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Alpheus /Wickware/ Rachel Sayre was Alpheus's first wife but they had no children. born 1754 ?? #27 ALPHEUS WICKWARE (3 Mar 1750-1820s) married Rachel Sayre (29 Nov 1741-14 Dec 1783). She was a daughter of Samuel of Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey. The Sayre Family was among the Connecticut settlers who founded present-day Elizabeth in 1664. Sayreville, New Jersey is named after the family. Alpheus probably married Rachel in West Virginia, since he appears in land records from 1776. After Rachel's death, Alpheus married Sallie Frazee or Frazier in West Virginia. The Frazee family had come from Southhampton, Long Island to help settle Elizabeth. Both Sayres and Frazees appear in West Virginia records for the same area. By 1800, Alpheus and Sallie had migrated to Bourbon County, Kentucky. Sallie Frazee was the mother of Alpheus's known children. Land records suggest that Alpheus settled in present-day West Virginia in 1776. He was certainly there by November 1777, when Alpheus Wickwire signed a petition for the creation of Harrison County, [West] Virginia. Also signing was John Wickwire, who appears in land records through 1802. Alpheus appears in land records through 1791. Alpheus received four land patents for a total of 1531 acres in the Tygart's River Valley, in present-day Taylor County, West Virginia. Alpheus does not appear in any substitute census record for the area. Alpheus appears in West Virginia records with a John Wickwire. Who was this John Wickwire? Perhaps he was immigrant John Wickwire's grandson by Peter. That John Wickwire was born in 1740 according to the Wickware Genealogy, which also reports that John deeding land in New London County on 13 April 1765. Another possibility is a great-grandson named John, who would be a son of John Wickwire, born 1708, and of which nothing more is reported. Or, the West Virginia John Wickwire may be an unrecorded family member. Other records of a John Wickwire appear for New York and Pennsylvania during 1765 and 1766. A John Wickwire of Springfield, Albany County, New York testified to being in Pennsylvania in February and March 1765, and that he came to settle in Pennsylvania's grants in the Wyoming area. Susquehannah Co. Papers, Vol III, documents 68 and 77. A John "Wickweyer" paid £1 tax list Jan 1766, Canajoharie, Albany Co, NY. Florence Christoph, Upstate New York in the 1760s...Old Albany County 1760-1768 135 (1992) [Canajoharie is just northeast of Springfield]. John Wickwire possibly was unidentified in the Wickware Genealogy. Possibly, he is the father or brother of Alpheus Wickwire. Assuming an immediate family relationship, they migrated to West Virginia together. Based on migration patterns of the time, they probably travelled overland from Philadelphia on the Lancaster Road and then to Pittsburgh by either the Forbes Road or Braddocks Road. From there, south on the Monogahela/Monaghega River into present day West Virginia. Alpheus migrated to Kentucky by 1800, when he appears on a tax list for Bourbon County. Although he may have travelled overland on Zane's Trace, he more likely travelled down the Ohio River to Limestone, Kentucky. Bourbon County was a stop along the Old Buffalo or Limestone Trail, which ran from the Ohio River port of Limestone (Mayville), Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, where the Natchez Trace began. By 1810, Alpheus had moved further down the Limestone Trail to Warren County, where the census records him, probably his wife, four children, and one black slave (269; 00201-02001-01). In 1820, the census reports him in nearby Russellville, Logan County with two women over age 45 (perhaps a 2d wife), a male age 16-24, and three slaves a male 26-44, female 14-24, and a male under 14. (p33). Since Alpheus does not appear in any 1830 census, he probably died before then. NOTE: The [West] Virginia records are searchable via the [state] Library of Virginia (electronic archives), which may be reached via Cyndislist.com. And I have more information on his descendents, if/when your want it. stephen beck new york Rick and Fran, It was good to hear from you again. You certainly move around a lot. When are you going to write your memoirs? I was especially interested in the letter from Jan, regarding Alpheus Wickware. I am descended from him through his daughter Aety. She married Boswell Pulliam in Barren County, Kentucky in 1809. They had 3 children, Samuel Pulliam b. 1810 d. 1851, Richard Parks Pulliam b. 1814 d.1885, and Louisa (my g g grandmother) b. 1830 d. 1895. Boswell Pulliam died in 1824, and in the 1830 Howard County, Missouri census, Aety is listed as Head of Household, with the 3 children. Her name is spelled "Eighty", so we know how she pronounced her name. She died before March 1833, as at that time Samuel Pulliam was named guardian for "Richard Pulliam and Louisa Pulliam, minor heirs of Boswell Pulliam." [Howard Co. MO Probate Records Vol. 2, pages 475-475.] I have found several references to Alpheus Wickware. On 16 September 1809, he bought 123 acres on the waters of Difficult Creek in Warren Co., KY, from John Wood and wife Martha Wood for $400.00. Witnesses: James Atwood, Jacob Dry, Joshua Buckanan, John R. [Warren County Deeds 1797 - 1812, page 60] On 30 November 1811, Alpheus Wickware sold 113 3/4 acres on a branch of Difficult Creek, a branch of Big Barren River in Warren Co, .KY to Fielding Fant for $379.70. Witnesses: John Ray, Johnson Ellis, Boswell Pulliam.[ Warren County Deeds 1797 - 1812, page 517] On 2 December 1811, Alpheus Wickware emancipated his Negro woman Maria, age 31, to be free hereafter. No witnesses. [Warren County Deeds 1797 - 1812, page 523] Alpheus Wickware died in Logan County, Kentucky in 1826. His will was written 8 May 1826, probated 4 December 1826. "To son, Elisha, all property for taking care of his father." Other children mentioned but not named. Executors: Vinsant Cusinberry, Thomas Neely. Witnesses: Benoice Swearinger, Daniel Cusinberry, Thomas Neely. [Logan County Will Book C, pages 342 - 343] While doing research at the Library in Salt Lake City recently, I found Alpheus' son, Samuel, mentioned several times in the Allen County, Kentucky Day Book. Due to time restrictions, I did not go through the whole book, and did not look for his will. Hopefully, the information below will be useful to someone in our family. Monday December 17, 1827. "A private school having been established according to an act of Assembly Dec. 21, 1825, the court appointed Samuel Wickware, William Pulliam , Charles Ferrell, Henry Sears, John Pulliam and John Atwood trustees to said school which is entitled Jefferson School." February Term 1830. "On motion of John Martin ordered that Walter Thomas, Sam Wickware and William Pulliam or any two settle the accounts of said Martin guardian to the infant heirs of Danl Stark decd. and report to the court..." "Ordered that James Stark pay Sam Wickare $4 as guard. to S.C. Stark now Spilman for settlement." "Settlement made by commissioners Hugh N. Morehead Guardian to Joel Morehead this day returned and ordered to be recorded....Ordered that H. N. Morehead pay Sam Wickware $2 for settling said guardianship amt to Jesse Morehead." October Term 1830 December 1830. "Ordered that John Martin, guardian to City Ann Stark pay Sam Wickware one dollar & fifty cents for making said settlement. P211." September Court 1833. "It is ordered by the Court that Robert H Paris, Walter Thomas, William Fitzgerald, Saml.Wickware be appointed Commissioners to sell all the lands granted to said County Court of Allen under the act of 1829 & 1830...." Thank you for all the information about our family that you continue to sort out and send to all of us. Clarice Hart Please note that my new e-mail address is wrhcgh@@comcast.net. "On 11 July 1806, Noah Ford of Monongalia County, Virginia purchased 400 acres of land from Alpheus Wickware, heir-at-law to John Wickware, deceased. The land was located north of present-day Grafton, West Virginia on the east side of the Tygart Valley River. He sold the same parcel to John C. Woodyard (his brother-in-law) of Harrison County, Virginia on 06 November 1812. The original survey of this land was made on a warrant issued to Josiah Wilson, No. 1570 dated the 3d of October 1781 for 1000 acres and shown in Surveyor's Book No. 4, page 309, Monongalia County Clerk's Office. It is interesting to note that Noah Ford had evidently purchased the land listed above and had given a promissory note to Alpheus Wickware for at least a portion of the purchase price. In 1808, Janes Currant filed suit in Monongalia County Court in Morgantown seeking full payment of a note Alpheus Wickware had given to him. Mr. Currant found out that, although Alpheus Wickware had moved away, his son Samuel Wickware was living in Monongalia County. In addition, he also found out that Noah Ford was indebted to Alpheus Wickware. The result was that both Wickwares and Noah Ford were named in the suit to recover the remaining balance on the note from Wickware to Currant. The suit was later dropped for an unknown reason." Hope all is well, Jan Hart |