The Descendants of

George and Mary Weddell,

The Weddells of Old Westmoreland

Preface

This effort is part of an update of The Weddells of Old Westmoreland, edited by James A. Weddell and published in 1957. I have taken the information contained in The Weddells of Old Westmoreland and supplemented new information in a format conducive to current technology. My main efforts have been to solve the mystery of George and Mary's origins and to find any of the several lost lines of descendants. I arbitrarily picked 1957, the year The Weddells of Old Westmoreland was published, as a cutoff for including births and marriages. Subsequent privacy issues within the field of genealogy have made that a good decision. I will leave it to other descendants to tie themselves back to 1957.

Table of Contents

Section I: Early History

• A Pioneer Heritage
  
  
• Southwestern Pennsylvania History
  
  
• George Adam Wedel
  
  
• Weddell Origins
  
  
• Unanswered Questions & Lost Lines
  
  
• The Mystery of John
  
  
• Weddell Cemetery
  
  
• The Original Homestead
  
  
• Land Records
  
  
• Peter Weddell's Land
  
  
• Salem Baptist Church
  
  
• Militia Service

Section II: Descendants of George and Mary Weddell

The descendants of George and Mary Weddell have been posted to the Roots Web World Connect.

Section III: Biographical Sketches

• Jesse Weddell
  
  
• Joseph Prichard Weddell
  
  
• Lydia Weddell Montgomery
  
  
• Peter Martin Weddell
  
  
• Rise Of The Weddells - Peter Martin Weddell
  
  
• The Weddell House Hotel
  
  
• Nelson Weddell Sr.
  
  
• Sweet Home, Oregon
  
  
• Weddell Reminisces by Sarah Weddell Pangburn

Section IV: Related Families

• The Penny Family

• The Kaster Family

• The Todd Family

• Suterville

Acknowledgments

Through the internet I was able to contact many people in my search for George and Mary's origin and descendants. None of this would have been possible without the valuable information found and contributed by:

William Schaller
Martha Welty Vasquez
Thomas Weddle
Diana Enz
Danja G. Thompson
Claude E. Kendall
Susan Chance-Rainwater
Betty Weddle
Karen Hollcroft
Charles W. Bullock

And, these resources that provided access to much of the documentation:

The Church of Latter Day Saints Tucson Family History Center
The Pennsylvania State Archives
The Westmoreland County Historical Society
The Carroll County Maryland Historical Society
The Maryland State Archives

This is a continuing project and any comments, suggestions, criticisms, and additional information are welcome. Contact me at:

[email protected]

Thomas Kintigh
Tucson, AZ