>From Dan Nelson, Highland Village, TX I very much appreciate your sharing of the Glass info on your list. I don't know if Mag Seiley ever sent you her heritage, my wife and her are distant cousins. GLASS The information on this family came from Marjorie Diebel of Cincinnati, Ohio, "Glass, Vance, Hoge, and White" by Dr. William Foot, and "Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants" by T.K. Cartmell. #864 SAMUEL GLASS He married Mary Gamble, a sister of the Major Robert Gamble who settled in Augusta County, Virginia. She also had two brothers that were lost in the Siege of Derry. They had six children. In his old age with his wife, children, and grandchildren he immigrated from a residence near Banbridge, County Down, Province of Ulster, Ireland, in about the year 1735 to America. They landed on the banks of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania. They moved to land in Chester Co, but had to give it up when the original Quaker owners returned. About 1736 they moved to the Joist Hite settlement in the Opeckon Creek area in the Shenandoah Valley, near Kernstown in Orange (now Frederick) Co., Virginia. Their home was at the head of the Opeckon, where it embraced the principal springs that formed a stream of sufficient power to run his mill. He purchased 1600 acres of land that year from Joist Hite and Lord Fairfax whose grants were divided along the Opeckon. Three estates were settled by the families, "Greenwood,""Long Meadows," and "Rose Hill." As of 1926 the latter two were still in the hands of family. Samuel and Mary lived at "Greenwood" where they built a large log building for their residence. The house was covered with wide planks nailed with nails made by the families negro slaves. They were both, very religious, both being dedicated Presbyterians. They are both buried in the Opeckon Church Graveyard. They were neighbors to Joseph Colville (see Colville family), John Wilson (see Marquis family), and James Vance (see Vance family). Samuel and Mary's children (all born in Ireland): 1. John married a Ms. Becket, they lived in Augusta Co., Virginia. 2. Eliza married James Vance, they lived in Frederick Co. 3. Sarah married John Becket, they lived in Frederick Co. 4. David married a Ms. Fulton, they lived at Cherry Mead, in Frederick Co. 5. Robert, see below. 6. Joseph married Eliza Wilson, inherited his fathers property and lived there in Frederick Co., he died June 12, 1794. #432 ROBERT GLASS Samuel and Mary's son Robert was born at Banbridge, County Down in Ireland in 1716. He married Sarah Fulton, the daughter of Mary Fulton who died in Frederick 1770/1771. Sarah had four siblings, including Samuel and Elizabeth. Robert and Sarah had thirteen children. He purchased 900 acres of very fertile land in the Opeckon Valley in Frederick. They called it Long Meadows. His house was a fort during Braddock's War, but they were not troubled by Indians. He was commissioned by the county courtto summon Minute Men to help in fortifying against the Indians, The home had never passed out of the possession of the Glass family, until it was destroyed by fire in 1916. He owned 544 acres at the time of his death. He is listed on the 1759 and 1764 Frederick tax lists. He died in Frederick in 1796 at the age of 80. Robert and Sarah's children: 1. Samuel, see below. 2. Mary married her cousin James David Vance, they lived near Kerntown, she later moved to Middletown, Kentucky. 3. Elizabeth married John Cummins, they moved to Illinois. 4. Sarah never married, she lived in Kentucky. 5. Susan never married and lived at home, where she died at an advanced age. 6. Martha married June 22, 1785, Henry Sherrard, they lived in Frederick Co., he treated her unkindly, so she left him. 7. Ann married August 18, 1791, her widowed cousin, William Vance, she married second Robert Gray, they lived in Winchester, she died in 1846. 8. Ruth married October 1, 1798, James Vance, they moved to Kentucky. 9. Margaret married Thomas White, they moved to Kentucky. 10. (Major) Robert David was born December 12, 1771, he married December 24, 1805, Elizabeth Rust, they lived on the old homestead, she died September 30, 1839, he died December 12, 1844 and is buried at Opeckon22 Washington Co., Pa Cemeteries . 11. John died at about age 20, after a short illness. 12. James V. was born around 1765, he married Elisabeth Sowers, after her death on October 12, 1825, he married second Isabella S. Catlett, she died November 11, 1837, they lived in Frederick Co., he died July 6, 1845, he is buried at Opeckon2 . 13. Joseph married a Ms. White, they moved to Middletown, Kentucky, he was a physician. #216 SAMUEL GLASS Robert and Sarah's son Samuel was born in Frederick Co., Virginia around 1741. He married Elizabeth Rutherford (see Rutherford family). They had seven children. He inherited his father's home tract of 200 acres known as "Long Meadow." They ended up living at "Rose Hill." He was a sergeant in Lord Dunmore's War and was in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, in the company of Captain John Lewis. He rose to the rank of Captain. He is listed in the 1782 and 1810 Frederick Co. census'. In the 1810 census they were listed as owning three slaves. He must have died by 1820 as she is listed in the census living as a widow with the three youngest children. He died intestate. She died between 1819 and 1822 in Frederick. They were both buried at Opeckon. Samuel and Elizabeth's children: 1. Samuel. 2. Sarah. 3. Benjamin, see below. 4. Robert. 5. Thomas was born in 1792, he married December 17, 1832, Catherine Wood , they lived in Glen Burnie, Virginia, he died in 1862. 6. Elizabeth died around 1845. 7. James. #108 BENJAMIN GLASS Samuel and Elizabeth's son Benjamin was born on July 6, 1780, in Frederick Co., Virginia. On December 30, 1818, he married in Frederick, Susan Wood (see Wood family). This would have made her 29 and him 38, an old maid and bachelor. They had five children. They were slaveholders in Virginia. They must have had an interesting marriage as her family was strongly Quaker, yet he came from Presbyterian roots, and as a slaveholder must not have converted to being Quaker. Their children appeared to have not been raised as Quakers, yet they retained close ties to the Quaker community, as they noted the families move in their meeting records. He may have even converted at some point. In 1832 they moved from the Hopewell Friends Meeting in Frederick to the Center Friends Meeting in Clinton Co., Ohio. The family moved with a party of 132 people including her parents and her brother-in-law Christopher Probasco. They traveled by wagon train, the trip taking nineteen days. They arrived the evening before the presidential election that gave Andrew Jackson his second term. They settled two miles east of Wilmington in Clinton Co. near her parents on what was known as the William Sherman farm. He died in Clinton on October 22, 1848, at age 68. She is listed in the 1850 census as living with her son Thomas, and being worth $2800. She died there in Wilmington on May 26, 1860, at the age of 70. She is buried in the Sugar Grove Cemetery in Wilmington. He is buried in the Gaddis Cemetery in Wilmington. Benjamin and Susan's children: 1. John W. was born November 16, 1819, he married June 22, 1843, Catherine Wilson, they lived east of Wilmington, he died February 7, 1868. 2. Samuel Robert, see below. 3. Lydia married November 10, 1839, Rice Rannels, she married second Hughes Crawford, they lived in New Antioch, Ohio, she died December 16, 1843. 4. Isaac married Nancy Bennett. 5. Thomas Benjamin was born in 1831, he married March 6, 1855, Mary Applegate, they lived in Columbus, Ohio, he died August 17, 18981. Lucy Franklin Harvey left to Keith Harvey with a family heirloom (a snuffbox) that mentions the Haworths, Hadleys and Woods as being the fifth great grandparents of Keith Harvey (son of Bruce Byron Harvey, see Harvey family). That generation would consist of George Haworth, Edith Hadley, and Susan Wood. The note mentions that the snuff box was brought over on a ship around 1776. All of the families were already here at that point. Of course they may have traveled back to visit. My guess is that the box is much older or was purchased in America, but may have come from England. #54 SAMUEL ROBERT GLASS Benjamin and Susan's son Samuel was born on January 20, 1821, in Virginia (most likely Frederick Co.). He married on August 7, 1844, Mary Haworth (see Haworth family). She was disowned for marrying out of the Quaker faith, therefore like his father he had retained his Presbyterian faith. By 1870 he must have changed faiths, as they were both accepted into the Wilmington Meeting, Clinton Co., Ohio. There is a story in the family that this wasn't a good marital arrangement, maybe it was the religious strain. In 1850 he was a Clinton Co., Ohio farmer worth $3200. They lived northeast of Wilmington, on 262 acres, next to the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railway. He also owned land south of Wilmington. As of 1860 he was worth $11,700. As of 1870 he was worth $43,000. They had two servants living in the house. At the time of the great revival in 1870 they both joined the Friends church and from that time on were active members. Mary died in Clinton on October 9, 1883, at the age of 59 Clinton Co. cemeteries. She was buried October 11th. He was always known as being kindly and genial. He was especially fond of little children. During a rainstorm he became soaked while driving a herd of hogs into the train station in town. He contracted pneumonia and died very suddenly on November 4, 1893, at the age of 721. He was buried November 6, 1893. This was surprising as he had never been sick before. They are buried in the Sugar Grove Cemetery in Wilmington. I have the original family records pages from their family bible. I have a note written by his granddaughter Mary as a child that says the following: "My Dear Grand-papa -How many big men wanted your pigs. Have you sold your pigs. Kiss. I have the sorethroat and I felt my tongue and they was a lot of little hill(s) on it when I got up this morning from Mary" Samuel and Mary's children: 1. George Dillon Haworth was born January 2, 1846, he married on November 2, 1869, Brazilla Mills, had issue, she died of consumption on August 18, 1875, he married second on October 18, 1876, Martha Mattie Curl, she died shortly after childbirth on February 15, 1878, he married third on February 11, 1880, the widow Alice Mc Whorter Dunn, he moved in 1885 to Pratt Co., Kansas, he was a merchant, had issue (no Glass listings in Pratt), he died March 20, 1921 in Greenville, South Carolina Mary Sieleys genealogy. 2. James Benjamin was born December 17, 1850, he died an infant, June 25, 1851 Clinton Co., Ohio newspaper records. 3. Mary Caroline was born August 14, 1852, she died a child March 1, 1859i. 4. Samuel William was born May 16, 1856, he married Ella Irons, he also moved in 1885 to Pratt Co., Kansas, had issue. 5. Emma Elizabeth, see below. #27 EMMA ELIZABETH GLASS Samuel and Mary's daughter Emma was born on January 21, 1861, in Clinton Co., Ohio. She was named for her Aunt Emma. According to family history she was in love with and wanted to marry an Irishman. Her parents did not want her to marry him. Possibly it was because of him probably being Catholic. Her mother Mary was quite frail at the time. Samuel made an agreement with Emma, that if she would not marry the Irishman, stay home, not go to college, and look after her mother, then he would give her their property. He told this to his banker and his lawyer and intended to record it. However after his sudden death, the brothers wanted the remaining property split into thirds even though they had both been given their shares as a farm and business earlier. The conflicting part of this story was that she married Byron Franklin (see Franklin family) about three years before her father's death. I have two of her college autograph books from her days at Wilmington College.