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WEISS, Mathias

Birth Name WEISS, Mathias 1 2 3
Nickname Matthias
Gender male

Events

Birth Mar 23, 1752  at  Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA
Death Apr 5, 1831  at  Grayson County,VA
Occupation Private, Pennsylvania Militia under Sgt. Jacob Weidman 4

Attributes

Identification Number
NicknameMatthias

Families

Married Wife BONHAM, Rachel Scott
  Marriage Oct 18, 1798  at  Wythe County, VA
  Narrative minister John Stranger

LDS has two marriages: Rachel Bonham BALL (AFN: C89H-9G) on 18

Oct 1798, and Rachel BONHAM (AFN: 134F-ZSD) on 18 Nov 1798--one

month apart.
  Children WEISS, John Sr.
WEISS, Son #2

Narrative

Possibly 12 Mar 1752

Had at least two sons, maybe more.

In deference to his origin and his father, he dropped an 's' in writing his name (Weis).

After the Revolutionary War, Matthias came to VA with the Joseph Bonham family, who lived first in Loudoun Co., then moving to Wythe Co.. Record of Joseph Bonham's service in the Revolutionary War is recorded in the New Jersey Archives.

The Weiss Family name originated in Germany. The Weiss Family of Whitetop originates in the United States with the birth of Mathias Weiss, March 12, 1752 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Moravian parents, who migrated to Winston-Salem, NC. Mathias, a weaver and dyer of fabric, was able to complete twelve yards of fabric a day, apparently a noteworthy production rate on the old looms. Mathias served in the Revolutionary War; and after the war, married Rachel Bonham Ball, daughter of Joseph P. Bonham and presumed to be a Wythe County war widow. After their marriage, they moved to Grayson County, building their log cabin home near Grant, where they lived for the remainder of their lives.