Philip Wentzel and Susanna Lauffer

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Husband Philip Wentzel ¹

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• Note: This may be the same person as : [Unk] Wentzel.

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Wife Susanna Lauffer ²

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1 M Philip Wentzel ²

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2 M John Wentzel ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Susanna Miller (      -      ) 2

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3 F Christina Wentzel ²

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4 F Susanna Wentzel ²

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5 F Catherine Wentzel ²

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General Notes: Husband - Philip Wentzel

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He was the son of an emigrant from Germany, who about 1746 came from his native land to what is now Plainfield township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and is recorded in Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Volume V, Page 137, as having enlisted in July, 1776, as a private in Captain D. Turks' Company of Berks County Associators, and is credited with service at the battle of Lexington, siege of Boston, and at Trenton.
At the close of the Revolutionary War, he came to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and there took out a warrant for land located at then Philipsbury, later known as Millersdale or Cribbs Station, along Little Sewickley creek. This warrant was issued February 10, 1786, and the tract surveyed, August 10, 1786, when it was found to contain two hundred and thirty-three acres and a six per cent. allowance. The farm as then surveyed became the home of Philip Wentzel and his descendants.
During his active life he was a member of the military company commanded by Dr. Marchand, this company being the defense of the district against Indian depredations.
He was one of the pioneer members of the Reformed church in the United States, and aided in the erection of one of the first, if not the first church west of the Allegheny mountains. The site of this first church, which was built of logs, was that upon which the latter day Harrold Church stood. It was used in common by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations and was also used for day school purposes

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1034.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1035.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 459, 509.