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Reverand Jacob Mahan

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Martha Bennington	1772	Mary C. (Polly) Mahan Archibald (Archie) Mahan Reverand John Bennington Mahan William Jacob Mahan Elizabeth (Eliza) Mahan Delilah Mahan Dr. Alexander S. Mahan

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	7/15/1769	Pennsylvania
Marriage	MAY 1795	Grant, Mason County, Kentucky, United States
LDS Baptism
LDS Sealing To Parents
LDS Endowment
Death	10/16/1828	Coals Creek, Indiana, United States
Burial	JAN 1829	Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States

Notes


BIOGRAPHY: The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research; Spring 1966, pp. 99-103, Part I. See for quotes for life history. BIOGRAPHY: According to grandson Erasmus Mahan, there were five children in this family, two girls and three boys.(Is this correct?) Friends of Liberty on the Mackinaw, p. 396-406, Mc Lean, Illinois Historical Society Transactions, GS 459,640. BIOGRAPHY: Genealogy of the BENNINGTON FAMILY; "Her second marriage to Rev. Jacob Mahan must have occurred after 1790. Mrs. John Harris thought it was in 1796 or 1797. They must have been married in Kentucky as their son John Bennington Mahan was born in Kentucky in 1801. Jacob Mahan was in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1800 (as was Thomas Bennington) and in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1805... In 1818 Jacob Mahan bought land in Clermont County and the deed is recorded in Brown County (Brown County Deed Book A-1, page 38); George C. Light of Clermont County, Ohio, deeded to Jacob Mahan of the same place a parcel of land in Clermont County on the east fork of Little Miami being a part of a tract entered in name of Archelaus Perkins and patented to WalterWarfield. $192.50. Wit nessed by Seneca Palmer, Isaiah Wells, Daniel Kain. 100 acres. "Jacob Mahan died October 16, 1828, at Coal's Creek, Indiana, or January 1829 Crawfordsville , Montgomery County, Indiana. Afterward his widow (Martha Bennington) moved to Brown County , Ohio, where her son John B. Mahan lived. "The genealogy of this family was compiled by Mrs. John Harris of Lincoln Park, Michigan, an extremely capable and enthusiastic genealogist, and I have done little more than copy the record she sent me in the 1940's. A more recent account of the family was published by her in the Detroit Genealogical Magazine." p. 299-300. "The Reverend Jacob Mahan was a minister in the Regular Baptist Church until middle life and then in 1824 he became a member of the United Brethern church and was serving as a pioneer preacher at the time of his death. In some references he is called McMahan." p. 300 OCCUPATION: Pioneer, and preacher of Clermont, OH. Biographical Enc. of Ohio, p. 391. Minister Baptist Church until middle life. In 1824 he became a member of the United Brethren Chu rch and he was serving as a pioneer preacher at the time of his death. DEATH: Died October 16, 1828, Coal's Creek, Indiana, or January 1829 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. BIRTH: Birthplace: Reported by William Mahan in 1880 Census to be Ohio; McLean County Illinois history says probably Pennsylvania; Reason Wells, Grandson, says Virginia. G. L. Kincaid of Sardinia, Ohio wrote 27 Oct 1918 to Verna Myers Damon: "Old Dr. Beck who died about 18 years ago told me that the MAHANS came here from Maryland." Eliza M. Wells, daughter, in 1880 reports birthplace to be Pennsylvania. PLACES: Deed Fleming Co., KY 26 Nov 1798. Fleming Co., KY 7 March 1800; Book A, p. 330 Land Records. He was living in Bethel, Clermont, Ohio in 1804. He served as Justice of the Peace in Miami Township as shown by a Clermont, Ohio history. He bought land in this county 9 Jan 1818 as shown by Deed Book A-1, P. 38. Witnessed by Seneca Palmer, Isaiah Wells, Daniel Kain. 100 acres. CHURCH: See Occupation. TAX LIST: Fleming County, Kentucky in 1800-1803 (not in 1799), one person over 21, owned 109 acres on the Fleming watercourse, Morgan survey, 1800; 109 acres on the Locust watercourse, 18 01; 50 acres, Fleming, Morgan, 1 over 21, 2 horses, cattle, (also aMary Mahan and a Matthew Mahan in the county) 1802; 50 acres, 1 over 21, 1803. Brown Co, Ohio in 1819; 977.1796 H2t. COURT: Jacob Mahan was a plaintiff in a court case in Fleming County, Kentucky in May 1794 . He lost. Fleming County, Kentucky Court Records. MARRIAGE: Location: Supposition based upon tax lists, court record and location of both Martha Bennington Sanders and Jacob Mahan prior to and after marriage time.

BIOGRAPHY: The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research; Spring 1966, pp. 99-103, Part I. See for quotes for life history.
BIOGRAPHY: According to grandson Erasmus Mahan, there were five children in this family, two girls and three boys.(Is this correct?) Friends of Liberty on the Mackinaw, p. 396-406, Mc Lean, Illinois Historical Society Transactions, GS 459,640.
BIOGRAPHY: Genealogy of the BENNINGTON FAMILY; "Her second marriage to Rev. Jacob Mahan must have occurred after 1790. Mrs. John Harris thought it was in 1796 or 1797. They must have been married in Kentucky as their son John Bennington Mahan was born in Kentucky in 1801. Jacob Mahan was in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1800 (as was Thomas Bennington) and in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1805... In 1818 Jacob Mahan bought land in Clermont County and the deed is recorded in Brown County (Brown County Deed
Book A-1, page 38); George C. Light of Clermont County, Ohio, deeded to Jacob Mahan of the same place a parcel of land in Clermont County on the east fork of Little Miami being a part of a tract entered in name of Archelaus Perkins and patented to WalterWarfield. $192.50. Wit nessed by Seneca Palmer, Isaiah Wells, Daniel Kain. 100 acres.
"Jacob Mahan died October 16, 1828, at Coal's Creek, Indiana, or January 1829 Crawfordsville , Montgomery County, Indiana. Afterward his widow (Martha Bennington) moved to Brown County , Ohio, where her son John B. Mahan lived.
"The genealogy of this family was compiled by Mrs. John Harris of Lincoln Park, Michigan, an extremely capable and enthusiastic genealogist, and I have done little more than copy the
record she sent me in the 1940's. A more recent account of the family was published by her
in the Detroit Genealogical Magazine." p. 299-300.
"The Reverend Jacob Mahan was a minister in the Regular Baptist Church until middle life and then in 1824 he became a member of the United Brethern church and was serving as a pioneer preacher at the time of his death. In some references he is called McMahan." p. 300
OCCUPATION: Pioneer, and preacher of Clermont, OH. Biographical Enc. of Ohio, p. 391. Minister Baptist Church until middle life. In 1824 he became a member of the United Brethren Chu rch and he was serving as a pioneer preacher at the time of his death.
DEATH: Died October 16, 1828, Coal's Creek, Indiana, or January 1829 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.
BIRTH: Birthplace:
Reported by William Mahan in 1880 Census to be Ohio;
McLean County Illinois history says probably Pennsylvania;
Reason Wells, Grandson, says Virginia.
G. L. Kincaid of Sardinia, Ohio wrote 27 Oct 1918 to Verna Myers Damon: "Old Dr. Beck who died about 18 years ago told me that the MAHANS came here from Maryland."
Eliza M. Wells, daughter, in 1880 reports birthplace to be Pennsylvania.
PLACES: Deed Fleming Co., KY 26 Nov 1798. Fleming Co., KY 7 March 1800; Book A, p. 330 Land Records.
He was living in Bethel, Clermont, Ohio in 1804.
He served as Justice of the Peace in Miami Township as shown by a Clermont, Ohio history.
He bought land in this county 9 Jan 1818 as shown by Deed Book A-1, P. 38. Witnessed by Seneca Palmer, Isaiah Wells, Daniel Kain. 100 acres.
CHURCH: See Occupation.
TAX LIST: Fleming County, Kentucky in 1800-1803 (not in 1799), one person over 21, owned 109 acres on the Fleming watercourse, Morgan survey, 1800; 109 acres on the Locust watercourse, 18 01; 50 acres, Fleming, Morgan, 1 over 21, 2 horses, cattle, (also aMary Mahan and a Matthew Mahan in the county) 1802; 50 acres, 1 over 21, 1803.
Brown Co, Ohio in 1819; 977.1796 H2t.
COURT: Jacob Mahan was a plaintiff in a court case in Fleming County, Kentucky in May 1794 . He lost. Fleming County, Kentucky Court Records.
MARRIAGE: Location: Supposition based upon tax lists, court record and location of both Martha Bennington Sanders and Jacob Mahan prior to and after marriage time.

Sources

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R)

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