Peter Wise and Unknown

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Husband Peter Wise ^{1 2}

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         Father: Adam Wise (Abt 1718-1781) 3
         Mother: Unknown (      -Abt 1763)

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1 M Andrew Wise ¹

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2 M Adam Wise ¹

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3 M Peter Wise ¹

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4 F Hannah Wise ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Jacob Zollars (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Peter Wise

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He came to western Pennsylvania from east of the mountains, and located a large tract of land. His tract was situated on the North Fork of Ten-Mile Creek in Washington County. It contained three hundred and fifty-six acres, and was surveyed to him Jan. 26, 1785, under the title of "The Fishery." When he secured this property he soon built a mill upon it, which he had completed before the survey was made. The mill was located in a bend of the creek, the race, which was about seventy rods in length, running from the lower part of the pond across the bend, and having a fall of about twelve feet. In 1818, he sold the mill-site to his brother Adam, who bought it for his sons, Frederick and Joseph Wise. This mill was in operation for many years, and only divided the milling business after 1836 with the Ullery mill, which was built about one mile above the Wise mill in that year. Previous to that date it had controlled the entire trade of all of West Bethlehem, and part of East Bethlehem and Amwell townships, and some of Greene County. [HWC 1882, 971]

He inherited, by the will of his father, the family home-stead, and lived there until 1818, when he sold it to his son Andrew, and moved to near Canton, Ohio, where many of his posterity resided, constituting a numerous and influential family.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 971.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 260.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 256.