The following may be Johannas Weidknecht's children by his first marriage and approximately the same age as Blakert Weidknecht:
July 12, 1749 Jane Wit-ker-neack married Samuel Peck of Basking Ridge, New Jersey. (There is a Joseph Peck, Essex Co., N.J. will dated 1700).
June 20, 1754 Priscilla Witconek married Joseph Hains. Joseph Hains born 7-23-1722 was the sone of Richard and Agnes Haines who came from Northumberland, England in 1682. Joseph Hains died intestate in 1768 and his wife's name was: Ann. Another Joseph Hains was sergeant 1st Bat. Salme Co., N.J. Militia Revloutionary War.
About 1751, Wilson Whitenack owned a pavilion erected on the northwest side of the Cornelius Eoff farm not far from the road to Peapack.
From Somerset Co. Hist. Quart. 1912. Neshanic Reform Church:
Wythnegt, Joseph & Catreina, had a son Johannis baptized 23 Aug. 1772 Joseph Whiteneck, was a private in Battalion of Rifleman, Pennsylvania June 25, 1775 and July 1, 1776 Col. William Thompson Company also in Cap. James Parris Company on August 1776. This Joseph may be the son of Johannas Weidknecht's son Johannas (deceased). He may have been a casualty in the Revolutionary War as there are no further records of him.
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