Jesse Asbury Binkley (1814 - 1904)

Born 7 Dec 1814 in Conestoga Twp., Lancaster Co, PA

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Whistler) Binkley — married 19 Nov 1846 in Montgomery County, Ohio, USA

Died 27 Oct 1904 at age 89 in Montgomery Co, OH

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Biography

Born 7 DEC 1814. Conestoga Twp., Lancaster Co, PA. ^[1]

Died 27 OCT 1904. Montgomery Co, OH. ^[2]

Buried 1904 Parish Cemetery, Montgomery Co, OH. ^[3]

Note: #NI0134.

Marriage Husband Jesse Asbury Binkley. Wife Caroline Whistler. Marriage 19 NOV 1846. Montgomery Co, OH. ^[4]

Husband Samuel Haines Binkley. Wife Catherine Beam. Child: Elizabeth Binkley. Child: Johnson Binkley. Child: Jacob Beam Binkley. Child: Samuel Haines Binkley. Child: Jesse Asbury Binkley. Child: Harriet Binkley. Child: Mary Ann Binkley. Child: Henry Martin Binkley. Child: Catherine Binkley. Marriage 23 APR 1805. Lancaster Co, PA. ^[5]

Notes

Note NI01341882- From the book Montgomery County Ohio by Beers published in 1882 under the section on Clay Township, page 397, mentioning Jesse A. Binkley...

Jesse A. Binkley, farmer, P.O. Center, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., December, 7, 1814; he is a son of Samuel Binkley, deceased, of Miami Township. Samuel was born in Lancaster County, Penn., June, 1786. He was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Beam, of Lancaster County, Penn., 1805. She was born June, 1786. By this union there were nine children born to them, eight of whom are now living. The youngest is past fifty years of age. A rather remarkable circumstance is that there was not a death in the family for more than fifty years from the date of their marriage. In the spring of 1837, Samuel and family emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Germantown, Montgomery County. They lived there some nine month, when they moved to Miami Township, where Samuel continued to live until his death, in 1872, in his eighty-sixth year. His widow is still living in Miami Township, in her ninety-sixth year. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Jesse, the subject of this sketch, remained at home with his parents on the farm; a part of the time was spent in the Shuey Mill, in Germantown. He had learned milling in Pennsylvania. Jesse was united in marriage November 19, 1846, to Miss Caroline Whisler, who was born November 27, 1823, a daughter of Daniel Whisler, deceased of Miami Township. This union has been blessed by the birth of twelve children, eleven pf whom are now living, viz: Henry, born June 10, 1848; William A., born March 24, 1849,; Adaline, born October 30, 1850, now the wife of A. Rhodes, of Anderson, Ind.; Newton, born June 18, 1852; Jesse, born April 8, 1853; Caroline W., born December 19, 1854, wife of William Worman, of Clay Township; Alice A., born December 6, 1856, wife of John H. Welsh, of Randolph Township; Jacob B., born May 2, 1858; Pharis, born January 2, 1861; Samuel, born June 11, 1862; and Theora, born December 2, 1867. Their daughter Clara was born October 1, 1865, and died January 3, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Binkley and seven of their children are members of the United Brethren Church at Phillipsburg, Ohio. Mr. Binkley has been a Township Trustee for several terms in Clay Township. In 1847, he moved to Clay Township, and settled on the farm where he has since lived. He owns a farm of 160 acres well improved, with a large dwelling and substantial outbuildings. 1

1897- From the book Centennial Biographical Record of Dayton and Montgomery County edited by Frank Conover and published by A.W. Bowen in 1897.

Jesse A. Binkley, retired farmer of Clay township, Montgomery county, Ohio is remotely of Swiss ancestry, his earliest traceable forefathers family being disciples of the Mennonite faith in their native country, and, having been forced, in consequence of the persecution which was inflicted upon their religious sect, to seek refuge in Germany, where but a little better fate awaited them, and later their descendants turned their eyes toward America.

In the first decade of the eighteenth century one Martin Kindig, a Mennonite, came from the Rhine valley, Germany, secured a home in Pennsylvania, five miles south of Lancaster, and then returned to Germany, where he created an intense excitement by his glowing description of the new country, and an exodus was the result. Among the many who were induced by Martin Kindig to emigrate to the land of free worship were John Binkley and Jacob Beam (the latter name being then spelled Boehme); also a Mr. Herr, a Mr. Miley, Benjamin Whitner, Jacob Haines, Jonas Yoner, the Rohrers, the Forrers and the Kneislys, all of whom settled in the same part of Lancaster county, Pa., and all connected by ties of consanguinity of marriage with the present Binkley family of America.

From John Binkley, mentioned above, descended five children--- John, Felix, Christian, Henry and Ann. Of these, John, the eldest, was killed by a fall from a horse shortly before the day fixed for his marriage; Felix, and second son, and great-grandfather of Jesse A., built a flouring mill three miles east of Lancaster in 1767, which was in operation up to a late date. He married a Miss Miley, and to him and wife were born three children---John, Johnson and Ann. The father died many years before the decease of his wife, and the son John inherited the mill, with fifty acres of land, and Johnson inherited the farm, embracing nearly 200 acres.

Johnson Binkley, son of Felix and grandfather of Jesse A., was born May 23, 1766, and married Elizabeth Haines, the daughter of Samuel Haines, who married Mary, the only child of Jonas Yoner. It is said that Johnson Binkley was named after a Hollander, Richard Janson, who was also called Yanson and afterward Johnson, and who married Ann, the only daughter of John Binkley, the immigrant, but to whom no children were born. Johnson Binkley died suddenly on January 28, 1813, at the age of forty-six years, the father of four children---Samuel, Felix, Mary and Ann.

Samuel Binkley, son of Johnson and father of Jesse A., married Catherine Beam, to which union was born the following children: Elizabeth, Johnson, Jacob, Samuel, Jesse A., Harry, Mary A., Henry and Catherine.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S23641
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• Source: S23641 Virginia Stephan Family File, dated 3/1/1992