john rogers commons
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Re: John Rogers Commons
Carl and Scott:
All of my line of the Commons family information was put into a book called "Memoir of The Commons Family". It was compiled by Russell Louis Commons in 1940 and revised and corrected in 1960. He is a descendant from my line which was John Commons.
The lineage of the Commons Family in this book states:
William Commons, Born 1723 County Kerry Ireland, Died 1795, Chester Co., Pa. Sarah Scarlett Born in Ireland. 1725 Died, 1800. Chester Co., Pa. Married 1747 in Ireland. Emigrated to America 1749. Parents of 5 boys.
1. Robert
2. John
3. William Jr.
4. Elisha
5. Joseph
John Commons, the second son of Willam Commons, Sr. grew to manhood on his father's farm and fell in love with a Quaker girl named Sarah Dixon. She belonged to the Kennet Society of Friends and in 1779 they asked permission to get married. This permission was granted so they were married and moved to North Carolina in Randolph County, where they made their home on a farm. Two children were born to them there; Isaac in 1783 and Mary 1787. While the children were quite young, their parents got a fever and died, leaving them to be raised by other folks.
Mary Commons grew to womanhood and never married, but had one child whom she named John, for his grandfather.
John Commons was born May 1, 1811, in Randolph County, N.C., and lived with his mother on the home place where he grew to manhood. Then he fell in love with Rachael Clark. On Jan. 12, 1832, they were married, and John brought his bride home with him to live. John had become a skilled blacksmith and the government offered him 80 acres if he would move to Indiana and run a shop there. So, in 1838 John and Rachael loaded what they could in a covered wagon, and with their little family moved to Indiana. They settled on a farm 3 miles east of Clarksville where they built their home and also his blacksmith shop. Later John built another blacksmith shop in Clarksville out of brick which is still standing and and is now privately owned. John made one trip back to North Carolina where he sold the old home place and brought his mother back to Indiana with him to live. There she spent the rest of her days and died Feb. 15, 1851 at the age of 64, and was buried in a litle pioneer cemetery on the old Commons homestead 3 miles east of Clarksville, Indiana.
I have a tree on Ancestry.com called "My Susan Tree". It has all of my Commons info. I would be happy to invite you to see it.
Scott, what is you email address? I would be very happy to have any information on the 4 other brothers in the Commons family.
Susan
All of my line of the Commons family information was put into a book called "Memoir of The Commons Family". It was compiled by Russell Louis Commons in 1940 and revised and corrected in 1960. He is a descendant from my line which was John Commons.
The lineage of the Commons Family in this book states:
William Commons, Born 1723 County Kerry Ireland, Died 1795, Chester Co., Pa. Sarah Scarlett Born in Ireland. 1725 Died, 1800. Chester Co., Pa. Married 1747 in Ireland. Emigrated to America 1749. Parents of 5 boys.
1. Robert
2. John
3. William Jr.
4. Elisha
5. Joseph
John Commons, the second son of Willam Commons, Sr. grew to manhood on his father's farm and fell in love with a Quaker girl named Sarah Dixon. She belonged to the Kennet Society of Friends and in 1779 they asked permission to get married. This permission was granted so they were married and moved to North Carolina in Randolph County, where they made their home on a farm. Two children were born to them there; Isaac in 1783 and Mary 1787. While the children were quite young, their parents got a fever and died, leaving them to be raised by other folks.
Mary Commons grew to womanhood and never married, but had one child whom she named John, for his grandfather.
John Commons was born May 1, 1811, in Randolph County, N.C., and lived with his mother on the home place where he grew to manhood. Then he fell in love with Rachael Clark. On Jan. 12, 1832, they were married, and John brought his bride home with him to live. John had become a skilled blacksmith and the government offered him 80 acres if he would move to Indiana and run a shop there. So, in 1838 John and Rachael loaded what they could in a covered wagon, and with their little family moved to Indiana. They settled on a farm 3 miles east of Clarksville where they built their home and also his blacksmith shop. Later John built another blacksmith shop in Clarksville out of brick which is still standing and and is now privately owned. John made one trip back to North Carolina where he sold the old home place and brought his mother back to Indiana with him to live. There she spent the rest of her days and died Feb. 15, 1851 at the age of 64, and was buried in a litle pioneer cemetery on the old Commons homestead 3 miles east of Clarksville, Indiana.
I have a tree on Ancestry.com called "My Susan Tree". It has all of my Commons info. I would be happy to invite you to see it.
Scott, what is you email address? I would be very happy to have any information on the 4 other brothers in the Commons family.
Susan