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- [S1] Stryker-Rodda Kenn, Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Freehold and Middletown DRC Records, 974.9 B2g.
Apr 16, 1732
A child of Christoffel Wamsley and Jannetie Hendrikse.
- [S12] Leavitt, DelLynn W., Probabilities, Possibilities, Commonalities and Plain Common Sense., ((Recently out of print)).
Although A History of Adam Co., OH (1901) states that Isaac Wamsley was born in North Germany, this is very unlikly for a number of reasons. First off the Wamsley/Walmsley surname is of English origin which is further verified by the fact that Isaac's youngest son William built a Methodist Episcopal Church, not so popular with those of German extract, after settling in Adams Co., Ohio. Another fact overlooked is that Leah Stout was from Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ and there was a Christopher Wamsley who lived there who had a son of unknown name baptized in the Freehold and Middletown Church the 16 Apr 1732. Since Isaac and Leah named two of their children Leah and Jonathan after her parents (Jonathan Stout and Leah White), it is very probable that they named a son after Isaac's father Christopher. (By the way if Isaac spoke German he would have named this son Christoffel). Middletown NJ was settled by the English and Dutch who on occasion intermarried. Christopher's wife Jannetje Hendricks was Dutch. When the English married into the Dutch the children were usually baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church. The only other possibility I see for Isaac's parents would be William Wamsley the oldest son of Christopher Wamsley and Jannetje Hendrickson for whom nothing is known after his birth in 1719. However Isaac would to have been born after 1739 for this to have been possible.
- [S60] Google Books, (), Wiley and Evans, A History of Adam County Ohio, p. 653-654.
Isaac Wamsley was born in North Germany sometime in the seventeenth century. He was a seafaring man, the captain of a vessel whose appearance in American waters, about the year 1770, is the beginning of the Wamsley history in this country.
His vessel seemed to be of a warlike character and took part in the early struggle of America upon the high seas. It is not definitely known under which flag he sailed, whether English or American, and tradition is that he was kind of freelance, sailing upon his own hook and doubtless exacting tribute from any and all the parties engaged in those early days, when privateers and buccaneers sailed the seas, some with, but more without, letters of marquee from organized forms of government. After the loss of his vessel by wreck or capture, Isaac Wamsley settled in Maryland or Delaware. After the close of the War of the Revolution he moved with his family to what was then known as the Northwest Territory, and located on Ohio Brush Creek, at Forge Dam in Jefferson Township. His family consisted of wife and four stalwart boys, Isaac, Jr., Jonathan, Christopher and William. The three last named settled within the present boundaries of Adams County. Isaac, however, went farther west and became a "wild man" as he was called by the rest of the family, because of his roving disposition and his fondness for Hunting and the wild sports of the trackless forest. His descendants have been traced to California and the isles of the sea.
- [S12] Leavitt, DelLynn W., Probabilities, Possibilities, Commonalities and Plain Common Sense., ((Recently out of print)).
Although A History of Adam Co., OH (1901) states that Isaac Wamsley was born in North Germany, this is very unlikly for a number of reasons. First off the Wamsley/Walmsley surname is of English origin which is further verified by the fact that Isaac's youngest son William built a Methodist Episcopal Church, not so popular with those of German extract, after settling in Adams Co., Ohio. Another fact overlooked is that Leah Stout was from Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ and there was a Christopher Wamsley who lived there who had a son of unknown name baptized in the Freehold and Middletown Church the 16 Apr 1732. Since Isaac and Leah named two of their children Leah and Jonathan after her parents (Jonathan Stout and Leah White), it is very probable that they named a son after Isaac's father Christopher. (By the way if Isaac was German he would have named this son Christoffel). Middletown NJ was settled by the English and Dutch who on occasion intermarried. Christopher's wife Jannetje Hendricks was Dutch. When the English married into the Dutch the children were usually baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church.
- [S1] Stryker-Rodda Kenn, Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Freehold and Middletown DRC Records, 974.9 B2g.
1724
A child of Christopher Wamsley and Janneke Hendricksen.
- [S1] Stryker-Rodda Kenn, Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Freehold and Middletown DRC Bapt. p. 62, 974.9 B2g.
Willem d/o Christopher Wamsley & Jannck Hendricksen, Wt. Nelk Van Diik.
- [S26] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0).
- [S20] Internet History and Family History sites., NY Marriages www.fortklock.com/marriageW.htm p. 445.
1770. July 2. Wamsley, Isaac, and Leah Taylor
Names of Persons for whom MARRIAGE LICENSES Were issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York Previous to 1784. By E. B. O'Callaghan
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Descendants of Hendrick Willemsz
1732 - Abt 1825 (~ 92 years)
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