Person:James Ryan (43)

About James Ryan

James Ryan of Hampshire & Hardy County, Virginia was apparently married twice. The identity of his first wife [and likely mother of all of his children] is unknown. He married 2nd, Margaret Jackson, the widow of Moses Tichenal. They apparently had no children together and each of their wills in Hardy County, [West] Virginia only name their children from their prior marriages.

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

• M-441: James Ryan of Hampshire County, 300 acres on Patterson's Creek in said County. Surv. David Vance. Adj. Vincent Williams. 16 Aug 1765. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 166].

Land Records

• Benjamin Tutt assigned warrant in 1765 to John McCulloch who assigned to James Ryan 84 a. on Patterson's Creek [Northern Neck Warrants] [1]

• Land Grant from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, to James Ryan for Land in Hampshire County, Virginia, 10 September 1778. Welton Family Papers, West Virginia University

• 23 Oct 1794 Survey for George Gilpin in Hardy Co., on east side of New Creek and Knobly Mountains adj. Oliver Taylor, William Harris, Phillip McNemar, Thomas Harks (Hanks), and James Ryan being 3085 ac. James Ryan had 361 ac. on Stone Lick Run a branch of Patterson’s Creek near Knobly Mt. [The Library of Virginia, Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys, George Gilpin, grantee, Grants Y, 1798-1800, p 546-538]

Will Transcript

In the name of God Amen, I James Ryan of the County of Hardy and State of Virginia being weak and infirm of body but having my senses & recollection unimpaired do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament first it is m will & desire that all my first debts and funeral charges be paid and the remainder of my Estate both real and personal be distributed in the manner following by my Executors hereafter named, to wit, first I direct that the plantation I now live on lying on Patterson's Creek be leased, or rented for the term of four or five years, and at the expiration of that time to be sold to the best advantage by my Executors, and all my other Lands in thsi County being already leased out it is ^my will the Leases remain as they are until their expiration for the term of years I leased them and then to be sold by my Executors to the best advantage, and a for ^my personal property it is my will and desire that it be all sold at Publick Auction by my Executors to be best advantage on such credits as they think best.

It is further my will and desire that after the sale of my above mentione3d Estate and as my Executors receives the monies arising from the sales, and the monies arising from the rents, and also what money I may have at my decease be equally divided among my children (except one house to be son James Ryan above his Equal dividend) that is to say my sons John Ryan and James Ryan and my daughters Elizabeth Hanks, Mary Crose, Sarah Long, Kitty Thompson, Nancy Corn, Jane Dolohon, Elsey Ryan and the three children of my daughter Rebeccah Dolohon to be divided share and share alike.

And Lastly I appoint & nominate my son James Ryan, my son in law Adam Crose and my friend James Williams my Executors to this my last will and Testament.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty Eight day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and sixteen.

[Signed] James Ryan [His Mark/Seal]

Sealed & signed in the presence of:

Richd. Holliday, Isaac Johnson, James Williams

At a Court held for Hardy County the 8th day of October 1816.

This Last will & Testament of James Ryan deceased was presented in Court by Adam Crose and James Williams two of the Executors therin named and proved by the oaths of Richard Holliday & Isaac Johnson two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded And on the motion of the said Executors a Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probat thereof in due form they having taken the oath of Executors and together with Joseph Williams & Abel Seymons their Securities entered into & acknowledged a bond in the penalty of Six Thousand dollars conditioned as the Law directs.

Teste: Coll. Williams Clk

Examined.

1.   West Virginia. Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985.

   Name James Ryan
   Probate Date 20 Mar 1833
   Probate Place Hardy, West Virginia, USA
   Inferred Death Year 1833
   Inferred Death Place West Virginia, USA
   Item Description Wills, Vol 4-6, 1825-1839

2.   West Virginia. Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985.

   Name James Ryan
   Residence Place Hardy, Virginia
   Will Date 8 Aug 1816
   [1816 Aug 28]
   Probate Date 8 Oct 1816
   Probate Place Hardy, West Virginia, USA
   Inferred Death Year 1816
   Inferred Death Place West Virginia, USA
   Item Description Wills, Vol 1-3, 1786-1825
   Others Listed (Name) Relationship
   James Ryan Testator
   James Ryan Son
   John Ryan Son
   Elizabeth Hanks Daughter
   Mary Crose Daughter
   Sarah Long Daughter
   Kitty Thompson Daughter
   Nancy Cons Daughter
   Jane Dolohon Daughter
   Elsey Ryan Daughter
   Rebeccah Dolohon Daughter
   Adam Crose Son-in-law
   James Williams Friend

3.   .

   October 12 1809, Moses Titchenal, estate, Margaret and David Tichenal, administrators, accounts paid to: Matthew Ball, John Beall, Henry Duckworth, Legatee, the widows third, John Smith, (Moses' daughter Phoebe's husband and Guardian of Besty and William Smith), Thomas Pritchard, (his wife's share), and for Stephen, Margaret and Jane Tichenal, per court order.
   
   Margaret Tichenal, Moses' widow, married a man named James Ryan. The date of the wedding is unknown, but it was probably sometime after 1809. She was still listed as a head of household in the 1800 census and listed as Margaret Tichenal on the 1809 accounting of her deceased husband's Estate, Her last child Jane was married in 1814.
   
   The only proof that Margaret Tichenal married a second time is the will of Margaret Ryan dated October 19, 1818 which named sons, David, Joshua, & Stephen and daughters Margaret, Abigail & Jane Tichnel, wife of George Cease. She died in Hardy County, Virginia some time after October 19, 1818, at the age of at least 72.
   
   James Ryan may have been a relative of John Ryan. John Ryan had been a revolutionary solder. He served in Col. Moses Hozen's Regiment (second Canadian) Continental Army which fought alongside the New Jersey Militia. He had been awarded military land and had lived in the area of Bloomington a long time. He may have been in the Garret county area before Moses. In fact "Ryan's Glade"[7] was named after him. He and his family must have been friends of Moses and Margaret Tichenal.
   
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