--------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: kenneth w colby <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: HYRE / HEYER FAMILY Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 19:28:23 EDT Message-ID: <[email protected]> KNOWN DESCENDANTS of LEONARD HYRE BY KENNETH W. COLBY 1 Leonard Hyre was born in Benken, Switzerland in 1695 and emigrated to what was then the Colony of America on the Virtous Grace, bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he took the oath to the Crown on September 24, 1737. Sometime after this he moved with his family to the South Branch of the Potomac in what was then Augusta - now, Hampshire County, now West Virginia. The Hyre land was located on the south side of the South Branch and west of Petersburg beyound where the airport is located today, and near the site of Old Fort George. Here Leonard Hyre wrote his will on the 13th day of March, 1768 and it was probated on May 12, 1772. Mentioned in his will are his wife Clara (Luctzler) to whom he leaves his land, and house earthly- goods, as long as she lives, and six children 2. Leonard (from whom we descend), Rudolph, Barbara, Elizabeth, Eve, Magdalene, and another daughter mentioned separately, Orsila.: 2. Leonard Hyre son of Leonard and Clara Hyre, was bat. December 25, 1727 in Benken, Switzerland and came to America with his parents. He was named in the will of his father and served as exector along with Martin Shobe. During the American Revolutionary War, Leonard is listed as Patriotic Service - furnished supplies to the American Army.. Which makes his descendants able to join the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. Leonard Hyre wrote his will on April 7, 1783, in Hampshire County, and it was proven in court on June 16, 1786. It was the second will to be recorded in Hardy County, which was formed from Hampshire County, Virginia (Book 1 p. 3) . He gave to his sons: Leonard, John, Jacob, Lewis, Peter, lot #61 on the east sideof the South Branch containing two hundred twenty-three acres. To his sons Michael and Rudy Hyre, he gave lot #58 on the east side of the South Branch containing one hundred and four acres. One third of both lots "excepted unto my beloed wife Mary" until her death. He appointed his wife and Valentine Powers to service as his adminisrators. Anna Maria Hyre, called Mary in the will of her husband Leonard, aslso called Mary in the willl of her father Peter Haas/Haaz who will was proven in Hampshire County, (W)Virginia, nameing Leonard Hyre as excetor. Mary wrote her will November 16, 1790. It should be noted here, that in Hardy County Deed Book 2, page 15, dated September 28, 1789 Jacob Hyre to William Cunningham Jr, 223 acres for 130 pounds lot #61 in the South Branch Manor, land leased to Leonard Hyre and sons Rudolph Hyre, Leonard Hyre Jr. and Michael Hyre and then willed to son Jacob. Signed Jacob Hyre, Elizabeth Hyre, and Mary Hyre and witnesses Sickman HOMAN, Christopher Strander, Peter Hyre and Michael Hyre. 3. Jacob Hyre, son of Leonard and Mary (Haas) Hyre was born in Hampshire County, Virginia on May 25, 1757 and served in the American Revolutionary War as a Private. Married in August , 1783 in Hardy County, Virginia to Elizabeth Powers. Jacob Revolutionary Pension names Jacob B. Brake and Henry Jackson as son-in-laws. Jacob died March 6, 1841 in Lewis County, Virginia. According to the widowes final pension in the National Archives in Washington, D.C Elizabeth died June 27, 1851 in Upshur County, Virginia It should be pointed out here in Lewis County, (W)Virginia Deed Book B. page 503 Jacob Hyre and his wife Elizabeth give land to their daughter Mary, wife of Henry Jackson, who was the son of John and Elizabeth (Cummins) Jackson who became the great-grand-parents of General "Stonewall" Jackson. Through another son Edward, brother of Henry Jackson. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.