Joseph Wegley

Joseph Wegley is the son of Jonathan George Wegley and Sarah Circle. He was born on March 29, 1866, and died on January 5, 1946, in his hometown of Williston, North Dakota. Joseph is my 1st cousin, 3x removed. He went by the name of “Joe Wegley,” which we know from an interview he did and […]

Joseph Richardson

Joseph Richardson was born on July 27, 1643, in Woburn, Massachusetts, a settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the second son of Samuel Richardson, one of three Richardson brothers who emigrated from England in 1630 as part of the Puritan migration. Joseph grew up in Woburn, which was then a frontier town and […]

Joseph William Wegley

October 14, 1802 – June 1880 Joseph William Wegley was born on October 14, 1802, in Brothersvalley, Pennsylvania, and passed away in June of 1880 in McKean, Pennsylvania. He holds a unique place in family history as the first recorded use of the “Wegley” spelling of the family name, making him the patriarch of this […]