Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Janes 44838,44839,44840,44841,44842,44843,44844,44845,44846,44847,44849,44850,44860
Birth174644842,44843
MemoWFT Est 1729-1749?
Land Sold1 Aug 1791, Pendleton County, VA44861
Memo95 ac to James Janes on the head of Straight Creek, a branch of the South Branch adjoining Nicholas Sibert; part of 131 ac patented 1 Jun 1782 for ₤30. VA
Land Sold1 Aug 1791, Pendleton County, VA44862
Memo144 ac to George Keitz on the headwaters of Straight Creek, adjoining Janes’ home place; part of 192 ac patented 15 Apr 1789. Consideration: ₤30
Death180144842,44843,44847,44863
MemoWFT Est 1761-1820?
FatherWilliam Janes (ca1720-)
MotherPaine (ca1720-)
Misc. Notes
In the grand juries of Pendleton during the first decade of its history, we find the following Highland representation: William Janes22122

Pg 55 Footnote 6: Two of the sisters of Nicholas Seybert married men named Janes, who were also Revolutionary officers. Information from S. Beverage - 193639632
Spouses
1Maria Margaret Seybert 44838,44839,44840,44841,44842,44843,44844,44845,44846,44847,44848,43406,44849,44850,44851,44852,44853,44854,44855,44856
Birth1746, Berks County, PA44840,44841,44842,44843,44844,44846,44847,44848,44849,44850,44857,44858
Memoabt 1745?
Death180144840,44841,44842,44843,44844,44846,44850,44856
MemoWFT Est 1760-1840?
Alias/AKAPeggy, Margaret44859,44854
FatherJohan Jacob Seybert (1716-1758)
MotherMaria Elisabetha Theiss (1721-1758)
Misc. Notes
From story in the Pendleton Times Newspaper: On 28 Apr 1785 ... The six Seybert children were taken captive. The eldest son, Nicholas, was sold to the French and taken to Canada, where he escaped in 1761. The others were released in 1764.33299,33300

Children of William Janes and Margaret Seybert:39707
William, Henry, John, Edward, Elinor, Elizabeth, Margaret

Pg 35 Margaret Seybert & William Janes children:39633
William Janes
Henry Janes
John Janes
Edward Janes
Elinor Janes
Elizabeth Janes
Margaret Janes
Research
Not listed as child of Jacob Seybert & Maria Eilsabetha Theiss26140 Addendum 2/2004

Not listed as a child33224
Marriageabt 1770, Senaca, Frederick County, MD44842,44847
Marr Memoabt 1774?
ChildrenHenry (ca1771-1804)
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