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Descendants of Uriah Gandee, Sr.
1.URIAH1 GANDEE, SR. was born Abt. 1753 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He married (1) SUSANNA ?.He married (2) ANNA NEWTON May 25, 1823.
Notes for URIAH GANDEE, SR.:
Last name may have been spelled "Gandy"
Traveled with his friend, Jesse Hughes, through what is now Roane County from the Sinks of Gandy in Randolph County to Ravenswood in Jackson County where he settled in 1801.
He was a leader of a band of Tories at Tories Mountain on Gandy Creek in Randolph County.He was loyal to the Crown of England, being a descendant of Ralph Gandy who came to America in 1658 from Suffolk Shire, England, settling in New Kent County, VA.On May 1, 1776, he enlisted in the Pennsylvania Artillery and changed his name to "Gandee."He applied for a pension in Jackson County in 1835 but was rejected.
He and Jesse Hughes brought supplies on pack horses to Tanner's Cross Roads(present day Spencer) in the spring of 1813 that saved the settlement.
In 1814 or 1815, he claimed 100 acres of land on Gandee Run at Reedyville.This was his bonus for services in the American Revolution.He built a trading post and a grist mill, and was a dealer of wool, furs and herbs.
Children of URIAH GANDEE and SUSANNA ? are:
| i. | ELI2 GANDEE, m. MARY BIBBEE, April 03, 1814. | ||
| ii. | ESTHER GANDEE, m. AMOS DAILY, January 30, 1805. | ||
| iii. | MARGARET GANDEE, m. ? BUFFINGTON. | ||
| iv. | REBECKA GANDEE, m. JOHN HANDSHAW, March 12, 1814. | ||
| v. | SAMUEL GANDEE. | ||
| vi. | JONATHAN GANDY, m. BETSY SANSHILLONG, October 16, 1823. | ||
| vii. | MARY GANDEE, b. Abt. 1782; d. Bef. February 19, 1851; m. ANDREW VANVLARA, Bef. 1800. | ||
| 2. | viii. | URIAH GANDEE, JR., b. September 02, 1782, Monongahela Valley; d. October 12, 1854, Roane County, VA/WV. | |
| ix. | JESSE GANDEE, b. May 30, 1788; d. Bef. 1850; m. NANCY HUTCHINSON, December 29, 1814. | ||
| x. | LEVI GANDEE, b. 1794; d. November 02, 1863; m. (1) MARGARET HANDSHAW, February 25, 1820; m. (2) CYNTHIA BIBBEE, June 07, 1832. |