Christopher Weber/Weaver
Cristopher Weaver was born December 25, 1731 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died April 15, 1788 in Sleepy Creek, Berkeley County, (West) Virginia. He married Elizabeth Anna Lintzin January 20, 1750/51 in Germantown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Christopher Weaver's birth name was Christoph Weber. It has been reported that Christopher served the Colonies in the Revolutionary War as an Ensign (unconfirmed?). His will was probated in Berkeley County, (West) Virginia, April 15, 1788 and his death is recorded in Will book 1, page 479.
On 16 February 1779 Christopher Weaver purchased from William Chapman, for the sum of five pounds Sterling, a tract of land containing 147 acres, on the east side of Sleepy Creek, Berkeley County, Virginia. William Chapman had received this land as a grant from the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax on 12 March 1777. Nancy Chapman the daughter of William Chapman, later married Henry Weaver, son of Christopher.
On 24 October 1780, Christopher submitted a Public Service Claim (Number 400) to Berkeley County for supplying wheat to the Continental Army. He received 122 Pounds and ten Shillings.
Christopher and Elizabeth are believed to be buried in a cemetery located near Sleepy Creek Lake in the Sleepy Creek Public Hunting and Fishing Area.
I. Dolly Weaver.
2. John Weaver, b 1749, d March 1831, Batavia, Clermont County, OH Henry Weaver, b 1750, PA, d Abt 1802, Mason County, KY, m Sarah Sturm.
4. Mary Magdalene Weaver, b 31 Jan 1751/52, Lancaster County, PA, d 30 Sep 1842, St. Clair Townnship, Columbiana County, OH.
5. Elizabeth Weaver, b Abt 1755, near Philladelphia PA, d 3 Apr 1840, Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio, m Henry Sturm, 1786 VA.
6. William Weaver, b 24 Dec 1759, Bucks County, PA, d 08 Jun 1836 Mad River, Champaign County, OH.
7. Christopher Weaver, b 1761, Bucks Co, PA, d. 13 Sep 1835, Mad River Township,Champaign County, OH.
Will of Christopher Weaver, 1783, 1788
In the name of God Amen I Christopher Weaver living on Sleepy Creek in Berkeley County and colony of Virginia Yeoman being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God calling into mind the mortality of my body do make this my last will and testimate in manner following I recommend my Soul into the Land of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executor and as such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to help me in this life I give and devise and dispose of the Same in the following manner and form first I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Weaver my dearly beloved wife the third of my land during her life time and all my moveable Estate after all my Just debts and funeral be paid Also I give to my well beloved sons John Weaver and William Weaver and Henry Weaver and daughters Mary and Dolly and Elizabeth an equal part at my wife's Decease and if John Weaver is not satisfied to be paid five Shillings Sterling out of the Estate Also I give to my beloved son Christopher the tract of land which I now live on to him his heirs and aligns for ever Likewise constitute Elizabeth Weaver my wife and Christopher Weaver and William Rankin make and ordain any Sale Executors of this my last will and testament I do hereby utterly disallow and make all former testament Wills Legacies and Executors Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament and in witness whereof I have hereto set my hand seal this twenty eight day of
March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty three. Signed sealed and declared as my last will and testament
Christopher Weaver (LS) in presence of William Rankin Mathias Swain & William Hixson(?)
At a court held for Berkeley County the 15th day of April 1788 this last will and testament of Christopher Weaver deceased was proved by the oaths of William Rankin and William Hixon two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
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(The above will was hand copied from the original hand-written will at the County Court House, Martinsburg, West Virginia, by the compiler - law jr. Because of the age of the paper, it could not be removed from the book to be photocopied.)
Will of Christopher Weaver, 1783, 1788
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John Weaver married Catherine Peckingpaugh Abt 1782 in Berkeley County, Colony of Virginia. John Weaver was a Revolutionary War veteran, a Democrat and a farmer.
The "promised land" was expanding westward with the completion of the Lancaster Road. The lure of cheap farm land and the availability of Conestoga wagons provided the impetus to move the Weber family IIO miles west to Sleepy Creek, Berkeley County, Colony of Virginia. With this new start and the similar sound and confusion of the two names, it must have seemed natural to change the family name from Weber to Weaver. After all, for the most part, colonists were British and English speaking. With the onset of the Revolutionary War, Berkeley County would quickly feel immediate and profound effects. As early as 1777, soldiers from the Berkeley County militia were involved in the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania. In that battle, George Washington tried to prevent General William Howe from taking Philadelphia. It was a British victory with the outnumbered American army being driven from the field. Afterward, from 1778-1779 the militia was garrisoned at Fort McIntosh.
John Weaver enlisted in the Berkeley County Militia in 1780 and served until 1783. During his enlistment, the militia saw action at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, the Siege of York and guarded British prisoners that were taken at Yorktown, all in 1781. On the homefront, Christopher Weaver had provided wheat from his farm to the Militia of Virginia. He was paid 122 Pounds Sterling and 10 shillings on October 21, 1780. It must be noted that Christopher Weaver had a total of three sons that served in the Revolutionary War. Their names were William, Christopher Jr. and John.
By 1783, Britian and the victorious Americans were negotiating peace in Paris, France. On June 18, 1783, John Weaver was ordered to remain on furlough until a possible recall and was released from service. This was a way to keep soldiers bound to service in case hostilities broke out again. On September 3, 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed and was then ratified by the Continental Congress on January 14, 1784. Thus officially ending all hostilities.
The marriage of John Weaver and Catherine Peckinpaugh occured about 1782 and was followed by the birth of their first child, John Jr., in 1783. He would be the oldest of nine children. Sadly, in 1788, the Weaver family would lose two of its patriarchs. First, Caspar Von Webber would pass away in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and then his son Christopher in Berkeley County, Colony of Virginia.
The will of Christopher Weaver provides an interesting insight into the inner dynamics of the Weaver family. The document stipulates an equal distribution of the estate to the seven children only upon the death of his wife, Elizabeth. Furthermore, " if John Weaver is not satisfied, (he is) to be paid (only) five shillings sterling out of the estate". This is alluding to a quarrel that would eventually cause the family to separate.
By now, the war was an event in the past and the country was being elevated with a new spirit. A combination of factors would steer National policy. The British, at the peace table in Paris in 1783, ceded the entire Northwest Territories to the United States. The U. S. Congress created the Virginia Military District of Ohio, which was reserved for Virginia's Revolutionary War soldiers. According to an act of Virginia in 1779, the number of acres granted varied according to rank and years of service of the recipient. For instance, a Major General was entitled to 15,000 acres and a soldier serving three years could receive 100 acres. In 1800, John Weaver received 100 acres for his service in the Berkeley County militia.
After the death of their mother Elizabeth, the Weaver family quickly became part of the westward migration. Brothers Henry, Christopher Jr. and William left Berkeley County to Kentucky and eventually arrived in Champaign County, Ohio in 1802. John Weaver's oldest son John Jr. married Christianna Miller in Berkeley County, in 1806 and immigrated to Clermont County, Ohio in 1807. Upon arrival, he rented a farm from Ezekial Dimmitt near Batavia. By letter, his glowing accounts induced his father, John, to follow. By 1810, John left Virginia with all seven of his unmarried children and made their way to Clermont County, Ohio. John Weaver brought with him considerable means, stock and farming implements. He was prepared to make a new life for his family. Between 1812 and 1827, John purchased over 805 acres of land. His first house was a log cabin. Later a wooden structure, and then a brick-style house was built on the farm. He even built a windmill on his land.
In 1829, John's wife Catherine would pass away. John died two vears later, and they are both buried together on their original farm property, The Weaver Burial Ground, located on the Wiseman Property on Elklick Road, two and a half miles south of Batavia, Ohio on State Route 222. After John's death, Congress libered the service pension acts benefitting Revolutionary War veterans and in 1833, the heirs of John Weaver received a land grant from President Andrew Jackson for 682 acres. To this day, members of the Weaver family still occupy land once owned by John Weaver, Revolutionary War veteran.
Researched and written by Bryan Paul Weaver, 4th greatgrandson
Mary Magalene Weaver was born January 31, 1751/52 in Lancaster County, PA, and died September 30, 1842 in St. Clair Township, Columbiana County, OH. She married Johann Baltzer Wollam in Morgan County, MD, son of Jacob Wollam.
Children of Mary Weaver and Baltzer Wollam are:
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4.William Weaver bom 24 Dec 1759 in Bucks County, PA, and died 8 Jun 1836 in Mad River, Champaign County, OH. He married Mary E. Kiger. He participated in the Revolutionary War as a private in the Virginia Militia (Pension # S-17770) and was an eyewitness to Comwallis' march from Yorktown. William served under Captains Jacob Linder and John Stevens.
In 1783 he was united with Mary Kiger, a native of Maryland. The couple removed to Mason County, KY in 1792 and, in 1802, they emigrated to OH. They settled in what is now known as Clark County, Ohio, where they rented from William Chapman eighty acres of land, a part of which was praire land. Here they lived for five years, when they moved to Section 24 inTremont, Champaign County,OH. They resided there until their deaths, and left that land to a son, William Weaver, Jr. Was a member of T. H. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mary is buried at the Terre Haute Cemetery, Champaign County, Ohio
Christopher Weaver, with his brother-in law, Charles Rector settled at the mouth of Storms Creek, near what is now known as Tremont, Clark County, OH, in 1801. Christopher came to Ohio by way of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky. Christopher was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Copy of Historic Record #14, Christine BERGEN Papers, Berkeley County, West Virginia. Berkeley County County Court, Martinsburg, West Virginia. Deed Book 13, pp 261-263
This Indenture made the 29th day of February in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety four Between Christopher WEAVER and Mary his wife of Berkey County and State of Virginia of the one part and John WEAVER of the County and State aforesaid of the other part.
WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty eight pounds current money to the said Christopher WEAVER in hand paid by the said John WEAVER at or before the Sealing and Delivering of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and DOTH acquit and discharge the said John WEAVER and Mary his wife, HATH granted bargained sold and confirmed and by these presents DOTH grant bargain sell and confirm unto the said John Weaver his heirs and assigns all that tract of land situate lying and being in the county aforesaid lying and being on the East side of Sleepy Creek granted to William
CHAPMAN by deed from under the hand of the Right Honorable Thomas Lord FAIRFAX bearing date the 12th day of March A.D. 1777, then sold by the said William CHAPMAN to Christopher WEAVER by deed bearing the date the 16th day of February 1789 then devised by the said Christopher WEAVER by his last will and testament to his son Christopher WEAVER which is the above mentioned, and bounded as follows, BEGINNING at a chestnut stake beyond the East bank of Sleepy Creek at the Butt of a tree said to be a cornered oak to William PAUL's 218 acre Patent extending thence along a course of the line of the same So 46 Et 34 poles to the said Creek and the course continuing in the water down the Creek forty seven poles to the opposite bank with a great__6__ of the same and the course continued one hundred and nineteen poles to a place where Paul's supposed line should have been and the course continuing fifty poles to a large chesnut and a chesnut oak on a ridge on the No side of Sleepy Creek Mountain thence So 46 E 62 poles to a double bodied white oak and single white oak at the head of a small hollow in a line supposed to be Matthias SWIM's 159 acre Patent then along the line So 89 Wt 80 poles to a white oak and a black oak and a pine on the High side of a ridge in said line then leaving the same patent and along the High Hills of the Creek So Wt Seventy poles to two black oaks and a white oak then N 29 Et 29 poles to a pine then No 43 Wt 50 poles to a white oak and a black oak on the East bank of the said Creek then along the several courses and meanders of the same down the creek joining the bank thereof No 38 E 82 poles No 67 Wt 80 poles No 85 Et 96 poles and crossing the creek and the course continuing four poles to the beginning containing one hundred forty seven acres and all the buildings houses orchards ways water water courses profits hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise thereunto appertaining and also all the Estate right title use property claim and demand whatsoever of the said Christopher WEAVER and Mary his wife of in and to the said premises TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the lands hereby granted and all and singular the premises hereby granted and every part and parcel thereof with the appurtances unto the said John WEAVER his Heirs and assigns forever to the only proper use and behoof of them the said John WEAVER his Heirs and assigns forever and the said Christopher WEAVER and Mary his wife for them selves and their heirs executors administrators and every of them doth covenant promise and agree with the said John WEAVER to warrant and forever defend the land and premises with all their appurtances thereunto belonging or in anywise deemed as members or part thereof to him the said John WEAVER and his Heirs and assigns free and clear from any claim or demand or any person or persons as heretofore against the said land and premises accepting that of his Mother Elizabeth WEAVER's part the said John WEAVER his Heirs and assigns shall yield and pay to her yearly and every year during her natural life agreeable to her share of the said land and premises. In witness wherrof the said Christopher WEAVER and Mary his wife doth hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
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John Weaver, Son of Christopher
1. John Weaver, b Jan 1783, Berkeley County, (W) VA d Jan 1856.
2. William Weaver, b. 26 Dec 1785, Virginia, d Jun 10, 1840, Batavia, Clermont County, OH.
3. Henry G. Weaver b 1790. Virginia' d. October 24. 1812. Clermont County. Ohio.
4. Susanna Weaver, b 1792, Berkey County, (West) VA, d 1 Mar 1874, Clermont County, OH. m John Brazier 19 Aug 1813, Clermont County, OH.
5. Sarah A. Weaver, b Abt. 1794, VA, d. Aft 14 Jun 1856, Salem, Washington County, IN.
6. Elizabeth Weaver, b 1 Aug 1796. Berkley County (W) VA, d 26 Jul 1855, Clermont County, OH, m Adam Potter.
7. Samuel Weaver, 12 Feb 1797, Berkely County (West) VA, d 23 Sep 1863, Batavia,Clermont County, OH
8. Rebecca Weaver, b 27 Feb 1799, Near Paw Paw Station, Berkeley Countv, (W) VA, d 3 Mar 1875, Batavia, Clermont County, OH.
9. Simeon Weaver, b 8 Aug 1801, Berkeley County, (West) VA, d 12 Aug 1881, Batavia, Clermont County, OH.
Mary Magdalene Weaver, Daughter of Christopher Weaver
1. Jacob Andrew Wollam, b 1782, Berkely County, (W) VA, d May 08,1860, Middleton, Columbiana County, OH
2. Benjamin Wollam
3. John Jacob Wollam
4. William Wollam
5. Henry Wollam
6. Joseph Wollam
7. Elizabeth Wollam
8. Mary Magdelena Wollam
9. Susan Wollam
10. Daniel Wollam
11. Hannah Wollam
12. Sarah Wollam
William Weaver, Son of Christopher Weaver
1. Elijah Weaver, b 24 Dec1785, Berkeley County, (West) VA, d Abt 1813, Champaign County, OH, m. Mary (Polly) McKinley, 5 Jan 1808, Champaign County, Ohio.
2. Margaret (Polly) Weaver, b. 12 Feb 1791, Mason County, KY, d 24 Apr 1858, Champaign County, OH, m. William Gearhart, 7 Jan 1812, Champaign County, OH.
3. Arron Weaver, b 16 May 1792, Mason County, KY, d 4 Sep 1868, Champaign County, OH, m. Anne McKinley, 6 Jan 1825, Clark Countv, OH.
4. John C. Weaver, b 2 Jan 1794, KY, d Unknown, IN, m (1) Adaline Wiley, m (2) Elizabeth Leonard.
5. William Weaver, b 25 Dec 1795, KY, d II Mar 1882, Champaign County, OH, m Rebecca Baker, 11 Mar 1834, Champaign County, OH.
6. Mary Weaver, b 15 Dec 1797, KY, d 13 Sep 1849, Champaign County, OH, m James M. Rouse, 29 Apr 1820, Champaign County, OH.
7. Henry Weaver, b 5 Jan 1800, Mason County, KY, d 26 Aug 1863, Champaign County OH, m Mary Baker, 31 Dec 1829, Champaign County, OH.
8. Elizabeth Weaver, b 27 Mar 1802, Clark County, OH, d Unknown, m Jesse Bales, 171823, Champaign County, OH.
9. Sarah Weaver, b 6 Aug 1804, Clark County, OH, d. Unknown, near Colfax, IN, m John Hamilton, 10 Feb 1825, Champaign county, OH.
10 .Nancy Weaver, b 6 Nov 1806, Clark County, OH, d 30 Jul 1885, Champaign County, OH, m Erastus Wilson, 4 Sep 1931, Champaign County, OH.
11. Silence Weaver, b 6 Nov 1806, Clark County, OH, d 9 Oct 1875, Champaign County, OH.
12. Rebecca Weaver, b 1Jun 1809, Clark County, OH, d 26 Nov 1837, Champaign County, OH, m (1) John Jones, 30 Aug 1830, Champaign County, OH, m (2) John W. Davis, 19 May 1833, Champaign County, OH.
13. Anna Weaver, b 05 Aug 1811, Champaign County OH, d 31 Mar 1854, Champaign County, OH,
m William Davis, 30 Jan 1834, Champaign County, OH.
14. James Weaver, b 12 Apr 1814, Champaign County, OH, d 31 Jan 1853, Champaign County, OH.
15. Nelson Weaver, b 22 Dec 1817, Champaign County, OH, d 12 Jan 1884, Champaign Countv OH.
Christopher Weaver, Jr.
1. William Weaver, b 11 May 1786, Sleepy Creek, Berkele County, (West) VA, d 1862, Mad River Township, Champaign County, OH, m. Silence Barnes, 23 Oct 1805, Champaign County, OH.
2. Henry Weaver, b 6 May 1788. Sleepy Creek, Berkeley County, VA, d 3 Mar 1872, Urbana, Champaign County, OH.
3. Polly Weaver, b 1792, KY, d. 1850, Champaign County, OH, m. Samuel Rector, 7 Feb 1812, Champaign County, OH.
Deed of John Weaver
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