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Descendants of Frederick Iaac Ice

9. Abram² Ice (Frederick Iaac¹) was born November 25, 1764, and died 1790. He married Elizabeth Bayles Abt. 1787, daughter of Jesse Bayles and Marie Monraine. She was born April 16, 1768, and died April 18, 1852.

Notes for Abram Ice:
Abram is in the Baptist Cemetery,

More About Abram Ice:
Burial: Baptist Cemetery

Child of Abram Ice and Elizabeth Bayles is:

Eleanor³ Ice, born December 15, 1788; died November 25, 1823.

      10. David Gallion Adam² Ice (Frederick Iaac¹) was born August 05, 1767, and died July 05, 1851 in Monongalia, W. Virginia. He married Phoebe Bayles 1790, daughter of Jesse Bayles and Marie Monraine. She was born February 20, 1770, and died February 14, 1858.

Notes for David Gallion Adam Ice:
Said to have been the first white child born west of the Alleghany Mountains in what is now West Virginia.

The 'David' in Adam's name was in honor of David Morgan, the famous indian fighter of Monongalia County.

Buried on the Old Ice farm a mile below Barrackville, part of which is still owned by some of the Ice family connections. In fact, all the churches and cemeteries were deeded by some of the Ice's for that purpose.

                        ADAM SAVES FAMILY'S PEWTER
                        BY Barbara Ann Middleton

First prize in CAR Essay Contest sponsored by the NSDAR in 1946 on
"An Anecdote of One of My Ancestors"

The National Historical Magazine, December 1940, in Cradle of the States by Miss Catherine Cate Coblentz, says "Several historians declare that the first white child born west of the Alleghany Mountains was a little Dutch baby, named "Adam Ice". This historical baby became my Great, Great, Great, Great, Grandfather. He was born August 5, 1767 in a block-house on Cheat River. Seven miles from the present city of Morgan town, West Virginia.

He was always a big boy for his age, and when he was only 12 was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The Bureau of Pensions records his terms of service as "upwards of two years." But his war record was not so important to him as the fact that he could "outrassle" any man in his company. Indeed this talent got him out of a bad situation soon after he returned home.

His father and mother went away for a few days, leaving him and Boaz Tibbs, a neighbor boy, to keep house. Hardley had they ridden off when a lettle Dutch Tinker came by wanting to remold all the pewter on the place. Adam remembered that Mammy had been wishing that she could have all her battered spoons and pans remade, so he set the man to work.

The job finished, the Tinker demanded 20 shillings; Adam had no money. It was getting dark, so the Tinker decided to spend the night with the boys, telling them that if he didn't get his money he would take all the pewter with him.

Adam was scared. But after he a Boaz had climbed to their bed in the loft, they made a plan to outwit the mean fellow. They would fix him a good breakfast. Then after Boaz got him in a good humor with his clever bird imitations, Adam would dare him to "rassle". The minute the Tinker hit the floor, Boaz would tie him up with a rope they would have sneaked in. The plan worked perfectly.

Once they got the Tinker's arms tied behind him, it was easy to truss him up in a big heavy chair. At intervals the two boys would lay the chair down with the man's feet in the air. When he would complain that all him brains were running down into his head, the boys would laugh and pull him upright, asking if he had had enough.

Finally he agreed on oath that he would go away without either the money or the pewter, so they untied him, and Adam yelled Happily as he saw him disappear into the woods.

When Mammy came home she was delighted with the Shining new pewter stacked on her high-boy. She soon got the story out of Adam, scolding him soundly and sending him to hunt the Tinker and pay him. But no one in the settlement ever saw that little Dutch Tinker again.

Printed in the Children of the American Revolution Magazine Vol. 35 no. 5.

                                          Francis Head
                                          10246 S. Edgewater St
                                          Silver Lake Io(?) 46982

NOTE: The above is a copy of what I was provided.

In the files of the Pension Bureau in Washington, DC, R 5470, Adam Ice.
His declaration of services in the Revolution was produced in the County Court of Monongahela Feb. 27, 1837 and duly sworn to be by Adam Ice and ordered Certified to the Dept of War. Signed and sealed by the clerk of the Court. Thomas P. Ray on March 17, 1837. Served under Capt. Owen Davy, Also Lewis Rogers of the Virginia Militia. He drove pack horses to Uniontown, (the Beacon town) to Harden's and Pricketts Forts, 1779-80.

Owing to Three Bayless sisters (Jesse Bayles Family) marrying three Ice brothers I enter part of their history here.
      Children of Jesse and Elizabeth Bayles
David, born 7-9-1762
Mary, born 11-6-1763--married Andrew Ice, son of Frederick
Peggy, born 1-26-1763.
Aden, born 6-6-1766-married Margaret Ice. Dau. Wm. Ice (Indian Billy).
Elizabeth, born 4-16-1768--married Abram Ice, Son of Frederick Ice, died 1790, then married Peter Straight.
Phoebe, born 2-20-1770--married Adam Ice. Son of Frederick Ice.
Jesse, born 9-12-1773
William, born 7-12-1776
John, born 5-12-1778

Stone at gravesite reads;

                  ADAM ICE

            1767            1851

            Son of Frederick Ice
      Was the first white child born
      west of the Allegany Mountains
            At Ice's Ferry on Cheat River
      Five miles below Morgantown, W. Va.

More About David Gallion Adam Ice:
Burial: Old Ice Farm, a mile east of Barracksville, W. Virginia.

Children of David Ice and Phoebe Bayles are:

Elizabeth³ Ice, born April 29, 1791.

Notes for Elizabeth Ice:
[Wullschlegerl-Ice.FTW]

Died young.

	35	ii.	Mary Magdalene Ice, born February 17, 1793. She married Felix Robinson April 25, 1835 in Monongalia Co, VA.
	36	iii.	Margaret Ice, born October 24, 1794; died October 24, 1880. She married John Nelson September 23, 1839 in Monongalia Co, VA.
+	37	iv.	Rawley Ice, born June 05, 1797; died April 10, 1875.
	38	v.	Jesse Ice, born October 15, 1798; died in Youth..

Notes for Jesse Ice:
[Wullschlegerl-Ice.FTW]

Died young.

+	39	vi.	Phoebe Ice, born February 01, 1800; died November 09, 1881.
	40	vii.	David Ice, born March 05, 1803; died October 06, 1829.
	41	viii.	Ellendor Ice, born November 23, 1806. She married Benjamin Freeland January 05, 1826 in Monongalia Co, VA.
	42	ix.	Sarah Elma Ice, born April 24, 1815. She married (1) Martin M. Randall. She married (2) William Whitehead May 05, 1834 in Monongalia Co, VA.
+	43	x.	William Bayles Ice, born July 22, 1809; died August 03, 1890.

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