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Henry McAninch, 1777-?1856 (“Henry, who went to Ohio”?) |
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Found! Another piece of the frontier McAninch puzzle, Henry McAninch, born 1777 in Pennsylvania. |
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Henry and his family were found cross-stitched on linen and hanging on a wall in Memphis, Tennessee. |
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This article is about Henry McAninch and his family (wife Mary, and three daughters), who moved |
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west from Pennsylvania (Armstrong County?), to Washington County, Ohio, in the very early 1800’s. |
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Of the three early pioneers
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and William McAninch, Note 1], this may be “Henry (who went to Ohio)” [Henry and Mary/Polly |
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McAninch, Armstrong County, 1807, Note 2]. |
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This Henry McAninch and his family have been documented in a very unusual way, with their names |
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and birth dates cross-stitched onto a sewing sampler, made by their daughter Anna McAninch, in 1819, |
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when she was 13 or 14 years old. This sewing sampler is a primary genealogical source, by a member |
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of the family, during the lifetime of the people. The sampler gives us basic family information [Note 3] |
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Anna’s sampler is cross-stitched on a finely-woven linen, about 14 by 20 inches, and has been carefully |
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preserved down through 8 generations of her family [Note 7]. There are three sections in the sampler: |
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On the top, there are five runs of the alphabet – (1st) large block capitals A-P (red), then Q-Z on the |
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next line, and “A. McAninch” (gold/yellow); (2nd) large script capitals A-R (red), and (on next line) |
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S-Z, and digits 1234567890 (gold/yellow); (3rd, 4th) two runs of small block capitals A-Z and letters |
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A-Z (gold/yellow); then (5th) a run of lower-case letters, a-z, followed by large initials “A.M.” (red). |
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In the middle, Anna recorded her parents and sisters, |
“Family Register |
Births |
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in the section titled Family Register. The five names |
Henry McAninch |
May 18, 1777 |
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and birth dates are cross-stitched, in block lettering, |
Mary McAninch |
June 1, 1788 |
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with black thread, just right of center on the sampler. |
Anna McAninch |
Oct. 14, 1805 |
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Nancy McAninch |
Oct. 28, 1807 |
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Sarah McAninch |
March 24, 1810” |
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And, at the bottom of the sampler, Anna stitched her name, location, |
“Anna McAninch |
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and date, in black thread, block letters, with fancy script scrollwork |
Waterford |
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on the capitals. There are five geometric patterns (a butterfly, three |
Washington County |
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trees or flowering plants), above the bottom border, with small birds |
State of Ohio |
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flowers, and interlaced patterns; colors are creams, roses and greens |
A. D. 1819” |
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The family information about Henry, Mary, and their three daughters can be summarized as follows: |
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Henry McAninch |
born May 18, 1777, in Pennsylvania [born Pennsylvania, 1850 census] |
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died [probably 1856], Lick Township, Jackson Co., Ohio; [burial unknown] |
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[Will dated Jan. 15, 1847, filed Oct. 6, 1856, Jackson Co.; listed “McAuinch”] |
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Mary [Maiden |
born June 1, 1788, in Pennsylvania [born Penn., 1850, 1860 census] |
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Name Unknown] |
died [after 1860] [prob. Lick Twp., Jackson Co., Ohio] [burial unknown] |
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1. Anna C. McAninch: |
born October 14, 1805, in Pennsylvania [‘C.’, born Penn., 1860 census] |
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married David Tilton (b. Aug. 24, 1798), mar. Nov. 11, 1824, Washington County, Ohio. |
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Anna died Jan. 15, 1886, at 243 W. 6th St., Cincinnati, Ohio, from a fall, and is buried in |
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Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, in daughter Mary C. (Mollie Tilton) Hunt's family plot |
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2. Nancy McAninch: |
born October 28, 1807 [b. Penn.?, or Ohio?]; mar. Phillip Noel, Aug. 24, |
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1826, Washington County, Ohio [died before 1847; Henry left 1/3 of his estate to her heirs] |
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3. Sarah McAninch: |
born March. 24, 1810 [b. Ohio?]; known as Sally, married Eli Moore. |
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McAninch Family History NL, VI-3 July, 1998 Copyright Frank McAninch page 1998-24 |