Michael Welker Genealogy
Record modified: 2011-08-23
This is my direct ancestor 7 generations back.
Born: 1731-00-00 Perkiomen, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania USA
Died: 1799-00-00 Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania USA
Marriages:
1. 1752-00-00 Anna Maria Reed
2. 1780-00-00 Elizabeth Evans
Children of Michael Welker and Anna Reed:
Children of Michael Welker and Elizabeth Evans:
Notes:
Occupation: Farmer. Fought in Revolutionary War. Elizabeth is second wife.
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married Elizabeth in Philadelphia Co PA
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He is buried in Fightner's graveyard, Westmoreland Co PA, several miles west of Greensburg.
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according to this page:
first marriage about 1752 to Anna Maria Reed (born 1733, died 1756-05-17); they had one child Jacob Welcker who married Rosanna Hartman. Michael married Elizabeth about 1760.
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from this page:
Michael succesively owned two portions of his father's farm, having one part conveyed to him on 1767-02-03, a part consisting of 185 acres lying in Upper Hanover and Douglass Townships. The main portion bordered the Perkiomen Creek, and he was restrained by terms of the deed from engaging in milling interests in competition with his brother George. This portion was sold on 1791-12-21 to Peter Heist. This removed Michael's name from the tax lists of Upper Hanover, and it is probable that Michael had left the community several years before that. Michael was described as a frontiersman, hunter, and trader in the "Reed Family History," and it was only natural that he would settle in Westmoreland County, where many new areas were being opened by pioneering settlers. Michael served in the Revolution as a member of the Upper Hanover militia, first under Capt. Lower and later under Capt. Henry Maurer.
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from this RootsWeb entry
Sons of the American Revolution
Pennsylvania Society
Philadelphia - Continental Chapter
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER GRAVES
2004
Burials in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery & Philadelphia Counties
PATRIOT STATE OF SERVICE COUNTY OF BURIAL CEMETERY RANK
Georg WELKER PA Montgomery New Goshenhoppen UCC Cem Soldier 2nd class
BIRTH DEATH GRAVE PATRIOT INDEX
1729 1812 Known
Michael WELKER PA Montgomery New Goshenhoppen UCC Cem Private 1733 1799 Known
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In the DAR database he is number A123003.
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1790 census Montgomery Co PA p39, twp not given
Michl Welker 1 M 16+
Is that him? His second wife and children should be with him.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 629
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