Hello- For the last thirty years, on and off, I�ve been working on the Wisham family of New Jersey. Now, we are suddenly losing some of our older family members, and one in particular who is terminally ill. It�s spurred me on to pull all my research together to make a presentation book on her family for her. I know it would please her so much. But once I started all sorts of questions arose. For the last two months I�ve been able to figure most of them out, but now I�m slogged down in a mire of who, what, where, when, and whys - and time is running out. So, I�m turning to as many people as I can who might have information about New Jersey Wishams. My major problem is connecting Samuel P. Wisham back to other Wishams that have already been researched. Some researchers have put data on the web showing Samuel P. Wisham�s parents as William and Jane Thorn Wisham. And his paternal grandparents as Joseph and Maria Wisham. However, Samuel�s wedding certificate to Phebe Peters (daughter of Philip Peters of Pemberton, NJ) shows Samuel�s father listed as Isaac Wisham, a carpenter. A Gloucester County, NJ will (3498H) shows Joseph(c. 1770) and Maria Wisham (c1780) having three children, William (1797) (spouse Jane Thorn), Rebecca (1799) (spouses Eli Parker, and James Prickett), and Isaac (1802) (showing no wife and children). Does anyone know if Isaac ever did have a wife or offspring? Could he really have been Joesph�s father and could William have been his uncle who brought him up and not his father? In the 1860 census Samuel P. and his wife and children are living near William and Maria Wisham and William and Jane Thorn Wisham in Waterford Twp, Camden. Also, I�ve found these six additional Wishams but have no idea how they fit in Joseph�s descendents: George Sparks Wisham (1804) married to Ellen Downing (1819) with children David (1838), Benjamin (1843), Adelaide Elizabeth (1850), and George Henry (1851). 1860 Census � Shamong Twp, Burlington Jacob Wisham (c.1779 Marlton, Burlington) married to Desire Sharks (Sparks) with children George, Charles, and Samuel (1836). 1850 Census- Evesham Twp, Burlington Samuel Wisham (c. 1800-1810) married to Elizabeth English on December 30, 1830 with one son Samuel. Joseph Wisham (c. 1800) married Mary Ann Rose of Little Egg Harbor, Burlington, NJ and had children Mary Ann (1850), Charlotte (1853), Ann M. (1855), and Ezra (1859). Mary Wisham (c. 1777-82) married Samuel Haines (July 26, 1803 in Medford, Burlington) and had children: William (1803), Ira (1804), Habakkuk Eayres (1807) {huh-bak�-uk �name of a prophet}, Sarah or Susana (1812), Mary Ann (1818), Samuel (1821) Sarah A. Wisham married Carlton Evans and had children Joseph E. Evans (1850), Charles R. (1856), and Nathan L (1859). 1860 Census � Evesham Twp, Burlington. Lastly, two Wisham cousins ? fought together in the 23rd regiment during the Civil War, but I don�t know who their parent�s were. Or if they were really cousins. And for the million dollar question: Has anyone traced the family back to Simon Wisham who came to Philadelphia, PA in 1750 or was there a later immigrant ancestor? Thank your for all your help. Diana Ashworth dmorganashworth@sbcglobal.net Below is how I�m connected to the whole mess � I married one of Edmund Carr Wisham�s grandsons. Descendants of Samuel P. Wisham (my branch of the family) Generation No. 1 1. SAMUEL P.2 WISHAM (ISAAC1) was born September 10, 1828 in Camden County?, New Jersey, and died June 01, 1895 in Cedarville, New Jersey. He married PHEBE W. PETERS January 13, 18521, daughter of PHILIP PETERS. She was born November 03, 1831 in Pemberton, New Jersey (Burlington), and died March 25, 1905 in Cedarville, New Jersey. Notes for SAMUEL P. WISHAM: Occupation: Laborer, farmer. Both Samuel and Phebe were buried in the Old Stone Church Cemetery in Fairton, NJ. An unknown Joseph Wisham, who fought in the Civil War, is buried beside them. Children of SAMUEL WISHAM and PHEBE PETERS are: 2. i. HARRY EAST3 WISHAM, b. June 08, 1870, Cedarville, New Jersey; d. November 07, 1916, Cedarville, New Jersey. ii. ANNA E. WISHAM, b. 1855; d. January 02, 1875. iii. LEWIS N. WISHAM, b. 1856. iv. THEODORE WISHAM, b. 1858. v. PHEBE A. WISHAM, b. 1862. vi. SAMUEL G. WISHAM, b. 1866. vii. ELIZABETH N. WISHAM, b. 1868. Generation No. 2 2. HARRY EAST3 WISHAM (SAMUEL P.2, ISAAC1) was born June 08, 1870 in Cedarville, New Jersey, and died November 07, 1916 in Cedarville, New Jersey. He married MARY ELIZABETH RILEY October 29, 1892 in Bridgeton, NJ (Cumberland County), daughter of CHARLES RILEY and ELIZA ROORK. She was born March 04, 1868 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, and died January 22, 1959 in Bridgeton, New Jersey. More About HARRY EAST WISHAM: Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cedarville, NJ Occupation: Farmer - 100 acre onion farm in Lummiston, NJ More About MARY ELIZABETH RILEY: Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cedarville, NJ Children of HARRY WISHAM and MARY RILEY are: 3. i. EDMUND "TED" CARR4 WISHAM, b. September 01, 1905, Lummiston, New Jersey; d. October 26, 1959, Ocean City, New Jersey. 4. ii. CHARLES OWEN WISHAM, b. July 31, 1899, Cedarville, NJ. 5. iii. EDITH RAE WISHAM, b. March 23, 1901, Cedarville, NJ.