ADAM, JOHN & CHRISTOPHER WELLIVER BIO, SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY

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ADAM WELLIVER, John WELLIVER and Christopher WELLIVER, cousins of the above
named Daniel, also from Sussex county, NJ, settled in the township about
1780. A large part of Jerseytown is built upon Adam's purchase, which
stretched off to the north west. Adam left two sons and two daughters.
John's farm lay to the southwest of Jerseytown. There was a family by the
name of WHITMOYER living on it at the time of the Wyoming massacre in 1778.
When other settlers left they concluded to stay, and in the next spring, at
the season of making maple syrup two of the daughters went to the camp and
while they were thus absent, the Indians came and killed all the rest of the
family and scalped them. It is disputed whether there were three or five
thus butchered. They were buried on the old road from Jerseytown to
Washingtonville on the left hand side of the road, about half a mile from
town, near where Capt William ALLEN now lives. John had a family of four
sons and one daughter. Phineas, well remembered in the neighborhood was the
youngest. The old farm is now occupied by Samuel JOHNSON. Christopher's land
lay south of Jerseytown. A large part of it has been sold off in lots, and
are now owned or occupied by William KISNER, John STOUT, Samuel JOHNSON and
others. He raised fours sons and three daughters. Russel, who is quite well
remembered, was the youngest son. He kept a store in Rohrsburg for a long
time and now resides in the west. (History of Columbia County, PA by John G.
Freeze, 1883.)