John Whetzel

John was born in 1770 in Rockinham,VA.  John's father was Johannes Martin Whetzel and his mother was Maria Barbara Bonnet.  His paternal grandparents were Martin Whetzel and UNKNOWN Susan; his maternal grandparents were Jean Bonnet and Anna Desreau. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Martin, George, Lewis, Jacob, Eva, Susannah Lucy and Christina.  He died at the age of 47 in 1817 in Canton,Stark,OH.

‌John and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony in Rockinham,VA.