Daniel Dye
Daniel was born on July 31st, 1745. He died at the age of 79 on January 24th, 1825.
- Death Notes
- Born July 31, 1747 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and died January 24, 1825 in Monroe County, Ohio. He married Abigail Hutchinson on March 24, 1773 in New Jersey. In 1813 he became the first permanent white settler in Monroe County, Ohio.
Misc: Daniel and Abigail moved to Monroe Co. OH about 1797 from VA. They freed their slaves before coming to OH, but 2 slaves (Jerry and Randell) insisted on coming with them. Abigail’s name is spelled Hitchinson on the marriage records.
Military: Served as a Private in NJ in the Revolutionary War.
John Dye
John was born on May 17th, 1749. He died at the age of 48 in April 1798.
- Death Notes
- Born 1749 in New Jersey and died in April 1798 in Prince William County, Virginia. He appears on Personal Property Tax list A in Virginia. He married Mary Hixon.
Vincent Dye
Vincent was born in 1751.
- Death Notes
- born in 1751 - appears on Personal Property Tax list A in Virginia. He married Phoebe Hoagland on October 12, 1775 in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Enoch Dye
Enoch was born in 1753.
- Birth Notes
- Enoch Dye - born in 1753, Eastern Division, New Jersey and died on January 16, 1830 in Canton Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Canton Township (red dot on the map on the right) is west of West Newton and Sewickley Creek. came to Washington County, PA near or about 1770.
He patented a farm in Canton township, Washington Co. known as "Spencer" (survey made Jan. 25 1786). The farm joining the "Spencer" was patented by Isaac Leet and the Leet's farm was known as "Leet's Fancy" . Isaac Leet, born in Bordentown, NJ, died on May 12, 1802, in Washington Co. PA. He and his wife are buried in the old Dye Graveyard on what is now (this was written in 1922) the Weirick farm. The old Dye Fort was on this farm and was located not far from the Graveyard.
Isaac Leet, in 1746, married Rebecca Vahan, born in Hunterden Co. NJ. She died in 1796. They had 10 children (all listed) including Rebecca Leet who married Enoch Dey.
Enoch married Rebecca Leet in 1781. She was born 1754-55 and died October 5, 1850.
Her father was Issac Leet and her mother was Rebecca Vaughn. Issac was born in 1726 in New Jersey and Rebecca died in 1796. They were married in 1746.
Enoch and Rebecca Leet had 12 children:
He died at the age of 77 on January 16th, 1830.
- Death Notes
- Born in 1753, Eastern Division, New Jersey and died on January 16, 1830 in Canton Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Canton Township is west of West Newton and Sewickley Creek. He married Rebecca Leet in 1781. She was born 1754-55 and died October 5, 1850.
Brown Dye
Brown was born in 1755. He died at the age of 70 on January 24th, 1825.
- Death Notes
- Born in 1755 in Middlesex County, New Jersey - appears on Personal Property Tax list A in Virginia.
d. 24 Jan 1825 in Monroe Co, OH
David Dye
David was born in 1757.
- Death Notes
- born in 1757 in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Uenice Dye
Uenice was born in 1761. She died at the age of 94 in 1855.
- Death Notes
- born in 1761 in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Rachael Dye
Rachael was born in 1763. He died at the age of 94 in 1857.
- Death Notes
- born in 1761 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and married Joseph Riley (1765-1825)
Sara Dye
Sara was born in 1764. She died at the age of 93 in 1857.
- Death Notes
- born in 1763/4 in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Nancy Dye
Nancy was born in 1767. She died at the age of 94 in 1861.
- Death Notes
- born in 1765/7 in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Reuben/Ruben Dye
Reuben/Ruben was born in 1768. He died at the age of 60 on May 23rd, 1828.
- Death Notes
- Prince William County, Virginia or Middlesex County, New Jersey
1 NOTE The Following is taken from a book titled PIONEERS IN WOOD COUNTY, WV by John A. House 1936.
"Dye Family- Reuben Dye(Ruben Dye is the way the name usually
appeared on earlier records) settled on a large land survey at or near the mouth of Burning Springs Run, Several years before the organixation of Wood County. He was a wealthy man- for that day- and had a number of slaves, as well as several sons, to clear and improve his lands. He appears to have served in the war of 1812.
At the time of his death (5-23-1828 or a little earllier, he provided his children with homes in the vicinity, an one son, Vincent Dye was married in 1809. Reuben Dye came from Prince William County, Virginia and he married Mary Riggs.
That Reuben Dye was probably from Virginia is shown by his being a Slave Holder and also by the fact that the Dyes of Washington County, Ohio, were related in some way to him. There was Samuel, who came from Fairfax County Virginia and settled on Cow Run, of the Little Muskingum, and his sone Samuel who came from Bull Run, near Manassas, Virginia--)"
War of 1812 ENtries:
REUBEN DYE 1 CORPS D'ELITE (RANDOLPH'S), VIRGINIA MILITIA.
REUBEN DYE 25 REG'T (SMITH'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.
Catherine "Caty" Dye
Catherine "Caty" was born in 1769.
- Death Notes
- born in Middlesex County, New Jersey 1767/9, died before 1797
Dussoway Dye
Dussoway was born in 1771.
- Death Notes
- born in 1771, in Middlesex County, New Jersey and died before October 2, 1797
Joseph Dye
Joseph was born in 1772.
- Death Notes
- born in Middlesex County, New Jersey 1772
William Dye
William was born in 1775.
- Death Notes
- born in Middlesex County, New Jersey in 1775
