Martin Wenger

Birth: 02 FEB 1741/42  near Zweibruecken, Germany

Marriage:  25 JUN 1764  Lebanon (then Lancaster) County, Pennsylvania

Birth of Son:  24 MAR 1765
Name:  John Gingrich Wenger

Birth of Daughter:  27 JUN 1766
Name:  Annali Wenger

Birth of Son:  29 DEC 1767
Name:  Joseph "Yost" Wenger

Birth of Son:  10 AUG 1769
Name:  Martin J. Wenger

Birth of Son:  22 OCT 1771
Name:  Christian Wenger

Birth of Daughter:  21 SEP 1774
Name:  Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wenger

Birth of Son:  21 SEP 1776
Name:  Michael Wenger

Birth of Son:  13 NOV 1778
Name:  Abraham Gingrich Wenger

Birth of Daughter:  16 FEB 1781
Name:  Barbara Wenger

Occupation: Farmer and a Mennonite deacon.

Will:  12 NOV 1812

Died:  23 SEP 1815  Greene Twp, Franklin Co, Pennsylvania

Burial:  Wenger Family Cemetery, Greene Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Click here to see parents:  Johannes (Hans) Wenger and Anna Shirk

Martin Wenger and his family moved from Lancaster County to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. In 1781, he owned and operated the first water powered hemp mill in that area. He also donated land for the Brinzer cemetery, also known as the Wenger Cemetery in Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

Martin Wenger (jr?) was drafted to serve the Union Army during the Civil War, but because of his pacifistic religious views he declined service. The only alternative at the time to avoid service was to hire a substitute man to serve in one's place in combat. This is what Martin Wenger chose to do.

Anna Gingrich

Birth:  19 AUG 1743  Lebanon Twp, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania

Death:  16 AUG 1793  Green, Cumberland Co, PA

Burial:  Wenger Meeting House Cemetery, Jonestown, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania
Note:  No marker

parents are Joseph Gingrich and Anna Huber

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