BIO: Peter WENRICK, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 200.
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  WENRICK, PETER, son of Francis and Elizabeth (Greiger) Wenrick, was 
born in 1773, near Linglestown, Dauphin county, Pa.  His father's 
family came from Germany and settled in what is now Lebanon county, 
Francis Wenrick subsequently removing to near Linglestown, where most 
of his family were born.  Francis Wenrick was a soldier of the 
Revolution, had been at Brandywine and Germantown, and on the frontiers 
against the Indians subsequent to the massacre of Wyoming.  He died 
about 1785, and with his wife was buried in Wenrich's church graveyard.  
He had, besides his sons Peter and Phillip, several daughters.  Peter 
Wenrick received a comparatively limited education, brought up on his 
father's farm, which he continued to occupy until his election to the 
sheriffalty, when he removed to Harrisburg.  He served in that office 
from October 10, 1818, to October 16, 1821, and was always considered a 
faithful and efficient officer.  He died at Harrisburg, February 27, 
1825, in the fifty-second year of his age.  Mr. Wenrick married, 
February 2, 1796, Susannah, daughter of John Umberger, and their 
children were:  John, Peter, Samuel, Francis, David, Joseph, Mary, who 
married a Mr. Sheafer; Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Minshall; Susannah, 
who married a Mr. Sloan; Sarah, who married a Mr. Scott; and Rebecca, 
who married a Mr. Umberger.