Il est marié avec Catherine Climan.
Ils se sont mariés environ 1785 à Hardy, Franklin Cnty, Virginia, USA.
Enfant(s):
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DAVID EPAUGH
"Wells Family Sketches" by Carolyn Wells Dauner. page 167
"The next information which was uncovered about the family was a document from the Virginia State Library in Richmond, Virginia, entitled the "Register of Description of the Non-commissioned Officers and Privates at Chesterfield Courthouse." It is important to note from a historical standpoint that the Chesterfield Courthouse, located near Petersburg, Virginia, was where the men from Loudoun and Faquier Counties went to enlist during the Revolutionary War. This register listed the name of David Epaugh or Efaugh. (Note: the handwriting on the original document made the spelling to difficult to decipher.)
DAVID EPAUGH
Age -- 18 Height - 5 feet and 8 inches
Hair - Light Eyes and Complection -- Light
No disfigurement No occupation
Resided -- Virginia, Fauguier Born -- Pennsylvania
Enlisted -- 10 January 1783 How long -- 3 years.
The author wrote to the National Archives in Washington D.C. and requested any material which might be available on the above David Epaugh. As a result of this letter the National Archives sent additional information which proved very helpful. The record of David (Efaw) Efau, a matross, appeared in Lieutenant Charles Stockley's Book of Accounts. It stated that a payment had been made by him "to the officers and men of the Virginia Line on Account to pay for the Officers for 1782 and 1783 and for the men for the year 1783." The amount to be paid to David Efau was $25.00. At this point the money had not been issued. Again the writing makes it difficult to distinguish between a "U or W" on the original papers.
Another statement in the book of accounts said: "Cash paid the Non-commissioned Officers and Privates of the Virginia Continental Line of Artillery and Infantry, with the sums annexed for February, March and April 1783." The amount paid to David Efau, a matross, as listed in this statement, was $25.00. As a matter of clarification, the term matross described a person that cleaned and loaded the large cannons.
From the above information it can be assumed that David was born about 1765 somewhere in Pennsylvania. At the time of his birth the line between the State of Maryland and the State of Pennsylvania was not too well defined and for that reason he might have been born in either of the states.
According to the 1790 census of Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania, a John Epagh was a resident in that area. That census listed the following members as living in this household: one free white male of 16 years and upward including heads of families; two free white males under 16 years of age; three white females including heads of families and one in the category of "all other persons." The 1790 census from Baltimore County, Maryland, listed George and Henry Ephaugh (Ebaugh) who were related to the author of the book, "John Jacob Ebaugh."
The purpose of this book is to establish the genesis of the Efaw family in America and to arrange the descendants of Jacob Efaw in genealogical order. The family name was spelled many different ways before finally arriving at the modern spelling of EFAW.
It is the opinion of the author that our Efaw ancestors arrived about 1752, perhaps on the ship "Brothers" from Rotterdam, and later from Cowes. The ship docked and its passengers disembarked at the Port of Philadelphia. All of the immigrants from Europe who were sixteen years of age and older had to qualify for admittance and subscribe their names to an abjuration list. Among the 83 passengers who signed were two men named Jacob Ybach. This document is preserved in the State Archives of Pennsylvania located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
In the book, John Jacob Ebaugh, written by John Lynn Ebaugh in 1941, it was stated that "according to family tradition two men of the same family came together to the colonies, one settling in Pennsylvania under the name Ibach; the other in Maryland under the name Ybach which was later changed to Ebaugh."
The name ''Ybach'' is simply one way of writing "Ibach". The words are pronounced alike and mean the same thing. The first syllable of each name means "by", and the last syllable means "brook". It is most likely that the family came from one of the cantons in Switzerland; however, there were Ibachs in Germany and Alsace.
William Penn sent agents to Europe and even went to the Palatinate himself to invite those who loved liberty to come to his Pennsylvania. Protestant families from Ulster and the thickly populated districts of Switzerland and the Rhine country came by the thousands to this promised land of America.
The principle route taken by the people migrating from Lancester and the other counties of Pennsylvania was over a pack horse or Indian road which crossed the present counties of York, Adams and into Frederick, Maryland. Many of the people moved onward into Loudoun County, Virginia, where large land holdings were being leased to the new arrivals.
According to the research conducted on the Efaw family, the name of our ancestor, Jacob Ephaugh first appeared in the List of Tithables [1782 - Part 1] for Loudoun County, Virginia. This was 30 years after the two men named Jacob Ybach arrived in Philadelphia. A Jacob Efau was listed in the 1784 Tithables for Loudoun County, Virginia. However, the name was spelled Efau instead of Ephaugh. After that no trace of the name was found. It is possible that Jacob died sometime between 1784 and 1787, or for some unknown reason moved from the area.
On 10 January 1783, David Epaugh enlisted in the Revolutionary Army at the Chesterfield Courthouse in Petersburg, Virginia. He said he was 18 years of age, resided in Fauquier County, Virginia, and was born in Pennsylvania. The enlistment papers also stated that David was five feet eight inches tall; that his eyes and complexion were light; and, that he had no occupation. Since he enlisted in January this might explain why he was reported as having a light complexion. It has been mentioned to me by some of the Efaws, that most members of their family had a medium rather than light colored skin.
OUR EFAW ANCESTORS
On 10 May 1785, Bartile Ephaw was listed in the Bonds & Notes due the estate of William Douglass, Esquire, deceased. This is another example of the different spellings which culminated in the modern name EF A W.
The next information about the family came in the form of a will written in 1797, by John Dell Climan [John Deel Clyman]. In this will he bequeathed six shillings to his beloved daughter, Catherine [Efaw] Efau. On the 22 April 1805, this will was presented in the probate court. According to the will Catherine Climan Efaw had one brother, Philip Climan, and, two sisters, Eva and Mary Climan. Eva Climan Hilburn was married on 15 February 1788 to John McDaniel and Mary Climan was married on 27 March 1793 to Samuel Price. Possibly Catherine Climan (Clyman) was married to David Efaw in the year of 1785 while he was still serving in the Revolutionary Army because in 1786 their first child was born.
The next time Catherine Efaw's name appeared was 9 July 1810, on a deed for a piece of land in Monongalia County, Virginia. This deed was for 343 acres of land on Days Run Creek, for which Catherine Afaw [Efaw] paid three hundred dollars in hand. The deed made no mention of David Efaw who was Catherine's husband. Hand written on the side of the deed was a note saying: "Delivered to Jacob Efaw on the 28 March 1817." In the Grantee Index to Deeds in Monongalia County, Virginia, the following different spellings appeared for the Efaw name: Afaw, Ephaugh, Efaw, and Ephaw.
The 1810 census records, which are very difficult to read, listed an Elis Efau or Eliz Efan in Monongalia County, Virginia. There were 14 persons living in that household. There were no males 26 to 45, or none over 45.
Under females, one was listed in the 26 to 45 category. In the 1820 census nine persons were listed under the name of Catharine Esaw as living in the same county. A total of eleven children were born to David and Catherine Efaw according to all of the information available to the author. The census for 1830 reported Catherine Efaw as age 60-70 with 4 males ages 20-30 living in the same household. In the 1840 census there is no record of a Catherine Efaw. Therefore, one can assume that she died sometime between 1830 and 1840 or that her name was not reported to the census taker. This often happened in the case of an elderly parent.
In 1849 a deed was found stating that all the heirs of Catherine Efaw, deceased, were selling their shares in the land to their brother, John Efaw, of the County of Monongalia in the State of Virginia.
The following is a list of the children born to Catherine and David Efaw. The sons included: Jacob, the author's ancestor; David, married to Cassie Woods; Jesse, married to Melinda Thomas; John, married to Sarah Stevens; Moses, John's twin brother, married to Sarah Collins; Soloman married to Susannah Keck; and Isaac married Mary Davis. The daughters were: Mary, married to Rev. Thomas Martin; Margaret, married to Joshua Goddard; Catherine, married to John Lemon; and Roseanna, married to Isaac Collins.
EXCERPTS FROM FAMILY LETTERS
A letter dated 5 June 1981, from Mr. Earl L. Core, 460 Brockway Avenue, Morgantown, West Virginia, was sent to Mrs. Phyllis Voots, Joliet, Illinois. This letter referred to a place called "Efaw Knob," which is located just a few miles from the Pennsylvania state line, in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Dear Mrs. Voots:
I have your letter relative to "Efaw Knob", in Battelle Tax District, Monongalia County, West Virginia. This elevation, between Miracle Run and the West Virginia Fork of Dunkard Creek, is shown as 1578 feet above sea level on the U. S. Geological Survey Map. It was named for the Efaw family of early settlers.
Moses Efaw was born 12 January 1799 [1796] and died 27 June 1880. Other names on the death register in the county Clerk's office are John, died October 1865; Malinda, died 10 April 1855; ]I ;se died 29 August 1870; Martin died 10 June 1885 and Thomas died 21 October 1899. There was an Efaw School [Battelle District No. 18] on Miracle Run, built not long after the Civil War. I do not know of any publications on Efaw Knob. Best wishes.
Earl L. Core
This letter named some of the children of David and Catherine Efaw, and perhaps two of their grandchildren, Martin and Thomas Efaw. "Efaw Knob" was probably not far from the orginal Efaw farm called "Day's Run" which was on a branch of Days Run Creek. No doubt Jacob Efaw, our ancestor, named some of his sons after his brothers which can make tracing the descendants even more complicated. The constant movement of families westward also makes it difficult to trace a family.
Most of the children stayed in what is now the state of West Virginia. It is the hope of the author that the relatives of the other children of David and Catherine Efaw will someday write a book about their descendants. This would enhance the information available about the Efaw family.
It was our ancestor, Jacob Efaw, who left Monongalia County, Virginia, and moved his family to Franklin Township, Ross County, Ohio. According to the marriage records in the circuit court of Fauquier County, Virginia, Jacob Efaw and Mary Suthard were married on 7 March 1814. The records were signed by Jacob Efaw and John Suthard. It is the opinion of the author that the first born child of Jacob and Mary Efaw was named John after Mary's father. It is quite possible that Jacob Efaw was acquainted with Mary Suthard [Southard] before the Efaw family left for their new home in western Virginia. Mary Suthard was probably born about 1796 in Virginia.
In the 1820 census for Monongalia County, Virginia, Jacob Efaw was listed as age 26 to 45 with two males under 10 years of age and one female under 10 years of age, living with a female [wife] 16 to 26 years of age. These three children were probably named John, Alfred and Celia Ann. They were living near "Days Run" which was the home of Catherine Efaw, the mother of Jacob Efaw.
Ten children were born to Jacob and Mary Suthard Efaw. They were as follows: John, Alfred, Celia Ann, Mary, Jesse, Jacob, Bennett, Anna Mariah, Allen G. [Albert] and Anderson. Additional information has lead the author to conclude that I I children were born to Jacob and Mary instead of the original ten as presented. These Efaw children and their descendants will be discussed in the ensuing pages of this book. All of the children eventually moved west, some as far as California, Oregon and Washington.
According to Mormon records a Celia Ann Efaw married James McMullen on 18 February 1838, in Ross County, Ohio. The author has not been able to find any other documents that would prove who the parents of Celia Ann Efaw were except for the census records and some notes from the genealogical records of Martha Ellen Efaw [2dd]. Therefore, it can be assumed that she probably was a daughter of Jacob and Mary Efaw.