Family History of James Minish (c. 1765-1835): Dorchester County, Maryland Researched and Contributed by Bill Minish, ********************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ********************************************************************* Husband: James Minish Born: Abt. 1765 in: Probably Nantacoake Hundred, Dorchester County, MD Married: Abt. 1785 in: Probably Dorchester County, Maryland Died: Abt. 1835 in: Surry County, N.C. Father: John Minish Mother: Elesabeth Unknown Other Spouses: Elisabeth Sammons Wife: Susanah Green Died: 1826 in: Surrey County, NC CHILDREN Name: John Minish Born: Bet. 1780 - 1790 Married: in: Surry Co., N.C. Died: Bet. 1780 - 1790 in: Maryland, probably Dorchester County. Spouse: Elizabeth Solomon Name: Thomas Minish Born: April 15, 1787 in: Maryland, probably Dorchester County. Married: January 27, 1805 in: Surry Co., N.C. Died: May 15, 1848 in: Elkin, Surry Co., NC Spouses: Polly Padgett, Judith Padget Name: William Minish Born: AN. 1791 Died: 1833 in: Probably North Carolina --------------------------------------------------- James Minish Notes Brother to Richard C., Isaac, William, John, and/or (Nevereign Minish?), sons of John and Elesabeth Minish of Dorchester County, Maryland. From Minish genealogy records of Wm. R. Minish Sr., of Gratz, KY, compiled between 1870 and 1910. (Wm. H. Minish, of Granger, IN, April 21, 2000). From the December 21, 1874 letter of Hardy J. Minish of Jackson County, Georgia, to Wm. R. Minish Sr. of Gratz, Kentucky: "Cousin Wm R Minnish I seat myself monday evening to answer your questins as able as to my grand father I never recollect hearing my father speak any thing about his father I think he died when my father was small in Maryland I think my father had four brothers three older than him & one younger the oldest one was named James I think the other two were named William & John them two went to war & never returned home nor they never heard any thing about then whether they were living or dead grand mother was then a widow in Maryland & father was small at that time & what age he was when he moved to north Carolina I dont recollect hearing him say nor whether his mother ever moved to NC or not I dont know Uncle James & father both married & settled in north Carolina they both owned land in Surry County my father moved from there in 1806 Uncle James (undecipherable) remained there as long as he lived" A footnote on the bottom of page 2 states "This has been picked up and wrote by Jane Minish (HIS WIFE) at the the advanced age of 78 years therefore I hope you will look over all that may be amiss" This indicates she wrote the letter for Hardy J. Minish. Original of this letter in the possession of John Owen Suter, Campbellsburg, KY, grandson of Wm. R. Sr.