Ruth Applegate was the wife of John Dye was born in 1761 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and died in 1840 in Brown County, Ohio. Two primary sources exist for the information which follows:
Recall that Ezekiel Dye's mother may have been Mary Applegate and her genealogy is reasonably well known - the great grandaughter of Thomas Applegate (II). Ruth Applegate, wife of John Dye was also the great grandaughter of Thomas Applegate (II)
An outline of her genealogy is presented below as it helps understand the migration patterns of these families:
"He served with the 11th Pa. during the Revolutionary War. He was at Valley Forge, Pa. and the battle of Monmouth during that period of the war. He saw Martha Washington knitting for the soldiers when she came on a visit to her illustrious husband's camp. When the British crossed Brandywine, they piled debris on the bridge, which Evans, with 12 others, was ordered to remove under fire.
He served until after the Battle of Monmouth when he left the service on account of illness. He was near the Battle of Monmouth on that memorable hot Sunday, June 28, 1778, was on the sick list but laso wanted to fight. He Captain refused and detailed him as a guard to a wagon train. He also served as a private in Lt. Col., Hubley's 10th Pennsylvania Regiment.
He was the only son of Hugh Evans of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, who served in Captain Samuel Dawson's Company, Col. Richad Humpton's 11th Pennsylvnia Regiment.
After his marriage they setteled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, later moving to Washington, Kentucky and lived there from 1785 to 1799. In 1799 he came to Brown County, Ohio where he lived until his death. He was a farmer and an Indian Scout."
"Many a tale was told by these three partiots when the log fires leaped high"
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