The Weddle Family
My name is Randall Weddle. I recently learned that my ancestors arrived in the New World well before the Revolution and settled in Virginia. Through the assistance of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, (Charlotte Atkins, Library Assistant), I was able to identify my GGGGreat Grandfather, Benjamin Weddle, who was an early settler in the Floyd County area. I have also learned that my GGGreat Grandfather, Andrew Weddle, and his son, John B. Weddle, lived and died in Floyd County, and that my Great Grandfather, Callahill Weddle, moved on to Ohio.
I was raised in Indiana, where my Grandfather moved to from Ohio when he was a young man. I moved to Alaska,in 1971, where I have raised my family. My oldest son has now moved to Virginia, which gives me a special interest in your State, and I thought I would share with your readers the information I have learned about our Weddle roots. I hope some of my Weddle relatives in Floyd County will read this and respond, perhaps providing more information than I have about the Weddle roots.
Benjamin Weddle was born in Lancaster Co. PA in 1742. He moved to Montgomery County, Virginia and fought the Indians, as part of the Virginia Militia. He was a Captain under the leadership of General Andrew Lewis. Among other things, they fought a famous battle, at Point Pleasant, defeating a larger force of Indians and breaking their power in the Ohio Valley. Point Pleasant is in the angle formed by the Kanawha, where it meets the Ohio. This is now known as Point Pleasant West Virginia.
Benjamin Weddle went on to fight in the Revolutionary War and patented 1600 acres in Floyd County while Patrick Henry was governor of Virginia. One of his sons was Andrew (named after General Lewis?), who was my GGreat Grandfather. He was born and died and in Floyd County. One of his sons was John, who was also born and died in Floyd County. And then the migration began. One of his sons was Callahill, who moved to Miami County Ohio and died there in 1900, when my Grandfather was 12 years old.
My Grandfather moved to Indiana and married my Grandmother in 1908. My father was born on the family farm in Huntington Indiana in 1916 and I came along in 1944. My oldest son, who now lives in Northern Virginia, was born in 1971.