Matthew D. Friend, I don't have any definitive documentation of the following information but I did find your query interesting since it pertains to FRIEND and WHITSOL/WETZEL. If your interested you can read what is below, some of the info I've gathered about some of the Wetzel's and associated families. My info below will not give you an answer but along the way if you should happen across something or a name mentioned it might give you a point of reference to possibly check back to. I am curious about how Whitsol/Wetzel ties into your line. Karen I don't have PERAGAN but I do have VERIGAN in my tree from Gallia, Jackson, & Athens Co's if that means anything to you. Francis "Frank" Verigan b July 1822 came from Germany, his wife Hannah from PA. Daughter Eliza married Edward Simmers d. Athens Co. From what I have, my Wetzel's came from Germany to PA, however, I did come across a Revolutionary Pension record I think for an Abraham....I had a computer problem, lost some of my notes....apparently when he was young he was brought from PA to VA by his father. This could explain the possible connection between the Wetzel's of PA and the Wetzel's of VA. Hezekiah Frazee/Frazey b 1758 m Catherine FRIEND b 1767 (this I found on the web). The couple supposedly died in Jackson Co. He died June 6, 1821, she in 1842. Their children (again from the web) were John, Hannah, Susannah, Andrew, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hezekiah, Augustus, William, Ephriam, and Jehial. Jackson Co Marriages-Frazee Frazee, Jefferson V. Long, Hannah 1832 Jan. 19 Palmer, Austin JP O'Brian, Thomas Frazee, Polly 1832 Nov. 14 Palmer, Austin JP 1820 Jackson Co., OH Census (Clinton Twp) FRAZEE, HEZEKIAH FRAZEE, JOHN FRAZEE, HEZEKIAH JR. (Milton Twp) FRAZEE, ANDREW WHITSELL, JOHN PALMER, LAYTON PALMER, AUSTIN Some of what I have of the Palmer and Wetzel line. Austin Palmer b abt 1785-1789 NY m Sally Frazee June 11, 1811 Gallia? (Sally was supposedly Sarah "Sally" daughter of Hezekiah Frazee & Catherine Friend) 1850 Mortality Sched-A list of people who died during the year ending 1 June 1850. Palmer, Sally 65 F M Maryland Oct fluse? Flux or Flu Layton Palmer b abt 1782 NY m Catherine Wetzel January 14, 1819 Jackson Co. by Jacob Delay MG (Catherine was supposedly daughter of John Wetzel and ?. Layton Palmer is first noted in the Township of Boston, Champaign Co., OH Oct. 8, 1811, by 1819 he was in Jackson Co. married to Catherine Wetzel. I also have a Layton W. Palmer, son of Layton Jr., and grandson of Layton Sr. and Catherine Wetzel Palmer of Jackson Co., who m 1874 in Warren Co., IND a Frances Missouri Stacker/Stoker, who then went to Benton Co., ARK where they died. Jacob Palmer, also son of Layton and Catherine, and husband of Margaret Jane Fitzpatrick. The Jackson Herald, Jackson OH; 28 Jan 1911 JACOB PALMER Died at 84 -- Jacob Palmer, aged 84, died at the county infirmary, Sunday. Rev. J. W. Carroll, of Coalton, preached the funeral Monday and interment was made in Whetsel cemetery by Undertaker Al Wood. John Wetzel m Mercy Braley Dec. 29, 1825 Jackson Co., Ohio by Zephaniah Brown JP. John Wetzel....per his WILL made on May 9, 1829....his wife was Mercy which he allows support for only 1 year after his death, so I assume she was his 2nd wife. Children mentioned (with only given surnames of his daughters): to my sons and daughters to wit, John Whetsell, Abraham Whetsell, Catharine Whetsell, Elizabeth Whetsell, Nancy Whetsell, Peter Whetsell and Daniel Whetsell equally divided between them.....he specifically mentions..... tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the county of Jackson and state of Ohio to wit the Northeast Quarter of section number nineteen in Township Nine of Range seventeen.....of which the land wasn't to be divided until his son Daniel reached the age of 21, so I assume he was a minor.......Executors, William McClintic, Sr. and Daniel Hoffman, both of Jackson Co. Bio excerpt......(maybe Jacob Abraham?) J.A. Whetzel was born 19 Jul 1842 in Jackson County, and is a son of Jacob Whetzel, who is a second cousin of Lewis Whetzel, the well-known Indian hunter. He came to Jackson County in 1817, and is still living (1884) near Jackson, aged seventy-five years.....(Jacob Wetzel m Verlinda/Velinda Mattox June 26, 1834, Jackson by Austin Palmer JP) Susan Clayton Goodrich m John Maholm (she was his 2nd wife m 1880, he was 1st m to Margaret Carvein, Feburary 3, 1839 who d 1871), Susan's obit 1899 and John's obit 1900 I believe are on the Shelby Co., IND site. Her mother Susan Wetzel Goodrich, wife of Nathan, was sister of Jacob, Lewis, & Cyrus Wetzel/Whetzel. Jacob Whetzel is noted in 1790 as an early settler in the history of Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., OH. In my notes I have his wife as Rohama/Rohamey Shepherd. Whetzel Cemetary, Waverly, IND SACRED To the memory of JACOB WHETZEL was born Sept. 11th, 1765 and died July 2nd, 1821 SACRED to the memory of Rohama Whetzell wife of Jacob Whetzell born Oct. 23, 1778 died Nov. 23, 1831