Johann Jacob WELLER b. 16 Sep 1704 Diedenshausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Germany d. 8 May 1794 Graceham, Frederick, Maryland: Our Family History

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Name	Johann Jacob WELLER [1]
Born	16 Sep 1704	Diedenshausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Germany [1, 2]
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	LXMT-8W5
Died	8 May 1794	Graceham, Frederick, Maryland [1]
Buried	10 May 1794	Moravian Cemetery, Graceham, Frederick Co., Maryland [1]
Person ID	I594765705	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	15 Dec 2022

Father	Johannes Daniel WELLER, b. 11 Aug 1677, Diedenshausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany , d. 29 Nov 1761, Rapho Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America (Age 84 years)
Mother	Anna Margaretha SPIESSEN, b. 9 Dec 1679, Diedenshausen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. 1 Dec 1754, Girkhausen, Sliegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age 74 years)
Married	26 Nov 1705	West Falen, Girkhausen, Arnsberg, Prus.
Family ID	F10640	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Anna Margaret KOEHN, b. 2 Mar 1715, Girkhausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Prussia , d. 10 Mar 1738, Died Of Dropsy upon arrival in Colony (Age 23 years)
Married	10 Mar 1737	Diedenshausen [2]
Last Modified	15 Dec 2022
Family ID	F10629	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2 Maria Barbara WILHIDE, Vierruhr, b. 9 Mar 1714, Schwaigern, Brackenheim, Württemberg, Germany , d. 17 Jul 1754, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland Colony, British North America (Age 40 years)

Married 21 Apr 1738 Hallem Township, York County, Pennsylvania [2, 3]

Children

	1. Johannes Jacob WELLER, b. 10 May 1739, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 27 May 1809, Graceham, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland (Age 70 years)
	2. Philip (Moravian) WELLER, b. 12 Jun 1742, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland, British Colonial America , d. 7 Oct 1779, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age 37 years)
	3. Elizabeth Juliana WELLER, b. 16 Apr 1744, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland, British Colonial America , d. 26 Dec 1793, Frederick, Maryland (Age 49 years)
	4. Johannes WELLER, b. 27 Aug 1747, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland , d. 18 Aug 1802, Frederick County, Maryland (Age 54 years)
	5. Maria "Mollie" Magdelena WELLER, b. 6 Sep 1749, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 24 Jul 1826, Davidson County, Tennessee (Age 76 years)

Last Modified 15 Dec 2022

Family ID F536728515 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3 Anna Elizabeth KRIEGER, b. 1719, Bettelhausen, Wittgenstein, Germany , d. 2 Apr 1800, Graceham, Graceham, Frederick, Maryland (Age 81 years)

Married 13 Aug 1755 Moravian, Graceham, Frederick Co. MD

Children

1. Anna Elizabeth WELLER, b. Abt 1756, Frederick County, Maryland

, d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 15 Dec 2022

Family ID F10623 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Johann Jacob Weller was born September 16, 1704, in Diedenshausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Germany, the son of Johann Daniel Weller. His father married a year later to Anna Maria Spies, so it seems like either Johann Jacob was the son of an earlier wife of his father, or he was illegitimate. Johannes Weller, also an immigrant who settled in the Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, area, was most likely his 1/2 brother, despite the fact that many have claimed they were cousins or even not related at all. Jacob married 3 times. The first time on March 10, 1737, in Diedenshausen, to Anna Margaretha Koehn, who died shortly after they arrived in Pennsylvania. Perhaps she became ill on the voyage. Jacob married 2nd on April 21, 1738, in Hallem Township, York County, Pennsylvania, to Maria Barbara Willheit, daughter of Johann Friedrich and Wilhelmina Lucretia Hafner Willheit, also immigrants from Germany. They were the parents of 5 known children: John Jacob, Philip, Elizabeth Juliana, John and Maria Magdalena Weller. Maria Barbara passed away in 1754. Jacob married 3rd on August 13, 1755, to Anna Elizabeth Krieger. They were the parents of one daughter, Anna Elizabeth Weller. Jacob Weller passed away on May 8, 1794, in Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, and was buried on the 10th in Graceham Moravian Church Cemetery, Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland.
From the records of the Graceham Moravian Church, Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland:
"WELLER, Jacob, son of Daniel Weller, was born September 16, 1704 at Dietenshausen in Berleburg; he married in 1726 (sic) Anna Margaret Koehn who died at Skippack, of the dropsy; he came to America 1737, arriving at Philadelphia in the fall of that year; thence they went to look up his friends, particulary John Peitzel, which led him into the Crice (Kreutz) Creek settlement. Thence the family came here in 1742, and he was present at our first communion. He married secondly in March (sic), 1738 at Crice Creek to Maria Barbara Wilhide (called 'a blessed vessel'); she had previously been the wife of (Leonhart) Vieruhr; she died July 17, 1754. He married thirdly on August 13, 1755 Anna Elizabeth Krieger, whose father was a citizen at Bettelhausen; she was born in 1719 at Bettelhausen in Wittgenstein; she died April 2, 1800. As his years advanced, he retired and spent most of his time reading the Holy Scriptures and other edifying books, praying for the welfare of his children and grandchildren, and was a beloved and venerable patriarch, of exemplary career. He was healthy all his life until the 27th of April, when he became completely helpless. He died May 8, 1794 and was buried May 10 in the burial ground in his orchard. His wife, who was very ill this spring, was able to take care of him, for which he was very happy and grateful." -- Record also states that a son and a daughter died before the father.
Johann Jacob Weller from Diedenshausen, in 1737, stepped off the Andrew Galley ship in Philadelphia, a member of the German Reformed Church. By the time he settled in Western Maryland in what became Mechanicstown, Weller had become an active Moravian. For a time, traveling Moravian ministers actually conducted services in Weller's home. His cousin, Johannes Weller, who also settled in what was later the Mechanicstown area, however was associated with the Lutherans. (Reference: U.S. Forest Service, Catoctin Mountain Park, Historic Resource Study, Chapter 1, Settling the Catoctins ).
York Moravian Church Record:
"Anna Elizabeth Weller of Jacob and Anna Elizabeth, born May 22, 1756, baptized June 27. Sponsors: Catharina Herbach, Maria Elizabeth Krieger."
(findagrave.com)

Sources

[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Maria "Mollie" Magdelena WELLER, person ID LK1Y-M5V. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for John Jacob WELLER, person ID LXMT-8W5. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Johann Jacob Weller, person ID LXMT-8W5. (Reliability: 3).