Mathias SLYH & Mary DRILL

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Mathias SLYH
Mary DRILL

WARNING: Something isn't right here. Given the age gap between Mathias and Mary, we would immediately suspect he had an earlier wife. Yet, in the 1810 census, he has only two children, both born after his marriage to Mary in 1797, so perhaps he did marry late. However, Mathias is a widower in the 1810 census, so unless he divorced Mary DRILL, her 1816 death date is incorrect. Was 1816 a typo or misreading of 1806? Her death in 1806 would make sense. As for Mathias's parents, it appears the question is whether he was the son or grandson of Joh. Friedrich SCHLEICH.

Husband: Mathias SLYH
Birth: 12 Apr 1765/6, said to be Heidelburg Twp., Northampton Co., PA
Death: 6 Feb 1843, Clinton Twp., Franklin Co., OH
Occupation: farmer
Brother probably: Henry SLY

Father: Johann Friedrich SCHLEICH
Mother: Christiana Phillipina __?__

or (sources differ)…

Father: Henry SLYH, s/o Friedrich SCHLEICH & Christina Anna __?__
Mother: Elizabeth MELVIN

Marriage-1: 15 Oct 1797, Frederick Co., MD

Wife-1: Mary DRILL
Birth: 8 Sep 1779
Death: 17 Mar 1816
Father: Jacob DRILL (17__-1812)
Mother: Eve Ann STONE (17__-1825)

Marriage-2:

Wife-2?:

Children with Mary DRILL:

. Jacob E. SLYH, b. 31 Oct 1798 {50, VA}
. Mathias SLYH, Jr., b. ca. 12 Apr 1800 {49, VA}
. Frederick SLYH, b. 1803, (W)VA; d.s.p. 1816 (W)VA
. Eve Ann SLYH, b. 1805/6 {44, MD}

Children with Wife-2:

Sources (n.b., Jefferson Co. was formed in 1801 from Berkeley Co.; WV was formed from VA in 1863; Jefferson Co., WV, is just across the Potomac River, and a tad north, of Frederick Co., MD):

1a. Marriage Index: Maryland, 1655-1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-224): not found.

1b. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Virginia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found.

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312): not found, but the 1800 VA census was destroyed.

3. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #14 of 28; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 VA [now WV] Jefferson Co. p. 84 Mathias Sleigh 11001-00000-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = Mathias Jr. (b. 1800)

1 male 10-15 1794-1800 = Jacob (b. 1798)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = Mathias (b. 1765)

Where is Eva? As the youngest child (æ 4-5), is she living with other kin? Listed next to Henry SLEIGH.

4. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 VA [now WV] Jefferson Co. Old Furnace p. 94 Mathias Slygh 110201-10010-0-000 no slaves 0001-0000 Farmer

These data indicate:s

No., Race, Gender Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 9 or under 1810-1820 = Son B

1 white male 10-15 1804-1810 =

2 white males 19-25* 1794-1801 =
= Jacob (b. 1798)

1 white male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Mathias (b. 1765)

1 white female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Daughter A

1 white female 26-44 1775-1794 = Wife-2?

1 male free colored 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = ?

*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four. By subtracting the number in column three from the number in column four, you can create an age class "19-25."

Listed five lines from son, Mathias SLYH, Jr.

5. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 10; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 OH Franklin Co. Clinton Twp. p. 5 Matthias Sly 400 111 001 - 100 111 000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

4 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = Jacob's son Daniel (b. 1830)
=
=
=

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 = Son B

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 =

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = son Jacob (b. 1798)

1 male 60-69 1760-1770 = Mathias (b. 1765)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Jacob's daughter Serena (b. 1829)

1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = Daughter A

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Jacob's wife, Emaline (b. 1801)

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Mathias's Wife-2?

It appears Mathias has several of his children, with their spouses and children, living with him. The only other SLY/etc. in Franklin County is Henry SLY in Prairie Township.

6. 1840

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

8. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 60, Pedigree #2426.

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