An American Family History

The Lemen Family of the Eastern Panhandle

The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia borders Maryland and Virginia. The first European settlers started arriving about 1730.

also spelled Leamon, Leman, Lemon

West Virginia is located in the Appalachians and was originally part of Virginia. The capital and largest city is Charleston. It became a state during the Civil War and was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.

James Lemen was born in Ireland, but his parents were from Scotland.

He married Jane Burns.

James Lemen
Robert Lemen (1716)
Thomas Lemen (1730, married Margaret Slough),
Nicholas Lemen
John (1715)

James came to America with his brothers and settled in Virginia in 1708.

James' sons were early settlers in, what is now, the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

John Lemen was born about 1715 in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) to James Lemen and Jane Burns.

John may have married Jane Ruth Catlett.

Blanche Lemen (1737, married John Taylor),
Alexander Lemen (1738, married Mary Reynolds),
Mary Lemen (1740, married Jacob Morgan),
James Lemen (1748),
John Lemen (1753),
William Lemen (1756, married Margaret Martin)
daughter Lemen (married John Barns)

In 1746 they settled on a farm near Harper's Ferry.

John died on April 2, 1774.

Robert Lemen was born in 1716.

Robert Lemen
John Lemen
William Lemen

Nicholas Lemen was born about 1725.

His wife was named Christina.

John Lemen (1749, married Martha),
Robert Lemen (1751, married Esther Barnes),
Nancy Ann Lemen (1754)
Mary Ann Lemen (1756, married Andrew Fouts)
Thomas Lemen (1758),
James Lemen (1760, married Catherine Ogle).

They lived in Frederick County, Virginia which is now Jefferson County, West Virginia.

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