Archibald and Jean Henderson Handley and their Children
The children (and grandchildren/first cousins) of
Archibald and Jean (Henderson) Handley


Children: Sarah Ann - James - Griselda - Ann - Jane - Mary (also see family chart)

ARCHIBALD "Archie" HANDLEY: 1725/1730-1796
Some researchers think Archie's parents were William and Margaret Handley (as does R.J. Handly).
Others think his parents were John and Grisel Handley (as did Mary Mortimer and Roger Greenough)

Biography of Archie Handley, Roger Greenough

JEAN HENDERSON HANDLEY: 17?? to 1801/2
Archie's wife's dates of birth and marriage are yet unknown, but Roger Greenough has found tax record evidence that Jean died after paying property taxes in May 1801 and before her daughter paid the taxes in April 1802.

1836 Butler County OH, Morgan twp maps: Foster, George, and Handley: sections 18 & 17 and Handley: section 21
LOCAL AREA MAPS: Sections 18-17 current | Current road and section map | Aerial photo, 1998 | Topography map, 1984


* Sarah Ann Handley SHANKS, 1759 VA-1845 KY (married William SHANKS - to Lincoln Co, KY 1790s)
James
SHANKS

to GA
m ?
John
SHANKS

1782 VA-1811 KY
m Sally
Gaines
David
SHANKS

1783 VA-1841 KY
m America
McKinney
Archibald
SHANKS

1787-?
m Ann Julia
Smith
"Polly"
SHANKS

1789 VA-1849 VA
m William
Whitley Sr
Nancy
SHANKS

1791 VA-1882 MO
m Jacob Fortney
Wyant
Jane
SHANKS

1793 KY-1863 KY
m John
Owsley
"Peggy"
SHANKS

1796 KY-1867 KY
m Thomas
Owsley
William
SHANKS
Jr.
1799 KY-1872 KY
m Rebecca
Baughman

* James HANDLEY, 1760 VA - ? OH (married Isabella) - to Butler County, OH ca 1812
Resources: Judy O and Roger Greenough
Archibald HANDLEY
1789-1842
m Rebecca
1789-1839
George HANDLEY
m. Margaret Jones
son: Evan James Handley
m Margaret Henry
James HANDLEY Jr
1797-1861
m Charity HAYDEN
Robert HANDLEY
1801-1873
Isabella HANDLEY
1795-1832
m Evan JENKINS
Jane HANDLEY
?-?
m -- STEWARD

* Griselda Handley FOSTER, 1776 VA - ? (married James FOSTER) - to Butler County, OH ca 1810

Archibald Handley Foster
1799- ?
Hamilton Co, OH
Joshua Foster
1802- ?
Hamilton Co, OH
Esom (Isom) Foster
1803- ?
Rush Co, IN drowned
Griselda Jane Foster
1813- ?
Butler Co, OH

* Ann Handley GEORGE (married Reuben George Sr) - to Butler County, OH after 1810 VA/WV census, about 1812

Fannie GEORGE
1798-1851
m Jacob JOHNSON
Joshua GEORGE
1801-1836
m Catherine THOMPSON GOUGH
Reuben GEORGE Jr
1803-1869
m Nancy McCOTTER
Jane GEORGE
1805-1879
m Isaac Skiles
Enoch GEORGE
1807-1892
m Jane McCOTTER
(daughter) GEORGE
(only in 1810
VA/WV census)
Ann's husband remarried after her death about 1825
and had two more children, half-siblings
Isaac GEORGE
1827-1837
epidemic
Mary "Polly" GEORGE
1830-1931
m John Randolph DeArmond
1828-1882

* Jane Handley LEACH (married Esom LEACH) - to Grant, Franklin County, IN ca 1812
[Note: Raines names and dates of their children differ from Roger's, given below]

Jane had one step-son,
William Leach, 1793 WV-1851 IN
m Sarah HARRISON
Susanna LEACH
1796 WV-?
Rebecca LEACH
1798 WV-1860 IN
Martha LEACH
1800 WV-1850 IN
Archibald LEACH
1802 WV-1858 IN
Reuben LEACH
1806 WV-1880s? AR
James LEACH
1813 OH -1892 IA

* Mary Handley MILLER (married John MILLER) - stayed in Monroe Co, VA awhile before moving to Clarksburg, Decatur Co, IN by 1827. The lead for this move came from Shirley J House's post on Mary (or Mercy) Handley Miller. (See Decatur County INGenWeb site).

possible relative?
Jacob F. MILLER
b 3 Dec 1799
d 27 Jan 1870
m Rebecca
Elizabeth P Miller
born ca 1804
died
married James Halsey
Alexander Handley Miller
born 24 Feb 1806
died 23 Feb 1873
wife: Louisa Miller


* Handley Genealogy Page or on to Fayette Co, IN
* 1880 census search * Miami Valley Genealogy Index search
* Butler County OHGenWeb
* Memoirs of the Miami Valley - Butler Co
* A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio