Origin of Wickizer
Excerpt from Mary Wickiser Burgess "Wickizer
Annals", Borgo Press
Johann Andreas Weckesser may be the ancestor of the Wickizer families of North America. He is recorded arriving in Philadelphia on the ship Christian on September 13, 1749, among foreigners from "Wurttemburg, Alsace, and Zweibrucken" (B.R. 198-49).
Mockmuhl, the village of J. Andreas Wickizer is found in the county of Wurttemburg, in Southwestern Germany
He married Anna Susannah (last name unknown) at St. Michael's and Zion Church in Philadelphia in June, 1750. On February 8, 1751, a daughter named Anna Margaretha is recorded in the church listings as the daughter of Andreas Wekeser.
Andreas is listed as being a member of the Reformed religion. The sponsors of the child are Jacob Schneider and Maria Margareta Mullerin.
Andreas moved to Germantown by 1756, where he is recorded as first landlord of the King of Prussia Inn in 1756. On October 29, 1757 he advertises himself as proprietor of the inn under Andrew Weckeser. Andreas may be related to Johann Michael Weckesser, who arrived in Philadelphia on October 9, 1747 on the ship Restoration from the Palatinate (mr. 178-47), and who advertises on February 16, 1748 that he is returning to Wurttemburg, and will carry letters. He also states that he was formerly a magistrate of Korb, a claim which has been verified in German census lists dating from 1744.
Korb is located in the Mockmuhl district, on the border between Baden and Wurttemburg. According to professional genealogist Friedrich R. Wollmershauser, the original family name of the Wickizers might well be Weckesser; these are the only two Weckessers recorded in immigration records prior to 1850. There is no concrete evidence establishing a connection between Andreas and Conrad except for the circumstantial fact that Conrad I named his oldest son Andrew.