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Adam Wise, I

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 14, 1839 (78)
Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Bridgewater, Rockinghman County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Johann Michael Wise and Barbara Barbara wise/Weiss
Husband of Barbara Landes Wise
Father of Adam J. Wise, II; Elizabeth Plecker and Barbara Kiser
Brother of Elizabeth L Comer; Anna Barbara Sours; Johannes Wise; Catherine Schenck; Samuel Wise and 1 other
Half brother of Elizabeth L Comer

Managed by: Linda Kathleen Thompson, (c)
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About Adam Wise, I

Find A Grave Memorial 142793063

approximate birth and death dates.

likely burial given three children buried in cemetery, many early unmarked graves and church once named Weiss.

m Barbara Pfeiffer

children:

Adam Wise 1787-1852 m Elizabeth Roller (originally Rohler)

Elizabeth 1790-1867 m Jacob Plecker

Barbara Wise 1793-1858 m William Kiser

Susanna c1796-???? m James Lineback

Catharina 1799-????

good secondary source:

Weiss chapter pp. 264-283 & appendix pp. 400-402 in Schenck, Shenk, Shank-A History of the Descendants of Andreas Schenck in America, 1732-1984 by Thomas L. Shank (1985)

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Adam Wise, I's Timeline

1761
April 1, 1761
Pennsylvania, United States
1787
December 24, 1787
Rockingham County, VA, United States
1790
September 9, 1790
Rockingham, Virginia, United States
1793
April 9, 1793
Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
1839
July 14, 1839
Age 78
Rockingham, Virginia, United States
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Saint Michaels Church Cemetery, Bridgewater, Rockinghman County, Virginia, United States