John D. Reaugh (1756 - 1822)

Born 1756 in Antrim County, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen (Fusary) Reaugh — married about 1775 in Pennsylvania

Husband of Margaret Boyle — married 1782 in Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Margaret (Frazier) Reaugh — married 14 Mar 1808 in Shelby, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1822 at about age 66 in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

John Reaugh was born in Antrim, Ireland in 1756 (some genealogies say 1747), the child of Samuel Reaugh and Eleanor Queary. His parents brought him to America when he was a child, settling in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, and he fought in the American Revolution, serving as a "private in Capt. James Parr's company, 1st regiment Pennsylvania Line" and "Private, Fifth Class, in Captain James Irvin's Company, Fifth Company, Second Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, on pay rolls dated August 22, 1780, and September 10, 1781; and on a list of soldiers of Cumberland County who received depreciation pay for their services." The family name is also spelled Rhea, Rea or Ray in various records.

He was married three times: M1 to Eleanor Fusary about 1775, with whom he had a son, David, b 1776.

M2 to Margaret Boyle, (1782) with whom he had four daughters and five sons:

Eleanor "Nell" m Bryan Johnson

Elizabeth Sarah m Richard Haines

Hannah Harriet m Samuel Black

Samuel (died in infancy)

Charles m Elizabeth Dunn

John D. m Genet Carmichael

Samuel Queary

Moses (died in infancy)

Esther (died in infancy)

M3 to Margaret Frazier, in Kentucky (1808)^[1] with whom he had twin daughters and a son who died in infancy:

Arsenia "Aseneth" b 1809 d 1865, twice married

Pauline b 1809

Andrew b 8 Jan 1811, d 2 weeks later

John Reaugh is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 276371
Rank: Private

Research Notes

military service: "One must be careful to distinguish between our Private John Reaugh and another Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Veteran named "Capt. John Ray" (or Rea) of Antrim Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania..." (see The Reaugh Genealogy linked below)

note FS profile gives place of death as Indiana.

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-2T71 : 17 May 2018), John Reaugh and Peggy R Frazier, 14 Mar 1808; citing Marriage, Shelby, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 259,279.

• FamilySearch ID: LCVR-3WF (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCVR-3WF)

• The Reaugh Genealogy (http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fesschequy/genealogy/Reaugh.html)

• (http://thehistoryofourdad2.blogspot.com/2010/) Chapter 12, Reaugh family history

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 Oct 2020), "Record of John Reaugh", Ancestor # A094010.

• Benjamin J. Gunn, "Descendants of Reuben Gunn, Bernard Sweeney, Samuel Reaugh, and Rev. James Dunn," 1891.

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