Wetsel, Joseph

Birth

Joseph was born at about 1770.

Marriage & Children

On October 23, 1791 at the Schaghticoke Reformed Church in Rensselaer County he married Mary Elizabeth Fake who was born in 1773. Their known children:

• Hannah Wessel born about 1794, married Eli Gallup, predeceased her father
• Jacob Wetsel was born in 1801, he died in 1814.
• John George Wessel was born in 1803, he was christened on June 5, 1803 at the Princetown Reformed Church
• Philip Fake Wetzel was christened in 1813 at the Princetown Reformed Church
• Joseph Wessel, Jr.
• David Wessel
• Mary Elizabeth, married Daniel Crary
• Margaret Wessel, married Ephraim Crary
• Christiana Wessel, married Seth Wheelock
• Rebecca Wessel, married Bernsle Williamson

Death

Joseph died on January 24, 1845(the date appearing in the transcription has been transposed, it gives his death date as 1854) in Knox and his burial was at the Quay Road burial ground in Knox. Mary Elizabeth died on December 3, 1856 and was buried beside her husband.

Joseph’s Will

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  Written on November 19, 1844, proved and recorded on March 12, 1845
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