Wierman, John

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The Era Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 6, Issue 3 (Henry T. Coates & Co., 1899), pages 93-94. https://books.google.com/books?id=B7X_fE_quWsC&pg=PA94&dq=abraham+beals+rachel+wierman&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX9-2G9_PaAhUvSN8KHaMND-EQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=abraham%20beals%20rachel%20wierman&f=false.

JOHN WIERMAN, son of William and Gertrude, b. --, (?).; d. 18~4; m. Mary Morrow. By his father s will he recieved 200 acres of land upon which he then lived.2 He made his will Sept. 18, 1804; inventory of estate was returned Nov. 17, 1804.3 In his will he mentions, among others, his grand·daughter, Margare't McKoskny. His wife Mary survived him. When did she die?

By an unrecorded deed of lease, dated Jan. 22 1791, John Wierman, of Huntington 'twp., farmer in consideration of the " Yearly rent of One Pepper Corn," for a term of twenty years, granted to 'William Wierman, Sr., John Wierman, Jr., and Thomas Penrose, all of the same place, appointed as trustees, "for the purpose and Benefit of a School," a certain lot of gronnd "Lying at thCC' Routh Corner of the sd .John Wyerman Land and like'wise Adjoining William Wyerman Senr and It is further Agreed by and Between sd Parties that the sd John Wyerman Doth allow the lot of Ground to be three Perches Square the Length & the Brength thereof Equal Whereon there is already a School house Arected & Built for the Benefit of the Publick and to be continued for the use of a School."

John and Mary (Morrow) Wierman had the following thirteen children:
1. Eleanor, m. Nehemiah Howell.
2. Gertrude, m. John Pen rose.
3. Mary, m. Edward Hart.
4. Catharine, m. John Cargy. Went to Indiana.
5. Hannah, m. William Clemrnens.
6. Rachel, m. Abram Beals. Had a son, Henry.
7. Phebe, m. Isaac Griest. Children: John; Moses;
Ann, m. Jesse Johns; Matilda, m. Peter Smith;
Hannah, m. Buck; Eveline, m. Collins.
8. James, went West.
9. John, went West.
10. Samuel, m. Elizabeth Welch.
11. Nicholas, m. Elizabeth Howe.
12. Henry, d. unmarried.
13. William, d. unmarried.
Corrections and additions to this history of the
Wierraane gladly received. Correspondence desired
with those interested.
ALBERT COOK MYERS.

2 An unrecorded (pnrchment) deed of relense for this land given by John Wierman's brothers and sisters to him, is in possession of John William Wierman, P.O. York Springs, Pa
3 Will and Papers No. 145)/0, Register's Office, Gettysburg, Pa

Family/Spouse: Morrow, Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Wierman, Rachel
2. Wierman, Eleanor
3. Wierman, Gertrude
4. Wierman, Mary
5. Wierman, Catherine
6. Wierman, Hannah
7. Wierman, Phebe
8. Wierman, James
9. Wierman, John
10. Wierman, Samuel
11. Wierman, Nicholas
12. Wierman, Henry
13. Wierman, William

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Albert Cook Myers - The Era Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 5, Issue 11 (Henry T. Coates & Co., 1898), pages 331-332.

WIERMAN FAMILY OF ADAMS COUNTY

William Wierman, one of the first settlers, and large land owner in what Adams county, was founder the Wienman family that county. As early as 1738 he was settled on Bermudian Creek, in Huntington township, near the present borough of York Springs (formerly Petersburg), for on June 9 of that year by a warrant (N o. 1141) from the Penn proprietors, he was granted a tract of 500 acres land on the Bermudian. A second warrant (No. 156) for 200 acres adjoining his other land was granted to him, June 25, 1739, and still another (No. 177) Dec. 20, 1742, for 300 acres ajoining the other tracts. A patent deed for of land, containing 1049 acres, was given to him June 18, 17502. On Oct.11, 1745, he received a warrant (No. 254) for a tract of 150 acres, probably in Menallen twp., for the land
is described as "on both sides of Possum Creek between the Lands of Thomas Long and Thomas Wilson to extend to Ruddock's Line." Another warrant for 60 acres, "to include the Improvements of John Portman in Redding [Reading] township," was granted to Wierman, June 21, 1748.3 Altogether William Wierman owned over 1200 acres of land in Adams County

According to a tradition in the family, William Wierman, a young German physician, went to Holland, where he married, and shortly afterward came' to Pennsylvania. He must have given up his profession, however, for in his will,4 dated 2 mo. 7, 1764, probated May 31, 1765, he is styled, "Blue Dier," (blue dyer5). The inventory of his personal estate, covering eleven pages of foolscap paper, shows that he was one-of the most substantial and well-to-do settlers on the west side of the Susquehanna. He had bonds, notes, a collection of over thirty books, a silverwatch, silver cups, silver spoons, and other silverware. William Weyerman was one of the four men of Huntingdon township mentioned in a "List of the most remarkable Inhabitants in the several town'ps & Settlements over Sasquehanna. . . fit to discharge Publick Offices," sent to the Provincial government at Philadelphia, in 17496.

The large Bible, mentioned in the inventory, was brought over by William Wierman from Holland. It is printed in Dutch and is still in a fair state of preservation. The title pages are profusely illustrated with the quaint woodcuts of the sixteenth century. There is nolthing in the book to indicate where it was pnblished, but in 1598, it was for sale on, the lower side of Schotland, near Danswick, presumably in Hoiland. The text at the bottom of the title page is as follows:

"Men bindste, te coop bv Kryn Vermeulen de janghe Cramer woonende op telege zydt van Schotlandt by Danswyck, 1598."

This may be translated thus:

" One finds this [This book is to be found] for sale' 'at the house of Kryn Vermeulen, the young pedlar or mercer, haberdasher], living ,on the lower side of
Schotland near Danswyck, 1598."

The old Bible descended to William C. Wierman, the fourth William, and is now in possession of his aged widow, Susan M. Wierman, daughter of Benjamin
Lundy, the pioneer in the anti-slavery movement. She lives with her son, Isaac P. Wierman. at Mt. Palatine, Putnam County, Illinois, and in a few years the
Bible will to go to her young grandson, William H. Wierman (son of Isaac P.) the fifth William and sixth in descent from William Wierman, the immigrant

William Wierman died in 1764 or 1765, surviving his wife, Gertrude Sateman or Sietman, by whom he had six children7:
I. Henry, b. 8 mo. 10, 1721, " at. 4 or 5 in the morning"; d. 2 mo. 28, 1802; m. Priscilla Pope and Elizabeth Ross.
II. Nicholas, b-- (?); d. 1800; m. 8mo. 24, 1745, Sarah Cox, daughter of John.
III. Hannah, b. "in the 17th of the month," 1727; d. -- (?); m. Samuel Cox, son of John.
VI. William, b. 8 mo. 10, 1729; d. 5 mo. 1792; m. Amy or Naomi Cox, daughter of John..
V. Gertrude, b.--(?);d.1803;m.SamueI Wright and William Ferguson.
VI. John, b. -- (?); d. 1804; m. Mary Morrow.

1 See Index to Lancaster County Land Warrants, Depaertment of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Pa

2 Patent Book A 14, page 428, Department of Internal Affairs. See also Vol. IV., MS. Pennsylvania Journals, in Penn Papers, Liibrary of Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Locust St. Philadelphia.

3 See also Pennsylvania Archives, 3d Series, I.,231; II., 186,430.
4 Recorded In Register's Office, York, Pa.
5 Benjamin Hunt, of West Chester, Chester co., Pa in his Diary under date of Apr. 25, 1800, writes: "Sent yarn to the blue Dyers by a Woman of the name of Wilson."
6 Pennsylvania Archives, 1st Series, II., 38.
7 MS. Wierman Family Tree made about 1859 by Mrs. Phebe Baley, and Wierman Chart, made ahont 1840 by General William Wierman Wright, in possession of Mrs. Rachel W. Day, 126 Lemon Street, Lancaster, Pa.

William married Sateman, Gertrude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]