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  • Category: Memoir
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  • Author: Samuel T. Wiley
  • Publisher: 1883
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Page: 669
  • Page Range: 669-670
  • Text:

    Union District

    Pioneers and Early Settlements

    From 1769 to 1777, we find the following persons making settlements in Union:

    Pioneers

    1773 - Thomas John

    Thomas John settled near Stewartstown.
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  • Page Range: 673-675
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    Stewarttown.

    In May 1819, Lemuel John (father of Lancelot John) opened the first store ... Owen John kept a tavern for years ... The town contains the following residents: ... A. Dilliner, who resides in the old Owen John* house ...

    * Thomas and Sibilla John came from Wales to Chester County, Penn., about 1745. They had eight children: 1. William; 2. Catharine, who married Jerimiah Stillwell and died in Bedford, Penn. Her children were: Nancy, John, Obadiah, Elias,Thomas, James, Jerimiah, Sibilla, Rachel, Catherine and Marion; 3.David; 4. Thomas, who remained in Chester. His children were: Sarah, John, Priscilla, Mary, James, Catharine, Thomas, Lemuel, William, Elizabeth, and Jerimiah; 5. One who died while crossing the Atlantic; 6. John; 7. James; 8. Lemuel.

    John John, the sixth child, William, the first, James, the seventh, and Lemuel, the eighth, came out to Monongalia about 1771 or 72. Afterward, David, the third son came out also. John John took up and purchased 2000 acres of land in 1772. He was unmarried, went into the Revolutionary War, and was never heard of afterward. William became law-at-hier to 1000 acres of his land, and James, Lemuel and David to the other thousand. David, the third, died young. His children were: Sabilla, Catharine, Lemuel, Mary, Elizabeth and Fanny, who are all gone from the county or dead.

    Lemuel John, the eighth son, married Rhehama Kirkhart, and settled near where Joseph Smell lives, in 1772. They had no children.

    James, the seventh son, settled on the head-waters of Camp's run (on land now owned by Lancelot John). He married Mary Williams. Their children were: Thomas, Sibilla, John, Mary, William, David, James, and Lemuel. James remained from 1772 till 1788, when he built a boat and went down the Ohio to the mouth of the Miama River and settled. His descendants are about Dayton, Ohio.

    William John, the first son, married Mary Davies (when they were both children they came over on the same ship from Wales). He settled at the head of Kane's run. Their children were: Jane, Miller, who went to Ohio; Thomas, who went to Missouri; Lewis, who married a Weltner; Lemuel, Owen, Rebecca, who married Reuben Brown; Mary, and William, who married Mary McVicker and died here. William's children were: Owen, Mary A. Evans, Dr. G. W. John, Amelia, Elizabeth St. Clair, Jane Franks, and J. Madison.

    Mary married Enoch Evans who came from Greene County, Penn. about 1805. Their children were: William, Sarah Ross, Mary Cobun, George W., Caroline Harris, Eliza Reppart, Enoch J., (generally called "Jack Evans" and who now resides on the homestead farm), and Eugenius.

    Owen married Elizabeth McVicker; children: Belinda Stewart, Mary Miller, Caroline Miller, Major W. W. John (of near Stewarttown), Eliza Stewart, B. Franklin, Amanda Dilliner and Virginia Dilliner.

    Lemuel John (who had the first store at Stewarttown), married Susannah Fretwell, of Fauquier County, Va. Their children were: William F., Thomas J., Lancelot (of near Stewarttown), Lemuel N., Agnes, Chapman, Pascal, Asbury, and Christy Ann.

    In the old Baptist burying-ground, near Lancelot John's, are buried the following persons of the John family and their kin, remarkable for their longevity:

    William John, died 1814, aged 71; Owen John, died 1868, aged 80;
    Jerimiah Stillwell, died 1821, aged 80; Enoch Evans, died 1874, aged 96,
    Elizabeth Weltner, died 1835, aged 84; Mary Evans, died 1880, aged 89;
    John McFarland, died 1839, aged 90; Elizabeth John, died 1883, aged 92;
    Mary John, died 1846, aged 94; Elizabeth Stewart, died 1883, aged 84.
Personal Names
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Catherine JohnNameCatherine John [S2628] [S2699:673]
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David JohnNameDavid John [S1283:14] [S2628] [S2694] [S2695] [S2697] [S2699:673] [S2701] [S2704:77]
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Mary (John)NameMary (John) [S2699:673]
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Sibilla _____NameSibilla _____ [S2699:669] [S2699:673]
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Sibilla _____NameSibilla _____ [S2699:669] [S2699:673]
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Ens. Thomas JohnNameEns. Thomas John [S2698:6] [S2699:669] [S2699:673] [S2700:72] [S2700:80] [S2702] [S2704:77]
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Ens. Thomas JohnNameEns. Thomas John [S2698:6] [S2699:669] [S2699:673] [S2700:72] [S2700:80] [S2702] [S2704:77]
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Relationships
PersonClaimDetailEvidence
Catherine JohnFatherDavid John (~1742-) [S2628] [S2699:673]
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Catherine JohnMotherMary (John) (~1752-1846) [S2699:673]
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David JohnFatherEns. Thomas John (~1720-<1800) [S1283:14] [S2698:7] [S2699:673] [S2704:77]
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David JohnMotherSibilla _____ (e1721-) [S2699:673] [S2704:77]
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Events & Attributes
PersonClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Ens. Thomas JohnBirthabt 1720Wales [S2699:673]
His eldest son, William John, was born about 1738 (according to his tombstone)
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David JohnBirthabt 1742Wales [S2699:673]
He was the 3rd child. The 5th child died while crossing the Atlantic.
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David JohnImmigrationabt 1745Chester, Pennsylvania, United States [S2699:673] [S2704:77]
The source say that they came about 1745, but his eldest sibling was born about 1743. David was the 3rd child, and the 5th child died in crossing the Atlantic.
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Ens. Thomas JohnImmigrationabt 1745Chester, Pennsylvania, United States [S2699:673] [S2704:77]
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Sibilla _____Immigrationabt 1751Chester, Pennsylvania, United States [S2699:673]
The source say that they came about 1745, but their 1st child was born about 1743, and their 5th child died in crossing the Atlantic.
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Mary (John)Birthabt 1752 [S2699:673]
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Ens. Thomas JohnLand Grant1773Stewarttown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States [S2699:669] [S2700:80]
granted 400 acres on the waters of Cheat River, adjoining lands claimed by his son, William John
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Mary (John)Death1846Monongalia, West Virginia, United States [S2699:673] 94y
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