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SEVENTH GENERATION

80. Henry MYERS Jr.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽⁷⁷⁾ ⁽²¹⁰⁾⁽²⁰⁹⁾ was born on Mar 14 1799 in MD.⁽³⁴⁹⁾⁽²¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁵¹⁾⁽²¹³⁾ Henry Myers, Jr. was born in Maryland. -- 1860 Census

Henry Myers, Jr. was born March 14, 1799, in Maryland. -- Family Bible, T.H. Myers, Tombstone

"Henry Myers Jr. was born near Alum Rock, Pa. in 1799." -- Old paper #10

"Henry Junior Thursday March 14 - 1799." -- Old paper #1, Old paper #11

He died on Nov 8 1885 in Beaver Township, Clarion Co., PA.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽³⁴⁹⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽²¹¹⁾⁽⁸¹⁾ Henry Myers Jr. died Nov. 8, 1885. -- Bible, T.H. Myers, Tombstone, Myers family tree

Henry Myers Jr. died Nov. 8, 1885, in Beaver Township, Clarion Co., PA. His "will is recorded in Clarion Co., Will Book D, page 57, and dated 16 Nov. 1885." -- Burns History.
Henry Myers Jr. was a child of Henry and Sarah Myers. -- T.H. Myers

The Myers Post Office, which was located in Venango [since divided into Venango and Clarion] County and operated by Henry Myers, Jr., started on January 3, 1831 and closed May 20, 1843. The name was then changed to Jefferson Furnace, opened on May 20, 1843 and continued until August 8, 1872. The Blairs Corners Post Office was then opened on August 8, 1872; it closed on January 31, 1940. -- History of Wentlings, p. 64

A Henry Myers was listed as one of the customers of King & Heeter General Store in Monroe, PA in 1855-1858. -- History of Wentlings, p. 193

In the 1860 Census, while aged 61 and 60 respectively, Henry and Nancy were listed as having only one child, then 18. Henry's occupation was listed as a miller.

In the Caldwell's Atlas of Clarion County, 1877, H. Myers was written on a map of Beaver County as having 63 acres near Blairs Corners. The Directory of Clarion County, Caldwell's Atlas of Clarion County, 1877, lists Henry Myers as a resident of Blairs Corners, Beaver Township, PA, a retired miller with 67 acres. -- History of Wentlings, pp. 6, 200

Henry Myers at the time of his will on Nov. 3, 1885, was "feeble in health but of sound mind and memory." -- Myers will.
He was married to Nancy A. BURNS on Jan 28 1819.⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁵²⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁵³⁾ Married January 28, 1812. -- Bible, Paper #3

Married in 1818 [which may be the right year, given that the first child was born in 1819 and 1812 means Nancy was only 12 years old when married]. -- Tom Burns

Married January 28, 1819. -- Myers family tree, mdammann@eai.com.
All the children of Henry Myers and Nancy Burns listed by T.H. Myers match the list of Tom Burns. -- T.H. Myers, Tom Burns

"When our ancestors came here this [Clarion County] was part of Venango Co., and it was a vast wilderness. Earliest settlements were made in (1802-3-4.) Clarion Co. was not organized until 1840. They were an honest, upright, God-fearing optimistic people. Each one had a piece of wood; and cleared it, built log houses with fireplaces outside (now we have them inside), log barns and the various outhouses. I tell you it was labor to grub the second growth, chop the big trees, roll and burn the big logs. I remember my Father telling me of Grandfather chopping the logs into cord wood and burning it to make charcoal. In 1850 they sold it to the Keating Furnace for one dollar a cord. At that time practically all farming and hauling was done with oxen and the roads were just trails. All grain was sowed by hand. The grain was cut with the sickle, and then some one invented the grain-cradle, and that was a faster and better way to cut it. The old settlers were a social set. They would assist each other in a pinch, and were neighborly. If anybody would butcher a hog or a sheep, their neighbors got a portion of the fresh meat, and all were happy. They had what they called folics, log-rollings, corn husking parties, barn raisings, and for the lady of the house, there were apple parings, quilting bees, barn dances and square dances. Instead of making New Year's calls [as] 'my lady' now does, the men would go in companies from house to house, commencing at ten to eleven o'clock P.M. and stand by the door and fire a volley from their flintlock squirrel rifles - be invited in to apples and cider, and so go through the neighborhood shooting the old year out and the new year in." -- Whitling family tree.

81. Nancy A. BURNS⁽¹⁷⁾⁽³⁵⁴⁾ was born on May 31 1800 in Pine Creek Township, Lycoming Co., PA.⁽²¹⁰⁾⁽³⁵⁵⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁵²⁾⁽²¹¹⁾⁽³⁵⁶⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁵⁷⁾ Nancy Burns was born May 30, 1800, in Lycoming County, PA. -- Myers family tree.

Nancy Burns was born May 31, 1800. -- Family Bible, Old paper #11.

Nancy Burns was born May 31, 1800, in Pine Creek Township, Lycoming Co., Pa. -- Burns History, Muir.

Tombstone of "Nancy, wife of Henry Myers," in Mt. Joy Cemetery, near Wentlings Corners, PA, says she died Jan. 8, 1886, at the age of 85 yrs, 7 mos., 7 days. [If that calculation is correct, then she was born on Jun. 1, 1800.] -- Tombstone.

Nancy Burns was born in PA. -- Census records.

She died on Jan 8 1886 in Beaver Township, Clarion Co., PA.⁽³⁵⁵⁾⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽²¹¹⁾⁽⁸¹⁾ Nancy Burns died on January 8, 1886, in Beaver Township, Clarion County, PA. -- Burns History.

Nancy Burns died on January 8, 1886. -- Family Bible, T.H. Myers, Tombstone, Myers family tree.
Nancy A. Burns, who became the wife of Henry Myers, Jr., joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1823. Her parents did all they could to prevent her from becoming a Methodist. "Her desire" to join the church ended in her walking alone from her home on the Clarion, carrying her baby all the way, over a slippery road in winter, ten miles to a quarterly meeting held by Dennis B. Dorsey and J.M. Hudson at Armstrong School House. She reached the place by running part of the way, just in time to hear Brother Dorsey announce for his text, "Alexander, the Coppersmith, did me much harm." -- Taken from the history of the Erie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Volume No. 2, written by Rev. J.N. Fradenburgh, and published for him by the Derrick Publishing Co. in 1907, and as rewritten in the typewritten notes of Theodore Henry Myers, 1977.

Nancy A. Burns is related to the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. -- Marian Myers

Children were:

i. Joseph MYERS⁽¹⁷⁾⁽³⁵⁸⁾⁽⁷⁷⁾⁽³⁵⁹⁾⁽²⁰⁹⁾ was born on Oct 23 1819 in Myers Mills, Clarion, County, PA.⁽³⁶⁰⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁶¹⁾ Tombstone appears to say birth date was October 23, 1819, but it could be October 29. Date is hard to read.

Joseph Myers was born on Saturday, October 23, 1819. -- Family Bible.

Born Oct. 23, 1819. -- Myers family tree, Gale Myers.
He died on Feb 3 1897.⁽³⁶⁰⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁶²⁾ Tombstone says date of death was Feb. 3, 1887 or 1897. Hard to read.

Joseph Myers died February 3, 1897. -- Family Bible, Myers family tree, Gale Myers.
Joseph was a child of Henry Jr. and Nancy Myers. -- T.H. Myers.

Joseph Myers was a son of Henry and Nancy (Burns) Myers. He was married on Nov. 1, 1843, to Susannah Dunkle, a daughter of Daniel and Margaret Dunkle of Franklin Co. PA. They had five children: Margaret, Emily, Jacob H., George, and James H. -- History of Clarion County, -- History of Wentlings Corners, p. 208.

The Directory of Clarion County, Clarion Jacksonian Print, Clarion, Pa, 1887, lists Joseph Myers as a resident of Blairs Corners, Beaver Township, PA, whose occupation was a miller. -- History of Wentlings Corners, p. 204.

Joseph Myers was the proprietor of grist mills and sawmills. -- Gale Myers.

Joseph Myers's father, Henry, gave him in his will "that portion of my farm lying east of the Rail Road with saw & grist mill thereon and this my will shall give to him a good and sufficient title for the above mentioned property." -- Myers will.

ii. Henry Singree (Singry) MYERS⁽¹⁷⁾ was born on Aug 5 1821.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁶³⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁶⁴⁾ Born August 2, 1821. -- T.H. Myers Notebook.

Born August 5, 1821, on Sunday at sunset. -- Family Bible.

Born August 5, 1821. -- Tom Burns, Myers family tree, Gale Myers.
He died on Aug 30 1855.⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁶⁵⁾⁽³⁶⁶⁾ "Henry Singry Myers died August 30th, 1855." -- Family Bible.

Henry Singree Myers died circa 1855. -- Gale Myers.

Henry Myers died when his daughter, Nancy Jane, was six years old. -- Obituary.
Henry Singree was a child of Henry Myers Jr. and Nancy Burns.

iii. Sally (Sarah) Ann MYERS⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁶⁷⁾⁽³⁶⁸⁾ was born on Sep 30 1823.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁶⁹⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁷⁰⁾ Born on Tuesday, September 30, 1823. She died on Jan 25 1866.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽⁸¹⁾ ⁽³⁷¹⁾ Died Jan. 25, 1867. -- Myers notebook

Died Jan. 25, 1866. -- Myers family tree, Gale Myers.
Sally Ann was a child of Henry Myers Jr. and Nancy Burns. -- T.H. Myers.

Salyann. -- Family Bible.

Sarah Ann Myers. -- Tom Burns.

Sally (Sarah) Ann Myers. -- Gale Myers.

iv. Thomas Burns MYERS was born on Oct 11 1825.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁷²⁾ Birth date. He died on Aug 18 1843.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾ Died August 18, 1843. Thomas Burns Myers was a child of Henry Myers Jr. and Nancy Burns. (Source: Typewritten notes of Theodore Henry Myers, 1977.)
v. Jacob Howard MYERS was born on Mar 8 1828.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁷³⁾ Birth date. He died on Mar 13 1882.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁷⁴⁾ "Jacob Howard Myers died Monday, March 13th, 1882." -- Bible.

Jacob Myers died March 13, 1882. -- T.H. Myers, Paper #3, Myers family tree, Gale Myers.
Jacob Howard Myers was a child of Henry Myers Jr. and Nancy Burns. (Source: Typewritten notes of Theodore Henry Myers, 1977.)

Jacob H. Myers was listed as one of the customers of King & Heeter General Store in Monroe, PA in 1855-1858. (Source: "A History of Wentlings Corners, Blairs Corners, Monroe," compiled by Terry L. Johnson-Cooney, 1981, p. 192, a copy of which was in possession of Scott Theodore Apel in 1995.)
vi. Solomon MYERS⁽²⁰⁹⁾ was born on Mar 2 1830 in PA.⁽²¹⁰⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁷⁵⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁷⁶⁾ Born Monday night, March 2, 1830. -- Family Bible

Solomon Myers was born March 2, 1830. -- Burns History, 1860 Census, Paper #3, Gale Myers.

Born March 30, 1830. -- Myers family tree
He died in 1909 in Cedar Rapids, IA.⁽²¹⁰⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁷⁷⁾ Solomon Myers was alive and 30 years old during the 1860 census, and thus must have died only after that date.

Solomon Myers died in 1909 in Cedar Rapids, IA. -- Myers family tree, Gale Myers.
Solomon Myers was a child of Henry Myers Jr. and Nancy A. Burns. (Source: Typewritten notes of Theodore Henry Myers, 1977.)

Solomon Myers was listed as one of the customers of King & Heeter General Store in Monroe, PA in 1855-1858. (Source: "A History of Wentlings Corners, Blairs Corners, Monroe," compiled by Terry L. Johnson-Cooney, 1981, p. 193, a copy of which was in possession of Scott Theodore Apel in 1995.)

Solomon Myers is listed as age 30, a carpenter, born in PA, with wife, Reuba, age 24, and son, John, age 2. (Source: 1860 U.S. Census Records, Clarion County, Beaver Township, PA, Schedule 1, p. 25, dated June 23, 1860, Microfilm p. 45.)

An S.J. Myers is listed as a merchant among the businesses of Triangle and Pickwick, PA, in the 1870s and 1880s. (Source: "A History of Wentlings Corners, Blairs Corners, Monroe," compiled by Terry L. Johnson-Cooney, 1981, p. 188, a copy of which was in possession of Scott Theodore Apel in 1995.)

Henry Myers in his will wrote: "4th I give and bequeath to my son Solomon Myers Twenty five dollars." -- Myers will.

vii. Nancy Jane MYERS⁽³⁷⁸⁾⁽³⁷⁹⁾ was born on Apr 30 1832.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽²¹¹⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁸⁰⁾ "Nancy Myers was born on Monday night at 10 o'clock 30th day of April 1832." -- Family Bible, Paper #3.

Nancy Myers was born April 30, 1832. -- Burns History, T.H. Myers Notebook, Myers family tree.

Nancy Myers was born April 20, 1832. -- Gale Myers.
She died on Jan 8 1896.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁸¹⁾ Family Bible seems to day that Nancy Berlin died October 18, 1815, but the year cannot be right.

Nancy Myers died Jan. 8, 1896. -- T.H Myers, Paper #3.

Nancy Jane Myers died Jan. 8, 1896. -- Gale Myers.

Nancy Myers died in Oct. 1895. -- Myers family tree.
Nancy Jane Myers was a child of Henry Myers Jr. and Nancy A. Burns.
viii. Catyann (Cathy)(Katy)(Catherine) Ann MYERS⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁸²⁾⁽³⁸³⁾⁽³⁸⁴⁾ was born on Aug 14 1834 in Myers Mills, Clarion, County, PA.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾ ⁽²¹¹⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁸⁵⁾⁽³⁸⁶⁾ Cathy Ann Myers was the first person born in the Myers homestead, which is near Blairs Corners, PA. -- T.H. Myers

"Caty Ann Myers was born on the ___ [illegible] day of August 1834." -- Family Bible

Catherine Myers was born on August 14, 1834. -- Burns History.

Catherine Ann Myers was born on August 14, 1834. -- Gale Myers.

Caty Ann Myers was born on August 14, 1834. -- Paper #3, Myers family tree (Katy Ann).

Born in Clarion Co., PA, August 14, 1834. -- Helen Myers.

She died on Jan 9 1912 in Franklin, Venango, County, PA.⁽³⁸⁷⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁸⁶⁾ Family Bible: "Caty A. McQuown died January 9 [7?], 1912.

Died January 9, 1912. -- Myers family tree.

Died January 9, 1912, at her home 1126 Liberty St., Franklin, PA, from a stroke. -- Helen Myers.
Cathy Ann Myers was a child of Henry Myers Jr. and Nancy A. Burns. -- T.H. Myers.

Three times in the family Bible, once each in describing birth, marriage, and death, the name is "Catyann" or "Caty Ann." -- Family Bible.

Tom Burns lists her name as Catherine. -- Burns History.

Catherine (Catyann) Ann Myers. -- Gale Myers.

Court record gives her Katherine. -- Helen Ray.

ix. Mary Eleanor MYERS⁽¹⁷⁾⁽³⁸⁸⁾ was born on Mar 20 1836 in PA.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁸⁹⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁹⁰⁾ Mary Eleanor Myers was born on March 30, 1836. -- Myers notebook, Tom Burns, Gale Myers.

"Mary Elenor [spelled this way in the Bible] Myers was born on Sunday morning at six o'clock the twentyeth of march 1836." -- Family Bible.

Mary Eleanor was born on March 20, 1836. -- Paper #3.

Mary E. was born March 25, 1836. -- Myers family tree.
She died on Jul 29 1895.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁹¹⁾ Died July 29, 1895.
Mary Eleanor Myers was a child of Henry Myers Jr. and Nancy A. Burns.

x. Margaret Emily MYERS⁽³⁹²⁾⁽³⁵⁶⁾⁽³⁹³⁾⁽²⁰⁹⁾ was born on Apr 7 1838 in Clarion Co., PA.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁹⁴⁾⁽³⁵⁶⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁹⁵⁾⁽³⁹⁶⁾ "Margarent Emily Myers was born on Saturday the seventh day of April 1838." -- Family Bible.

Margaret Emily Myers was born on 7 April 1838. -- Myers notebook, T.H. Myers family tree, Susan Appleton.

Margaret Emily Myers was born in Clarion County, PA, April 7, 1838. -- 1909 Newspaper.

Margaret Emily Myers was born on 17 April 1838. -- Burns History, Gale Myers.
She died on Aug 1 1909 in Coon Rapids, Carroll County, IA.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁵⁶⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁹⁷⁾⁽³⁹⁶⁾ Died August 1, 1909, near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Tom Burns says that Margaret married Oliver Sheffer, and that he and a son were killed in West Virginia on a burning oil rig in 1912. [This is probably a different Margaret Myers, as the dates do not match.] -- Burns History.

When Margaret Emily Myers died in 1909 in Iowa, she was recognized as one of the oldest settlers in the area. -- 1909 newspaper.

Emily Margaret Myers. -- Gale Myers.

Margaret's father, Henry, wrote in his will: "I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret E. Knapbenbarger Twenty five dollars." -- Myers will.

xi. Alfred Jackson MYERS was born on Sep 20 1840.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾⁽³⁹⁸⁾⁽²¹²⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽³⁹⁹⁾ Alfred Jackson Myers was born Sept. 20, 1840. He died in 1880.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽⁴⁰⁰⁾ Date of death.
Alfred Jackson Myers was a child of Henry Myers Jr. and Nancy A. Burns. (Source: Typewritten notes of Theodore Henry Myers, 1977.)
40 xii. George Washington (L.) MYERS.
xiii. Mary F. MYERS⁽⁴⁰¹⁾⁽⁴⁰²⁾ was born after 1843. She died before 1943. Gale Myers lists a 13th child that no one else does. No information other than her name and that she is the last one. -- Gale Myers.