Family history states that that Henry Achia (Aughey) fought in the Revolutionary War as a member of the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia in the 1778 to 1782 time period.
From an
application for the Daughters of the American Revolution:
"My ancestor's
services during the Revolutionary War were as follows: Henry Achia served in
Company of Capt. John Gilchrist, 4th Battalion, Lancaster County Militia in
1778-1779 (Penn. Archives, Series V, Vol. VII, p. 385[388?] for 1778, p. 339
for 1779, p. 410 for 1779); also in Company of Capt. Geo. McMillan, 10th
Battalion, Lancaster Co., 1781-1782 (Penn. Archives, Series V, Vol. VII, pp.
1000-1032). Henry Achia was in Second Class. Other members of Lancaster Company
who appear on tax lists of Paxton Township, Lancaster Co., 1779, from Penn.
Archives, Series III, Vol. 17, include John Kingsley, David Patton, Gworge
Shoop (Shoap-Shup), John Meder and John Patimore. Land of David Patton adjoined
Achia land (Deed Book, Vol, I, p. 161, Dauphin Co. Court House). James
Gilchrist's land was on North (Deed Book H, p. 216.) Capt. John Gilchrist's
land adjoined also (Deed Book E, p. 228). Names of men in Second Class in Capt.
Geo. McMillan's 10th Battalion, Lancaster Militia, coincide with names in same
class in Capt. John Gilchrist's Company, and all are evidently same men from
Lancaster Col, Paxton Township, Penn."
"Proof of
Residence: 'History of Berks County' by Montgomery, p. 1086, also Deed Book A,
Dauphin Co. Court House, Vol. I, p. 216; and Deed Book D, Dauphin Co. Court
House, Vol. I, p. 161. Members of same military company taxed in Paxton
Township, Lancaster Co., 1779: Penn. Archives, Series III, Vol. 17. Adjoining
farms: Deed Book E, p. 228, Capt. John Gilchrist.
From Commemorative
Biographical Encyclopedia of The Juniata Valley, comprising the
Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania, 1897, page 831:
The Aughey family
were originally inhabitants of Germany, from which country the members
emigrated to France. They went there to Scotland and the north of Ireland, and
in 1852, a number of them came to America. The spelling of the name went
through various transformations. At first it was Ache, then successively,
Aughe, Achey, and now Aughey. John Henry Aughey, great-great-grandfather of
Lyman, was one of the original emigrants to America. One of his sons, named
John, was a farmer in Tulpehocken, Berks county, Pa., and subsequently resided
in Linglestown, Dauphin county, where in 1774 he purchased a farm, and erected
on it a log dwelling, remarkable in that day on account of its size and
completeness. Henry Aughey, one of the sons of John Henry Aughey, purchased
one-half of the homestead farm of his father, which he cultivated for several
years, but subsequently sold it, and removed to the Licking Creek valley,
Milford township, Juniata county.He here purchased a large tract of land for
fifteen hundred pounds, equivalent to $7,500, paying for the same in silver
tied up in bags, each of which contained one hundred pounds. He married, and
became the father of six children. His wife dying, he married Miss Magdalena
Felty, by whom he had one child, Samuel, who was the father of Lyman. Henry
Aughey and his family were members of the Lutheran church. He and his wife were
buried in the Lutheran graveyard at Mifflintown.
Henry Ache and Mary
Magdalene Felty were married on 10 Aug 1803. They had the following children:
- Samuel Aughey was born on 30 Jul 1804 in Milford, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Elizabeth Kepner on 30 Jan 1827. He died on 10 Jul 1899 in Milford, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA.
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