Mosby Childers and Elizabeth Jeffries

Mosby CHILDERS was born in 1759 in Albemarle Co, VA, US.  He served in the military between 1777 and 1780.  Private in the Revolutionary War. Faught at the battle of Brandywine and Monmouth with the 5th Virginia and 7th Virginia Regiments. He enlisted in Charlottesville, VA and was discharged 29 Jan 1780 at Lancaster, PA. He applied for and received a pension on 26 Jun 1818. He reaffirmed his pension on 18 Apr 1821 in Gallia Co, OH.   He died on 3 Aug 1843 in Brown Twp, Hancock Co, IN, US.

Mosby CHILDERS and Elizabeth JEFFRIES were married on 8 Mar 1785 in Alderson, Augusta Co, VA, US.  by John Alderson  Elizabeth JEFFRIES was born in 1766 in Virginia, US.  She died after 1821 in Indiana, US.  Mosby CHILDERS and Elizabeth JEFFRIES had the following children:

             +2          i.            John CHILDERS, born in 1786, Greenbriar Co, WV, US; married Elizabeth "Betsy" MOSSBERGER, in 1809, Mason Co, WV, US; died in 1849, Gallia Co, OH, US.

             +3          ii.           William M. CHILDERS, born in 1788, Greenbriar Co, WV, US; married Jane HICKAMBOTTOM, in 1809, Kanawha Co, WV, US; died in 1848, Mason Co, WV, US.

             +4          iii.          Hannah CHILDERS, born about 1789, Greenbriar Co, WV, US; married Joseph MOSSBERGER, on 30 Dec 1804, Kanawha Co, WV, US.

             +5          iv.          Mosby CHILDERS Jr., born in 1791, Greenbriar Co, WV, US; married Sarah MANNERING, on 17 Aug 1815, Ohio, US; died Iowa, US.

             +6          v.           Abraham CHILDERS

             +7          vi.          Henry CHILDERS, born in 1794, West Virginia, US; married Nancy NOTTINGER, on 5 Nov 1817, Gallia Co, OH, US.

             +8          vii.         Joseph CHILDERS, born in 1797, West Virginia, US; married Sally RICKABAUGH, on 5 Nov 1819, Gallia Co, OH, US.

             +9          viii.         Mary "Polly" CHILDERS, born on 14 Mar 1800, Mason Co, WV, US; married Seth WALKER, on 12 Jun 1825, Gallia Co, OH, US; died on 24 Jul 1841, Brown Twp, Hancock Co, IN, US.

             +10        ix.          Elizabeth CHILDERS, born on 1 Jan 1802, Ohio, US; married John SURBER, on 11 Dec 1823, Gallia Co, OH, US; died on 7 Oct 1841, Adams Twp, Madison Co, IN, US.

             +11        x.           Martin T. CHILDERS, born in 1805, Ohio, US; married Elleanor CLARK, on 23 Mar 1826, Gallia Co, OH, US; died between 1876 and 1880, Gallia Co, OH, US.

             +12        xi.          Andrew D. CHILDERS, born in 1807, Ohio, US; married Elizabeth CLARK, on 26 Mar 1826, Gallia Co, OH, US; married Amanda KENNEDY, in 1847, Ohio, US; married Serena RUSH, on 1 Jul 1862, Ohio, US; died after 1862, Gallia Co, OH, US.

             +13        xii.         Nancy CHILDERS, born in 1809, Ohio, US; married William JENKS, on 5 Feb 1826, Gallia Co, OH, US; died in 1895, Gallia Co, OH, US.

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CHILDERS ~ CHILDRES ~ CHILDRESS

The name Childers was first used by England's ancient Anglo-Saxon culture and derived from the Old English word cildra-hus, which means children's house or orphanage.

 The name originates from when the family lived  in or near an orphanage; however the location or specific orphanage is unknown.

The surname Childers may have also been a nickname for an orphan, or is occupational in nature applied to someone who ran an orphanage.