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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Rebecca Magers: Birth: ABT 1820. Death: BEF 1920

  2. Mary Ann Majors: Birth: BEF 1820.

  3. Benjamin Majors: Birth: 1821.

  4. Gabriel Porter Majors: Birth: 10 FEB 1824 in Danville, Knox County, Ohio. Death: 30 OCT 1904 in Mound Township, Effingham County, Illinois

  5. Hester Ann Majors: Birth: ABT 1826 in Ohio. Death: MAR 1863 in Coshocton county, Ohio


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Winnie Majors: Birth: ABT 1831.

  2. George Majors: Birth: ABT 1833 in Ohio.

  3. Catherine Majors: Birth: ABT 1834.

  4. Lydia Majors: Birth: ABT 1836.

  5. Nancy Majors: Birth: ABT 1840 in Ohio.

  6. Frances E Majors: Birth: ABT 1843 in Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio.


Sources
1. Title:   One World Tree (sm)
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.
2. Title:   Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850
Author:   Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.
Publication:   Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004
3. Title:   1850 United States Federal Census
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005

Notes
a. Note:   he inherited 100 acres adjoining 100 acres inherited by his brother Nathan Jr. in Knox county Ohio ID: I00236 Name: WILLIAM RIDGELY MAGERS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sex: M ALIA: William Ridgely /Majors/, William N. Majors Birth: 6 JAN 1796 in Frederick County, Maryland Death: 22 OCT 1855 in Avilla, Noble County, Indiana Occupation: Farmer Military Service: War of 1812 Census: 1850 Howard Township, Knox County, Ohio Note: Father: NATHAN MAJORS , SR. b: ABT 1765 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland Mother: ANN RIDGELY b: BEF 1766 in Maryland Marriage 1 JANE FROST PORTER b: 1797 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland Married: 16 NOV 1817 in Frederick County, Maryland Note: They had six children together Children Benjamin Magers b: 1821 in Ohio GABRIEL PORTER MAGERS b: 10 FEB 1824 in Danville, Knox County, Ohio Marriage 2 Margaret Sapp b: OCT 1800 in Kentucky Married: 2 OCT 1827 in Perry, Somerset County, Ohio Note: Per one record, they had six children . ROSTER OF OHIO SOLDIERS IN WAR OF 1812 133 Vol. 1. . ROLL OF CAPT. JOSEPH EWING'S COMPANY (County Unknown Continued). . Rank and Name of Soldier. . Rank and Name of Soldier. . Rank and Name of Soldier. . Privates. . Privates. . Privates. Loveless, Sylvanus . Muzzleman, Peter . Majors, William Middal, John G. . Mill, George . Messenger, Nicholas Overholater, John . Pool, George . Peck, John Predy, William . Quinn, James . Rittenhous, Peter Bodes, Jacob . Riffle, Jacob . Rittenhouse, Obediah Scott, Alexander . Scribner, Azor . Sumption, Charles Scotts, William . Shell, Joseph . Scott, Moses Thompson, John . Tennent, Alexander . Van Skike, John Wood, Aquila . Whitsell, Henry . Westfall, Job Wood, Joshua . Whitaker, John . Warts, Israel Warner, Jacob . Webb, John . York, Aaron . Zeazel, John I found this note attributed to Elma McCoy Bryant while searching the internet: William Ridgely (N) Magers (as written by Elma McCoy Bryant) William Ridgley Majors was born in Frederick County, Maryland, 6 Jan 1796 to Nathan Majors and his wife Ann. William first wife was Jane Porter who died leaving five small children, the fourth being my grandfather, Gabriel Porter Majors, who was about 2 years old at his mother's death. Our Majors line comes through William and his first wife Jane Porter. Her father was Gabriel McKenzie Porter and her mother was named Rebecka Frost. It is claimed the Frost line goes back to Christopher Randall who was born in 1615. Gabriel McKenzie Porter's parents were John Porter and Nancy Ann McKenzie who married about 1767. Nancy Ann was the daughter of Moses and Jane McKenzie and a granddaughter of John McKenzie and Kathryn Gabriel. He served in the Black Hawk War as a private in the First Regiment of the Maryland Militia, under Col. Neigen. According to his Bounty Land Application he was drafted 25 Aug 1814 for three months service. He served two months and was honorably discharged at Camp Diehl, about 30 October 1814. His company was commanded by Thomas Blake and Col. Neigen. For this service he received a land grant of 40 acres, which he legally sold before he moved from Knox County Ohio, to Noble County, Indiana in September 1854. The grant number was # 24318 and is on record in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Book 42, pg 57. On 11 Jun 1855, he applied for a second land grant under the U.S. Act of 3 March, 1855. This time he received 120 acres, but he died on 21 Oct 1855, before the grant was received. His age at his death was 59 years. William was married to his 2nd wife at this time, Margaret Sapp Majors. Following his death, Margaret filed in her own behalf for the land. Her application number was 170341, and her award is recorded also in Mt. Vernon Ohio. The application was dated 23 May 1856, and affidavits made in her behalf were made by Nathan Majors, who said he was William's cousin; and by Benjamin Majors who said he knew William but did not give his relationship to him. Margaret said on her application she and William were married 2 Oct 1827, in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, by a Catholic priest, Mes. Young. Witnesses to the wedding were Henrietta Shipp and Jonathan Sapp, both of whom made affidavits in her behalf. Nathan Majors explained in his statement the reason William Ridgely Majors was then using the initial of "N" instead of Ridgely in his name was because when William came to Ohio from Maryland he found a large number of relatives already living in the area, and some had his very same name; so, he added the initial of "N" to his name for business reasons and identity, and he chose the letter "N" because it was the first letter of his father's (Nathan) Christian name. Nathan further stated William left minor children; and the 1850 Knox County, Howard Township, Ohio, census names six children, all minors and all born in Ohio. They were Winnie 19, George 17, Catherine 16, Lydia 14, Nancy 10, and Frances E. 7. William was listed as a farmer, born in Maryland and then aged 54. Margaret's age was given as 49 and her place of birth as Kentucky. The youngest child of William's first marriage would have been 24 in 1850, so we know the six children named are the children of his second marriage. William was buried in Noble County, Indiana, in the Catholic cemetery at Avilla, Indiana (ref: Noble County Book of Cemetery Records, prepared by the DAR, page 44). I do not know if Margaret remarried after the death of William or when she died or where she is buried and we have absolutely no information at this time regarding the names and lives of the first wife's children, except for Grandfather Magers, and his family. I have heard from some of the Knox County, Ohio, Magers and from some of those in Indiana and about all we can agree upon is that we "must be of some relation". The Majors family, the McKenzies, Arnolds, Logsdons, Durbins, Sapps, Blubaughs, and Porters are so intermarried from the time they all lived in Maryland that it is almost impossible to separate the line. They all went in a group when they moved westward, going first into Ohio and Kentucky, then Indiana and Illinois and from there even further west to Missouri, Kansas and on to the west coast. The name remained spelled as Majors even in Illinois. In fact, I learned my mother's application for a marriage license has her name spelled "Majors", but sometime about 1885 it began to be spelled as "MAGERS". It is believed the Majors were Jacobites: the Jacobites were the Catholic Party in England and this group came to Maryland with Lord Baltimore, but the Majors family from then on down the years "Swung in and out of the Catholic Church like a monkey on a grapevine". The Hall History of Knox County, Ohio, mentions Solomon Porter, who died 27 May 1876; William Porter who died 20 October 1879; and one William Majors who died 19 December 1881, as being early Masons. One lady wrote that they knew the Majors' were all Catholic when they came to Knox County, Ohio, from Maryland but they later broke away from the church over something about a child's body being stolen.


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