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Hans Peter Wampler, Jr. was born August 4, 1722, at Alsace, Germany, the son of Johann (Hans) Peter Wampler and Anna Veronica Lung.
Peter's family immigrated to America in 1741, and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Peter married Anna Barbara Brenneisen on September 26, 1743, in Hill Lutheran Church at Annville, in Lancaster County. Anna Barbara Brenneisen was born about 1725, the daughter of Hans Valentine Brenneisen and Margaretha (last name unknown).
(The following information was contributed to us by other researchers. We do not know if it is from the book Wamplers in America by Genevieve M. Shouse, printed by Gateway Press, Inc. of Baltimore in 1981. The contributors did not cite their source.) In 1757 the Shawnee and Delaware Indians abducted and may have killed part of Peter's children. The contributor stated that a letter dated August 11, 1757 from Hanover, in Lancaster County, written to the Governor of Pennsylvania said, "...We hear from Labanon Township, Lancaster County, that on last Friday, four children were carried off by the Indians..." Another letter is said to have been written on October 1, 1757 that stated, "...The children mentioned of having been carried off from Lebanon Township, belonging to Peter Wampler, that they were going to a meadow for a load of hay; and that the Indians took from the house what they thought most valuable, and destroyed what they could not take away, to a considerable value..." No names were given for the children abducted.
Our contributor continued by saying that it was thought Peter married a second time to a widow named Barbara Sneither. Peter is said to have written his will in Frederick County, Maryland on June 8, 1792, in which he stated his desire that after his wife's marriage or death the property was to be sold and divided between his ten children and Jacob Sneither. His will was probated on June 30, 1792. Our contributor also says that Barbara Wampler made a will in Frederick County on May 16, 1796, directing that her estate be sold and the money divided between her son Jacob Sneither and Joseph Wampler. Barbara is thought to have died in 1800.
(Note: The birth order of the children is unknown.)
Children of Peter Wampler and Barbara Brenneisen
1. Ann Wampler, m. ______ Hartman
2. Barbara Wampler, m. _______ Ward
3. Christina Wampler, m. Peter Gabriel
4. Daniel Wampler
5. Eva Wampler, m. Henry Kincey
6. Jacob Wampler, d. Frederick Co, MD; m. Mary Bare
7. Philipenia Wampler, m. Philip Ingler
8. David Wampler, b. 1763, m. Mary Sanchwick Susseny and Catherine Ingler
9. John Wampler, b. Sept 11, 1768; d. abt 1845, Rockingham Co, VA; m. Magdalena Garber
10. Joseph Wampler