Descendants of William GADDIS, b. 1715

GADDIS ↔ Gen #1 ↔ Gen #2 ↔ Gen #3 ↔ Gen #4 ↔ Gen #5 ↔ Gen #6 ↔ Gen #7 ↔ Gen #8

Generation No. 2

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Siblings of the Second Generation

2. JOHN(2) GADDIS (William1) was born October 07, 1741, in Frederick County, Virginia, and died April 12, 1827, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He married SARAH JENKINS on May 22, 1768, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, daughter of JACOB JENKINS and ELIZABETH ROGERS. My GADDIS line comes down directly from John.

Notes for John GADDIS:
This quote was found in the "Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, Volumes I-II:"

"The date of the coming of John Gaddis [to Fayette county] is given as 1785, but this is the date of his land warrant in North Union township, and he had been in the county at a date as early as 1780. He settled in North Union township in 1785, where he purchased about three hundred acres of land with an allowance of six per cent for roads. The tract joined that of his brother Robert, giving the locality the name of "Gaddistown." His warrant was dated February 7, 1785, and a patent was granted March 30, 1786. He purchased a tract of forty and a half acres adjoining "Gaddistown," which he named "Oxford," and another of sixteen acres called "Cambridge." Warrants for these were issued March 6, 1794. He was one of the first justices of the peace and a member of the Great Bethel Baptist Church of Uniontown, a prominent active worker holding the office of deacon. He survived his wife, Sarah, twenty-five years, she dying on January 7, 1802."

John was an attorney, a justice of the peace, and a ranger in the Westmoreland County Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolutionary War. He is buried in Great Bethel Baptist Cemetery.

Notes for Sarah JENKINS:
In May 1998, I found evidence that, at one point in time, Sarah was a member of the Society of Friends (the Quakers) in Frederick County, Virginia. According to the Hopewell Memberships of 1759-1776, Sarah was disowned for marrying contrary to discipline. This was recorded on October 3, 1768.

There also seems to be some questions as to Sarah's year of birth. It may have been in February of 1750/51. Sarah is buried in Great Bethel Baptist Cemetery.

Children of John GADDIS and Sarah JENKINS are:

8. i. THOMAS(3) GADDIS, b. April 16, 1769, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. 1833, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio. My GADDIS line.

ii. JONATHAN GADDIS, b. May 14, 1771, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. 1793, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

9. iii. WILLIAM GADDIS, b. February 15, 1774, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. July 23, 1844, Clinton County, Ohio.

10. iv. MARY GADDIS, b. March 22, 1776, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

11. v. JACOB GADDIS, b. September 08, 1778, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. August 27, 1859, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

vi. ANNA GADDIS, b. April 24, 1781, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. March 29, 1799, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

More About Anna GADDIS:
Anna is buried in Old Baptist Cemetery.

12. vii. ELIZABETH GADDIS, b. September 08, 1783, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio.

    viii. PRISCILLA B. GADDIS, b. May 30, 1786, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. 1880; married THOMAS BARTON.

13. ix. JOHN GADDIS, b. September 05, 1788, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. February 02, 1868, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

     x. SARAH GADDIS, b. March 10, 1791, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; married ANDREW L. CRAIN.

     xi. RUTH GADDIS, b. April 09, 1793, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. July 09, 1845, Clinton County, Ohio; married THOMAS HIBBEN, December 26, 1825, Clinton County, Ohio.

More About RUTH GADDIS and THOMAS HIBBEN:
According to the information supplied by Scott BAKER, Thomas was a quartermaster Sergeant in the Fayette County, Pennsylvania Volunteers under Captain Thomas COLLINS during the War of 1812. He was also the Captain of the Fayette County Riflemen, Second Brigade, 13th Division Fayette County, Pennsylvania Militia. Thomas was commissioned on August 1, 1814, for seven years.

Both Ruth and Thomas are buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery.

3. THOMAS(2) GADDIS (WILLIAM1) was born December 28, 1742, in Frederick County, Virginia, and died June 10, 1834, in Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio. He married HANNAH RICE/ROYCE about 1764 in Frederick County, Virginia, daughter of JOHN RICE/ROYCE and his wife, HANNAH.

Notes for Thomas GADDIS:
According to information supplied by Scott BAKER, a Thomas GADDIS descendant, Thomas was in the Monongalia County, Virginia Militia. He was appointed Captian in 1776, Lt. Colonel in 1777, and Colonel in 1778 by Virginia Governor Patrick Henry. His discharge papers were signed by General George Washington (Revolutionary War). He was a major in the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Militia, with the Sandusky Expedition to Ohio under Colonel William Crawford (May 24 - June 14, 1782). Thomas was also involved in the Whiskey Rebellion and was the first person in the United States to raise a liberty pole in protest of the new Federal excise tax on Whiskey.

Both Thomas and Hannah are buried in Gaddis Cemetery.

Thomas GADDIS Fact Sheet

Children of Thomas GADDIS and Hannah RICE/ROYCE are:

14. i. LYDIA(3) GADDIS, b. October 21, 1766, Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia).

15. ii. RUTH GADDIS, b. January 23, 1768, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. after 1850, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

iii. SARAH GADDIS, b. September 16, 1771, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. September 10, 1777, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

iv. JAMES GADDIS, b. March 28, 1774, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. December 14, 1812, Fort Niagra, New York; married JANE RANNELLS.

Notes for James GADDIS:
James served in the War of 1812.

16. v. HANNAH GADDIS, b. May 20, 1776, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. February 13, 1837, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

17. vi. PRISCILLA GADDIS, b. May 13, 1779, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. May 13, 1836, Lost River, Orange County, Indiana.

18. vii. WILLIAM GADDIS, b. April 15, 1782, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. July 22, 1863, Highland County, Ohio.

19. viii. LEAH GADDIS, b. September 26, 1784, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. December 24, 1865, Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio.

ix. THOMAS GADDIS, b. February 18, 1787, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. August 19, 1790, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

20. x. RICE GADDIS, b. August 26, 1789, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. February 11, 1853, Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio.

xi. JOHN GADDIS, b. March 18, 1792, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. before 1828.

4. ANNA(2) GADDIS (WILLIAM1) was born about 1747 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died 1778 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She married LEVI SPRINGER about 1767 in Frederick County, Virginia, son of DENNIS SPRINGER and ANN PICKETT.

Notes for Anna GADDIS and Levi SPRINGER:
Levi was a private in the 10th Virginia Continental Line, Capt. John Symes's Company, under Colonel Edward Stevens (Revolutionary War). Both Anna and Levi are buried in Old Baptist Cemetery in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

Children of Anna GADDIS and Levi SPRINGER are:

i. ABNER(3) SPRINGER, b. March 27, 1767, Apple Pie Ridge, Virginia; d. March 4, 1846, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; married ELIZABETH VANCE, July 1, 1803, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Notes for Abner SPRINGER:
Abner is buried in Old Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.

ii. DRUSCILLA SPRINGER, b. November 30, 1769, Apple Pie Ridge, Virginia; d. July 27, 1843, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; married JONATHAN DOWNER, about 1785.

Note for Druscilla SPRINGER:
Both Druscilla and Jonathan are buried in Great Bethel Baptist Cemetery.

iii. ZADOC SPRINGER, b. August 14, 1770, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. May 10, 1844, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; married ELEANOR MCINTYRE, about 1796, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Notes for Zadoc SPRINGER:
Zadoc is buried in Great Bethel Baptist Cemetery.

iv. WILLIAM SPRINGER, b. about 1773, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. February 26, 1823, Fairfield County, Ohio; married JANE VANCE, about 1795, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

v. RUTH SPRINGER, b. about 1774, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. Fairfield County, Ohio; married JONATHAN LYNCH.

21. vi. LEVI SPRINGER, b. August 14, 1777, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. February 14, 1862, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

5. ROBERT(2) GADDIS (WILLIAM1) was born about 1749 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died February 07, 1834 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He married SARAH MURPHY.

Notes for Robert GADDIS and Sarah MURPHY: Robert and Sarah are buried in Great Bethel Baptist Cemetery.

Children of Robert GADDIS and Sarah MURPHY are:

22. i. JOHN R.(3) GADDIS, b. January 17, 1787; d. September 18, 1871, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

     ii. WILLIAM GADDIS, b. Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

     iii. JESSE GADDIS, b. Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

     iv. BENJAMIN GADDIS, b. Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

     v. PRISCILLA GADDIS, b. Fayette County, Pennsylvania; married (UNKNOWN) CARREL.

     vi. JEMIMA GADDIS, b. 1795, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. about 1864, Van Buren County, Iowa; married THOMAS LOWE.

More About Thomas LOWE:
Thomas is buried on April 07, 1856, in Bentonsport Cemetery.

6. HENRY(2) GADDIS (WILLIAM1) was born December 1753 in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), and died after 1833 in Tuscarawas Township, Stark County, Ohio. He married ANNA LANDIS in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Notes for Henry GADDIS:
Henry was a Private in Captain William Hancher's Company, under Major Angus McDonald, during Lord Dunmore's War of 1774. He was a Private in Captian William Croghan's Company, 8th Virginia Continental Line, under Col. Scott from March 1776 to March 1778. He was an Ensign in the 5th Company, Captian William McFarland, 1st Regiment under William Lynn of the Fayette County Brigade, Pennsylvania (Revolutionary War).

Notes for Anna LANDIS:
Scott BAKER gave me the original information about Henry GADDIS's family. He, however, did not have the name of Henry's wife. The name Anna LANDIS came from a secondary source (a GED.COM file from the Internet).

Children of Henry GADDIS and Anna LANDIS are:

23. i. HENRY(3) GADDIS, b. Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

ii. RUTH GADDIS, b. before 1780, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; married ROBERT WARDEN, March 24, 1818, Stark County, Ohio.

24. iii. ABNER GADDIS, b. June 21, 1787, Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. July 20, 1854, East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio.

25. iv. RACHEL GADDIS, b. 1788, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. after 1850.

7. REES(2) GADDIS (WILLIAM1) was born about 1755 in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), and died before 1820 in Campbell County, Kentucky. Currently, the name of his wife in unknown.

Notes for Rees GADDIS: Rees was a Private in Captian Thomas Gaddis' command, Monongalia County, Virginia Militia. He was also a Private in Captain George Miars' Company, Washington County, Pennsylvania Militia (Revolutionary War).

Child of Rees GADDIS:

26. i. REES(3) GADDIS, b. Washington County, Pennsylvania.

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