Zachariah Routh, Sr

Biography

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Zacharia (Zaccheus) Routh, Sr. born 3 Dec 1717 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA to Lawrence & Mehitable Routh as per Quaker church records (see General Ross Holland Routh from his books).

Zacharia (Zaccheus) Routh, Sr. married his neighbor Hannah Jane York in Virginia in 1738. She was the daughter of Jeremiah York and his wife Sarah Ann Wilson. The Jeremiah York family lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania until 1730 when they migrated to Maryland and then into beautiful Terrapin Neck, Frederick County, Virginia (now Jefferson County, West Virginia), Colonial Era over in 1734 looking the Potomac River.

Zacharia (Zaccheus) Routh, Sr. left a trail from New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Virginia to North Carolina. Following the 1755 French and Indian War there was a mass migration from northern Virginia down the Great Wagon Road through the Shenandoah Valley into central North Carolina. There Zacharia (Zaccheus) Routh, Sr. and his wife Hannah Jane York lived out their lives in Colonial Orange County (now Randolph County), North Carolina.

Many descendants of this couple are found in Randolph and Guilford County, North Carolina They were members of the Sandy Creek Baptist church and their grave sites are found in Row 9, Plots 9 & 10 of the cemetery at the Sandy Creek Baptist church.

Zacheus Routh , Jr born 1742 in Virginia died 1792 Avoyelles Post, testate left a trail from Virginia to North Carolina to Natchez, Mississippi to Avoyelles Post.

The spouse Elizabeth Bridget of Zacheus Routh, Jr. was probably born in Virginia, where her husband Zacheus Routh , Jr is believed to have been born in 1742.

The couple lived in Randolph County and where most likely they where married. Their son Benjamin Routh was born in 1765 in North Carolina.

He migrated to Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, USA with his parents Zacheus Routh, Jr. and Elizabeth Bridget.

They lived out their lives across the Mississippi River in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, USA. Benjamin died in 1820 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, USA.

Children of Zacharia (Zaccheus) Routh, Sr. and his wife Hannah Jane York:

• 1. Jeremiah ROUTH Sr.
• 2. Zacheus (Zachariah) ROUTH Jr.
• 3. Jacob ROUTH Sr.
• 4. Joel ROUTH

Children conjectured by Ross Routh:

1. *Isaac Routh, Sr.
2. *Jeremiah 1738-1791,
3. *possibly Jacob 1745-1837 and
4. *Joseph 1747

Links

• http://royc.cts.com/Leggitt-Kirk/a1.htm#i656685654

His Avoyelles land passed to his youngest son, Benjamin. There were other children.

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 26 2020, 17:18:07 UTC

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Zachariah ROUTH, Sr. is the son of Lawrence ROUTH II and his wife Mehitable of Hawes, Yorkshire County, England. They both had immigrated from England by ship into the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The ROUTH families were Quakers and members of the Nottingham Meeting in Chester County,Pennsylvania. It is significant that both the ROUTH and YORK families first lived in Chester County; where they were friends, fellow church members and family through intermarriage as well as neighbors.

Due to the Chester County border disputes between the Governors of Maryland and Pennsylvania over which colony collected property taxes, the ROUTH and YORK families found it necessary to find new land in Northern Colonial Virginia. The York's settled on Terrapin Neck, Colonial Frederick County, Virginia (now Jefferson County, West Virginia). It is believed that Zachariah ROUTH and his wife Hannah YORK were most likely married in about 1738 in Terrapin Neck, Colonial Frederick County, Virginia (now Jefferson County, West Virginia). Very possibly this was where she lived with her Jeremiah York I family on the beautiful 343 acres homestead overlooking the Potomac River. It is suggested after marriage in 1738 they lived in nearby Colonial Frederick County, Maryland or York County, Pennsylvania.

For years I have made the mistake of connecting Hannah HAMMER to Zachariah ROUTH, Sr as his wife. A researcher from the HAMMER family contacted me in the fall of 2016 with the evidence that Johanna "Hannah Jane" HAMMER born in 1727 did NOT marry a ROUTH but married Jonas SUPPLEE in 1747. I have validated this fact. I have now concluded it was Hannah Jane YORK, daughter of Jeremiah YORK who married Zachariah "Zacheus" ROUTH, Sr. They were neighbors in Chester County, Pennsylvania. This has solved the mystery of where the name Jeremiah ROUTH originated. Hannah YORK ROUTH named her first son Jeremiah ROUTH in honor of her father, Jeremiah YORK.

The mother of Zachariah ROUTH, Mahitable Elizabeth "Eliza" WRIGHT had first married Samuel YORK in England, the brother of Jeremiah YORK. Samuel YORK died at the young age of 22 in England. Then the widow immigrated to America with a group of Quakers and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Lawrence ROUTH II, a Quaker attending the meetings became acquainted with Mahitable Elizabeth "Eliza" WRIGHT. In 1709 she married Lawrence ROUTH II, the father of Zachariah ROUTH. The ROUTH and YORK families have been well acquainted and intermarried for centuries beginning in England. The Routh families no doubt were delighted to settled together in Chester County after arrival in America. From the Tax Lists we know the Jeremiah YORK I family lived in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania from 1718 until 1730. Zachariah ROUTH and Hannah Jane YORK named their first son Jeremiah ROUTH in respect and honor of her father and their friend Jeremiah YORK I. These families eventually migrated into the same Sandy Creek Community in 1755-1758 in colonial Orange (now Randolph) County, North Carolina. These ROUTH and YORK families have been long time friends and kinship through many generations of descendants and intermarriages to the present day.

By 1758 the Zachariah ROUTH, Sr. family had migrated down the Shenandoah Valley into the eastern section of colonial Rowan County (now Guilford and Randolph), North Carolina into the Millboro/Sandy Creek Community. Zachariah and his son Jeremiah ROUTH are found listed on the 1759 Tax List of Rowan County. This 1759 Tax List is the oldest known Tax List of Rowan County, North Carolina that represented the western 66.6% portion of present day Randolph and Guilford County. Large portions of Rowan County and Orange County were assigned in 1771 to form Guilford County and then assigned from southern Guilford County in 1779 to form Randolph County. This 1759 Tax List gives proof the Zachariah ROUTH family were among the first Pioneer Settlers of Colonial North Carolina.

Zachariah ROUTH, Sr. and his wife Hannah Jane YORK were believed to be life long members of Sandy Creek Baptist Church where they are buried with two of their sons in rows 8 and 9 of the church cemetery. Jeremiah YORK I is buried in the adjacent row 10/11. The grave site of Zachariah ROUTH, Sr. is in row 9 which was discovered behind a large deteriorate soapstone marker in 2016 by Franklin ALLRED and Dennis YORK. Both men are cousins and long time friends who were trained by the the North Carolina State Archeologist how to respectfully use archeological probes to determine colonial era grave sites. After review of the discovery and research a new tombstone was authorized by the Sandy Creek Baptist Church in 2018. The key is Hannah Jane YORK named her first son Jeremiah ROUTH after her father Jeremiah YORK I buried in the next row 10/11.

The known children of Zachariah ROUTH, Sr. and his wife Hannah Jane YORK, daughter of Jeremiah YORK I and his wife Sarah Ann WILSON are:

1. Jeremiah ROUTH,Sr. b. 1738 VA; d. 1791 MS 2. Zachariah ROUTH, Jr b. ca 1742 VA; d. 1792 MS 3. Jacob ROUTH, b. 1749 VA; d. 1830 NC 4. Captain William ROUTH, b. 1756 NC; d. 1803 NC, Rev. War Veteran 5. Joel ROUTH, b. 1760 NC; d. 1816 NC

Under the leadership of Lynn Routh in September 2018, the Sandy Creek Baptist Church authorized and funded new historic memorials for six pioneer colonial original members of the church. Authorization included the research, design and procurement of the six new footstones coordinated by York & Associates Family Histories, Inc. a 501c3 (pending)nonprofit. A future installation in 2019 with milder weather was the plan. Genealogist and Family Historian Dennis York researched and designed these memorial stones. In the fall of 2018, Franklin Allred built six wooden forms for pouring concrete bases for each memorial stone with donated materials and labor for the project. Lynn Routh, Chairman of the Cemetery committee, facilitated the project activities. On Friday 10 May 2019, Dennis York, Son Mark York and John York, brother of Dennis York traveled by American Airlines from the Dallas, Texas area to install the six new memorial stones. This project was a donation to the Sandy Creek Baptist as a labor of love in respect and appreciation for Colonial founders’ of the church. Labor, truck deliveries and tools for the installation was successful with the aid of Lynn Routh, Franklin Allred and Terry Jones working together with the York men from Dallas as a testimony to team work on a very tight schedule. On Saturday 11 May 2019, cousins visited and enjoyed a delicious banquet style luncheon provided by the members of the Sandy Creek Baptist Church. During the luncheon, a genealogical account presentation of the ancestry for the individuals honored by their memorial stone. This familiarized attendees for the following dedication service in the cemetery. Rev Travis Brock made remarks and conducted the dedication service of these six original church members. These colonial Routh and York members settled in this Sandy Creek community over 250 years ago in about 1755-1760. A group of Routh and York descendants attended the event under cloudy skies with very light showers under two tents provided by Terry and Paula York. Tours of the Primitive Baptist Sandy Creek 1802 log cabin on a nearby hill completed this historic service.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 26 2020, 21:12:36 UTC