Henry Pence, Sr.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for Virginia with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor # A009503

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28061914

born in Germany probably at the end of October, migrated from Virginia to Ohio with many members of his family; served in Michael Reader's Company in Revolutionary War. There is a plaque placed by the Urbana Chapter DAR (Henry Pence)

http://www.revwarapps.org/s7349.pdf

marched as major to fort Pitt again having under his Command two Companies of Men under the Command of Capts. John Roush & Abraham Byrd after arriveing at fort Pitt they were ordered to proceed to a place called Carnes fort on Dickards Creek about six miles from Morgantown [sic: Fort Kern on Deckers Creek at present Westover WV just across the Monongahela River from Morgantown] and took the Command of the fort where the term of Service Expired —

NOTE: Mixed spelling of Kerns to Carnes ... Kerns is correct.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6252851,-79.9497906,3a,75y,136.79h,...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kern's_Fort

immigrant after arriving in Pennsylvania Henry settled in Virginia and eventually settled in Nettle Creek township, Champaign County, Ohio with many other Shenandoah Valley (Va.) families in 1805. He served in Michael Rader's Company in the Revolutionary War.

http://genealogy.heritage-files.com/getperson.php?personID=P-142489... {long narrative}

Family

Henry Pence was born Johann Henrich Bentz in Germany. Name was changed when he immigrated to the U.S. He was born A.D. 1740 and died A.D. 1826, being 86 years old at his death.

His wife was Mary Blimly, who died 1829 "in her 80th year".

They emigrated from Germany together "in their youth."

19 children (2 died young, name not preserved):

1. George Pence
2. Jacob Pence
3. Henry Pence
4. Abraham Pence
5. Magdalene Pence
6. Susannah Pence
7. John Pence
8. Barbara Pence
9. David Pence
10. Joseph Pence
11. Samuel Pence
12. Anna Pence
13. Isaac Pence
14. Elizabeth Pence
15. Benjamin Pence
16. Mary Pence
17. Ruben Pence