John L. Seney and Laura A. Raines : Missouri 1890
Recommended reading:The Trail of The Huguenots in
Europe, United States, South Africa and Canada by G. Elmore
Reaman, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1986
Solomon SENEY b. abt 1710 d. 1761. 1st m. 1732 to
Mary NEVIL in Queen Annes Co. MD. 2nd m. Anne
NEVIL.
Children of Solomon Seney and Mary Nevil:
Children of Solomon Seney, Jr. and Shawnee Woman:
Children of David Seney and Averilla Snow:
Ira was buried in the same cemetery as his Mother, Averilla
(Snow)Seney. Ira was crushed to death by a huge, heavy beam joist
that fell on top of him during a barn building on his farm in Macon
Co. MO. His son, John L. was born six days after his death (my gg grandfather).
Children of Ira Seney and Susannah Sleeth:
Aunt Polly Ann Seney: She was only three years old when her mother Averilla started overland by wagon and oxen to Missouri. The Mississippi River was crossed during the winter months on the ice, and they all were frightened as the ice was breaking up as they crossed.
Uncle 'Big Jim' Seney: As a boy how I loved to listen to Uncle Jim and others relate their war-time experiences. At the Battle of Pea ridge, Arkansas he stated that he fought barefooted having no shores. He finally obtained a pair of boots___one so small and tight he could hardly put it on, the other so large and loose he could hardly keep it on. food was scarce and men were often hungry. Clothing often came by donation from some kind, patriotic southern housewife, or taken from a dead 'Blue Coat'. On one occasion Uncle Jim and a comrade in arms carried a kettle of molasses on foot for fifteen miles to the place where their fellow soldiers were camped. 'Big Jim' was wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. He was aiming to fire and was hit by a 'mini-ball' in the hand and thumb.
Senet was the original spelling used by family in France, and
became Seney while family spent time in England before coming to
America. Settled in Church Hill, Queen Ann's County, Maryland. The
Family were French Protestants (Huguenots) member's of the Reformed
Church of France who were forced to flee from pursecution after the
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 by Henry XIV. They joined
the thousands of Huguenots welcomed to settle in England,
Netherlands, Germany, Ireland and Canada. Later some members
immigrated to America from England in 1727.
First born whom we have records in America is Solomon SENEY.
His name is in the St. Luke's Parish Church Register, Church Hill,
Queen Ann's County, Maryland. Also his Last Will and Testament:
Will of Solomon Seney of Queen Ann's County and Province of
Maryland, 7th September, 1761.
Solomon SENEY, Jr. b. 1737, married SHAWNEE
WOMAN in Western Virginia. No Name has been found for her.
David SENEYb. 9 Apr 1762 d. 9 Aug 1817
married Averilla SNOW b. 4 Oct 1774. d. 7 Jul 1842.
Children: Fanny Seney and Albert G. Sleeth:
Chlldren: Hemsley Seney and Cynthia Ann Sleeth:
Ira SENEY b. 18 Apr 1807 d. 3 Nov 1845 married Susannah
SLEETH b. 18 Apr 1808 d. 2 Jan 1890. [Claude M. Shawbell: Direct]
Our Ancestral History 1505-1986©1986. Written and Compiled by Selah Pomeroy Thayer, II b. 17 Mar 1907 d. 15 Dec 1999. Published by: Walsworth Publishing Co.,Marceline, Missouri.
Among my most fond recollections of boyhood days are those fequent visits with 'Uncle Jim' and 'Aunt Polly Ann Seney'. How I loved to sit and listen tothem tell of the days of their youths and the early settlement of western Virginia, Kentucky, southern Ohio and Indiana.
During the Civil War our kindred served with the Confederacy. Aunt Polly Ann's first love was a Confederate soldier, one of the first to answer to call to arms in defense of his country. How proud she was to see her soldier boy enrolled with the 'Silver Grays' that spring morning, May, 1861 at 'Old Bloomington' Missouri. Alas, he did not return__he died in battle facing the enemy. Aunt Polly Ann heard the news with great sorrow. She never married, but lived out her life content with the memory of her loved one, and with hope in Christ that someday they would be reunited. She lived to the age of Ninety-eight years, passing away in the winter of 1930-31.
Children of John L. Seney and Laura A. Raines:
Children of Lewis Evans Shawbell and Katherine Susan 'Kate' Seney: