John Morris HOLCOMB [Parents] was born on 3 Mar 1822 in Bearfield Twp, Perry County, Ohio. He married Elizabeth MCGINNIS on 12 Sep 1843 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. He died on 14 Oct 1897 in Ohio.
Elizabeth MCGINNIS was born about 1824 in Pennsylvania. She married John Morris HOLCOMB on 12 Sep 1843 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.
Thomas GREER. He married Mary HOLCOMB on 26 Aug 1856 in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio.
Mary HOLCOMB [Parents] was born on 1 Feb 1827 in Bearfield Twp, Perry County, Ohio. She married Thomas GREER on 26 Aug 1856 in Somerset, Perry, Ohio. Mary died 22 Mar 1909 in Cheney, Spokane, WA.
Williamson SAYRE 1, 2, 3 was born 11 Nov 1830 in Perry County, Ohio, a son of Ruel Sayre and Rebecca Knoffsinger. He married Lucillia HOLCOMB on 1 Jan 1856 in Perry County. Williamson passed away on 20 May 1910 in New Lexington, Perry, Ohio. He was buried in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.
Lucillia HOLCOMB [Parents] 1 Lucy was born 14 Jun 1831 in Bearfield Twp, Perry County, Ohio. She wed Williamson SAYRE on 1 Jan 1856 in Perry County. She died on 31 Oct 1909 in New Lexington, Perry, Ohio. Lucillia was laid to rest in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.
Reuel SAYRE [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 was born in July 1754 in Salem County, New Jersey. He married Rachel LUDLUM on 28 Jan 1779 in Cumberland, New Jersey. Reuel passed away on 8 Jan 1841 in Perry County, Ohio and was laid to rest in Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Reuel Sayre - Memorial Dedication Ceremony, August 5, 2006
Other marriages:
Reuel Sayre was born in July 1754, a son of Thomas and Rachel (Dennis) Sayre. Reuel is credited as being a Revolutionary War soldier. He volunteered in the Salem County, New Jersey, Militia and went out under Capt. Wood in August 1776. He served as a private and later as a lieutenant. Three of his brothers also served. Reuel Sayre escaped the British massacre at Hancock's Bridge, NJ, in the early morning of March 21, 1778, however his brother Reuben was killed and another captured. In November 1832, Reuel Sayre applied for a pension which is on file in the Pension Bureau, Washington DC.
Following the war, Reuel married Rachel Ludlum in January 1779. She died in 1793, and Reuel then married Hope Sheppard in April 1794. Hope was the daughter of Ephraim Sheppard and his second wife, Sarah Dennis. Reuel fathered twelve children by these marriages, however only five or six children reached adulthood.
About 1795 Reuel and his family moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania. They were living in Washington Township, Fayette County, PA for the 1810 Census. Isaac Cooper resided in the same township. The Sayre family then migrated to Ohio in about 1815 and was is in Clayton Township, Perry County, Ohio, for the 1820 Census. He was listed right next to (or in the same household) with Isaac and Phebe (Sayre) Cooper. Three of Reuel's other children married and settled in Perry County.
Reuel Sayre was a farmer and an innkeeper. The Sayres spread out through the county. At one time there was a Sayre village, postoffice, and general store. Reuel lived to an advanced age. By 1840 he was staying with his daughter, Hope, and son-in-law, Isaac Bennett. Reuel died in 1841, age 86, and was buried in Hopewell Baptist Cemetery.
Abstract of Last Will and Testament of Reuel Sayre, May 19,1834, Perry County, Ohio:
Wife, Hope, and Children: Reuben; Phebey; Rachel; Ruel, Jr.; and Hope.
Executors: Wife, Hope, and son, Ruel, Jr..
Witnesses: John Ansel, John Gibson, and Thomas King.
Rachel LUDLUM married Reuel SAYRE on 28 Jan 1779 in Cumberland, NJ. She died on 17 Sep 1793.
They had the following children:
M i Reuben SAYRE F ii Providence SAYRE 1 was born 13 May 1781 in New Jersey. She died on 22 Oct 1784 in NJ. F iii Sally SAYRE 1 was born 27 Aug 1782 in New Jersey. She passed away on 4 Mar 1784 in NJ. M iv David SAYRE 1 was born on 19 Aug 1784 in New Jersey. He died on 19 Oct 1784 in NJ. F v Phebe SAYRE F vi Elenor SAYRE 1 was born on 8 May 1788 in New Jersey. She died before 1834. F vii Rachel SAYRE
Reuben SAYRE [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 14 Dec 1779 in New Jersey. He married Anna LLOYD. Rueben died on 30 Jan 1842 in Athens County, Ohio and was laid to rest in Concord Cemetery.
He was a soldier in the War of 1812.
Anna LLOYD was born on 1 May 1773 and died on 9 May 1840. She married Reuben SAYRE.
John HULL 1, 2, 3 was born 22 Jul 1792 in Pennsylvania. He married Rachel SAYRE. John passed away on 4 May 1867 in Perry County, Ohio. He was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
War of 1812 Service: Private, Army, Capt. James Jefferie's Company, Enlisted Aug 29, 1812, and discharged Sept 9, 1813.
Rachel SAYRE [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born on 25 Nov 1792 in New Jersey. She married John HULL. Rachel died on 9 Sep 1854 in Clayton Twp, Perry, Ohio, and was laid to rest in Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
Reuel SAYRE [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 was born in July 1754 in Salem County, New Jersey. He married Hope SHEPPARD on 1 Apr 1794 in New Jersey. Rueel died on 8 Jan 1841 in Perry County, Ohio and was laid to rest in Hopewell Baptist Cemetery.
Reuel Sayre - Patriot Dedication Ceremony, August 5, 2006
Other marriages:
Reuel Sayre was born in July 1754, a son of Thomas and Rachel (Dennis) Sayre. Reuel is credited as being a Revolutionary War soldier. He volunteered in the Salem County, New Jersey, Militia and went out under Capt. Wood in August 1776. He served as a private and later as a lieutenant. Three of his brothers also served. Reuel Sayre escaped the British massacre at Hancock's Bridge, NJ, in the early morning of March 21, 1778, however his brother Reuben was killed and another captured. In November 1832, Reuel Sayre applied for a pension which is on file in the Pension Bureau, Washington DC.
Following the war, Reuel married Rachel Ludlum in January 1779. She died in 1793, and Reuel then married Hope Sheppard in April 1794. Hope was the daughter of Ephraim Sheppard and his second wife, Sarah Dennis. Reuel fathered twelve children by these marriages, however only five or six children reached adulthood.
About 1795 Reuel and his family moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania. They were living in Washington Township, Fayette County, PA for the 1810 Census. Isaac Cooper resided in the same township. The Sayre family then migrated to Ohio in about 1815 and was is in Clayton Township, Perry County, Ohio, for the 1820 Census. He was listed right next to (or in the same household) with Isaac and Phebe (Sayre) Cooper. Three of Reuel's other children married and settled in Perry County.
Reuel Sayre was a farmer and an innkeeper. The Sayres spread out through the county. At one time there was a Sayre village, postoffice, and general store. Reuel lived to an advanced age. By 1840 he was staying with his daughter, Hope, and son-in-law, Isaac Bennett. Reuel died in 1841, age 86, and was buried in Hopewell Baptist Cemetery.
Abstract of Last Will and Testament of Reuel Sayre, May 19,1834, Perry County, Ohio:
Wife, Hope, and Children: Reuben; Phebey; Rachel; Ruel, Jr.; and Hope.
Executors: Wife, Hope, and son, Ruel, Jr..
Witnesses: John Ansel, John Gibson, and Thomas King.
Hope SHEPPARD[scrapbook] 1, 2, 3 was born 3 Feb 1764 in Salem County, New Jersey. Hope wed Reuel SAYRE on 1 Apr 1794 in New Jersey. She died on 24 May 1840 in Perry County, Ohio. Hope was buried in Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Hope Sheppard Sayre's tombstone says she was aged 76 years 3 months & 24 days.
They had the following children:
M i Thomas SAYRE 1 was born 20 May 1797. He died on 8 Aug 1797. M ii Ephraim SAYRE 1 was born on 13 Jun 1799 and died 12 Mar 1815. He is buried in Hopewell Baptist Cemetery, Perry County, Ohio. M iii Reuel SAYRE F iv Sally SAYRE 1 was born 8 Mar 1802 in Fayette Co., PA. She died 12 Jun 1805 in Fayette, PA. F v Hope SAYRE
Reuel SAYRE [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born on 26 Dec 1800 in Fayette County, PA. He married Rebecca KNOFFSINGER on 6 Jun 1824 in Muskingum County, Ohio. He died on 2 Mar 1885 in Perry County, Ohio. Reuel was interred in Baptist Church Cemetery, Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio.
Rebecca KNOFFSINGER 1, 2, 3 was born 29 Dec 1802 in Pennsylvania. She married Reuel SAYRE on 6 Jun 1824 in Muskingum County, Ohio. Rebecca passed away on 2 Sep 1870 in Bearfield Twp, Perry County, Ohio. She was buried in Baptist Church Cemetery, Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio.
Isaac BENNETT 1, 2 was born on 30 Apr 1805 in Virginia. Isaac wed Hope SAYRE. He died on 24 Apr 1884 in Bearfield Twp, Perry County, Ohio. Isaac was laid to rest in Baptist Church Cemetery, Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio.
Hope SAYRE [Parents] 1, 2 was born on 1 Feb 1808 in Fayette County, PA. She married Isaac BENNETT. Hope died on 7 Oct 1857 in Perry County, Ohio and was buried in Baptist Church Cemetery, Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio.
Thomas SAYRE. He married Rachel DENNIS.
Rachel DENNIS. She married Thomas SAYRE.
They had the following children:
M i Reuel SAYRE
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