Peter Wereley (U.E.L.) ^{1 2}

   Other names for Peter were Peter Wardle, Peter Wearly, Pieter Wehrli and Peter <H.> Werley (U.E.L.).

  Research Notes:

Dutch

Probably the same person as Peter Wearly, p.401 of Lunenburgh, or the Old Eastern District by J.F. Pringle, 1890. If so, he was in the R.R.N.Y. [King's Royal Regiment of New York (Sir John Johnson's corps.)] who settled in the eastern part of Upper Canada, having fought on the side of the Crown.

May not be the same person as Peter Wardle. It is fairly certain that he was the father of Mary Werley/Wardle, wife of Daniel Frederick Papst (Frederick Papst).

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1754, Stone Arabia, Albany (Montgomery), New York, (United States).

• Served: in the King's Royal Regiment of New York (K.R.R.N.Y.). ³ during the Revolutionary War. Inserted into the U.E.L. list after its publication in 1885.

• Census, 1790.

• Witness: to the will of Adam Papst, 31 Jul 1803, Osnabruck Twp, Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. He signed his name "Peter Wereley."

• Settled, 1805, Lunenburg, Osnabruck Twp, Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada.

• Occupation: Farmer, 1879.

• Probably owned: 50 acres in Lot A of 5th concession, 1879, Osnabruck (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. Name on map is "P. H. Werley." To the north of this lot were E. Werley and J. H. Shaver, and to their nort were P. H. Werley's other 195 acres.

• Probably owned: 195 acres of Lot 2 in 5th Concession, 1879, Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. Name on map given as "P. H. Werley." To the north were J. P. Werley and Ira Bush. To the south were E. Werley and J. H. Shaver, and immediately to the south of them was a 50-acre strip also owned by P. H. Werley.

Peter married Maria Schmitt about 1773 in <New York, United States>.