| The Sines |
"The Book Of The Sines" , a book about his life and the history of the Sines family. The following is extracted from that book. Parts have been edited here in the interest of conserving space, but a fuller version, plus family photos, may be seen at Tom Whited's web site at: http://members.citynet.net/wvbigt/Fulks/sines.htm
From this union came a son, Benjamin Seignes, who changed the spelling of the name to Synes. He was born in 1710, married and had five sons. He was a drummer in the Revolutionary War and died in 1800. He was also a wheelwright by trade and moved to what was then known as "Wheel Pump", Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, now called White Marsh.
One of Benjamin's five sons was John Sines, born about the year 1740. John lived in Culpepper County, Culpepper, Virginia, as did his father Benjamin, and his surname is often found spelled as Siner in old records.
John and Benjamin fought in the Revolutionary War together, 1775-1783. John married Mary Whetzel, (Wetzel?) about the year 1765.
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Columbus B. Sines did not quote his sources for this information but he felt that Roderick Seignes was the founding father of our line of Sines. So far, I have only traced our line back to a "Major" Henry Sines who is believed to have been born in Virginia in the late 1700s.
Although Columbus B. Sines stated in his book that his paternal great grandfather, Major Henry Sines, had married "a Jones", research has shown that his wife was actually Louise Clara Wolfe, daughter of Eva Christina Wetzel and John Jacob Wolfe. We think Mr. Sines' statement was simply an editing error however. It was actually Mr. Sines' maternal great-grandfather William Johnson who had married Elizabeth Jones.
Major Henry Sines first settled and married in what is now Preston County, West Virginia in the early 1800s. He and "Clara" were the first settlers of the Pine Swamp, now Cranesville,WV. They lived at the eastern edge of John Cranes Village, which was called "Boiling Spring" or "Sines Spring" at that time and were listed as tax payers in 1803. In 1820 they settled at the Clifford DeWitt farm on upper Ford Hill, Sang Run, Maryland where they were assessed $150 for taxes that year. Major Henry fought under General Jackson at New Orleans in the War of 1812. He was listed as a Captain of Riflemen in 1813, (as stated in the "History of Preston County") but must have been promoted as he was always known after the war as Major.
Major Henry was not the only "Henry Sines" to settle in early Preston County, nor the only Sines to marry a Wolfe. Another Henry Sines, who may or may not have been related, married Clara's sister Elizabeth, and a John Henry Sines married their cousin Abigail Elizabeth Wolfe!
Early records for the two Henry Sines' families are easily confused as each had a daughter named Mary and sons named John, Jacob, William and Henry! And to further complicate matters... Major Henry's son Jacob married his 1st cousin Mary, the daughter of Henry & Elizabeth (Wolfe) Sines.
For additional reading on the descendants of Major Henry Sines, check out:
* Henry Sines Lineage
* William Sines ~ Centenarian
* David and Kate (Friend) Sines
* To check out the descendants list (Tree A) of Sines at my site, click HERE
* To check out Dennis Morrison's lengthy descendant report for the above Major Henry Sines, click HERE
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