhaps Massachusetts, where the name
is among the oldest — and came to Maryland when
the invitations were extended to German families
by the Governors of Maryland and Virginia.
(There were two — John and Philip Putman in
Frederick County in 1790 with families.) All we
know is that Andrew Putman, or Buttman, was
in Washington County before 1770, and that the
neighborhood there was a wilderness whose des-
olate frontiers, on dark nights, were made hideous
by the whoop of painted warriors and howl of
wild beasts.
The log house which Putman erected as his
residence, and which was perhaps the first house
in this section, is standing to-day and occupied
by descendants, — D. O. Snyder and sister.
DEED FROM JOSIAH CHAPLINE TO ANDREW
PUTMAN
(Examined and delivered to Andrew Putman.)
At the request of Andrew Puttman the follow-
ing Deed was Recorded, January 11, 1770. To
wit:
This Indenture made this Eighteenth Day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and sixty-nine, Between Josiah
Chapline of the County of Frederick and Province
of Maryland on the one part, and Andrew Putt-
man of the same county and Province aforesaid
of the other part, witnesseth, that the said Josiah
Chapline for and in consideration of the sum of
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eighty-five pounds current money to him in hand,
paid by the said Andrew Puttman before the
Ensoling and Delivering of these presents the Re-
ceipt whereof the said Josiah Chapline doth hereby
acknowledge and of every part Parcell thereof
doth aquitt and Discharge the said Andrew Putt-
man, his heirs, and assignes for ever, he the said
Josiah Chapline hath granted, Bargained and
sold alianted and confirmed, and by these presents
doth hereby grant, Bargain, sell, allain and con-
firm unto the said Andrew Putnam, his heirs and
assigns for ever all that Tract of Land called
" Partnership/ 1 lying and being in the County
aforesaid being a part of the tract of Land called
the Resurvey on Roots Hill and Being the said
part called Partnership at the end of the thirteenth
line of the Resurvey <>n Roots 1 Hill and Running
thence south five Degrees east one hundred and
live perches, then >onth thirt y-four Degrees, west
thirty-two Degrees, then South eighty Degrees
west fourteen perches, then north seventy one
Degrees west twenty two perches to the end of
the twenty-second line of the said land called
Resurvey on Root's Hill and running with the
twenty -thirdline of the said land north twenty-
five degrees west twenty-six perches. Then by
a straight line to the Beginning containing Fifty
acres of Land in the same more or less with the
appurtenance unto the said Land belonging or
anywise appurtaining and all the estate, Right,
Title, Interest, Claims, and Demand whatsoever
of him the said Josiah Chapline, of, in and unto
Fifty acres of Land called Partnership and Prem-
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ises thereto Belonging and every Part thereof
TO have and To hold — the said Land all and
singular the Premises and appurtenances thereto
Belonging unto him the said Andrew Puttman,
his heirs, and assignes, to be the only property and
behoof of the said Andrew Putman, his heirs,
and assigns forever, and to not other use, intention
or purposes whatsoever, and the said Josiah
Chapline for himself and his Heirs the said Fifty
acres of Land and all the Bargained Premises
thereto belonging to Josiah Chapline and his
heirs and against all and every other Person or
Persons whatever claiming by, from or under him
they or any of them shall and will awarrent and
forever Defend by these presents In witness
whereof the said Josiah Chapline signed, sealed
and Delivered in the presence of
Sam'l Beall, Jr.,
Thomas Prather.
Josiah Chapline. [seal]
On the back of the Deed were the following
Indorsements, to wit:
December ioth, 1769, Received the day and
year within written of Andrew Puttman the Sum
of 85 pounds current money, being the considera-
tion money within mentioned — (I say rec'd pr me)
Witness present,
Sam'l Beall, Jr.,
Thos. Prather.
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. i
Frederick Courts, ss., Dec. the 10 day, 1769.
Came Josiah Chapline partie mentioned in the
within Deed before us the subscribed being two
of his Lordship's Justices of the Peace and for the
county aforesaid, and acknowledge the within
Instrument of writing to be his act and Deed and
the ^Fifteen acres of Land therein mentioned
and every part thereof to be the Right and estate
of the within named Andrew Putnam, his heirs
and assignes forever.
Sal'l'l Be all, Jr.
Thos. PraTHER.
The date of Put man's birth and that of his mar-
riage are unknown. Neither is it known where
Put man and his wife are buried, but is generally
supposed by the oldest descendants that they lie
buried in Mrs. F. B. Keyfauver's apple orchard.
Here forty-two yards from the fence on the line
south of the orchard, and forty-two yarde east
from the rocks above the branch of water, and
about 150 yards direct south from the house, is
the site of the family burial plot, and here lies,
to my knowledge, the remains of Rose Wyand,
my father's sister. My father's brother, Caleb
Wyand, pointing out the plot to me on Jan. 1
1909, remarked that it used to be enclosed with a
paling fence, around which he plowed when a boy,
and later when the fence had decayed, and fallen,
he plowed across the plot. George Fisher, an
old colored man, an ex-slave and war veteran,
* Error on record. There were also other errors in the copy
work and given here. E. C. W.
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tells me that he and Pembroke Griffith there
years ago plowed out grave stones. Mrs. Amelia
Rohrer, a descendant who is now in her eightieth
year, tells me that she attended funerals which
were held in the barn. I believe Christian Wy-
andt is buried here also.
To arrive at the age of Andrew Putman we
resort to figures. Amelia Putman, fifth child,
died in 1853 nearly one hundred years of age.
She was born about 1754. There were four chil-
dren before her. Allow two years between each
and we have for the date of birth of the first, 1744.
There was no settlement here prior to 1745, and
Putman came between 1750 and 1770, therefore,
Putman had a family when he arrived.
Now allow twenty-three years for his age before
birth of first child, in 1744 or 1746, he was born,
accordingly, about 1721-23. He may have been
twenty-five or thirty at time of his marriage. If he
was born in 1721 he was only fifty-eight when he
died in 1777. We are sure of the date of his death,
it being clearly stated by the Register of Wills.
Just who Catherine Putman, his wife, was we
may never know. She may have been either a
Wyandt or a Schneider.
Andrew and Catherine Putman had eight chil-
dren — three sons and five daughters: (1) John,
(2) Peter, (3) Elizabeth, who married John Dull;
(4) Magdalena ("Mary"), who married Henry
Brunner; (5) Amelia, ("Mary Ann"), who mar-
ried Christian Wyandt; (6) Catherine, who mar-
ried Adam Schneider; (7) Susan, who married
Henry Baker; and (8) Andrew.
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Peter and Andrew Putman, John Dull and
Henry Brunner removed to Milford Township,
Bedford County, Pa., in 1785, and later, into
Somerset County, Pa., to which place Adam
Schneider also removed. Adam Schneider, who
married Catherine Putman, and posterity is a
subject in the second section of this volume.
Henry Baker removed to Baltimore, and, I
believe, was engaged in the manufacture of glass.
Christian Wyandt(Wyand),who married Amelia
Putman, is the subject of the- second section of
this work.
John Dull and hi^ wife, Elizabeth (Putman),
(\]vd in Ohio when the scourge of cholera passed
that state. Their son Joseph Dull, d\<-d in Lick-
in- County, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1891, aged 87 years,
8 months, 8 days, leaving ten children, four
grandchildren and twenty-four great-grand-chil-
dren. Joseph Dull was a recruiting officer during
the Civil War.
Andrew Putman (II > married Elizabeth Lenhert
and to them were bom eleven children: John,
Gabriel, Joseph, Peter, Polly, who married John
Schaffer; Kate-, wife of Win. Logan; Eva, wife of
Geo, Paron; Sallie, wife of Geo. Piles; Rose, wife
of John Coves, Hannah, wife of Henry Brunner
(Jr.?) ; and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Putman,
her cousin.
John (111), born in Somerset County, Pa., on
Feb. 2, 1789, removed to Ohio in 18 17, settled
government land, section 33, married Charlotte
King. To them were born seven children: Mary,
Mrs. Jeremiah Agler, Van Wert County, Ohio;
1 8 ANDREW PUTMAN AND POSTERITY
Elizabeth, now Mrs. Andrew Spidle, Wilmot; An-
drew, at Justice; Phoebe, now Mrs. Wm. Slater,
Mercer County; Timothy, Beach City; Annie, and
a baby, both dying young.
The wife of John Putman (III) died in 185 1,
and he married Sarah Hall, who lived with him
until his death, May, 3, 1872. He was then 83
years, 3 months 1 day. He left five children, 22
grand children, 80 great-grand children, and 14
great-great grand children.
Gabriel Putman, of Andrew Jr., born in Somer-
set County, Pa., Jan. 24, 1795, migrated to Ohio
in 1817. Two years later returned to Pennsyl-
vania and married Susan Weimer, and took her
to his log cabin in the Ohio wilderness. He made
a valuable farm of the unbroken forest. To them
five children were born: Joseph, Hiram, Chris-
tiana Kaylor, Harriet Shunk of Iowa, and Sallie
Ash of Wood County. Two years after the death
of his wife he married Rebecca White, who died
three years later. In 1871 he married Sarah Hite,
who survived him. He was township constable
and trustee for some years. With D. B. and C.
Wyandt he founded the Agricultural Works which
was for years the most prosperous manufacturing
establishment in Stark County. He died on Nov.
27, 1882, at the ripe age of 88 years.
Peter Putman of Andrew Jr., migrated to Stark
County about 1830, then to Van Wert County
about 1838, where he settled down in the woods
and made himself a pleasant home. He was the
father of eighteen children, seventy-five grand
children and fifteen great-grand children.
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 19
Peter Put man (II) had eleven children: George,
Henry, Michael and Peter, who lived and died in
Somerset County, Pa., Jacob and Andrew, who
migrated to Van West County, Ohio, in 1835,
where they died, and Joseph, who emigrated to
Stark County. I >hi<».
Joseph Put man (III), last of the family of Peter
1'utman (II), born in Somerset County, Pa., 1808.
Bereft of father at five years. Taken by his
brother Peter and brother-in-law, Wm. Shunt.
He began life as a farm hand at low tragi In
October, 1829, married Elizabeth Put man, young
est daughter and child of his uncle, Andrew Put-
man (I! . By frugality and industry he was
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of Andrew Put man he met reverses .i\\(\ in 1833
went from Somerset County to Stark County,
Ohio, where he purch acres in Sugar
ek Township. The old pioneec died in 1890
at t lie 1 i j - y< lonths and 13 days.
He was a membei of the Evangelical church.
The following children survived him: William
Putnian. Mi>. Henry KLreiling, Mis. Frederick
Xaumaun, and Mrs. Mary Gonawer.
Andrew Putnam 'ill son of John Putnam (II),
was horn in Somerset Count}', in 1816. Two
years afterward his father removed to Stark
County, Ohio. At the age of 22 Andrew married
Judith Slater, last of a family of fourteen children.
He farmed and sawed timber. He soon removed
to a faim near Justus. He had four children,
two of which preceded him in that far journey.
Two survive. Hainan and Mrs. Daniel Hoffman.
20 ANDREW PUTMAN AND POSTERITY
At 30 he joined the United Brethren Church and,
as there was no building for a time in that section,
his house was the place of worship and home of
the minister. He was liberal toward all churches,
and was a strong prohibitionist. He died at the
age of seventy-five from pneumonia.
WILL OF ANDREW PUTMAN
In the name of God, Amen, I, Andrew Putman,
of Washington County, and Province of Maryland,
being Sick and weak in Body, but of sound mind,
memory and understanding, do make and pub-
lish this my last Will and Testament in manner
and form following, viz.: first and punctually I
recommend my Soul to Almighty God who gave
it me, and my Body to be buried in decent order
at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named,
and as to the worldly Estate it has pleased God
to bestow on me, I give and bequeath as follows:
Imprimis: I will that all my Just Debts and
funeral charges be first paid, then, I give and be-
queath unto my well beloved Wife, Catherine, the
use of all my Estate, Real and Personal, for and
during her Natural Life in case she remains a
widow, but if she marrys I do allow that my
Estate may be Immediately sold to the best ad-
vantage (excepting her thirds) and distributing
amongst my children in the same manner as is
hereinafter mentioned, allowing her, my said
wife, fifty pounds good and lawful money of
Pennsylvania over and above her thirds if she
doth marry. Item: I give and bequeath unto
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 21
my son John Twenty-five pounds of the above
currency, and to my sons Peter and Andrew
Twenty pounds each over and above any of the
rest of my children. Item: I also give and be-
queath unto my children John, Peter, Elizabeth,
Mary, Maryann, Catherine, Susannah and An-
drew all the remainder of my estate. Real and
Personal, to be sold at the death or marriage of
my wife Catherine, which should happen first,
and the Money to be equally divided amongst
them. Lastly, I do contribute and appoint my
trusty Friends, Samu'l Baker and Conrad Schnebly
Executors of this my last Will and Testament,
making void all other Wills by me heretofore
made. In Testimony whereof I, the said Andrew
Putman, have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my Seal this fourth day of February, in the year
of Our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy-
seven.
Signed, Sealed and delivered to be the last Will
and Testament of the Testator, in presence of us
who have signed at the Testator's request and in
his presence.
N. B. — The name Catherine was interlined be-
tween the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth line
before the signing and sealing thereof.
Henry Geeting,
John Tolts,
Peter Shally.
Andrew Putman. [seal]
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(Indorsement on Back of Will.)
On the back of the original will of the said An-
drew Putnam are the following indorsements,
(to wit) :
Washington County, June 14, 1777. Then
came Samuel Baker and Conrad Schnebly and
made oath, etc., that the within Instrument of
writing is the true and whole will and testament
of Andrew Putman, of said county dece'd, that
came to their hands or possession and that he
doth not know of any other.
And on the same day came Henry Geeting, Jr.,
Wm. Tolts and Peter Shally the three subscribing
witnesses to the within Last will and Testament
of Andrew Putnam and severally made oath on
the Holy Evangelical, etc., that they did see
the Testator therein named sign and Seal this
Will and that they heard him publish, pronounce
and declare the same to be his Last Will and
Testament and at the time of his so doing he was
to the best of their apprehension of sound and
disposing mind, memory and understanding, and
that they respectively subscribed their names
to the Will in the presence and at the request of
Testator and each other.
Certified by,
Thomas Sprigg, Register.
Recorded, 14th June, 1777.
JAC< >B SNYDER, A I 92
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MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 23
PUTMAN FAMILY REUNION
A reunion of the Put man family was held in the
grove on J. \V. and \Y. S. Putman's farm, three
miles south of Wilmont, Ohio, during the summer
of 1888. Dinner was served on a 120 foot table.
\Y. S. Putnam was master of ceremonies. Five
hundred persons were present.
In September, 1902, a reunion of the YVvandt
Snyder and R oh re I families was held in the Town
Hall in Keedysville, Bid. Caleb Wvand was
master of eeremoni< Dinner was served in the
hall to all. About 1 50 persons were present. Chief
addresses wen- made by Caleb Wvand, D. II. Wy-
and, A. D. Snyder and D. O. Snyder, Keedysville,
Christian and Czar Snyder of Yeedersburg, Ind.,
and ' Uncle Joe" Snyder of Bismarck, 111.
24 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
C "CHRISTIAN WYANDT [Weyandt, Wey-
, gandt, Wyand, Wyant, Wiegand, Voyant,
|§2| Voint, etc.,] came to America from the
State of Barvaria, Germany, about the
time of the War of the Revolution, and made his
home with Andrew Putman [Buttman], the sub-
ject of the first section of this volume. In about
1778 (soon after the time of Putman's death),
he married Amelia Putman, fifth child of Andrew
Putman, she being then about twenty-five. In
1793 Wyandt bought the Putman estate "Part-
nership," and his tract on Resurvey "Root's
Hill," from the heirs.
DEED OF ANDREW BUTTMAN TO CHRISTIAN
WYAND
At the request of Christian Wyand the follow-
ing release was rendered 9th April, 1793, to wit:
To all people to whom these presence shall
come, greeting, Whereas Andrew Buttman of
Washington County, in the State of Maryland,
deceased, did by his last will and Testament,
ordain and command that all his Estate in Land
lying and being situated in the County and State
aforesaid, now known and distinguished by the
name of Partnership, consisting formerly of two
tracts, the one containing fifty acres being called
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part of Root's Hill, the other containing ninety-
two acres and one quarter of an acre taken up as
vacant land by the said Andrew Buttman by
virtue of a warrant, now surveyed into one tract,
should be divided in certain portions amongst
his children, John Buttman, Klizabeth, Magdalene,
Catherine, Mary, Peter and Andrew and Susannah
l'uttman, and whereas the before mentioned heirs
of the Estate of the said Andrew Putt man, Sr.,
Have for a valuable consideration to them in
hand paid, sold and alliened their right, title, in-
terest, claim and Demand of, in and to the said
Estate in Land of the said Andrew Puttnam,
Sen., to Christian Wyand Husband to the said
Mary Buttman one of the co-heirs aforesaid.
Now know ye that we John Dull husband to the
said Elizabeth, ami Henry Brunner husband to
said Magdalene and Adam Sncider husband to
said Catherine, and Peter Buttman and Amelia
his wife and Andrew Buttman & Elizabeth his
wife all of Milford Township, Bedford County
and State of Pennsylvania, and Henry Baker
and Susanna his wife of Baltimore town in the
State of Maryland all of us heirs of the estate of
the said deceased, do for us and each of us, for our
and each of our heirs, executors, and administra-
tors forever acquit release and discharge him the
said Christian Wyand, his heirs, executors and
administrators of and from all action or acting,
suits, claims, and demands which we the heirs
aforesaid or our and each of our heirs and exec-
utors administrators or assigns can or may make
against him the said Christian Wyand or his heirs,
26 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
executors, or administrators for or on account of
the estate of the said Andrew Buttman, Sen.,
deceased, or any part or parcel thereof and that
he the said Christian Wyand for his heirs shall
be forever freed and discharged from all and every
claim or claims of others — that we or either of us
or our heirs might make against the said Christian
Wyand or his heirs executors or administrators.
In Testimony whereof we have hereto set our
hands and affixed our seals this sixteenth day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-two.
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
( ,
( )
John X Dull,
Elizabeth X Dull,
(Ger.) Henry Brunner,
(Ger.) Magdalene Brunner,
(Ger.) Adam Schneider,
Catherine X Schneider,
(Ger.) Andrew Buttman,
(Eng.)AMELIA PUTMAN,
(Ger.) Peter Buttman,
(Eng.)ELIZABETH X PUTMAN,
(Ger.) Henry Baker,
Susanna X Baker,
Witnesses to:
Henry Baker,
Susanna Baker,
Isaac V. Bibber,
Abm V. Bibber.
SEAL
SEAL
SEAL
SEAL
SEAL
SEAL
SEAL
SEAL
MRS. JACOB SNYDER, AT 87
(CATHERINE WYANDT)
(No. 4)
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO.
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On the back of the aforegoing Release were
written the following endorsements to wit: Dee.
14, 1792, came Henry Baker & Susanna his wife
before us the subscribing Justices of the peace
for Baltimore City and did acknowledge the afore-
going Instrument of writing to be their act and
Deed according to the true intent and meaning
of the same.
Acknowledged before
Isaac Vn. BlBBBR,
Abm. Vn. BlBBBR.
Bedford County, test. On the sixteenth day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and ninety two personally came before us
one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in
Bedford County and MillOrd Township the within
mentioned John Dull and Elizabeth his wife and
Henry Brunner and Magdalene, his wife, Adam
Snydei and Catherine his wife, and Andrew Put-
man and Elizabeth his wife, and did volunterly
acknowledge the written Instrument to be a full
release as witnessed my hand and seal the day
and year above writ I in.
Philip King,
William Ward,
sbal
SBAL
Baltimore County, test:
I hereby certify to all whom it doth or may
concern that Isaac Yanbibber and Abraham Van-
bibber, Gentlemen before whom the written ac-
knowledgments were taken and who have thereto
subscribed their names, were at the time of taking
28 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
and signing thereof and still are two of the Justices
of the peace in and for the County aforesaid,
and to all certificates by them given as such.
Our faith and credit, as and ought to be given
as well in Court of Justice as thereout.
In testimony thereof I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the seal of my office this twelfth
day of March seventeen hundred and ninety-
three. Wm. Gibson, CVh Balto. City.
Bedford County in the State of Pennsylvania
to wit: I hereby certify to all whom in may con-
cern that Philip King and William Ward, Gentle-
men, before whom the within acknowledgement
was taken and who have thereunto subscribed
their names were at the time of the taking and
signing thereof and still are two of the Justices of
the peace in and for the county aforesaid and to
all certificates by them given as such due faith
and credit is given as well in Court of Justice as
thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of my office this third
day of April Anno Domini, seventeen hundred
and three. David Espy Prothy.
DEED
June 3d, 1795.
Abraham Rote of the County of York and State
of Pa., to Christian Viont 50 acres of land for 175
pounds in Wash. Co., Md. being a part of Land
on Resurvey of Root's Hill, from Moses Chapline
to Richard Dean & R. Dean, heirs to Christian
Rote to A. Rote heir-at-law.
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 29
CHRISTIAN VOYANT, HIS PATENT, ETC.
The State of Maryland. To all persons to
whom these pres-
ents shall come Greet-
Thos. S. Lee, ing, Know Ye That
A. C. HANSON, Chan. whereas Christian
Yoyant of Washing-
ton county by his pe-
tition to the chancellor did set forth that a cer-
tain Andrew Butman on the thirtieth Day of Aug-
ust seventeen hundred and seventy one had re-
ceived for him a special warrent of revision, before
that time obtained out of the proprietary's land
office, on fifty acres part of a tract of land, lying
then in Frederick, but now Washington county,
called the Resurvey on Root's Hills originally on
the thirty first Day of December seventeen hun-
dred and sixty granted Moses Chapline for three
hundred acres. In I'arsuauce whereof a resurvey
was made on the eighteenth Day of December
seventeen hundred and seventy one and called
Partnership, a certificate whereof was returned
to the land office by which it appeared the same
contained one hundred and forty two acres and
one quarter of an acre. Ninety two acres and
one quarter whereof was vacancy added for which
the said Andrew Butman fully complied according
to the conditions of plantation then in force. That
the said Andrew Butman departed this life in
the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven,
having first made his last will and testament, by
which he divided all his real and personal estate
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to his wife Catherine during her life, if she should
remain a widow, but if she married, then to be
sold and the proceeds thereof to be distributed
among his children. That the said Catherine
Butman is yet alive and remains a widow. That
John Butman being the eldest son of the deceased
and having the legal estate in the said land on the
twenty ninth Day of August seventeen hundred
and ninety two, with Sarah, his wife, executed a
deed conveying unto the petitioner (who married
Amelia one of the daughters of the aforesaid An-
drew Butman deceased) the said land resurveyed
as aforesaid called Partnership, for the purpose
of enabling her to obtain a patent and afterwards
carrying into effect the will of the said Andrew
Butman deceased. The petitioner therefore
prayed that a patent might be given to him for
the purpose aforesaid and the facts appearing to
the Chancellor to be truly stated it was thereupon
ordered that patent should be issued accordingly,
The State of Maryland Doth therefore hereby
and confirm unto him the said Christian Voyant
the aforesaid land resurveyed as aforesaid called
Partnership, lying in Washington county afore-
said. Beginning for the outlines thereof at the
end of the sixth line of the original and running
thence with said land reversed the two ?
courses viz: south twenty five degrees east twenty
six perches south eighty six degrees east forty five
perches then south eight degrees east forty perches
south fifty six degrees east thirteen perches north
eight degrees west ten perches south seventy one
degrees east twenty two perches north eighty four
MRS CHRISTIANIA \VVA\hT DBANER
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 31
degrees east fourteen perches north thirty four
degrees east thirty two perches south eighty seven
degrees east one hundred and twenty one perches
south seventy degrees east seventy five perches
north fifty degrees west thirty perches north
twenty two degrees west sixteen perches north
seventy degrees west eighty four perches north
eighty seven degrees west twelve perches south
twenty degrees west five perches north eighty
ven degrees west twenty two perches south
twenty nine <K . west twenty perches south
seventy six degrees east fifteen perches then with
straight line to the beginning containing one hun-
dred and forty tWO acres and one quarter of an
acre according to the certificate of resurvey there-
of taken and returned into the land office hearing
Date the eighteenth Day of December seventeen
hundred and seventy one and there remaining
together with all rights, profits, benefits and priv-
ileges thereunto belonging, To Have and to Hold
the same unto him the said Christian Yoyant
and his heirs to the ibcs in the last will of Andrew
Butman deceased. Given under the great seal
of the State of Maryland this twenty ninth Day
of September seventeen hundred and ninety two.
WITNESS:
seal of The Honorable
MARYLAND. ALEXANDER CORTES HANSON,
Esquire Chancellor.
.The above document is a parchment 12 x 14
inches, written in a neat English hand and is
now in my possession. E. C. W.
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We have failed to find when Wyandt arrived
in America. He may have arrived with Putman.
Again he could have been one of the Hessian
soldiers, captured at Trenton, on that memorial
Christmas night, by Gen. Washington, and im-
prisoned in the Old Colonial Barracks, yet stand-
ing, in Frederick City, Md. Five hundred Hes-
sians were imprisoned there. These soldiers
came from that part of Germany which was the
scene of the birth of the Schneider and Wiegand
or Weyandt families and when released settled
in Maryland. I have failed to find the name
Christian Voyant, or Weyandt, or Wyandt, on
any of the port records. In those days the name
of every German who arrived was given a variety
of variations, arising from the attempts at pro-
nouncing and spelling them in English, and vise
versa. We find Christian Weyandt's name spelled
two different ways in his will. I have found it
spelled four or five d ifferent ways on court and
state records made at the same period. An author
tells me he now has just fifty variations of the name.
In Rupp's Thirty Thousand Names we find the
name Wyandt and several variations among the
earliest emigrants. As early as 1635 persons by
name of Wynd and Wynne, Winne and Wynn,
sailed from London to various British points.
From the list of the Germans who arrived in Phil-
adelphia from Rotterdam we get the following:
Arrived, Aug. 24, 1728, eighty families of Pal-
atines, about 205 persons, among them Johann
Weygandt, Johann Ror, Jacob Brunner, Johannes
Kitzmiller, and Hans Marten Miller . (These are
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 33
familiar names of to-day in this section of Mary-
land, and represent the oldest families.)
Aug. 19, 1725, came one Wendel Wvant, Ultmer
Schneble, and Henrich Snebvele. Sept. 21, 1731,
came Joh. Jacob Wyandt, Jacob Rohr, Johannes
Roth, etc., in all 269 persons on ship.
Sept. 18, 1733, one hundred and twenty-six
persons arrived in Pennsylvania Merchant Vessel
from Levden and Plymouth, among them John
Philip Weynandt, Johann l g;e Grimm.
Sept. 11, [738, arrived from Rotterdam and
Dover, 320 persons, among them Melchioi Yand,
Johannes Ron re r, Johan and Prid Schneyder.
NOV. is, 1740. from Rotterdam 265 persons,
George Viantt, John Georg Schneider.
ept. 26, 1743, came Michael Wyland and Hans
Leonhart Wyland.
Sept. 7, 1748, Rev. Joh. Albert Weygand. [A
sketch of this person was published in 1897, in
Charles Weyandt's Family Record, X. Y.]
Sejit. [5, 1748, Joh. Lorentz Weygandt.
Sept. 14, 1749, 312 persons arrived from Rotter-
dam, last of Cowes, among them: Weygand
Schneider (!!) (what is in a name, anyhow? 1 ,]
Christ Schneider, and Christian Raker.
Sept. 26, 1740, among 277 persons was Joh.
Philip Wygant.
Sept. 26, 1749, from Rotterdam (same day as
above), 563 persons arrived, among them, Johan
Reter We yand.
Sept. 26, 1752, came Johannes Weyant.
Nov. 2, 1752, Nicolas Weyant.
34 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
Sept. 30, 1754, Jacob Weynant and Jacob
Weynant, Jr.
Nov. 7, 1754, from Amsterdam, 11 Catholics,
120 Protestants, among them, Johannes Wey-
gandt.
Oct. 5. 1767, Joh. Nickolaus Weyandt.
Nov. 3, 1772, came Weyandt Rohr!! [Again,
what's in a name! The Wyandts and Rohrs,
or Rohrers, have married, and inter-married, for
ages, here.] From the foregoing we have nothing
of Christian Wyandt's arrival, but "as a floating
buoy tells where the anchor lies hidden' so do
these names, and the locality of their origin tell
us from whence Christian Wyandt came, either
directly or indirectly. That region of Bavaria,
Prussia, was the home of the Wyandt, Schneider,
Baker, Schnebley and Rohrer families, all of
which were represented by the pioneers in this
part of Maryland — which was then the "great
frontier."
Christian Weyandt was a wine maker, and was
early engaged in that business after purchasing
the Putman estate. His press and distill, spring
house, and dwelling, all" of which were erected of
lime stone, stand to-day as in yore, and bid fair,
if not lowered by man, or unnatural causes, to
stand another century. The grapes for the press
were grown on "Hills Dale," the land now in the
farms of Frank T. Hagan and David H. Snively.
"Hills Dale" made up the western horizon, lying
high against the western sky, and to this day
bears its name, but bringing forth peaches that
have made the state famous. It is our wish to give
MARYLAND. PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 35
with this volume, if possible, a picture of this
panoramic view — a modern Eden. We shall
attempt giving pictures also of Weyandt's stone
buildings. The best historical account of Chris-
tian Weyandt's work is given i n his will, a copy
<>f which we give as made by the writer of this
sketch, July, [906, from the records now on file
in the Hagerstown, Md., Court House.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CHRISTIAN
WEYANDT, DECEASED
(Rec'd Dec. u" 1811 recorded Mar. 22' i v >«.
See act of assembly Dec. Session 1830, Chap.
4'-)
Christian Weyandt in the County of Washington
and State of Maryland.
This is my first and last Will and Testament.
I will that my son in law Jacob Schnebly and
my son in law Jacob Schneider, shall be my exec-
utors of my estate both real and personal, to sell
to tin- highest bidder and payer, they shall have
my full right and power. If any of the land must
be sold, to sjive Deeds and obtain Deeds from
Joseph Chapline for the one hundred acres of Land
which Jacob Schneider bought of him of Hills
dales and the vineyard for which Land said Adam
Schneider has in full and over paid him, and I
Christian Weyandt have paid in full the said
Adam Schneider for the said one hundred acres
of Land of Hillsdales and the vineyard and if
Joseph Chapline will not voluntarily give a Deed
36 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
for said Land then my said executors shall appeal
to the Laws of the Land and make him give one and
further my executors shall have the right (if the
neighbors who have of my Land within the enclos-
ures of the Tract named Rich Hill and partner-
ship and shall not give peaceable possession of
the same), then my said executors shall make
them give up said Lands by law and the expense
shall be paid out of my estate — and it is my will
that, my wife Emmily shall have the upper and
lower rooms in the stone House and half of the
spring house, a quarter of an acre of ground for a
Garden, and as much room in the cellar as she
shall have occasion for to put in what articles
she may have and a cow stable the lower and
upper part — and she and the children who are
yet with her shall have free egress and ingress
from and to said House and the right of walking
or driving from to and through the yard, and this
right my wife Emmily shall have during her life
unless she again marries, in which case the above
named privileges shall cease, in lieu thereof my
Executors shall pay into her Hands annually
fifty Dollars out of my estate, out of the third
payment which Jacob Schneider has to make
they shall pay her (if she is again married) first
payment of fifty Dollars and so on out of every
payment he has to make, she shall have annually
her fifty Dollars during her life, the surplus which
Jacob Schneider has to pay over these sums, shall
be equally divided between two of my children
as will hereafter follow. The two first payments
which Jacob Schneider has to make shall in the
JOHN H. SXAVELY
(No. 49)
MRS. J. H. SNAVELY
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 37
first place be divided among my four daughters,
that is my Daughters Susanna and Elizabeth
shall have the first payment each of fifty pounds
and my Daughter Annia Maria and Dina shall
have the second payment each fifty pounds lawful
money of Maryland as all my other children have
Land, under price this is the reason why my
Daughters shall have these sums in the first place.
Farther my wife Km mil v shall have the one hun-
dred acres named Hillsdales and the Vineyard
which I have of Joseph Chapline and the fifty
acres which I have from the heirs of Christian
Roth during her life (provided she does not again
marry but if she again marries she shall no longer
have any right to this Land but it shall be divided
between my two sons and given into their posses-
sion forever and it shall be divided for them in
the middle, the beginning 1 think will be near
where Partnership has its beginning at Rich Hill
and from the beginning the fifty acres of Rich
Hill and the one hundred acres of Hills dales and
the vineyard shall be divided in the middle into
the other side line of Hills dales at the mountain,
the lower part to Jacob Schneider into the Land
(Lane?) shall be the line between Jacob Schneider
and my son Christian. Jacob Schneider will
probably receive about (no figures) acres of the
fifty which I have from Roth's heirs, My son Chris-
tian shall have the right to the water or who after
him shall have this Land in possession for three
days and three nights in one week if it is water
time, and my son Christian, or who shall after
him be in possession of this land shall not assist
3 8 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AXD POSTERITY
in working at the dam and help to keep it in order
then he or they shall have no right to the water,
the water right shall be forever, but as many
years as the possessor of this Land shall refuse to
assist in keeping the dam in repair so many years
shall he be deprived of the right to the water.
Jacob Schneider or he who after him may have
the Land in possession on which this dam is sit-
uated, whenever he intends repairing this dam
shall give two or three days' notice to my son
Christian or his successor my son Christian shall
have of the Hills dales and the vineyard fifty
acres and of Rich Hill twenty four acres and a
half together about seventy-five acres but if
Joseph Chapline should measure out more than
one hundred acres then my sons Christian and
Simon shall divide the same equally the Land of
my son Christian shall be valued at sixteen dol-
lars per acre and if his patrimony shall not amount
to as much he shall pay thirty dollars a year to
those children who have yet to receive (when he
is of age and has the Land in possession. My son
Simon shall have the upper part adjoining Charles
Huberock viz: of Rich Hills twenty four acres and
of Hills dales and the vineyard fifty acres (if
Chapline does not measure out more than one
hundred acres), together with seventy four acres
and it shall be valued to him at fourteen Dollars
per acre and if his patrimony shall not amount
to so much he shall pay to those children who
have yet to receive, thirty Dollars a year (when
he is of age and shall have the Land in possession
and when both my sons shall have paid their
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 39
Land in full then shall my full right and title
be vested in them, and if they should not wish
to receive these Lands then my executors shall
sell it and pay them their patrimony. The 16th
Feby, 181 1, have I Christian Weyandt sold to
Jacob Schneider the Land which I bought from
the heirs of Andrew Buttman in Rich Hill fifty
acres and in Partnership ninety two acres and a
quarter making together one hundred and forty
two acres and a quarter at the rate of twelve
pounds lawful money of Maryland per acre and
twelve months after my death his heirs have to
pay to my heirs one hundred pounds lawful money
and so on every year until the whole of the
Land shall be paid and when the said Jacob
Schneider shall have paid the said Land in full
to my heirs then my full right and title to the said
Land shall be vested in him the said Jacob Schnei-
der and his heirs and not before, and if it should
so happen that he or they could not make up one
of the payments, then they shall have power to
sell as much Land as will meet such payment but
not more, as Daniel Geeting has land of the fifty
acres of Rich Hill and if it is not bought together
again then the said Jacob Schneider or his heirs
need not pay for such Land but only pay as many
twelve pounds as they receive acres, — The first
payment viz: — one hundred pounds shall be di-
vided between my two daughters Susanna and
Elizabeth fifty pounds to each and the second
payment shall be divided between my daughters
Anna Maria and Dina fifty pounds to each. In the
first instance out of the third payment my wife
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Emmily shall have her fifty Dollars (if she is again
married) but if she is not again marreid or dead
then my Daughters Catherine and Susanna shall
each have fifty pounds. The fourth payment
shall be divided between my daughters Elizabeth
and Anna Maria each fifty pounds, the fifth pay-
ment shall be divided between my daughters
Catherine and Dina to each fifty pounds and so
on until the Land is paid for in full and each of
my five Daughters shall have their patrimony —
but if my wife Emmily is still living or again mar-
ried then each of the girls will only receive, instead
of the fifty pounds forty pounds twelve shillings
and six pence. My ten children shall have equal
shares of my property in Washington County,
State of Maryland and in Milford Township Somer-
set County, State of Pennsylvania. My son
Jacob, my son John, my daughter Catherine, my
son Henry, my Daughter Susanna, my Daughter
Elizabeth, my Daughter Anna Maria, my Daugh-
ter Dina, my son Christian and my son Simon
shall all have equal when the four girls shall first
have their two hundred pounds in advance, and it
is my will that my three sons shall have the Land
in Milford Township, Somerset County and State
of Pennsylvania, my son Jacob shall have of
"Sharpwork" one hundred and Twenty one acres
and three quarters acres, and of "Lingan"
fifty four acres together one hundred & seventy
five acres and three quarters of an acre, and he
shall give for each acre four dollars, to be de-
ducted from his patrimony of my estate, and if
his patrimony shall not amount to so much he
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shall pay annually to those children who have
yet to receive thirty dollars as soon as my estate
shall be settled up. My son John shall have
"Emsworth" that is one hundred and twelve and
a half acres and of "Sharpwork" he shall have
forty acres that part which shall best suit to the
other tract together one hundred and fifty two
acres and a half he shall give -for each acre four
dollars to be deducted from his patrimony and
if his share of my property shall not amount to
so much he shall pay annually to those children
who have yet to receive thirty Dollars as soon
as my estate is settled up. My son Henry shall
have "Eebatana", viz: Two hundred and ninety
two acres and a half he shall give for each acre two
dollars to be deducted from his patrimony, and
and if his legacy patrimony or share of my estate
should not amount to so much he shall in like
manner as the others pay annually to those chil-
dren who have yet to receive thirty Dollars, as
soon as my estate shall be settled up, and if one
or the other of my above named sons shall still
have to pay a farther sum to those children who
have received less and yet claim so soon as he or
they pay up to the others in full then my full right
and title shall be vested in them for ever to the
Lands which I have herein willed unto them. If
my son wishes to have a church on his Lands he
shall give one and a half acres of Land for which
he shall pay nothing. I give it free for ever but
it shall not be a Contention church it shall be free
42 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
for every pious preacher that preaches the Gospel.
I sign this with my Hand before —
Christian Wyandt, [seal]
December 21, 181 1.
Witnesses :
Casper Snavely,
Adam Snavely,
Jacob Snavely.
Christian Wyandt in the County of Washington
and State of Maryland this is my first and last
Will and Testament concerning my personal
property.
I will that my wife Emmily shall have the ten-
plate stove and a feather Bed and Bedstead two
Blankets and all the other necessary articles to
make a complete Bed, further she shall have two
cows, four sheep these things she shall have in
advance and afterwards the third part of my per-
sonal property with the other two thirds and the
residue notes. My debts shall be paid and if
anything is left after the payment of my debts
it shall be equally divided among my three un-
married daughters and after deducted from their
patrimony or share of my estate and of the money
which I shall leave Elizabeth, Anna Maria, and
Dina it shall be equally divided among them, and
it is my will that my wife Emmily and the un-
married children shall have all the grain I shall
leave whether wheat, Rye, corn, Buckwheat or
oats, whether it is in the Barn or in the Mill in the
ground or in the fields or on the loft; they shall
have it all to live upon and cloth themselves.
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 43
I sign this with my Hand before —
Witnesses :
Casper Snavely, Christian Wyandt, [seal]
Adam Snavely,
Jacob Snavely.
On the 31st day of December 181 1 came Jacob
Schnebley and Jacob Wyandt and made oath
that this is the whole will of Christian Wyandt
late of said County deceased, that hath come to
their hands and possession and that they do not
know of any other. At the same time came
Casper Snavely, Adam Schnebly, and Jacob
Schnebly and made oath on the Holy Evangels
of Almighty God that they did see the Testator
herein named sign and seal this will that they
heard him publish pronounce and declare the
same to be his last Will and Testament. That at
the time of his so doing he was to the best of their
apprehensions of sound and disposing mind
memory and understanding and that they sub-
scribed their names to this will in the presence &
at the request of the Testator and in the presence
of each other.
Certified by — George C. Smoot, Reg.
Washington County, to wit:
Charles G. Boeustler having been appointed
by the Orphans' Court to make a faithful and cor-
rect translation of the Testament and last will of
Christian Wyandt late of said County Deceased
written in the German language and exhibited to
this court for probation returns to court the an-
44 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
nexed sheets Nos. i, 2, 3, 4, & 5 and makes oath
on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God in Open
Court that the several sheets numbered as afore-
said, a faithful & correct translation as to the
substance and meaning thereof.
Certified in Open Court:
Test. George C. Smoot, Reg.
In Testimony that the aforegoing is a true copy
I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the
public seal of my office this seventh day of March,
1812.
George C. Smoot, Reg.
Note. — See Act of Assembly passed December
session 1830 chapter 41 authorizing this record.
As we read over both the Deed and Will we are
forced to smile, they seem odd and misplaced —
times have wrought such changes! But we must
remember that in those days there were no armed
constabulary in every corner to hold down the
rebellious spirit; no league of lawyers running
rampant through the country seeking 'trade,"
a man's Deed and Will were law, from which there
was no appeal.
But this odd language was in rote in those days.
Even in the newspapers. I give here some ex-
tracts taken from the files of The Maryland Ga-
zette, published in Annapolis, Md.:
Annapolis, May 31, 1745.
"To be Sold — A Likely Servant woman, that
has 6 years and a half to serve: She is strong
and healthy, can do any Household Work, and
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understands Weaving. Enquire of the Printer
hereof. X. B. — Her principal Failing is Drunk-
enness.."
"Advertisement. — Whereas John Powell was
advertised last week in this paper as a Runaway;
but being only gone into the country a cider-
drinking, and being returned again to his master's
service; These are therefore to acquaint all Gentle-
men and others who have any watches or clocks
to repair, that they may have them done in the
best Manner and at reasonable Rate
William Roberts.
AUG. 14, 1700. — The- Small Pox is now only in
one House in this Town, in the back Part of it;
and we can assure those who asn-il otherwise,
that they lib under a mistaki .
To Christian and Mary 'Amelia' YVyandt were
born ten children: (I) Jacob, (II) John, (III)
Catherine, (IV) Henry, (V) Susan, (VI) Hlizabeth,
(VII) Mary, (VIII) Christena, (IX) Christian, (X)
Simon. (I) Jacob Wyandt, born in 1779, settled
in vSomerset County, Pa., in 18 15, emigrated to
Stark County, Ohio. Died in 1838. He married
Magdalena Brubacher [b. 1785, d. 1864]. To them
eight children were born: (I) Joseph [1807-1843],
married Jane Reed; (2) Christian, born 1809, died
in Wilmot, O., May 6, 189 1, aged 82 years, 3
months, and 22 days. He lived with his mother
after his father's death until her death in 1864.
46 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTHRITY
He was a merchant and was connected with his
brother, D. B. Wyandt, in the firm known as C. &
D. B. Wyandt. They were also engaged in farming
and the foundry business. He was also a partner
with his brother in the Machine Shops and Foundry
in Wilmot under the name,Wyandts,Putman &Son.
At the death of his younger brother Daniel,
upon whom he had depended as superintendent
of his business, he retired from active service to
his farm and the care of his lamented brother's
family, selling his business investments. In
religious and political matters he was a strong
man and was one of the foremost men of his com-
munity. His kind and charitable disposition
occasioned the people to join his brother's chil-
dren in calling him ever 'Uncle Christ." He
never married, probably due in early life to his
wish to be near in the support of his widowed
mother, and then the following year after her
demise the death of his beloved brother Daniel
left a family for his fatherly care and worthy
occupants for his home. His funeral sermon
was delivered by Dr. O. Cone, President of Buck-
tel College, Akron, and the services were attended
by an unusual large gathering. (3) Lena, 181 1-
1862, married Elias King, among the descendants
being E. K. Trauger, Attorney-at-Law, Plymouth,
Ohio, the writer visiting Mr. Trauger in July, 1906,
in regard to this work. (4) Elizabeth, 1814-1889,
married Samuel Fenner. Their son Joseph, who
served in the Civil War, lives at Shiloh, Ohio; (5)
Sarah, 1817-1857, married Henry McGinnis; (6)
Daniel, 1820-1865, married Catherine Griffith.
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DAVID HENRY \\YA\I>
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MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 47
Their children are Cyrus F., occupying the old
home, at Wilmot, Ohio; Walter G. and Charles
C, at Abiline, Kan. — the wife of Charles Wyandt
being Mary Grace Parker, granddaughter of Maj.
Dudley \V. Rhodes, Washington, D. C. — he is
engaged in insurance business; Winfield Scott, at
the age of 18, killed in the battle at Marietta, Ga.,
being a member of the 19th Ohio V. I. — at Wil-
mont there is a Camp of Sons of Veterans known
as the Scott Wyandt Cam]), No. 23, S. of V.;
Mary, wife of Dr. Alpheus Gans; Lydia, wife of
Dr. Cullen Wolf; Sallie, wife of Dr. Louis K.
Menuez. We arc fortunate enough to be able to
give a picture of Daniel B. Wyand, the father,
Scott, and the three daughters with their doctor
husbands.
We have spoken of Daniel as the associate
of his brother Christian in business. (7) Mary,
1823, was still living at la^t reports. She was
married to John Frease, Napoleon, Ohio. (8)
Rachel, iSjo, married David Stambaugh; burnt
to death by oil stove explosion; lived in New
Philadelphia, ( >hio.
John Wyandt, son of Christian and Amelia (Put-
man) Wyandt, born in Washington County, Md.,
Dec. 6, 1783. Removed to Somerset County, Pa.,
then to Harrison County, Ohio, about 1817. At age
of thirty married Magdaline Warner, b. 1795, in Ma-
ryland, her mother being a cousin to President Wil-
liam Henry Harrison. John Wyandt went to Ohio
by wagon and pack horse, settled on a tract in Mon-
roe Township, Harrison County, he dying there Feb.
48 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
25, 1848, and his wife Feb. 12, 1868. To them -were
born six children: (1) John, (2) Jacob, (3) Daniel,
(4) Abraham, (5) Christena, (6) Mary A. Among
the descendants now living are Judge D. D. Heller,
Decatur, Ind; Mrs. \V. H. Host, and Mrs. W. B.
Penn, Bowerstown, Ohio, all children of (5) Mary A.
(Ill) Catherine, b. 1784, third child of
Christian and Amelia (Putman) Wyandt, married
Jacob Schneider (Snyder), b. 1777, son of Adam
Schneider, who married Catherine Putman. They
were, therefore, first cousins. Adam Schneider
was born in Germany in 174^, and was in all
probabilities, acquainted with the Putman and
Wyandt families there, if not related to them.
They, like as not, joined hands in venturing to
the New World, and clung together, as did their
children later in going West. The progenitor of
the Schneider family was Michael Schneider, Ger-
hardtsbrum Zueibruchen Landgraranate of Licken-
ger, Dukedom of Miedlinger Germany. The Sch-
neider ancestors are buried in Babacher Church
;yard, beyond Gerhardtsbrum. Michael Schneider
married Barbara . They had three sons.
Of these, Michael, married Anna Barbara Trout-
man. Michael and Anna Schneider had children:
(1) Valentine; (2) Adam, born Dec. 31, 1747, ar-
rived in Philadelphia Sept. 17, 1773, married Cath-
erine Putman, Nov. 1, 1775; (4) Henry, born 1763,
single, died Apr. 18, 1816; (5) Jacob, born 1769,
married Susanna Heiple, died 1844; (6) Barbara,
married Adam Hoch; (7) Anna Ottilia, married
Hoch.
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, < >HIO. 49
Valentine Schneider married a daughter of Adam
Heintz, Heintz Mills. Germany. Anna Ottilia mar-
ried Adam Hoch, lived in homestead in Gerhardts-
brum. Their descendants own the Old Homestead
today and they have been visited by their Ameri-
can Schneider cousins, taking greatest pride in en-
tertaining them. They stand in the highest rank,
one of the boys new being Burgomaster of that
pla< Schneider arrived in America in 177.;, ac-
cording to his Bible. He was a tailor and was em-
ployed in Baltimore for a few years. In 1780 he
turned to the Put man home, where in 1775 he
had married Catherine. Tradition says he was a
tailor, but history has U0 BUCfa fact. This notion
may have been conceived from the nunc Dei
let, the name which, in English, is "The
Tailor."
We have every reason to think that while Adam
Schneider lived in Baltimore, he returned to Ger-
hardtsbrum, Germany his old home and brought
back to this country with him his two brothers
Henry and Jacob. Henry tin ■ of twenty-one
years and Jacob a lad of fifteen. They landed in
this count ry in 1 784.
Just when Adam Schneider and his two brothers
went west as far as Somerset is not recorded, but in
1787 Wbolerick Bruner entered into an agreement
with Adam Schneider to sell Adam Schneider of
Washington County in the State of Maryland two
hundred acres of land and upwards, part of which
is the said Burner's dwelling place which Bruner
had bought of Harman Husband, and is at the pres-
ent time the home of Rupert Kuniwell. Adam
5 o CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
Schneider paid to Woolrich Bruner'the sum of one
hundred pounds and one house and lot in Baltimore
Town on Howard Street joining the widow Rank-
les, and occupied by Jacob Reader. This agree-
ment is now in the possession of F. G. Parker,
Johnstown, Pa. The deed is on the records of Bed-
ford County. This ground was laid out by Adam
Schneider September 12, 1795 for a town in con-
nection with Peter Ankeny who owned the ground
south of what is now Main Street. The orignal
plot of this town (being Somerset) is owned by
F. G. Parker, Somerset, Pa. The town was first
called Mulfordtown, but in the same year the name
was changed to Somerset. About fifteen or twen-
ty houses were erected in Somerset at this time,
1795-
Adam Schneider was a man of means and great
enterprise, and at once realized the need of four
things necessary for a prosperous town; a Church,
a School, a place of Justice, and a burial ground.
Consequently on the original plot of the town
(1795) ground was set apart and donated for the
above named purposes, and they have all come
down to us intact (1909). Except the old Luth-
eran Church which was sold by the Lutheran de-
nomination (with the permission of the Adam
Schneider heirs) to buy another place for the new
Church. The old Church is now the property of
Mr. Isaiah Pile, and used as a dwelling. One has
but to look at this quaint old place to realize that
our forefathers believed in plenty of room, solidity
of structure and simplicity.
Whether there was a School-house placed upon
SERG. JACOB M. SNYDER
(CIVIL WAR)
(No. 1 14)
MARYLAND. PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 51
the lots donated we are not able to say, but we
have a record of two additional lots joining those
donated sold by Adam Schneider to the Trustees
of the Somerset Academy in the year 1816 for the
sum of one hundred and twenty-nine dollars.
Jacob Schneider was Secretary of the Board of
Trustees at this time and in the same year adver-
tised for bids for the building of the Academy. In
1897 the handsome Union School Building was
built on these lots. The Court House speaks for
itself and shows up it's magnificence and grandeur
which if the donator of the ground if he were living
could say with all of the descendants-well and
beautifully done.
By the U. S. Pension roll for Revolutionary Ser-
vice, Adam Schneider received pension 1820- 1825.
He served as a private in the Penna. Line, as did
one Henry and John Snyder and John Putman.
One John Wygant was in Capt. Klotz's Flying
Camp. One John Weyant was an adj. -gen. A
German Regiment was raised by Capt. Jacob Brun-
ner.
Adam and Catherine (Putman) Schneider had
fourteen children: )i) Jacob, b. 1777: (2) Susan, b,
1778; (3) Adam, b. 1 781 ; (4) Rosana, b. 1783; (5)
Henry, b. 1784; (6) Elizabeth, b. 1787; (7) John
b. 1789, d. 1789; (8) Magdalenab. 1790; (9) John 2d
b. 1792; (10) Peter, b. 1794; Catherine, b. 1795
(12) Ailla, b. 1797; (13) Maria, b. 1799; ( J 4) Joseph
b. 1802. We can only trace the one child of Adam
Schneider which interests this sketch.
Jacob Schneider was born at the old Snyder
Homestead at Eakles' Mills, Md., in 1777; died
52 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
May 31, 1869, at the same place, aged 92 years,
3 months, 14 days. He married Catherine
Wyandt, his cousin, in 1801. She was born Aug.
20, 1784, and died Sept. 30, 187 1, aged 87 years,
1 month, 10 days. She was all her life a member
of the United Brethren Church. Jacob Snyder
joined the Lutheran Church when converted at
19. During the last 20 years of his life he was
totally blind. When the War of 1812 broke out
he enlisted and went to serve his country. He
resided all his life in this county excepting ten
years spent in Somerset county, where he owned
900 acres of land. He and his wife frequently
rode on horseback to Somerset, and also made a
trip by same way to Ohio. The children of Jacob
and Catheirne (Wyandt) Schneider were: (1)
Christian, b. 1802, married Virginia Wright. He
was a weaver and conducted a factory on the
farm now owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder, part
of the old homestead. He removed to Indiana,
thence to Illinois. His descendants are numer-
ous, among them three sons: (1) Christian,
living in Veedersburg, Ind., now more than three
score and ten; (2) Alfred C, Estherville, la.,
farmer, was a member of the Illinois Volunteers
and was in several battles; (3) Milton, living in
Loda, 111. Christian Snyder of Veedersburg has
several children living in that vicinity, among
them being Czar Snyder, who visited Maryland
in 1902 with his father, and attended the family
reunion -held by the Wyands and Snyders, in
Keedysville. Milton Snyder has a son Oscar, and
two daughters, all three living in Iowa. He has
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 53
married a second time. A daughter of Christian
Snyder, Sr., married Dr. McBride of Illinois.
She has been dead for some years. Her daughter,
Mrs. Tilly Clark, lives in Gibson City and has a
family among which is Miss Clarcnda, a school
teacher of Danville, 111., and Mrs. Dr. Mclntyre of
Chicago. Another daughter married John Webb,
Paxton, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Webb are the
parents of fourteen children, nine of which are
L;irls. We called on the family at their home
July 1 1, 1904, and we'll never forget the scene in
that home that Sunday evening as those girls
surrounded an organ and, with other instruments,
converted that home into — not a church — but
man's paradise on earth. Mr. and Mrs. Webb sat
in their easy chairs oblivious to all earthly sor-
rows. A photo of the four older girls appears in
this work. Christian Snyder, Sr., died at age of
81 years, on his farm in Ford County, 111.
(2) Rosanna, b. Nov. 1, [804, married John
Geeting, a farmer who went to Indiana where
they died. Among their children were Henry,
Isaiah, and Catherine.
(3) John, b. Aug. 30, 1806, married Eliza Ann
Brenner, farmed the homestead awhile then re-
moved to Ohio, dying at West Alexander, leaving
children: Aaron, Klias, a physician, Jacob S.,
and Maretta, who married Elias Mumma.
(4) Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1809, married Thomas
Wright, a weaver who carried on the business on
the Snyder Homestead, and at Porterstown (three
miles west of his home). He removed to Fountain
County, Ind., where he bought and cleared forest
54 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
land upon which he lived until his death. He
left one son, Ezra, who retained his farm and who
married Susan, daughter of Simon and Rebecca
(Geeting) Wyand. Ezra Wright is living still at
Marshall Field, Ind., at the age of 76. I visited
him in 1904 on my way from Loda, Bismarck, to
Veedersburg in company of Milton Snyder, we
driving the distance.
(5) Susanna, b. April 1, 181 1 ;
(6) Ezra J., b. March 1, 1813, married Sarah A.
Staubs. Ezra Snyder was a store keeper at Buena
Vista, now Eakle's Mills, from 185 1 to 1857. I
have letters written in Baltimore which were sent
by post to him. They have no envelopes. They
were folded neatly and sealed with wax, or tied
with a string. The name and address were writ-
ten on the back as we write on an envelope. There
is no stamp but a post date. One of them is —
"Ezra J. Snyder, Merchant,
Buena Vista,
Near Mt. Look Out,
Washington County,
Md."
The house occupied by him as a store was the
first erected in this section. It is only one story
and a half but the half is ceiled in old New Eng-
land fashion. There is a large basement with
two rooms. This house is the same in which F.
and D. H. Wyand, and a score of others, got their
start. It was the business place before M. C.
Eakle erected the present store and warehouse
with the coming of the steam car. I was in the
house this morning (April 7, 1909). Men are dig-
FOUR GENERATIONS
(NO. 48) MRS. MARY WYANIU BALL, CANTON, OHIO
DAUGHTER MRS. A. C. CUBBISON
MRS FLORA CUBBISON RITCHIE
HILDA MAY RITCHIE
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 55
ging a well in the rear and, I am grieved to say,
though in a most excellent state of preservation
the house is doomed, and ere another moon it
will be in history only, and a modern dwelling
adorning its foundation. Ezra Snyder returned
to the old Homestead of his father (the Putman-
Wyandt place) and devoted the remainder of his
days to farming, and died there in 1888, having
fallen in the barn of my father's home nearly a
year before, sustaining a compound fracture of
hip. He was 75 at the time and though he made
a heroic effort to recover age was against him.
His wife was a daughter of Jacob and Catherine
(Blessing) Staubs, a relative of George P. Bles-
sing, the famous hero of " Highlandtown' during
the Civil War. To Ezra and Sarah Snyder were
born ten children: (1) Catherine, died young; (2)
Jacob M., now living and enjoying his three score
and ten in Estherville, Iowa. He was for years
a real estate dealer and sold much of the wild land
in that section. He enlisted in Co. D, Ninety-
Second Illinois Volunteers and was with the army
of Cumberland. He was wounded in the battle
of Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19, 1863. He was
transferred in 1864, an d mustered out at Rock's
Island, July 16, 1865 as Second Corporal. He mar-
ried Mary A. Rinehart, of Virginia, and they have
three children: Fidelia, (Mrs. Bert. Miller), Esth-
ervill Laura; (Mrs. J. Utz), on her father's farm
near Estherville; Annie (Mrs. Davis), on another
of her father's farms near Estherville. Each have
several children. They were visited by the
writer in 1904, and together we fished in the Des
56 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
Moines on the farms. (3) David O., who with
two maiden sisters now reside in the old Putman
house. He has resided on the farm most of his
life. He is single, and for twenty-five years
taught school. He has been engaged extensively
in the raising of sheep. "Uncle D. O." is a great
church man and Sunday school worker. It is a
bad day, indeed, that keeps him from church
twice on Sunday. As a rule he is there three times
often driving to the country churches 15 or 20
miles before and between services. He is known
in many parts of Maryland in this work, and there
has seldom been a Sunday School Institute that
did not request him to help them. He has trav-
eled through the West, being in Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, the past year to attend the Reunion
held in Canton, Ohio. You are indebted, my
reader, to him for much of this volume. Not only
his untiring efforts and continued urging me on
during recent years, but when I was a tot of 3 and
4 and up, those years were spent by me on the
old Putman and Wyandt farm with my grand-
father, Ezra J. Snyder, and under my never-
ending questions from unsatisfied curiosity "Un-
cle D. O." never wearied. It gave him pleasure
to explain and now that acorn of thirty years ago
has grown into this volume. (4) Elizabeth, mar-
ried Martin Snyder (not a relative). They had
three children: (1) Katherine, (2) Edgar, con-
ductor on the Rock Island R. R. (Iowa); (3) Har-
vey M., commercial traveler, resides with his wid-
owed mother. Martin Snyder died in 1880. (5) Ro-
sanna, married Nicodemus Zimmerman (second
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 57
cousin), now deceased. They had five children:
(1) Benjamin, a B. & O. fireman, who was killed
in 1896, leaving a widow and five children; (2)
Oliver L, foreman in Pittsburg Steel shops; (3)
Kate, (4) Sadie, both living in Keedysville with
their mother; (5) Henry Kidd, married, lives in
Keedysville and is chief clerk in his cousin's hard-
ware store, H. G. Snyder & Co.; (6) Susan P. lives
with her brother, D. O., in the Putman house.
(7) Mary Etta, married Daniel W. Wyand, and
is the mother of the author of this work (see D. W.
Wyand under Simon Wyand family) ; (8) Aaron D.,
who has been a school teacher all his life and at this
time, resides in Keedysville. He has been en-
gaged in the fruit business during the summer.
He has traveled in the West and owns farms in
Kansas. He married Annie Eakle of Leiters-
burg, Washington County, Md. They had two
children: the eldest, Miss Verde, now at Annville
Lebanon Valley College; (9) Jeremiah, deceased.
He farmed for many years for his father Ezra J.
and 'later entered the railway postal service and
ran on the local branch of B. & O. for some years.
Transferred to Baltimore- Winchester, Va., route.
A few years before death, which occurred in 1901,
and while yet on the road, he purchased the Baker
hardware store in Keedysville, taking his son in
as partner. He married Nellie Easterday, of
Frederick County, Md. They had three children:
(1) Jennie (Mrs. C. O. Eakle), Eakle Mills, (2) Her-
bert, who now owns the store which his father
established; (3) Grace, at home in Keedysville,
Md. Jeremiah Snyder founded the Eakles' Mills
58 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
Sunday school in 1877, in the school house. Ten
years later the church was built. (10) Barbara
E. resides with her brother and sister in the Put-
man house. She is rightly the fostered mother
of the author, and tucked him away in bed many
a night while the howling north wind whistled
round those old stone buildings and made the
windows re-echo in their ancient casements.
Many a time has the author's nerve been quieted
by her assurance that no spooks were nigh as he
lay trembling with fear that the Indian and war-
time horrors the old house had witnessed would
be repeated under the cover of night.
The widow of Ezra Snyder died Sept. 24, 1889,
just one year to the date of the death of Ezra, her
husband. Both were buried in Keedysville,
after services in the U. B. church, of which they
were life-long members.
(7) Adam Snyder, b. April 4, 18 15, married
Miss Neff. He was a farmer and settled in Preble
County, Ohio, where he died leaving one son,
John A., now a farmer in Missouri.
(8) Mary, b. July 18, 1817, married John Bom-
berger, and settled in Illinois. They had chil-
dren: Josiah, EHas D. (died 1907), Catherine,
Mary Ellen, and Clarenda.
(9) Matilda C. b. July 7, 1819; she never mar-
ried, was an extensive traveler through the West.
Taken ill on her last tour and brought back to the
homestead, at her request, that she could die
there. She died in 1894 aged 76.
(10) Jacob, b. 182 1, died in infancy.
(11) Clarissa, b. Aug. 11, 1823, married William
*r
1 1
JUDGE OF THE 26TII JUDICIAL DISTRICT. INDIAN. 4
(N( . 107)
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Buxton, a miller; their children were: Catherine,
Jacob, of F. Wyand & Co., Keedysville, John W.,
Almeda (Mrs. W. O. B. Sparrow), Susan, who
married Rev. J. W. Kiracofe; Dr. Otho C. Western
City, Iowa, David H. of Globe Manufacturing
Co., Des Moines, Iowa, Curtis Lafayette, in busi-
ness with his brother, David H.
The Globe Machine and Supply Company, of
which D. H. Buxton is the sole proprietor, is the
largest engine-making concern west of the Missis-
sippi, and their trade covers a vast territory.
The pictures of both D. H. and C. L. Buxton ap-
pear in this work.
(12) Josiah, b. Dec. 31, 1827, married in Illinois
and is the only surviving member of the family.
He has visited his boyhood home twice — 1900
and 1902. The writer spent several days with
him at his home in Bismarck, 111., in 1904. Quite
a lot of pictures were snapped of "Uncle Joe"
both then and while in Maryland. He has a fine
farm and was a "younger' man than the writer
in 1904. He has three children: (1) Martin, at
home; (2) Dora (Mrs. Wilson), Bismarck; (3) Prof.
Otho C. of Danville schools.
(13) Jacob (2), b. March 22, 1832, died in
infancy.
IV, Henry, son of Christian and Amelia (Put-
man) Wyand, was born 1787, removed to Somer-
set County, Pa., 181 1, thence to Stark County,
Ohio, 18 18. He married Elizabeth Warner.
They were the progenitors of the Stark County
branch of the Wyandt family. They had eleven
6o CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
children: (i) Simon, b. 1812, married and in
1838 removed to Van Wert County, Ohio, one
son, John, now living at Conway, Ohio, (2) Sarah,
b. 18 14, married John Brubaker Franklin County,
Pa. They lived in Wilmot, Ohio, then removed to
Florida, Ohio. They had eight children. (3)
Eva, b. 18 16, married George Agler; lived on a
farm west of Wilmot all her life. Their children
were: W. H. H. Agler, 1840-1909, a member of
the famous 19th O. V. I.; Mrs. Sarah Raff, of
Traverse City, Mich.; Mrs. Elizabeth Dill, of Wil-
mot; Mrs. John Eberly, of Stanton, Neb.; Mrs.
Austin A. Hay, of Beach City; George W. Agler,
of Ligonier, Ind.; Benjamin F. Agler, of Wilmot,
Ohio; Abram Agler, Clerk of Courts, Canton, O.,
is a grandson; (4) Susan, b. 18 18 in Pennsyl-
vania, married William Reed, lived three years
in Van Wert County, and more than three score
in Wilmot, Stark County. They had eight
children, among them, Hiram Reed of Hicks-
ville, Ohio, William Reed of Massillon, Henry
and Frank of Wilmot, Mrs. Andrew Ax, and
Mrs. Austin Shetler, of Beach City, and Mrs.
Daniel W. Resh of Wilmot. [An incident
of singular occurrence is recalled from some notes
as I pen Mrs. Andrew Ax's name — William Ax,
her son, died from spinal meningitis after a few
months past the 18th year of life. The author
had that disease at a few days past the 18th year
of his life and made a recovery only to be entirely
destitute of the sense of hearing], (5) David, b.
in Wilmot, Jan. 26, 1820, married Mary Fribley,
Feb. 18, 1842, lived near Wilmot. Their chil-
y?fi
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dren are: (i) Daniel F., b. Nov. 18, 1842; (2)
Hester, b. Jan. 7, 1844; (3) Elizabeth, b. Aug. 14,
1845. In 1845 David Wyandt removed to Henry-
County, he assisting in clearing the sites occupied
by the towns of Napoleon and Florida. Malaria
fever scare drove them back to Wilmot (then
Milton). Here their fourth child, Rebecca, was
born in 1853, and Annetta in 1856. The resi-
dence then owned by David Wyandt and from
which he was buried Sept. 11, 1861, is now owned
by his youngest son, Rev. J. D. Wyandt, b. Oct.
18, 1859. Hester died on Sept. 29, 1873, and the
wife of David Wyandt July 11, 1892. Daniel F.,
the eldest son, was a member of Co. K, 163 O. V. I.,
and died at Fort Monroe Aug. 1, 1864. He was
buried on the banks of the James River in Virginia.
Neither Daniel F. nor Hester were married at
time of their deaths. Elizabeth married David
Foutz, 1879, Annetta married Henry P. Fisher,
1886, and has two children. Rebecca married
Abraham Kanaga, 1893, he dying a year later.
Jacob D. married Regena E. Ruegsegger. To
them were born four children, the eldest, Effie
Ruth, being now a student at Otterbein Univer-
sity. Jacob Wyandt has been a minister in the
United Brethren Church since 1884, in Eastern
Ohio and has served as Presiding Elder seven
years. He owns valuable farm land.
(6) Catherine, b. 1822, d. 1846, married
Logan, lived and died in Wilmot. (7) Magda-
lena, b. 1824, married Jacob Hurraw and lived
on the old home farm where she died. She was
the mother of Mrs. Truman Palmer of Wilmot, who
62 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
with her husband resides upon the old home place
west of town. She and Mrs. Palmer have two chil-
dren, Mrs. J. O. Newcomer, merchant in Wilmot,
and Jacob Palmer, cashier of the Wilmot Citizens
Bank. Jacob Palmer is married and has one child.
(8) Elizabeth, b. 1826, married Wilhelm,
lived near Wilmot on a farm. One son, J. S.
Wilmot, a graduate of Otterbein University, is
Editor of the Canton Repository, and is well known
as a church worker. (9) Jacob, b. 1830, died De-
cember, 1908. He spent his entire life as a mer-
chant in Wilmot. His first wife, whom he mar-
ried in 1859, was Isabel Sager of Wilmot. To
them were born three children: (1) Mrs. Mary
Reed of Wilmot; (2) Mrs. Ella Mohn, Deleware,
Ohio, and Harry E., Cleveland, Ohio. The wife
of Jacob Wyandt dying in 1895 he married Frances
Hoab in 1899. They were visited by the writer
on July 13, 1906, and the venerable old merchant
at 76 furnished us most of our facts, in writing,
we publish of Henry Wyandt's family. The
night was spent with them, the old gentleman
being active, though slightly disabled by a frac-
ture of hip some months before. (10) Mary A.,
b. 1833, married John Ball, of the Ball Manufact-
uring Co. She is living in Canton at this time,
the only survivor of that large family. We
visited her in 1906 and saw her children to the third
generation — Mrs. Cubbenson, Mrs. Ritchie and
Hilda May Ritchie. (11) Annetta, b. 1838,
married John Spidell, lived in Wilmot.
V. Susan, daughter of Christian and Amelia
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(Putman) Wyand, born April 7, 1791, married
Jacob Snavely or Sneveley, in 18 12, a son of Cas-
per Snavely, who came from Barvaria, Germany.
Died Dec. 31, 1857, aged 66 years, 4 months, 24
days. To Jacob and Susan Snavely were born
five children: (1) John H., 18 13, resided in Sharps-
burg, Md., father of 13 children, among them,
Martin, Hezekiah and John. Among his grand-
children are Prof. Guy Snavely and Dr. Earle
Snavely of Maryland Hospital for Insane, both
graduates of Baltimore College. (2) Catherine,
married Martin Eakle, after whom Eakle's Mills
are named. (3) Betsy (Mrs. Jacob Miller),
Sharpsburg. (4) Washington C, married Eliza-
beth Staubs and lived on his father's homestead,
and (5) Mary E., wife of John Keyfauver, who
lived on a part of the old Snavely homestead.
Jacob Snavely was a farmer, having 600 acres.
He cultivated a vineyard and made wine. He
also kept tavern and a wagon stand, and operated
a saw and grist mill later known as Eakle's Mills,
in honor of Martin Eakle, son-in-law of Snavely.
Eakle conducted a general store after Ezri J.
Snyder sold out. He became postmaster and rail
road agent. He was succeeded by his son, Wash-
ington C. Eakle, who was succeeded by his son,
Clayton O. Eakle, the incumbent. The wife of
C. O. Eakle is the great-great-grand daughter
of Jacob and Catherine (Wyand) Snyder, therefore
both Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Eakle are descended
directly from Christian and Amelia (Putman)
Wyand. They have four children, representing
the sixth generation of the Wyand family.
64 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
Washington C. Snavely, son of Jacob and Cath-
erine Snavely, succeeded his father as farmer of
the Snavely homestead farm, lived there all his
life, married Elizabeth Staubs and to them were
born nine children: Jacob and Susan (Wyandt)
Snavely are buried in Mt. Hebron graveyard,
near Keedysville, the site of the Old Geeting
Meeting-house — the first U. B. church in Mary-
land. The Snavely homestead, in part, the farm,
is now owned and cultivated by David H. Snavely,
son of Washington Snavely. He owns in this
farm a portion of Hills Dale and so brands his
peaches which he ships by the carload to Eastern
cities. They are grown on the old vineyard.
VI. Elizabeth, b. 1795, daughter of Christian
and Amelia Wyand, married David Rohrer,
moved to Dayton, Ohio. Some of the descend-
ants live at Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio.
VII. Mary, b. 1796, married Benjamin Zim-
merman, carpenter. They resided on a portion
of her father's vast estate which was continually
growing. To them five children were born: Car-
rie, died 1906, aged 84 years. At the age of 60
she married Michael Flynn, lived on the Zimmer-
man place all her life; Neil, died March, 1909, age
74, a machinist living first at Martinsburg, W. Va.,
but last part of life in Chambersburg, Pa. Pie
leaves a number of children; Elias, Nicodemus,
and Amelia (Mrs. Martin Rohrer), who owns the
old Zimmerman homestead, is to-day turning the
four score year, entertains her descendants unto
DANIEL B. WYANDT
(No. 17)
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 65
the fourth generation. She has given us much
information. Her memory is as clear through
seventy-six or eight years back. She is the only
surviving member of the family — a third genera-
tion from Christian Wyandt. Mary (Wyand)
Zimmerman died Oct, 10, 1838, aged 42 years,
9 months, 13 days. Her remains lie beside those
of her mother, Amelia Wyand, and those of her
brother, Simon Wyand, and sister, Susan Snavely
in Mt. Hebron graveyard. Her grave and all
others are well marked and cared for. Among
her descendants are Prof. Guv and Dr. Earle
Snavely, whose paternal ancestor was Jacob
Snavely.
VIII. Christena, daughter of Christian and
Amelia Wyand, was born in 1793, married Sam-
uel Deaner, a farmer, in Keedysville. To that
union were born three children: (1) Jonas, (2)
Sophia, who married George W. Rohrer and
moved West; one son, Milford F., was at one time
mayor of Council Bluffs, Iowa. (3) Catherine,
who married Joseph Thomas, a farmer and
butcher of Keedysville; one of their daughters
married Jacob Snavely, Jr., of Washington
Snavely, second cousins; another daughter mar-
ried Mr. Lovell, merchant at Benevola, Md.
Jonas Deaner taught school, and later took up
farming on his father's estate. He married Ann
Marie Baker. They had four children: Eugenia
(Mrs. Daniel Nikirk) Keedysville; Arbelin, de-
ceased; Prof. H. Clay, formerly professor at Leb-
anon Yalley College, now cashier in an Annville
66 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
bank; Fannie (Mrs. D. D. Keedy), Keedysville.
Jonas and Anne Marie Deaner, both died in same
year, the former in June, the latter in September,
1904, aged respectively 78 and 79.
IX. Christian Wyand, son of Christian and
Mary "Amelia" (Putnam) Wyandt, b. Feb. 3,
1800, married Polly Cost of Keedysville, Md., in
1825. Was a farmer residing on a portion of his
father's estate known as Hill's Dale, now the
farm of F. T. Hagan, Eakle's Mills, Md. Their
children were: (1) Frederick, b. 1827, learned
shoe making at Eakle's Mills, became a merchant
in Keedysville, and in 1861 built the F. Wyand
block which contains the largest retail store in
Washington County outside of Hagerstown. In
1863 he married Lydia Ecker of Porterstown, who
survives. To them were born three children: (1)
Annie (Mrs. Theodore Davis), Boulder, Col; (2)
Grant, successor to his father in the mercantile
business, and president of the Keedysville Cit-
izens Bank; (3) Lillie (Mrs. Harvey Cost), Hagers-
town. Each of the children have families. (2)
David Henry, b. Oct. 2, 1830, learned shoe making
with his brother, went to Keedysville as his broth-
er's clerk in 1861, erected the Dr. A. D. Baker
house as a hotel in 1864. I* 1 x ^74 he erected the
largest and most modern hotel in the county out-
side of Hagerstown, and conducted it until 1900
when it became the Line House. It was known
widely for its temperance atmosphere. David
Wyand was drafted during the Civil War but em-
ployed a substitute, who fell in battle. D. H. has
WINFIELI) SO >TT WYANDT
KIl l ED in H.\ l I l l \'.i l) l8)
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MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 67
served continuously for 37 years as superintendent
of the Keedysville U. B. Sunday School. He is
known as one of the pillars of that denomination.
In 1862 he married Kate Wilson. To them two
children were born: William (deceased) was a
B. & O. telegraph operator, Temperance (Mrs.
William Baxter). They reside with her parents.
(3) Hiram, b. 1833, is proprietor of the City Hotel,
Hillsboro, Ind. His second wife is the eldest
daughter of the late Rev. D. R. Bovey, of Keedys-
ville, Md. By the first marriage he has two chil-
dren: Frederick and Annie; (4) Mary, daughter
of Christian and Polly Wyand, died in her eigh-
teenth year.
(X) Simon Wyand, youngest child of Christian
and Mary "Amelia" (Putman) Wyandt, was born
in 1804, married Rebecca Geeting (or Guething),
daughter of Rev. Geo. A. Geeting, Jr. They lived
on that portion of the original homestead now in
the farms of Mrs. Frank Keyfauver and William
G. Smith. Simon Wyand owned the farm now
occupied by his son, Caleb Wyand, in the west end
of Keedysville, Md. This tract formerly em-
braced all the lower portion of the town site. A
copy of the deed from Simon Wyand to the Vestry
of Mt. Vernon Reformed Church, for the land
upon which the church stands is on file at the
Hagerstown Court House. Simon Wyand was
killed on July 23, 1872, by his team of four horses
running away at the railroad crossing near Eakle's
Mills. He and his wife lie buried in Mt. Hebron
graveyard close by the graves of her father and
68 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
grandfather, Bishop Geeting, and his mother,
"Amelia" Wyandt, and several of his sisters. To
Simon and "Amelia" Wyandt were born six chil-
dren (i) Joshua, deceased, farmer, lived near
Burnside Bridge, below Sharpsburg, Md.; married
a Miss Middlekauff, who died early afterwards.
He then married Miss Annie Miller of Sharpsburg.
To them were born nine children: (i) Minnie
(Mrs. Alvin Millendore), Gapland, Md., deceased,
left a number of children, among them Harry M.
Millendore, merchant and post master at Gapland;
(2) Fannie, (Mrs. J. Moser), Burkittsville, Md.,
deceased, (3) Albert, deceased, farmer, (4) Kate
(Mrs. O. W. Burtner), Sharpsburg, deceased, (5)
Harry, farmer, Boonsboro, Md., (6) Jacob, (7)
Benjamin, (8) Joseph, (9) Daisy (Mrs. W. O. Cox),
all living in or near Sharpsburg, and all are mar-
ried and have families.
(2), Catherine, married Ezra Wright, of Marsh-
field, Ind., a native of Maryland. He was visited
by the writer in 1904 and at three score and ten
and more was active. His son by this marriage,
Aaron, lives at Bismarck, 111., and is a farmer.
He was also visited in 1904, he living but a short
distance from Uncle Joe Snyder. For Ezra
Wright's father, see Snyder family.
(3), Caleb Wyand, b. 1841, now living on his
farm at West end of Keedysville, Md. He is a
great United Brethren church man, and an ardent
Republican; served as County Commissioner, and
held corporation town offices. Married Sarah P.
Blessing, a near relative to the " Hero of Highland
Town" of Civil War fame, in 1865. They are the
DR. All Hi: IS II CANS
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MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 69
parents of six children: (1) Emory, deceased,
watchmaker and jeweler of Keedysville. He left
several children, among them Chester Wyand,
his successor in the watchmaking business, (2)
Ora B., farmer on the home place, (3) Myrtie
(Mrs. Woodward Poffenberger), Bakersville, Md.,
(4) Lorilla, deceased, (5) Pearl (Mrs. Wilson),
Hagerstown, (6) Eva, member of a college faculty
in Mississippi.
(4), Barbara A., daughter of Simon and Rebecca
Wyand, married Jacob Rohrer in 1870. They
farmed for her father and at his death purchased
his resident farm. Jacob Rohrer died in 1891,
after they had moved to the Cost farm at Pry's
Mill, Keedysville, Md. His widow continues to
reside on the farm, she and Caleb Wyand, the
surviving children of Simon Wyand. They had
four children: (1) Alice (Mrs. Harvey Leighter),
Keedysville, (2) Dr. Caleb W. G., a prominent
Baltimorian physician and a member of the Fac-
ulty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
(3) Simon, and (4) Jacob, (twins), both farmers
at Keedysville.
(5) Daniel W. Wyand, b. March 11, 1847, edu-
cated at County schools and Otterbein Univer-
sity, Westerville, Ohio. Teacher in Washington
County schools for thirty years — until his death.
He was also engaged in farming and was for a
number of years a Justice of the Peace. He was
well known as an author and speaker, as well as
Sunday school superintendent and church worker.
In 1869 he married Mary E. Snyder, daughter of
Ezra Snyder, her father being his first cousin.
7 o CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
They had nine children: (i) Webster H., commer-
cial traveler, Hagerstown, Md. He married Daisy
Bovey, daughter of Rev. D. R. Bovey, Keedys-
ville, and they have five children. (2) Rev. Simon
S., minister in the M. E. church in Iowa. He is
a graduate of several colleges and of Yale. Was
for some years president of the Memorial Univer-
sity, Mason City, Iowa. He married Frances
Farman of Iowa, and lives now at Albion. (3)
Arthur Percival, member of the Faculty of Wo-
man's College, Frederick City, Md., has been con-
nected with business schools in Hagerstown and
Frederick City. (4) E. Clayton, the Author of
this book. (5) Gershone, deceased, (6) Hattie
(Mrs. C. C. Hoffmaster), Hagerstown, Md., (7)
Ira, deceased, (8) Amos D., and (9) Fred B., living
with their mother on the parental place the latter
attending school in Hagerstown. Daniel W.
Wyand died March 9, 1898, from blood-poisoning,
as a result of a cut on face. He was buried on
his birthday and laid to rest in Fairview cemetery,
Keedysville, aged 52 on day of burial.
(6), Aaron C. Wyand, youngest of Simon Wy-
and's family, b. 1849 graduated at Eastman Busi-
ness College, New York, was a commercial traveler
and farmer. He erected the most modern farm
buildings in the community, upon a portion of his
father's estate, now owned by W. G. Smith. To
this place he brought Virginia Easterday as his
bride in 1872. To them five children were born:
(1) Charles L., commercial traveler, Hagerstown,
Md., (2) Josephus E., who served a term in the U.
S. Navy as an orderly and participated in the
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 71
Spanish War on the U. S. S. Texas. He re-en-
listed and traveled on the U. S. S. Essex, a training
ship, when it went to European ports. He died
from an operation for appendicitis in 1900, and
was buried on the National Cemetery at Beaufort,
S. C. He was stationed at the Washington Navy-
Yard after the Spanish War waiting the remaining
months of his enlistment. The writer was then
at college in Washington, D. C, and we had days
together. He gave me his experience in the war,
smiling, related how he had volunteered to go
with Hobson to bottle up the Spanish fleet in the
Harbor of Havana. Later, when the mariners
were landed and ordered to scale the hill, Jo-
sephus was one of the first on terra firma and up
the hill, amid the rain of shot. At the Navy
Yard the commandant became attached to him
and gave him a place as his assistant, which ex-
cused him from drill and hardships. After going
through the place with him I asked him how he
had won the respect of the officer and secured the
position. He replied: "The officers know that I
Lo not drink and am a Christian." (3) Orange
Judd, grocer in Hagerstown, (4) Martin L., confec-
tioner and baker, Waynesboro, Pa. ,(5) Virginia, died
in infancy a few days after her mother's death.
Aaron C. Wyand married as his second wife Mar-
sina Beck of Washington County, and selling his
farm removed to Antietam Furnace where he en-
gaged in storekeeping and was custodian of the
old Furnace property. He died from Typhoid in
1898, a few months after his brother Daniel, and
was followed a few months later by his eldest
72 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
brother, Joshua. Singular it has seemed, that
after 40 years death should approach a family
and carry away three men within a year who were
in robust health up till a few weeks before they
yielded up all that was mortal. Aaron C. Wyand
was well known as a Sunday school worker.
In Mt. Hebron graveyard we find the grave of
Amelia Wyand. On the stone, in English, we
read these two notices:
"AMELIA WYAND
Died Nov. 6th, 1853
Aged nearly 100 years."
"CHRISTIAN WYAND
Died 1812."
In this same graveyard, which was the first
public burial ground in that section, it being
planned by Rev. Geo. A. Geeting, Sr., out of his
own estate, close to the grove of stately oaks, we
find the graves of the following relatives of Amelia
(Putman) Wyandt: Her daughter, Mary Zim-
merman, her son Simon and his wife Rebecca,
Catherine Snyder and husband Jacob Snyder,
Elizabeth Snyder, wife of Thomas Wright who
died at age of 22 years, 10 months, twenty-four
days. Rebecca (Geeting) Wyand, died on Feb. 13,
1866, aged 59 years, 5 months, 22 days. On one
of the stones marking the graves of Simon and
Rebecca Wyand is the following:
" Our father and mother are gone,
They lay beneath the sod.
Dear parents, tho' we miss you much,
We know you rest with God."
DR. CULLEN P. WOLF
I No. 101)
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 73
Upon another stone in the graveyard I find
this in German :
" Das du bist, das ware ieh,
Das ieh nun bin,
Das wirst du werden."
In English this is:
"As you are, so was I,
As I now am
So you will be."
SOME RECORDED DEEDS
By the Court Records I find there was at an early
date a Wyand family branch in what is now Funks-
town, near Hagerstown. The best known.member
was Yost Wyand, In 1786, when the place was
called Jerusalem, a deed was made to Jacob Wyand
by Susan White. In 1795 a deed from Jonathan
Double to Henry Wyand. 1791, Henry Wyand from
Peter Creager. Henry Wyand from Jacob Funk.
Christian Vincent from James Chapline, 181 1.
Christian Viont from Abraham Rote, 1795, 50 acres
on Root's Hill. Christian Wyand, Jr., to Fred Baker,
1 85 1. Simon Wyand from Mahlan Rhoderick, 1847.
Simon Wyand from Joseph Geeting, 1853. Simon
Wyand from J. Geeting in 1854. Simon Wyand and
wife to Samuel Cost, 1855. Simon Wyand and wife
to Vestry of Mt. Vernon Church, 1855. Simon Wy-
andfrom Jacob Firey, i860. Jacob Wyand of Eliza-
bethtown(Hagerstown)to Philip Adams, deed, 1793,
per house No. 23, in Jerusalem (Funkstown). Yost
Viont or Wyand from John Simpkins, 1779. Yost
Wyand housetojohn Brownin Jerusalem, 1830, etc.
74 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
AFTERMATH
jF you were to ask me about occupations of
the Wyandt and Wyands I should say
that in number in one occupation that of
merchant and general store keeping leads.
Farming second. All vocations are well repre-
sented from laborers to judge and legislator.
There are scores of teachers, professors, doctors,
lawyers, bankers, factory owners, railroaders,
and there seems to be an unusual large number
of Sunday school superintendents. It is a well
known fact that the progenitor of the original
Weyandt family was a bishop and at the head of
the plan which founded the leading divinity school
in Germany back in 1555, and was president of
several colleges The early settlers of this family
in America were ministers and teachers. I refer
you here to the branch founded at what is now
Newbury, New York, by Rev. George Wyandt.
Of this line, a descendant, Charles Weyandt, has
published in a monthly organ in 1897, an histor-
ical sketch of that family.
Michael Weigand settled in Newburgh, in
1709. Cornelius Weygandt in Philadelphia (Ger-
mantown) in 1736. In 1749 Rev. Geo. Albert
Weygandt was called to the pastorate of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in New German-
town, New Jersey. Michael Weigand was born
in 1656 and was leader of the Lutheran Refugees
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 75
to the Hudson River, N. Y., in 1709. The Family
Record describes the families back to Bishop John
Wigand, born in Mansfield, Upper Saxony, 1523.
He was at the head of a school at 18 and was one
of the founders of a theological school. He at-
tended lectures of Luther and Melancthor. Dur-
ing his last years he was at the head of the Uni-
versity of Wiemar. He published many religious
books. There were a number of ministers in each
line, mostly Evangelical Lutheran. Of these a
son of Cornelius Weygandt, George Henry Wey-
gandt, was ordained in the Lutheran church in
Frederick City, Md., May 24, 1824. He was
styled as the Herculean preacher and traveler.
He died at 68, having preached 5,534 sermons,
baptized 3,453 persons, and married 383 couple
The progenitor, Rev. Geo. Herman Weygandt,
was born in Rhine Palatinate, and the descendants
have now, so the publisher of the Family Record
tells me, just fifty variations of the name, and
the people are in every state in the union, almost.
The Record says: Peter Weygandt, b. in North-
ampton County, Pa., 1760, became a blacksmith,
in 1792 removed to Washington County, Pa., and
in 18 15 to Stark County, Ohio. He also obtained
grants in Wayne and Richmond Counties. He
resided a few miles north of Massillon, dying there
in 182 1. A number of the early families served
in the Revolutionary War, one, Lieutenant Mar-
tin Weyandt, winning distinction.
There was another line in New Jersey. One in
Shenandoah, Virginia, the progenitor of which was
Peter Wyant. A great-grandson, David W. Wy-
76 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
ant, is a prominent merchant in that town and
we visited him March 29, 1909.
This extract comes from a German paper
printed in Easton, Pa., in April ,1828.
"In Northampton County there still lives per-
haps the only soldier of General Wolfe's army in
the whole state, John Weygandt, who has resided
in this county many years and who is now near
his 97th year. He was present at the battle of
Quebec and was wounded in the fight. He speaks
of the great soldier with the greatest admiration.
John Weygandt served through the Revolutionary
War as a friend of freedom."
The Wyands are everywhere, and they look
alike in every respect save name. In August,
1908, I visited a furniture factory at Easton,
Maryland (Eastern shore). This was a big estab-
lishment and I went in to look up an old friend
whom I heard had been working there. To see
him I had to get permission from the foreman
of his department. When the foreman advanced
I thought of my brother living in Frederick City
from appearances, but I thought it was a foolish
dream until he gave me his name, then I began
to believe I was out of my head — his name was
George W. Wieand, Allentown, Pa.
Another incident, the sequel to above, is, when
I got a copy of The Family Record of the New
York family there was a photo of one of the family
in it. I covered the name with a card and asked
every person who knew my brother, including
my mother, two brothers and sister, and all de-
clared it was my brother in Frederick. Another
DR. LOUIS MRNUEZ
(No. 103)
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 77
incident, the following extract from a letter to
me from my brother living in Iowa explains.
"Since being in public services I have received
many, many, letters with my name, as I now
remember, Wyant, Whine, Wiand, Wine, Whyon,
Wyland, Wheyland, Whyn, Whyne, Wynd,
Wyan, and at least half a dozen more ways. Wish
you would look up the enclosed cards:" "Harry
A. Wyand, Livery, Sale and Boarding Stable, etc.,
316 N. Main St., Crockton, Minnesota." I ran
into this fellow there last April. In every way
he resembled father, and when 1 met him I picked
him out of a bunch of men, all strangers. I could
locate him as easily as I could locate you. His
hair, eyes, and whole features were the same as
the Wyand type-. \o\v, he and his brother came
to Crookston, Minn., from Sparta, Wis., 17 years
ago. His parents came t<> Sparta from Prince
Kdwards Islands, near Nova Scotia. We are
from the same tree."
Prom the following, taken from the Baltimore,
Md., American, March 30, 1909, we see clearly
the Wyand family tree over in old Germany is
still bearing fruit :
"A. Schumacher & Co., local agents for the
North German Lloyd Line, were advised by cable
that Mr. Heinrich Wiegand, director general of
the company, died at noon yesterday at his home
at Hamberg, Germany, after a lingering illness.
"Mr. Heinrich Wiegand was born at Bremen,
August 17, 1855, and attended the schools and
college of his native city. After studying law
at the Universities of Erlangen, Bonn, Berlin and
78 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
Strassburg he returned to Bremen for the prac-
tice of his profession. His prominent activities
as a lawyer, especially in admiralty and commer-
cial law, soon gained for him an enviable reputa-
tion, and on February 15, 1889, he was appointed
chief of the legal department of the North German
Lloyd. On April 23, 1892, he was elected director
of the company and shortly after was appointed
director general.
"With his entrance into office a new epoch be-
gan for the North German Lloyd and the com-
merce of Bremen, marking an important period
in the history of the German merchant marine.
An entirely new fleet of ships were built for the
Lloyd during his directorship; new docks were
constructed, new services inaugurated and branch
lines established in the Mediterranean, the South
Seas, Japanese and Australian waters, and two
schoolships were put into commission to train
cadets for future service as officers on the con-
stantly growing fleet of the company.
" His care for the welfare of the employes of the
North German Lloyd was evidenced by his exten-
sion of the Seamen's Pension Fund, by the found-
ing of a Widow's and Orphans' Fund and by estab-
lishing the 'Elizabeth Wiegand Home' in honor
of his deceased wife.
"Mr. Wiegand visited Baltimore about six
years ago for the purpose of inspecting our harbor
facilities. Out of respect to his memory the flag
was draped at halfmast over the German Consu-
late yesterday."
From Maryland Archives we get the following
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 79
name as among those who formed the company
of militia from Middle District Frederick County,
which marched to camp in New York: "Jacob
Weyant, or Wieant ' (just as the name appears
on the roll which shows the name had been guessed
at).
On the muster roll we find these names:
"John Pitman."
"Joseph Bootman."
John Snider was a member of Captain Mantz's
Flying Camp, Frederick, formed July 13, 1776.
FAMILY REUNION
It was a beautiful day, when 175 of Weyandt-
Warner relatives met in their annual reunion at
Myers' Lake, at Canton, last Thursday, September
10. In the forenoon they gathered at this beau-
tiful resort and awaited dinner, which was served
in the usual picnic manner at the noon hour.
In the afternoon services were opened by sing-
ing the song, " We'll Gather at the River." Prayer
by David O. Snyder, of Kakles Mills, Md. After
this a Scriptural lesson by Caleb Weyandt of
Keedysville, Md., was read — the NIYth chapter
of St. John. After which short speeches were
made by the following named persons: D. M. Al-
dridge of Dell Roy, Ohio; Caleb Weyandt of Kee-
dysville, Md.; Jeremiah Warner of Bowerston,
Ohio., who has been president of the association
for the past two years; David O. Snyder of Eakles
Mills, Md., who also exhibited several fine pictures
of the old Weyandt homestead in Maryland —
8o CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
this homestead was built over ioo years ago. It
is located close to the battlefield of Antietam, the
land running up to said battlefield.
After these exercises, a business meeting was
held. In the election of officers, A. W. Agler of
Canton, was chosen president for the coming
year; Jacob Palmer of Wilmont, was elected sec-
retary, Melvin Warner of New Philadelphia, was
made vice-president, and W. B. Weyandt of Bow-
erston, treasurer. The following persons were
selected as a committee on music: B. F. Agler,
Emerson Long, U. R. Henry, H. W. Penn and
D. M. Aldridge. The committee on arrangements
consists of A. A. Hay, Andrew Cubbinson, Samuel
Warner, Caleb Weyandt, George W. Raff, Jere-
miah Warner and Leroy Foutz. The next meet-
ing will be held at Myers' Lake, probably the last
Saturday of August, 1909. A motion was made
that each party should bring a basket of food and
all eat together.
A very interesting letter was read from E. Clay-
ton Weyandt, tracing the Weyandt's genealogy
from Germany down to the present day.
NOTES.
Caleb Weyandt and David O. Snyder in attend-
ing this reunion made their first trip from Mary-
land to Ohio. They are quite fine men, religious
and sociable. They came together to Bowerston
on Wednesday and were guests of Mrs. W. B.
Penn and W. H. Host and families. On Wednes-
day evening a social meeting was held at the home
of Mrs. Penn, and quite a pleasant time was spent,
talking over family connections, etc.
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Regrets were expressed at the reunion that Miss
Bessie Host of Bowerston, who has been the sec-
retary of the association for the past year, was
unable to be present.
The reunion closed by singing, "All Hail the
Power of Jesus Name." And with hand shakes
and good-byes, all departed for their respective
homes. \V. H. Host.
— Harrison County Democrat, Sept. 17, 1908.
82 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS
Somerset, Pa., May 3, 1909.
Rev. E. C. Weyand,
Dear Sir: — Your letter addressed to P. M. was placed in my
box for an answer. This I will try and give so far as I can. The
Putnams were here before 1800, except that they were not here
in 1784. I do not know how much earlier. Seem to have located
in what is now Milford Township, although some may also have
been in the part afterwards cut off to Middlecreek. I knew a
Mr. Peter Putnam, but not intimately; do not know his father's
name. He lived on a very nice farm in Milford, about five miles
south of Somerset, said to have been born on it. Have passed
it many times.
Near end of life he removed to Rockwood, about five miles
from his former home. Was born in 1830, married to Susan
Walter and died Nov. 15, 1903. Member German Reformed
Church and quite a good man.
Family — David F. Putnam, Rockwood, Pa.; Mrs. Margaret
Hoover, Mrs. Mabel Hanger (both of Rockwood, I think) ; Georgi-
ana, wife of R. H. Walker, Meyersdale, Pa.; Darlie, wife of J. A.
Hochstetter, New Somerset. I think this is Jacob H.; will in-
quire of him when I next see him. I think a letter addressed to
David, first mentioned, would give further information. Annie
B. Putnam, Trent, Somerset County, is probably a widow. Silas
Putnam, also Trent, is a laborer. Wm. B. Putnam, R. F. D.
No. 3, Somerset County, Pa.
The wives of Henry Keim and Peter Keim (cousins), of Elk
Lick Township, were Putnam girls, but whether sisters of Peter,
before mentioned, I do not know. Peter K's wife was Rebecca
Putnam. About 1858 they moved to Laurel ville, Westmoreland
County, Pa., where both died a long while ago. Their oldest
son, John Henry Keim, lives somewhere in Ohio; locality I do
not know. Clay Putnam Keim, second son, died at Greensburg,
Pa., Jan. 14, 1906.
His children — John Keim, at Laurelville; Erma, Howard and
Miriam were then at home in Greensburg, Pa.
Nelson Keim, another son of Peter and Rebecca P. Keim,
lives, I think, at Martinsburg, Pa. There was also a daughter
who is Mrs. D. B. Fisher, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. While I knew her
as a very little girl, I have forgotten her given name.
As to the wife of Henry Keim, also a Putnam, I do not remem-
ber her first name, while Mr. Keim himself is now dead. She
may still be living. I do not know how many children they had
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 83
but their son, David Keim, lives on home farm at West Salisbury,
Somerset County, Pa. I know that there were two daughters,
both married, but I do not know to whom.
I will add that these two Putnam girls who were married to
Henry and Peter Keim, also had a brother John who died early
in life, about 185 1 or 2. His wife was a sister of Henry Keim,
and I believe after her husband's death she returned to her fath-
er's home. I recall that her son, age about seven years, was out
in the field when they were hauling in grain, and in some way the
boy fell under a wheel of the loaded wagon and was crushed to
death. This took place about 1858 or 9.
I do not know whether Mrs. Putnam, now deceased, had any
other children or not, but you can ascertain this by writing to
her brother, Mr. John J. Keim, Elk Lick, Somerset County, Pa.
John Dull was a pioneer settler, was here as early as 1783.
I knew Daniel, William and Samuel H. Dull. I think Mrs. Geo.
Brant was their sister, all deceased. I think they were grand-
sons of John Dull, though they might also have been of a genera-
tion one removed later. Rufus H. Dull's age was, I judge, past
60. Glade, Somerset County, Pa., can probably give you much
information. I knew him quite well; a fine man. I think his
address still is Glade. But his wife died several years ago and
he may have changed. Should you fail to get a reply from him
let me know and I will locate him if he has changed. E. E. Dull,
Rockwood, I think is his son, but I may be wrong as to that.
There are without doubt Dull descendants in the female lines
but I can't tell anything about them. I will add that some of
the Dulls have drifted across the Laurel Hill into Fayette County,
Pa., I mean some of the earlier stock.
As to the Bruner family there are still some of them in the
county but 1 am unable to say from which line they come. There
were three Brunei's who cut a figure in early history of the Somer-
set settlement — Henry, George and Ulrich, or Woolerick. The
authorities from which I derive the most of my information say
that W. Bruner settled to north of Somerset; that H. Bruner's
house was within town of Somerset; George Bruner's west of
Somerset — only initials are used for first names and these may
have been a slip of the pen by which the W. and H. were put to
wrong places. If Henry really first improved land now site of
part of Somerset, then there must have been a deal of some sort
between Henry and Woolerick, for Woolerick Bruner certainly
sold the land, now a part of Somerset, to Adam Schneider, for
I have a copy of the agreement between them. He had really
platted the town of Milford here, then sold it to Snyder, who in
r 795 replatted and called it Somerset. George Bruner was 2d
Lieutenant in one of the companies of the organized militia in
1779 (Revolutionary period).
84 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
There are Burners still about and I give you these names —
Ross Bruner, R. F. D. No. 2, Rockwood, Pa.; A. W. Bruner,
Gebhart, Somerset County, Pa. ; Clark Bruner, Glade, Pa. (These
all in Milford Township.) In Middlecreek Township lives —
Israel Bruner, whose P. O. is R. F. D. No. 2, Rockwood, Pa. In
Jefferson Township live these — Wm. H. Bruner and Noah H.
Bruner, P. O., R. F. D. No. 3, Somerset, Pa.; John A. Bruner
and Solomon Bruner, R. F. D. No. 4, Somerset, Pa. I cannot
tell from which of the three pioneers they spring.
Mrs. A. H. Huston of Somerset was a Bruner, but she was
raised at Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa. I will ask Mr.
Huston and ascertain what they know. 1 do not know how
well the people whose names I have given you may be versed in
their family history.
You probably know that many people know little beyond
names of grandparents, and some don't even know those, and
this inquiry of yours necessarily goes back as far as 1775.
If those early Bruners lived up to or after 1795, then much
information may be gathered from old wills, writs of partition
and similar court papers on file at Court House prior to 1795.
Such information must be sought for at Bedford. Ancient deeds
on record also give some information, as do old tax records and
survey books.
I think you are right as to the maiden name of Adam Snyder's
wife having been Putnam. Adam Snyder bought the land on
on which that part of Somerset north of Main street, was platted
from Woolerick Bruner. Peter Ankeny owned the land south.
They platted it together as Somerset, but each sold his own lots.
John H. Snyder, Staystown, Pa., a grandson, is still living, well
up in the eighties, but still active. Saw him in town a few days
ago. Don't know how readily he would answer letters as writing
I think would go hard on account of age. His brother Simon
lives in Minneapolis, Minn. Samuel P., another brother, died
here in town several years ago. Simon Gebhart, a son-in-law
of Adam Snyder, died in Dayton, Ohio, within past year. Must
have been about 88 years old.
The earliest Weyand in Somerset County that I know of was
Jacob. Whether he was the progenitor of the entire Somerset
County family I do not know. Along about 1795, perhaps a
little earlier perhaps a little later, the famous White Horse Tav-
ern on Bedford pike.on top of Allegheny County, was kept by
a Weyand and I think he was the man. There was a Major
Jacob Weyand about 18 12, of Pennsylvania Militia, also the
same.
Of present Weyands there are: George Weyand, Somerset,
Pa.; Henry Weyand, same address; Perry M. Weyand and Wilson
Weyand, also Somerset. Pa.
There was a Solomon Weyand died near Bakersville perhaps
35 or more years ago. His widow, Mary, died about 1902 or 3,
\v. ii ii ac. I BR
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MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 85
age near 79. Left 5 sons, 1 daughter, 57 grandchildren, 42 great-
grandchildren. It is probable that those whose names I have
given are of that stock. Wesley Barkley, son-in-law, Bakers-
ville, Somerset County, could give information.
I used to know an old gentleman named Weyand who used
to live on Pike about four miles east of Somerset. I forget
first name. Is no longer living. He belonged to the Dunkard
Church. One of his daughters was married to a Mr. Kimmell
and I think they live on home farm. Will make further inquiry
if I see him, but that is not very often.
There was a Samuel Weyand died in Black Hawk County,
Iowa, in 1895. Samuel was probably a brother of Solomon, as
he went to [owa from Jefferson Township where Solomon lived.
I think all the Somerset County Weyands are of the same
original families. Tin- re now remains to mention Daniel Wey-
and. He was raised at the White Horse Hotel or Tavern on top
of Allegheny Mountain. Later he came to Berlin and among
other things taught school. Married a Miss Johnson there.
About 1834 he came to Somerset and purchased the Somerset
11 hig, which he conducted until [840. I believe in that interval
he also served a term in Pennsylvania Legislature. Read law
and was admitted to bar in 1841, and for his day became a man
of considerable wealth for a community like this. A Democrat
in his polities and a pillar of the Methodist Church. I do not
remember year of his death except that it was after 1880.
He had no sons; family all girls. These 1 think are all living —
Mrs. S. H Darragh, beaver, Pa. (Think her first name is Kath-
erine, now a widow); Mrs. Sarah Weyand Piatt, Somerset, Pa.;
Mrs. Mary W. Shafer, Somerset, Pa.; Emma Weyand Adams,
wife of Capt. Milo R. Adams. Capt. Adams died at Washington
City a few weeks ago. They lived there. Mrs. John F. Blymer,
youngest daughter, probably lives in Bedford, Pa. First name,
I think, is Mat tie. They did live in Bedford, but may have gone
to Philadelphia.
If you write to Sarah W. Piatt, Somerset, Pa., she will proba-
bly be able to tell you all about her father's family. Of course
you should write to some of the Weyands who live in the country,
if you want details about them, as Mrs. P. might not have them.
I would also add that there was a Mr. Weyand lived at Beaver,
Pa., where for many years he published a newspaper. Think
his first name was Michael and that he was a brother of Daniel.
For information about his family you had better write to Mrs.
Scudder H. Darrah, Beaver, Pa., who certainly knows all about
them as he was probably her uncle.
Trusting that I have given you enough to enable you to run
these several families down, I am,
Very truly yours,
Somerset, Pa. Wm. H. Welfley.
Mr. Welfley does not claim all the above statements are cor-
rect.— E. C. W.
86 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
Bowerston, Ohio, Aug. 28, 1908.
Mr. E. C. Wyand,
Eakles Mills, Md.
My Dear Sir: — Your very interesting letter and sketch was
received this morning, and it is needless to say I am delighted
with them. We all feel so glad to know that you of the East are
interested in our movement here in Ohio. We sincerely hope
to meet some of you in Canton this year. Some have written
to that effect. We only hope that nothing will prevent, and as
many of you as can come will be very welcome. I have sent out
almost 300 invitations, one to each family. The first reunion
was a little picnic gotten up in a hurry and inviting only the
relatives here in our own township. Mrs. Rohan, from Ken-
tucky, and Mrs. E. M. Long from Cadiz, being about the only
ones present from a distance. They talked it over, formed an
organization and last year extended the invitation to all they
could trace up. Last year there were about 150 present, but
we had a very disagreeable day, which probably lessened the
attendance. So this year Mrs. W. B. Penn wrote to Mr. Caleb
Wyand and started a correspondence in your state. All from
Maryland who have written are greatly interested. I will give
you some idea of our plan. We have printed application blanks
which we send out and they are returned with the fee of one dol-
lar. This makes you a member of the association and you receive
your certificate. You will receive the invitations each year and
can keep track of the reunions in that way. This fee includes
the family and is paid only once (not each year). This is used
to pay the expense of printing, etc., etc. The first letter I
received was from W. H. Wyand, Hagerstown, Md., and I sent
him a half dozen of these blanks. Now I do not know how far
apart you people are or anything about the number of families,
so if you do not get a blank from him and care for any, I will
gladly send them.
John Weyandt was my great-grandfather and I'm sending
you a very short sketch which I have copied. After this reunion
is over I will write you all I can find out. Just now this little
sketch is all that is available. He had four sons and two daugh-
ters — one of which, Mary, is my grandmother. She was married
to Henry Boen Heller. They lived all their lives within a mile
of this town. They had two sons and four daughters, one Mar-
garet J., married to W. H. Host is my mother. I think we can
surely get some subscribers for your book — at least I will do my
best, and will write you results. I surely am in favor of a reunion
at the "Old Homestead." Will be glad to get the pictures and
to hear from you again
Yours,
Miss Bessie Host,
Bowerston,
Harrison Co., Ohio.
DAVID II. IH'XT< >.\
(Xo. 126)
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 87
Decatur, Ind., April 2, 1909.
Mr. E. Clayton Wyand,
Eakles Mills, Md.
Dear Sir: — My sister, Mrs. \V. H. Host, of Bowerston, Ohio,
on yesterday sent me a typewritten copy of a letter written by
you on the 25th day of August, 1908, to her daughter, Miss Bessie
Host, Secy, of the- Warner Weyandt Reunion Association, and
which was read at their [908 re-union by Miss Host. I have
read the letter and the brief history that follows the letter, with
great deal of interest. I was not at the reunion, and I am not
informed that you were there. I observe from your letter that
you are prepailing a family history of the Weyandis. My interest
in the matter grows out t<\ the fact that my mother was a Weyandt
1 was quite young when my grand-father died, and my recollec-
tion is that his Christian name was John. He had six children
that I remember, namely: John, Jacob, Daniel, Christena and
Mary A (my mother), I presume you have all these names.
My mother and father were married in about the year 1837. My
father's people and my mother's people came to Ohio from
Greene County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1819. As I am
informed they wire both burn in Greene County, Pa. When I
was quite young 1 remember of bearing my (band-mother Wey-
andt talking about HagerstOWU, Maryiand. What 1 desire to
be informed on is, will your book, when completed, run down
the lines of relationship SO as to take in the daughters and fam-
ilies of daughters of tin- Weyandts, In short, would it give my
mother's children, her name having, by marriage, been changed
to Heller? If so, I would feel more interest in it. A number of
years agi \ I \\ as in Van Wo I . I >hi< », and met a Mr. Weyandt and
had a talk with him. I have but a faint recollection of what he
Said for I was at the time in a hurry and only talked with him
a few moments. It seems to me that he said his father was a
cousin of my grand-father Weyandt. I speak of this incident
thinking that you may not have heard of them, I live in Adams
County, Indiana, which joins Van Wert County, Ohio, and that
set of Weyandts were pioneers of Van Wert County. I would be
greatly pleased to attend a reunion at your place, such as you
have suggested in your letter to Miss Host, but my age is against
me in making any promises. I was 70 years old last Monday.
( >f course, I do not feel as old as I used to imagine a person would
feel at tha age of three score and ten. I have served twelve
years on the Circuit Court bench, but am engaged in the practice
of law with my son at this time. I have lived here over forty
two years. If you have no data of the Van Wert Weyandts, I
might get it for you. I would gladly help you if I could be of
any service to you, in order to get the history published.
Very truly yours, D. D. Heller,
Decatur,
Adams Co., Ind.
88 CHRISTIAN WYANDT AND POSTERITY
Canton, Ohio, Dec. 28, 1908.
Mr. Caleb Wyandt,
Keedysville, Md.
Dear Sir: — I am interested in finding official records which
tell something of my ancestors on my mother's side. My mother
was Elizabeth Wyandt, daughter of Henry Wyandt, who was
born in Washington Co., Md., according to a county history,
in 1787. His father was Christian Wyandt and his mother
Amelia Putman (or Putnam) Wyandt of the same county.
What I am after is facts in regard to the birthplace of Henry
Wyandt and as to his family. Also whether Christian Wyandt
was in any way connected with service in the Revolutionary war.
I am interested in a Sons of American Revolution chapter being
formed here and want to know my lineage, so as to ascertain
whether I am eligible to membership. If you can point me to
any history, or any records that will help me trace this ancestry
and establish proof of service in the Revolutionary war, if he
served, I shall esteem it a great favor.
My mother's mother, (my grandmother) was a Warner,
daughter of George Warner, also of Maryland, I am told. From
William Bell, an aged man of this city, a cousin of my mother,
I learn that George Warner and the Wyandts lived in about the
same section of Maryland.
Should you be able to give me any facts in regard to this
George Warner and his wife, her maiden name, etc., I would
appreciate that very much. May be he was of Revolutionary
note.
If I get a trace of proof that either of the ancestors named
were in service in the Revolutionary war, or that their wives
were of Revolutionary stock, I shall have to file proof of this
service and give the line of descent with as much proof of mar-
riage, birth, death, etc., as can be had.
You may not remember me, but I am the Wilhelm who is
News Editor of The Repository and on whom you made a short
call last September.
Believe me I shall greatly appreciate any help you may give
me along the lines indicated.
Very respectfully yours,
J. S. Wilhelm.
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 89
WYANDT GENEALOGY
Christian Weyandt,
1753-1812
in. Amelia Putman,
1753-IS53
II.
2. Jacob Wyandt, 1 779-1838.
3. John Wyandt, 1783-18 — .
4. Catherine Wyandt, 1 784-1 871.
5. Henry Wyandt, 1 787-1859.
6. Susanna Wyandt, 1790- 1857.
7. Elizabeth Wyandt, 1793-18 — .
8. Mary Wyandt, 1795- 1838.
9. Christena Wyandt, 1797-18 — .
10. Christian Wyand, 1800-18 — .
11. Simon Wyand, 1804-1872.
II.
2. Jacob Wyandt,
1779-1838
in. Magdalena Brubachcr,
1785-1864
III.
12. Joseph Wyandt, 1 807-1 891.
13. Christian Wyandt, 1809-1891
14. Leah Wyandt, 1811-1802.
15. Elizabeth Wyandt, 1814-1889.
16. Sarah Wyandt, 18 17-1859.
17. Daniel B. Wyandt, 1820-1865
iS. Mary Wyandt, 1822 .
19. Rachel Wyandt, 1824 .
III.
17. Daniel B. Wyandt,
1820-1865
m. Catherine Griffith.
IV.
100. Scott Wyandt.
10 1. Lillian Wyandt.
102. Charles Christian Wyandt.
103. Sallie Wyandt..
104. Mary Wyandt.
105. Cyrus Wyandt.
106. Walter Wyandt.
II.
3. John Wyandt,
1783-18—
m. Magdalena Warner,
1795-18—
III.
20. John Wyandt.
21. Jacob Wyandt.
22. Daniel Wyandt.
23. Christena Wyandt.
24. Abraham Wyandt.
25. Mary A. Wyandt.
9 o CHRISTIAN WYANDT GENEALOGY
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III.
25. Mary A. Wyandt,
18
m. Henry Boen Heller.
IV.
106. Nancy Heller.
107. Daniel D. Heller.
108. Edwin S. Heller.
{ 109. Margaret J. Heller.
I no. Mary E. Heller.
I in. Albert P. Heller.
[112. Elizabeth A. Heller.
II.
Catherine Wyandt,
1784-1871
m. Jacob Schneider,
1777-1869
26. Christian Snyder, 1802-18—
27. Rosanna Snyder, 1804-18 —
28. John Snyder, 1806-18 — .
29. Elizabeth Snyder, 1809-18-
30. Susanna Snyder, 1811-18 —
31. Ezra J. Snyder, 1813-1888.
■) 32. Adam Snyder, 18 15-1890.
33. Mary Snyder, 181 7-1 89-.
34. Matilda Snyder, 1819-1894.
35. Jacob Snyder, 1 821-21.
36. Clarissa Snyder, 1823- 1883.
37. Josiah Snyder, 1827-1909.
38. Jacob Snyder, 1832-32.
3i.
"3-
114.
III.
U.S.
Ezra J. Snyder,
116.
1813-1888 j
117.
m. Sarah Staubs,
118.
1814-1889
119.
120.
121.
122.
IV.
Catherine Snyder.
Jacob M. Snyder.
David O. Snyder.
Elizabeth Snyder.
Rosanna Snyder.
Susan Snyder.
Mary E. Snyder.
Aaron D. Snyder.
Jeremiah Snyder.
Barbara E. Snyder.
IV.
114. Jacob M. Snyder,
m. Margaret Rinehart.
V.
300. Fidelia A. Snyder.
301. Laura V. Snyder.
302. Anna M. Snyder.
V. VI.
300. Fidelia Snyder, / 500. Arnold Miller,
m. Bert Miller. \ 501.
cruris l. hi'xti >.\
(No. 128)
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 91
V. VI.
301. Laura V. Snyder, / 502.
m. John Utz. \ 503.
VI.
V.
302. Anna Snyder,
m. John Davis.
504-
505-
I 506.
V.
IV. f 303. Kate Snyder.
116. Elizabeth Snyder, \ 304. Edgar Snyder.
m. Martin Snyder. ( 305. Harvey M. Snyder.
IV.
117. Rosanna Snyder,
m. 56. Nic. Zimmerman.
V.
" 306. Benj. Zimmerman.
307. Oliver J. Zimmerman.
- 308. Kate Zimmerman.
309. Sadie Zimmerman.
310. Henry K. Zimmerman.
IV. V.
119. Mary E. Snyder, / (See 70. Daniel W. Wyand),
m. 70. Daniel W. Wyand. \
IV. V.
120. Aaron D. Snyder, / 319. Verda Snyder.
m. Annie Eakle. \ 320. Genevieve Snyder.
IV.
121. Jeremiah Snyder,
m. Nellie Easterday.
V.
321. Jennie Snyder.
322. Herbert G. Snyder.
( 323. Grace Snyder.
V.
321. Jennie Snyder,
m. Clayton O. Eakle.
VI.
507. Dora Eakle.
508. Nyle Eakle.
509. —
[510. —
92 CHRISTIAN WYANDT GENEALOGY
V.
322. Herbert G. Snyder, / 511.
m. Maude Baxter. I512.
VI.
III.
36. Clarissa Snyder,
1823-1883
m. William Buxton.
IV.
123. Jacob Buxton.
124. Susan Buxton.
■{ 125. Almeda Buxton.
126. David H. Buxton.
127. Otho C. Buxton.
128. Curtis L. Buxton.
IV.
123. Jacob Buxton,
m. Mary Cunningham.
V.
{ 324. Harry L. Buxton.
325. Mary Buxton.
326. George Buxton.
IV.
124. Susan Buxton,
m. Rev. J. W. Kiracofe.
V.
327. John Kiracofe.
328. .
• 329. Bertha Kiracofe.
330. Nellie Kiracofe.
,33i- •
IV.
125. Almeda Buxton,
m. W. O. B. Sperow.
V.
[ 332. Dr. Edgar Sperow.
- 333. Rev. Everett Sperow.
334. Cora Sperow.
, 335- John Sperow.
IV. f 336.
126. David H. Buxton, \ 337.
m. . [338.
V.
IV. V.
128. Curtis L. Buxton, / 339. Maude Buxton,
m. . \
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 93
III.
37. Josiah Snyder,
m.
IV.
129. Martin L. Snyder.
130. Dora Snyder.
131. Prof. Otho C. Snyder.
II.
Henry Wyandt,
1787-1859
m. Elizabeth Warner.
III.
39. Simon Wyandt, 181 2-18 — .
40. Sarah Wyandt, 18 14-18 — .
41. Eva Wyandt, 18 16- 18 — .
42. Susan Wyandt, 1818-18 — .
■ 43. David Wyandt, 1820-1861.
44. Catherine Wyandt, 1822- 1864.
45. Magdalena Wyandt, 1824-18 —
46. Elizabeth Wyandt, 1826-18 — .
47. Jacob Wyandt, 1830-1908.
48' Mary A. Wyand, 1833-Living.
IV.
III.
40. Sarah Wyandt,
1814-18—
m. John Brubacker.
1812-1892
' 132.
133-
134-
135-
136.
137.
138.
1 139-
III.
41. Eva Wyandt,
1816-18—
m. George Agler.
140
141
142
H3
'44
IV.
Harry Agler.
42.
IV.
f 145.
Hiram Reed.
III.
146.
William Reed.
Susan Wyandt,
147.
Henry Reed.
1818-1885
148.
Frank Reed.
m. William Reed.
149.
Mrs. Andrew Ax.
150.
Mrs. Daniel Resh.
I I5i.
Mrs. Austin Sheller
94 CHRISTIAN WYANDT GENEALOGY
III.
43. David Wyandt,
i^20-iS6i
m. Marv Friblev,
1818-1892
IV.
152. Daniel F. Wyandt, 1S42-1S64.
155. Hester Wyandt, 1844-1873
154. Elizabeth Wyandt, 1S45-
155. Rebecca Wyandt, 1853-
156. Annetta Wyandt, 1S56-
( 157. Rev. Jacob D. Wyandt, 1859-
IV.
157. Rev J. D. Wvandt,
m. Regena Ryegsegger.
V.
(340. Effie Wvandt, 1SS5-
\ 341. David D. Wyandt, 1S87-
| 342. Mary P. Wyandt, 1S92-
[343. Muriel I. Wyandt, 1S94-
III.
45. Magdalena Wyandt,
m. Jacob Hurraw.
IV.
159. Mrs. Truman Palmer.
160. .
IV
159. Hurrah,
m. Truman Palmer.
V.
$44. Ollie Palmer.
345. Jacob Palmer.
III.
46. Elizabeth Wyandt,
m. Wilhelm.
f 161.
162.
163.
1164.
IV
J. S. Wilhelm.
III.
47. Jacob Wyandt,
1 830- 1 90S
m. Isabel Sager,
1832-1895
m. (1899) Frances Hoab.
IV.
Marv Wvandt, 1S60-
Ella* Wyandt, 1^62-
Harn,- E. Wyandt, 1S64-
II.
Susan Wyandt,
1791-:^-
m. Jacob Snavely.
III.
49. John H. Snavely, 1813-
50. Catherine Snavely, 18 15-1896.
51. Betsy Snavely, 1S17.
I 52. Washington C. Snavely, 1S19-1894
{53. Mar\- E. Snavely, 1821-
REV. SIMON SNYDER WYAXD
(No. 243)
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 95
III.
49. John H. Snavely,
m.
68.
69.
70.
7i-
72-
73-
74-
75-
76.
77-
78.
79-
80.
IV.
Martin Snavely.
Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. M. F. Lumm.
Charles Snavely.
Hezekiah Snavely.
John Snavely.
IV. V.
173. Charles Snavely, / 346. Prof. Guy Snavely
m. 202. Rohrer. 347. Dr. Earle Snavely.
III.
50. Catherine Snavely,
in. Martin Kakle.
181
[82
183
[84
[85
IV.
Jacob S. Eakle.
Georgianna Eakle.
Washington Eakle.
H. M. R. Eakle.
Amanda Eakle.
IV.
183. Washington Eakle,
m. Nellie Cushwa.
348.
349-
350.
I 35i-
:
V.
Daisy Eakle.
Clayton O. Eakle.
Clarence W. Eakle.
Mame Eakle.
Nellie Eakle.
IV. V.
185. Amanda Eakle, / 333. Washington C. Hagan.
m. Frank T. Hagan. \ 354. Mollie Hagan.
IV.
181. Jacob S. Eakle,
m. Mollie Sperow.
f
355«
356.
357-
358.
359-
Lettie R.
Martin L
Eakle.
Eakle.
Elsie Eakle.
Roy Eakle.
96 CHRISTIAN WYANDT GENEALOGY
IV.
' 186. Susan Snavely.
III.
52. Washington C. Snavely,
m Elizabeth Staubs.
187. David H. Snavely.
188. John L. Snavely.
189. Mollie Snavely.
190. Jacob Snavely.
191. Benj. F. Snavely.
192. Alice Snavely.
193. Daniel W. Snavely.
IV. V.
187. David H. Snively, / 360. Abraham Snavely.
m. Kate Hammond. \
IV.
190. Jacob Snavely, / 361.
m. Emma Thomas. \ 362.
V.
IV.
193. Daniel W. Snively, / 363.
m. Iva Naille. \
V.
III.
53. Mary Snavely,
m. John Keyfauver.
IV.
194. Julia M. Kefauver.
195. Jacob Keyfauver.
196. Washington Keyfauver.
197. Amanda Keyfauver.
198. George Keyfauver
199. Elias Keyfauver.
200. Kate Keyfauver.
195
V.
IV. f 364. Frank B. Keyfauver.
Jacob Keyfauver, < 365. Charles Keyfauver.
m. Annie Reel. [ 366. Harry K. Keyfauver.
V.
364. Frank B. Keyfauver,
m. Poffenberger.
VI.
513. Lee Keyfauver.
514. Alice Keyfauver.
515. May Keyfauver.
516. Charles Keyfauver.
517. Ralph Keyfauver.
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 97
IV.
200. Kate Keyfauver,
m. Samuel Oliver,
m. John Fisher.
V.
f 467. Mollie L. Oliver.
\ 368. Hugh O. Fisher.
[ 369. Gay Fisher.
IV.
198. George Keyfauver, / 370.
m. Emma Gouff. \
V.
Pearl Keyfauver.
II.
8. Mary Wyandt,
m. Benj. Zimmerman.
54-
55-
56.
57-
58.
III.
Caroline Zimmerman.
Elias Zimmerman.
Nicodemus Zimmerman.
Neil Zimmerman.
Amelia Zimmerman.
III.
56. Nicodemus Zimmerman,
m. 117. Rosanna Snyder.
IV.
/ (See No. 117, Snyder family).
\
III.
58. Amelia Zimmerman,
m. Martin J. Rohrer.
201,
202.
203.
204.
205.
206.
207.
IV.
Mrs. Samuel Hoffmaster.
Mrs. Chas. Snavely.
Lewis \V. Rohrer.
Mrs. David Stouffer.
Charles A. \V. Rohrer.
Elmer Rohrer.
Nic. Z. Rohrer.
IV.
201. Mary Rohrer,
m. Samuel Hoffmaster.
.
V.
371. Martin Hoffmaster.
372. Estella Hoffmaster.
373. George Hoffmaster.
374. Clinton Hoffmaster.
375. Daisy Hoffmaster.
376. Arthur Hoffmaster.
377. Agnes Hoffmaster.
IV.
203. Lewis Rohrer,
m. Annabell Tucker.
V.
378. Ray F. Rohrer.
379. Roy B. Rohrer.
380. Reta E. Rohrer.
98 CHRISTIAN WYANDT GENEALOGY
IV.
205. Hettie Rohrer, /
m. 173. Charles Snavely. \
V.
(See No. 173, Snavely),
IV.
204. Maria Rohrer,
m. David Stouffer.
V.
'381. Ada Stouffer.
382. Carl Stouffer.
- 383. Pearl Stouffer.
384. Earl Stouffer.
[ 385. Guy Stouffer.
V.
381. Ada Stoufer, /413.
m. Gantz. 1414.
VI.
III.
II. [ 59. Jonas Deaner.
9. Christena Wyandt, < 60. Sophia Deaner.
m. Samuel Deaner. I 61. Catherine Deaner.
III.
59. Jonas Deaner,
m. Annie M. Baker.
IV.
208. Eugenia Deaner.
209. Arbelin Deaner.
210. Prof. H. Clay Deaner.
211. Fannie Deaner.
III. IV.
61. Catherine Deaner, / 212. Emma Thomas,
m. Josiah Thomas. \ 213. Annie Thomas.
IV.
213. Emma Thomas,
m. 190. Jacob Snavely. \
/ (See No. 190. Snavely).
II.
10. Christian Wyand.
m. Polly Cost.
III.
[62. Frederick Wyand.
- 63. David H. Wyand.
64* Hiram C. Wyand.
65. Mary Wyand.
JOSEPHUS E. WYAND
(SPANISH WAR MARINER)
(No 251)
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. 99
IV.
III. [214. Anna Wyand.
63. Frederick Wyand, \ 215. Grant Wyand.
m. Lydia Ecker. ( 216. Lillian Wyand.
IV. V.
214. Anna Wyand, / 386. Fred Wyand.
m. Theodore Davis. \ 387.
IV. V.
215. Grant Wyand, / 388. Lena Wyand.
m. Etta Rohrer. \ 389. Fred Wyand.
IV.
216. Lillian Wyand,
m. Harvey Cost.
V.
390
39i
392
393
394
1395
Lloyd Cost.
III. IV.
63. David H. Wyand, / 217. William C. Wyand.
in. Kate E. Wilson. \ 218. Temperence Wyand.
III.
64. Hiram C. Wyand,
m. .
m. Susan Bovey.
IV.
219. Anna Wyand.
220. Fred C. Wyand.
II.
1 1. Simon Wyand,
m. Rebecca Geeting.
III.
66. Joshua Wyand.
67. Susan Wyand.
68. Caleb Wyand.
• 69. Barbara A. Wyand.
70. Daniel W. Wyand.
71. Rose Wyand.
b 72. Aaron C. Wyand.
ioo CHRISTIAN WYANDT GENEALOGY
III.
66. Joshua Wyand,
m. Anna Miller.
IV.
221. Minnie Wyand.
222. Albert Wyand.
223. Fannie Wyand.
224. Kate Wyand.
225. Harry Wyand.
226. Jacob Wyand.
227. Benj. Wyand.
228. Joseph Wyand.
229. Jossie Wyand.
IV.
221. Minnie Wyand,
m. Alvin Mullindore.
396
397
• 398
399
(400
Harry Mullindore.
III. IV.
67. Susan Wyand, / 230. Anna Wright,
m. Ezra Wright. \ 231. Aaron Wright.
III.
68. Caleb Wyand,
m. Sarah P. Blessing.
IV.
232. Emory E. Wyand.
233. Ora B. Wyand.
234. Myrte Wyand.
235. Lorilla Wyand.
236. Pearl Wyand.
237. Eva Wyand.
IV.
232. Emory E. Wyand,
m. Susan Hoffman.
V.
"401. Elmer Wyand.
402. Chester Wyand.
403. Arbelin Wyand.
404.
405.
406.
IV
233. Ora B
V.
m.
Wyand, / 407.
Eva Vinson. \ 408.
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IV.
234. Myrta Wyand, / 409.
m. Wood Poffenberger. \
IV. [410.
235. Pearl Wyand, I411.
m. Wilson. (412.
III.
69. Barbara A. Wyand,
m. Jacob C. Rohrer.
IV.
238. Alice Rohrer.
239. Dr. C. W. G. Rohrer.
240. Simon S. Rohrer.
241. Jacob M. Rohrer.
III.
70. Daniel W. Wyand.
m. 119. Mary E. Snyder.
IV.
242. Webster H. Wyand.
243. Rev. S. Snyder Wyand.
244. Arthur P. Wyand.
245. E. Clayton Wyand.
246. Hattie E. Wyand.
247. Ira E. Wyand.
248. Amos D. Wyand.
249. Fred B. Wyand.
IV.
242. Webster H. Wyand.
m. Daisy E. Bovey.
4*3
414
4i5
416
4i7
V.
Ralph B. Wyand.
Mary Wyand.
Genevieve Wyand.
Frances Wyand.
Dorothea Wyand.
IV. V.
244. Arthur P. Wyand, / 418. Howard L.
m. Florence Lamar. \
Wyand.
III.
72. Aaron C. Wyand,
m. Virginia Easterday,
m. Marsina Beck.
IV.
250. Charles L. Wyand.
251. Josephus E. Wyand.
252. Orange J. Wyand.
253. Martin L. Wyand.
254. Virginia Wyand.
io2 CHRISTIAN WYANDT GENEALOGY
E. CLAYTON WYAND
T
SCJ2&
HE compiler, born April 22, 1S75, in the
house occupied by General McClellan as
headquarters during battle of Antietam,
half mile west of Keedysville. Md. Edu-
cated at public schools, becoming deaf at 18 from
spinal meningitis, after two years learning the
mercantile business, entered Maryland School for
the Deaf in 1S94. Learned printing and prepared for
college. Entered Gauladet National College for the
Deaf in 1S97. graduating with degree of B. A.
and honors of orator. Became a member of the
Faculty of Maryland School on leaving college.
Was connected with the college magazine during
the entire college life. Studied art at the college
and at Corcoran Art Gallery School during college
career. Active worker among the deaf mutes of
Maryland and traveled the state in the interest
of the school. Has been president of the State
Association and other organizations of the deaf.
According to a resolution adopted by the Alumni
of Maryland School in 1904. he is author of, and
carried through the Legislator, the compulsory edu-
cational law for the deaf. Has been a writer and
contributed to publications of the public as well as
those in the interest of the deaf, among them being
Harper's. Has been a leader in «the National
Association of the Deaf in the conventions in St.
Louis in 1904, and in Norfolk, Ya., 1907. At the
latter he welcomed the delegates in behalf of the
South. Is now on three committees, being chair-
\VK HAT) ANOTHER USE T"R THE AD
NOVEMBER
MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. Io-
nian of the one delegated to call on President
Roosevelt in regard to civil service regulations
barring the deaf from public service.
While at college was interested in church work
and thought of entering the ministry, this being
offset by faculty positions. Licensed by the
United Brethren Church in September, 1908, as
missionary to the Deaf. Preached in Maryland,
Washington, D. C, and Virginia, going to New
England three months later at the call of the Deaf
of Boston and other cities. Took up work there
and now employed under the direction of the
Evangelical Alliance and is accepted by all the
denominations of that body, he having been or-
dained an elder by the U. B. Church in March,
1909. His work is now confined to the deaf, as
he speaks normally and is frequently in public.
Has the distinction of being the first of the so-
called deaf mutes to get into the order of Knights
of Pythias, and was given credit for breaking the
barrier at the National convention in Norfolk.
Work in History and Archaeology merited him
the degree of M. A. In lineage he descends from
Christian Weyandt through Simon (last son), and
Daniel Webster Wyand. On his mother's side
he descends from Christian Wyandt through
Catherine, who married Jacob Snyder, her son
Ezra J., and Mary Etta, the daughter of Ezra J.
Snyder and Daniel W. Wyand were first cousins.
Many of his childhood years were spent in the old
Putman and Wyandt homes, living with his grand
parents, Ezra J. Snyder and wife. To that incident
belongs the birth of this book.
