I have a Joseph Wise who moved from Lancaster Co. Pa. to Troy, Ohio, Miami Co.He was born 7 March 1806. He was a distiller and his son Hugh Frazier Wise helped to start Hayner Distillery . I don't remember if we talked about this before or not. Jayne ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:57 AM Subject: Re: [WISE] Wise Family of Pennsylvania-Ohio > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: michaelsecilia > Surnames: Wise, Barr, Corbett, Ulery > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wise/3589.2.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Ruth, > > I am looking for the parents of William Wise who married Elizabeth Barr > and had 6 children: Henderson, Cynthia, Amanda, William K., and Susannah > Barr. William is listed with his family in the 1850 census of East > Bethlehem, Washington Co., PA, with occupation as a miller and worked for > John Corbett. William's oldest son, Henderson, who married Roseann > McDermott, also was a miller and distiller and worked for the Ulerys in > Zollarsville. The Ulery mill was built in 1835 and demolished in 2001. > Henderson named a son James Ulery Wise and I have a copy of a journal > James wrote regarding some of the Wise family, but it dosen't go any > further than his grandfather. Milling and distilling seems to have been > the family trades of the PA Wises, passed down through Adam Wise, the > original Wise immigrant who began a milling and distilling business in > Maryland before moving to Pennsylvania. William is undoubetdly a > descendant of Adam's, but I haven't been able to make the connection. I've > ! > once seen William listed as a son of Jacob Wise (son of Frederick Wise) > and Martha Freeman, but have no verification and I don't know where that > information came from. Do you have any record of Jacob's children? Or know > of another possible connection of William to Adam Wise? > > Thanks, > Michael > > 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 >