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Descendants of Peter Grosscloss, Sr.


4. MARGARET2 GROSECLOSE (PETER1 GROSSCLOSS, SR., JOHAN ADAMA, PETERB) was born Abt. 1760 in Derry Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 11 August 1838 in Wythe County, Virginia. She married JNO. JACOB SPANGLER June 1782 in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Notes for JNO. JACOB SPANGLER:
Per the book "History of Bland County" Jacob Spangler built the Spangler Fort on land granted to him in 1782.

Buried in Sharon Cemetery.

     
Children of MARGARET GROSECLOSE and JNO. SPANGLER are:
  i.   ELIZABETH3 SPANGLER, b. 01 December 1873.
21. ii.   JACOB SPANGLER, b. 26 May 1785; d. 27 November 1877.
  iii.   BARBARA SPANGLER, b. 13 January 1788; m. MICHAEL HARNER.
  iv.   ANNA MARIA SPANGLER, b. 28 January 1790; m. MALE MOORE.
  v.   MARGARET (PEGGY) SPANGLER, b. 27 January 1792; m. MALE CAMERON.
  vi.   SUSANNA SPANGLER, b. 12 December 1798; m. MALE KIMBERLING.
22. vii.   CATHERINE SPANGLER, b. 20 November 1802.


5. ELIZABETH2 GROSECLOSE (PETER1 GROSSCLOSS, SR., JOHAN ADAMA, PETERB) was born Abt. 1763 in Derry Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died Aft. 1803. She married JOHN PERCIFUL 1782 in Montgomery County, Virginia.
     
Children of ELIZABETH GROSECLOSE and JOHN PERCIFUL are:
  i.   ELIZABETH3 PERCIFUL, b. 10 August 1788.
  ii.   GEORGE PERCIFUL, b. 26 May 1798.
  iii.   JOHN PERCIFUL, b. 23 September 1799.


6. JACOB2 GROSECLOSE (PETER1 GROSSCLOSS, SR., JOHAN ADAMA, PETERB) was born 13 April 1765 in Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 24 January 1833 in Johnson County, Indiana. He married ESTHER KIMBERLING 21 August 1797 in Wythe County, Virginia, daughter of HANS KIMBERLING and ELIZABETH KIRKSTATER.

Notes for JACOB GROSECLOSE:
Buried in Lowe Cemetery, Johnson County, Indiana.

     
Children of JACOB GROSECLOSE and ESTHER KIMBERLING are:
23. i.   ANDREW3 GROSECLOSE, b. 12 December 1802, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 04 October 1873, Weld, Colorado.
24. ii.   JOHN D. GROSECLOSE, b. 21 July 1798, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 04 October 1837, Johnson County, Indiana.


7. BARBARA2 GROSECLOSE (PETER1 GROSSCLOSS, SR., JOHAN ADAMA, PETERB) was born Abt. 1767 in Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died Bef. 26 November 1802 in Virginia. She married NATHANIEL BRYANT 17 March 1791 in Montgomery County, Virginia.
     
Children of BARBARA GROSECLOSE and NATHANIEL BRYANT are:
  i.   MARY3 BRYANT, b. Bet. 1792 - 1802, Wythe County, Virginia.
  ii.   BARBARA BRYANT, b. Bet. 1792 - 1802, Wythe County, Virginia.


8. HENRY2 GROSECLOSE (PETER1 GROSSCLOSS, SR., JOHAN ADAMA, PETERB) was born 1771 in Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 01 May 1836 in Ceres, Wythe County, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH COPENBARGER 27 February 1793 in Wythe County, Virginia, daughter of JOHN COPENBARGER.

Notes for HENRY GROSECLOSE:
From the book "Grosecloses and Descendants in America", by B. Clark Groseclose -
Recorded in Wythe County Marriage Book 1, page 3: "I certify that on yesterday I solemnized the rites of matrimony between Henry Groseclose and Elizabeth Copenbarger of Wythe County. February 27th, 1793, Barnabas McHenry."
The Wythe County Tax Assessment of 1815 has the following entry. "Henry Groseclose, one farm on the North Fork of Holston, 430 acres having thereon one dwelling of wood, one story high, 30 feet by 24 feet, two barns, one still house and smith shop, one corn house, one overshot grist mill, all of wood, valued at $2000; also 60 acres of unimproved land in said valley, valued at $90; total $2090."
Also in 1815, Henry purchased a slave girl. "Know all men by their presents that I, John Day of Tazewell County and State of Virginia, hath bargained and sold unto Henry Groseclose one Negro girl named Polly about fourteen or fifteen years of age for the sum of three hundred and ninety dollars to me in hand paid for which I the said John Day will forever warrant and defend from all persons whatsoever the said Negro girl to the said Henry Groseclose and his heirs in writing whereof I do set my hand and seal the 19th day of December 1815."

Per the book "History of Bland County" Henry built the home now occupied by the widow of Milton Groseclose, which is near the site of the first Peter Groseclose home. The log house as originally built had a breeze way between the main house and kitchen and servants quarters. Around 1880 this was torn away and the kitchen and dining room made adjoining the main part of the house which was also weather-boarded.
The house is a three-story house with basement; and in the attic, which was used for weaving, the old home-made loom frame is still stored. Henry left the house to his son, Dr. William Groseclose.

The 1810 Wythe County Virginia Census shows this family living about adjacent to the Jacob Groseclose and Adam Groseclose families. The genders and ages are two males 26-45, one male 16-25, three males 10-15, four males 0-10, one female 26-45, one female 16-25, and one female 10-15. There may have been visitors at the time because the female 10-15 and the second male 26-45 aren't part of the family.

Buried in Sharon Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wythe County, Virginia.

Notes for ELIZABETH COPENBARGER:
Elizabeth (Copenbarger) Groseclose may be the Elizabeth Groseclose living with her son William in the 1850 Wythe County census. It shows her age as 70, which would be wrong, and her birthplace as Pennsylvania which could be correct.
     
Children of HENRY GROSECLOSE and ELIZABETH COPENBARGER are:
25. i.   CATHERINE3 GROSECLOSE, b. 11 December 1794, Wythe County, Virginia.
26. ii.   HENRY GROSECLOSE, JR., b. 09 October 1796, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 25 November 1853, Madison Township, Madison County, Iowa.
27. iii.   JACOB G. GROSECLOSE, b. 28 March 1798, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 14 February 1849, Virginia.
28. iv.   JOSEPH GROSECLOSE, b. 12 May 1800, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 09 September 1857, Lancaster, Schuyler County, Missouri.
  v.   DANIEL GROSECLOSE, b. April 1802, Wythe County, Virginia.
  Notes for DANIEL GROSECLOSE:
From the book "Grosecloses and Descendants in America", by B. Clark Groseclose -
Daniel was the only child not mentioned in his father's will written in 1833; he must have died young.

29. vi.   DAVID GROSECLOSE, b. Abt. 1803, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 05 March 1872, Montgomery County, Kansas.
30. vii.   FRANCIS GROSECLOSE, b. 1805, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 20 August 1882, Bland County, Virginia.
31. viii.   JAZREAL GROSECLOSE, b. 01 September 1807, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 21 November 1856, Virginia.
32. ix.   WILLIAM H. GROSECLOSE, b. 21 April 1810, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 14 June 1871, Ceres, Virginia.
33. x.   PETER GROSECLOSE, b. 04 June 1812, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 14 February 1863, Clifton, Missouri.
34. xi.   ADAM GROSECLOSE, b. 11 December 1819, Wythe County, Virginia; d. 04 April 1871, Clark County, Missouri.

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