his body, and finding no watch, swore he must be a poor Yankee Captain who could not carry a watch! His body was carried away by friends, and his watch found in his boot. His brother Reuel received and carried it till his death, leaving it by will to his son Reuben, with the request that it should be handed down to a Reuben Sayre, as long as there should be one in the family. It is now held by Reuben Sayre, of Millfield, Athens Co., O. Johnson's "History of Salem" states that Reuben Sayre was killed by Jonathan Ballinger. Some years after Sayre's son fell into the Delaware River, and was rescued by a person on the wharf. When he recovered he recognized his rescuer as a son of Ballinger, and immediately jumped overboard again, saying he would not owe his life to such a rascal! and was again rescued with difficulty. As Reuben left no children this story is evidently apocryphal. Reuben left an estate appraised at £1345 8s. 9d., over which a contest arose between his widow and other heirs, which was settled by arbitration Feb. 4, 1779, the widow receiving one third. 365 HANNAH,6 m. Aug. 18, 1768 (date of license), Wade Barker. It is a curious coincidence that on Feb. 23, 1779, a license of marriage was issued to Wade. Barker and Hannah Sayre, the widow of Reuben Sayre (364). 366 DAVID,6 b. Nov. 13, 1751; m. Oct. 18, 1774 (date of license), Prudence Keasby, daughter of Edward Keasby and Sarah Quinton, of Salem Co. By a codicil to her father's will, probated Dec. 6, 1779, she received the sum of £2000. His will, dated Nov. 18, 1783, describes him as of Philadelphia, in which city it is recorded in Liber S, folio 439. It gives to his "only son" Edward all his land, and to each of his three daughters £100 on her marriage, or on attaining eighteen years of age. CHILDREN. I EDWARD, died unmarried before Feb., 1801, when his father's estate was divided. 367* REUEL,6 b. Oct. 4, 1754; m. Ist, Rachel Ludlum; 2d, Hope Sheppard. 368 JOSEPH,6 b. Nov., 1756. he removed to western Pennsylvania, and thence to Clark County, Ohio, where he died in 1835. He received a pension based upon the following application on file in Washington, D. C. : He was a soldier of the Revolution. After the War On this fifth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, within and for said county, JOSEPH SAYRE, a resident of Mad River township in the County of Clark aforesaid, and State aforesaid, aged seventy-six years (within one month) who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated: The Col. was John Holmes, the Lt. Col. was Benjamin Holmes and the name of the Major was Henry Sparks. This applicant was drafted. His Captain's name was Charlton Shepard, his Lieutenant's name was Benjamin Holmes, son of the Col. and nephew of the Lt. Col. aforesaid. Applicant was drafted in the month of September, 1775 or 1776, for one month, but served six weeks under the officers aforesaid. At the time applicant was drafted he lived in the County of Salem and State of New Jersey. Applicant after the aforesaid tour was ended, and in the same autumn, volunteered in the militia or "Flying Camp." His Capt. was the aforesaid Shepard and his Lt. was applicant's brother, Ruel Sayre. Applicant was first marched to Trenton where Col. Griffin of Philadelphia took the command for a season and kept it until the troops arrived in Bordentown when Gen. Washington took command. In the meantime applicant was present at an engagement at Mount Holly when the said Griffin commanded the American Troops. The British in that action were victorious. Applicant was at the cannonade of Trenton very early in the year 1777. The day after that cannonade the battle of Princeton was fought and this applicant participated in it from beginning to end. The day after the battle of Princeton he was taken sick and remained so for several weeks. In this tour of service he was employed nearly two months. In the next autumn applicant was drafted for one month and was joined to a company of which Ruel Sayre, applicant's brother, was Captain, and Benjamin Curlap was Lieutenant, the Ensign he does not recollect. David Potter was commandant of the regiment. The regiment was marched to Philadelphia where they remained about two weeks when they were driven forth by the British troops. Potter was taken prisoner on the retreat from Frankfort. Applicant was, in the same month, in a skirmish at Dr. Otto's (or Auter). He then was marched to Woodbury where he remained until his term of service ended. In the same autumn he was drafted for another month and served it out at Cooper's Ferry, where the body of troops to which applicant was attached was stationed. In the month of March following applicant volunteered to prevent the British troops from crossing Alloway's Creek. His Captain was the aforesaid Charlton Shepard, and his Lieutenant, as applicant believes, was Benjamin Curlap, before named. At Hancock's Bridge, the party to which applicant belonged was encountered by a party of the British ten fold more numerous, and all of this applicant's companions were bayonetted - massacred with the exception of a French boy, who, with this applicant were all that escaped. Applicant was then taken prisoner (on the 21st day of March), and remained in captivity (the principal part of the time), in the "Sugar House" in New York until he was exchanged in the month of October following. The following are applicant's answers to the interrogatories of the War Department: I He was born in Salem County, N. J., in the year 1755. 2 He has the record of his age in his family Bible. 3 He lived in Salem aforesaid when called into service. lived in Pennsylvania and Ohio. 4 He was twice drafted, and once a volunteer. 5 Washington, DeCleave, Newcomb, Potter. 6 He had no written discharge. He has since 7 John A. Alexander, Maj. Gen. Samuel Craig, Esq., Elias Baker, and Samuel Shellabarger, Samuel Robinson, Thomas P. Moore, and many others. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State. JOSEPH SAYRE. John, 119 JAMES SAYRE was born in Cohansey, N. J.; married Perhaps it is erroneus to place him in this line, and he may have been James 5 (208) of the line of David, who received mill property by his father's will (see page 69). He was probably the James Sayre who was one of the founders of the Presbyterian church at Logtown in Lower Alloways Creek in 1750. The account of his descendants given below is from Shourd's "History of Fenwick Colony," and is evidently not accurate nor complete. Possibly a fuller account may be received before publication, and, if so, it will be inserted on a subsequent page. CHILDREN. 374 JAMES,6 m. 1st, Rachel Sheppard; 2d, Hannah Stretch Sayre, daughter of Bradway Stretch, and widow of Reuben 6 Sayre (364), who died in 1813, aged 66 years; 3d, Mrs. Sarah Smith, widow of Job Smith. He lived at Lower Alloway, N. J., and died April, 1815. His will was probated at Salem, April 18, 1815. It directed his land to be divided among his children, who were not named. 1 JAMES.7 CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE. BY SECOND MARRIAGE. 2 RACHEL,7 m. William Gilman. BY THIRD MARRIAGE. 3 HANNAH,7 m. Edward Hires, son of Conrad Hires, of Bridgeton, N. J. ing the Revolution, and was wounded at Hancock's Bridge, March CHILDREN. I Abbott,8 m. Mary Harris. CHILD. Abbott H.9 2 Hannah,8 m. James Butcher. 375 JOHN,6 was killed during the Revolution at Hancock's Bridge. 376* EPHRAIM,6 m. Elizabeth Tyler. 377* ABBOTT,6 m. Elizabeth 121 LOT5 SAYRE married Miss Warner, daughter of John Warner. He was a soldier during the Revolution, and was at the battle of Quinton's Bridge. CHILD. 378 JOB,6 b. 1765; m. Ist, Sarah Padgett; 2d, Mary Tuft. John, 123 JEREMIAH SAYRE was born in Cumberland County, N. J. He married He was a member of the M. E. Church at Dennisville, Cape May County, N. J., at its organization in 1803. CHILD. 379* JEREMIAH,6 b. Dec. 21, 1761; m. 1st, Mary Smith; 2d, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams. 124 CHRISTOPHER SAYRE was born in Cumberland County, N. J., February 17, 1750. He married, in the old Swedes' church at Wilmington, Del., July 16, 1771, Catharine Mac Douglas, who was born October 10, 1750. He lived at East Creek, N. J. He died about 1836 in Philadelphia, and was buried in the graveyard of St. John's M. E. Church. CHILDREN. 386* JOHN, b. about 1772; m. Lydia Cruthers. 387* CHRISTOPHER,6 b. Nov. 9, 1783; m., Aug. 9, 1807, Mary Duffee. 387a DAVID.6 387b HETTIE.6 387c ELIZABETH.6 127 JOHN SAYRE was born near Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N. J., October 12, 1762. He married there, August 20, 1792, Catharine Teel, who was born in Bridgeton May 3, 1774, and died September 18, 1835. He removed to Greene County, Ill., in 1822, and in 1834 to Cartwright Township, Sangamon County, where he died December 27, 1835. The following record is from Powers' "History of Sangamon County, Ill.," pp. 641, etc: CHILDREN (ALL BORN IN NEW JERSEY). 388 JOHN, JR.,6 b. July 18, 1795; m., in Ohio, Nancy Maxwell. He died Dec. 31, 1870, in Springfield, while on a visit to relatives. They had two daughters; both married, one living in Missouri, and one in Ohio. 389* DAVID, b. Aug. 2, 1797; m. in New Jersey and lived there. He never moved West. 390* MARGARET,6 b. Feb. 22, 1800; m. Constantine Foster. 391* THOMAS,6 b. Dec. 14, 1802; m., 1836, Effie Waggoner. 392 ELIZA,6 b. Aug. 26, 1806; m. Rolla Morgan. They had eight children. They moved to Iowa, where Mrs. Morgan died. The family started over the Plains, and Mr. Morgan and one of the children died on the road. The others continued on and made their home in Portland, Oregon. 393* FOSTER,6 b. July 8, 1809; d. in Ohio, July 22, 1836. 394 EDMOND,6 b. Dec. 2, 1812; was living in 1876 in Sangamon Co., Ill. CHILD. FANNIE BEAUMONT,7 m. Dec. 23, 1875, Dr. Harrison Withrow, who was born Nov. 2, 1841. He enlisted July 20, 1861, in the 11th Missouri Infantry; was promoted to 2d Lieutenant, and was honorably discharged in 1864. He studied dentistry, and is practising (1876) in Petersburg, Ill. 396 CLARISSA,6 b. Oct. 31, 1816; m. Oct. 27, 1835, Jordan Simpson, who was born July 19, 1808, near Lexington, Ky., and died Dec. 23, 1872. CHILDREN. I JAMES W. SIMPSON,7 b. Sept. 8, 1836; m. Nov. 6, 1867, Julia B. Butler. 2 ISAAC N. SIMPSON, b. Nov. 26, 1838; m. Dec. 14, 1865, Lucinda Las well. He served three years in the Tenth Illinois Cavalry during the War. He died Feb. 24, 1866. CHILD. Isaac N. Simpson.8 3 WILLIAM J. SIMPSON,7 b. April 24, 1841. 4 CATHARINE H. SIMPSON, b. Aug. 18, 1843; m. Dec. 28, 1864, Benjamin Watts. They live near Warrensburg, Ill. 5 MARY M. SIMPSON,7 b. April 6, 1848; m. Nov. 20, 1867, Morris Hillyard. They live near Climax, Greenwood Co., Kansas. 6 JEMIMA J. SIMPSON, b. Oct. 25, 1850; m. 1869, David Gibson. Live near Bolckow, Andrew Co., Mo. 7 JULIA A. SIMPSON,7 b. March 5, 1853. 8 Lucy M. SIMPSON, b. Aug. 20, 1857. LINE OF HANNAH OGDEN, JONATHAN,3 FRANCIS.2 129 HANNAH OGDEN 5 married Rev. James Caldwell, March 14, 1763. She was murdered by a British soldier as she stood in the window of the parsonage at Connecticut Farms, N. J., June 25, 1780, while holding her babe in her arms. Rev. James Caldwell was born in April, 1734. He was pastor of the church at Connecticut Farms when it was burned by the British during the Revolution, and also of the church at Springfield. During the battle at Springfield it is said the patriots ran short of paper for wadding, and the "fighting parson," as he was called, rushed into the church and brought out a lot of Dr. |