MUSGRAVE  GENEALOGY

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7/28/2008

 

Generation One

 

1.    Oswin1 Musgrave, b. 1640 in Cumberland County, England,[1],[2] d. 1687 in Chester Co, PA.2,1  He married1,2 ca 1658 in Armagh, Ireland,2 Elizabeth ___, b. ca 1644 in Belfast, Ireland,2 d. after 1697 in Pennsylvania.1

                                      Children:

                2.          i.       Moses2 Musgrave b. 1666.

 

 

Generation Two

 

2.    Moses2 Musgrave, (1.Oswin1) b. 1666 in Armagh, Ireland,2,1 d. Apr- 7-1726 in Chester Co, PA,2,1 buried Fallowfield in Chester Co, PA.1  He married (1) Jun- 5-1695,2 Grace Roberts.  He married (2) Nov-11-1697 in Chester Co, PA,2 Patience Hussey.  He married (3) ca 1700 in Chester Co, PA,1 Elizabeth ___, d. 1791.1

                                      Children by Elizabeth ___:

                3.          i.       Moses3 Musgrave b. 1711.

                4.          ii.      John Musgrave b. 1719.

 

 

Generation Three

 

3.    Moses3 Musgrave, (2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. 1711,1 d. bef Jan 13 1790 in Wilmington.1  He married[3],1 Elizabeth ___.

                                      Children:

                5.          i.       Elijah4 Musgrave b. ca 1750.

 

4.    John3 Musgrave, (2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. 1719 in Pennsylvania,1 d. ca 1772 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA.1

                                      Children:

                6.          i.       Basheba4 Musgrave b. ca 1750.

 

 

Generation Four

 

5.    Elijah4 Musgrave, (3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. ca 1750,3 d. ca 1854 in Grant District, Monongalia Co, WV,3 buried in Musgrave Cemetery, Everettsville, Monongalia Co, WV.3  According to a Wilmington monthly Quaker meeting, on July 16, 1777, Elijah Musgrave was disowned by the Quaker society:  "Hath so far erred as to remove to a distant part without taking the advice of friends and without a certificate, and accomplished his marriage before a magistrate to his first cousin."  From this it can be concluded that the maiden name of his wife, Basheba, was also Musgrave, but there is no indication in those records as to exactly who her father was.3 He married3 ca 1767,1 Basheba Musgrave, also known as Baasha Musgrave,[4],1 b. ca 1750,3,1 (daughter of John Musgrave) d. ca 1852 in Grant District, Monongalia Co, WV,3 buried in Musgrave Cemetery, Everettsville, Monongalia Co, WV.3

                                      Children:

                7.          i.       Job "John"5 Musgrave b. Mar-12-1784.

                8.          ii.      David B. Musgrave b. May-12-1785.

 

6.    Basheba4 Musgrave, also known as Baasha Musgrave,4,1 (4.John3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) (See marriage to number 5.)

 

 

Generation Five

 

7.    Job "John"5 Musgrave,1 (5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. Mar-12-1784 in Pennsylvania,1,3 d. Dec-24-1814 in Norfolk, VA.3,1  He married Nov-15-1808 in Hampshire Co, VA,3 Isabel Watts, b. Aug- 2-1790,1 d. Apr-13-1865,1 buried in Marion Co, WV.1

                                      Children:

                9.          i.       John M.6 Musgrave b. 1812.

 

8.    David B.5 Musgrave, (5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. May-12-1785 in Paw Paw District, Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3 d. Nov- 1-1865,3 buried in Musgrave Cemetery, Everettsville, Monongalia Co, WV.2  He married (1) Nov-10-1808,3 Mary E. "Polly" Jones, b. Feb-19-1792,3 (daughter of Joshua Jones and Unknown) d. 1836.3  He married (2) Aug- 5-1838,3 Barbary Chick, b. May-16-1802,3 d. Apr- 6-1885.3  Barbary: Thought to be one-half Cherokee Indian.3

                                      Children by Mary E. "Polly" Jones:

                10.        i.       Jane "Jenny"6 Musgrave b. Sep-10-1809.

                11.        ii.      Bashaba Musgrave b. May-28-1811.

                12.        iii.     John Jones Musgrave b. Jan-23-1813.

                13.        iv.     Elijah Musgrave b. Feb- 3-1815.

                14.        v.      Benjamin B. Musgrave b. Jan-  -1819.

                             vi.     William Musgrave, b. Feb-15-1819.3

                             vii.    Hannah Musgrave, b. Jan-15-1821,3 d. Aug- 6-1829.3

                             viii.   Prudence Musgrave, b. Nov-12-1822,3 d. Jul-20-1829.3

                             ix.     Mary Ann Musgrave, b. Sep-30-1824.3

                15.        x.      Elizabeth Musgrave b. Oct-27-1826.

                             xi.     Moses Musgrave, b. Dec- 2-1827,3 d. Nov-20-1912 in Rivesville, Marion Co, WV.3  He married Mar-15-1852 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3 Rose Ann Neely.

                             xii.    David Musgrave, b. 1829,3 d. 1829.3

                                      Children by Barbary Chick:

                             xiii.   Sarah E. Musgrave, b. Jul-30-1839,3 d. Jul- 6-1888.3  She married3 Robert Shuman.

                             xiv.    Martha Anne Musgrave, b. Feb- 1-1841,3 d. Jun-30-1889.3  She married3 Job Arnett.

                             xv.     Jesse B. Musgrave, b. Oct-26-1842,3 d. Nov-16-1863.3

                             xvi.    Rebecca Musgrave, b. Sep-10-1844.3  She married Oct- 3-1867,3 Joshua Grubb.

 

 

Generation Six

 

9.    John M.6 Musgrave, (7.Job5, 5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. 1812 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,1 d. 1875.1  He married Sep-26-1831 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,1 Jane Lake, b. Jun-16-1812 in Virginia,1 (daughter of George B. Lake and Mary E. Henderson).

                                      Children:

                16.        i.       George Frederick7 Musgrave b. Jun-22-1834.

 

10.    Jane "Jenny"6 Musgrave, (8.David5, 5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. Sep-10-1809 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3 d. Jan-20-1868.  She married Aug-16-1828 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3 Isaac Leggett, also known as Isaac Legatt, b. Aug- 5-1808 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA, (son of James Leggett and Elizabeth Zorn) d. ca 1853.

                                      Children:

                17.        i.       David Musgrave7 Leggett b. Jul-16-1829.

                18.        ii.      John M. Leggett b. ca 1832.

                             iii.     Nancy Leggett, b. ca 1842 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,[5] resided 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.5  She married Jul- 4-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,5 D. L. Whitehair, b. ca 1834 in Preston Co, (W)VA,5 (son of David Whitehair and Mary ___) resided 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.5

                             iv.     Cordelia Leggett, b. ca 1846.5  She married David J. Whitehair, b. ca 1825 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,5 (son of John Whitehair and Ruhama ___) resided 1863 in Taylor Co, (W)VA.5

 

11.    Bashaba6 Musgrave, (8.David5, 5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. May-28-1811 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,4 d. Sep- 2-1898,4 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.4  Spelling of name appears in various forms as Bashaba (headstone), Barsheba (father's will), Basheba, etc.  Birthplace possibly Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV. She married in Mt. Morris, Greene Co, PA, Peter B. Haught, b. Sep-  -1809 in Pennsylvania,[6] d. Jun-14-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV,[7] buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.4  Peter: Peter B. Haught, presumably a descendant of Paul Haught of Holland, came into Monongalia Co, (W)VA, from Fayette Co, PA, and purchased a farm of 117 acres, on Statler's Run, on Sep 28, 1837.  In 1845 he sold this land and lived in Greene Co, PA, for a short time, later relocating to Ritchie Co, (W)VA.  As explained below, his exact parentage has not been definitively determined.

        

         According to the W. B. Haught genealogy, Peter Haught I was born in Rotterdam, Holland in 1720.  He married there in about 1747 and sailed from there on the ship Patience, landing at Philadelphia on Sep 9, 1751, with his wife and daughter Elizabeth.  He settled near the present town of Moorefield, in what is now Hardy County, WV, sometime prior to 1755.  His son, Peter Haught II, was born in the South Branch valley on July 1, 1755.  (This is presumably the Peter Haut, age 95, listed in the 1850 Census of Monongalia County, along with six other household members.)   Peter Haught I had another son by a second wife in 1790.

         Peter Haught I had three brothers who also came to America:  1) Tobias Haught, who never married; 2) Henry Haught, who had sons John, Nicholas and Peter, the latter killed at Fort Meigs on Feb 23, 1813; and 3) Paul Haught, who is thought to be the ancestor of the Peter B. Haught (1809-1883) of this genealogy.

        

         Paul Haught came to Statler's Run in 1776 and marked a settlement right on a tract of land near the location of his nephew, Peter Haught II, and Richard Tennant.  There is no evidence of Paul's return to this settlement right, but two of his sons, John and Jacob, came and claimed the land as heirs of Paul Haught, and had it surveyed on April 6, 1785.  Their patent on this tract of 324 acres is dated Oct 25, 1792.  On April 4, 1800, they sold 169 acres of the tract to Peter Tennant (son-in-law of Peter Haught I), and on Oct 8, 1804, they sold the remaining 155 acres to Samuel Varner.  John Haught and his wife Catherine acknowledged the deed in Monongalia County, while Jacob Haught and his wife Magdaline Haught acknowledged in Fayette Co, PA. John Haught lived in Monongalia Co for a few years, owning land on Days Run, and on Dunkard Creek, near Blacksville.  His deed for the Dunkard Creek land, to John Johnson, is dated Aug 2, 1806.  He moved to Fayette Co, PA.  Amos Haught, apparently another son of Paul Haught, was assistant to Samuel Hanway, Surveyor of Monongalia Co, and made two surveys of farm lands in November 1783.  Peter Haught, who purchased land on Sandy Creek on March 7, 1815, must have been another son of Paul Haught, as both Peter Haught I and his brother Henry had sons whom they named Peter.  [Haught, W. B., "Genealogy of the Haught Family of America," 1948, pp 1, 112 and 165]

        

         A marriage bond was issued in Monongalia Co (W)VA on Jan 1 1838 for Peter Hought, Jr. and Rachel Wilson, daughter of William Wilson.  The spelling Hought is presumably a variation or misspelling of Haught.  ["Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine," Vol 64, No. 11, Nov 1930, p. 705]

        

         Adding to the confusion of the many Peter Haughts in that area at that time is this entry from "Chronicles of Core," p. 5:  "Certificates granted by the commissioners for adjusting the claims to unpatented lands on the westernwaters for the county of Monongalia in February, March and April 1781 include the following ....  Peter Haught, Senior, 400 acres on Statlers Run, adjoining lands of Henry Smith, to include his improvement made in 1776."  Core also makes reference (p. 6) to Richard Tennant, "the ancestor of a very large and important family still living in Monongalia country, came from Glasgow, Scotland, about 1760, selling his time for seven years to pay his passage.  About 1769 he married Elizabeth Haught, who was of German descent, at Moorefield, Hardy County, Va....  after serving in the Revolutionary War for a time, came and settled on Jake Statlers Run.  His brother-in-law, Peter Haught, came with him."  [Core cites Wiley, in "History of Monongalia County, p. 26]

         Another Elizabeth Haught of that time is also cited by Core (p. 45):  "Elizabeth Piles (nee Haught) died March 18, 1834, aged 49 years, 6 months, and 27 days, and was buried in the Price Cemetery.  She was the wife of John Piles, son of Zechariah Piles by his second wife, Susannah."  Her age at death would put her birthdate at Aug 19 1784.[8],[9]

                                      Children:

                             i.       Mariah J.7 Haught,[10] b. ca 1839 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,5 census 1880 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV.[11]  She married10 (1) Feb-26-1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,[12] John A. Stinespring, b. ca 1796 in Lancaster Co, PA,5 (son of John Stinespring and Eleanor ___) d. bef Jul 1877.[13]  She married (2) Jul- 8-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV,[14] Henry C. D. Lamb, b. ca 1834 in Pocahontas Co, (W)VA,5 [Although age 82y 10m 9d stated in death record would put birth date at Dec 23 1833, his headstone shows it as Dec 22 1834.  Age 43 at time of July 1877 marriage would also put birth year at 1834, and 1900 Census specifies birth date of Dec 1834.], (son of Benjamin Lamb and Elizabeth H. ___) census 1870, 1880 in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV,[15],11 resided 1877 in Gilmer Co, WV,5 occupation farmer.[16]  Henry: 1870 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jul 19 1870:

                                      Henry C. R. (?) Lamb, farmer, 37; Clerinda, 28; Jasper N, 5; Anna E, 3; Martin L, 1.

                                     

                                      1880 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 3 & 4 1880:

                                      Henry C. D. Lamb, farmer, 46; wife Maria J, 38; son Jasper N, 15; dau Anna E. C., 13; dau Ruth A. B., 8.

                                     

                                      The following Census entries pertain to a different Henry C. Lamb:

                                     

                                      1870 Census, Marion County, WV (Town of Mannington), enumerated on Aug 16th 1870:

                                      Henry C. Lamb, miller, 33; Sarah, 26; Mary C, 5; Matilda, 2; Ann, 1; Joseph Province, miller, 17.

                                     

                                      1880 Census, Calhoun County, WV (Center District), enumerated on Jun 16 1880:

                                      Henry C. Lamb, farmer, 46; wife Sarah, 37; dau Matilda, 14; dau Ann, 12; son William, 9; son Howard, 6; dau Lizzie, 2.

                                     

                                      1900 Census, Calhoun County, WV (Washington District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:

                                      Henry C. Lamb, widowed, farmer, b. Dec 1834; dau Matilda, b. May 1866; son Howard, b. May 1874; dau Lizzie, b. Mar 1878; son Charles, b. May 1884.

                                     

                                      1910 Census, Calhoun County, WV (Washington District), enumerated on May 9 & 10 1910:

                                      Charles R. Lamb, 26, married 2 yrs, farmer; wife Nannie, 20, mother of 2 children, both still living; dau Ruby, 1 yr 2 mo; dau Ona, 2 mo; father Henry C. Lamb, 76, widowed; sister Matilda Lamb, 44; sister Lizzie Lamb, 30.

                19.        ii.      Elmina Ellen Haught b. Mar-25-1842.

                20.        iii.     Marville Lindsay Haught b. May-10-1846.

                21.        iv.     David Marion Haught b. May-14-1848.

                22.        v.      John Calvin Haught b. Sep-11-1852.

 

12.    John Jones6 Musgrave, (8.David5, 5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. Jan-23-1813 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3 d. Dec-28-1903 in Monongalia Co, WV.3  He married (1) Oct-15-1867,3 Elizabeth Steel.  He married[17] (2) Hannah McCurdy, b. Jun-27-1838,4,17 (daughter of Benjamin McCurdy and Prudence Eddy) d. Nov-19-1917 in Monongalia Co, WV,[18],4,17 buried in Hagans, Monongalia Co, WV.18  Hannah: The village of McCurdysville was named for Hannah McCurdy's father, Benjamin McCurdy, once postmaster there.17

                                      Children by Hannah McCurdy:

                             i.       Samuel Corder7 Musgrave, also known as Corder Musgrave, b. Nov-12-1871,17,[19] d. Jan-26-1960 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,17,19 resided in Hagans, Monongalia Co, WV,17 occupation author.17  He married Susan Layton, b. 1883,19 d. 1944.19

 

13.    Elijah6 Musgrave, (8.David5, 5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. Feb- 3-1815,3 d. Oct- 7-1885 in Marion Co, WV.3  He married Jan-28-1839,3 Sarah Ann Miller, b. 1823,3 d. 1888.3

                                      Children:

                             i.       Phoebe7 Musgrave, b. 1839,3 d. 1874.3

                             ii.      Benjamin S. Musgrave, b. 1841,3 d. 1926.3

                             iii.     Annie O. Musgrave.3

                             iv.     Newton Musgrave.3

                             v.      Samantha Musgrave, b. ca 1850.3

                             vi.     Nancy Musgrave, b. 1855,3 d. 1887.3

                23.        vii.    Ephriam Hall Musgrave b. 1859.

 

14.    Benjamin B.6 Musgrave, (8.David5, 5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. Jan-  -1819 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA, d. 1905 in Union District, Upshur Co, WV.  He married Sep-25-1839 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3 Caroline Chipps.

                                      Children:

                24.        i.       Anna Eliza7 Musgrave b. Jul-10-1850.

 

15.    Elizabeth6 Musgrave, (8.David5, 5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. Oct-27-1826,3 d. 1909.[20]  She married Mar-14-1847,20 Gustavus S. Britton, b. ca 1819 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,20,[21],[22] (son of Wilson Britton and Jane Wade) d. Mar-19-1904,20 occupation farmer.22  Gustavus: The 1850 Census of Doddridge County, (W)VA, listed his household as consisting of himself (identified as Gustavius Britton, age 31), his wife Elizabeth ( 22), and children Minerva (9), Elvian (4), Jarret (3) and John (2), all born in Virginia.

         The 1860 Census of Doddridge County listed his household as himself (identified as Gustavious Britton, farmer, age 41), his wife E. (22), and children M. (female, 20), C. A. (female, 15), Jarret (male, 14), John (male, 12), E. J. (female, 11), Albert (male, 5) and B. S. (male, 3), all born in Virginia.

         No entry was found for this family in the 1870 Census of Doddridge County.

                                      Children:

                25.        i.       Jarrett7 Britton b. Nov-  -1846.

                             ii.      John Wade Britton, b. ca 1848 in Virginia,21,[23] resided 1850, 60 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.21,22

                26.        iii.     Eliza Jane Britton b. ca 1849.

                             iv.     David W. Britton, b. Aug-  -1852,[24] d. Apr-  -1853 in Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA.[25],[26]

                             v.      Albert Leonard Britton,[27] b. ca 1855.22

                27.        vi.     Benjamin Stewart Britton b. ca 1857.

                28.        vii.    James Morgan Britton.

                29.        viii.   Joseph Wesley Britton b. Jul-12-1867.

 

 

Generation Seven

 

16.    George Frederick7 Musgrave, (9.John6, 7.Job5, 5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. Jun-22-1834 at Glady Creek, Taylor Co, WV,1,19 d. May-31-1917,1,19 buried in McKim Cemetery, Wick, Tyler Co, WV.1,2  He married Nov- 1-1855 in Taylor Co, (W)VA,[28] Sarah Elinor Steele, b. May-26-1834 at Glady Creek, Taylor Co, WV,1,19 (daughter of John Stevens Steele and Isabella Morris) buried in McKim Cemetery, Wick, Tyler Co, WV,4 [Headstone has only the birth year, with no death information.].

                                      Children:

                30.        i.       William Smith8 Musgrave b. Jan-19-1858.

 

17.    David Musgrave7 Leggett,[29] (10.Jane6, 8.David5, 5.Elijah4, 3.Moses3, 2.Moses2, 1.Oswin1) b. Jul-16-1829,4 d. Apr- 3-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV,26,4 buried in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,4 census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.  Served in the Civil War as a Private with Co I, 6th W. Va. Inf.  According to family legend, he returned from the war complaining of stomach pains, and died not long afterwards. He married (1) Sep- 8-1853, Margaret Johnson, b. Nov-23-1833 in Pennsylvania, d. Dec-17-1862.  He married (2) Nov-22-1863 in Doddridge Co, WV,[30],5 Sarah Jane Orrahood, b. Jan-18-1833 in Hardy Co, VA, (daughter of Alexander Orrahood III and Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Feaster) d. Mar- 4-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cem, West Union, WV.

                                      Children by Margaret Johnson:

                             i.       Mary Elizabeth8 Leggett, b. Mar-19-1854, d. aft Jul 1910 in Mt. Morris, Greene Co, PA.[31]

                31.        ii.      Sarah Catherine Jane Leggett b. Nov-25-1854.

                32.        iii.     Martha Ellen Leggett b. Sep-26-1857.

                             iv.     Granville S. Leggett, b. Dec-16-1859 in Virginia (now West Virginia),18,29 d. May-10-1929 near Mannington, Marion Co, WV,18 buried in Wadestown ME Church Cemetery, Monongalia Co, WV,18,29 occupation farmer.18  He married Mary Emma Johnson, b. Mar- 2-1858, d. 1931.

                             v.      Frances Margaret "Fannie" Leggett, b. Jan-16-1862, d. Oct-31-1935.  She married Lewis R. Hess, b. 1858, d. Oct-31-1935.

                                      Children by Sarah Jane Orrahood:

                33.        vi.     Elmore Leggett b. Sep- 5-1864.

                34.        vii.    Harriet "Hattie" Leggett b. Jun-23-1866.

                35.        viii.   Alexander Leggett b. Feb-21-1868.

                             ix.     (Female) Leggett, b. Jul-15-1869, d. Jul-15-1869.

                             x.      John Marion Leggett