West Virginia Pioneers

John Wesley Helmick

Male 1784 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name John Wesley Helmick 
    Born 6 May 1784  Hardy Co, WVa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I111387  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2016 

    Father Jacob Helmick,   b. CA 1750,   d. 1815, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Barbara Hinkle,   b. 1750, Hampshire County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1813, Grant Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1795  Hampshire County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
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    • 1810 Randolph, VA
      Jacob Helmick
      2m 0-10
      1m 26-45
      1m 45+
      1f 0-10
      1f 45+



      Another source said Jacob Helmick (son of Jacob A. Helmick and Sarah A. Schotts) was born 1748 in Hampshire County, Colony of Virgina, and died June 13, 1815 in Pendleton Co., (W)VA, and that he married Barbara Borer in 1770 in Randolph County, Va., daughter of Jacob Borer and Barbary Tschudi. Jacob Helmick was a prosperous farmer who settled in Hampshire County, (now Pendleton Co., WV) in Tygarts Valley. In the will he made dated June 13, 1815, he leaves the bulk of his estate to his two sons, Adam and Abraham. During the Revolutionary War he served in Captain Stump's Company, Lafayette's Command. In "The Henckel Genealogy" it states that Jacob was probably the son of Jacob A. Helmick born 1712 of Richmond County, Virginia who in turn was the son of John Helmick son of John Helmick born 1682 in Jamestown, Virginia. The Helmick History continues: "The name Helmick has been traced in a history of the Pennsylvania Dutch to near the city of Strasbourg in Alsace, Germany. It is supposed they came over with the large emigration about 1700 to l730 and landed at Philadelphia, PA. Authentic history of our immediate ancestors begins with four brothers who lived on Red Stone Creek near where Uniontown, PA now stands. They all fought in the Revolutionary War." "Early Records of Hampshire Co." contains a will dated 10/19/1778 made by Jacob Borer and probated 11/10/1778. This will lists his wife, Barbary and eight children: Barbary, Charles, Mary Jacob, Elizabeth, Thomas, Martin and Rosanna. Executors are his wife, Jacob Hankel and John Wilson. Sec. are Christopher Ermintrout and Henry Judy. Witnesses are: Jacob Helmick, Jaco Ross and Chrles Bower (Borer). There is also a record in the Hampshire Co. "Index to Land Deeds" showing that Jacob Helmick purchased 100 acres of land from Thomas Lord Fairfax on 3/6/1780, recorded 3/14/1780. The land was located on South Branch. Witnesses were: Robert Stephens, G. Iones, Andrew Wodrow, Job Bacorn and John Bacorn.
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    Family ID F4583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan or Joanna Ryan,   b. Est 1785,   d. 1810  (Age ~ 25 years) 
    Married 5 Apr 1905  Randolph County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
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    • Marriage Record
      Date: 4/5/1805
      Place: Randolph, West Virginia, United States
      John Helmick
      Joan Ryan dau of Solomon Ryan

      John Helmick born in 1784 married 1st Joanna Ryan 4-5-1805, she died in 1810. John Helmick and Mary Joanna Ryan had 2 children-Daniel Ryan Helmick, and James Helmick. He then married 2nd Mary Ann Hacker in Lewis County, Virginia 8-28-1811. She was the daughter of John and Margaret (Sleeth) Hacker (1747-1842).
      John Wesley Helmick (son of Jacob Helmick and Barbara (Helmick or Borer) was born May 06, 1784 in Hardy County, Va., and died 1862 in Georgetown, Lewis Co., Virginia. He married 1st Joanna Ryan on April 05, 1805 in Randolph County, Va., daughter of Soloman Ryan and Unknown. John lived near Beverly, Randolph Co., until the birth of his son, Daniel Ryan, and death of his wife. He then moved to Lewis Co. First married to Joanna Ryan and second wife was Mary Ann Hacker whom he married in 1811. John and Joanna had two sons: Daniel Ryan Helmick who became a Methodist minister and James Helmick who died. John and second wife, Mary Ann Hacker whom he married 28 Aug 1811 in Harrison Co. (W)WV had the following children: James Helmick (who never married); Joanna Helmick 07 Sept. 1812 and died 24 Nov. 1894, married Samuel Bonnett in 1840; Hannah Helmick born 1814, married John Simons in 1849; Jacob B. Helmick born 1816, married Delila Hinkle in 1846; John Helmick born Dec. 1819, married Cassie Allen in 1842; Alexander S. Helmick, married Ella Davis; Ira Ellis Helmick born 1824. died 29 Apr 1915, married Cristine Wymer in 1849; David S. Helmick born Apr. 1826, married Elizabeth Kelley in 1865; Margaret H. Helmick born 1828, married John Smith in 1855; Barbara Helmick born 1830, married an Armisted; Elizabeth Helmick never married. Mary Ann Hacker was born 18 July 1793 in the John Hacker Blockhouse on Hacker's Creek in Lewis Co., WV. Her parents, John and Margaret Sleeth Hacker had lost their eldest daughter, also named Mary, to the Indians in 1787 and decided to name their new baby in her elder sister's honor and for Margaret's mother, Mary Ann Wallace Sleeth. (Above information is from the Hacker's Creek Journal Vol. I, II and III published by the Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, Inc. of Jane Lew, WV.)
      John Helmick is identified in the Hampshire County 1784 census of Michael Stump, but not in the 1782 census of Abel Randall, suggesting he lived with his father at that time. Indications are his property was on the west side of the South Branch Potomac between Mooresfield and Durgon. He later moved west to the Georgetown area. In 1808 John and Joan deed 111 acres to Edward Whitefor $900. In 1811 John and Mary Ann deed land on Dodson Run to Aiken Lewis. In 1844 deeded 22 1/2 acres to Felix Albert, Little Skin Creek. In 1817 he was appointed constable at the first court session held in Weston. In 1853 John purchased 220 acres on Skin Creek, 100 acres on Little Skin Creek and 16 acres on Little Skin Creek. (Lewis Co. Land and Property Book, 1853-1871) - (The Helmicks and Mount Gilead Methodist Protestant Church (excerpted from 'Lewis County West Virginia: A Pictoral History of Old Lewis County The Crossroads of Central West Virginia by Joy Gregoire Gilchrist and Charles H. Gilchrist. 1993) - John Helmick and his first wife, Joanna Ryan, had two sons, Daniel and (disputed), before Joanna died. John then married Mary Ann Hacker, the youngest daughter of John and Margaret (Sleeth) Hacker. Mary Ann was born two years after the massacre of her oldest sister of the same name. When John and Mary Ann died, they were buried in a community cemetery on thier farm. The cemetery has since been destroyed except for a pile of rocks that marks the Helmick graves. John and Mary Ann had eleven children.

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    Family ID F28320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S540] Ancestry Family Data Collection.

    2. [S898] Gravestone or Memorial posted on Findagrave.com.

    3. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.