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Friday, November 30, 2012

Foreman Spencer b 01 Sep 1784 - Kelley line


Foreman Spencer b 01 Sep 1784

-Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio: Chicago, 1892: the Goodspeed Publishing Co. Page  571 Re: JOSEPH SPENCER & son, FOREMAN SPENCER..... Mr. Spencer's father, Joseph Spencer, was a native of Maryland, of English descent, and was a shoemaker by trade. He was the father of five children: Foreman, Edward, William, Sarah, and Gracie (who died in Maryland). [Joseph] Spencer came to Ohio in early life, after the death of his first wife [Margaret Foreman], and after her son, Foreman, had made a start, built a home and married. He lived with his son until his death, when seventy-five years of age.   His son, Foreman Spencer was born in Maryland, September 1, 1784, secured but a limited education, and there learned the trade of a tanner and shoemaker. He was one of the first settlers of Muskingum County, Ohio, emigrating there, it is believed about 1800 or 1801, with a family by the name of Tanner, the descendants of whom are now residing in Zanesville. Mr. Spencer entered land which is now the farm of his grandson, John Spencer. Muskingum County was then an unbroken wilderness, and to the best knowledge of our subject there was not a single settler in it. Mr. Spencer first built a log cabin and here resided for a number of years. He had entered his land, but had no money to pay for it. He had a horse, and having some time in which to pay for his land, he mounted that animal and with some provisions and a sack of oats, he visited Virginia to borrow $100 of an uncle. He received the money and returned in time to save the land, consisting of 160 acres.   He again returned to Virginia and married Miss Dorothy Wiseman, of West Virginia, on the Little Kenesaw River. The fruits of this union were eight children, all of whom lived to maturity: Wilson, Foreman, Owen, Wiseman, Harriet, Joseph, Elizabeth and Minerva.   Mr. Spencer was a great worker and cleared his land of the heavy timber with which it was covered. For many years his nearest neighbor was ten and fifteen miles away, except one family that lived where the covered bridge now is, near Frazeysburg, and he used to go ten miles to a log rolling. He used to go to the falls of Licking River for his grist of meal, horseback, and hitch his horse to the branches of the beech trees waiting sometimes all night to get his grist ground, and sleeping under the trees.   On his way home, he would frequently miss his cabin, although near it, on account of the thick foliage of the trees. Here he labored hard, endured all the privation of pioneer days, and gradually made a fine farm. He cared very little for hunting and did not waste his time that way, well knowing that the farm was the road to success. He used to wrap up his children and lay them under beech trees while his wife would gather brush to keep up a fire so that he could see to grub up the bushes with his mattock. In this way he worked and delved until he finally owned 600 acres. His sons, as they grew up, greatly assisted him, which he repaid by giving them land.    Mr. Spencer built a brick house before 1817 and this was the first brick building in that county. There were none at Nashport, Irville or Frazeysburg at that early day. He got out the timber on his own land, burned the brick on his own farm and they are in excellent condition to this day. He built the house piece meal and the walls are still standing in good condition.   Mr. Spencer gave an acre of land to build the Old School Baptist Church on, and this still stands and is occupied by them. The land where Shannon now stands belonged to Mr. Spencer, who founded the town and which at one time had a general store; a physician, and all the different trades were represented. He was the first tanner in this township, or in this part of the county, beginning the business soon after coming here and continuing it for many years. The money he made in that way assisted him in paying for his land. He was very careful and economical, and the household clothing was all raised, spun, woven, and made upon the farm. He used to go to Taylor's salt works for salt, paying several dollars per barrel.    His faithful wife died at the early age of thirty-seven. She was an Old School Baptist in her religious belief and a devout women.    About fifteen years afterward, Mr. Spencer married the widow of Jesse Crannel, formerly a Miss Margaret Evans, and to them was born one child.   Mr. Spencer was one of the foremost men of the township and took an active interest in its advancement. After rearing his children and giving land to each, he sold his property in Ohio, and went to New York City, where he took passage on a sailing vessel for San Francisco. From there he went to Portland, Oregon and settled thirty miles from that city in the Willamette Valley on new land which was then a wilderness, and here Mr. Spencer again made a new home in a new country.   During the period of the great Civil War about 1861 and 1862, his daughter, Harriet Baxter, with her husband (John Baxter) and seven children, went to Oregon and settled in the home of Mr. Spencer, who was now an old man and who lived about eight years after they arrived, dying at the age of eighty-six years. He left a handsome property of over 300 acres in the Willamette Valley. Mr. Spencer was a very energetic and a good business man, depending more on his business management and not so much on hard work the latter part of his life. He was honorable and upright and his word was as good as his bond.

Ancestry.com   DianaKJusticeadded this on 17 Nov 2011

Foreman Spencer (1784-1872) and Dorothy Wiseman Biography - Kelley line


Foreman Spencer &
Dorothy Wiseman
1784 - 1872
Foreman Spencer was born on September 1, 1784 in Maryland. He was the son of Joseph Spencer and Margaret Foreman. Joseph was a shoemaker by trade, a skill along with tanning he taught his son, Foreman. Dorothy Wiseman was born August 6, 1788 in Little Kenesaw in West Virginia. She was the daughter of Caleb Wiseman. So far I have been unable to determine her maternal ascent.
Around 1800 Foreman immigrated to Ohio, where he settled and built himself a log cabin. He was the first settler in the Muskingum County. To pay off his land Foreman went to West Virginia to borrow $100 from his uncle, after returning home he returned to West Virginia to marry Dorothy Wiseman around 1809. The couple founded the town of Shannon, Ohio, where Foreman supplemented his income from farming with a tanning business.
Foreman and Dorothy Spencer started their family with the births of William Wilson Spencer in 1811, Foreman Spencer Jr. in 1812, Wiseman Spencer in 1814, Harriett Spencer in 1816 and Owen Spencer in 1818. In 1817 Foreman and Dorothy built the first brick home in the county, manufacturing the bricks themselves on their farm. The 1820’s found the Spencer family growing with the births of Joseph Spencer in 1823, Elizabeth Spencer in 1824 and Minerva Spencer in 1825.
In 1830 the family was still residing in Muskingum County, Ohio. On March 27, 1834 William Wilson Spencer married Sarah Cole and they started their family with the births of Samuel Spencer in 1835, Martha Spencer in 1837, John Spencer in 1838 and William Spencer Jr. in 1839. On March 31, 1836 Foreman Spencer married Matilda Dick in Falls Township in Muskingum County, Ohio and they started their family with the births of Edward Spencer in 1837 and William H Spencer in 1838. On April 23, 1839 Harriett Spencer married John Baxter. Dorothy (Wiseman) Spencer passed away on September 10, 1830 in Muskingum County, Ohio at the age of 42 for reasons unknown at this time.
In 1840 Foreman Spencer Sr. married Margaret Evans in Muskingum County, Ohio. Unfortunately Foreman’s happiness was short and Margaret passed away in 1844. There was documented one birth from this marriage, but the name of the child was unknown. William and Sarah Spencer’s family continued to grow in leaps and bounds with the births of Wiseman Spencer in 1841, Frances Spencer in 1842, Marshall Spencer in 1844, Jared Spencer in 1846, Jay Spencer in 1848 and Louisa Spencer in 1849. Foreman and Matilda Spencer had one more child; John C Spencer was born in 1844. Harriett and John Baxter started their family with the births of Foreman Spencer Baxter in 1840, Isabell Baxter in 1842, Angeline Baxter in 1844, Sarah Baxter in 1845 and Charles Owens Baxter in 1849. On November 23, 1849 Owen Spencer married America Hawkins Ashby in Andrew County, Missouri. On March 28, 1844 Elizabeth Spencer married Benjamin Cole and they started their family with the births of George Cole in 1847 and Harriett Cole in 1849.
The 1850’s found Foreman and his unmarried children still residing in Muskingum County. They had eight other people living with them to help provide labor for his rather large farm. His real estate was valued at $8100. William and Sarah Spencer had their last child in 1850 with the birth of their daughter Sarah Spencer. Foreman Jr. and Matilda Spencer were living in Upper Sandusky in Wyandot County, Ohio where they had their last child, Winfield Scott Spencer in 1851. Harriett and John Baxter’s family continued to grow with the births of Mary Ann Baxter in 1852, George Henry Baxter in 1854 and Cynthia Prudence Baxter in 1856. Owen and America Spencer were living in Nodaway Township in Andrew County, Missouri where their family grew by leaps and bounds with the births of Foreman Edward Spencer in 1851, Benjamin Franklin Spencer in 1852, Anna M Spencer in 1855, Robert Fulton Spencer in 1856 and Joseph Wiseman Spencer in 1858. Elizabeth and Benjamin Cole had one more child; Sophia Cole was born in 1855.
Sometime in the late 1850’s or early 1860’s Foreman sold his farm in Ohio and traveled to New York where he sailed to San Francisco from. He settled again close to Portland, Oregon and started all over again. William and Sarah Spencer remained in Muskingum County, Ohio. William died on December 25, 1864 in Muskingum County at the age of 55. Wiseman Foreman died on July 29, 1860 at the age of 48 for causes unknown to me at this time. Harriett and John Baxter were living in Gentry County, Missouri. They had two more children, John Wiseman Baxter was born in 1860 and Joseph Grant Baxter in 1865. Sometime in 1861 or 1862 Harriett and her husband chose to move to Oregon where she joined her father. Owen and America Spencer were living in Gentry County, Missouri also. Elizabeth and Benjamin Cole’s family continued to grow with the births of Elizabeth Cole in 1862, Matilda Cole in 1864 and Emery J Cole in 1869.
By 1870 Foreman Spencer was living with Harriet and Benjamin Baxter and their seven children whom they had brought to Oregon with them. They were living in Dayton Township in Yamhill County where Foreman owned 300 acres of farm land. His real estate was valued at $2500 and personal estate at $3300. John Baxter’s real estate was valued at $500 and personal estate at $1175. Owen and America Spencer were living in Allen Township in Worth County, Missouri. Elizabeth and Benjamin Cole had moved their family to Henderson County, Illinois. Foreman Spencer Sr. died on February 14, 1872 in Dayton Township in Yamhill County, Oregon at the age of 87.

Jane Owen (1720-1791) West line

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Birth: Jun. 9, 1720
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Dec. 20, 1791
Pittsylvania County
Virginia, USA

Jane Owen was the daughter of John and Hannah Maris Owen.

Jane married Joseph West, son of John West on March 6, 1740 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Many of Jane's letters to family are printed in "Joseph West and Jane Owen" by Celeste Terrell Barnhill. Most of the letters contain requests for money so it appears that times were hard. From the Will of Jane's father, John Owen: "paying Yearly and Every year into my said Executors the Sum of six pounds lawful Money of Pennsylvania During the Natural life of my daughter Jane West to be by my said Exectors paid to and for the Seperate and peculiar Use and Benefit and Maintenance of my Daughter Jane West (West being crossed) aforesaid During her natural Life and not subject to her husbands Debts Nor to his Miscontract."

Joseph and Jane had 10 children.

Isaac (1711-1821) married Roxanna Lewis
Tacy (1743-?) married Jacob Nichols
Sarah (1745-?) married Jessy Patey
Owen (1749-1828) married Elizabeth Martin
Hannah (1751-?)
John (1753-?) married Mary King
George (1755-?) married Betty Templeton
Joseph (1757-1845) married Judith Ballinger
James (1759-?)
Benjamin (1762-1843) married Rebecca Canifax


Family links:
 Parents:
  John Owen (1692 - 1752)
  Hannah Maris Owen (1698 - 1752)

 Spouse:
  Joseph West (1719 - 1802)*

 Children:
  Owen West (1750 - 1828)*
  Joseph West (1757 - 1845)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
West Family Farm
Straightstone
Pittsylvania County
Virginia, USA

Created by: Jan Lange
Record added: Aug 30, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 75697518

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

David James 1660-1739 (west Line)





Birth:  1660 
Death:  Jun. 27, 1739    




David came to America on 28 Oct 1682 on the ship "Bristol Factor".   His occupation was possibly a Quaker minister.  

 Family links:    Children:    Sarah James Thomas (____ - 1805)*    Thomas James (1690 - 1753)*     *Calculated relationship     Burial:  Great Valley Baptist Church Cemetery   Devon  Chester County  Pennsylvania, USA     Created by: Lenore  Record added: Oct 30, 2007   Find A Grave Memorial# 22568275

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Robert Owen 1657-1697 (West line)

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Birth: 1657, Wales
Death: Oct. 8, 1697
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania, USA

Robert Owen was born in Fron Goch, Merionethshire, Wales, England, eldest son of Owen ap Evan Robert Lewis, of Fron Goch near Bala in Merioneth, Wales, and his wife, Gainor John.

Robert married Rebecca Humphrey, daugher of Owen and Jane Humphrey on January 11, 1678 in Llangelynin Parish, Merionethshire, Wales, England.

Robert and Rebecca came to America on a William Penn voyage in 1690.

Robert's royal lineage is traced through Rhy-Mechyllt, feudal lord of Llandovery Castle, to Howell-DDA, King of All Wales (948) and through Rhy-Mechyllt's wife Lady Jane to Hugh Capet, King of France (940-996).

Robert Owen became a Quaker minister in Wales and was instrumental in working with William Penn to help Quakers immigrate to Pennsylvania. The Quakers were much persecuted in Wales by the Church of England. Robert was fined many times and imprisoned at Dolgelly Gaole in 1654 for "being absent from National Worship".

Robert and Rebecca and their children came to Pennsylvania with a certificate of removal to Merion Monthly Meeting, PA from Tyddyn Garrey, Merionethshire Quarterly Meeting filed June 8,1690. The certificate is preserved in the archives of the Haverford (Radnor) monthly meeting.

Robert was elected to Justice of the Peace and to the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1695 and 1697. He was a trustee of the Merion Meeting.

Robert and Rebecca's home was known as "Penn Cottage" by tradition known as a place where William Penn stayed during his travels.

Robert died October 8, 1697 in Philadelphia Co., PA. His will is published in Joseph West and Jane Owen which notes source as Will Book "B" Page 422, No 15 Year 1705, He is buried at the Merion Friends Meeting Grounds, Philadelphia.

They had eight children.

Elizabeth (1680-?) married David Evans
Evan (1682-1727 married Mary Hoskins
Jane (1682-?)
Gainor (1688-?) married Jonathan Jones
Owen (1690-1741) married Ann Wood
John (1692-1752) married Hannah Maris
Robert, Jr. (1695-?) married Susanna Hudson
Rebecca (1697-1697)

John Owen 1692-1752 (West line)

John Owen, Sheriff and Provincial Assemblyman •
 • From Americans of Royal Descent: 
John Owen married Hannah Maris, daughter of George Maris, who was a member of the Provincial Council. John Owen was High Sheriff for the County of Chester, October 4, 1729, and continued in that office almost continuously until 1751. When he was out of that, he was in the Provincial Assembly. He was collector of Excise for Chester 1733 - 1737. For many years he was one of the trustees of the Loan Office of Pennsylvania.

John Owen was the victim of the worst recorded assault on a sheriff in Chester County. While attempting to make an arrest, he was dosed with scalding broth and struck with a stone.