Selected Families and Individuals
Notes
Anna Waschke
Widow.
Embarked 14 Oct. 1735; arrived in the Georgia Colony Feb. 1735-6.
Moravian.
Mother of George.
Will. Watkins
Age 44, Surgeon.
Embarked 11 Sept. 1733; arrived 16 Dec. 1733.
Sentenced to 100 lashes for marrying a 2nd wife his first wife still living and to give security to return to Abercorn, his settlement 9 Oct. 1735.
Also convicted of adultery & sentenced to imprisonment 3 Dec. 1736 where he lay 2 years and & then run away.
Run away 1737.
Hanah
(The record for Hanah appears to be listed incorrectly, giving her to be the wife of James Willoughby. However, from the notes concerning her, it appears she is the wife of William Watkins, who, in the record, is listed as "?". Therefore, that is how I am listing her, as the wife of Will. Watkins.
It is also possible, of course, that the listing of hanah as the wife of James Willoughby has been switched with the record of "?" as the wife of Will. Watkins. In this case, the children list as Hanah's would be those of James Willoughby. Will have to wait for additional data to decide which.)
Embarked 11 Sept. 1733; arrived in the Georgia Colony 16 Dec. 1733.
Imprisoned for marrying Ri. Mellichamp, Will. Watkins, her first husband, being alive and she with child by him, and then leaving Mellichamp and by his consent, bedding a third man who bought her for a shillin.
James Watkins
See notes on mother.
Richard Watkins
See notes on mother. Dead 11 Mar. 1733-4.
Austin Weddal
Farmer.
Embarked to the Georgia Colony 14 May 1735.
Lot 230 in Savannah.
Treasurer of the Indian Traders licence money. In 1737 he belonged ot the Company settled at Ft. Arquile.
Dead Nov. 1738
John Welch
Carpenter.
Embarked 14 Oct. 1735; arrived in the Georgia Colony Feb. 1735-6.
Lot 5S. in Frederica.
On the 1 Feb. 1738/9, Col. Oglethorpe advance him on the Trust Acct. 53.11.0 to set up a brew house.
Quitted to Carolina 1740.
Anne
Quitted to Carolina 1740.
James Welch
Quitted to Carolina 1740.
John Welch
Quitted to Carolina 1740.
Cha. Wesley A.B.
Embarked 14 Oct. 1735; arrived in the Georgia Colony Feb. 1735-6. Cha. Wesley took the oath of Secy. for the Indian Trade 19 Feb. 1735-6 but quitted the Colony & returned to England July 1736.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Moravians in Georgia 1735-1740: On the `Simmonds', as she sailed slowly down the Thames on her way to Georgia, there were four Englishmen, with whom the Moravians were to become well acquainted, who were to influence and be influenced by them, and through whom a great change was to come into the religious history of England. These were John and Charles Wesley, Benjamin Ingham and Charles Delamotte. The Wesleys were sons of Samuel Wesley, a clergyman of the Church of England, and while at the University of Oxford they, with two companions, had formed a little society for religious improvement, and by their strict and methodical habits gained the name of "Methodists"; both brothers had taken orders in the English Church, and were on their way to Georgia, John to serve as rector at Savannah, and Charles as Gen. Oglethorpe's private secretary. Benjamin Ingham was born in Yorkshire, and met the Wesleys at Oxford, where he joined their Methodist society. He, too, had been ordained in the English Church, and now, at the age of twenty-three, had yielded to John Wesley's persuasions, and agreed to go with him "to the Indians". Charles Delamotte, the son of a London merchant, met the Wesleys at the home of James Hutton, shortly before they sailed for Georgia, and was so much impressed by them, and by their object in seeking the New World that he decided "to leave the world, and give himself up entirely to God," and go with them. For the greater part of his life John Wesley kept a Journal, extracts from which were given to the public from time to time, and Benjamin Ingham's account of the voyage to Georgia was also printed, so that the story of those weeks is quite well known. Nevertheless, something of interest may be gained by comparing these two Journals with the Diaries kept by David Nitschmann, Bishop of the Moravians, and John Andrew Dober, one of the second company.
Jn. Wesley A.M.
Brother of Cha.. Minister at Savannah. Embarked 14 Oct. 1735; arrived in the Georgia Colony Feb. 1735-6. Run away 3 Dec. 1737. From: Moravians in Georgia 1735-1740: On the `Simmonds', as she sailed slowly down the Thames on her way to Georgia, there were four Englishmen, with whom the Moravians were to become well acquainted, who were to influence and be influenced by them, and through whom a great change was to come into the religious history of England. These were John and Charles Wesley, Benjamin Ingham and Charles Delamotte. The Wesleys were sons of Samuel Wesley, a clergyman of the Church of England, and while at the University of Oxford they, with two companions, had formed a little society for religious improvement, and by their strict and methodical habits gained the name of "Methodists"; both brothers had taken orders in the English Church, and were on their way to Georgia, John to serve as rector at Savannah, and Charles as Gen. Oglethorpe's private secretary. Benjamin Ingham was born in Yorkshire, and met the Wesleys at Oxford, where he joined their Methodist society. He, too, had been ordained in the English Church, and now, at the age of twenty-three, had yielded to John Wesley's persuasions, and agreed to go with him "to the Indians". Charles Delamotte, the son of a London merchant, met the Wesleys at the home of James Hutton, shortly before they sailed for Georgia, and was so much impressed by them, and by their object in seeking the New World that he decided "to leave the world, and give himself up entirely to God," and go with them. For the greater part of his life John Wesley kept a Journal, extracts from which were given to the public from time to time, and Benjamin Ingham's account of the voyage to Georgia was also printed, so that the story of those weeks is quite well known. Nevertheless, something of interest may be gained by comparing these two Journals with the Diaries kept by David Nitschmann, Bishop of the Moravians, and John Andrew Dober, one of the second company.
William Kelleway or Kelway
Lot 164 in Savannah. This was a Trust reserved lot which Kellway settled since 16 Jan 1737-8 or in March 1739 and resolved to keep a warehouse. A trader and good interpreter of the Spanish tongue.
1740 he married the widow of Jo. West. and she died 5 June 1740.
Elizabeth
Age 22. On the 1st ship load of Georgia colonists, The Charity.
Re-married to Jo. West and at both their desires this lot was granted to Danl. Prevost 31 May 1738.
She married John West 20 April 1734 who dying 1739 she lived with Will. Killeway as wife with the character of a lewd woman.
Dead 5 June 1740.
Hans Caspar Wierley
Age 45, Weaver, Swiss.
Embarked 29 Dec. 1741; arrived in the Georgia Colony 4 Dec. 1741.
Hans Caspar Wierley paid his own passage but not that of his wife and children.
Margareta
Age 40. Widow of Hans Caspar Wierley.
Swiss.
Embarked 29 Sept. 1741; arrived in the Georgia Colony 4 Dec. 1741.
Elizabeth Wierley
Age 20.
Hans Jacob Wierley
Age 15.
Margareta Wierley
Age 6.
Hans Jacob Wirth
Age 48, taylor, Swiss.
Embarked 29 Dec. 1741; arrived in the Georgia Colony 4 Dec. 1741.
Dead soon after landing
Catharina
Age 33.
Anna Wirth
Age 11.
Catharina Wirth
Age 9. Dead soon after landing.
Elizabeth Wirth
Age 6.
Sulama Wirth
Age 1½.
Salamena Wirth
Age 12.
James Willoughby
Peruke maker.
Embarked 15 June 1733; arrived in the Georgia Colony 29 Aug. 1733.
Dead 17 Oct. 1734.
Hannah
Arrived 16 Dec. 1733. The widow od James Willoughby who died 17 Oct. 1734. She re-married Richard Mellichamp 31 Aug. 1736.
George Stanton
Arrived in the Georgia Colony 25 Feb. 1733-4.
married to A. Willoughby (Watkins?) 29 Jan 1734/5. (See notes on mother of Anne Watkins)
Alice Watkins
See note on mother.
Married to George Stanton 3 Feb. 1734-5.
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