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Name | Christina Wampler | |
Born | 1753 | Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, British America ![]() |
Gender | Female | |
Died | 10 Oct 1844 | Vega, Jackson, Ohio, United States ![]() |
Buried | Madison Cemetery, Jackson, Ohio, United States ![]() |
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Person ID | I2449 | Speirs-Taylor |
Last Modified | 12 Feb 2018 |
Father | Hans Peter Wampler, b. 1722, Hinsingen, Alsace, France ![]() ![]() | |
Mother | Anna Barbara Brenneisen, b. 1725, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States ![]() ![]() | |
Married | 26 Sep 1743 | Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States ![]() |
Family ID | F689 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | John Peter Graybill, b. 3 Oct 1762, York, Pennsylvania, British America ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Married | 1779 | Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, British America ![]() |
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Last Modified | 12 Feb 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Family ID | F725 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Documents | ![]() | Indians Kidnap Children of Peter Wampler in 1757 06 October 1757 Pennsylvania Gazette Newspaper article stating that four children were carried off by Indians. Source: newspapers.com; The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1757. |
![]() | Indians Kidnap Children of Peter Wampler in 1757 13 October 1757 Pennsylvania Gazette Newspaper article stating that five children of Peter Wampler were carried off by Indians. (There were seven Wampler children in 1757, they were Eva, age 13 (born 1744), Philipenia, age 11 (born 1746), Joseph, age 8 (born 1749), Ann, age 5 (born 1752), and Christina, age 4 (born 1753), Daniel, age 2 (born 1755), and David, an infant (born 1757)). Source: newspapers.com; The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1757. | |
![]() | After Seven Years as Indian Captives, Christina and Siblings Return to Family, 1764 "It has been told that the Wampler children were recognized by their parents by one of them singing a lullaby that their Mother had sung to them as a baby." Source: Wamplers in America, by G.M. Shouse-929.273, W 181 - sh. And Wampler Family History 1701 - 1980, by Fred Wampler 929.273 W 181 -w |
Headstones | ![]() | The Headstone of Christena (Wampler) Graybill in the Madison Cemetery Christina Wampler Graybill Birth 1753 Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, British America Death: 10 Oct 1844 Vega, Jackson County, Ohio, USA Burial: Madison Cemetery Jackson County, Ohio, USA Memorial ID 31225037 |
![]() | The Headstones of Peter and Christena Graybill in the Madison Cemetery Peter and Christina, along with children John, Peter, and Nancy Mary are also in this cemetery. It is believed that these headstones may have been added later as there is another headstone for Christina that is much older. Christena's headstone is at A Grave Memorial: 48099339 |
Histories | ![]() | 1891 History of Harrison County Iowa and William A. Graybill A history, including the ancestry and family, of William A. Graybill of Harrison County, Iowa. |
![]() | "Our Family History Dating Back as Far as 1748," by Vivian Graybill "Christian Graybeal's grandson Peter Graybill, Sr. married Cristena Wampler, daughter of Peter and Barbara Wampler in 1780. Cristena, along with her little sister and a neighbor Child, was captured by the Delaware Indian and kept captive for seven years. The Indians were good to them and raised them as their own. When an exchange of prisoners took place, great Grandpa Wampler didn't know the children until Cristena sang her mother's lullaby..." |
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