The Lancaster Wiseley Line part 2

My heritage is from the Lancaster Line of the Wiseley's. I have not yet completed all the work that needs to be done on this line. Thanks in part to my 3G grandfather Edward and the 15 kids he had, plus all his brothers and sisters and their large families.  Here then is my direct linage.

John, who came to Ohio circa 1803, had 5 children and all were born in York county PA. William circa 1780. James circa 1782, Edward Sept 1782, George circa 1784, and Ann circa 1788.

My 4G Grandfather Johns Will

They settled just north of what is now Lancaster, OH in a lovely valley area near Carroll, OH which is 8 miles north west of Lancaster.  I have not been able to identify where John was burried. But I have learned much about him. Here is a picture of me in the Fairfield county courthouse in Lancaster, OH, holding Johns actual will. It was interesting to note that John signed his will but his son Edward and Edwards wife Leah both just made their mark above their name.

Speaking of which, when people made their mark, usually a scrawled X it was usually located between and just above their first and last names. I smile everytime i run across some "researchers" list of Peter X. Wiseley. It seems likely to me that Peter Wiseley just put his mark between his first and last names. It seems less likely that his parents named him "xylephone".

Coffman Cemetery West of Carroll

    Moving on my 3G grandfather Edward married Leah Tomlinson on Oct 21, 1806 and they had several children. William, Jesse, Rachel, Mary, Amos, Phoebe, Henry, Sarah, Elizabeth, Malinda, Leah, Rhoda, Harriet. Naomi, Isaac.  I think they ran out of names and stopped having kids. These children were born at a time when land was plentiful and cheap. So they mostly all moved away to seek their fortune.  That is one area of intense research for me now. Where did they all go and what happened to them. 

    About 1840 Henry headed into the Indiana territory and acquired land north of what is now Logansport, IN. Within a few months Amos got married and immediately joined his brother Henry. Sarah must have also moved there about the same time because I found a Federal land record in Cass County, IN (Logansport)  was signed by Sarah Wiseley. And that was in the early 1840's. I am not sure what status women had then, but Sarah bought land from the government. 





Front of My 3G Uncle Amos stone



      Henry would eventually lay out the original plats for the city of Royal Center about ten miles north west of Logansport. Both Amos and Henry are buried in a nice well cared for cemetery just south and east of the town of Royal Center.  It is interesting that Amos has a tombstone with Wiseley on one side and Wisley on the other. That was the day I stopped being so particular about having 2 E's in Wiseley.   






Amos's son on back of Amos stone

     Henry had several children; Thomas, Naomi, William,Charles, Edward, Mary, James, and Emily. Needless to say i have not identified every one of Henry's children.



     G-Grandfather Thomas stayed in Royal Center and had 5 children. Joseph Henry (my grandfather), Neoma, Mary Jane, William, and Thomas. 









GGrandpa Thomas, GGramma Jane and their five children, with my Grandfather
Joseph in the middle. I don't know which name goes to which sibling.

 

   My Grandfather Joseph married Jessie Button in the Royal Center area and later moved north to Durand, MI. I have yet to discover why they moved from Royal Center and to Durand. Joseph and Jessie also had several children, one of which was my father Clarence Wiseley. Here is the only known group photo of my aunts and uncles.    







1. Susanna 2. Thomas Herald 3. Opal 4. Eva 5. Henry? 6. Ruth 7. Gramma Jessie
8. George 9. Grampa Joseph 10. Clarence 11. Marjorie 12. Doral and 13. Charles





That ends the line with me and my brothers and sisters.  Clara, Clarence (Ike), Mary, Robert, Mac (don't call him Almus)  and David (me!)



      Most of us stayed in the area around Durand. I left in 1972 to take my first teaching job in the Upper peninsula of Michigan. In 1979 I made a job related move to Gaylord and have lived south of there in a small village named Waters for the last 30+ years.  Next time we will continue a different, but significant line of the Lancaster Wiseley's. It is the line that went to Findlay. OH where several Wiseley's were born and some still remain in the area.