Jacob III Wetzel 
Jacob III was born about 1773 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Jacob III's father was Johan Jacob II Wetzel and his mother was Elizabeth Truckenmiller. His paternal grandparents were Johan Jacob Wetzel and Anna Maria Bassler; his maternal grandparents were Sebastian Truckenmiller and Catharina Schambach. He had three brothers and five sisters, named Johannes, Daniel, Emanuel, Anna Elizabeth, Maria Margaret, Anna Maria, Elisabetha and Maria Philippina. He is the fourth oldest of the nine children.-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1710 in Switzerland or Germany d.Nov 1785 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- b.~ 1745 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania d.Oct 1819 in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
- b.~ 1723 in Germany or Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania d.> 1768 in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- b.~ 1773 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
- b.07 Dec 1690 in Palatine Region of western Germany d.07 Oct 1717 in Berwangen, Kirchardt, Palantine, Germany
- b.01 Aug 1715 in N. Kraichgua or Gerwanger, Kirchardt, Palantine, Germany d.01 Feb 1795 in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh or Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- b.Bet 1693 and 1695 in Palatine Region of western Germany d.> 1720
- b.~ 1750 in Upper Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania d.> 1783
- b.1 Jan 1718/19 in Palatine Region of western Germany d.30 Sep 1793 in Upper Milford, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
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Jacob III and Maria were married in a religious ceremony about 1795 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. They had a son named Joseph.
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