Hello Lily, Your Bowker, Leach and Wright ancestors are all mentioned in the "HISTORY OF SALEM AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO by GEORGE D. HUNT. Noticed Isiah Bowker death date 6 Mat 1845 age 78 from New Jersey. My fourth great grandfather, John Webb came to Columbiana Co. 1803 with his eleven children from the Fawn Grove, PA/Maryland area (33 mile marker of the Mason/Dixon Line). Son Thomas Webb married Naomi Smith possibly one of the first marriages of the area and their son Samuel Webb possibly the first white child born in Ohio. Lots of Webb and Painter history if of interest and if you need other info I have a copy of the above mentioned book. My connection: John Webb Thomas Webb/ Naomi Smith Samuel Webb/ Jane Stevenson Thomas Mark Webb/ Mary Helen Farrand Frederick Webb/ Flora Maskey Helen Webb/ Leonard Coulter Charles Coulter Port Charlotte, FL > [Original Message] > From: Lilly Martin <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/18/2006 12:37:04 > Subject: [NJBURLIN] Isaiah Bowker, Mary Branin, Joseph Wright, Mahlon Wright,James W. Leach > > Hello, > > I have a few ancestors who came from Burlington Co, NJ. I will now outline > them here, and if you are connected I would love to have a reply from you, > to further discuss these families. > > #1. Isaiah Bowker b. 1766 Burlington Co NY, m. 3-5-1789 St. Andrews Church, > Mt. Holly, Burlington Co NJ Martha Branin b. 1766. > Isaiah and family moved to Salem, Columbiana Co, Ohio. Salem is famous for > having been founded and setled by Quakers in 1803 to 1810 time period. > > Isaiah Bowker served in the War of 1812 , and died 5-16-1845 Salem, OH, and > is buried at Madison twsp, Columbiana Co OH. > > The children of Isaiah Bowker, the ones that I know of, are: > Samuel Bowker b. 3-9-1794 NJ, m. Hannah Atkinson; Sarah Bowker b. 6-29-1796 > d. 8-6-1872, m. Eli Branin, m. 11-7-1817; Elizabeth Bowker, m. John > Flitcraft; Mary Bowker b. 1795 NJ m. James W. Leach b. 1802 MD, m. 6-29-1823 > Salem, OH. > > I believe that the children of Isaiah Bowker were all married in Salem, OH > or the near vicinity. The Bowker family descendants may have not practised > the Quaker faith in Salem, OH. They may have been Methodist Espiscopalians. > > #2. Joseph Wright b. 12-22-1777 Salem Co, NJ, s/o John Wright b. 1744 (m. > Hannah Barber), s/o Mahlon Wright b. 1712 of Burlington Co NJ. > Joseph Wright married Rebecca Bunting 5-26-1799 Burlington , NJ. They > arrived in Salem, Columbiana Co OH in Fall of 1809 to settle. They lived on > the old Lisbon Road in Salem, OH (toward the south part of the city) > > James W. Leach b. 1802 Maryland was raised by Joseph Wright from the Fall of > 1809 in Salem onward. I have never found the parents of James W. Leach. He > was either orphaned or abandoned, and Joseph Wright was his foster father. > I do not know if there is a Wright-Leach connection? > > In the Fall of 1809, as Joseph Wright was coming to Salem, OH he was > visiting there a John Spencer, who was related to him by marriage. I have > confirmed that a John Spencer lived in Salem, but I have not yet found how > John Spencer and Joseph Wright were related. > > My mother was Emily Leach, d/o Charles E. Leach, s/o William Edgar Leach b. > 1872 Salem, OH, s/o James Augustus Leach b. 1852 Salem, OH, s/o Thomas > Lupton Bain Leach b. 1826 Salem , OH, s/o James W. Leach b. 1802 Maryland, > died 1888 Salem, OH. > > I would appreciate any additional information or connections to these names > given in this email. I have already completed my full research of the LEACH > name in Salem, OH. But I have not spent time researching these names in > Burlington Co NJ. > > Best regards, > Lilly Martin > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Charles, Nice to hear from you again. Yes, your ancestors and mine were close friends and church associates. In 1821 my ancestor James W. Leach and your ancestor Thomas Webb, both were among the 9 persons who formed the First Methodist Episcopal church in Salem, OH. It was a log cabin church, then later they built a brick church on Broadway, and the church still is existing today there, now called United Methodist Church. I am still looking for the parents of James W. Leach b. 1802 Maryland. Who are they? Did they both die before 1809? Did they die on the wagon trail to Salem, OH? Why was James W. Leach given to Joseph Wright to raise in Salem? Was there a relaitionship, or was Joseph Wright the only Quaker man available who would take on a foster child? I have written many letters to the church, asking for any info they might have, such as the funeral of James W. Leach in 1888, since he was a church founder, I thought maybe they would have a record of his funeral? But none of my letters or emails have ever been answered, so I am stuck. James W. Leach was born in 1802 in Maryland, so how did he get to Salem, OH and how did he get placed into the Joseph Wright household, who arrived in Salem OH in Fall 1809? Best regards, Lilly Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Coulter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [NJBURLIN] Isaiah Bowker, Mary Branin, Joseph Wright,Mahlon Wright, James W. Leach > Hello Lily, Your Bowker, Leach and Wright ancestors are all mentioned in > the "HISTORY OF SALEM AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO > by GEORGE D. HUNT. Noticed Isiah Bowker death date 6 Mat 1845 age 78 from > New Jersey. My fourth great grandfather, John Webb came to Columbiana Co. > 1803 with his eleven children from the Fawn Grove, PA/Maryland area (33 > mile marker of the Mason/Dixon Line). Son Thomas Webb married Naomi Smith > possibly one of the first marriages of the area and their son Samuel Webb > possibly the first white child born in Ohio. Lots of Webb and Painter > history if of interest and if you need other info I have a copy of the > above mentioned book. > My connection: > John Webb > Thomas Webb/ Naomi Smith > Samuel Webb/ Jane Stevenson > Thomas Mark Webb/ Mary Helen Farrand > Frederick Webb/ Flora Maskey > Helen Webb/ Leonard Coulter > Charles Coulter Port Charlotte, FL >