Martin Wenger (1791 - 1864)

Born 5 Aug 1791 in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Frantz) Wenger — married 17 Mar 1818 in Botetourt, Virginia

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1864 at age 73 in Wabash, Indiana, United States

Biography

From the DLW Database:^[1]

Martin (Wingart) Winger, 1791.8.5 1864.9.5, G1832 <57,2745>

Born near Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA A farmer and teamer (hauled lumber). Married Elizabeth Frantz, 1791.1.16 1864.10.2 <57,2745> on March 14, 1818 (DJH, MAF, DW). Found in Botetourt Co., VA in 1820 and 1830 RDW Bought land with Christian Winger 474 acres from Edward Carvin on Carvin's Creek. RDW Martin gave 1/2 acre of land for a community school, located near the road from Fincastle to Salem. (DW land located on todays Hollins College land). Said to have lived near John Neff on the Frances Slocum Trail straight north from Jalape Wound. Found in Roanoke Co., VA in 1840. His family is found, except for David, in Grant Co. and Waltz Twp., Wabash Co., IN in 1850 and 1870. Buried Reeds Cem., 2 miles south & 1/2 miles west of Roann, Wabash Co., IN Lawrence W. Shultz, 1890.10.24 1982.5.22, Rev. <359,714,2475> of North Manchester, IN has written in 1970 on the descendants of Martin. Martin was Mennonite until he married into the Frantz family who were Dunkers. DJH argued that Martin should be G1832 on the basis of Roger Winger's research. His date of death has been reported as 1864.9.15 Over 2000 of Martin and Elizabeths' decendants are known. (DLW It is believed that his land in VA was purchased by Charles Johnston who built a hotel "Botetourt Springs" on it and then the land passed to Hollins College and Enon Baptist Church)

Sources

• DJH: Deloris June Hammermeister, 1932.6.2, G18115F94 has provided extensive information on the G18 line and was extremely helpful in finding errors in drafts of this document. She collaborated with MAF to provide over 2900 descendants of Jacob Wingard, 1819.3.18 1900.8.24, G18115 and Susanna Zook.
• DLW: Daniel Lee Wenger, 1935.1.4, G141524412 private records and independent research. Creator and maintainer of the DLW Database.^[1]
• DW: Darryl Wayne Winger, 1968.6.5, G183587221 and PNM
• MAF: Mary Ann McClarnon, 1943.2.5, G181255543, * has helped to provide the research for this book and in particular has supplied on descendants of Martin Wenger, G18-and many other Wenger descendants and has resolved a number of questions regarding conflicting data. Her critic of this history has been extremely helpful. A collaboration with her cousin Deloris June Hammermeister, 1932.6.2, G18115F94 on a five year search for the descendants of Jacob Wingard and Susanna Zook has produced over 2900 individuals. Her contributions to this history have been very important and her encouraging support to DLW is greatly appreciated.
• RDW: Roger Daniel Winger, 1896.2.16 1990.2.21, G1832655, Rev. "Wenger Clan Notes" These Notes are publications of The Wenger Family Association, Lancaster Co. Pa. and were published in the 1950s. Much other came from the records that Roger compiled over many years of research. DLW had access to those records and spent five days with a copy machine in the garage of Jay Wenger. Those records are now with the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. The five day effort resulted in 30 lbs of copies that were then studied over the following years. It was the publication of the "Wenger Clan Notes" that first introduced DLW to the efforts of serious genealogists.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wenger Genealogy by Daniel Lee Wenger (DLW)

• http://www.oocities.org/heartland/plains/5971/frantz.html
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVZ-TST : 12 April 2016), Martin Wenger, Waltz, Wabash, Indiana, United States; citing family 303, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NW-7WS : 13 December 2017), Martin Winger in entry for William Stambaugh, 1860.

Repositories

• Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society outside of Lancaster, PA
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014
• DLW Database Information Site