Re: Robert Waddell Barnard Castle, Eng 1752
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Robert Waddell Barnard Castle, Eng 1752
8/05/98
Don't know if anyone is still reading this forum, but I'm going to give it a shot and see if anyone is still out there "listening in".
I have been searching for the parents of my ancestor JOHN WEDDEL from Barnard Castle for a long, long time.My John Weddel has long been said to have been born at Mt. Eff, west of Barnard Castle, March 20, 1774.Mt. Eff is a farm off of Mt. Eff road which runs north of Westwick Rd (west out of Barnard Castle) at Westwick to A67-Darlington Road. I have been there and have seen the farm and can locate it on maps today.John Weddel emigrated first to Pennsylvania and then to York, Ontario, in 1801, where he settled and where many descendants live today.My grandfather moved to Michigan, however, and my branch of the family has lived in various states, mostly northern, although my parents lived in Georgia.I live in Detroit.
Sometime ago, one of the cousins I correspond with concerning Weddel(l) genealogy referred me to a FamilySearch.org document posted by a David Lambert.This post was for a Robert WEDDELL of Barnard Castle, born about 1743, married to Jane Swainston, born May 1, 1747, married May 15, 1777.No further genealogy is given for Robert, but quite a bit is given for Jane Swainston.(if you do a search for Robert Weddell at the site, you can find the records.This marriage date is, of course, three years before my John's birthdate, but that could be an error that was made a long time ago and continuously repeated.
Now, after finding these posts for Robert WADDELL and Jane Swanston today, I am very confused.The names Waddell, Weddell, Weddel, Wedel, etc., of course are often interchanged.However, until now, I have never though my WEDDELL name was ever mixed in with the WADDELLs.So have I hit a brick road, or have I found a connection??I sure would like to find out.This could be the answer to the "lost John" of these posts, however, and maybe the reason that I have never found more on Robert... if Jane died early in the marriage (1780), and Robert moved to New York, did he leave John behind with relatives or someone else?
Hoping to hear from someone eventually -
Caroline Weddell Landrum
[email protected]
Detroit, MI
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Betty Morris 9/22/08
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