THIRD GENERATION JESSE MAUPIN (11) Son of Daniel (3), grandson of Gabriel ( 1 ). Jesse Maupin was born in that part of Hanover Co., VA, which eventually became Louisa, about 1740. The date of his birth as well as that of his death being uncertain. Even the place of his death is unknown but it is supposed that he spent his last days in southern Kentucky or in Tennessee. The last record found of him, other than the mention in his father's Will, was in connection with the settlement of an estate in Augusta Co., VA, the 19th of August 1772. In the connection with the birthplace of this son, Dr. Maupin speaks of the place as "Lookerville" or Cookerville in Hanover County, now Louisa. The writing is so faded as to be almost illegible. It seems likely that the birthplace of all of Daniel Maupin's children with the exception of Gabriel who was born at Williamsburg. In a family chart drawn by Dr. Socrates Maupin dated 7 September 1837 all of Daniel and Margaret Via's children are listed with their spouses and known children. Jesse is the only one with just his wife, Lucy, showing one child name "Cyrus" with a ? mark beside it. As it has always been with families everywhere, there are some that for whatever reason, separate themselves from the others. Albemarle Co., VA, deed records show that Daniel and Margaret gave much land to their children. About the time of his marriage, Jesse was deeded his land share which was six months later sold to Christopher Harris who in turn sold it back to Jesse's brother, Zachariah. Dr. Maupin indicated there were possibly ten or eleven children for Jesse, but the only official record we have of their names appears in the marriage records of Henry Co., VA. Dr. Maupin was working on the family history by 1837 which was only about 50 years after Daniel's death in 1788 and it seems unfortunate that no one, especially the older members of the family, seemed to have information on Jesse and his family. There is a Jesse Maupin who appeared in a Georgia land lottery. It would appear that it was not this son of Daniel - perhaps the Jesse, son of Zachariah, who married Sarah Sweeny. The wife of Jesse Maupin was Lucy Jones, daughter of Mosias Jones, who mentions his daughter, Lucy Maupin in his Will. Marriage dates are from records of Henry Co., VA, and there are known descendants for only four sons, Mosias, Jesse, William and Morgan G. The children, of whom there is some record is as follows: 1. 2.
Mosias, Bural ?,
b. bef. 1760; married Leah Downey. b. 1764
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Luraney, b. 1767; married Stephen King, 16 Dec 1786. Frances, b. 1773; married Elijah Meredith, 11 Jul 1797. George, b. 1775; married Jane Warren, 18 Sep 1802. Mary "Polly", b. 1777; married John Pyrtle, 5 Feb 1793. Nancy b. 1779; married (1) in 1795, Francis Murphy, (2), 8 Jun 1813, Bartlett Burchett. Jesse, b. 1780; d. ca. 1820; married Susanna Dent, 2 Sep 1808. William, b. 1781; married Cathy Hardy, 31 Jut 1804. Morgan G., b.1783; married Martha Curchett, 7 May 1809. Sarah, b. 1785; married William Parsley, 28 Sep 1801.
MOSIAS MAUPIN (37) Son of Jesse (11 ), grandson of Daniel (3), of Gabriel (1 ). Mosias Maupin, was born in Albemarle County, VA and died 29 Oct 1816, in either Callaway county or across the river in Franklin Co. MO. His wife's name was Leah Downey, daughter of John Downey of Madison Co., KY. They moved from Albemarle County to Madison County, KY, where they settled on Drowning Creek. In Sept. 1804, Mosias sold his lands on Drowning Creek to Joshua Dillingham and moved to Missouri, being one of the first of the Virginia-Kentucky emigration to Missouri following the Louisiana Purchase, and one of the first settlers on the Missouri River above St. Louis. In 1806 he removed to what is now Franklin County and entered a tract of land on the Missouri River about six miles above Washington. Here he spent the remainder of his life, hunting, trapping, in which pursuits he was often the companion of Daniel Boone. He had several exciting fights with the Indians. Mosias Maupin was a soldier in the Revolution and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. He was a gunsmith by trade and made guns for the Americans west of the Mississippi during the War of 1812. Mosias, often called Cyrus, was born in Albemarle Co. VA, before 1760 as he must have been at least 21 years of age when, in 1782, in Henry Co. VA, he, with other inhabitants, signed a petition stating that they were "really loaded with taxes and they were incapable to bear additions to them." Mosias was the eldest son of Jesse and Lucy Jones Maupin, being named after his maternal grandfather, Mosias Jones. Leah's marriage to Mosias may have been her second as in 1802, Mosias pays tax due for "my wife's son". The next year, 1803, John Maupin with Mosias, pays his own tax (is now over 21 years, being born about 1782). He is gone in the 1804 tax list. Mosias and Leah were married about 1785 and their first son, William was born in 1787. Mosias and Leah's children were: I. II.
William Maupin, born 14 Feb 1787. Lewis, born March 14, 1790. (77a)
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