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From: "Arthur H. Laube" <>
Subject: NYE/NIGH 1800 PA MD OH
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 15:22:56 -0500

The first of the Nye family to arrive in Ohio was probably Ebenezer and
Ichabod Nye who purchased land from Putman, Rufus and Co. (The Ohio
Land Company) near Marietta
in 1788. In 1797, Lewis Nye made similar purchases.(1) In 1804-05
Lewis Nye moved up the Muskingum River to Jonathan Creek, an important
tributary of the Muskingum. He built a hewed-log house (where
Newtonville now is). He was probably the first of the Brethren (?) to
buy
land on Jonathan Creek.(2)

George NIGH lived in Washington County, MD before and after 1800. His
son may be the George Nye who purchased a half section in Hopewell
Township, Perry County, OH 1805.(3) He married Lydia Gardner of
Washington County, Ohio in 1808.(4) George and Lydia were Brethren,
founding members of the Jonathan Creek congregation. He sold this
property to Jacob and John Bowser (also Brethren) in 1814 and 1816 and
at that time was a resident of Athens County. Any information on him
would be appreciated. When did he arrive in Ohio? From whence did he
come?

(1) Ohio census of 1800 and tax lists, also lists of Ohio Land Company
purchases, curtesy of Muskingum County chapter of OGS.
(2) Lewis Nye is listed in Muskingum County Tax List of 1806. Page
013. And, Memoirs of Muskingum County. 1892. Page 357 and 358 list
him as being among the first settlers of Newton Township in 1804-1805.
He was soon surrounded by many Brethren and seems to have been a
Brethren. The Goshen Church of the Brethren is active today not far from

where Lewis Nye built his hewed-log house. Jonathan Creek runs nearby
and many who lived here were part of the Jonathan Creek Brethren
congregation.
No relationship has yet been established between Lewis and George Nye or
any
other Nigh/Nye of Maryland and Ohio - can you help?
(3) Chillicothe land Office records list George Nye as the 1805 entryman

of the south half of section 12, described above.
(4)Ohio Marriage Records. Lydia Gardner may have been related to some
of these Gardners:

County/State Index Page
# Type
Gardner, J. Washington/Ohio
060 1810 Tax List
Gardner, J. Huntingdon/Springfield Twp/ PA
017 1810 census
Gardner, John Washington/Ohio
121 1810 Tax List
Gardner, John Washington/Ohio
125 1810 Tax List

Were the Gardners Brethren? Did this Ohio group of Gardners come from
Huntingdon/Springfield Twp/ PA?

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