The direct paternal line of descent to this family group is as follows:
- Hengin Henchin/Hans Wan(ne)macher (bef. 1450 Hessen– bef. 1545 Darmstadt)
- Hans der Altere Wan(ne)macher (abt. 1500 Darmstadt – c.1572 Darmstadt)
- Hans der Jungere Wannemacher (c.1540 Starkenburg – 1585 Darmstadt)
- Maertin (Martin) Wannemacher (c.1560 Darmstadt – 1634 Darmstadt)
- Wilhelm Wannemacher (c.1591 Darmstadt – 1673 Darmstadt)
- Johann Jacob Wannemacher (c.1622 Darmstadt – 1664 Darmstadt)
- Johann Conrad Wannemacher (1658 Darmstadt – c.1715 Bierbach)
- Johann Wingert Wannemacher (1687 Blieskastel – 1733 Homburg)
- JOHANN JACOB WANNEMACHER (1715 Waldmohr – 1768 Jamison, SC)
- 1st Lt. Jacob Wannamaker (1749) Orangeburg, SC – 1795 Orangeburg, SC)
- Rev. Jacob Wannamaker (1777 Cameron, SC –1834 Orangeburg, SC)
- Thomas Elliott Wannamaker (1827 Orangeburg, SC – 1910 Orangeburg, SC)
- William Whetstone Wannamaker (1872 Allendale, SC – 1945 Orangeburg, SC)
- Thomas Elliott Wannamaker, Sr. (1909 Orangeburg, SC – 1987 Charleston, SC)
- Braxton Bryant Wannamaker, M.D. (b. Orangeburg, SC – Living) [Y-DNA tester]
- Alexander Matheson Wannamaker II (b. Orangeburg, SC – Living)
- John Hughes Wanamaker (b. 1989 Orangeburg, SC – Living) [Y-DNA tester]
Johann Jacob Wannemacher (1715)
m. Anna Catharina Schüler (1720)
(Immigrant Ancestors)
Jacob Wannamaker is in the direct line of descent from Hengin Henchin/Hans Wan(ne)macher (bef. 1450). Jacob Wannenmacher was baptized on August 18, 1715, in Waldmohr, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He died in the year 1768 in Jamison, South Carolina. Jacob married Anna Catharina Schüler on December 3, 1740 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She was baptized on October 17, 1720, in Lambsborn, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and she died during the year 1780 in South Carolina. You can view Jacob’s and Anna Catharina’s original Baptismal records here.
On page 115 of the “Wannamaker, Salley, MacKay, and Bellinger” book, familiar to many South Carolinians, you can find the following about Jacob and Ann Catharina.
Lt. Jacob Wannamaker (1749)
m. Anne Rumph (1750)
Lt. Jacob Wannamaker was born on October 26, 1749, in Orangeburg, SC. He died in the year 1795 in Orangeburg, SC. Jacob married Anna Rumph who was born on August 26, 1750 in Orangeburg, SC and died on January 27, 1825, in Orangeburg, SC.
On page 109 of the “Wannamaker, Salley, MacKay, and Bellinger” book, we see that Lt. Jacob Wannamaker (1749) served in the American Revolutionary War.
According to the “Rumph and Frederick Families” book, Lt. Jacob Wannamaker was considered a “celebrated Lieutenant.”
Ancestry.com. The Rumph and Frederick families, genealogical and biographical [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. (page 47)
Rev. Jacob Wannamaker (1777)
m. Rachel Whetstone (1799)
Rev. Jacob Wannamaker was born on August 25, 1777, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, and he died on September 25, 1834, in Orangeburg County as well. Jacob married Rachel Smoke Whetstone who was born in the year 1800, and she died on September 28, 1856, in Orangeburg County. On Find A Grave, you can see images of Jacob’s headstone and Rachel’s headstone, both of which were placed in their memory. These photos, taken by Larry Weathers, are some of the best I’ve seen. They are certainly better than the ones I took about 15 years ago.
Rev. Thomas Elliott Wannamaker (1827)
m. Sarah Ann Boyd (1831)
By Rev. Watson Boone Duncan, pgs. 335,336.
Rev. Thomas Elliott Wannamaker was born on October 13, 1827, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and he died April 7, 1910, in Orangeburg, SC. Rev. Thomas Elliott Wannamaker married Sarah Ann Boyd who was born on September 26, 1831 in St. Matthews, South Carolina, and she died on September 9, 1920 in Orangeburg, SC.
William Whetstone Wannamaker (1872)
m. Harriet Lyall “Baby” Matheson (1874)
William Whetstone Wannamaker was born on August 17, 1827, in Allendale, South Carolina, and he died on May 21, 1945, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. William married Harriett Lyall Matheson who was born on December 21, 1874, in Marion County, South Carolina, and she died on January 8, 1968, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
William was an accomplished attorney and a successful business man who was also committed to his community. He served as a Councilman in Orangeburg, and he served his country as an Army Captain in the Spanish-American War. (1) In the business sector, he was the owner of the Orange Cotton Mill, a Trustee of Orangeburg City Schools, and he held prominent positions within local banks. William was also a Grand Master of the Masons in South Carolina. “For his outstanding service to Freemasonry, he received the highest Masonic award, the Albert Gallatin Mackey Medal.” (2)
1. Ancestry.com. U.S., Spanish American War Volunteers Index to Compiled Military Service Records, 1898. (online database) 2. Interesting and Influential People of Orangeburg, author Gene Atkinson, page 89.
Thomas Elliott Wannamaker (1909)
m. Angie Ray Bryant (1910)
“Dr. T. Elliott Wannamaker was recently inducted into the inaugural Orangeburg County Business Hall of Fame for his impact on the industrial development of Orangeburg. Dr. Wannamaker was a highly esteemed industrialist, as well as an educator, and a conservationist. As a chemical engineer he founded the Wannamaker Chemical Company that evolved into Albemarle Corporation’s Orangeburg plant, now owned by SI Group. Elliott Wannamaker was born in Orangeburg in 1909 to William W. and Lyall M. Wannamaker. He was a graduate of Orangeburg High School in 1926 and received a chemistry degree from The Citadel in 1930. In 1935 he was awarded a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Cornell University in New York. From 1935 to 1937 Dr. Wannamaker was employed by Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York. Wanting to start his own chemical business, he returned to Orangeburg in 1937 to establish the Wannamaker Chemical Company. Initially it manufactured dyes for the fur industry. Soon afterward it began to be involved in the production of explosives. When World War II came about, he developed a procedure for producing tetryl which was used as a primer for explosives. For their outstanding service to the war effort, Wannamaker Chemical Company received the Army-Navy E citation. Dr. Wannamaker himself served in the United States Army Ordnance Corps. After World War II, the company continued to produce tetryl and also became a leader in the production of gasoline additives. In 1953 Dr. Wannamaker sold the plant to the Ethyl Corporation, but continued to serve as a consultant. Later he formed a chemical development company and also was a consultant in the chemical industry. In 1964 he became involved in the formation of Wade Hampton Academy, an Orangeburg prep school. Later he founded Willington Academy and served as president of the South Carolina Independent School Association as well. Dr. Wannamaker was a member of the advisory boards to Clemson University and Limestone College. He was a member of the American Chemical Society and served on the board of Minerals and Chemical Corporation. Additionally he served on the board of the Epilepsy Association of South Carolina. Elliott Wannamaker was widely known for his efforts to build ponds in the countryside. He married the former Angie Ray Bryant, and they had four children, Thomas E. Wannamaker, Jr., twins Robert B. and Lyall M. Wannamaker, and Dr. Braxton B. Wannamaker. Dr. Wannamaker died in 1987.”
Picture (B/W) courtesy of Dr. Braxton Wannamaker and provided by Dr. Gene Atkinson. Content from the online article, Out of the Past, on the Times and Democrat website, posted December 23, 2015.
Braxton Bryant Wannamaker (living)
m. Private
Dr. Braxton B. Wannamaker (ret.)
pioneer in the field of epileptology
You can read a brief biography about Dr. Wannamaker here. Additionally, you will find his CV and a list of publications, honors & awards, and society memberships.
Alexander James Matheson Wannamaker II (living)
m. Private
Entrepreneur
John Hughes Wannamaker (living)
m. Carolyn Louise Smart in 2021
Julia Wannamaker
juliawannamaker@gmail.com
Project Administrator
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA)
Wannamaker DNA Surname Project
January 2020
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