John Athy [65682] ⁴³⁹

  General Notes:

19* John. b. ca. 1730; d. 1830.

/19/ JOHN ATHY (3), son of Mary and George Athy, Jr., #4. Born Prince George's Co., Md., ca. 1730; orphaned ca. 1734; raised by an uncle; appears on list of Militia as having voted for Col. G. W. Fairfax, Fairfax Co., Va., 11 Dec. 1755; served as a private in the Virginia Colonial Militia and received 4 pounds, 8 shillings, pay in Lunenburg Co., Va., Sept. 1758; married Sarah FOSTER (b. ca. 1740; d. Morgan Co., Va., ca. 1831), daughter of Thomas and Sarah Cross Foster, probably Prince George's Co., Md., ca. 1765; said to have lived in Caroline Co., Va., before living near the Occoquan River, Prince William Co., Va.; enlisted as a Corporal in Captain Philip Richard Frances Lee's 8th Company of Colonel Hugh Mercer's 3rd Virginia Regiment of Foot, Continental Line, when the company was formed in Prince William Co., Va., 6 February 1776; his unit joined Washington's army in August 1776 and participated in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown before wintering at Valley Forge; discharged at Valley Forge, Pa., February 1778; hauled wheat for the army, Berkeley Co., Va., 26 February 1781; appears on tax list, Prince William Co., Va., 1782; moved to Berkeley Co., Va., where he bought 150 acres of land in 1782 which he sold in 1784; became foreman for a plantation on Opeckon Creek, Berkeley Co., Va., the property of Jeremiah Strode, Sr., father-in-law of his daughter, Elizabeth; moved to Hampshire Co. (later to become Morgan Co.), Va., where he purchased a 132 acre farm on the Great Cacapehon River, 4 September 1797; moved with his son Basil to Washington Co., near Marietta, Ohio, ca. 1801; returned with Basil to live on his farm, Hampshire Co., Va., ca.1803; appeared census Hampshire Co., Va., 1810, and Morgan Co., Va., 1820; died Morgan Co., Va., 1830; Sarah appeared census Morgan Co., Va., 1830;

CHILDREN:

70* John, Jr.. b. ca. 1765; d. 1850.

71* Basil, b. ca. 1773; d. 1853;

72* Nancy, b. ca. 1775.

73* Elizabeth, b. 1778.

74 Elijah, b. probably Prince William Co. or erkeley Co., Va., 23 July 1782; no known offspring.

75* Elisha. b. 1782; d. 1856.

76* Thomas, b. ca. 1783; d. ca. 1840-50.

77 Mary (Polly), b. Berkeley Co., Va., ca/ 1783 (Thomas' twin); never married; moved to Kentucky with her brother, Elisha, #75.

78* George, b. ca. 1785.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Orphaned, 1734. orphaned ca. 1734; raised by an uncle;

• Militia, 11 Dec 1755, Fairfax County, Virginia. Appears on list of Militia as having voted for Col. G. W. Fairfax, Fairfax Co., Va., 11 Dec. 1755

• Militia: Pay, Sep 1758, Lunenburg County, Virginia. Served as a private in the Virginia Colonial Militia and received 4 pounds, 8 shillings, pay in Lunenburg Co., Va., Sept. 1758;

• Residence: Prince William County, Virginia. Said to have lived in Caroline Co., Va., before living near the Occoquan River, Prince William Co., Va.

• Military Service, 6 Feb 1776-Feb 1778. Enlisted as a Corporal in Captain Philip Richard Frances Lee's 8th Company of Colonel Hugh Mercer's 3rd Virginia Regiment of Foot, Continental Line, when the company was formed in Prince William Co., Va., 6 February 1776; his unit joined Washington's army in August 1776 and participated in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown before wintering at Valley Forge; discharged at Valley Forge, Pa., February 1778;

• Occupation: Hauled wheat for the army, 26 Feb 1781, Berkeley County, Virginia, USA. Hauled wheat for the army, Berkeley Co., Va., 26 February 1781;

• Tax Records, 1782, Prince William County, Virginia, USA. Appears on tax list, Prince William Co., Va., 1782;

• Moved, 1782, Berkeley County, Virginia, USA. Moved to Berkeley Co., Va., where he bought 150 acres of land in 1782 which he sold in 1784;

• Occupation: Foreman for a plantation: Opeckon Creek, Berkeley County, Virginia, USA. Became foreman for a plantation on Opeckon Creek, Berkeley Co., Va., the property of Jeremiah Strode, Sr., father-in-law of his daughter, Elizabeth;

• Moved, 4 Sep 1797. moved to Hampshire Co. (later to become Morgan Co.), Va., where he purchased a 132 acre farm on the Great Cacapehon River, 4 September 1797;

• Moved, Abt 1801, Washington County, Ohio, United States of America. Moved with his son Basil to Washington Co., near Marietta, Ohio, ca. 1801; returned with Basil to live on his farm, Hampshire Co., Va., ca.1803;

• Census, 1810, Hampshire County, Virginia, USA. Appeared census Hampshire Co., Va., 1810, and Morgan Co., Va., 1820;

• Census, 1820, Morgan County, Virginia, United States of America. Appeared census Hampshire Co., Va., 1810, and Morgan Co., Va., 1820;

John married Sarah Foster [65683] [MRIN: 551619112], daughter of Thomas Foster [65684] and Sarah Cross [65685], about 1765. (Sarah Foster [65683] was born about 1740 and died about 1831 in Morgan County, Virginia, United States of America.)