Birth: 02 FEB 1741/42 near Zweibruecken, Germany
Immigration: 1748
Note: Came with his parents. Lived in what is now the Jonestown area of Lebanon County until he moved to Franklin County.
Marriage: 25 JUN 1764 to Anna Gingrich in 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
Note: 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.
Occupation: Farmer and a Mennonite deacon.
2nd Marriage: to Catherine Funck
Will: 12 NOV 1812
Death: 28 SEP 1815 Greene Twp, Franklin Co, Pennsylvania
Burial: Wenger Family Cemetery (Brinzer’s Cemetery), Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Note: He donated land for the Brinzer cemetery, also known as the Wenger Cemetery in Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Inscription: Martin Wenger Gestorben Ten 28 Sep 1815 74 Jahr Alt
Translation from German: Died on the 28th of September 1815, 74 years old
Note: Martin’s name is listed among the children on the Hans Wenger Memorial at the Wenger Meeting House in Jonestown, Pa. That memorial was erected by Wenger. The names of the children of Hans who are presumed to be buried at the meeting house are marked with an *. Since Martin is buried in Brinzer Cemetery in Franklin Co., his name does not have an * on the memorial in Lebanon Co.
Click here to see parents: Johannes (Hans) Wenger and Anna Shirk
Death: 16 AUG 1793 Green, Cumberland Co, PA
Burial: Wenger Family Cemetery (Brinzer’s Cemetery), Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Inscription: Anna Wenger Gestorben Ten 16 August 1793
Note: Gestorben is German for “died”
parents are Joseph Gingrich and Anna Huber
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