Mary Polly Wattenbarger: Robin's Roots

1807 - 1878 (70 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

Mary Polly Wattenbarger was born on 27 Aug 1807 in Tennessee, USA (daughter of John 'Adam' Wattenbarger and Mary Ann (Magdalean) Smith); died on 4 Jan 1878 in Romeo, Greene County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Greene County, Tennessee, USA

Mary married John Cooter on 23 Oct 1828 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA. John was born about 1805 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

John 'Adam' Wattenbarger was born on 20 Jun 1787 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of John Adam Wuertemberger and Maria Elizabeth Ferntzeler); died on 3 Oct 1859 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1819, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Civil: 2 Sep 1825, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; 60 acres granted by the state of Tennessee to Adam Wattenberger, 60 acres. With description.
Residence: 1830, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Free White Males: 40-49:Adam(43); 15-19:Charles(12) & Jacob Adam(21); 5-9:Wilson(10); Free White Females: 40-49:Mary Ann(42); 20-29:Mary(23); 10-14:1:Eliza(14) or Barbara(15); 5-9:Sarah(7)
Residence: 1836, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Tax list; 217 acres. As Adam Wattenbarger
Residence: 1840, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Free white persons: Male 50-59:Adam(53); 20-29:Charles(22); Female: 40-49:Mary Ann(52); 15-19:2 Sarah(17) & Serena(15)
Residence: 1850, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Adam(64) and Mary(62). No children
Probate: 3 Oct 1859, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; See attached will for John Adam Wattenbarger

Notes:

Birth:
Birth record reads Johann Adam Wurtenberger

Buried:
GRid=70540269; Double headstone with wife Mary M Smith looks new and has children's names on back

John married Mary Ann (Magdalean) Smith on 17 Nov 1806 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA. Mary was born in 1788 in Virginia, USA; died in 1870 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Ann (Magdalean) Smith was born in 1788 in Virginia, USA; died in 1870 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1860, Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1870, Greene County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=70540270; Headstone shared with husband John Wattenbarger looks new. Inscription: "With Love"

Children:

1. Mary Polly Wattenbarger was born on 27 Aug 1807 in Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Jan 1878 in Romeo, Greene County, Tennessee, USA.
Jacob Adam Wattenbarger was born on 24 Jul 1809 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Dec 1882 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Barbara Wattenbarger was born in 1815 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1844 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA.
Eliza Wattenbarger was born on 20 Feb 1816 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; died on 1 Jan 1891 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA.
Charles Wattenbarger was born in 1818 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA.
Wilson Wattenbarger was born on 29 Nov 1820 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; died on 13 Aug 1889 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee, USA.
Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) Wattenbarger was born in 1823 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Mar 1898 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee, USA.

Generation: 3

John Adam Wuertemberger was born on 22 Feb 1760 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Johann Adam Wuertemberger and Anna Maria Strohecker); died in Jul 1825 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1782, Cumru, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; PA tax records; as Adam Wirtemberger; 2 cows
Residence: 1786, Cumru, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence: 1790, Cumru, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; As Adam Wirtemberger; 2 males 16 and older (not sure who the second one is); 2 males under 16 (sons Wm & John Adam); 1 female (wife Elizabeth, they they should have also had a 1 year old daughter)
Residence: 1800, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Residence: 1819, Washington County, Tennessee, USA

John married Maria Elizabeth Ferntzeler on 4 Feb 1783 in Cumru, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Maria was born on 4 Dec 1768 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1850 in Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria Elizabeth Ferntzeler was born on 4 Dec 1768 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1850 in Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Subdivision 4, Washington County, Tennessee, USA

Children:

William Wuertemberger was born on 8 Apr 1785 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died about 1840 in Meigs County, Tennessee, USA.
2. John 'Adam' Wattenbarger was born on 20 Jun 1787 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 3 Oct 1859 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee, USA.
Anna Maria Wuertemberger was born on 1 Jul 1789 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 3 Nov 1790 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jacob Wattenbarger, Sr was born in 1790 in Rockingham County, Virginia, USA; died in 1852 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA.
Peter Wattenbarger was born in 1797 in Virginia, USA; died in 1872 in McMinn County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Buttram Methodist Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA.
Solomon Wattenbarger was born about 1800 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA; died between 1846 and 1850 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA.
Michael Wattenbarger was born on 30 May 1804 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA; died on 1 Sep 1879 in McMinn County, Tennessee, USA.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Wattenbarger was born about 1807 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA.
Sarah Wattenbarger was born on 29 Oct 1809 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA; died on 1 Apr 1877 in McMinn County, Tennessee, USA.
Frederick Theodore Wattenbarger was born on 10 Jun 1810 in Leesburg, Washington County, Tennessee, USA.
George Wattenbarger was born about 1813 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA.
Samuel Wattenbarger was born about 1815 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA.

Generation: 4

Johann Adam Wuertemberger was born in 1735 in Wuerttemberg; died in 1782 in Cumru, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Departure: Bef Sep 1751, Ilbesheim, Palatinate; "Johann Adam Wirdeberger was a passenger on the Neptune, which arrived in Philadelphia on 24 Sep 1751 from Rotterdam via Cowes, England. \" See https://www.immigrantships.net/v3/1700v3/neptune17510924.html
Arrival: 24 Sep 1751, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; According to GRid=185574927, he departed from the town of Ilbesheim, Germany, via Saarland (a German state), from which the Saar river flows to the Moselle, which flows to the Rhine.

Notes:

See GRid=185574927 for an fairly extensive biography.

The surname Wuertemberger is a "toponym". It was derived from his family's homeland in the duchy of Württemberg, which was affiliated with the Holy Roman Empire, but was (like nearby states) fought over continually in the early- and mid-1700's. It is now part of the German state Baden-Württemberg, whose capital is Stuttgart. Baden-Württemberg is the most southwesterly German state, bordering Switzerland and France (Alsace). I can't really say that Adam (as he was known, at least in America) was born in Württemberg, but his family certainly came from there.

His FindAGrave page says that Adam emigrated from Ilbesheim, a town in the Rhemish Palitanate, a duchy just northwest of Württemberg, but, again, I can't say when or even whether he moved there from Württemberg. The Palitanate is now part of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate, which borders Luxembourg and Belgium on the west.

Johann Adam was part of the mass immigration from southwest Germany in the mid-1700s that was driven by the devastation caused by War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Year's War. These immigrants are collectively known as German Palatines, though the Rhenish Palatinate was only one of several historical districts affected.

The name Wuertemberger was spelled many different ways in records that have been found, and about a generation later, had been anglicized to Wattenbarger.

Died:
GRid=185574927; Unknown burial. Interesting bio with details of immigration, wife, children, parents, grandparents.

Johann married Anna Maria Strohecker in 1756 in Pennsylvania, USA. Anna was born in 1738 in Wimsheim, Wuerttemberg; died before 1782 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna Maria Strohecker was born in 1738 in Wimsheim, Wuerttemberg; died before 1782 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Children:

John Jacob Wuertemberger was born on 28 Mar 1757 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 27 Apr 1829 in New Middletown, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA.
4. John Adam Wuertemberger was born on 22 Feb 1760 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Jul 1825 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA.
John George Wuertemberger was born on 4 May 1762 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Jan 1843 in Plain Twp, Stark County, Ohio, USA.
Anna Maria Wuertemberger was born on 20 Nov 1764 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Mar 1765 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Mary Rosina Wuertemberger was born in 1766 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.


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