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"Andrew Dye, a Revolutionary soldier from Washington county, Pennsylvania, was born in 1744 and died in Miami county, Ohio, July 5, 1835. His first wife was Sarah Miner, who died probably in Pennsylvania before the removal of the family to Ohio soon after 1800. His second wife was Ann, and both are buried in the cemetery at Pleasant. Hill. Here one may read from the stones that "Andrew Dye died July 5, 1835, aged 91 years," and that "Ann Dye, wife of Andrew, born April 11, 1767, died January 7, 1843."[1]
Andrew Dye was born in Middlesex County, New Jersey in either 1744, which agrees with his tombstone, or 1748, which based on a record that he was baptized in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, on January 3, 1749, at his age of seven months.
During the Revolutionary war, he was a soldier in the Pennsylvania Line (Penna. Arch. Series VI Vol 3, pp 1367) for which service he received a pension.[2]
On the 28th of March 1780, he was recommended as the first lieutenant in the Yohogania Co. militia, but there was no further mention of his position, since by the fall of 1780, Andrew had resettled across the Monongahela on Big Whitely Creek where, where in May 1785, he had warranted to him a tract of land under the title "Sparrows Nest."[2]
Marriage of Andrew Dye, Sr. and Sarah Minor
Andrew Dye, Sr. married Sarah Minor sometime before the first child was born without the date of birth but the third child was born in 1770.
Marriage of Widow Anna Evans and Widower Andrew Dye
"Know all men by these presents that we Andrew Dye Nathan Stevenson are held & finaly bound unto the Commonweath of Kentucky In the Just and full sum of fifty pounds current money to the payment of which well and truly to be made we bind ourselves heirs & Jointly severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and date the 18th Day of January 1813 The condition of the above obligation is such that whearas a marriage is intended to be had solemnised between the said Andrew and Anna Evans
Now if there be no legal objection to the same then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force virtue
Andrew Dye {seal} Nathan Stevenson {seal}"
Andrew Dye, Sr. married second, Widow Ann (Lamb) Evans on January 18, 1813, in Mason County, Kentucky.[3]
Based on the two wills of Andrew Dye, Sr. and his daughter, Rachel, wife of Cornelius Westfall, we found the children of Andrew Dye, Sr. and Sarah Minor to be:
Andrew Dye, Sr. and Ann (Lamb) (Evans) Dye had no children together during their marriage.
"The will of the daughter Rachel, wife of Cornelius Westfall, recorded 1823, names "my stepmother Ann Dye" and her four brothers and sisters-in-law."[1]
"The will of Andrew Dye, Sr., is dated March 26, 1832, recorded October 20, 1835 (Wills A and B, p. 142) names his wife Ann and "my nine children, James, Stephen, John, Andrew, Benjamin, heirs of Samuel Dye, heirs of Vincent Dye, heirs of William Dye, daughter Jany Lewis." The executor is his wife Ann with William Perry."[1]
Andrew Dye, Sr. was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio.[2]
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