Generation
No. 2 (Mid 1700s)
JOHN DISPAIN,
born 1735 in VA; died about 1806 in KY. John married
SUSAN
SCOTT around 1756 in Halifax County, NC. Susan was
born about 1741 in Lunenburg Co, VA, and died after. 1783. They moved from
NC to WV and ultimately to KY.
Children of J
OHN
DISPAIN
and SUSAN
SCOTT
are:
1) JAMES SCOTT DESPAIN,
b.
Halifax Co, NC; d. 1835, Green Co, KY; m. Sallie Peterson about
1787. 12 known children; James was a farmer.
2) BENJAMIN DISPAIN, b. 1757, NC; d. 1838, Greenville Co, SC;
m. 1) Diliah Winningham October 18, 1780, Granville Co, NC. When
his grandfather, Samuel, died in 1783, he inherited his 180 acre farm on Horse
Creek, Grandville Co, NC. He sold the land in 1784. In his war
pension request he listed that he spent most of the years after the war in Flour
Gap VA and married 2) Lucy _______ the day after Christmas in 1786 in
Flour Gap. He moved about then to Greenville County, SC near the Pickens
County Border and lived in Greenville SC until his death in 1838.
3) PETER
DISPAIN - SEE THE NEXT GENERATION
4) JOHN DESPAIN,
b. 1775 in VA., died 1853 in TN. Married Charlotte Daniel in 1801
in KY.
5) TEMPERANCE "Tempy" DESPAIN, b. about 1776 VA; d.
1855 KY; m. Barry Belcher in 1792 and had 7
children.
6) CHARLOTTE DESPAIN, b. 1779 VA; d. about 1835 KY; m. est. 1795,
KY to Reubin Vaughn.
7) SOLOMON DESPAIN, b. <1786 VA; died 1856 IL; m. 1807
"Nancy" KY; m. 1828 "Celia" TN.
Generation
No. 3 (Late 1700s)
PETER DeSPAIN,
born January 9th, 1764 in NC but raised in Virginia, married (1)
NANCY SKAGGS
on December 15, 1791 in KY. She
was born around 1775 in Fincastle County, VA, and died before 1830. Peter was a Revolutionary War Veteran
through his enlistment in the Chesterfield County, VA unit. At just 17 he
enlisted on September 11, 1781. Peter was 5'5 3/4" tall at that time,
had been farming, had light brown hair, gray eyes and a "swarthy"
complexion. He could not read nor write, having farmed only during his
young life. After serving 18 months, he was discharged in Salisbury,
NC.
He would
have been 27 years old when he married Nancy.
Nancy was under age (16?) and had to obtain parental
consent to marry; she was the daughter of Henry and
Mary (Thompson) Skaggs. He and Nancy had at least 14
children. Per the Kendall DeSpain
web information found on Ancestry.com (Five Generations of John and
Susan Dispain), a Skaggs researcher, Nita Luttrell, found that Peter had 3 wives, not
two, and that Nancy was the third and last. In total he had 24 children
per her research.
For $150 Peter and Nancy purchased 200
acres from a Nathaniel Owens in 1805 in Green County, KY on Little Brush
Creek bordering Francis Howell and Berry Belcher [his brother-in-law]. He lived
on this 200 acre farm until his son, Thomas, turned him out in September
1848. Peter had deeded the 200 acres over to Thomas in 1840, but Peter
claimed that his son, Thomas DeSpain, obtained his land by fraudulent means (19
Sep 1840 Green Co, KY Deed Book 18, page 134).
Thomas was evidently quite the scoundrel. Peter claimed that he had not
signed the deed over to Thomas and went to court in 1846 claiming that Thomas
and his brother-in-laws who were witnesses had lied about the deed. In
1846 Thomas spent considerable time in court and then jail as he served 4 1/2
years with his brother-in-laws ____ Sutton and Joe Beauchamp for counterfeiting
[Per
Louisville Daily Journal, page 1, Col 2, 19 Dec 1846].
Peter's son Marshall DeSpain
sued his
brothers, Thomas and Silas DeSpain on the 18th of March, 1851 (Circuit Case
#5430 Green County, KY) stating that his dad, Peter, owned the tract of land on
the waters of Brush Creek valued at $800 which he conveyed to his son, Thomas,
ON
THE CONDITION that Thomas would care for his father in his old age.
But, Thomas did not - he turned his dad out of the house in which he lived and
Peter was forced to go to Marshall's house about 19 months before his death on
March 31, 1850. Marshall also charged that Silas DeSpain owed Thomas $100
and asked the court to have that money given to Marshall, not to Thomas, for
payment on their father's upkeep.
Peter died at age 87 at the home of his son, Marshall, in Larue County,
Kentucky. It is believed he is buried there in an unmarked grave at Mt.
Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery,
At age 67 when he made his
Revolutionary War pension request, only one daughter was living with Peter and
she had been ill for 10 years. Nancy is not mentioned. He stated in his
request papers that his military papers were burned with his home in Salisbury,
NC many years ago.
Some children of
PETER DESPAIN and
NANCY SKAGGS are:
Susannah "Elizabeth" Despain:
1792 KY- 1860 KY
John M Despain: b. 1793
KY; moved to Iowa about 1852 to follow his older children; d.
1865 in Iowa. He was married three
times and had at least 13 children.
Hiram Despain: b
about 1794
in KY; moved to Missouri about 1829 with in-laws; died before Sept 4 1836 in Missouri. He dropped the "De"
in Despain at time he moved to Missouri. Hiram served in the war of 1812
(Hyram
D Spain 14 Reg't [Mitchesson's] KY Militia, Pvt.).
Mary (Polly) Despain
1796 - 1880 (May not be a daughter)
Marshall Despain: Born
about 1797
KY; died after
1870 KY. Married.
Stephen Despain
b. 1798
KY; died 1871
Indiana; he likely had a child with Emily Warren
who evidently died in childbirth of their daughter in 1824. They did not
marry. He married Thea
Shoemaker (1802
- 1880); Changed his name to
just "Spain." He is buried in the family cemetery, Spain
Cemetery, Ashland, IN.
See
Generation 5.
James
L Despain See Generation 4.
Harrison Despain
1806
- 1877
Silas Despain 1810 - 1858; Silas ran a Tavern and an Inn
during his life time.
William Joseph Despain 1812
- 1877; A carriage and wagon
builder. Moved in 1830 to Illinois where he married. After 1855 he moved with
his brother Thomas to MO . He stayed there until after 1860 before going to Iowa
for four years. About 1865 he moved to Plattsmouth, NE where he served as Police
Judge for two terms.
George Washington Despain 1813
-
Thomas Despain 1815 KY - 1880;
married Hester Ann Beauchamp, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Bartlett) Beauchamp,
25 Jan 1837 in Green County. The Scoundrel in the family!
Edmund Despain 1816
KY
-
Child of Peter Despain and
Unknown
William Perry Despain:
1832
KY - 1918
KY; On the death of his father,
William D. Skaggs was appointed as William Perry DeSpain's guardian. William
Perry DeSpain served in the Civil War: Wagoner Company H, 13th Kentucky
Infantry.
Generation
No.4
(Early 1800s)
JAMES L
DESPAIN (PETER3,
JOHN2 DISPAIN, SAMUEL DESPAIGNE1
(IMMIGRANT) was born October
24, 1804 in Green County, KY, and died October 30, 1839 in Montgomery County,
IN. He married MARY A. ROARK
on
July 11, 1826 in Green Co., KY. She was born there in February 23,
1807 and died August 7, 1865 in the same county as her husband James. Mary
is buried at Old Salem Cemetery in the county.
Children
of James L DeSpain 1804 - 1839 and Mary A Roark 1807 - 1865
Sarah Jane DeSpain born 1829
in KY; died 1908 in WI;
married Wm. Endicott in 1849 in IN; moved to Richland County
WI
around 1858. The had 8 children.
John M. DeSPAIN 1828-1910
wed 1st cousin Frances (Frankey) Despain 1833-1876
Nancy DeSpain born 1830 in IN; Married Henry Endicott in IN in
1847.
Elizabeth C DeSpain born 1833 in IN.
Wed Josiah Burrough in 1851in IN.
Mary Ann DeSpain born 1836 in IN. died 1836 - infant death at birth.
James Henry DeSpain born 1837 in IN; died 1899 in KS.
Wed
Isabell Turner about 1867.
James H. was in Civil War as a Sgt in the 10th Battalion Light Artillary.
Enlisted 13 Sep 1862 at Darlington, IN. and
applied for his pension 10 Jul 1869 as an invalid.
Julia A DeSpain born 1838 in IN. Wed James Van Eaton in 1858;
lived in Tippecanoe IN.
Eliza J DeSpain born 1840 in IN.
Generation
No.5
(Mid 1800s)
1st Cousin Marriage
John M.
DeSPAIN (JAMES L4,
PETER3, JOHN2 DISPAIN, SAMUEL DESPAIGNE1
(IMMIGRANT)
was
born August 1828 in Green County, KY to parents James
L. and Mary Roark DeSpain. John died around 1910 in Morris
County, Kansas. He married (1)
FRANCES
(FRANKEY) DESPAIN in 1853 in Indiana. Frankey, born in 1833 in
Kentucky, was the first cousin of her husband John and the
daughter of STEPHEN DeSPAIN and THEA SHOEMAKER.
Frankey died in the late 1870s in Indiana. Then John married Mrs, America
L. Rogers Whitworth several years later on September 11,
1884 in Missouri.
Children of John M.
and Frankey DeSpain:
William
H. DeSPAIN 1859 who married Matilda M. Bosch)
Mary E. DeSpain 1853 -
Dorothea DeSpain born 1854 in Morgan County, IN.
James H DeSpain born May 16, 1856 in IN. He died in his 20s on 2/23/1882
in Tippecanoe IN
Sarah DeSpain, born 1863 in IN
Stephen DeSpain, born 1866 in IN
Margaret Annie DeSpain born 1868 in IN; died in KS in 1962
John F DeSpain born December 1872 in IN.
Rosetta DeSpain born 1876 in IN.
Generation
No. 6
(Mid-Late
1800s)
WILLIAM H. DeSPAIN,
born October 1859 in Morgan County, Indiana, owned a farm in Garfield, KS, that he worked per 1930
census, with his wife,
MATILDA
M. BOSCH, born in Missouri in
April 1876,
whom
he married in 1895, when he was 35 and she was 18 years old. It was the
first marriage for both. She was born to parents
who were both born in Germany. William died in Kansas in
January 1938. In 1920 Caroline Bosch, Matilda's mother, was living with
William and Matilda in Garfield KS per the 1920 Census.
Children of WILLIAM H. and MATILDA DeSPAIN are:
VIOLET DeSPAIN,
b. August 22, 1908, Kansas; d.
July 1987.
and the
Twins:
NORA and DORA DeSPAIN,
Both
born in 1912 in Kansas.
1920 U.S. Census Kansas , Morris,Garfield,Series:
T625 Roll: 538 Page: 231:
W. H. DeSPAIN, MATILDA DeSPAIN, DAUGHTERS MABEL (15), VIOLET (11)
NORA (8?) AND TWIN DORA (8?) PLUS GRANDMOTHER, CAROLINE BOSCH, Age 78,
Born: Germany.
In the 1930 Garfield, Kansas Census,
all three daughters were unemployed and living at home with their parents.
1930 U.S. Census Kansas ,
Year:
1930; Census Place: Garfield, Morris, Kansas; Roll:
711; Page: ; Enumeration District: 11; Image:
892.0.
