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Hans Jerg Wehrli
Barbara
Peter Wereley (U.E.L.)
(1753-After 1789)
Maria Schmitt
George Wereley
(Abt 1775-After 1817)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catherine Merckel

George Wereley 1 2

  • Born: Abt 1775, New York, (United States)
  • Marriage (1): Catherine Merckel
  • Died: After 1817

   Another name for George was George Werley.

  Research Notes:

Witnessed the will of Johan Adam Papst (signed Adam Babst) 1 July 1803, signing his name "George Wereley."

  Birth Notes:

Source: www.edenstree.com has b. between 1759 and 1779

  Noted events in his life were:

• United Empire Loyalist.

• 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 "George Wereley."

• Settled: on 100 acres of Crown Lands in Osnabruck's 4th concession, Abt 1806, Osnabruck Twp, Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. with his brother Peter and two sisters, Mary and Margaret. His land adjoined that of his brother.

• Purchased: land from Catherine Valentine, 1816, <Osnabruck Twp>, Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. Catherine Valentine had acquired the land earlier in 1816 from John Hare, who was granted the concession by the Crown in 1797.

• Conveyed: a portion of his land to his brother Peter, 1817, <Osnabruck Twp>, Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada.


George married Catherine Merckel, daughter of Peter Merckel and Maria Dietz. (Catherine Merckel was born in 1772 and died in 1851 in Osnabruck (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Canada West (Ontario), Canada.)


Sources


1 Wereley, Bill, <i>Eden's Tree Genealogy: Home of the Wereley-Savey Family Tree</i> (http://www.edenstree.com/), http://www.edenstree.com/html/fam/fam00640.html. Cit. Date: 3 Dec 2005.

2 Correspondence, Email from George Cloakey 21 Dec 2009. Cit. Date: 21 Dec 2009.


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