Descendants of Ephraim Mclaughlin
Generation No. 1
1. EPHRAIM1 MCLAUGHLIN He married ELIZABETH "BETTY" ZANE 1786 in Wheeling, VA, daughter of WILLIAM ZANE and NANCY NOLAN. She was born 19 July 1759 in Moorefield, Virginia, and died 23 August 1823 in St. Clairsville, Belmont Co, Ohio.
Notes for EPHRAIM MCLAUGHLIN:
Notes for ELIZABETH "BETTY" ZANE:
ELIZABETH ZANE, b. 1759-63, Westmoreland County, VA, d. 1826-8, Martin's Ferry, OH, married (1) 1786, Ephraim McLaughlin, (2) Jacob Clark. Rendered service 9/12/1782 in the capacity of ammunition bearer at the "second siege"** of Fort Henry. Elizabeth secreted gunpowder in her apron and ran past the unsuspecting enemies to the defenders of the fort, who were out of ammunition. Listed in D.A.R. Patriot Index, Patriotic Service, VA.
(Source: D.A.R. Lineage Book, Vol. 121, page 232.)
From Jeff Hawkins:
Elizabeth lived on a farm west of Martin's Ferry between Buckeye and Glenn's
Run.
Betty Zane had an illegitimate daughter, Miriam Zane by Van Swearigen. There are
court records in Ohio Co., VA in which Van Swearigen is ordered to deed some
property to Betty, evidently in order that the illegitimate daughter would be
provided for and not become a burden on the county.
Betty Zane and the Battle of Fort Henry:
Children of EPHRAIM MCLAUGHLIN and ELIZABETH ZANE are:
Notes for MINERVA MCLAUGHLIN:
Generation No. 2
2. MARY ANN "POLLY"2 MCLAUGHLIN (EPHRAIM1) was born 01 January 1790 in W. VA. She married EDWARD HADSELL Bef. 1827, son of EDWARD SR HADSELL. He was born in W. VA.
Children of MARY MCLAUGHLIN and EDWARD HADSELL are:
Notes for MARY HADSELL:
vi. DANIEL HADSELL, b. 1833; d. 20 December 1853, Marshall Co, W. VA.
Notes for DANIEL HADSELL:
3. HANNAH2 MCLAUGHLIN (EPHRAIM1) was born 12 October 1791 in Wheeling VA/WVA, and died 02 September 1834 in Wheeling VA/WVA. She married EBENEZER MARTIN 1810, son of ABSALOM MARTIN and CATHERINE ZANE.
Notes for EBENEZER MARTIN:
Children of HANNAH MCLAUGHLIN and EBENEZER MARTIN are:
Generation No. 3
4. MARTHA A3 HADSELL (MARY ANN "POLLY"2 MCLAUGHLIN, EPHRAIM1) was born Abt. 1828 in West VA, and died 1887 in Glen Easton, Marshall Co W.VA. She married ELI W. SALTER Abt. 1848 in West VA. He was born Abt. 1824 in PA, and died Aft. 1880.
Lost on Ohio River. Story is told that Ephriam went on a fishing trip down the
Ohio River, and never was seen again
This is the Betty Zane who was reported to be a Revolutionary War Heroine.
She is also the sister of Col. Ebenezer Zane, an ancestor of the Western Writer, Zane Gray
Zane Grey wrote a book about Elizabeth titled, "BETTY ZANE"
Buried in Pioneer Cemetery Section of Walnut Grove Cemetery, Martin' Ferry,
Belmont Co. OH.
In the early Autumn of 1782 a sudden alarm was given by John Lynn that a large
body of Indians were advancing to attack the Fort. There were at the time, no
soldiers and no public stores in the place. Col. Ebenezer Zane (Betty's brother)
living in a blockhouse adjacent to the Fort, thought it best to send most of his
family into the Fort as the safest place, and it would require a less number of
men to defend the blockhouse. Col. Zane had a supply of ammunition in the
blockhouse, but the Fort had very little. After the attack commenced, there was
a boat that came down the river with four men well armed who succeeded in
getting into the Fort. This was crucial, for there were few men and many women
and children in the Fort.
After the siege had lasted one full day and night, the morning of the second day
found the Fort short of powder. The question was how to get powder from the
blockhouse. It was thought a women should go for it would be less of a loss than
a man. A Nurse volunteered to go, she had been at the time nursing Mrs. Zane's
son John then 18 months old, and the arrangement was to make a Nurse of Betty
Zane.
The child would not go to Betty Zane, so Betty said "let me go as I shall be of
small loss if they do kill me, and I am swift of foot anyway, and strong, so that I can carry much powder as we want". So it was arranged for her to go. They
called over to the blockhouse to be ready to open the door, and away she went.
The Indians surprised cried out "Squaw! Squaw! but did not shoot, and she got
over safe.
Molly Scott put upon her a Lindsey petticoat, turned it up and sewed it into a
bag, and then filled it with powder, as much as she could carry. She started
back, the Indians figured out what she was carrying and opened fire upon her,
the bullets whistling around her, one of them tearing a hole in the petticoat,
but no bullet touched her. She got to the Fort safely, and they had the powder
to open fire with their cannon of which the Indians were much afraid.
So Betty Zane's heroic dash helped to win what proved to be the American
Revolution's last battle.
i. CATHERINE2 MCLAUGHLIN, b. 1786; m. (1) JOHN MORGAN, Bef. 1800; m. (2) ZEPHANIAH BELL, 17 August 1801.
ii. NANCY MCLAUGHLIN, b. 02 October 1788, Clairsville, Belmont Co, Ohio; d. 08 August 1867, Nathez, Adams Co, MS; m. (1) BERNARD LA CAZE; m. (2) PETER PAUL PASCAL; m. (3) ANSEL KENDRICK.
2. iii. MARY ANN "POLLY" MCLAUGHLIN, b. 01 January 1790, W. VA.
iv. REBECCA MCLAUGHLIN, b. 04 January 1791; m. GEORGE BROWN.
3. v. HANNAH MCLAUGHLIN, b. 12 October 1791, Wheeling VA/WVA; d. 02 September 1834, Wheeling VA/WVA.
vi. MINERVA MCLAUGHLIN, b. 07 January 1793.
This could be one and the same with Miriam: Miriam Minerva Zane, who was the
illegitimate daughter of Van Swearigen.
4. i. MARTHA A3 HADSELL, b. Abt. 1828, West VA; d. 1887, Glen Easton, Marshall Co W.VA.
ii. HANNAH HADSELL.
iii. ELIZABETH HADSELL.
iv. NOAH HADSELL.
v. MARY HADSELL, b. 1826; d. 10 December 1853, Marshall Co, W. VA.
Cause of death was Typhoid
Cause of death was Typhoid.
Attended school in New Jersey then returned to Wheeling.
Laid out the town of Martin's Ferry in 1835.
Ferry owner and operator, Martin's Ferry
i. MARY ZANE3 MARTIN, b. 1814; d. 1882.
ii. MARTHA MARTIN, b. 1815; d. 1847.
iii. EBENEZER MARTIN, b. 1817; d. 1889.
iv. ABSOLAM MARTIN, b. 1819; d. 1862.
v. EPHRIAM MARTIN, b. 1823.
vi. JOHN MARTIN, b. 1825; d. 1847.
vii. KATHERINE MARTIN, b. 1829; d. 1919.
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