Sayre Family: Another 100 Years, Volume Iv

By Ralph Hall Sayre

Thomas Sayre came with his family from England to Lynn, Massachusetts in the early 1630's. Among descendants of Thomas were clergymen, surgeons, attorneys, ambassadors, and representatives of almost every profession. Francis B., cowboy, professor of law, and ambassador, was son-in-law of former President Woodrow Wilson, Zelda was the wife of American novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and subject of one of his books. David A. was a silversmith, banker, and founder of Lexington's Sayre School. Many Sayre descendants were taken by wars in service to America and never had the chance to win recognition for their inherent abilities.
SAYRE FAMILY...another 100-years, in a large part, focuses on the early pioneers who came to or passed through the Ohio Valley of West Virginia and Ohio. At least three direct descendants of Thomas had made settlements in that area by the Nineteenth Century. One, David Sayre, came from New Jersey about 1778, and left many descendants who still lived in that area at the beginning of the Twenty-first Century. The bulk of this genealogy covers those, while other Sayre families whose ancestral links were not discovered are also included. The three generations of ancestors above each family block makes tracing easier.

• Language: English
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• Release date: Jul 9, 2003
• ISBN: 9781475968057

Ralph Hall Sayre

Ralph Hall Sayre, native West Virginian, was born in the hills of Upshur County. He attended West Virginia University, afterwards serving in the U.S. Army 1962-1966. In 1979, he published Some Branches of THE WORKMAN TREE. He has worked as Quality Control Inspector, Genealogical Records Specialist, and Fingerprint Examiner.

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SAYRE FAMILY

…another 100 years, Volume IV

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Information used in the preparation of this book has been collected and assembled by humans. Humans are prone to make mistakes. I have found conflicts in dates by the same persons given to me at different times. I have had different names and/or dates for the same person given to me by different contributors, and in some instances, from the same family. Having no personal knowledge of the individual families or means of confirming all data given to me, I used what I was given in most cases. I tried to be consistent and not change anything. I always requested that data be written and mailed to me, however, some things were given me by phone. Of material received both ways, I could have misunderstood.

Some information, even if correct and appropriate at the time of writing, could seem incorrect when read years later. Divorce, job changes, births, death, etc. cause changes. Dates recorded in family bibles often disagree with dates on tombstones and in the courthouses. There are typos where the fingers misspell and make a number wrong. For instance the date, 1820 may appear as 1920, and 1920 may appear as 1902, etc. I must apologize for my lack of skill, knowledge and use of established standards. Especially to those who were wrongly affected, I apologize.

Particular attention was given to the material compiled for this work to avoid invasion of privacy. I have assumed that everyone who contributed data to me intended me to use it in this genealogy. It will be the responsibility of each reader to respect the privacy and rights of all people named herein. I made every attempt to obtain permission to use information from all sources whether or not a copyright was registered. In the text and with illustrations, I have attempted to credit all contributors and sources, published and unpublished. Any credits that have been overlooked were unintentional, and I offer my most sincere apology. Special care was taken to avoid copyright infringement.

I had no formal training in book writing and computers. In completing this book using computers, I became self-taught and compiled everything using my own logic.

ISBN: 0-595-28065-X

ISBN: 978-1-4759-6805-7 (ebk)

DEDICATION

HILDA, ALAN, LeANNA,

DALTON, and REBECCA SAYRE

for patience, understanding, forgiveness

and companionship on many research expeditions.

ADA RUTH and FRANK SAYRE

without whose commitment, interest and generosity,

this work would not be so complete.

ARNOLD WESLEY SAYRE

who has been there and supported me all my life,

and the best brother any man could have.

WHY—A GENEALOGY—WHY?

"There is a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors which elevates the character and improves the heart.

"It is wise for us to recur to the history of our ancestors. Those who are regardless of their ancestors, and of their posterity, who do not look upon themselves as a link connecting the past with the future, in the transmission of life from their ancestors to their posterity, do not perform their duty to the world.

To be faithful to ourselves, we must keep both our ancestors and their posterity within reach and grasp of our thoughts and our affections, living in the memory and retrospect of the past, and hoping with affections and care for those who are to come after us. We are true to ourselves only when we act with pride for the blood we inherit, and which we are to transmit to those who shall soon fill our places. Daniel Webster

CONTENTS

Volume IV covers the descendants of (#553) Jedediah6 and Elizabeth (Weaver) Sayre. Jedediah6, Benjamin6, and Sarah6 who married Benjamin Thorn, all remained in what is now North Central West Virginia when David5 and Hannah (Frazier) Sayre and their other children and families moved to the Letart area of the Ohio River about 1800.

Additional notes are given on the allied families of Weaver, Fast, Ball, Felton, Watring, Clark, Anderson, Proudfoot, Hoffman, Brooks, Brake, Cole, McIntosh, Knotts, McGee, Channell, and Read.

DESCENDANTS OF (#553) JEDEDIAH6 AND ELIZABETH (WEAVER) SAYRE

1354.   SAMUEL7 AND SARAH (McVICKER) SAYRE

1355.   SOLOMON7 AND MARY ANN (BALL) SAYRE

1356.   REBECCA7 (SAYRE) AND ELIJAH BENJAMIN McINTOSH

1357.   LEVI7 AND ELIZABETH (BALL) SAYRE

1358.   MARY7 SAYRE

1359.   MATILDA7 (SAYRE) AND ABSALOM KNOTTS, JR.

1360.   HANNAH7 (SAYRE) AND JOSHUA CALDWELL

1361.   EDITH7 (SAYRE) AND JONATHAN CHANNELL

1362.   NANCY7 (SAYRE) AND WILLIAM READ

NOTE: Some of the numbers at left of names and those enclosed in parenthesis are person numbers assigned by Theodore M. Banta in his SAYRE FAMILY published in 1901. Superscript numbers (raised and smaller) indicate the American generation as descended from the immigrant ancestor, Thomas¹.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLEASANT CREEK SCHOOL AND CHURCH

(#1354) SAMUEL P. SAYRE

(#2759) ABSALOM SAYRE’S FAMILY

WILLIAM COLUMBUS AND SARAH LUELLA SAYRE

SAYRE CEMETERY, BARBOUR COUNTY, WV

(#2772) ENOCH SAYRE TOMBSTONE

(#2772) ENOCH SAYRE

ELIZABETH (FELTON) SAYRE

HELEN AND MATILDA (SAYRE) KELLER; JOHN FRANCIS KELLER

JOHN SAYRE, S/O (#2772) ENOCH

WILL E. SAYRE AND FAMILY (OF #2772 ENOCH)

MAMIE SAYRE AND FAMILY

E. PHILLIP SAYRE FAMILY

MARJORIE (SAYRE) AND HUGH LOTHROP FAMILY

MINNIE, LUELLA, AND MATILDA SAYRE (OF #2772 ENOCH)

(#2774) JEDDIAH SAYRE

FRANCIS HALL SAYRE FAMILY (OF #2774 JEDDIAH)

DK AND NANCY SAYRE

ARAH MARGARET (SAYRE) LOUDIN

WILLIAM E. AND TINIE (BARTLETT) SAYRE FAMILY (OF #2774 JEDDIAH)

JAMES ASHFORD AND MARY JANE (HOSAFLOOK) SAYRE (OF #2774 JEDDIAH)

ELIZA AND GRANVILLE D. SAYRE

MABEL (SAYRE) AND ORZA J. MARTIN

W. BROWN SAYRE AND FOUR GENERATIONS

WILLIAM BROOKS (BILL) SAYRE

JUANITA (SAYRE) AND STEPHEN LINGER

CLARK UPTON SAYRE (OF #2774 JEDDIAH)

MINNIE (SAYRE) ALDERMAN

(#2774) JEDDIAH AND SUSAN’S CHILDREN

E. FLETCHER AND BLANCH SAYRE (OF #2774 JEDDIAH)

ISON AND LONA SAYRE (OF #2774 JEDDIAH)

THE CHARLES and SUFRONA (SAYRE) SEASLEY FAMILY

LABAN SAYRE (OF #2776 JOSEPH)

GEORGE WASHINGTON SAYRE (OF #2777 ISAAC)

PLEASANT CREEK REUNION

KEY TO PLEASANT CREEK REUNION PHOTO

(#1356) REBECCA (SAYRE) McINTOSH

ELIJAH B. McINTOSH TOMBSTONE

(#1356) REBECCA (SAYRE) McINTOSH TOMBSTONE

(#1359) MATILDA (SAYRE) KNOTTS

CHILDREN OF ABSALOM, JR. AND MATILDA (SAYRE) KNOTTS

REV. JOSEPH AND REBECCA (HALL) KNOTTS

JOSHUA F. AND CLARA (WETZEL) KNOTTS

I began genealogical research about 1960 as my own project. A scrap of paper with birth, marriage, and death dates for my Grandmother Sayre’s family was found in an old trunk that my dad kept. I thought, How neat! I’ll just do that for as many of the family as I can. For more than twenty years I did genealogy for my own pleasure, seldom giving thought that my work would pass on to someone who would want to know where I got my information. About 1980, I became acquainted with Ada Ruth Sayre who had collected an enormous amount of Sayre Genealogy mostly from the Jackson-Mason County, West Virginia area. We combined our research materials.

In 1995, when my employment was taken away, I decided that I would like to be a certified professional genealogist. When I started studying for certification, one thing quickly became clear. I had been lax in citing my sources over all those years. It turns play into work, but in the end, source citations are something nice to have. I went back and tried to locate sources that were not originally recorded, but I was unsuccessful in many cases. So take a tip from someone who learned late, CITE YOUR SOURCES!

In this genealogy, I never used footnotes, but attempted to cite sources in the text. I included three ancestral generations above each family block, then listed up to three generations of descendants under each family block. Where there were more than three generations on one or more of the descendants, I used a plus (+) symbol and moved forward to start a new family block for that descendant. I tried to keep these in order, but in cases you find some out of order, it may be because of my error, or because of the way I received the information. Please take the time and patience to try to understand.

I attempted to write this entire work in past tense. One of the strongest influencing factors for that was the picture of The Old Sayre House opposite page 18 in SAYRE FAMILY by Theodore M. Banta where the caption included the words still standing. That book was reprinted several times, and many descendants made an effort in the 1960’s, 1970’s, and 1980’s to go to Southampton to see that house. The book was published in 1901, the house was torn down in 1912, so many visitors to Southampton were somewhat disappointed. Once something is written, circumstances which made it true and factual at the time often change, but the printed words remain unchanged.

Conflicting concerns have arisen from including adopted children. Some have said, Don’t include me if you must identify me as adopted. Others have asked that their adopted children be included without condition or reservation. Others are critical of including adopted children in families other than their own. Some raise eyebrows and point a wicked finger at the illegitimate links. I tried to please as many as possible. I tried to remove the families who asked to be removed. While dealing with the importance of genealogy in its strictest sense, I tried to be accurate in reporting. I compiled this genealogy in the spirit of family and integrity."

Where known, I tried to include cause of death. I consider the most accurate source to be from a person’s death certificate. In many cases, however, it was simply reported by a family member.

Many years and efforts of many people have gone into compiling, proofreading and correcting this material, yet, there will be errors. Once a book is in print, errors cannot be corrected in that print. However, when you find errors you can make notes in your own book, and you can tell other people. A good sharp No. 2 pencil is the best tool I have found for entering notes into books. Ink often bleeds into the paper fibers and becomes unsightly and sometimes unreadable.

APPRECIATION-To all who provided moral support, information, and finances, I express my sincere appreciation. If I were to list all, the list would surely be enormous and someone would surely be missed. When you read this, those of you who contributed will know, but also know that others reading this for the first time will appreciate you most. Those of you who are reading for the first time, know that we tried to accurately provide you a record and lasting memorial to the Sayre family.

Ralph Hall Sayre, 2003

553. JEDEDIAH⁶ SAYRE was born 1 June 1772. Due to David Sayre having served in the New Jersey Militia in 1775, it would seem more realistic that Jedediah Sayre was born in New Jersey. However, the Barbour County 1850 Virginia Census record and Jedediah’s death record, both, state that he was born in Maryland. No documentation verifying or denying it was located by the time of this writing. It is conceivable that Hannah was visiting family or relatives in Maryland when he was born. Records were found that Elizabeth (Weaver) Sayre was born in Maryland. Jedediah married (by Rev. John Denham) in Monongalia County, (W) Virginia 23 March 1797 ELIZABETH WEAVER, a daughter of Henry Sr. and Catherine (Fast) Weaver. Jedediah had made his settlement on Pleasant Creek, then a part of Harrison County, prior to his marriage. Jedediah had started his family, taken a humanitarian and political interest in Pleasant Creek by the time his parents, brothers and sisters decided to move to the Letart area.

WEAVER and FAST

Weber—Weaver

At this writing, it was a common consensus among those studying the ancestry of Henry Weaver, Sr. of Monongalia County, (West) Virginia, that the surname evolved from Weber of Germany. There was some questions, however, as to the actual ancestral line. More than one Henrich Weber was found in early Pennsylvania records.

The Weaver Family of Monongalia County, by B. F. Tatterson gave the following:

"The immigrant ancestor of the Weaver family in Monongalia County was Casper von Weber who was born about 1700 in Nuremberg, Germany. He was educated at the University of Heidelburg…He came to America in 1720 and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the area which later became Lancaster County where he died. [Presumably, Casper married in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. RS]

His sons were Adam, Jacob, Casper and Christopher. Two of his sons, Jacob and Christopher moved to Berkeley County, Virginia and settled near Martinsburg. Christopher lived on Sleepy Creek where he was assessed for 147 acres of land in 1774. He served in the Revolutionary War, in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment, as he was on the receiving pay in 1782. His will was recorded in Berkeley County Will Book 1, page 479, probated 15 April 1788. His will named his wife Elizabeth, and children John, William, Henry, Christopher, Mary, Dolly and Elizabeth. The descendants of Henry Weaver were published in the Monongalia Chronicle No. 1, page 3, January 1975.

Berkeley County Will Bk. 1, p. 479, probated 4-15-1788, WEAVER, Christopher; Dev.: Elizabeth, wife; John; William; Henry; and Christopher, sons; Mary, Dolly, and Elizabeth, daughters. Henry had been living in Fredrick County, Maryland, not far from Berkeley County, prior to purchasing land in Monongalia County, Virginia. Carlton D. Weaver and others researched the Weaver line for years, and they believe that Henry, who was son of Christopher of Berkeley County, went to Kentucky and was not the Henry Weaver, Sr. of Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is possible that the Henry Weaver, Sr. of Monongalia County was a cousin, son of Adam or Casper who remained in Pennsylvania. Henry’s son, John had a son named Adam Weaver.

HENRY WEAVER, SR., was probably born between 1740 and 1745. About 1766 or 1767 in Frederick County, Maryland, Henry married CATHERINE FAST, daughter of Nicklaus and Cadarina (Doerner) Faust. Catharine Fast could have been born as early as 1752 in Frederick County, Maryland. It is possible that she was age 14 or 15 when married. Henry purchased a property called Chestnut Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1769. It was common in Maryland for the early settlers to name their property. Henry purchased 400-acres on White Day Creek in Monongalia County, Virginia in 1770, but probably didn’t move there until after 1790. Maryland records indicate that some of his children were baptized there. He probably developed the White Day Creek property for many years before moving the family there. Records indicate that he paid 2-pounds sterling to get his deed on 7 December 1793.

Fass—Fast

Nicklaus Fass (often referenced as Faust) was born 26 December 1727 in Gocklingen, the Duchy of Zweibrucken, Germany, son of Jacob and Margaretha (Fuchs) Fass. Originally it was told that he left Germany because of his Lutheran religious beliefs and the predominance of the Roman Catholics. Later discoveries indicate that he had married, and due to his financial status, he could not be accepted where his wife lived. This situation was likely more influential to their leaving. Nicklaus arrived in Philadelphia on the Royal Union 17 August 1750. Through research of Robert George Fast of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1980-83, we learn that Catarina Dorner, daughter of Bernhart Doerner of Ilbesheim was permitted to emigrate with her brother, Jacob, in 1749. The record further states she had married a foreign young man… This suggests that Nicklaus and Catarina had married before 1749 and came to America separately. Ref. also: page from PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PIONEERS, by Dr. Friedrich Krebs, Palatine State Archives, Speyer, Germany.

The first By Way of Rotterdam by Wirt Faust had presumed that Catarina was daughter of Peter and Barbarow Danner. New research into the records by Robert G. Fast revealed that she was in fact a daughter of Bernhard and Anna Catarina (Pfuster) Doerner. The strange circumstances were, however, that Peter Danner’s will listed children named Catharine and Jacob. However, the will of Bernhard Doerner 8 October 1771 plainly stated his daughter, Anna Catharine married a Nicklaus Fass, and immigrated about 25-years ago to North America.

Nicholas and Catherine appear in records of Monocacy Lutheran Church in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland 1758. During that period, many German families were settling at Redstone, Pennsylvania which was about twelve miles north. Nicholas and Catherine lived their last years in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Catherine died 8 May 1795 and Nicholas died 3 May 1818. Their headstones in Jacob’s Lutheran Church Cemetery carry the spelling Cadarina and Nicklaus. The cemetery is located near Masontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania. Nicklaus had been a charter member of Jacob’s Church.

After Catharine (Fast) Weaver died about 1801, Henry married 2nd 12 September 1803 NANCY BEALL, widow of John Beall who died a ship while coming to America. Henry accepted the Beall children as his own.

Henry Weaver, Sr. died about October 1830 on his White Day Creek property. I was never able to locate tombstones or death records for Henry or Catharine. Nancy was still living on the property when it was sold, but she died in Champaign County, Ohio, 21 November 1849.

WEAVER, Henry—Will; Monongalia County 9-12-1830 (named Nancy, wife; Barbara Marple, daughter; John and Jacob, sons. The will named husbands of Elizabeth and Mary in reverse. Others: John Bell; Elizabeth Stephans; Henry Weaver; Catherine (Mrs. Adam Fast); and Mary Wivel). Monongalia County Records: Inventory 10-29-1830; S.B. 317-1831.

*Eight of Henry Weaver’s children were mentioned in Nicholas Fast’s 17 January 1816 Will. (Uniontown, Pennsylvania,

Fayette County Will Book I, Vol. 2, p. 600. The same recorded at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania in Will Book 9, p. 225.)

Henry and Catharine (Fast) Weaver’s children:

1. *NICHOLAS WEAVER, (1768—2 October 1821); m. about 1789 MARGARET ( ) who was born about 1770 and died 6 August 1822 in the 52nd year of her life. Place of birth given in censuses for some of the children indicate they lived for a time in Pennsylvania. Nicholas and his brother, John Weaver left Monongalia county before 1810. Nicholas eventually settled near Plants, now in Meigs County, Ohio. The Weavers seemed to know the Roush family and settled near Henry Roush, Sr. Nicholas has been called A pioneer of the Ohio Valley. Another research stated that another Weaver family settled about 1805 in Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio. They were of Swiss origin. They moved on to Fairfield County, Ohio probably before Nicholas and John came to Plants. Children of Nicholas Sr., and Margaret Weaver:

i.   SARAH WEAVER, b. about 1792; m. FRANCIS SUDDITH.

ii.   MARY WEAVER, b. about 1794; m. MICHAEL ROUSH. She died 17 July 1834.

iii.   ELIZABETH WEAVER, b. about 1796; m. JOHN CIRCLE.

iv.   CHARLOTTE WEAVER, b. about 1797; m. THOMAS SCOTT.

v.   KATHERINE WEAVER, b. about 1798; m. 16 February 1815 JOHN HENSON.

vi.   MARGARET WEAVER, b. 9 March 1802; m. 19 March 1824 JACOB ROUSH. She died 24 January 1887.

vii.   NICHOLAS WEAVER, JR., b. 9 November 1803; m. 30 November 1830 DOROTHY ROUSH. He died about 1887.

viii.   DANIEL WEAVER, b. 23 August 1805; m. in Meigs County 17 November 1824, (#1368.) HAN-NAH-7 SAYRE (1808-1865) daughter of (#555.) Thomas-6 and Martha (Sams) Sayre. Another source gave 23 February 1800 as Daniel’s birth date. Daniel died 20 June 1851. See chapter on (#555.) Thomas Sayre for children.

ix.   SUSANNAH WEAVER, b. about 1807; m. 21 May 1826 JONAS ROUSH.

x.   SOLOMON WEAVER, b. about 1810.

xi.   JOHN WEAVER, b. 26 June 1813; m. 21 November 1839 ELIZABETH ROUSH. He died 22 May 1883.

xii.   NOAH WEAVER, b. 14 April 1815; m. 10 April 1844 MAHALA PRICE. He died 23 December 1892.

xiii.   GEORGE WEAVER, b. about 1816; m. 1 January 1837 NANCY JANE GREENLY(or GREEN-LEE).

2.   ANNA CATHERINE WEAVER, b. 31 December 1769; m. ADAM FAST, JR. believed by some researchers to be her uncle, but I would guess, cousin.

3.   MARY WEAVER, m. FREDERICK WIBEL. She died before 1816. They had three children: Mary, Nicholas, and Elizabeth Wibel.

4.   *HENRY WEAVER, JR. married ABIGAIL GREGGS(or GRIGGS).+

5.   ANNA *BARBARA WEAVER, (2 February 1771-19 December 1858); m. 11 November 1794 JOHN ABRAHAM MARPLE. Record was found of her baptism in the Lutheran Church of Frederick, Maryland. Children:

i.   MOSES MARPLE, b. about 1797; m. 2 April 1829 ELIZABETH BENNETT. He died about 1870.

ii.   JACOB D. MARPLE, b. 26 December 1799; d. 7 April 1861.

iii.   JOHN WEAVER MARPLE, b. about 1805; m. 12 April 1827 RUTH REGER (14 July 1809-17 August 1880).

iv.   AMOS FURR MARPLE, b. about 1809; m. 7 December 1830 JEMIMA CUMMINGS. He died 1 February 1884.

6.   JOHANN *JACOB WEAVER, (30 June 1776-1853); m. about 1801 SARAH ROY.

7.   *JOHN WEAVER, (1777-25 August 1843); m. FRANCES ("FANNY) ( ). He served in the War of 1812 as Private in Captain Jacob Mann’s Company. He enlisted 14 November 1812 and was discharged 15 May 1813. Some of their children:

i. ADAM WEAVER, b. about 1796; m. 8 November 1816 MARY BERRY. He died 1 June 1854.

ii.   ADLEY WEAVER, b. 4 march 1797 in Virginia; m. 1st 18 November 1830 (#2678.) SARAH-8 SAYRE (1813-1836), d/o (#1325.) Daniel-7 and Sinah (Hayman) Sayre who died in 1836. He married 2nd 21 August 1837 (#2663.) MARY-8 SAYRE, d/o (#1323.) John-7 and Hannah (Jones) Sayre, granddaughter of (#548.) Daniel-6 and Sarah (Hall) Sayre. Adley died 6 July 1868.

iii.   MARY WEAVER, b. about 1798; m. JOHN BRINKER. She died 5 July 1833.

iv.   CASSIA WEAVER, b. about 1802 in Virginia; m. 6 October 1822, (#1346.) MOSES E.-7 SAYRE, son of (#552.) Ephraim-6 and Lydia (Fawcett) Sayre. According to the 1880 census, her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother born in Ireland. She died 6 October 1887. [Another source gave 20 June 1887. RS]

v.   SARAH WEAVER, b. about 1804; m. JOHN KNAPP

vi.   JOHN JAMES WEAVER, b. 12 January 1809; m. ANGELINE McNAMEE. He died 15 January 1876.

vii.   HENRY WEAVER, b. 10 February 1811; m. 21 August 1838 ANNA DAVIS. He died 17 July 1851. Burial was in Letart Falls Cemetery, Letart Falls, Meigs, Ohio.

viii.   NANCY WEAVER, b. about 1813 in Ohio; married 28 December 1831 FRANCIS A. BLAIN I. who was born 23 July 1813 Ohio. He was a steamboat pilot. Nancy died in December 1849. He then married 2nd, about 1852, (#2737.) Sarah-8 Sayre, daughter of (#1336.) Robert-7 and Martha (Jones) Sayre. Robert was a son of (#550.) John-6 and Susannah (Ferrel) Sayre.

8.   *ELIZABETH WEAVER, (28 April 1778—28 July 1851); married (#553.) JEDEDIAH-6 SAYRE, son of (#199.) David-5 and Hannah (Frazier) Sayre.

9.   *MAHDLANA WEAVER, (1780-d. about 1813); married 1 August 1799 (#1323.) JOHN H.-7 SAYRE, son of (#548.) Daniel-6 and Sarah (Hall) Sayre. She has been referred to as Mary in John Sayre’s chapter.

Sayre person numbers (#) from the SAYRE FAMILY, Banta, 1901.

HENRY WEAVER, SR.

CATHERINE FAST

HENRY WEAVER, JR. was born about 1770 in Fredrick County, Maryland. He married in Monongalia County, (W) Virginia 22 September 1796 ABIGAIL GREGGS (Griggs) who was born about 1775 daughter of Thomas and Louise Greggs(or Griggs). Henry died 16 April 1821, and Abigail died 1 August 1838. Children of Henry, Jr. and Abigail (Greggs) Weaver:

1.   TEMPERANCE WEAVER

2.   SARAH WEAVER m. 1st, 7 July 1837 JOHN ROBINSON. It is not clear if they divorced, or he died. She married 2nd, 15 January 1846 WILLIAM READ son of Francis and Arah (Hall) Read. William Read married 1st, (#1362.) Nancy-7 Sayre,, daughter of (#553.) Jedediah-6 and Elizabeth (Weaver) Sayre. After the second marriage, William and Sarah with family went to Warren County, Iowa. [Some information from John Murphy. RS]

3.   JOSEPH WEAVER

4.   CATHERINE WEAVER m. 11 November 1815 WILLIAM ROBINSON who was born 1797 to James and Elizabeth (Davis) Robinson. He died 1 September 1865 and she died about 1876.

5.   URIAH M. WEAVER, b. about 1798; m. 1st 9 July 1817 REBECCA MITCHELL, d/o Solomon and Elizabeth (Thompson) Mitchell. She died about 1835. He m. 2nd 15 October 1837 MARGARET BARBARA DUCKWORTH who was born about 1821. Uriah died 23 July 1865 (Barbour County, WV, Death Bk. 1, p. 32) and Margaret died about 1891.

6.   DANIEL WEAVER, b. about 1801; m. MARY MITCHELL. Daniel and family went to Kansas before 1860. He died there and Mary was robbed on the return trip. Children:

i    SARRILDA WEAVER, b. about 1824; m. SIMON SWICK.

ii.   JOHN A. WEAVER m. NANCY PROUDFOOT.

iii.   NANCY WEAVER m. REMUS POLING.

iv.   REBECCA WEAVER

v.   DOLLY WEAVER

vi.   MARY (POLLY) WEAVER, b. about 1831; m. EDGAR POLING.

vii.   CASSANDRA WEAVER, b. about 1832; m. JOHN SIPE.

viii.   MARION WEAVER, b. about 1834; m. ELIZA ( ).

ix.   BENJAMIN WEAVER, b. about 1836; m. NANCY ROHRBAUGH.

x.   WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON WEAVER, b. 7 November 1839; m. 7 March 1865 ALMINA McCAULEY who was born in March 1843 to Edward Jackson and Catherine (Fornash) McCauley.

xi.   EUGENOUS WEAVER, b. about 1840; m. ELIZABETH ELLYSON.

xii.   ALMIRA WEAVER, b. about 1842; m. DANIEL CARPENTER.

xiii.   ADALINE WEAVER, b. about 1848.

7.   JOHN J. WEAVER, b. 1802/3 Va. m. at Pleasant Creek, 2 June 1825 MARTHA KELLER who was born 29 December 1803. She died 24 January 1869. He married 2nd, 15 January 1870 HARRIET PETERS. He died 12 October 1873. Children:

i.   GEORGE WEAVER, b. 5 August 1825; m. 18 December 1845 GUELDA DUCKWORTH who was born 20 March 1824 in Maryland to Henry and Abigail (Tichenor) Duckworth. George took an interest in his German ancestry and learned as much as he could about it. He and Guelda taught much to their children. After first deciding against relocating to New Virginia, Iowa, about 1858, in 1864 he reconsidered and decided to relocate there. Guelda died 7 October 1888 and George died 26 January 1903. Burial was in New Virginia Cemetery, New Virginia, Warren, Iowa. Children born in (W) Virginia:

a.   JOHN WEAVER, b. 22 march 1846.

b.   LEONARD WEAVER, b. 15 June 1849.

c.   EMILY JANE WEAVER, b. 25 April 1851 near Philippi, Barbour, West Virginia; m. in Iowa 29 November 1868 WILLIAM FRANKLIN McINTOSH who was born 24 August 1841 to Elijah Benjamin and (#1356.) Rebecca-7 (Sayre) McIntosh.

d.   MOSES TICHNELL WEAVER, b. 28 May 1853.

e.   MARTHA WEAVER, b. 6 November 1855.

f.   GEORGE WESTON WEAVER, b. 13 October 1857.

g.   ABIGAIL ELLEN WEAVER, b. 7 November 1860.

ii.   HENRY WEAVER, b. about 1828; m. ELIZABETH ( ) who was born about 1830.

iii.   SAMUEL WEAVER, b. about 1830.

iv.   RACHEL WEAVER, b. about 1834.

v.   LUCINDA WEAVER, b. about 1835.

vi.   RANDOLPH WEAVER, b. about 1837.

vii.   ELAM WEAVER, b. about 1839.

viii.   HARRIET WEAVER, b. about 1844.

8.   MALINDA WEAVER m. 11 December 1825 GEORGE WOODFORD. She died in October 1867.

9.   RACHEL WEAVER, b. 21 September 1808; married 2 August 1827 SAMUEL BARR. This may have been a 2nd marriage. She died 1 May 1862.

10.   EMILY WEAVER

11.   KEZIAH WEAVER

12.   ABIGAIL WEAVER

13.   MARTHA WEAVER

14.   MARY WEAVER married 16 September 1830 JAMES L. HATHAWAY.

[Contributors through correspondence: Jim Schira; Joy Gilchrist; Marjorie (Heater) Herring; Lorene Dodrill; Keith Drew Ashley; Iris (Lambert) Hall; Melinda (Collins) Larson and Ruth Goode Mohr. Carlton D. Weaver through Iris Hall. Robert George Fast, Nicklaus Fast of Gocklingen, Germany, through Marjorie Herring 1983-88. James Johnson, Ted Weaver, Carlton Weaver, Mildred Duncan, Mildred Duckworth and others through Jim Schira.]

Although many of the old records misspell the family name as Sears, Sayer, Sayr, etc., Jedediah’s signature found on public records is clearly signed, Jedediah Sayre. He was a devout Christian man of some education and ability. He was administrator of the estate of his brother-in-law, Henry Weaver, Jr. (Harrison County, Va. Inv.4-26-1821; Set.: 11-81824; and Set.: 8-1-1838). I traced his signature on two documents in Harrison County (West Virginia) Courthouse.

HARDESTY’S HISTORY OF BARBOUR COUNTY, pub. 1883, lists Jedediah Sayre as about the tenth settler in the Pleasant Creek area. Some family records indicate that David Sayre was the first to live on Pleasant Creek, but no published confirmation of that was found. He owned the 200 acres that Jedediah obtained for his settlement. This is confirmed by the following land record:

"To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that by virtue of Land Office Treasury Warrant number 10832 issued the 2nd day of February 1782, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Jedediah Sayre, assignee of David Sayre, a certain parcel of land containing 200-acres by survey bearing date, the 1st day of December 1791 lying and being in the County of Harrison on Pleasant Creek and bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning at a sugar tree and a Lynn corner to a survey made for Josiah Davison and running thence with a line thereof S. 20-degrees E. 160 poles to a black and white oak on said line; thence N 40-degrees E 64 poles to a black oak, N. 66-degrees 60 poles to a dogwood, N 40-degrees E 80 poles to a White oak, N. 75-degrees E. 74 poles to a gum, N. 6-degrees W 148 poles, S. 57-degrees W. 252 poles to the beginning with its appurtenances.

To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land, with its appurtenances, to the said Jedediah Sayre and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, the said Robert Brooke, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the 29th day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six.

By the time of the 1810 Virginia Census, Jedediah was the only Sayre head of household in Harrison County. The part of Harrison County where Jedediah settled became part of Barbour County in 1843. Only Benjamin (#554) and Daniel Sayre of the (#199) David Sayre family still in Monongalia County in 1810.

Jedediah added to the property with the following: "James Pleasants, Jr., Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia: To All Whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Know Ye, that in conformity with a survey made on the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, by virtue of land office treasury warrant No. 6410, issued November 9th, 1818, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Jedediah [Seayrs] a certain tract or parcel of land, containing six hundred acres situate in the County of Harrison on the west side of [Tygers] Valley River, at the mouth of Mitchell’s Run and bounded as followeth: to wit, Beginning at two gums on the south side of said run, then N. 33-degrees E. 441 poles to a White Oak, N. 75-degrees E. 100 poles to a White Walnut, N. 21-degrees W 88 poles to a Locust, S. 55-degrees W 150 poles to a Black Oak, S. 85-degrees W 348 poles to a Gum, S. 25-degrees W 86 poles to a Red Oak,2.35-degrees E. 240 poles to a dogwood, S. 45-degrees E. 86 poles to a Maple, and thence S. 34-degrees E. 24 poles to the Beginning.

To have and to hold the said tract of Parcel of Land with its appurtenances, to the said Jedediah [Seayrs] and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, the said James Pleasants, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Lesser Seal of the Said Commonwealth to be affixed, at Richmond, on the sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty four.

As recorded in SAYRE FAMILY by Banta, it was remembered by many family descendants that Jedediah was an accomplished gunsmith and blacksmith. His leadership in the Pleasant Creek community attests to the fact that he was an industrious man, and one of some education and generosity. He fabricated many useful articles and implements which were vital and necessary to pioneer life. He instructed children of the early settlers in the rudiments of education and eventually helped establish a subscription school.

Hardesty recorded the following description of early schools. "The school-houses first erected for the accommodation of pupils who, at an early day, sought the limited education that was then obtainable, were nearly all alike. The house was generally built in the woods, of round logs; in size, 16 by 18 or 20 feet, with a puncheon floor, and walls chunked and daubed with clay. A fire-place entirely occupied one end of the building, and for a light a space was left unfilled between the logs, on three sides of the building, at a proper height, covered over with paper greased with hog’s lard, to make it semi-transparent; glass was too much of a luxury to be well afforded. Seats were made by splitting logs of the desired length, cut from small trees, smoothing the inner side, with legs inserted in the under or round side.

"The writing desks were made by boring holes in the logs, under the paper windows, inserting long pins therein, upon which boards were laid and fastened.

"The fuel was of great, green logs, chopped in the surrounding forest by the larger scholars, and rolled into the house in the evening ready for morning. The fire was always large and cheerful—the most pleasant feature of the school-room.

A male teacher was generally employed; and one of the pupils, who had been there, had the following fond recollection of him: The teacher’s equipage was a gad about six feet long, a big rule and a dunce block—these for the scholars; a pint bottle of whisky in the coat pocket—this for the teacher. These combined made a lively school. It is doubtful if the rising generation fully appreciates the advantages they now have (in the good, commodious school-houses, comfortably furnished, and in the well-trained teachers) over their fathers and grandfathers, who had to travel through sleet and snow, sometimes three or four miles, to receive the first rudiments of an education.

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PLEASANT CREEK SCHOOL AND CHURCH Original photo taken probably 1920-1930 period. Photocopy from Paul Cole

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