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Muse
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Thomas Muse Sr &
Elizabeth Sturman Stewart Murphy
Siblings
John
Ann
Mary
Jane
Nicholas
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Thomas Muse Jr & Sarah
Chattin
Siblings
Richard Muse
John Muse
Daniel Muse
James Muse
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Siblings
Thomas Muse
John Chattin
Cornelius DeForest Jr
Betsy DeForestife
Louisa DeForest
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Siblings
Thomas Muse
John Muse
Isaac Muse
Catherine Muse
Sarah Muse
Henry Muse
Christina Muse
Susanna Muse
Barbara Muse
Betsey Muse
Elizabeth Muse
Jiney Muse
Polly Muse
Richard Muse
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John Muse Sr &
Catherine Talbott
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John Muse Jr & Mary
Sanford
Siblings
Elizabeth
James
Mary
Nicholas
Thomas
Daniel
Ann
Christopher
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John Muse Sr
was born 1633. He died between April and September of 1723 in
Westmoreland County, Virginia. His first wife and the mother of his
children was unknown. He later married Catherine Moss Talbot between
1698 and 1717. On September, 18 1668 he was granted two fifty
acre tracts from Richard Wharton & Thoms Greene. The land was
on the north side of Rappa in a portion of old Rappahannock County which
became part of Essex and Richmond Counties in 1692.
Thomas Muse Sr
was born about 1665 and died before June 1732, both in Westmoreland
County, Virginia He married Elizabeth Sturman Stewart-Murphy after
1708, daughter of John and Elizabeth Spence.
John Muse Jr
was born the eldest son of Thomas probably before 1700 in Westmoreland
County. John married Mary Sanford, daughter of Richard
Sanford. Mary Muse died after 1733 & perhaps before 1744. John
later married EleanorHe died in October or November, 1770 also in
Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Thomas Muse Jr
was born by 1733 & died in 1755 in Lancaster County, Virginia. He
married Sarah Chattin, a widow. Her maiden name is unknown.
After Thomas' death, his widow Sarah married Cornelius DeForest of
Lancaster County Virginia and they moved to Fincastle County Virginia. On
November 7, 1775, at court for Fincastle County, Cornelus DeForest was
appointed to keep the road in repair to the courthouse. Fincastle County
became Montgomery County in 1776. Wythe County was created f rom
Montgomery in 1789.
Richard Muse
was born in 1752 in Lancaster County, Virginia. Richard married
Margaret no later than about 1775, probably in Montgomery County Virginia.
Margaret probably died between 1825 and 1831. He died between December,
1839 and November, 1840 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Richard was the son
of Thomas Muse and Sarah Chattin. Richard and his brother Thomas
served in the Revolution. In Richard's 1839 pension application he stated
that he "enlisted in Wythe County, in August 1775" & served under Captain
William Herbert, James Neville & Lt.Col. Campbell; that he "marched
against the Shawnee Indians" until 9 November of that year, and was
"discharged after the making of the peace"; that he again volunteered
under Col. Campbell, and "marched into Tazewell County Virginia to the
Clinch River to guard the frontier", and enlisted again in 1779, under
Capt James Nevill, Col. Lynch's regiment. He gave his age as "86 years".
On January 6, 1778 Richard was recommended "to his Excellency the Governor
as the proper person for Ensign in Capt. Pearce's Company " He was
appointed on April 7, 1778. Further confirmation that Richard and his
brother Thomas were Patriots is in the court record of Montgomery County
Virginia, May 8, 1782: "To Richard and Thomas Muse, 10/ each for
provisions furnished when on duty in North Carolina to join G. (General)
Green" at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. On February 17, 1783,
1260 acres in Montgomery County were surveyed for Richard Muse: 360 acres
"on Cripple Creek" and 900 acres "On both sides of Cripple Creek Branch,
New River". In 1789, the part of Montgomery where Richard and Thomas lived
became Wythe County. The last sale of land in Wythe County was dated
October 28, 1805, when Richard & Margaret sold 1001 acres to Richard
Walton. Although Richard stated in his pension application that he moved
to Pulaski Co KY "in 1803", the evidence from court records indicates that
he was still in Wythe County. He first appears on Pulaski County tax
records in 1807 as owning farms on both Fishing and White Oak Creeks.
James Muse
married Elizabeth "Betsy" Chesney on January 4, 1816. He was born in
Virginia about 1794 and she in South Carolina on May 13, 1794.
James bought land in Pulaski County in 1816. James and Elizabeth sold land
in Pulaski County in 1839. They later moved to Russell County,
Kentucky. Their children included Richard, John, Galen, McCager,
Polly, and Clarinda. He later married Mary Jane Buster in Casey,
County Kentucky on April 23, 1858. He was in the Adair County census
in 1860. It is assumed that he died between 1860 and 1870.
Thanks...
Much of this information was submitted by David Chambers and Lou
Murphy, the compiler and collaborator, respectively of "A
Southern Legacy." Lou A Murphy is also the author of the
compilation, "RICHARD MUSE of Wythe Co VA & Pulaski Co KY."
Lou A Murphy's address is Post Office Box 1875, Estes Park, Colorado
80517.
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Thomas Muse
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Richard Muse
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An alternative history...
John Muse
was born October 13, 1633 in Souldrop, Bedfordshire, England, and died
April 05, 1723 in Westmoreland, Virginia. He married Ann, with whom
he had six children: John, died May 12, 1719, Westmoreland, Virginia;
Jane, born about 1660, died about April 1732, married Christopher
Pritchett in 1696; Thomas Muse, born 1665, Westmoreland, Virginia, died
May 1732, Westmoreland, Virginia; Mary, born 1677, died in 1723; Ann, born
1680, died 1723 married John Wilson; Nicholoas, born 1685,
Westmoreland, Virginia, died 1716, Westmoreland, Virginia.
Tradition holds that Edward Mewes and his third wife, Margery
Aucocke, were the parents of John Muse Sr. They married on April 18,
1631. Their children included Alice Mewes, born March 11, 1632 and
John Muse, born 1633. However, it is important to review the notes below
before accepting this tradition.
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West &
Fauntleroy claimed that Thomas & Ann were also John's children but they
didn't offer any proof. There's one existing record that infers that
John & Mary had 13 children.
William
Templeman Muse, who was a grandson of John, later became County Clerk of
Pasquotank Co NC. He made an notation in Pasquotank records stating,
"JAMES
MUSE of Westmoreland died 22 Jul 1784 the last of 13 sisters & brothers".
(See "Old Albemarle NC, Pasquotank Preinct: Births, Marriages,
Deaths,
Brand Marks, 1691-1833" by Wynette Parks Haun (pub 1981)..
This JAMES
MUSE is definitely the son of John Muse. This bit of information
strongly suggests that JOHN MUSE & his 2 wives had 13 children, of which
only
the above
4 have been positively identified. Your THOMAS Muse is very possibly
one of those missing children.
In Vol I
of "A Southern Legacy", David Chambers says :"He was PROBABLY the third
child of John Muse & his first wife, Mary Sanford".
Over 50
years ago, the Misses Mary Hope West & Juliet Fauntleroy published "The
Muse Family of the Northern Neck of VA", an abbreviated version of their
218-page
original mss, which is in the DAR Library in Washington. This
appeared in 1945 in Vol 53, "Va Magazine of History & Biography", in 3
parts
(April,
Jul & Oct). These 3 articles still stand as a reliable, documented
resource for MUSE researchers, available in almost any decent-sized
genealogical library. (Also see Vol I of "A Southern Legacy:
Descendants of John Muse of VA", compiled by Dr. Roger David Chambers, pub
1974), which
expands on
West & Fauntleroy's research.) The Misses W & F presented several
possibilities as to John Muse SR's European ancestry, but made no
conclusions.
More
recently, Robert T. Muse made 2 trips to England seeking evidence of John
SR's parentage. He was not successful. Additionally, the late
Stephen
Muse of
San Antonio engaged a professional research group, "Lineages, Inc", of
Utah, to try to identify John SR's origins. "Lineages" did extensive
research
into records in England, the Barbados, & France. In addition
to the Bedfordshire MEWES, they found MEWES/MEWCE/MUSE families in
Essex,
Northamptonshire, Isle of Wight & Calais, France, who could possibly
qualify as John SR's ancestral family, but were unable to establish that
any of these
were John
SR's parents or forebears.
In short,
in over a half-century of research by many competent researchers,
including professionals, nothing's been found to prove who John SR's
parents
were, or
even where he was born. All we really know is that he claimed to be
82 years old in 1715, that he evidently spoke English, & that he is
possibly
the
immigrant ancestor.
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Nevertheless, tradition holds that Edward Mewes and his third wife,
Margery Aucocke, were the parents of John Muse Sr. They married on
April 18, 1631. Their children included Alice Mewes, born March 11,
1632 and John Muse, born 1633.
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