She was married to JOHN EARL (JACK) MACLAY on 6 May 1962 in SWEET AIR, MARYLAND. Children were: JEFFREY TODD MACLAY, STEPHANIE LYNN MACLAY.

She was married to JOSEPH J. OSBORN.

He was married to RUTH ELIZABETH WILMER . Children were: LYNN ELIZABETH REED.

She was married to IRWIN MACLAY WALLACE in 1847. Children were: WILLIAM MACLAY WALLACE, MARY ELIZABETH WALLACE, ROBERT REID WALLACE, ELENOR MACLAY WALLACE, ELIZABETH HARRIS WALLACE, JANE MACLAY WALLACE, ANNA WALLACE.

Children were: DR. JAMES ROBERT EDINGER, DR. LIZA SUZANNE EDINGER.

She was married to HILL.

He was married to JANE NEVIN in 1845. Children were: ELIZABETH MACLAY REYNOLDS, MARY NEVIN REYNOLDS , BLANCHE REYNOLDS, JANE REYNOLDS, MAY CATHERINE REYNOLDS.

She was married to DANIEL NEVIN. Children were: MARY NEVIN.

She was married to HANCOCK.

She was married to SHRYOCK.

She was married to MORRON.

She was married to DAVID HARRIS WORKMAN on 22 Feb 1868.

She was married to HON. JOHN MACLAY on 13 Apr 1809. IN 1830, HE MOVED HIS FAMILY FROM SHIPPENSBURG TO CHAMBERSBURG FOR BETTER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR HIS CHILDRE. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS RESIDENCE IN THIS PLACE HE RETURNED TO SHIPPENSBURG. ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, HE GAVE UP HIS HOUSE AND RESIDED WITH HIS CHILDREN SUCCESSIVELY IN MERCERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, GALLIPLOIS, OHIO, CINCINNATI, OHIO AND WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA: WHERE HE DIED AT THE RESIDENCE OF HIS SON IN LAW, THE REV. JAMES IRWIN BROWNSON, D.D.

SOME INTERESTING INCIDENTS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN MACLAY, SUBMITTED BY HIS 4TH DAUGHTER, LIVIA, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

EARLY IN THEIR WEDDED LIFE, HER PARENTS LIVED FOR A SHORT PERIOD IN A PIONEER CABIN, IN A LONELY PLACE IN THE "PINE MEADOWS" NEAR SHIPPENSBURG. HER FATHER HAD BEEN MAKING THE SALE OF SOME PROPERTY THAT DAY AND BROUGHT THE MONEY HOME WITH HIM. ABOUT MIDNIGHT THE OUTER DOOR OPENED SOFTLY. THE FRESH AIR STARTED UP A BLAZE IN THE GREAT "BLACK LOG", WHICH AROUSED THE COLORED SERVANT WHO WAS SQUATTED BY ITS SIDE WITH A TOOTHACHE. SHE SCREAMED " MR. MACLAY, THERE'S A MAN COMING IN ! " BUT BEFORE FATHER COULD REACH HIS GUN THE MAN WAS GONE. STRONG SUSPICION FELL, WITH THE WOMAN'S AFFIRMATION, UPON THEIR NEAREST NEIGHBOR, A ROUGH MAN, BUT THE AFFAIR WAS HUSHED UP FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE AND THE MONEY WAS SPEEDILY DEPOSITED IN A SAFE PLACE. IN THOSE DAYS THE WOODEN LATCH WITH THE LEATHERN STRING WAS STILL IN USE IN THE FRONTIER DEWLLINGS AND TO WAS PULL THE STRING AND THE LATCH WILL FLY UP.

ANOTHER INCIDENT GIVEN BY LIVIA, ILLUSTRATES THE PERILS AND HARDSHIPS OF THOSE TIMES IS AS FOLLOWS:

SOME TIME IN THE THIRTIES, FATHER AND MY OLDEST SISTER TOOK A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN COUNTRY FOMR THEIR HOME IN SHIPPENSBURG, VISITING PITTSBURG, COLUMBUS, OHIO, RISING SUN, INDIANA, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, AND OTHER PLACES. THEY JOURNEYED BY THE "OLD STAGE LINE" TO PITTSBURG, CROSSING THE ALLEGHANYS THEN BY STEAM BOAT DOWN THE OHIO RIVER AND UP THE KENTUCKY. THE DETAILS OF THIS TRIP I CANNOT NOW RECALL WITH BUT ONE EXCEPTION. AT A CERTAIN POINT ON THEIR WAY, FATHER BECAME ANXIOUS TO BE GETTING ON AND SO TOOK PASSAGE ON THE FIRST BOAT THAT CAME ALONG, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE A SMALL IRREGULARLY RUNNING VESSEL. TOO LATE HE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER FEMALE ABOARD BUT HIS DAUGHTER. HE DID NOT, HOWEVER, ANTICIPATE ANY INCONVENIENCE OR TROUBLE, BUT ABOUT MIDNIGHT A MAN DREW THE CURTAIN OF HIS BERTH ASIDE AND LOOKED AT HIM. FATHER SAID, "STRANGER, HAVE I TAKEN YOUR BERTH?" NO, SAID THE MAN, AND WALKED AWAY; BUT COMING BACK AFTER A WHILE A CONVERSTION ENSUED, HE ASKING FATHER A NUMBER OF INQUISITIVE QUESTIONS AS TO HIS BUSINESS, WHERE HE WAS GOING, ETC., WHICH FATHER UNSUSPICIOUSLY ANSWERED AND THEN ASKED HIM HIS NAME. MY NAME HE GRUFFLY REPLIED IS THAT THING WE SHARPEN RAZORS ON, WHETSTONE; AND WITH THAT HE WENT OFF AND DID NOT AGAIN RETURN. IN THE MEANTIME FATHER'S SUSPICIONS WERE AROUSED BUT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO BUT TRUST AND WATCH FOR THE MORNING. HE DID NOT KNOW BUT WHAT HE HAD FALLEN INTO A DEN OF THIEVES. GREAT WAS HIS RELIEF, WHEN MORNING CAME, TO FIND THAT NO HARM HAD COME TO THEM AND AT THEIR EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY GOT ASHORE. SOME YEARS AFTER WE READ N THE PUBLIC PRINTS OF THE ARREST OF A MAN BY THE NAME OF WHETSTONE FOR MURDER OR SOME GREVIOUS CRIME. Children were: HANNAH JANE MACLAY, ABRIGAIL CATHERINE MACLAY , SARAH ELLEN MACLAY, LIVIA ELIZA MACLAY, JOHN REYNOLDS MACLAY, MARGARET REYNOLDS MACLAY, REVEREND CHARLES BENJAMIN MACLAY (M. D.), MARY MACLAY, WILLIAM JOHN MACLAY.

He was married to MARGARETTA P. MCCULLOH in 1845. Children were: WILLIAM REYNOLDS, ELIZABETH MACLAY REYNOLDS.

She was married to THOMAS J. OSBORN.

He was married to SARAH COOPER in 1829. Children were: WILLIAM REYNOLDS, JANE COOPER REYNOLDS, ELIZABETH MACLAY REYNOLDS , ELLEN MARY REYNOLDS.

She was married to ABRAHAM SMITH MCKINNEY.

She was married to KNOX.

She was married to KNODE.

She was married to DANIEL B. CURLL. Children were: HENRY VAN LEER CURLL.

He was married to ELIZABETH MACLAY. Children were: ELEANOR REYNOLDS , WILLIAM REYNOLDS, JOHN REYNOLDS, MARGARET REYNOLDS, ELIZABETH MACLAY REYNOLDS, NANCY JANE REYNOLDS , CHARLES MACLAY REYNOLDS, MARY CATHERINE REYNOLDS, HUGH WILLIAMSON REYNOLDS .

He was married to ROSA EWELL. Children were: WILLIAM REYNOLDS , JAMES EWELL REYNOLDS, HUGH WILLIAMSON REYNOLDS, SAMUEL DOUGLASS REYNOLDS , SOPHIA DOUGLASS REYNOLDS, ROSA EWELL REYNOLDS, RICHARD REYNOLDS.

He was married to ANNE MACLAY CURLL on 16 Sep 1903 in PITTSBURG, ALLEGHENY CO., PENNSYLVANIA.

He was married to NEST (V) GRUFFYDD. Children were: NEST (V) OSBORN .

She was married to SENATOR DAVID MACLAY on 17 Feb 1846 in WAYNE CO., NEW YORK. Children were: JANE HOLMES MACLAY, MARY PORTER MACLAY, WILLIAM PLUNKET MACLAY, MARGARET RICHARDSON MACLAY , SAMUEL MACLAY, ELIZABETH PLUNKET MACLAY, SALLIE BROWN MACLAY, DAVID RICHARDSON MACLAY, ANNE MEANS MACLAY, HARRIET PATTON (HAL) MACLAY.

He was married to MARGARET PLUNKET. Children were: DR. WILLIAM PLUNKET RICHARDSON.

She was married to HON. HOLMES MACLAY on 15 Apr 1852. Children were: MARGARET BAXTER MACLAY, MARY HOLMES MACLAY, WILLIAM PLUNKET MACLAY, ELLA MACLAY, SAMUEL MACLAY.

He was married to MARY PORTER. Children were: ELIZABETH PLUNKET RICHARDSON .

He was married to MARY BOLSON on 16 Mar 1703 in CHUCKATUCK, SUFFOLK CO., VIRGINIA. MARRIED IN THE QUAKER CHURCH AT CHUCKATUCK. Children were: MARY RICKS (RICKESIS) , ELIZABETH RICKS (RICKESIS), PATIENCE RICKS (RICKESIS).

He was married to KATHREN in 1668. THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF THE FAMILY WAS AT BRANCASTER CASTLE, NORFOLK COUNTY, ENGLAND AS EARLY AS 1525, THE TIME OF HENRY THE 8TH.

HE CAME FROM ENGLAND AND LANDED AT JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA AND SETTLED IN WARRASGUYEAKE, ONE OF THE EIGHT SHIRES OF VIRGINIA, WHICH WAS CHANGED IN 1737, TO ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDED THE PRESENT COUNTIES OF NANSEMOND AND SOUTHAMPTON.
THESE COUNTIES WERE PEOPLED LARGELY BY PURITANS AND QUAKERS, WHOSE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1663.
ISAAC RICKS WAS A QUAKER, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE QUAKER CHURCH, LOCATED AT A PLACE CALLED CHUCKATUCK, SITUATED ON THE WESTERN BRANCH OF THE NANSEMOND RIVER, IN WHAT IS NOW NANSEMOND CO. AT THIS POINT, ABOUT TEN MILES FROM SUFFOLK AND NEAR THE LINE OF ISLE OF WIGHT CO., WAS THE QUAKER CHURCH BUILT BY ROBERT AND ABRAHAM RICKS IN 1702.




THE STIGMA OF THIS TIME (1663) WAS THE MERCILESS INTOLERANCE TOWARDS THE FRIENDS OR QUAKERS. HERE AS ELSEWHERE IN AMERICA, THEY WERE TREATED WITH HARSHNESS WHICH DISGRACED THE EPOCH. THEY WERE DENOUNCED AS A TURBULENT PEOPLE, TEACHING LIES, MIRACLES, FALSE DOCTRINES AND PROPHECIES, DISORGANIZERS AND ENEMIES OF SOCIETY. THEY WERE FINED FOR NON ATTENDANCE ON THE SERVICES OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND THEIR OWN CONVENTICLES, AND NO SHIP MASTER WAS TO BRING THEM INTO THE COLONY. NO PERSON WAS ALLOWED TO ENTER THEIR HOUSES, AND FINELY HE POOR QUAKERS WERE TO GO OUT OF THE STATE, AND NO MORE WERE TO COME IN, AND IF THEY INSISTED ON RETURNING, THEY WERE TREATED AS FELONS. MANY OF THE POOR QUAKERS LEFT THE STATE, WHILE OTHERS EITHER RENOUNCED THEIR RELIGION OR BRAVED IT OUT AND REMAINED. Children were: ISAAC RICKS , WILLIAM RICKS (RICKESIS), INO RICKS (RICKESIS), ABRAHAM RICKS (RICKESIS) , JACOB RICKS (RICKESIS), ROBERT RICKS (RICKESIS).

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