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Sarah and Solomon clearly are raising their first grandchild, Egerton Shepley, son of John W., as he is with them in both the 1851 and 1861 census. His mother, Mary Williams, died shortly after his birth.

History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.

1851 personal census, Colchester Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-29:
Shepley Solomon, M, Married, 55, born Up Canada, Methodist, Farmer;
Sarah, F, Married, 54, born Up Canada, Methodist;
Hannah, F, Single, 19, born Up Canada, Methodist;
Solomon Jr., M, Single, 17, born Up Canada, Methodist;
Egerton, M, Single, 10, born Up Canada, Methodist;
Jacob, M, Single, 10, born Up Canada, Methodist;
Charles, M, Single, 10, born Up Canada, Methodist.

1861 personal census, Malden Twp, Essex Co., ON, transcribed by the Essex Branch of the OGS:
Shepley Solomon, M, Married, 64, born UC, WM, Farmer;
Sarah, F, Married, 63, born UC, WM;
Egerton, M, Single, 19, born UC, WM, Lab;
Jacob, M, Single, 19, born UC, WM, Lab;
Charles, M, Single, 18, born UC, WM, Lab;
Malott Catherine, F, Single, 22, born UC, WM.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 61-64:
Wigle. The prominent and numerous family of this name in the County of Essex, Ont., is descended from John Wendel Wigle, who was born in Germany in the year 1763. Being left an orphan at an early age, he was obliged to shift for himself, and was a mere boy when he made his way to the seacost, where, having neither means nor friends, he hid himself on board a sailing vessel which was about to leave for America. He was discovered after the ship sailed by the captain, who proved himself a most cruel man, and immediately upon arrival in America bound young Wigle out to service for seven years, it is said, to pay for his passage. To what trade he was apprenticed during this time is not definitely known, but as his occupation in later life was weaving, it is most probable that his knowledge of the business was acquired during that period.
     At the age of twenty-one years John Wendel Wigle made his home at York, Pennsylvania, where in 1776 he was married to Julianna Rommer. He did not bear arms in the Revolution, though he was undoubtedly a British sympathizer, as we find that he decided to leave soon after the war closed. In 1786, along with a number of other families, he and his family started for Canada, making the journey to Detroit through Ohio, with pack-horses, driving their cattle before them. They spent several years near Detroit, probably on Grosse Ile, as the government had not yet acquired the land from the Indians, but about 1792, when government grants were thrown open to settlers, John W. Wigle and his family settled in Gosfield township, County of Essex, on Lot 6, Eastern Division. Here he passed the remainder of his life, dying in the home he established there, and he was buried in Lot 6, as is also his wife, who passed away in May 1824. In spite of the hardships and trails they had to contend with in making a home in the wilderness, these good people prospered, and John Wendel Wigle acquired possesion of some 3,000 acres before he died. Thus he was able to leave his children in comfortable circumstances, and as his family was a large one he had ample use for his numerous acres.
     We have the following record of the eleven children born to this pioneer couple: John, born in Pennsylvania Dec. 21, 1778, died in Gosfield Jan. 28, 1871; he married Susanna Scratch, and they had a family of fifteen children. Wendel, born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 17, 1781, married Isabella Scratch, and died April 6, 1860. Kate, born in Pennsylvania, married Theodore Malott, who settled on Lot 13, in Gosfield, East Divison. Elizabeth, born in Pennsylvania, became the wife of Michael Fox. Julianna, born in Colchester April 4, 1789, married George Fox, and died on Pelee Island July 3, 1879. Joseph, born March 22, 1792, died July 23, 1864; he married Euphemia Miller, and they had eleven children (they were the grandparents of William R. Wigle, who is mentioned elsewhere.) Mary, born in Gosfield June 29, 1793, married Peter Scratch, and died June 3, 1872. Sarah, born in Gosfield Aug. 26, 1798, married Solomon Shepley, and had eight children. Maudlin married Jacob Fox, and had seven children. Christopher married Mary Wilkinson. Michael married Julianna Tofflemire, and for his second wife, Prudence Chapman...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 220-221:
John Parks, one of the leading farmers of Malden township, County of Essex, is a son of Jonathan Parks, who was born in Staffordshire, England.
     In his native shire Jonathan Parks learned the mason's trade, following same until 1841, in which year he came to Canada. In Staffordshire, on June 11, 1832, he married Susanna Hartshorn...
     John Parks was born in Staffordshire, England, Jan. 11, 1837, and at the age of eight(?!) years was thrown upon his own resources...
     When he was twenty-two years of age, Mr. Parks married Miss Hannah A. Shepley, a native of Raleigh township, County of Kent, and a daughter of Solomon Shepley. To this union came children as follows: Elmer, born Jan. 4, 1863, married Miss Jeanette Benton, and they have had six children, Ethel C., born Sept. 10, 1892; Hannah M., Jan. 9, 1894; Allen Elmer, Nov. 27, 1896; Willie J., Oct. 17, 1898; Ann Clara, April 18, 1901; and Janet, April 28, 1903. Minnie, born July 6, 1866, married Fred Mickle, of Malden township, and they have three children: Bessie, born Aug. 26, 1884; and Ella H. and Frederick H., twins, born June 2, 1891. Mary, born May 18, 1868, married Curtis Mickle, and has had one child, Earl Parks, born Oct. 31, 1901. Susanna, born Oct. 22, 1871, married Frank Shepley, and has one child, Hannah L., born Sept. 19, 1902. John, Jr., born Aug. 14, 1874, married Miss Lenora Dorsey, and they have had one son, John Glenn, born Aug. 14, 1899, who died March 20, 1902; they reside with his parents, John Parks carrying on the farming, and he is kept very busy looking after so large a property.
     Solomon Shepley was born in Harwich township, County of Kent, Nov. 17, 1797, and during his young manhood lived for a time in Gosfield township, Couty of Essex, where he married Sarah Wigle, who was born Aug. 26, 1798, and died Jan. 10, 1868. Mr. Shepley died May 17, 1868. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Shepley lived in Raleigh township, near Cedar Springs, and there engaged in farming all of their lives. The children born to this worthy couple were as follows: John W., born Jan. 22, 1820, died at Chatham, Ont., in 1892; Michael A., born April 4, 1822, died at Bothwell in 1896; Joseph W., born Dec. 22, 1825, lived in Colchester South, where he died March 28, 1878; James D. G., born June 9, 1828, resides in Colchester; Hannah A., the wife of John Parks, the subject of this biography, was born April 22, 1833; Solomon R., born in April, 1835, resides at Essex; Jacob C., born Sept. 22, 1843, resides at Kingsville; Charles W., twin brother of Jacob C., born Sept. 22, 1843, also resides at Kingsville, where both are prominent men. The Parks and Shepley families are justly numbered among the most representative of the locality, and their members have well borne their part in the upbuilding and development of the several sections in which they have made their homes.

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John Wendel Weigele/Wigle 1753-   Julianna Romer
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Sarah Wigle 1798-1868