Life History
about 1697 |
Born in Switzerland.1 |
about 1729 |
Birth of son Jacob WIRT in Switzerland.3 |
1731 |
Birth of son Jasper WIRT.4 |
13th Apr 1762 |
Died in Frederick County, Maryland.2,1 |
Other facts
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Married Unknown NOLASTNAME |
Notes
- Gerry Koller reports the following information on Uriah Wirt:
Uriah Wirt
b abt 1697 in Switzerland
d 13 Apr 1762 in Frederick Town MD
Killed by Richard Crosby, abt 7 miles outside of Fredrick
-- Ancestry World Tree, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gkoller&id=I0218&ftm=
Here is the news story of his death:
"Wirt, Uriah; on Tues. last week [April 13], just after sunset, he, an elderly man of 65 years of age, and his son, were travelling from Virginia to Frederick Town in Fred. Co., when they were attacked by a highwayman, who mortally wounded the elder Wirt with a pistol."
-- Maryland Gazette, 22 April, 1762 (electronic on Ancestry.com)
Sources
- 1. Ancestry Trees
- Gerry Koller, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gkoller&id=I0218&ftm=1
- 2. Maryland Gazette, 22 April 1762
- 3. Ancestry Trees
- Gerry Koller, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gkoller&id=I0208&ftm=1
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- Gerry Koller, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gkoller&id=I0219&ftm=1