Michael Wenrich

Other Events:

• Baptismal Sponsor: 28 April 1771, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA; Michael and wife Elizabeth are sponsors for the Baptism of Michael Numann (b. 22 Feb 1771) son of David and Magdalene Numann. Lebanon County, PA Millbach Reformed Congregation)
• Tax: 1775, Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
• Note: 1777, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; There is a Michael Wendrick in the continental Troops Rev War Rolls. Only lists Michael Wendrick, Private, Penn - is this our Michael? I know his brother Mathias was Ensign, 6th co. under Capt. Conrad Eckert - could have enlisted together.
• Tax: 1779, Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
• In Wythe: 1789, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
• Deed: 10 April 1804, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; Michael Wenrich sales his son in law, Micheal Kettering 19 acres bordering his land for $100
• Land Sale: 9 August 1805, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; Michael sells 204 acres on Reed Creek to Nicholas Darden
• Deed: 9 February 1807, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; George & Elizabeth Tawney sale Micheal Wenrich for $120, 36 acres, part of a survey of 328 acres known by the name Elk Pond. Book 4 page 488
• Deed: 14 July 1807, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; Michael Wenrich sales to John Hounshell, for 45 pounds land on the south fork of Holston which was granted to Frederick Copperheifer in 1800 and sold to M. Wenrich in Nov 1804. Which John Hounshell is this??
• Deed: 12 July 1808, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; Wythe County Deed Bk 5 Pg 47-49 | Michael Wenrich sells to Michael Katring (Catron) for 1000 pounds a parcel of land containing 399 acres on the South fork of Reed Creek
• Land Purchase: 4 October 1808, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; Barnabas Messerschmidt and Betsy, his wife in consideration of the sum of twenty two pounds current money of Virginia to show in hand, by the said Michael Wenrich.... sale 11 acres on the branch of Reed Creek....
• Deed: 10 December 1810, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; Wythe County Deed Bk 5 Pg 324 | Michael Venrick (Wenrich) sells to Andrew Hounshell for $13.50, 2 and 1/4 acres on the waters of the Reed Creek
• Agreement: 13 January 1825, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; Agreement with Jacob Haler and C. Brown to allow them to search for copper ore and other ores and metals on the lands of Micheal Wenrich
• Deed: 9 February 1825, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; Michael & Elizabeth his wife sale to Michael Kettering for 130 pounds 100a lying on both sides of the south fork of Reed Creek, part of a larger tract of 444 acres bounding Andrew Hounshell's land.
• Land Purchase: 9 September 1826, Wythe County, Virginia, USA; Walter and Barbara Kinser sale Michael Wennich for $1000, 250 acres of land on the waters of Reed Creek, Wythe County.

Notes:

Birth:
Name also Venrick, Venrich

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth (Michael ?). Elizabeth was born in 1740 in Berks County, Pennsylvania ?; died in 1804 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maria Catherine Wenrick was born in 1768 in Wythe County, Virginia, USA; died on 4 May 1855 in Clark County, IN.
2. Margaret Wennrick was born in 1778 in Reed Creek, Wythe County, Virginia; died on 14 Sep 1857 in Reed Creek, Wythe County, Virginia.

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1710, New York, New York
• Land Purchase: 1739, Robesonia, Berks County, PA; Mathias bought land from Conrad Weiser (a well known PA Dutch pioneer, interpreter & diplo. bet the PA Colony & Native Am.) on Spring Ck (later Furnace Ck) in what is now Heidelberg Twp. Berks Co. Mathias called a portion of his land "Wenericka"
• Oath: 1744, Pennsylvania; Wenrich Family of Berks County, Pennsylvania Revisited, The Early Generations, by Oby Bonawit, 1975
• Land Warrent: 28 November 1747, Heidelburg Township, Pennsylvania, USA; Warranted 248 acres in Heidelburg Township known as parcel 34 and called "Venericka". This land was surveyed in 1768 and patented 9 June 1772.
• Tax List: 1767, Heidelburg Township, Pennsylvania, USA; Taxed on 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cattle, and 4 sheep
• Deed: 1774; Deeded part of the homestead known as "Venericka", to his son Mathias in 1774 and moved to Tulpehocken where he was a member of the Frieden's Church.
• Oath: 1777, Pennsylvania, United States; Wenrich Family of Berks County, Pennsylvania Revisited, The Early Generations, by Oby Bonawit, 1975
• Baptismal Sponsor: 1780; Mathias (could be his son Mathias) is a sponsor for the Baptism of his granddaughter Eva Elisabeth, daughter of Francis Wenrich @ Atolheo Altalaha Lutheran Church
• Probate: 5 Jan 1785, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Also found as Johan Maltheis and other variations.

Mathias married Judith Schauer. Judith was born in 1705 in Germany; died in 1785 in Robesonia, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America; was buried in Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Note: 1709, Rhineland to London; An Embarkation List of Germans from the Rhineland going to London in 1709 included Balzar Weinrich with his wife, a daughter and three sons (ages 7, 5 and 3). Balzar was listed as a husbandman and vinedresser.
• Arrival: 1710, New York, New York
• Census: 4 August 1710 , (North Camp) New York City; Colonial Census of Palatines (Governor Hunter's Ration Lists) Palatine emigrants who settled in New York and along the Hudson under the patronage of Queen Anne in 1710. 3 per +10 2 per -10
• (Hunter's Lists): 4 October 1710; 3 persons over 10 and 3 persons under 10 (Elizabeth must have been pregnant in August)
• (Hunter's Lists): 11 September 1711, New York City; 3 over 10 and 2 under 10
• (Hunter's List): 24 Dec 1711, New York City; 4 over 10 and 1 under 10
• (Hunter's List): 29 December 1711, New York City; 5 person over 10 and 1 under 10 (Living next door to Benedict Wennerich)
• (Hunter's List): 25 March 1712, New York City; 5 Persons over 10 and 1 under 10
• Naturalization: 8 September 1715, New York; Baltus Windrich was nationalized on 8 and 9 of September 1715 (Kingston Nats.)
• Tax List: 1718 & 1719, Hurley, Ulster, New York, USA; Baltus Windrich taxed £5 (Ulster Co. Tax Lists)
• Baptismal Sponsors: 31 July 1720, Kingston, New York; Records of the Kingston, New York Dutch Church show Baltus and Magdalena Wenrig as baptismal sponsors for a grandson, Baltus Beshore, on July 31, 1720.
• Migration: 1722, Pennsylvania; In 1722 the Palatines were invited to Pennsylvania where they would be given land for homes. It appears that Balser Wennerick may have first gone to Lancaster Co. as he was taxed there in 1724 and 1726.
• Tax List: 1724, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; On tax lists
• Baptismal Sponsor: 1726, Tulpehocken Church; Baptismal sponsor for Mathias' son, Balthaser, along with his wife, Magdalene, at the Little Tulpehocken Church west of Bernville.
• Tax List: 1726, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; On tax lists

Balthazar married Elizabeth Unknown in 1693 in Edighheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Elizabeth was born in 1680 in Germany; died between 1712-1720 in New York/PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]