Pennsylvania Quaker; West Virginia Pioneer
Hannah was a daughter of John Worrall (1703-1762) and Hannah Taylor (1703-1791), who were Quakers and who raised Hannah, and their many other children, as a Quaker. Her birth year of about 1840 is likely based on the year of her marriage, 1760, and the birth years of her first and last born, 1761 and 1779, as well as the birth years of her siblings. Her siblings were born in Marple making her birthplace there likely as well.
Her Marriage and Subsequent Disownment by the Quakers
Hannah married Richard Nuzum at Delaware, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in 1760 (Quaker Yearly Meeting Records, Philadelphia).
Hannah was a descendent of two great Quaker families (Worrall and Taylor), which had received their lands directly from William Penn's proprietors, see Almead's History of Delaware County (Pennsylvania). Hannah's father, a physician who had studied in Europe, died in 1762 at Marple, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
Richard, however, was not a Quaker when Hannah married him, for Hannah was complained of for marrying a person of another society. Then, 25 September 1761, acknowledgement received from Hannah, and she is disowned "for marrying one of another society."
Hannah's brother, Peter, of Ridley, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, bequeathed part of his estate to her and her siblings in a will dated July 10, 1767. Proved on August 5, 1767.
Move to Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania by 1768
In 1768, her husband, Richard, blacksmith, appears on the tax rolls for Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, having 30 acres of cleared land, 70 acres of uncleared land, 9 acres of corn, 2 horses, and 2 sheep, paying a tax of 5 pound sterling [Pennsylvania Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801].
According to The Genealogy of the Sharpless Family in America: Descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682, page 368, 1882, Richard Nuzum and his family settled in or near Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania for several years at about this time (1768-1789), moving to Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in 1790.
Reentry into Quaker Society in 1777
In the Chester Monthly Meeting in 1776, Hannah, formerly Worral, daughter of John, late of Middletown, deceased, wishes to condemn marrying out of unity to this meeting. There is a letter from the Robeson Monthly Meeting as to her good conduct; then on January 27, 1777 she is granted a certificate to Exeter Monthly Meeting. At Exeter Monthly Meeting on April 30, 1777, Hannah is reinstated on certificate from the Chester Monthly Meeting, dated February 24, 1777.
But soon the family moved their Quaker membership to Chester, Pennsylvania; on 28 June 1790, Richard, wife Hannah, and children Sarah and Phoebe received on certificate from Robeson Monthly Meeting, dated 25 May 1790.
Hannah, Richard and their family were enumerated at Lower Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, in the 1790 US Census. His household at the time contained 5 persons.
Her father-in-law, Thomas Nuzum, died in July 1791, and her husband inherited his father's house and farm at Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania which they immediately moved into.
Hannah was mentioned in her mother's will, dated 4 October 1791, proved 31 October 1791, at Upper Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
Move to Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania around 1791
Upon the death of her father, Thomas Nuzum, Hannah and her family likely moved into his farm at Nether Providence.
Richard, blacksmith, was enumerated there in 1793, helping to fix Hannah's location at that time [Pennsylvania Septennial Census, 1779-1863].
Richard is on the 1798 tax roll for Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, for a 2-story log house measuring 20' by 25' with 9 rooms and 70 candle lights [United States Direct Tax of 1792: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania. Delaware Co.]. This house was likely the one at Nether Providence that he and Hannah sold a few years later.
Hannah, Richard, and his family were enumerated at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in the 1800 U.S. Census [10201-02001-00], again, likely at Nether Providence. The family members enumerated included Richard and Hannah, aged 45 years or more (e.g., born before 1755).
Move to Nuzum's Mill, now Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia in 1800
About 1799, Hannah's sons scouted a new homestead for the family in what was known as Nuzum's Mill, Monongalia Co., Virginia which became Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia. They found a 1000-acre tract with useful woodlands and plenty of streams.
When Hannah and her family arrived at their new home, it was certainly an unsettled country. However, it was not an unpopulated country. Numerous Native American tribes lived throughout the upper Ohio Valley in western Virginia, including the Shawnee, Mingo, Wyandot, and Lenape/Delaware tribes [Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation website]. Today we recognize and acknowledge that these tribes were the original guardians and stewards of the land and wildlife of this region for many generations prior to the arrival of European/American settlers.
The Nuzums started their move in 1800. Redstone, now Brownsville, Pennsylvania, was the site of the Quaker Monthly Meeting for Virginia; so on 29 September 1800 Richard and wife Hannah were granted certificate to the Redstone Monthly Meeting on 6 March 1801, Richard NEWZUM received on certificate from Chester Monthly Meeting (see the attached copy of the meeting minutes from 29 September 1800).
Their move was completed by 1802, when by a deed dated 1 May 1802, Richard NUZUM and wife, of Tygart's Valley, Monongalia Co., Virginia, transferred ownership of their farm at Nether Providence, Pennsylvania for $1,498.
Richard paid taxes for their property at Nuzum's Mills, Monongalia Co., Virginia in 1801-1802 and 1804-1805.
Death after 1802
Census and Quaker records and deeds provide definitive evidence that Hannah was still living in 1800 and 1802. However, no records after 1802 have yet been located that provide clear evidence for either her death or that Hannah was still living. However, the sale of her property in Pennsylvania in 1802 suggests that she had definitively moved to Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia by that date. For that reason, I'm assuming she was buried with her husband in Colfax but she may have been buried in nearby Nuzum cemetery instead.
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Children of Hannah and Richard (born at Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania [Charles E. Haggerty, The Nuzum Family History Revised, David G. Nuzum, Publisher, Keyser, West Virginia, p. 3-5, 1983]); surname Nuzum:
1. John, born on 4 May 1761.
2. Elizabeth, born on 18 Feb. 1763 at Chester.
3. Thomas, born on 8 Mar. 1765.
4. James, born on 10 Oct. 1767 in Upper Providence.
5. Hannah, born circa 1770 [Quaker Records dated 25 Sept. 1777].
6. William, born on 9 Jan. 1772.
7. George, born on 7 Feb. 1774.
8. Sarah, born on 1 June 1777.
9. Phoebe, born on 17 Nov. 1779; she married her first cousin John Kirk.
Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 11 January 2023.
Hannah was a daughter of John Worrall (1703-1762) and Hannah Taylor (1703-1791), who were Quakers and who raised Hannah, and their many other children, as a Quaker. Her birth year of about 1840 is likely based on the year of her marriage, 1760, and the birth years of her first and last born, 1761 and 1779, as well as the birth years of her siblings. Her siblings were born in Marple making her birthplace there likely as well.
Her Marriage and Subsequent Disownment by the Quakers
Hannah married Richard Nuzum at Delaware, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in 1760 (Quaker Yearly Meeting Records, Philadelphia).
Hannah was a descendent of two great Quaker families (Worrall and Taylor), which had received their lands directly from William Penn's proprietors, see Almead's History of Delaware County (Pennsylvania). Hannah's father, a physician who had studied in Europe, died in 1762 at Marple, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
Richard, however, was not a Quaker when Hannah married him, for Hannah was complained of for marrying a person of another society. Then, 25 September 1761, acknowledgement received from Hannah, and she is disowned "for marrying one of another society."
Hannah's brother, Peter, of Ridley, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, bequeathed part of his estate to her and her siblings in a will dated July 10, 1767. Proved on August 5, 1767.
Move to Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania by 1768
In 1768, her husband, Richard, blacksmith, appears on the tax rolls for Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, having 30 acres of cleared land, 70 acres of uncleared land, 9 acres of corn, 2 horses, and 2 sheep, paying a tax of 5 pound sterling [Pennsylvania Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801].
According to The Genealogy of the Sharpless Family in America: Descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682, page 368, 1882, Richard Nuzum and his family settled in or near Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania for several years at about this time (1768-1789), moving to Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in 1790.
Reentry into Quaker Society in 1777
In the Chester Monthly Meeting in 1776, Hannah, formerly Worral, daughter of John, late of Middletown, deceased, wishes to condemn marrying out of unity to this meeting. There is a letter from the Robeson Monthly Meeting as to her good conduct; then on January 27, 1777 she is granted a certificate to Exeter Monthly Meeting. At Exeter Monthly Meeting on April 30, 1777, Hannah is reinstated on certificate from the Chester Monthly Meeting, dated February 24, 1777.
But soon the family moved their Quaker membership to Chester, Pennsylvania; on 28 June 1790, Richard, wife Hannah, and children Sarah and Phoebe received on certificate from Robeson Monthly Meeting, dated 25 May 1790.
Hannah, Richard and their family were enumerated at Lower Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, in the 1790 US Census. His household at the time contained 5 persons.
Her father-in-law, Thomas Nuzum, died in July 1791, and her husband inherited his father's house and farm at Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania which they immediately moved into.
Hannah was mentioned in her mother's will, dated 4 October 1791, proved 31 October 1791, at Upper Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
Move to Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania around 1791
Upon the death of her father, Thomas Nuzum, Hannah and her family likely moved into his farm at Nether Providence.
Richard, blacksmith, was enumerated there in 1793, helping to fix Hannah's location at that time [Pennsylvania Septennial Census, 1779-1863].
Richard is on the 1798 tax roll for Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, for a 2-story log house measuring 20' by 25' with 9 rooms and 70 candle lights [United States Direct Tax of 1792: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania. Delaware Co.]. This house was likely the one at Nether Providence that he and Hannah sold a few years later.
Hannah, Richard, and his family were enumerated at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in the 1800 U.S. Census [10201-02001-00], again, likely at Nether Providence. The family members enumerated included Richard and Hannah, aged 45 years or more (e.g., born before 1755).
Move to Nuzum's Mill, now Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia in 1800
About 1799, Hannah's sons scouted a new homestead for the family in what was known as Nuzum's Mill, Monongalia Co., Virginia which became Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia. They found a 1000-acre tract with useful woodlands and plenty of streams.
When Hannah and her family arrived at their new home, it was certainly an unsettled country. However, it was not an unpopulated country. Numerous Native American tribes lived throughout the upper Ohio Valley in western Virginia, including the Shawnee, Mingo, Wyandot, and Lenape/Delaware tribes [Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation website]. Today we recognize and acknowledge that these tribes were the original guardians and stewards of the land and wildlife of this region for many generations prior to the arrival of European/American settlers.
The Nuzums started their move in 1800. Redstone, now Brownsville, Pennsylvania, was the site of the Quaker Monthly Meeting for Virginia; so on 29 September 1800 Richard and wife Hannah were granted certificate to the Redstone Monthly Meeting on 6 March 1801, Richard NEWZUM received on certificate from Chester Monthly Meeting (see the attached copy of the meeting minutes from 29 September 1800).
Their move was completed by 1802, when by a deed dated 1 May 1802, Richard NUZUM and wife, of Tygart's Valley, Monongalia Co., Virginia, transferred ownership of their farm at Nether Providence, Pennsylvania for $1,498.
Richard paid taxes for their property at Nuzum's Mills, Monongalia Co., Virginia in 1801-1802 and 1804-1805.
Death after 1802
Census and Quaker records and deeds provide definitive evidence that Hannah was still living in 1800 and 1802. However, no records after 1802 have yet been located that provide clear evidence for either her death or that Hannah was still living. However, the sale of her property in Pennsylvania in 1802 suggests that she had definitively moved to Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia by that date. For that reason, I'm assuming she was buried with her husband in Colfax but she may have been buried in nearby Nuzum cemetery instead.
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Children of Hannah and Richard (born at Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania [Charles E. Haggerty, The Nuzum Family History Revised, David G. Nuzum, Publisher, Keyser, West Virginia, p. 3-5, 1983]); surname Nuzum:
1. John, born on 4 May 1761.
2. Elizabeth, born on 18 Feb. 1763 at Chester.
3. Thomas, born on 8 Mar. 1765.
4. James, born on 10 Oct. 1767 in Upper Providence.
5. Hannah, born circa 1770 [Quaker Records dated 25 Sept. 1777].
6. William, born on 9 Jan. 1772.
7. George, born on 7 Feb. 1774.
8. Sarah, born on 1 June 1777.
9. Phoebe, born on 17 Nov. 1779; she married her first cousin John Kirk.
Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 11 January 2023.
Pennsylvania Quaker; West Virginia Pioneer
Hannah was a daughter of John Worrall (1703-1762) and Hannah Taylor (1703-1791), who were Quakers and who raised Hannah, and their many other children, as a Quaker. Her birth year of about 1840 is likely based on the year of her marriage, 1760, and the birth years of her first and last born, 1761 and 1779, as well as the birth years of her siblings. Her siblings were born in Marple making her birthplace there likely as well.
Her Marriage and Subsequent Disownment by the Quakers
Hannah married Richard Nuzum at Delaware, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in 1760 (Quaker Yearly Meeting Records, Philadelphia).
Hannah was a descendent of two great Quaker families (Worrall and Taylor), which had received their lands directly from William Penn's proprietors, see Almead's History of Delaware County (Pennsylvania). Hannah's father, a physician who had studied in Europe, died in 1762 at Marple, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
Richard, however, was not a Quaker when Hannah married him, for Hannah was complained of for marrying a person of another society. Then, 25 September 1761, acknowledgement received from Hannah, and she is disowned "for marrying one of another society."
Hannah's brother, Peter, of Ridley, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, bequeathed part of his estate to her and her siblings in a will dated July 10, 1767. Proved on August 5, 1767.
Move to Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania by 1768
In 1768, her husband, Richard, blacksmith, appears on the tax rolls for Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, having 30 acres of cleared land, 70 acres of uncleared land, 9 acres of corn, 2 horses, and 2 sheep, paying a tax of 5 pound sterling [Pennsylvania Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801].
According to The Genealogy of the Sharpless Family in America: Descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682, page 368, 1882, Richard Nuzum and his family settled in or near Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania for several years at about this time (1768-1789), moving to Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in 1790.
Reentry into Quaker Society in 1777
In the Chester Monthly Meeting in 1776, Hannah, formerly Worral, daughter of John, late of Middletown, deceased, wishes to condemn marrying out of unity to this meeting. There is a letter from the Robeson Monthly Meeting as to her good conduct; then on January 27, 1777 she is granted a certificate to Exeter Monthly Meeting. At Exeter Monthly Meeting on April 30, 1777, Hannah is reinstated on certificate from the Chester Monthly Meeting, dated February 24, 1777.
But soon the family moved their Quaker membership to Chester, Pennsylvania; on 28 June 1790, Richard, wife Hannah, and children Sarah and Phoebe received on certificate from Robeson Monthly Meeting, dated 25 May 1790.
Hannah, Richard and their family were enumerated at Lower Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, in the 1790 US Census. His household at the time contained 5 persons.
Her father-in-law, Thomas Nuzum, died in July 1791, and her husband inherited his father's house and farm at Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania which they immediately moved into.
Hannah was mentioned in her mother's will, dated 4 October 1791, proved 31 October 1791, at Upper Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
Move to Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania around 1791
Upon the death of her father, Thomas Nuzum, Hannah and her family likely moved into his farm at Nether Providence.
Richard, blacksmith, was enumerated there in 1793, helping to fix Hannah's location at that time [Pennsylvania Septennial Census, 1779-1863].
Richard is on the 1798 tax roll for Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, for a 2-story log house measuring 20' by 25' with 9 rooms and 70 candle lights [United States Direct Tax of 1792: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania. Delaware Co.]. This house was likely the one at Nether Providence that he and Hannah sold a few years later.
Hannah, Richard, and his family were enumerated at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in the 1800 U.S. Census [10201-02001-00], again, likely at Nether Providence. The family members enumerated included Richard and Hannah, aged 45 years or more (e.g., born before 1755).
Move to Nuzum's Mill, now Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia in 1800
About 1799, Hannah's sons scouted a new homestead for the family in what was known as Nuzum's Mill, Monongalia Co., Virginia which became Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia. They found a 1000-acre tract with useful woodlands and plenty of streams.
When Hannah and her family arrived at their new home, it was certainly an unsettled country. However, it was not an unpopulated country. Numerous Native American tribes lived throughout the upper Ohio Valley in western Virginia, including the Shawnee, Mingo, Wyandot, and Lenape/Delaware tribes [Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation website]. Today we recognize and acknowledge that these tribes were the original guardians and stewards of the land and wildlife of this region for many generations prior to the arrival of European/American settlers.
The Nuzums started their move in 1800. Redstone, now Brownsville, Pennsylvania, was the site of the Quaker Monthly Meeting for Virginia; so on 29 September 1800 Richard and wife Hannah were granted certificate to the Redstone Monthly Meeting on 6 March 1801, Richard NEWZUM received on certificate from Chester Monthly Meeting (see the attached copy of the meeting minutes from 29 September 1800).
Their move was completed by 1802, when by a deed dated 1 May 1802, Richard NUZUM and wife, of Tygart's Valley, Monongalia Co., Virginia, transferred ownership of their farm at Nether Providence, Pennsylvania for $1,498.
Richard paid taxes for their property at Nuzum's Mills, Monongalia Co., Virginia in 1801-1802 and 1804-1805.
Death after 1802
Census and Quaker records and deeds provide definitive evidence that Hannah was still living in 1800 and 1802. However, no records after 1802 have yet been located that provide clear evidence for either her death or that Hannah was still living. However, the sale of her property in Pennsylvania in 1802 suggests that she had definitively moved to Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia by that date. For that reason, I'm assuming she was buried with her husband in Colfax but she may have been buried in nearby Nuzum cemetery instead.
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Children of Hannah and Richard (born at Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania [Charles E. Haggerty, The Nuzum Family History Revised, David G. Nuzum, Publisher, Keyser, West Virginia, p. 3-5, 1983]); surname Nuzum:
1. John, born on 4 May 1761.
2. Elizabeth, born on 18 Feb. 1763 at Chester.
3. Thomas, born on 8 Mar. 1765.
4. James, born on 10 Oct. 1767 in Upper Providence.
5. Hannah, born circa 1770 [Quaker Records dated 25 Sept. 1777].
6. William, born on 9 Jan. 1772.
7. George, born on 7 Feb. 1774.
8. Sarah, born on 1 June 1777.
9. Phoebe, born on 17 Nov. 1779; she married her first cousin John Kirk.
Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 11 January 2023.
Hannah was a daughter of John Worrall (1703-1762) and Hannah Taylor (1703-1791), who were Quakers and who raised Hannah, and their many other children, as a Quaker. Her birth year of about 1840 is likely based on the year of her marriage, 1760, and the birth years of her first and last born, 1761 and 1779, as well as the birth years of her siblings. Her siblings were born in Marple making her birthplace there likely as well.
Her Marriage and Subsequent Disownment by the Quakers
Hannah married Richard Nuzum at Delaware, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in 1760 (Quaker Yearly Meeting Records, Philadelphia).
Hannah was a descendent of two great Quaker families (Worrall and Taylor), which had received their lands directly from William Penn's proprietors, see Almead's History of Delaware County (Pennsylvania). Hannah's father, a physician who had studied in Europe, died in 1762 at Marple, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
Richard, however, was not a Quaker when Hannah married him, for Hannah was complained of for marrying a person of another society. Then, 25 September 1761, acknowledgement received from Hannah, and she is disowned "for marrying one of another society."
Hannah's brother, Peter, of Ridley, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, bequeathed part of his estate to her and her siblings in a will dated July 10, 1767. Proved on August 5, 1767.
Move to Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania by 1768
In 1768, her husband, Richard, blacksmith, appears on the tax rolls for Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, having 30 acres of cleared land, 70 acres of uncleared land, 9 acres of corn, 2 horses, and 2 sheep, paying a tax of 5 pound sterling [Pennsylvania Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801].
According to The Genealogy of the Sharpless Family in America: Descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682, page 368, 1882, Richard Nuzum and his family settled in or near Robeson, Berks Co., Pennsylvania for several years at about this time (1768-1789), moving to Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in 1790.
Reentry into Quaker Society in 1777
In the Chester Monthly Meeting in 1776, Hannah, formerly Worral, daughter of John, late of Middletown, deceased, wishes to condemn marrying out of unity to this meeting. There is a letter from the Robeson Monthly Meeting as to her good conduct; then on January 27, 1777 she is granted a certificate to Exeter Monthly Meeting. At Exeter Monthly Meeting on April 30, 1777, Hannah is reinstated on certificate from the Chester Monthly Meeting, dated February 24, 1777.
But soon the family moved their Quaker membership to Chester, Pennsylvania; on 28 June 1790, Richard, wife Hannah, and children Sarah and Phoebe received on certificate from Robeson Monthly Meeting, dated 25 May 1790.
Hannah, Richard and their family were enumerated at Lower Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, in the 1790 US Census. His household at the time contained 5 persons.
Her father-in-law, Thomas Nuzum, died in July 1791, and her husband inherited his father's house and farm at Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania which they immediately moved into.
Hannah was mentioned in her mother's will, dated 4 October 1791, proved 31 October 1791, at Upper Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
Move to Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania around 1791
Upon the death of her father, Thomas Nuzum, Hannah and her family likely moved into his farm at Nether Providence.
Richard, blacksmith, was enumerated there in 1793, helping to fix Hannah's location at that time [Pennsylvania Septennial Census, 1779-1863].
Richard is on the 1798 tax roll for Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, for a 2-story log house measuring 20' by 25' with 9 rooms and 70 candle lights [United States Direct Tax of 1792: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania. Delaware Co.]. This house was likely the one at Nether Providence that he and Hannah sold a few years later.
Hannah, Richard, and his family were enumerated at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania in the 1800 U.S. Census [10201-02001-00], again, likely at Nether Providence. The family members enumerated included Richard and Hannah, aged 45 years or more (e.g., born before 1755).
Move to Nuzum's Mill, now Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia in 1800
About 1799, Hannah's sons scouted a new homestead for the family in what was known as Nuzum's Mill, Monongalia Co., Virginia which became Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia. They found a 1000-acre tract with useful woodlands and plenty of streams.
When Hannah and her family arrived at their new home, it was certainly an unsettled country. However, it was not an unpopulated country. Numerous Native American tribes lived throughout the upper Ohio Valley in western Virginia, including the Shawnee, Mingo, Wyandot, and Lenape/Delaware tribes [Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation website]. Today we recognize and acknowledge that these tribes were the original guardians and stewards of the land and wildlife of this region for many generations prior to the arrival of European/American settlers.
The Nuzums started their move in 1800. Redstone, now Brownsville, Pennsylvania, was the site of the Quaker Monthly Meeting for Virginia; so on 29 September 1800 Richard and wife Hannah were granted certificate to the Redstone Monthly Meeting on 6 March 1801, Richard NEWZUM received on certificate from Chester Monthly Meeting (see the attached copy of the meeting minutes from 29 September 1800).
Their move was completed by 1802, when by a deed dated 1 May 1802, Richard NUZUM and wife, of Tygart's Valley, Monongalia Co., Virginia, transferred ownership of their farm at Nether Providence, Pennsylvania for $1,498.
Richard paid taxes for their property at Nuzum's Mills, Monongalia Co., Virginia in 1801-1802 and 1804-1805.
Death after 1802
Census and Quaker records and deeds provide definitive evidence that Hannah was still living in 1800 and 1802. However, no records after 1802 have yet been located that provide clear evidence for either her death or that Hannah was still living. However, the sale of her property in Pennsylvania in 1802 suggests that she had definitively moved to Hammond, Marion Co., West Virginia by that date. For that reason, I'm assuming she was buried with her husband in Colfax but she may have been buried in nearby Nuzum cemetery instead.
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Children of Hannah and Richard (born at Nether Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania [Charles E. Haggerty, The Nuzum Family History Revised, David G. Nuzum, Publisher, Keyser, West Virginia, p. 3-5, 1983]); surname Nuzum:
1. John, born on 4 May 1761.
2. Elizabeth, born on 18 Feb. 1763 at Chester.
3. Thomas, born on 8 Mar. 1765.
4. James, born on 10 Oct. 1767 in Upper Providence.
5. Hannah, born circa 1770 [Quaker Records dated 25 Sept. 1777].
6. William, born on 9 Jan. 1772.
7. George, born on 7 Feb. 1774.
8. Sarah, born on 1 June 1777.
9. Phoebe, born on 17 Nov. 1779; she married her first cousin John Kirk.
Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 11 January 2023.
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