Well, this additional information eliminates this John Weirick for me. . My John Weirich / Weirick died in 1852 and is buried in the Old Sugar Creek Cemetery, in Wayne Co., OH. Now I am interested in knowing who Peter Weirick's parents were. Thanks for posting the information. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "James E Boyce" <james.e.boyce@wanadoo.fr> To: <ohrichla@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [OHRICHLA] John & Peter WEIRICK > Does anyone know if these Weirick men were brothers? > > Well, > - Peter WEIRICK assigned land in Section 18 of Jefferson Twp. to > John WEIRICK > - according to page 428 of Graham's 1880 History of Richland County, > voters in Jefferson Twp. > election of April 1816 included Peter WEIRICK in Section 8 and > John WEIRICK in Section > 17 on adjacent properties. Both are said to have come from > Maryland in 1809. (Interestingly, > the land on which Peter WEIRICK was living at that time is not > recorded to have been sold > until 15 July of 1816, and then to Samuel HARMON, and the land on > which John WEIRICK > was then living is recorded as first sold on 28 May 1817 to Enoch > OGLE, who later > relinquished it and John WEYRICK of Richland Co. is recorded as > the first purchaser, on 31 > May 1826, sale finalized on 20 July 1826 (I missed this in my > earlier survey of original land > purchases. > - the earliest sale of land I can find to Peter WEIRICK is on 14 > January 1815 (the SE 1/4 of > Section 27 of Troy Twp.), and there he is recorded as being from > Belmont Co., Ohio. > - Peter WEIRICK died in early 1868 or late 1867, as his will was > entered for probate on 10 > February 1868. He names his wife Catherine, grandson Thomas J. > GRUB, granddaughters > Sarah ILER & Hannah ILER (sisters of Thomas GRUB), and children > Valentine, Jacob, Peter, > Joseph, Isaac, John, Sarah, Elizebeth FINFROCK [sic], and Mary. > - According to page 429 of Graham's History, John WEIRICK was still > living in 1869, age 67, > but now he is recorded as having come in 1812 from Ohio. > - John WEIRICK's will was written 21 April 1872 and entered into > probate 29 August 1872. > He names only his wife Mary. His will was witnessed by Peter > WEIRICK, presumably the son > of the other Peter WEIRICK, who died in 1867/8. > - Among the obits on the RCO GenWeb site is one for Peter WEIRICK of > Perry Twp., who died > in 1882, having come to Richland county with his parents in 1810 > or 1811. His wife was also > named Catherine (HUNTSMAN). > I know that none of this answers the question, but maybe it will help > somehow. The obvious question in my mind is: did both John and Peter > WEIRICK marry women named Catherine, and was Mary John's 2nd wife? Or is > Sharon's John WEIRICK a different person entirely? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHRICHLA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >