Anna Maria Margaretha Schmidt (later known as Mary Smith) was married to Philip Weiss (Wise). The Schmidts came to America on the Hope in 1733. They came from the community of Ittlingen, which is only about ten miles or so north of Eppingen, where the Huths originated. Anna Maria was the granddaughter of Henrich Schmidt and Anna Margaret Keimen. Their son, Johann Heinrich Schmidt, was born in 1726, while the family was still in Germany. He is the father of Anna Maria. They were neighbors of the Huths in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and they may have lived close enough to each other in Germany to have also known each other there. Like the Huths, they were also members of the German Reformed congregation, New Goshenhoppen. Anna Maria's sister, Elizabeth, married Philip Wise's brother, Jacob, and her brother, Jacob, married Philip's sister, Elisabetha. So all told, three siblings from one family married three siblings from the other. Weiss (Wise): The surname was originally Weiss. It was Anglicized by Philip Wise in the third generation in America. The earliest record of this family is found in the German Reformed Church records of Lustadt (Oberlustadt), Germany. Lustadt is in the Palatinate about twenty miles southwest of Mannheim, and is possibly one of the towns that the Elector in Mannheim saw burning during the French invasion of 1685. The church records only go back to 1708 here and so they might have been destroyed during the French invasion of 1707. The records between 1708 and 1720 are badly damaged and are mostly unreadable. Johann Georg and Anna Catharina Weiss had six children baptized there between 1721 and 1736. They immigrated in 1738. Very likely the family was separated for the voyage across the Atlantic. Georg is recorded on the passenger list of the Davy. The Davy lost a total of 160 passengers and crew due to disease during the voyage. His oldest son, Christopher, is listed on the passenger list of the Friendship, which arrived in Philadelphia about one month before the Davy. Christopher was the only one old enough to be on the passenger list. (Only those males over age sixteen were listed). The Davy did not carry any children. 1738 was a devastating year for the immigrants. An epidemic had been started in the holding camp outside Rotterdam, where the immigrants were waiting their turn to get on the ships and there was an increased mortality in the camps and on the ships that departed for America all during that year. There are records in America for four of the Weiss children, Christopher, Erhard, Carl and Elizabeth. Two children who show up on the German records, Maria Magdalena and Catharina are not found and they are presumed to have died. There is a possibility of at least one additional son. There is family lore that I received from two totally different sources of a son, George, who was born at sea. There have been probate records found for Johann Georg Weiss for the year 1743. His son, our ancestor Erhard, married Susanna Huth probably about 1747, and the baptisms of their children are found in the New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church records in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The birth of their son Philip Weiss (Wise) in 1748 is recorded in those church records. Philip married Anna Maria Margareta Schmidt (Mary Smith) in 1776. They subsequently moved to Chester County, then to York County (both in Pennsylvania) and then on to Belmont County, Ohio. They are the parents of my great-great grandfather, John Wise. ____________________________________ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 3/18/2009 1:09:57 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time Subj: [WISE] David Wise This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JWeigley Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wise/3729/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for info on David Wise Born 1815 in Clearfield Co. PA--Married Mary ? Had son Alfred (Alferd) Wise Born--1842 --also married a Mary E they lived in Beccaria, Clearfield Co., PA--had children William, John E, Hattie, Laura, Essie, Ellsworth and Annie. John Ezra Wise was my grandfather he lived in Cresson, PA. I can only go back to David and would like to know if anyone would know of his parents? Jeanne Weigley Walter Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Great Deals on Dell 15" Laptops - Starting at $479 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220029050x1201385914/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doub leclick.net%2Fclk%3B212974460%3B34272906%3Bh)