Adam Mayne

We know more about George Adam (usually called Adam) than any other of Georg Mehn's children. He left a will, naming his wife and four children. His tombstone is still legible and standing next to that of his second wife in the Middletown Reformed Cemetery. Both of his fathers-in-law left wills, one naming Adam as executor. His two sons stayed in Middletown where they raised their families, and many descendants live in the area today. Adam apparently owned a Bible in which he wrote family records. Copies of the entries have been rather widely distributed, but I have been unable to learn who owns the Bible today or if, in fact, it still exists.

George Adam Main was born 15 May 1746, (Ref. 60) probably in America and possibly in Maryland. None of his children survived until 1880 so we cannot learn his place of birth from that census, but in 1870 his youngest son did not indicate that either parent was foreign-born.

According to the entries copied from his Bible, Adam married Apollonia Weil in 1770. Her name was spelled many ways in the records, but after seeing a lovely painting of St. Apollonia (Ref. 61) in the Main-Frankisches Museum at the Marienberg Festung above Wurzburg, I have elected to use their spelling. Apollonia was the eldest daughter of George Weil/Wile who referred to but did not name his five daughters in his will (Ref. 62). He did state, however, that his "eldest daughter had departed this life and left an issue of three children." With the original will at Hall of Records is an assent to admit it to probate on 26 December 1801. Among the signators were Friederich Mehn who signed in German script and Elisabeth Michelen and Magdalena Mehnen who made their marks. These were the three children of Adam and Apollonia Main.

Apollonia Main died prior to the 1790 census, and on 14 August 1791 Adam Main married Anna Margaretha Youtsey (Ref. 5), the daughter of Peter and Eleanora Jautzy (Ref. 70). By combining the data read by Holdcraft on her eroded tombstone with the baptismal entry in the records of the Reformed Church in Frederick, we can determine that Anna Margaretha was born 3 May 1757, baptized 26 June 1757, and died 13 March 1844. She is buried next to her husband in the Middletown Reformed Cemetery. Adam and Anna Margaretha Main had one son, John George Main.

Adam Main's will (Ref. 72) was thoughtfully drawn. It provided for his wife and children; it addressed the questions of the death of his wife and of her remarriage; it protected his younger son until he reached his majority. There is one major problem with it however; it was dated 2 January 1818 at which time John George was 25 years old, already married and a father. We can only speculate as to the reason. Adam may have written his will in German several years earlier, perhaps soon after the birth of his youngest child, and set it aside. During an illness the winter of 1817-1818 he may have asked a friend to translate it for him, and he signed it without noting the discrepancy in John George;s age. The will was then put away, to be brought out again when Adam died on 17 May 1822 (Ref. 60).

BIRTH: 8 Aug 1783, date on tombstone.

DEATH: 21 Apr 1857 at Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, buried Emery Chapel Cemetery.

BIOGRAPHY:Adam Mayne, according to his tombstone in Ohio (Ref. 96), was born in 1783, and according to the 1850 census, he was born in Maryland. An 1806 deed (Ref. 97) names him as the son of John, and in the 1790 Maryland census there is only one John Main and he was living in Frederick County with 3 males under 16, one of whom was undoubtedly Adam. Furthermore only one John Main in Frederick County was of an age to have fathered a son in 1783. Why was Adam not named in the 1824 deed transferring ALL BOTTLES FULL? He had moved to Georgetown about 1811, to Montgomery County, Maryland, ten years later, then on to Ohio in 1825 (Ref. 98). Perhaps he was in disfavor with his father or perhaps John had already given him money to establish himself following one of his moves.

!MARRIAGE: 1804 Frederick Co. MD Marriages LDS #6010976, p. 95

1891 "Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co, Iowa." Bio states that Winfield was born October 15, 1833, in Clark Co, Ohio, son of EMMANUEL MAYNE (b. Georgetown, MD, 1805); Emmanuel was the son of ADAM MAYNE a pioneer of Clark Co where he settled in 1819, having come from Maryland. Emmanuel Mayne and wife had five children: Virginia; Philander T.; Winfield; Leroy; Carrie. Winfield Mayne became an attorney in Iowa; he married Ruth Ellen Mangum and had five children: Joel H., George H., Grace, Carl, and Ruth.

Name Key Year Source Book Page Relevant Co

Mayn, Adam |fc |1830 |Census | |085 |Greene Twp |Clark 

Mayne, Adam |fc |1850 |Census | |229 |Springfield Township |Clark

!CENSUS: 1850 MAYNE, ADAM

State: OH Year: 1850

County: Clark County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule

Township: Springfield Township Page: 229

Database: OH 1850 Federal Census Index

Original Message Follows----

From: Ben Mayne <benrm2#comcast.net>

To: <ncimino#hotmail.com>

Subject: Mehn/Main/Mayne ancestry

Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:07:01 -0400

Dear Nick,

  I just got off line reviewing the Mayne family on your website.  I have

the entire Adam Mayne side of the family on Reunion geneology. Adam is the

son of Georg's youngest son John and Susanna Main. If you would tell me how

you would like it, I would be happy to send it to you to add to your site.

I am currently in Michigan, our summer home and will be returning to Florida

the end of the secdond week in Oct. My e-mail is benrm2#comcast.net. I have several pictures, Adam and Catherine Mayne, Philander and his wife, etc.

Sincerely,

Ben R. Mayne

GEDCOM file received 3 Oct 2002 from Ben Mayne, Petoskey, Michigan <benrm2#comcast.net >

From: "Glenn Main" <gmain14#bcpl.net

To: "Nick Cimino" <ncimino#hotmail.com

Subject: Mayne

Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:51:18 -0400

Hi Nick: So good to hear from you. This email is from Richard Holt, 2848 Gladstone St, Dayton, OH 45439, Holt38846#aol. He is NOT related, but has close friend who is.

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From: <Holt38846#aol.com

To: <gmain14#bcpl.net

Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:40 PM

Subject: Mayne

Glen : I ran across this tonight, this is from the son of Clark Adam  Mayne,  Benjamin Franklin 1811.Different twist if it correct...Richard

                  "History of the Mayne Family as chronoligized by James Mayne"

     Great-Great Grandfather Adam C Mayne (English) was born in Northern Ireland; his wife was born in Scotland. They moved to Germany on account of religious persecution. Great Grandfather Adam C Mayne, Jr., was born in Germany in  1782.   At the age of eleven, he and family emigrated to Fredrick Co. Maryland.

     He married and was living in Washington, DC during the War of 1812. He was bodyguard to President Madison during the War of 1812.  While the family was living in Washington, Grandfather Benjamin F Mayne was born, December 20, 1811

     After the war, Great Grandfather Adam C., and family moved to a farm near Springfield, Ohio. He has four sons.

     Great Grandfather Mayne had the following sons and daughters:

Leander, who had 10 children died at 47 years

Philander, who had 4 children died at 84 years

Clark who had 2 children died at 81 years

Ellen (McClure) had one son died

Kate(Schmalhausen) had 1 son, 5 daughters died

Emma (Freeman) had 3 sons died

Frances(Baird) had 1 son, 4 daughters died

     Uncle Leander and Uncle Philander came to Illinois before Grandfather and family came. Grandfather and family moved to Illinois in 1870. My father was then 19 years old. He drove the horse that pulled the "Big Wagon", as they called it. It contained most of the household goods. A spring wagon contained the remainder of the goods.

    Leander, a Lieutenant in the Civil War, contracted tuberculosis. All of his children have passed away. Ben L. Passed away Feb. 6, 1961 at the age of 90 years, next to the oldest Mayne on record at the time.

     Philander's children have all passed away but one, Josephine Mayne Graham, living with her daughter and family in Detroit, Michigan.

     Clark Adam was the father of James H Mayne and Nora Ella Mayne. He was born in 1851 and passed away April 7, 1932. His first wife, Phila Hill Mayne passed away in 1892. Our mother was 18 years old. He later married Elsie Fisher.  She was born in 1866 and passed away Sept. 17, 1943.

    Nora Ella Mayne was married to Elijah Spurling.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. - page 625

EMERY CHAPEL (METHODIST EPISCOPAL).

In the year 1835, a house of worship was built in the neighborhood of the present Emery Chapel, and was on a lot donated by Adam Mayne, on the east side of the Yellow Springs road. This was the first church built by the Methodists in this part of the country. Previous to this, the people of this denomination held their worship in part at the residences of the principal members, and in part at a log church called Ebenezer, and which stood in the same neighborhood.

This first chapel was christened " Emery Chapel," but it was as frequently called Mayne's Meeting-House. It was a frame, 24X36 feet in its dimensions, and was enlarged some years later by an addition of twenty feet to the north end, making it 24x56 feet. The principal membership of the society in those days were William Albin, Richard Martin, Adam Mayne, Daniel Martin, John Adams, David Marquart and Joel Elwell, together with other members of the family of each. Mayne's Meeting-House was succeeded by the present Emery Chapel in the year 1853. It is built on a lot donated by James P. Leffel, and is nearly three-fourths of a mile north of the original one, and on the east side of the Yellow Springs road, on Section 7, three miles south of Springfield. It is a brick structure, and was built at a cost of $1,400.

The names of Adam Mayne, Anthony Leffel, Orlando Harris, Daniel Leffel, Peter F. Lehman, Henry Leffel, William Runyon, William Kershner and B. F. Mayne are associated with the building and history of the present church of Emery society, and their liberality, coupled with that of others, has left for them a lasting monument in this edifice.

In the half-century that measures the life of this society, many men and women deserving mention have come and gone; a few remain, who delight to retrospect the departed years, and, from the storehouse of memory, recite the record of the good old times. Of the preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church who have preached to this people, mention can be made of Clark, Gonzales, French, Eddy, White, Barrett, McDowel, Ingalls, Spahr, Seaman, Thurber, Conrey, Boucher, Smith, Davidson, Beall, Selman, Hypes, Clark, Grover, McDonald, Wones, Botkin, Baker, Owen, Ellsworth, Gowdy, Fitzgerald, Griffith,

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. - page 625

Head, Kalbfus, Pumphrey, Swayne, Gregg, Young, Miller, and a number of others.

Orlando Harris, Richard Martin, Daniel Pennell, William Printz, B. F. Mayne, Henry Albert, Jacob Drake, William Kelley and John B. Sparrow have held the position of Leader. The society maintains a well-organized Sabbath school, the organization of which dates back nearly forty years.

Buried in the cemetery adjoining Emery Chapel are the bodies of Adam Mayne, died in April, 1857, aged seventy-five; Catherine Mayne, died July, 1869, aged eighty-five; Thomas Leffel, died October, 1856, aged sixty; David Martin died September 1874, aged seventy-seven.

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The History of Clark County, Ohio, Chicago, W.H. Beers & Co., 1881,