Andrew Dye - Sarah Minor

Married 1768/1769 in Maryland

Andrew Alexander Dye

Soldier, Revolutionary War, Pennyslvania Line Military Service.

Andrew moved from Virginia, to Maryland, to Pennsylvania, to Kentucky, then to Miami, Co.Ohio by 1803.

"He removed to Maryland and from there to Whiteley Creek in what is now Greene County, Pennsylvania, where, in 1785, he had warranted to him a tract of land under the title "Sparrows Nest." He had met and married Sarah Minor, sister of Colonel John Minor, one of the first settlers on Whiteley Creek, a daughter of Stephen and Athaliah (Updyke) Minor. During the Revolution he was a soldier in the Pennsylvania Line (Penna. Arch. Series VI. Vol.3, pp. 1367) for which service he received a pension. Sometime after 1790, he removed to Kentucky and then in 1803, to Ohio, where he died at Stillwater, Newton Township, Miami County, on July 5, 1835. His second wife was Mrs. Ann (Lamb) Evans, who was born April 11, 1767, and died January 7, 1843. Andrew Dye and second wife are buried in Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio. Mrs. Ann (Lamb) Evans was the widow of Charles Evans, who died in Mason County, Kentucky. His will, made on November 20, 1812, was probated there on December 14, 1812. They had at least two children who are named in the will, Job Evans and Elizabeth, wIfe of his son William Dye." (Source)

Additionally: "Andrew was one of the first settlers in Washington and Greene Co, Pennsylvania, especailly "Big Whiteley Creek," but he later moved to Miami County, OH. We find him being chastized several times by the Goshen Baptist Church in PA for swearing, fighting and other behaviors, eventually to be excommunicated by the church 19 Dec 1789. After his wife (Sarah) died in 1804 he sold his PA home via 99 year leases on all holdings. Went to Ohio and bought farms in Miami County near Staunton or Troy, where he is noted in old histories of the area to have been one of the first settlers. Some years later, some of that land originally sold by 99-year leases was discovered to be help by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Although the land has changed hands many times, it was declared that the right to sell was voided by the 99 year less, and some 500 members of the Andrew Dye family are litigating the disposition of this property." (Source)

Sarah Minor

She was a first cousin of Martha Curtis Washington.

Children:

John Minor and brother William reportedly built the “Rattletrap” gunboat for James Willing and “Unknown name” boat for George Rogers Clark for the Lewis and Clark Expeditions.

1. James Dye b: 1 Dec 1769 in Tenmile now of Washington Co, PA; Died 11 June 1842 and is buried with his first wife on the Oscar Hunnell Farm, near Brock
2. Stephen Andrew Dye b: 12 (23) Dec 1770 in MD; Died 14 Sept 1851 in Shelby county, OH. His 3rd wife was Margaret Stillwell (m: 27 July 1841)
3. John Minor Dye b: 24 Aug 1773 in Tenmile now of Washington Co, PA; Died 1 April 1842 in Elizabeth township, Miami county, OH.
   The John Minor Dye house in Miami county is on the national register of historic places. It is located at the corner of Children's Home road and Leferve road. From the 1880 History of Miami County Ohio: "In 1811, the building of the first mill was commenced by John M. Dye, at the Lost Creek crossing, near the land now owned by John Lefevre. The entire neighborhood assisted in hewing the logs. Perhaps the only man living who assisted in the construction of this mill, is Andrew Sayers (First child of Thomas Sayers and Frances Dye?) The mill was not finished until the year 1813, the first wheat being ground a few days prior to the marriage of Dye's daughter, Sarah, to Abram Statler. Mrs. Statler remembers that the chief amusement of the wedding guests consisted in visiting the new mill. At that time, Dye resided on the site of the Children's Home but, at the completion of the mill, he erected a stone building just north of it, the house still stands and is occupied by John Lefevre." (Source)
4. Andrew Dye Jr. b: 25 Dec 1774 in Tenmile now of Washington Co, PA; Died 3 April 1838 in Miami county, OH.
5. Francis Dye b: 7 Jan 1777 in Greene Co, PA; married Thomas Sayers
6. Benjamin Dye b: 27 Dec 1779 in Greene Co, PA; Died 23 July 1843. Buried in Knoop cemetery in Elizabeth township, Miami, OH. His second wife was his brother Vincent's widow.
7. Samuel Dye b: ABT 1780 in Greene Co, PA; Died in 1814 in Miami county, OH. Buried Bethel Church cemetery on old Troy Pike.
8. Vincent Dye b: 1782 in Greene Co, PA; Died 1815. His widow Pricilla Long then married Dye brother Benjamin.
9. Rachel Dye b: 1784 in Greene Co, PA; Died 1823 in Miami county, OH.
10. William Dye B. b: 10 Mar 1791 in Greene Co, PA; Died 28 January 1823 and buried in Knoop cemetery in Miami county, OH.
11. Jane Lewis Dye (Jany) b: 1793

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