| Henry S. Myers | |
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Born: 17 Aug 1761 Loc: Gunpowder River, MD Died: 24 Jun 1847 Loc: Myers Mills, Clarion Co., PA Bur: Jefferson Furnace, Clarion Co., PA Military: Revolutionary War |
Father:
George
Myers Mother: Elizabeth Singree |
| Married: 25 Mar
1783 York Co., PA Sarah Mary Stroble, daughter of Zachariah Stroble and Rebecca |
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| Children:
NancyAnn/Elizabeth/Mary/GeorgeS./Henrietta/Sarah/Henry/John/Margaret/ Jacob/Lottie/Susannah/James S. |
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| Henry S. Myers
was one of 9,000 men to sign the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity to Maryland during the Revolution. |
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| 1800 Census: Hartford Co., MD | |
| Henry Myers, the
father of Colonel James S. Myers, of Franklin, built the first Grist
Mill on the Clarion River, in that section, at or near the place
where Davis Mill now stands. This part of the county, at that time
was all Richland Township, Venango County. Source: First Settlers of Clarion County, Pennsylvania |
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| Several of the
children of Henry and Sarah were baptized at the Saint James Protestant Episcopal Parish, Baltimore, MD |
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| Henry MYERS - built several of the first mills in Richland
Township b. 3 Aug 1761 in York Co., PA or MD; son of George and
Elizabeth SINGREE Myers, and the grandson of Frederick MYERS (born
in Saxony); Henry married, 25 March 1783, Mary Sarah STROBLE,
believed to be the daughter of Zachariah and Rebecca Stroble; Henry
d. 24 June 1840 and Sarah d. 29 Dec 1835; Henry and Mary Sarah moved
to Richland Township, Venango County (area now part of Clarion
County) in 1806 and had the following children: Nancy Ann, b. 4
June 1784, (m. John RANGE); Elizabeth, b. 3 Jan 1787, (m.
__ HUTCHINSON; Mary, b. 10 Dec 1789, (m. __WILSON); George Singree,
b. 13 Jan 1792, (m. Eleanor BURNS); Henrietta, b. 7 Sept 1794, (m.
Thomas W. MAYS ); Mary Sarah, b. 17 Feb 1797, (m. William STROBLE
and ___SAWELL); Henry, b. 14 March 1799, (m. Nancy A. BURNS); John,
b. 10 April 1801; Margaret, b. 11 Feb 1803; Jacob Alman, b. 23 Nov
1804; Lovicy, b. 17 Aug 1807, (m. James or William THOMPSON);
Susannah, b. 1 March 1811, (m. (1)__HAUN, (2) Thomas Hicks PRATHER,
(3) Ira L. MANROSS, (4) Elijah MILLER (5) George HEWITT; James
Stroble, b. 9 June 1813, a prominent lawyer in the area of Franklin
until 1873, (m. Emily BUNNELL). RICHLAND TOWNSHIP Source: Venango County, PA Website |
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