Emmelville

Emmelville

According to Joe, a visitor to this site, Emmelville is a small town right next to
Weymouth, NJ.
Another visitor has it on an Atlantic County map, a few miles south of Weymouth. It is situated on the land between Weymouth Road
and the Great Egg Harbor River. According to the map, the only things located there now are a Girl Scout Camp to the north and Lake Lenape Park
to the south.

Joe has provided me with this genealogical outline of the original settlers of Emmelville.:

Philip Emmel was born in New Jersey in 1786. He died 10 Mar 1865. He married a woman named
Sylvia Ireland on 2 Oct 1811 in Gloucester County. She was born in 1787 and died 7 May 1866.
According to Philip's census entry, recorded 5 Sep 1850 in Atlantic County, his occupation was that
of a farmer. He had real estate valued at $4000. Ten years prior, in 1840, he was probably living
in Upper Alloway Creek in Salem County, New Jersey. There are a few other Emmel families living
in that area in 1840. Philip is buried in the Weymouth Cemetery,
as is Sylvia.

According to a G. Millard of North Carolina, Sylvia's real first name is Heliecace.

The children of Philip and Sylvia Emmel were:

1. ??? Emmel. He married Hannah Harbert (b. abt 1821).
   They were the parents of:
   
   • Priscilla H. Emmel, b. 12 Mar 1839 in Emmelsville, d. 23 Dec 1904 in
     Hammonton. She was married first to Joseph Samuel Marts, son of John Marts and Williamina Price.
     Samuel was born 27 May 1832 and died 11 May, 1865 in Alexandria, VA. Her second husband
     was David Wescoat, born 29 Jan 1826, died 27 Dec 1910.
     Priscilla is buried in the cemetery at Pleasant Mills.
     Joseph Samuel Marts, her first husband, enlisted as a private in the Union Army on 5 Jul 1864, and
     served in Co. H, 8th NJ Infantry Regiment. He died of heart disease, and is buried in the
     Alexandria National Cemetery, grave number 3128. Priscilla and he had the following children:
     
     • Hannah W. Marts, b. June 1860. She married Thomas Richard
       Wescoat< on 23 Dec 1883. He was born Aug 5, 1889.
     • Maranda R. Marts
       
     • Joseph Samuel Marts, jr., b. 1 Sep 1864 in Mays Landing, d. 18 Mar 1925
       in Hammonton. He married Bertha Estelle Gage, b. 25 May 1869 in Kendall Mills,
       Maine.
       .
     • Phillip Marts
       
     With her second husband, David Wescoat, Priscilla had:
     • Philip Emil Wescoat, b. 13 Jul 1869, d. 1947; he married Catherine
       Southard. Philip is buried at Pleasant Mills Cemetery
       
   • Sophia Emmel, b. abt 1841
     
   • Samuel H. Emmel, b. 23 Feb 1845, d. 18 Dec 1910. Samuel is buried in the cemetery at Pleasant Mills
     
   • Hannah A. Emmel, b. abt 1848
     
2. Sarah Emmel (1814-1890). She married Michael Woolbert on 10 Oct 1832, son of Henry
   Woolbert and Nancy Down. Michael was born 17 Sep 1810 in Philadelphia, and died
   26 Feb 1905 Aldine, Salem County, NJ at 9 p.m. of pneumonia. He is buried in the cemetery at
   Weymouth. His occupation was given as cooper. Sarah
   and Michael were the parents of:
   
   • Sylvia Emma Woolbert, b. abt 1834, who married William Simkins (b. abt 1822)
     
   • Eliza M. Woolbert (1836-1892), who married Elisha S. Smith (1834-1911). Eliza
     and Elisha are buried in the Friends Central Cemetery in Linwood, New Jersey. Elisha
     was a shoemaker during his lifetime.
     
   • Sylvester Woolbert, b. abt 1842, who married Sarah. She was born abt 1845. Sylvester
     was also a shoemaker.
     
   • Emeline P. Woolbert, born about 1845
     
   • Michael E. Woolbert, born 16 Apr 1847, died 21 Aug 1915. He married
     Catherine J. Cramer, born 1 Dec 1851. Michael
     was employed as a cooper, and both he and Sarah are buried in the Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery in
     English Creek, Egg Harbor Township, NJ.
     
   • Sarah Ann Woolbert, b. abt 1850
     
   • Catherine E. Woolbert, b. Dec 1854. She married David Harris, b. Apr 1853
     
     
3. Rosana Emmel, born 1829 in Emmelville. She died 1898. Rosanna married James W. Schenck on
   23 Dec 1848; he was born to William Schenck in 1826, also in Emmelville. He died in 1901
   in Weymouth, and he is buried there as well. During his lifetime
   he was employed as a house carpenter. The children of Rosana and James were:
   
   • Aaron L. Schenck, b. 30 Apr 1849, d. 1927. He was a farmer, and is buried in
     Weymouth Cemetery.
     
   • Sarah M. Schenck, b. abt 1851
     
   • Lewis E. Schenck, b. abt 1854
     
   • Sarah Eunice Schenck, b. abt 1856
     
   • William W. Schenck, b. abt 1858
     
   • Francis S. Schenck, b. abt 1861
     
   • Sylvia E. Schenck, b. 24 Aug 1863 in Emmelville, and died 18 Jan 1946 in
     Weymouth. She married John Clay Marsh, jr. in 1883. He was born 5 Apr 1861 in Philadelphia,
     and died 3 Mar 1939 in Weymouth. Sylvia is buried at the
     Weymouth Cemetery, while John is buried in
     Pleasantville. They were the parents of:
     
     • William Howard Marsh, b. 6 Jan 1884 in Atlantic City, d. 1971 in Florida.
       He was married to Catherine Calloway, b. 1887 in St. Louis, MO and d. 23 Feb,
       1978 in Florida; his second wife was Edith Mae Gilmore, b. 1887. William
       and Catherine are buried in Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville.
       
     • Walter John Marsh, b. 1890 in Atlantic City, d. 19 Jan 1919 in Baltimore.
       He married Edith Augusta Gale in 1909. She was born 15 Aug 1890 in
       Mizpah, NJ and died 20 Mar 1968 in Pennsauken, NJ
       She is buried in the Zion Cemetery at Bargaintown
       
   • Walter Schenck, b. abt 1866. He was married to a woman named Mame.
     
   • Mary L. Schenck, b. abt 1868
     
   • Howard P. Schenck, b. 26 Feb 1873, d. 10 Dec 1960. He married Emma V., born 8 Nov
     1879, and died 5 Oct 1961. Howard and Emma are buried in the Weymouth Cemetery. Their children were:
     
     • May Anna Schenck, b. 31 May 1897, d. 3 Mar 1964
       
     • Howard M. Schenck, b. 25 Sep 1898, d. 1 Mar 1974. He served with the
       air service during WWI.