Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Johan Jacob WERTMAN
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 26 Feb 1786 in Lehigh Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 11 Nov 1863 in Clearcreek Twp, Ashland Co, Ohio d
  • Burial: Ashland Cemetery, Ashland Co, Ohio u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Simon WERTMAN Birth: 1747 in Lehigh Co, Pennsylvania Death: 25 Oct 1820
    • Mother:
  • Barbara Hagenbusch STAPLETON Birth: 1741 in Albany Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1820

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Perry WERTMAN Birth: Columbia Co, Pennsylvania
  2. Isaac WERTMAN
  3. John WERTMAN Birth: 1810 in Lehigh Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Jesse WERTMAN Birth: 10 Jun 1810 in Albany Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania Death: 3 Jan 1892 in Clearcreek Twp, Ashland Co, Ohio
  5. Elizabeth WERTMAN Birth: 22 May 1812 in Columbia Co, Pennsylvania Death: 8 Feb 1896 in Stark Co, Ohio
  6. William WERTMAN Birth: 13 Mar 1815 in Columbia Co, Pennsylvania Death: 14 Nov 1880 in Clearcreek Twp, Ashland Co, Ohio
  7. Enoch WERTMAN Birth: 16 Apr 1818 in Columbia Co, Pennsylvania Death: 25 May 1900 in Ashland Co, Ohio

Bibliography
  1. Daughters of the American Revolution, Patriot Documentation File: REICHERLSDORFER, John. Available at NSDAR Library, Washington, DC. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR Patriot File REICHERLSDORFER John (ref FairvieldCoOH Deeds F-189)].
  2. Harter, Fayne Ellen, Reichelderfer family. Nappenee, IN: F. E. Harter, 1993. FHL 929.273 R271h v1/v2 1993. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p[0-9]*].
  3. Hendricks, John, Six Generations of Descendants of Johannes Veit Reichelderfer. GEDCOM received 12/14/1995, JSHendricks at earthlink dot net. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Hendricks 12/14/1995].
  4. Jones, June, Stapleton-DeLong-Mowery families, private email, 12/1/2002. Author address: JonesJuneM at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002].
  5. Monnette, Orra Eugene, Monnet Family Genealogy, Los Angeles, CA: C. E. Bireley Co, 1911. UMI #G1563. Available at http://archive.org/details/monnettfamilygen00monn Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MonnetteOE MONNET p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p41, John Hendricks 12/14/1995],
place:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002],
parents:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
2 Mar 1785 [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002],
place:
Albany Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania [Ref: John Hendricks 12/14/1995]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p41, June Jones 12/1/2002],
place:
[Ref: John Hendricks 12/14/1995]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
26 Nov 1863 [Ref: John Hendricks 12/14/1995]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p41]
Sources with Information about marriage to Maria Magdalena REICHELDERFER
date:
[Ref: John Hendricks 12/14/1995],
names:
[Ref: DAR Patriot File REICHERLSDORFER John (ref FairvieldCoOH Deeds F-189), Harter REICHELDERFER p41]
Jacob HARTMAN & Magdalina REICHELDERFER [Ref: MonnetteOE MONNET p652]
Jacob HARTMAN or WORTMAN & Magdalina REICHELDERFER [Ref: MonnetteOE MONNET p1132],
child:
[Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p43, John Hendricks 12/14/1995, June Jones 12/1/2002]
Research Notes:
1820: settled for a time in Hemlock Twp, Columbia Co, PA; census lists 2 males under 10, one male age 16-18, one male over 45, two females under 10, one female 26-45 [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p41]

Jan 11 1823: mentioned in deed of property to widow Catherine (Reichelderfer) Braucher [Ref: MonnetteOE MONNET p652]

1830's: moved to Clear Creek Twp, Ashland Co, OH [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p41]

1850: Maria Wertman (granddaughter?), age 20, living with them [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p41]

---------- Will of Jacob Wertman, in Ashland County, Ohio, Probate Box 1446:
In the name of the Benevolent Father of All I Jacob Wertman of the County of Ashland and State of Ohio do make and publish this my last will and Testament as follows: It is my will that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully paid. It is my will that my beloved wife Magdalena Wertman in lieu of her dower, shall have during her natural life the one third of all the wheat, rye, oats corn barley & potatoes raised on that portion of my farm in the County of Ashland Ohio, which lies in the Township of Clear Creek in said County to be delivered in the bushel each year at the barn in said premises, and also my said beloved wife shall each year the one third of the hay raised on said premises including clover & timothy, to be delivered & put in the barn on said premises for my said wife; I also give and devise to my said beloved wife in lieu of her support allowed by law, a horse, buggy and harness and as many cows, sheep & hogs as she may see proper to select and all my household furniture, beds & bedding and every thing in and about my house including a copper kettle & two iron kettles to her and her heirs forever; It is my will that my said beloved wife shall have her firewood cut & hauled to the house where she may reside and cut up ready for the stove during her natural life and my executors hereinafter named shall see to & cause the same to be done to be paid for out of my real and personal estate and in case the said horse bequeathed to my said wife shall die, then it is my will that my said executors shall buy another suitable horse and give the same to my beloved wife and pay for the same out of the proceeds of my real and personal estate; It is my will that said wife shall reside during her natural life in the house where I now reside and my executors shall see that my said wife has everything in addition to what I have heretofore willed her, which shall comfort and convenience may require. I also give and bequeath to my daughter in law wife of my son Jesse Wertman & the children of my said daughter in law by the said Jesse Wertman their heirs and assigns forever sixty six acres of my land off the south side of that portion of my real estate situate in the Township of Orange in said Ashland County free from any debt or incumbrance by this will or otherwise. It is my will that there shall be a road along the north line of said sixty six acres a rod wide & thence in a straight line to the east side of my Clear Creek farm.
I also give devise and bequeath to my son William Wertman his heirs and assigns forever all my farm in the said Township of Orange except the said sixty six acres and fifteen acres out of the North east corner of the same in a square form, & subject to the incumbrance of said road through the same. It is my Will also that all my real estate situate in the Township of Clear Creek of which I shall die seized and the said fifteen acres in the north east corner of my Orange Township farm foresaid shall be sold and conveyed by my executors hereinafter named by good and sufficient deed or deeds upon terms such as my executors shall think proper after the death of my said beloved wife, except that the deferred payments shall not extend beyond the period of three years from the time of sale, and the proceeds of the sale of my said lands, after paying all expenses & other payments out of the same that may be directed by the provisions of this will, shall be equally divided between my children, Enoch Wertman, Elizabeth Grotz, Perry Wertman, & Isaac Wertman their heirs and assigns forever; I give and devise and bequeath son Jesse Wertman the sum of one hundred & sixty seven dollars or thereabouts, which I have paid for him within the last two years & I direct that the same shall not be collected back from him but this is all that I allow him to receive out of my real and personal Estate; My son Enoch Wertman owes me sixty five dollars for a horse, which, without interest, shall be divided between the said Enoch, said Elizabeth, said Perry & said Isaac my children equally. Also it is my will that my said wife shall have all her doctor Bills and expenses during her sickness paid out of the proceeds of the said real estate ordered to be sold as aforesaid; It is my Will that my executors shall rent or lease my said farm in Clear Creek Township & the said fifteen acres in Orange Township to themselves or some other good man, who shall give the share of the grain hay etc specified in this will to my said wife and shall also pay the taxes, this shall be done until her death when the farm shall be sold with the fifteen acres aforesaid. It is also my will that my said wife shall have the exclusive use of the house and garden where I now reside during her natural life & what ever stock my said wife shall have & her horses shall be pastured on said premises in clear creek Township in good pasture free of charge. It is my will that whatever money or notes or claims & Noses in action that I may have at my death shall belong to my said wife her heirs and assigns forever & the horse of my said wife shall be fed and attended without charge. I mean that the land bequeathed to my son William shall be free of all incumbrance by the provisions of this will as for debts but that all expenses that may not be met & debts & provisions of this will shall come out of the land ordered to be sold by my executors aforesaid unless I may have sufficient personal property not otherwise disposed of in this will to pay the same. I do hereby nominate and appoint my two sons Enoch Wertman & William Wertman executors of this my last will and Testament. I do hereby revoke all former will by me made ratifying and confirming this and no other, in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th day of January A.D. 1862. Jacob Wertman
Signed and acknowledged by said Jacob Wertman as his last will & Testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence & at his request & in the presence of each other. J. H. McCombs. Adam Leinard. [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p41]



Pedigree of Johan Jacob WERTMAN
          /-----George Philip WORTMAN
 /-----Simon WERTMAN
|         \-----(Unk) (WORTMAN)
Johan Jacob WERTMAN
|                           /-----Philip STAPLETON
|                  /-----Robert STAPLETON
|                 |         \-----Margaret GAGE
|         /-----Tobias STAPLETON
|        |        |         /-----Michael WEIGAND
|        |         \-----Anna Maria WEIGAND
|        |                  \-----Anna Catharina (WEIGAND)
 \-----Barbara Hagenbusch STAPLETON
         |         /-----Andreas HAGENBUSCH
          \-----Anna Barbara HAGENBUCH
                   \-----Catharina (HAGENBUSCH)



Descendants of Johan Jacob WERTMAN
1. Johan Jacob WERTMAN m. Maria Magdalena REICHELDERFER
m. Maria Magdalena REICHELDERFER father: Johannes REICHELDERFER mother: Anna Elizabeth HAGENBUCH

2nd generation

4. John WERTMAN m. (Unk) (WERTMAN)
m. (Unk) (WERTMAN)
5. Jesse WERTMAN m. Ann PURSELL
m. Ann PURSELL
6. Elizabeth WERTMAN m. David GROTZ
m. David GROTZ father: Abraham GROTZ mother: Mary Elizabeth KUHN
7. William WERTMAN m1. Susanna STAHL m2. Kezia CULBERTSON
m. Susanna STAHL
m. Kezia CULBERTSON father: James CULBERTSON mother: Kiterine ERHART
8. Enoch WERTMAN m1. Mary Ann HUFFMAN m2. Mary TRACY
m. Mary Ann HUFFMAN
m. Mary TRACY father: John TRACY mother: Synthia MURRAY

3rd generation

20. John GROTZ m. Almira MARTIN
m. Almira MARTIN