Michael Welker Genealogy
Record modified: 2024-03-16
This is my ancestor 7 generations back.
Born: 1731-00-00 Perkiomen, Philadelphia C, Pennsylvania USA
Died: 1799-00-00 Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania USA
Marriages:
1. 1752-00-00 Anna Maria Reed
2. 1780-00-00 Elizabeth Evans
Children of Michael Welker and Anna Reed:
Children of Michael Welker and Elizabeth Evans:
Notes:
Occupation: Farmer. Fought in Revolutionary War. Elizabeth is second wife.
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married Elizabeth in Philadelphia Co PA
He is buried in Fightner's graveyard, Westmoreland Co PA, several miles west of Greensburg.
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according to a tree that no longer exists:
first marriage about 1752 to Anna Maria Reed (born 1733, died 1756-05-17); they had one child Jacob Welcker who married Rosanna Hartman. Michael married Elizabeth about 1760.
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There doesn't seem to be a will for him.
His wife Elizabeth, Jac Welker, and Peter Horbeck were given a letter of administration for his estate in 1799 (see Westmoreland probate records Vol A p133). The accounts were filed in 1800 (ibid p118). His children Michael and Mary were also appointed guardians in 1800 (ibid p41). [What about the younger ones?]
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from another tree that no longer exists:
Michael succesively owned two portions of his father's farm, having one part conveyed to him on 1767-02-03, a part consisting of 185 acres lying in Upper Hanover and Douglass Townships. The main portion bordered the Perkiomen Creek, and he was restrained by terms of the deed from engaging in milling interests in competition with his brother George. This portion was sold on 1791-12-21 to Peter Heist. This removed Michael's name from the tax lists of Upper Hanover, and it is probable that Michael had left the community several years before that. Michael was described as a frontiersman, hunter, and trader in the "Reed Family History," and it was only natural that he would settle in Westmoreland County, where many new areas were being opened by pioneering settlers. Michael served in the Revolution as a member of the Upper Hanover militia, first under Capt. Lower and later under Capt. Henry Maurer.
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In the DAR database he is number A123003.
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Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801
Upper Hanover township, Philadelphia Co PA
1769: Michael Welker: 180 acres and dwelling L25, value 15L
1774: Michael Welker: 190 acres and dwelling 17, value 10L 4s
1780: Michael Welker: 3700 acres (?), 83L 5s
1780: Michael Welker 29,000 acres (?), 116L
1781: Michael Welker tax 9L 4s
1782: Michael Welker: 1 horse, value 10L; 1 cow, value 3L; occupation, value 7L
1782: Michael Welker: tax 3s 6p
1783: Michael Welker: 1 horse, value 8L; occupation, value 22L
1783: Michael Welker tax 6s
Hempfield township, Westmoreland Co PA
1783: Michl Welker: 150 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows; valuation 57L 10s 0p; county tax 2s 5p
1786: Michl Welker: 150 acres (by warran); 2 horses, 1 cow; valuation 12L; state tax 7p
Douglass township, Montgomery Co PA
1787 Michael Welker: 50 acres & dwelling, value 70L
1788 Michael Welker: 50 acres, value 70L
1788 Michael Welker: tax 6s 7p
Upper Hanover township, Montgomery Co PA
1787 Michael Welker: 85 acres & dwelling, value 170L
1788 Michael Welker 85 acres & dwelling, value 170L; 1 horse value 10L
1788 Michael Welker tax 1L 2s 6p
1789 Michael Welker tax 1L 2s
Mt Pleasant Township, Westmoreland Co PA
1787 Michael Welker: no land, 2 horses, 2 cows, value 14L
1788 Michl Welker: no land, 2 horses, 2 horned cattle, value 14L
1788 Michael Welker tax 5p
1789 Michael Welker: 300 acres (by warrant); 2 horses, 2 horned cattle; value 72L
1789 Michael Welker tax 3s
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Westmoreland Co PA Deed Books
p445
1782-02-02 John Hughes to Michael Welker; tract of land in Hemphead twp; 200 pounds
p320
1792-10-24 Jacob Brising to Michael Welker; house and lot (#23) in Sunbury on Blackberry Street; 160 pounds
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Norristown, Montgomery Co PA Deeds 1791-1793, 1793-1794
p375-377
1789-12-21 Michael Welker to Jacob Welker; three tracts of land; 1350 pounds
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1786 septennial PA tax census, Westmoreland Co, south district of Hempfield twp
Michl Welker
1793 septennial PA tax census, Montgomery Co p78, Upper Hanover twp
Michael Welker
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1798 US Direct Tax list, Westmoreland Co PA, Hempfield twp, line 337
Michael Welker; cabin and home; 2 dwellings, value $50; barn 50, __ 30 __, stable __ 18; 450 acres, value $1350
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1790 census Montgomery Co PA p39, twp not given
Michl Welker 1 M 16+
Is that him? His second wife and children should be with him.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 629
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