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Solomon Main (b. 27 Feb 1794, d. 15 Sep 1874)

Solomon Main (son of Phillip Main and Clory Ann Rough) was born 27 Feb 1794 in Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 15 Sep 1874 in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, USA.He married Sussanah Nye on 14 Feb 1814 in Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA, daughter of Andrew Rose Nye and Rachel McDonald.
Notes for Solomon Main:
Name of PurchaserLegal DescriptionSectionTwnshipRangeMeridianDate PurchasedCounty
MAIN SOLOMONNWPRE0506S03W410/04/1830PIKE
MAIN SOLOMONNWMA0506S03W410/04/1830PIKE
MAIN SOLOMONNWMA0506S03W410/04/1830PIKE
MAIN SOLOMONWSUBSW0707S03W411/07/1851PIKE
aged 77, with Hannah 33 and Delia 10
Spelling variations include: Main, Maine, Mayne and others.
First found in Devonshire where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Gregory Maine settled in Virginia in 1650; George Maine settled in Georgia in 1735; Captain Main settled in Boston in 1768; Andrew and his wife and child settled in the Barbados in 1679.
Spelling variations include: Meinecke, Meincke, Meinke, Meineken, Meineking, Meinhard, Meinhold, Meininger, Meinart, Meinert, Meinhardt, Mein, Meine, Meinen, Meins, Meiner, Main, Mains, Mainer and many more.
First found in Pomerania, where the name was closely identified in early mediaeval times with the feudal society which would become prominent throughout European history.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Johann Meinecke, who came to Canada in 1783; and Christian Meinecke, who came to America in 1783. Ludwig Meinecke came to Texas with his wife and six children in 1846.
Database of Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans
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More About Solomon Main:
Ancestral File Name: 14CW-ZFT.
Baptism (LDS): 21 Jan 1958, LOGAN.
Burial: 15 Sep 1874, Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, USA.
Census 1: 1840, Time, Pike, Illinois, USA; Census: rootsweb index.
Census 2: 1850, Time, Pike, Illinois, USA.
Census 3: 1870, Hardin, Pike, Illinois, USA.
Endowment (LDS): 28 Oct 1958, LOGAN.
Land: 04 Oct 1830, Honey Creek, Pike, Illinois, USA.
Military service: Time, Pike, Illinois, USA.
More About Solomon Main and Sussanah Nye:
Marriage: 14 Feb 1814, Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sealed to spouse (LDS): SUBMITTED.
Children of Solomon Main and Sussanah Nye are:

+William Hamilton Main, b. 11 Mar 1821, Jacksontown, Licking, Ohio, USA, d. 04 Dec 1896, Boonville, Mendocino, California, USA.