Brief Life History of Wessel
When Wessel Klaarwater was born on 18 March 1711, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States, his father, Jacobus Theunissen Klaarwater, was 32 and his mother, Mary Deyo, was 31.
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- Baptismal and marriage registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston : Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809
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World Events (4)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
Dutch and German: from a pet form of the personal name Werner .
German: habitational name from Wessel in Saxony.
Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Vesel , and also an Americanized form of a homonymous Slovak surname, which probably originates from German Wessel (see above), and of Czech and Slovak Veselý (see Vesely ). Compare Wessell and Vessel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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