2. Elizabeth Handley, the mother of Moses Handley.Moses was born about 1772 or 1773, as the Botetourt Court ordered the Church Wardens of the Botetourt Parish to bind out Moses Handley, a bastard child of Elizabeth Handley, daughter of John I and Grizel Handley, to John Handley according to law on February 9, 1773. Elizabeth would have been about 40 when Moses was born. This was the only reference to Moses that was found. 3. Archibald Handley was born about 1730. He sold 58 acres on the Cowpasture River on August 11, 1772, and in 1774, he patented (A patent is a conveyance or grant of public land) 550 acres on Indian Creek, which is in now Monroe County, West Virginia. He died in 1796. His wife was Jean Henderson. Their children were; a. Sarah Handley, born March 16, 1759, married William Shanks on December 22, 1780, and died April 26, 1845. b. James Handley, born about 1760 in Monroe County, West Virginia, married a woman named Isabella. They went to Butler County, Ohio about 1810. and he died there in 1836, and was buried in the Old George Cemetery. James and Isbella had the following children; (1) Archibald Handley, married Rebecca Harding on January 12, 1819, died about 1842. (2) George Handley. We have been told that George and his family lived in Virginia, near New Market, for some time and had several children born in that area. Some of his children came to northwest Missouri and settled in Holt County, Missouri.We find one place that his wife's name was Margaret, but in another place it is shown as Ella. He could have had two wives and the children living in Holt County are the children of the second wife. The children that lived in Holt County were born between 1845 and 1853. (3) Robert Handley, born May 6, 1801, married first Sarah Ann Patterson on December 21, 1826, married second, Nancy McClain on December 13, 1832. He died January 6, 1873 in Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana. He and Nancy are buried in the Burnsville Cemetery in Bartholomew County, Indiana. (4) Isabelle Handley, married Evan Jenkins on March 20, 1817. (5) Jane Handley, married Samuel Stuart on May 23, 1816. c. Jane Handley, married Esom Leach on December 31, 1795. d. Ann Handley, married Reuben George on March 5, 1797, and moved to Butler County, Ohio about 1810. She died there about 1825. e. Griselda Handley, married James Foster on March 25, 1797 and moved to Butler County, Ohio about 1810. f. Mary Handley, married John Miller on July 12, 1803. g. Jean Handley. 4. Alexander Handley served as a captain in the Army during the Revolutionary War and was a prisoner of war at the time of his death. He wrote a will dated December 6, 1780. and it was probated January 10, 1782. He named his wife, Mary Ewing Handley, his son, John Handley IV, and a daughter Martha Baker Handley as heirs. He had a drum and a loom on the inventory list. John and his mother, Mary moved on to Kentucky in 1787, with her son, but apparently the daughter, Mary Baker Handley, did not. Mary Baker Handley married Grigsby Foster on March 3, 1791. They moved to Butler County, Ohio about 1810. Mary married, second, Colonel Benjamin Gibbs in 1790. John IV married Phoebe on March 25, 1796. In 1799. John IV was appointed Justice of the Peace in Washington County, Ky and in 1802. he was appointed a Judge. He sold his grandfather's John Handley( I) 300 acres on the Cowpasture River in 1799. He died May 13, 1816. 5. William Handley was born about 1738. In 1770, William and Peggy (Margaret) Handley were witnesses in a law suit in Botetourt County. In 1784 he bought 100 acres on the Jackson River and 68 acres and 71 acres in 1788, also on the Jackson River. Again in 1800, he bought 620 acres on the Pott's Creek of the Jackson River. In 1793, he received the two slaves that John I had purchased in 1785. William also appeared in court with Christy Handley who was possibly his son. 6. James Handley was born about 1740. More about James later. Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia list: Robert Handley, Christley Handley, Samuel Handley and William Handley. James Handley James Handley, son of John and Grizel Handley, was born about 1740. in Virginia. He married a woman named Mary about 1765. So far we haven't been able to learn Mary's maiden name. James, father, John, had been his security in the law suit of 1770. James moved to Kentucky in 1787, and settled in Washington County in the same area that John (IV) and his mother, Mary Ewing Handley, had settled on the Rolling Fork River. They probably all moved together, along with the Ewing family and others. They had the following children;