Sent by Clifford Hardin.
Joseph and Hannah went to Rowan County, North Carolina in 1757 with other members of the Hiatt Families. In 1760 Joseph and his two brothers, George and John, were deeded the land located on the south fork of the Deep River which their father had purchased three years earlier.
Because the Deep River Meeting was not approved as a Monthly Meeting until 1788, records were kept by New Garden Meeting. The Hiatt's and their neighbors attended Deep River Meeting. Joseph and Hannah moved in 1770 to the part of Rowan County, N.C. that became Surry County and remained there until 1795 when they moved to Grayson County, Vir. Here they were members of Westfield Meeting, Surry Co., N.C. The marriages of three of their sons to three daughters of David and Elizabeth Babb Reese are in the Quaker Records.(10.) JOSEPH HIATT (2.) (1.):
b. c1732, Bucks or Lancaster Co., Pa.; d. post 1820(?)., Highland Co., Ohio (?).; m. c1753, prob. at Hopewell MO. Mtg., Va., To HANNAH ----, maiden name and parentage unknown; b. c1735, place unknown; d. prior 1808, prob. Grayson Co., Va.; m. (2nd). in Highland Co., Ohio, 5-1mo-1809, to ELIZABETH BALLARD, said to have been a widow.
CH (By first wife). (67.) Ann; (68.) Hannah; (69.) Joseph; (70.) Benjamin; (71.) Phebe; (72.) Azariah; (73.) Absalom; (74.) Catherine; (75.) John.
1771 Tax List, Surry Co., N.c.: Joseph Hiatt -2 polls.
1782 Tax List : Joseph Highott - 5 horses (or miles). - 7 cattle.
1784 Tax List: Capt. Gaines District (now upper Stokes co.): Joseph Highott - 1 poll.
1785 Tax List: Capt. Gain's District - Joseph Hiett - 400 acres - 1 poll.
1786 Tax List: Capt. Gain's District - Joseph Hitt (sic). - 800 acres - 1 poll.
1790 Census: surry co., NC.: Joseph Hiett, 5 males over 16 years of age, including Heads of Families - 2 males under 16- 4 females.
1790 Tax List; Capt. Lovill's District - Joseph Hiett, Sr. - 398 acres - 1 poll.
1791 Tax List: Joseph Hiett - 250 acres - 1 poll
1792 Tax List: Joseph Hyatt, Sr. -355 acres - 1 poll.
1793 Tax List: Joseph Hiott - 230 acres - 1 poll.
1794 Tax List: Joseph Hiatt, Sr.- 230 acres - 1 poll.
1795 Tax List: Joseph Hiatt - 250 acres - 2 polls.Deed Book E, p. 29, Dobson, Surry Co., NC. Joseph Hiett - Grant No. 1093 - 400 acres - entered 2 May 1785 - issued 18 May 1789 - land on waters of Yadkin River - entry No. 110, Book 70, p. 65 - 50 shillings per 100 acres - land on Yadkin and Dan River and Tom's Creek - McKinneys Line.
Deed Book C, p. 453: Micajah Clark to Joseph Hiott -26 July 1786 - 200 acres - 50 pounds - Chestnut Creek and Tom's Creek.
Deed Book F, p. 218: Joseph Hiatt - 80 acres - Chinquemin Creek - Ben Hiett's line - 9 July 1794.
Deed Book F. p. 222: Joseph Hiatt - 50 acres - Tom's Creek - 9 July 1794.
Deed Book F, p. 338: Joseph Hiatt to Abraham Horton - 130 acres - 50 pounds - Tom's Creek - 4 February 1795.
Joseph Hiett - Grant No. 2200 - 60 acres - entered 17 December 1794 - issued 30 August 1802 - entry No. 770 - Book 115, p. 299.
Deed Book I, p. 544: Joseph Hiatt, of Grayson Co., Va., to Curtis Jackson- 121/2 acres - 3 pounds - North Fork of Tom's Creek - 11 November 1800.Stokes Co., NC.: Deed Book 3, p. 365: 14, November 1795: Joseph Hiatt to Peter Bellow - land located on both sided of Surry and Stokes County line..
Grayson Co., Va.: Deed Book 1, p. 373 - 14 August 1800 - Zachariah Stanley of Montgomery Co. to Joseph Hiett, Sr., of Grayson - 400 acres on the big Snake Greek the waters of big Reed Island - 100 pounds - Wit.: John Hayes, Abm. Stanley, Zach. Stanley, Jr. - Signed: Zachariah Stanley, and Sarah Stanley - recorded Feb. 1801.
Deed Book 2, p. 162 - 22 November 1805 - Joseph Hiett of Grayson to George Cornealis of Grayson - 400 acres - 260 pounds - big Snake Creek a branch of big Reed Island a branch of New River - Wit.: Azariah Hiett, Isaac Morris, John Hiett - recorded January 1806.(R53,54,55,56).
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR.Fairfield Mo. Mtg., Hihgland Co., Ohio: 29-10mo-1808 - Joseph Highett received on certificate from Mt. Pleasant Mo. Mtg., Va., dated 27-8mo-1808. 5-1mo-1809 - Joseph Hiatt, Highland Co., 0., m. at Fall Creek to Elizabeth Ballard, Highland Co., Ohio (R57).
Joseph Hiatt is given on the 1820 Census of Highland Co., Ohio Thus, he removed 1756/7 from Va. to Rowan (now Guilford). Co., NC; and in the 1760's to that part of Rowan which became Surry Co. in 1770; in 1760 his father deeded him 212 acres, which are probably the 212 acres his uncle George Hiatt sold in 1788 (see pages 37 and 49, this volume).; resided in Surry unitl 1795, then removed to Grayson Co., Va., and finally, in 1808, to Highland Co., where he married the following year to Elizabeth. (R58).
New Garden Mo. Mtg., Guilford Co., NC. (This family record is omitted from Hinshaw's volume -ed.)
Joseph Hiatt
Hannah Hiatt
Ch: Ann b. 1 - 1 - (or13). - 1755
Hannah " 2 - 7 - 1759
Joseph " 1 - 10 - 1762
Benjamin " 1 - 4 - 1764
Phebe " 7 - 23 - 1766
Azariah " 5 - 9 - 1770
Absalom " 9 - 27 - 1772
Catherine " 4 - 30 - 1775
John " 1 - 17 - 1778Joseph is #10 in Hiatt-Hiett book of Genealogy:
!Larry Anderson's John Hiatt Jr. Book p. 6
!Birth and Death dates and places:Hiatt-Hiett Family History by Wm. Perry
Johnson. Pages 27-41.
!John Hiatt and His Descendants by Jeanne Oliphant Guymon pp. 121 to 133.
Hiatt/Hiett Family History, Volume I, William Perry Johnson
(67.) ANN HIATT (10.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1-(or 13).-1mo-1755, prob. Frederick Co., Va. (now Jefferson Co., W. Va.) ;
d. date and place not known; m.-?-. No further record.
(74.) CATHERINE HIATT (10.) (2.) (1.):
b. 30-4mo-1775, Surry Co., NC.; no further record.
Sent by Clifford Hardin.
Joseph and Hannah went to Rowan County, North Carolina in 1757 with other members of the Hiatt Families. In 1760 Joseph and his two brothers, George and John, were deeded the land located on the south fork of the Deep River which their father had purchased three years earlier.
Because the Deep River Meeting was not approved as a Monthly Meeting until 1788, records were kept by New Garden Meeting. The Hiatt's and their neighbors attended Deep River Meeting. Joseph and Hannah moved in 1770 to the part of Rowan County, N.C. that became Surry County and remained there until 1795 when they moved to Grayson County, Vir. Here they were members of Westfield Meeting, Surry Co., N.C. The marriages of three of their sons to three daughters of David and Elizabeth Babb Reese are in the Quaker Records.(10.) JOSEPH HIATT (2.) (1.):
b. c1732, Bucks or Lancaster Co., Pa.; d. post 1820(?)., Highland Co., Ohio (?).; m. c1753, prob. at Hopewell MO. Mtg., Va., To HANNAH ----, maiden name and parentage unknown; b. c1735, place unknown; d. prior 1808, prob. Grayson Co., Va.; m. (2nd). in Highland Co., Ohio, 5-1mo-1809, to ELIZABETH BALLARD, said to have been a widow.
CH (By first wife). (67.) Ann; (68.) Hannah; (69.) Joseph; (70.) Benjamin; (71.) Phebe; (72.) Azariah; (73.) Absalom; (74.) Catherine; (75.) John.
1771 Tax List, Surry Co., N.c.: Joseph Hiatt -2 polls.
1782 Tax List : Joseph Highott - 5 horses (or miles). - 7 cattle.
1784 Tax List: Capt. Gaines District (now upper Stokes co.): Joseph Highott - 1 poll.
1785 Tax List: Capt. Gain's District - Joseph Hiett - 400 acres - 1 poll.
1786 Tax List: Capt. Gain's District - Joseph Hitt (sic). - 800 acres - 1 poll.
1790 Census: surry co., NC.: Joseph Hiett, 5 males over 16 years of age, including Heads of Families - 2 males under 16- 4 females.
1790 Tax List; Capt. Lovill's District - Joseph Hiett, Sr. - 398 acres - 1 poll.
1791 Tax List: Joseph Hiett - 250 acres - 1 poll
1792 Tax List: Joseph Hyatt, Sr. -355 acres - 1 poll.
1793 Tax List: Joseph Hiott - 230 acres - 1 poll.
1794 Tax List: Joseph Hiatt, Sr.- 230 acres - 1 poll.
1795 Tax List: Joseph Hiatt - 250 acres - 2 polls.Deed Book E, p. 29, Dobson, Surry Co., NC. Joseph Hiett - Grant No. 1093 - 400 acres - entered 2 May 1785 - issued 18 May 1789 - land on waters of Yadkin River - entry No. 110, Book 70, p. 65 - 50 shillings per 100 acres - land on Yadkin and Dan River and Tom's Creek - McKinneys Line.
Deed Book C, p. 453: Micajah Clark to Joseph Hiott -26 July 1786 - 200 acres - 50 pounds - Chestnut Creek and Tom's Creek.
Deed Book F, p. 218: Joseph Hiatt - 80 acres - Chinquemin Creek - Ben Hiett's line - 9 July 1794.
Deed Book F. p. 222: Joseph Hiatt - 50 acres - Tom's Creek - 9 July 1794.
Deed Book F, p. 338: Joseph Hiatt to Abraham Horton - 130 acres - 50 pounds - Tom's Creek - 4 February 1795.
Joseph Hiett - Grant No. 2200 - 60 acres - entered 17 December 1794 - issued 30 August 1802 - entry No. 770 - Book 115, p. 299.
Deed Book I, p. 544: Joseph Hiatt, of Grayson Co., Va., to Curtis Jackson- 121/2 acres - 3 pounds - North Fork of Tom's Creek - 11 November 1800.Stokes Co., NC.: Deed Book 3, p. 365: 14, November 1795: Joseph Hiatt to Peter Bellow - land located on both sided of Surry and Stokes County line..
Grayson Co., Va.: Deed Book 1, p. 373 - 14 August 1800 - Zachariah Stanley of Montgomery Co. to Joseph Hiett, Sr., of Grayson - 400 acres on the big Snake Greek the waters of big Reed Island - 100 pounds - Wit.: John Hayes, Abm. Stanley, Zach. Stanley, Jr. - Signed: Zachariah Stanley, and Sarah Stanley - recorded Feb. 1801.
Deed Book 2, p. 162 - 22 November 1805 - Joseph Hiett of Grayson to George Cornealis of Grayson - 400 acres - 260 pounds - big Snake Creek a branch of big Reed Island a branch of New River - Wit.: Azariah Hiett, Isaac Morris, John Hiett - recorded January 1806.(R53,54,55,56).
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR.Fairfield Mo. Mtg., Hihgland Co., Ohio: 29-10mo-1808 - Joseph Highett received on certificate from Mt. Pleasant Mo. Mtg., Va., dated 27-8mo-1808. 5-1mo-1809 - Joseph Hiatt, Highland Co., 0., m. at Fall Creek to Elizabeth Ballard, Highland Co., Ohio (R57).
Joseph Hiatt is given on the 1820 Census of Highland Co., Ohio Thus, he removed 1756/7 from Va. to Rowan (now Guilford). Co., NC; and in the 1760's to that part of Rowan which became Surry Co. in 1770; in 1760 his father deeded him 212 acres, which are probably the 212 acres his uncle George Hiatt sold in 1788 (see pages 37 and 49, this volume).; resided in Surry unitl 1795, then removed to Grayson Co., Va., and finally, in 1808, to Highland Co., where he married the following year to Elizabeth. (R58).
New Garden Mo. Mtg., Guilford Co., NC. (This family record is omitted from Hinshaw's volume -ed.)
Joseph Hiatt
Hannah Hiatt
Ch: Ann b. 1 - 1 - (or13). - 1755
Hannah " 2 - 7 - 1759
Joseph " 1 - 10 - 1762
Benjamin " 1 - 4 - 1764
Phebe " 7 - 23 - 1766
Azariah " 5 - 9 - 1770
Absalom " 9 - 27 - 1772
Catherine " 4 - 30 - 1775
John " 1 - 17 - 1778Joseph is #10 in Hiatt-Hiett book of Genealogy:
!Larry Anderson's John Hiatt Jr. Book p. 6
!Birth and Death dates and places:Hiatt-Hiett Family History by Wm. Perry
Johnson. Pages 27-41.
!John Hiatt and His Descendants by Jeanne Oliphant Guymon pp. 121 to 133.
Said to have been a widow, maiden name?
S/o Roger Dyer and Hannah Green. William was killed by Indians
Fort Seybert, W. Va.
We visited Mrs. Neva Miller Conrad wife of Paul Conrad, who is the present owner of the site of Fort Seybert.
We climbed a steep hill to a cemetery near the top of the hill where were
buried under a big oak three those who were massacred by the Indians in 1758.
there were no stones except one marked "j.B. 1799" Mrs. Conrad told us this
stood for John Blizzard who used to live in a log cabin nearby. It was a
beautiful sop, one could see for miles around over a peaceful farm valley.
Mrs. Conrad showed us a copy of Pendleton County, History by Orin F.
Morton (1910) On the flyleaf was marked Ruth Dyer died Aug 30, 1873.
This book stated that Trumbo is French originally splled Trombeau.
August 1970 Trip to Va. and W. Va. Everett and Mary Trumbo.
By 1744 Roger Dyer had 5 children, the eldest son, William married
Margaret Hiatt. The youngest son, James b. 1844 and who was held captive by
Indians for several years. Roger and wife (Hannah Greene) also had 3 daughters, Hester, Sarah and Hannah.
Wm. Dyer and Margaret Hiatt (by 1757) had 2 sons, Roger b. 1755 and John
born by 1757. The Ft. Seybert Massacre New Pendleton Co., W. Va. occurred 28
APril 1758 when Roger Dyer Sr. was killed by Indians and also his son William, when his flint-lock misfired.
Roger Dyer, Sr. wife Hannah (Greene) and also Margaret (Hiatt) Dyer must
have been with Hannah's people who lived in (Orange Co., Greene's) in
Shenandoah Valley area when the massacre occurred.A Frontier Family
Among the earliest settlers in Pendleton County, West Virginia, (then
Augusta County, Virginia, and later Rockingham County) were Roger Dyer and his son, William Dyer. On November 5th, 1747, they bought land from Robert Green of Orange. Roger Dyer bought over 800 acres of land for twenty pounds "current money of Virginia", and his son, William, bought 350 acres of land for fourteen pounds. From the same tract of 1860 acres, which had been patented to Robert Green on January 12th, 1746, four other men bought land. They were Matthew Patton, John Patton Jr., John Smith, and William Stevenson. These men, with their families, settled on this land within the next year or two. On August 28, 1750. It was the earliest settlement in that section of Augusta County, on the "Southernmost branch of the South Branch of the Potomoc", and was called the "Dyer Settlement". On May 21st, 1755, John Patton, Jr. sold 210 acres of his land to Jacob Seybert. This land had "corner to tract sold to Roger Dyer."
The next year a fort was built on Jacob Seybert's land, which was the scene of a tragic massacre two years later, on April 28, 1758. Since that time the Dyer Settlement has been known as Fort Seybert, although there has been no fort there since the fort was burned immediately following the massacre.
Roger Dyer was massacred by the Indians, his son, William, was shot by the Indians before the massacre, when he went out to hunt. His daughter, Sarah Dyer Hawes, was taken captive by the Indians and remained with them, according to one tradition, for seven years. Roger Dyer's young son, James, then fourteen years old,w as a captive with the Indians for over a year. A
daughter, Hannah Dyer Keister, is supposed to have hidden, with two small
children, among some rocks a short distance below the fort and made her escape. There was another daughter, Hester Dyer Patton, the wife of Matthew Patton, who either was not in the vicinity at the time, or escaped as others did.
All of the five children of Roger Dyer have left descendants. William had two small sons, Roger and John, at the time of the massacre. Their mother later married John Craven, and in 1765 John Craven was appointed, in Augusta Co., the guardian of Roger and John Dyer, the orphans of William Dyer. Nearly all of the land, if not all, of Roger Dyer is still int he possession of the descendants of James Dyer to who he willed his "plantation".
The Roger Dyer Family Association, formed in 1935, included all the living descendants of the Roger Dyer who was massacred by the Indians. This famiy, like many other pioneers families, has descendants in nearly every state in the west, as well as in West Virginia and Virginia, as various ones participated in the emigration to the West, especially to Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.
Sent by Wilmer Kerns. Margaret and Dennis Lanahan lived near Harrisonburg, Va.
(12.) MARGARET HIATT (2.) (1.):
b. c1736, Orange Co., Va. (now Jefferson Co., W. Va.) ; d. post 1782, Rockingham co., Va.; m. (1st). c1753, prob. in Frederick Co., Va., to WILLIAM DYER, son of Roger and Hannah (-). Dyer b. prob. 1730's, in Pa.; killed by Indians, 28 April 1758 Augusta Co., Va. - (now Pendleton Co., W.Va.) ; m.(2nd). 1759, Frederick or Augusta Co., Va., to JOHN CRAVENS, son of robert and mAry (Harrison). Cravens, b. 1722, Sussex Co., Del.; d. 1778, Rockingham Co., Va.; m. (3rd). 18 March 1782, in Rockingham Co., Va., to DENNIS LANAHAN, from Ulster, Ireland; dates and locations of birth and death not known.
CH: (Of William and Margaret Dyer). (88.) Roger (89.) John.
(Of John and margaret Cravens). (90.) mary (91). Hannah; (92.) Robert; (93.) William; (94.) Joseph; (95.) james; (96.) Margaret.The Settlers of the Long Grey Trail, by J. Houston Harrison, gives the genealogy of the Harrison family of Augusta and Rockingham cos., Va. On pages 261 and 342 it gives an account of the above family: John Cravens, born 1722 in Sussex Co., Delaware, died 1778, was eldest son of capt. Robert Cravens and wife Mary. Betweem 1758-1762 John Cravens married Margaret Dyer, the widow of William Dyer. On Sept. 15, 1758, Henry Smith signed Thomas Fulton's bond as security for Margaret Dyer. In 1765 there were infant orphans, Roger and John Dryer. Margaret was the daughter of John and Margaret Hiatt, Quakers, said to have come from the British Isles. John and Margaret Cravens lived on Cook's Creek, and he also had land in Linville Creek Community. In 1782 Margaret married, 3rdly, to Dennis Lanahan of Ulster, Ireland. He eventually gained the guardianship, or at least the control, of the estate belonging to the Craven children. A lawsuit followed, charging him wasting the money, etc.
In 1909, Judge Rober Oscar Cravebs, of Sacramento, California -- a descendant of Margaret (Hiatt). (Dyer). Cravens - wrote: Margaret Hiatt was born, reared, and married at opequon Creek, Frederick Co., Va. In 1758 William Dyer was killed by the Indians, and Margaret and her infant son, Roger Dyer, were rescued by John Cravens. A short time later Margaret's son, John Dyer was born, and the following year (17590 she married John Cravens. Robert Cravens, gentleman (father of John)., in 1743/48 was commissioned Captain of Horse in Orange Co., Va. The Cravens lived in Augusta Co., Va., and intermarried with the Harrisons and Smiths. It is alleged that Margaret (Hiatt). Cravens has been reocgnized as furnishing supplies to New Castle Co., Del., during the Revolutionary War.
The following excerpts are from Morton's History of Pendleton co., W. Va. : "The first bona-fide settlers of Pendleton appear to be the six families who on the fourth and fifth days of November, 1747 were given deeds of purchase by robert Green. The heads of these families were Robert (sic-should be Roger). Dyer, his son William, and his son-in-law matthew Patton; also John Patton, Jr., John Smith and William Stephenson. These men purchased 1860 acres, paying therefor 61 pounds and 6 shillings, or $203.33 --- It is…to be borne in mind that the settlers, -- perhaps 5,000 - who had come into the valley pf Virginia within just 20 years, were scattered over an area 150 miles long and 50 miles broad. This was an average only one family to each 5,000 acres. The county organization of Augusta was barely three years old. Staunton had not yet received its name. The locality of was known as 'Beverlys' Mill Place. There was in fact no designated town in the whole valley. The nearest approach to one was Winchester, then only ten years old and not to become a twon until 1752. As for highways, there were none worthy of the name. There was no established road on even bridle path for miles down the South Fork….
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR."Roger Dyer was at least on the border of middle age and for that period was a person of quite good circumstances. He evidently went into the wilderness of his own free chioce, and seems to have possessed the qualities of leadership and venturesomeness. On coming to virginia from Pennsylvania he first l;ocated at Moorefield, but finding the damp bottom land malarious, he moved higher up the valley in search of a healthful spot. Two of the other members of the group were of his own family, and the other three were presumablyformer neighbors if not relative also.
"Whether the little colony occupied its lands the same fall or waited until spring we do not know. But because of the short distance to Moorefield the settlers may have moved to the new home at once…
"….In the latter year (1755). roger Dyer fell into a term of ill health and made a will wherein he mentions 29 persons with whom he had had business dealings of one sort or another.…(Among those named was John Cravens - editor).
"By the close of 1757, not less than 40 families, or 200 individuals, were living in what is now Mendleton County. They were not unequally divided between the South Branch and the South Fork, and they were most numerous toward Upper Tract and the Dyer settlement….
"We may picture to ourselves a primeval forest broken only by a few dozen clearings, nearly all of those lying on or near the large watercourses. In these clearings were the small houses, usually of unhewn logs. Around the house were small, stump-dotted fields of corn, grain, and flax. The pens for the livestock were strongly built, so as to protect the animals from the bears, wolves, and catamounts that were the cause of continual anxiety and occasional loss. The 'broads' leading out from the settlement were simply bridle paths, and commodities were carried on the backs of animals.
"There was a little mill at the Dyer settlement and another at Upper tract. Doubtless there was also a blacjksmith in each valley. But there was neither church, schoolhouse, nor sotre. In the Dyer settlement, judging by the character pf its people, it is probable that there was some makeshift to provide elementary instruction for the young people. Elsewhere it is not likely that anything was being done in this line, unless through direct parental effort….
"In 1756 three bloody battles (with the Indians -- editor). were fought in Hampshire… In 1756 Virginia appropriated $33,333 for the building of 23 forts, these to comprise a chain extending from the great Cacapon in Hampshirer to the Mayo in Hailfax.… We have no account of any raids in Pendleton prior to 1757… Fort Upper Tract and Fort Seybert appear to have been built in 1756.… Fort Seybert stood.…a fourth of a mile south of the Fprt Seybert post office. The tragedy at Fort Seybert took place.… April 28, 1758… There were survivors to return from captivity and relate the event. The account they gave us has been kept very much alive by their descendants in the vicinity…
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR."The attacking party was composed of about 40 Shawness led by Killbuck. There is a vague statement that one Frenchman was among them….The only mention of Upper Tract in the Fort Seybert narrative is that an express was sent there for aid, but turned back after coming within sight of the telltale column of smoke from the burning buildings.
"The number of persons 'forting' in the Dyer settlement was perhaps 40. Very few of them were men, and several having gone across the Sghenandoah Mountain the day previous. Some of the women of the settlement also appear to have been away. There was a fog shrouding the bottom of the South Fork on this fatefui; morning, and the immediate presence of the enemy was unsuspected.…
"William Dyer had gone out to hunt and was waylaid near the fort. His flintlock refused to prime and fell dead pierced by several balls..
"The people slain in the massacre were 17, some accounts putting the number at 21 or even more. Among them were Captain Seybert, Roger Dyer, and the bound boy Wallace, whose yellow scalp was afterward recognized by Mrs. Hawes. It is brunette captives that Indians have preferred to spare.
"Including William Dyer, the four names are the only ones now remembered. It is worthy of note that apart from Sybert and the two Dyers none of the heads of families in the region around appear to be missing.. Even the wives of Roger and William Dyer were not among the killed. The infant son of William Dyer was with its mother's people east of Shenandoah Mountain….The estate of William Dyer was $713.03." (R60).
Hiett, Margaret, daughter of John and Rachel(Wilson) Hiett, was born circa 1728 and died after 1788, in Rockingham County, Virginia. She married: (1) William Dyer, the father of their two children, Roger Dyer and John Dyer, (2) John Cravens, son of Robert and Mary (Harrison) Cravens, circa 1760. He was born 1722 and died on July 4, 1778. They had seven children born between 1760 and 1775, in Rockingham County, Va. (3) Dennis Lanahan, on March 20, 1782. They lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Sent by Wilmer Kerns
S/o Robert and Mary Harrison Cravens.
John and Margaret had 7 children born between 1760 and 1775, in Rockingham Co., Va.
Listed in Settlers by the Long Grey Trail by J. Houston Harrison; pub. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975, Baltimore. Capt. Robert Cravens and his family page 261.
John Craven from Craven, Rowan Co., N.C.
N. B. No special effort has been made to collect Cravens data, however it is known that Margaret (Hiatt). (Dyer). (Cravens). Lanahan had a grandson, John Cravens, who settled in Indiana and was father of Congressman James Addison Cravens of Indiana. Also, another grandson was Congressman James Harrison Cravens, of Indiana. In accordance with the numbering system used in this volume, sketches of these descendants of John Hiett, immigrant, will be properly placed in this volume, John Craven's number - (443.) ; James Harrison Cravens' number - (444.) -- editor.William Perry Johnson, Hiatt/Hiett Family History, Vol I
HH Volume, W. P. Johnson, presents that John was the son of
Sent by Wilmer Kerns. Margaret and Dennis Lanahan lived near Harrisonburg, Va.
(12.) MARGARET HIATT (2.) (1.):
b. c1736, Orange Co., Va. (now Jefferson Co., W. Va.) ; d. post 1782, Rockingham co., Va.; m. (1st). c1753, prob. in Frederick Co., Va., to WILLIAM DYER, son of Roger and Hannah (-). Dyer b. prob. 1730's, in Pa.; killed by Indians, 28 April 1758 Augusta Co., Va. - (now Pendleton Co., W.Va.) ; m.(2nd). 1759, Frederick or Augusta Co., Va., to JOHN CRAVENS, son of robert and mAry (Harrison). Cravens, b. 1722, Sussex Co., Del.; d. 1778, Rockingham Co., Va.; m. (3rd). 18 March 1782, in Rockingham Co., Va., to DENNIS LANAHAN, from Ulster, Ireland; dates and locations of birth and death not known.
CH: (Of William and Margaret Dyer). (88.) Roger (89.) John.
(Of John and margaret Cravens). (90.) mary (91). Hannah; (92.) Robert; (93.) William; (94.) Joseph; (95.) james; (96.) Margaret.The Settlers of the Long Grey Trail, by J. Houston Harrison, gives the genealogy of the Harrison family of Augusta and Rockingham cos., Va. On pages 261 and 342 it gives an account of the above family: John Cravens, born 1722 in Sussex Co., Delaware, died 1778, was eldest son of capt. Robert Cravens and wife Mary. Betweem 1758-1762 John Cravens married Margaret Dyer, the widow of William Dyer. On Sept. 15, 1758, Henry Smith signed Thomas Fulton's bond as security for Margaret Dyer. In 1765 there were infant orphans, Roger and John Dryer. Margaret was the daughter of John and Margaret Hiatt, Quakers, said to have come from the British Isles. John and Margaret Cravens lived on Cook's Creek, and he also had land in Linville Creek Community. In 1782 Margaret married, 3rdly, to Dennis Lanahan of Ulster, Ireland. He eventually gained the guardianship, or at least the control, of the estate belonging to the Craven children. A lawsuit followed, charging him wasting the money, etc.
In 1909, Judge Rober Oscar Cravebs, of Sacramento, California -- a descendant of Margaret (Hiatt). (Dyer). Cravens - wrote: Margaret Hiatt was born, reared, and married at opequon Creek, Frederick Co., Va. In 1758 William Dyer was killed by the Indians, and Margaret and her infant son, Roger Dyer, were rescued by John Cravens. A short time later Margaret's son, John Dyer was born, and the following year (17590 she married John Cravens. Robert Cravens, gentleman (father of John)., in 1743/48 was commissioned Captain of Horse in Orange Co., Va. The Cravens lived in Augusta Co., Va., and intermarried with the Harrisons and Smiths. It is alleged that Margaret (Hiatt). Cravens has been reocgnized as furnishing supplies to New Castle Co., Del., during the Revolutionary War.
The following excerpts are from Morton's History of Pendleton co., W. Va. : "The first bona-fide settlers of Pendleton appear to be the six families who on the fourth and fifth days of November, 1747 were given deeds of purchase by robert Green. The heads of these families were Robert (sic-should be Roger). Dyer, his son William, and his son-in-law matthew Patton; also John Patton, Jr., John Smith and William Stephenson. These men purchased 1860 acres, paying therefor 61 pounds and 6 shillings, or $203.33 --- It is…to be borne in mind that the settlers, -- perhaps 5,000 - who had come into the valley pf Virginia within just 20 years, were scattered over an area 150 miles long and 50 miles broad. This was an average only one family to each 5,000 acres. The county organization of Augusta was barely three years old. Staunton had not yet received its name. The locality of was known as 'Beverlys' Mill Place. There was in fact no designated town in the whole valley. The nearest approach to one was Winchester, then only ten years old and not to become a twon until 1752. As for highways, there were none worthy of the name. There was no established road on even bridle path for miles down the South Fork….
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR."Roger Dyer was at least on the border of middle age and for that period was a person of quite good circumstances. He evidently went into the wilderness of his own free chioce, and seems to have possessed the qualities of leadership and venturesomeness. On coming to virginia from Pennsylvania he first l;ocated at Moorefield, but finding the damp bottom land malarious, he moved higher up the valley in search of a healthful spot. Two of the other members of the group were of his own family, and the other three were presumablyformer neighbors if not relative also.
"Whether the little colony occupied its lands the same fall or waited until spring we do not know. But because of the short distance to Moorefield the settlers may have moved to the new home at once…
"….In the latter year (1755). roger Dyer fell into a term of ill health and made a will wherein he mentions 29 persons with whom he had had business dealings of one sort or another.…(Among those named was John Cravens - editor).
"By the close of 1757, not less than 40 families, or 200 individuals, were living in what is now Mendleton County. They were not unequally divided between the South Branch and the South Fork, and they were most numerous toward Upper Tract and the Dyer settlement….
"We may picture to ourselves a primeval forest broken only by a few dozen clearings, nearly all of those lying on or near the large watercourses. In these clearings were the small houses, usually of unhewn logs. Around the house were small, stump-dotted fields of corn, grain, and flax. The pens for the livestock were strongly built, so as to protect the animals from the bears, wolves, and catamounts that were the cause of continual anxiety and occasional loss. The 'broads' leading out from the settlement were simply bridle paths, and commodities were carried on the backs of animals.
"There was a little mill at the Dyer settlement and another at Upper tract. Doubtless there was also a blacjksmith in each valley. But there was neither church, schoolhouse, nor sotre. In the Dyer settlement, judging by the character pf its people, it is probable that there was some makeshift to provide elementary instruction for the young people. Elsewhere it is not likely that anything was being done in this line, unless through direct parental effort….
"In 1756 three bloody battles (with the Indians -- editor). were fought in Hampshire… In 1756 Virginia appropriated $33,333 for the building of 23 forts, these to comprise a chain extending from the great Cacapon in Hampshirer to the Mayo in Hailfax.… We have no account of any raids in Pendleton prior to 1757… Fort Upper Tract and Fort Seybert appear to have been built in 1756.… Fort Seybert stood.…a fourth of a mile south of the Fprt Seybert post office. The tragedy at Fort Seybert took place.… April 28, 1758… There were survivors to return from captivity and relate the event. The account they gave us has been kept very much alive by their descendants in the vicinity…
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR."The attacking party was composed of about 40 Shawness led by Killbuck. There is a vague statement that one Frenchman was among them….The only mention of Upper Tract in the Fort Seybert narrative is that an express was sent there for aid, but turned back after coming within sight of the telltale column of smoke from the burning buildings.
"The number of persons 'forting' in the Dyer settlement was perhaps 40. Very few of them were men, and several having gone across the Sghenandoah Mountain the day previous. Some of the women of the settlement also appear to have been away. There was a fog shrouding the bottom of the South Fork on this fatefui; morning, and the immediate presence of the enemy was unsuspected.…
"William Dyer had gone out to hunt and was waylaid near the fort. His flintlock refused to prime and fell dead pierced by several balls..
"The people slain in the massacre were 17, some accounts putting the number at 21 or even more. Among them were Captain Seybert, Roger Dyer, and the bound boy Wallace, whose yellow scalp was afterward recognized by Mrs. Hawes. It is brunette captives that Indians have preferred to spare.
"Including William Dyer, the four names are the only ones now remembered. It is worthy of note that apart from Sybert and the two Dyers none of the heads of families in the region around appear to be missing.. Even the wives of Roger and William Dyer were not among the killed. The infant son of William Dyer was with its mother's people east of Shenandoah Mountain….The estate of William Dyer was $713.03." (R60).
Hiett, Margaret, daughter of John and Rachel(Wilson) Hiett, was born circa 1728 and died after 1788, in Rockingham County, Virginia. She married: (1) William Dyer, the father of their two children, Roger Dyer and John Dyer, (2) John Cravens, son of Robert and Mary (Harrison) Cravens, circa 1760. He was born 1722 and died on July 4, 1778. They had seven children born between 1760 and 1775, in Rockingham County, Va. (3) Dennis Lanahan, on March 20, 1782. They lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
(92.) ROBERT CRAVENS (12.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1764. (R77). No further record.
Sent by Wilmer Kerns. Margaret and Dennis Lanahan lived near Harrisonburg, Va.
(12.) MARGARET HIATT (2.) (1.):
b. c1736, Orange Co., Va. (now Jefferson Co., W. Va.) ; d. post 1782, Rockingham co., Va.; m. (1st). c1753, prob. in Frederick Co., Va., to WILLIAM DYER, son of Roger and Hannah (-). Dyer b. prob. 1730's, in Pa.; killed by Indians, 28 April 1758 Augusta Co., Va. - (now Pendleton Co., W.Va.) ; m.(2nd). 1759, Frederick or Augusta Co., Va., to JOHN CRAVENS, son of robert and mAry (Harrison). Cravens, b. 1722, Sussex Co., Del.; d. 1778, Rockingham Co., Va.; m. (3rd). 18 March 1782, in Rockingham Co., Va., to DENNIS LANAHAN, from Ulster, Ireland; dates and locations of birth and death not known.
CH: (Of William and Margaret Dyer). (88.) Roger (89.) John.
(Of John and margaret Cravens). (90.) mary (91). Hannah; (92.) Robert; (93.) William; (94.) Joseph; (95.) james; (96.) Margaret.The Settlers of the Long Grey Trail, by J. Houston Harrison, gives the genealogy of the Harrison family of Augusta and Rockingham cos., Va. On pages 261 and 342 it gives an account of the above family: John Cravens, born 1722 in Sussex Co., Delaware, died 1778, was eldest son of capt. Robert Cravens and wife Mary. Betweem 1758-1762 John Cravens married Margaret Dyer, the widow of William Dyer. On Sept. 15, 1758, Henry Smith signed Thomas Fulton's bond as security for Margaret Dyer. In 1765 there were infant orphans, Roger and John Dryer. Margaret was the daughter of John and Margaret Hiatt, Quakers, said to have come from the British Isles. John and Margaret Cravens lived on Cook's Creek, and he also had land in Linville Creek Community. In 1782 Margaret married, 3rdly, to Dennis Lanahan of Ulster, Ireland. He eventually gained the guardianship, or at least the control, of the estate belonging to the Craven children. A lawsuit followed, charging him wasting the money, etc.
In 1909, Judge Rober Oscar Cravebs, of Sacramento, California -- a descendant of Margaret (Hiatt). (Dyer). Cravens - wrote: Margaret Hiatt was born, reared, and married at opequon Creek, Frederick Co., Va. In 1758 William Dyer was killed by the Indians, and Margaret and her infant son, Roger Dyer, were rescued by John Cravens. A short time later Margaret's son, John Dyer was born, and the following year (17590 she married John Cravens. Robert Cravens, gentleman (father of John)., in 1743/48 was commissioned Captain of Horse in Orange Co., Va. The Cravens lived in Augusta Co., Va., and intermarried with the Harrisons and Smiths. It is alleged that Margaret (Hiatt). Cravens has been reocgnized as furnishing supplies to New Castle Co., Del., during the Revolutionary War.
The following excerpts are from Morton's History of Pendleton co., W. Va. : "The first bona-fide settlers of Pendleton appear to be the six families who on the fourth and fifth days of November, 1747 were given deeds of purchase by robert Green. The heads of these families were Robert (sic-should be Roger). Dyer, his son William, and his son-in-law matthew Patton; also John Patton, Jr., John Smith and William Stephenson. These men purchased 1860 acres, paying therefor 61 pounds and 6 shillings, or $203.33 --- It is…to be borne in mind that the settlers, -- perhaps 5,000 - who had come into the valley pf Virginia within just 20 years, were scattered over an area 150 miles long and 50 miles broad. This was an average only one family to each 5,000 acres. The county organization of Augusta was barely three years old. Staunton had not yet received its name. The locality of was known as 'Beverlys' Mill Place. There was in fact no designated town in the whole valley. The nearest approach to one was Winchester, then only ten years old and not to become a twon until 1752. As for highways, there were none worthy of the name. There was no established road on even bridle path for miles down the South Fork….
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR."Roger Dyer was at least on the border of middle age and for that period was a person of quite good circumstances. He evidently went into the wilderness of his own free chioce, and seems to have possessed the qualities of leadership and venturesomeness. On coming to virginia from Pennsylvania he first l;ocated at Moorefield, but finding the damp bottom land malarious, he moved higher up the valley in search of a healthful spot. Two of the other members of the group were of his own family, and the other three were presumablyformer neighbors if not relative also.
"Whether the little colony occupied its lands the same fall or waited until spring we do not know. But because of the short distance to Moorefield the settlers may have moved to the new home at once…
"….In the latter year (1755). roger Dyer fell into a term of ill health and made a will wherein he mentions 29 persons with whom he had had business dealings of one sort or another.…(Among those named was John Cravens - editor).
"By the close of 1757, not less than 40 families, or 200 individuals, were living in what is now Mendleton County. They were not unequally divided between the South Branch and the South Fork, and they were most numerous toward Upper Tract and the Dyer settlement….
"We may picture to ourselves a primeval forest broken only by a few dozen clearings, nearly all of those lying on or near the large watercourses. In these clearings were the small houses, usually of unhewn logs. Around the house were small, stump-dotted fields of corn, grain, and flax. The pens for the livestock were strongly built, so as to protect the animals from the bears, wolves, and catamounts that were the cause of continual anxiety and occasional loss. The 'broads' leading out from the settlement were simply bridle paths, and commodities were carried on the backs of animals.
"There was a little mill at the Dyer settlement and another at Upper tract. Doubtless there was also a blacjksmith in each valley. But there was neither church, schoolhouse, nor sotre. In the Dyer settlement, judging by the character pf its people, it is probable that there was some makeshift to provide elementary instruction for the young people. Elsewhere it is not likely that anything was being done in this line, unless through direct parental effort….
"In 1756 three bloody battles (with the Indians -- editor). were fought in Hampshire… In 1756 Virginia appropriated $33,333 for the building of 23 forts, these to comprise a chain extending from the great Cacapon in Hampshirer to the Mayo in Hailfax.… We have no account of any raids in Pendleton prior to 1757… Fort Upper Tract and Fort Seybert appear to have been built in 1756.… Fort Seybert stood.…a fourth of a mile south of the Fprt Seybert post office. The tragedy at Fort Seybert took place.… April 28, 1758… There were survivors to return from captivity and relate the event. The account they gave us has been kept very much alive by their descendants in the vicinity…
THIRD GENERATION: CHILDREN OF JOHN HIATT, JR."The attacking party was composed of about 40 Shawness led by Killbuck. There is a vague statement that one Frenchman was among them….The only mention of Upper Tract in the Fort Seybert narrative is that an express was sent there for aid, but turned back after coming within sight of the telltale column of smoke from the burning buildings.
"The number of persons 'forting' in the Dyer settlement was perhaps 40. Very few of them were men, and several having gone across the Sghenandoah Mountain the day previous. Some of the women of the settlement also appear to have been away. There was a fog shrouding the bottom of the South Fork on this fatefui; morning, and the immediate presence of the enemy was unsuspected.…
"William Dyer had gone out to hunt and was waylaid near the fort. His flintlock refused to prime and fell dead pierced by several balls..
"The people slain in the massacre were 17, some accounts putting the number at 21 or even more. Among them were Captain Seybert, Roger Dyer, and the bound boy Wallace, whose yellow scalp was afterward recognized by Mrs. Hawes. It is brunette captives that Indians have preferred to spare.
"Including William Dyer, the four names are the only ones now remembered. It is worthy of note that apart from Sybert and the two Dyers none of the heads of families in the region around appear to be missing.. Even the wives of Roger and William Dyer were not among the killed. The infant son of William Dyer was with its mother's people east of Shenandoah Mountain….The estate of William Dyer was $713.03." (R60).
Hiett, Margaret, daughter of John and Rachel(Wilson) Hiett, was born circa 1728 and died after 1788, in Rockingham County, Virginia. She married: (1) William Dyer, the father of their two children, Roger Dyer and John Dyer, (2) John Cravens, son of Robert and Mary (Harrison) Cravens, circa 1760. He was born 1722 and died on July 4, 1778. They had seven children born between 1760 and 1775, in Rockingham County, Va. (3) Dennis Lanahan, on March 20, 1782. They lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
(250.) WILLIAM HIATT (42.) (6.) (2.) (1.):
m. 1797, Guilford Co., NC., to CHARITY HOGGATT, d/o Samuel and Charity (Mills). Hoggatt; b. 25-11mo-1779, Guilford Co., NC.; no further record.Deep River Mo. Mtg., Guilford Co., NC.: 5-6mo-1797 - Charity Hiett (formerly Hoggatt). disowned for marriage out of unity. 6-11mo-1797 - William Hiatt disowned for marriage out of unity (removed). (R45).
(42.) JOHN HIATT (6.) (2.) (1.):
b. c1746, Frederick Co., Va. (now Jefferson Co., W. Va.) ; d. date and place not known; m. c1770, prob. Guilford Co., NC., to PHEBE THATCHER, d/o Richard and Edith (Grubb). Thatcher; b. prob. Chester Co., Pa., date not known; d. date and place not known. John removed with his parents in 1759 from Va. to Orange Co., NC.; in 1797 the family removed to Westfield Mo. Mtg., Surry Co., NC., and in 1804 to Mt. Pleasant Mo. Mtg., Grayson Co., Va.
CH: (248.) John; (249.) Edith; (250.) William; (251.) Phebe; (252.) Mary; (253.) Stephen; (254.) Martha; (255.) Josiah.
New Garden Mo. Mtg., Guilford Co., NC.:
29-9mo-1770 - John Hiett disowned for marriage out of unity.
30-11mo-1776 - John Hiett, Jr., condemned his marriage out of unity.Deep River Mo. Mtg. Guilford Co., NC.:
3-5mo-1784 - John Hiatt disowned.
2-1mo-1797 - Phebe Hiat and children granted a certificate to Westfield Mo. Mtg.
1-10mo-1804 - John Hiatt condemned his misconduct.
1-10mo-1804 - John Hiatt grnated a certificate to Mt. Pleasant Mo. Mtg.Westfield Mo. Mtg., Surry Co., NC.:
18-8mo-1798 - John Hiett received by request.Concord Mo. Mtg., Chester Co., Pa.:
4-8mo-1773 - Phebe Hiett. Formerly Thatcher, disowned some time ago, now makes acknowledgement and a recommendation received from New Garden Mo. Mtg., NC., on her behalf. She removed there soon after disowned.John Hiatt (Jr.) is given on 1790 Census of Guilford Co., NC. (see p. 7). He does not appear to have owned land in Guilford Co., NC., or in Surry Co., NC., or Grayson Co., Va.
Deep River Mo. Mtg., Guilford Co., NC.:
Page 19
John Hiatt
Pheby Hiatt
Ch: John b. 5 - 24 - 1771
Edeth b. 10 - 19 - 1772
William b. 11 - 26 - 1774
Pheby b. 9 - 29 - 1776
Mary b. 11 - 3 - 1778
Stephen b. 9 - 9 - 1780
Martha b. 11 - 22 - 1782 (R45).
Found in the Hiatt book. Nov. 13, 1991, recieved correspondence from Karen Collignon, 39402 10th St. East, Palm Dale, Calif. 93550. She is from this line thru Josiah, to Esther, Laura Dean, to Calvin Jasperson, to Dela Jasperson, to Connie Downey to Karen.Hi Carol Faye! I'm thinking we are related somehow (me by Marriage, as my husband is the direct ancestor of Stephen Hiatt, brother to your John, Faye. I have a genealogy done in 1956, but does not list this younger Josiah. The last birth I have for John and Phebe Thatcher is Martha in 1782. FYI: I have a Josiah Hiatt born of Stephen Hiatt, b. 7/23/1818. Could this be anyone's Josiah? Probably named for the
Josiah, youngest brother of Stephen John. Question for Faye: Do you have any genealogy information for the immigrant ancestor, John Hiatt, born 1674 somewhere in England? I have who he married (Mary Smith and her parents names) and his children and where they settled, but no information from back in England. Thanks for the info.
Found in H-H book.
Mrs. Nancy Speers of Swarthmore, PA, a researcher for Phyllis Slater of
Bremond, Texas writes on 25 May 1985; You may remember in my first letter I mentioned Phebe Thatcher, daughter of Richard and Edith (Grubb) Thatcher, who married in 1770 to Stephen Hiatt. Edith Grubb was received into membership on her own request at Concord MM, now Delware Co., Pa. then Chester Co., on 7 Jan 1733/4. She married on 23 Jan of the same year to Richard Thatcher, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Dicks) Thatcher of Thornburgh and emigrated with his parents Richard and Jane Thatcher about 1685. Richard died 1763, and his wife Edith died 1771, having had 10 children. Edith was the daughter of a non-Quaker, Emanuel Grubb, and his wife Ann Hedge (Cock) Grubb. Emanuel was born in New Castle Co., Delaware, 19 Jul 1682, died 9 Aug 1767, marr 1708 to Ann, b 27 Feb 1694, died 24 Jan 1772, granddaughter of Otto Ernest Cock, who had been secretary to the Swedish Governor, John Printz. Emanuel was the son of John Grubb, b. Cornwall, England in 1652, married Frances Vane of Kent Co., England and emigrated before 1679.
Sarah's mother, Mary Thatcher, was married contrary to Friends' discipline to Geroge Hodgins or Hodgson, which was reported to Concord MM, Chester Co., PA on 5 May 1729, and she was disowned for it on 2 Jun 1729. She was a sister of your Richard Thatcher who married Thatcher were children of Jonathan Thatcher and Hannah Dicks, whose marriage was allowed by Concord MM on 12 Feb 1699/1700.
Jonathan owned land in Thornburg Township, Chester Co. He was born at
Uffington, Berkshire, England., on 15 Feb. 1667, and presumably came over with his parents who were received at Concord MM on 12 Dec 1687. Richard, his father, had married Jane Stephens, daughter of John of Uffington, on 24 April 1667 at Reading and Warboro MM, Berkshire.
Hannah Dicks was the daughter of Peter Dicks of Chester, the city, in
Cheshire England, who was a flax-dresser who bought 250 acres in PA on 16 Aug
1684 from his father, James Dicks, who had purchased it from William Penn in
1681. Peter, his wife Esther, and their children emigrated about 1686 and
settled in Birmingham Township, Chester Co., where Peter died in 1704. Esther married 2nd to John Mendenhall in 1708. Peter, son of James was born 1660 to 1666 in Cheshire, and married Esther Maddock on 4 Aug 1681 at Frandley MM, Cheshire. Esther was born 16 Dec 1661, daughter of Nathan and Alice Maddock, Nathan Maddock was b. 1642, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Simcock) Maddock, Thomas having been born in 1615. Besides Hannah Dicks, Peter and Esther had: Elizabeth, Sarah, Esther, Deborah, Nathan, and Peter.
(248.) and (249.) No further record. (For dates of birth see page 104.)
(248.) and (249.) No further record. (For dates of birth see page 104.)
(254.) MARTHA HIATT (42.) (6.) (2.) (1.):
b. 22-11mo-1782, Guilford Co., NC.The following data may or may not pertain to this Martha Hiatt:
1850 Census, Surry Co., NC.: Martha Hiatt, 70, NC.; Green Hiatt, 67, Farmer, Va.; Martha, 65, Va.; William, 19, NC.; Sarah, 8, NC.
Sent by Colleen Milbocker, Echo Mallery. See Mills Family History, page 9, by Paul Mills. Also spelled Hodgson.
28 JUN 1755: Guilford County, North Carolina, New Garden MM.
Records sent by Lee Buch, December 2011.
George Hodgson, father of Sarah Hiatt, came to the US in 1710. All this family was lost at sea except George age 9.
Aproximated birth date from husbands.
See HH book Vol. I, pg. 65
"Capon Bridge was settled in the late 1740's. Fort Edward was erected nearby about 1750, after George Washington had surveyed three tracts of land for David, Joseph, an Thomas Edwards. In a bloody battle here in 1756, Indians killed and scalped almost 100 men in a regiment under the command of Goerge Washington ...(etc.)"Sent by Charles House.
From Edwards, Progenitors, Siblings, Descendants of Andrew Edwards by Lela
Lillian Lones. Published 1985.
Page 34.
During the Rev. War Thomas Edwards, Samuel Parks, and Evan Hiatt from
Hampshire Co., Va. volunteered to serve against the Indian raids.
1778 was the year of mourning for Thomas Edwards and Mary Hiatt. A daughter and a son were victims of the Indian raids in western Virginia. Maude Pugh published the Hiett version of the Green brier incident:
"Hugh McIvor (McKeever) married a daughter of Thomas and Mary Hiett Edwards and went to live in the fertile valley of Greenbrier River, remote from White Settlements. The Indians came and killed the father and carried the mother and children into captivity. After five years she escaped but never again saw the children who she had been permitted to see only once while with the red people.
In the fall of 1778, the son David Edwards was killed in Monongahela
county by the Indians.
Lord Fairfax died in December of 1781 at the age of 92. The Fairfax estate was confiscated at the endo f the war "Because it belonged to a Tory during the Revolution". The confiscated land was thrown open to settlement under the regulations of the other state lands.
It was not until 1786 that the Court of Appeals handed down it's final decision in the fifty year old case of HITE vs. FAIRFAX. The decision was in favor of the plaintiff.
The Revolutionary War was followed by inflation. Then came the depression. The new paper money the government had had printed was of little value. It took seventy four Continental dollars to equal one silver dollar, which gave rise to the saying, "Not worth a Continental." (The common coinage of that time was a spanish coin known as a Piece of Eight, could be cut into pieces for 1 bit, 2 bits, etc, up to 8 bits a dollar, hence the saying, 2 bits, four bits, six bits a dollar -, etc., Larry Anderson)
As early as 1777 a law had been passed covering "taxation in kind". Tobacco had always been a species of currency - a substitute for precious metal. Scarce coin was replaced by barter. large sums, even taxes, were paid in products: tobacco, deer skins, grain.
The following tax receipt was located at the Virginia state library:
"Received of Thomas Edwards for Publick Taxes one hundred & Seventy three Pounds of Flour at Fifty Pounds W.C't. J'r. Elias Posten173 Lbs/Fir Ls 6.10 February 1st 1781"
From the book, Historical Records of Old Frederick Co., Va.
by Dr. Wilmer KernsEdwards, Thomas, son of Joseph and Sarah Edwards, born circa 1722 and died in 1791 in the Cacapon Valley, Hampshire County, Va. His will was probated on July 14, 1791, per Hampshire County Will Boook I, page 274. The Executors were his wife, Mary (HIETT) Edwards and her brother, Evan Hiett. Witnesses were:
John SLANE, David FOREMAN and Evan JENKINDS. He received valuable Fairfax grants, and Edwards' Run was named after this man. It is believed that he and his wife were buried on top of Edwards Mountain, on his own land. Their children were: (1) David EDWARDS who was deceased by 1786. A book has been written on this branch, titled, Edwards: Progenitors, Siblings, Descendants of Andrew Edwards. Contact: Miss Lela Lilian Lones, 3400 Willis, Perry, Iowa 50220. (2) Margaret EDWARDS who married William ALDERTON. (3) Ann EDWARDS who married Samuel PARKE. (4) Naomi EDWARDS who married: (a) John OWENS (b) Bernard BRELSFORD. (5) Hannah EDWARDS who married Samuel PARKE and (7) Thomas EDWARDS, II, married Martha KEENER.
See Hampshire County Will Book I, pp. 369-370, for a list of legatees found in the administration papers, dated 3 May 1794, Hampshire County Court, Romney, W. Va. 26757.
The West Virginia Advocate, Wednesday, Sept 14, 1988.
Search for the Exact Location of Historic Noah Hampton's Mill
...the first mill located on the former land of pioneer Caudy was not
built until sometime during the early 1800s. The first mill by Thomas Edwards. As early as 1748, a stream now know as Edwards Run was named "Edwards Mill Run." Sent by Jo An SheelyEdwards, Thomas, son of Joseph and Sarah Edwards, was born circa 1722 and died in 1791 in the Capon Valley, Hampshire County, Va. His will was probated on July, 14, 1791, per Hampshire Will Book 1, page 274. The executors were his wife, Mary (Hiett) Edwards and her brother, Evan Hiett. Bondsmen were: John Slane, David Foreman and Evan Jenkins. He receive valuable Fairfax grants, and Edwards' Run was named after this man. It is believe that he and his wife were buried on top of Edwards Mtn., on own land. Their children were: (1) David Edwards was deceased by 1786. A book has been written on this branch, titled, Edwards: Progenitors, Siblings, Descendants of Andrew Edwards. Contact: Miss Lela Lillian Lones, 3400 Willis, Perry, Iowa 50220. (2) Margaret Edwards married William Alderton. (3) Sarah Edwards married James McBride. (4) Ann Edwards married Samuel Parke. (5) Naomi Edwards married: (a) John Owens (b) Bernard Brelford. (6) Hannah Edwards married Samule Parke and (7) Thomas Edwards, II, married Martha Keener. See Hampshire County Will Book I, pp. 369-370, for a list of legatees found in the administration papers, dated May 3, 1794, Hampshire County Court, Romney, W.Va. 26757.
See Edwards, Progenitors, siblings, descendants of Andrew Edwards by Lela Lillian Lones, 1985., see pg. 36.
An invoice and appraisment were made 11 May 1772 for David Edwards (Son of Josesph Edwards?)
The Will of Joseph Edwards, the Fort Builder, foudn in Hampshire Co. Will Book 2, was written 10 April 1781. Named in this will are hsi sons Joseph, Thomas and David, and a daughter, Mary, wife of Robert Pugh. A copy of this Will is also found in Capon Valley, It's Pioneers and Descendants by Maude Pugh, Volume I, page 139.
There is an affidavit of a Joseph Edwards, 52, sworn 29 November 1770. Is it possible that this was Joseph Edwards, Jr. who settled on the waters of Opequon? (Would make him born 1718, more likely a cousin from one of Joseph's brothers, note by Larry Anderson)
Apparently Andrew and Rachel (Mosely) Parke were in Lancaster Co., PA, and Frederick Co., MD, before entering Hampshire Co., VA. It was not until 1774 that Andrew Parke bought from John Parke land on Edwards Mill Run. By this time, a daughter, Sarah Parke, had married David Edwards, son of Thomas and Mary (Hiatt) Edwards.
See note on Will of Andrew Parke under David Edwards.Will found in Capon Valley, It's Pioneers and Descendatns by Maude Pugh, VOl. I, pg. 139.
Sent by Jo An Sheely. S/o Joseph Edwards and Mary HickmanRef: "Capon Valley" by Maud Pugh. "Edwards, Progenitors, Siblings,
Descendants" Complied by Lela Lillian Lones LDS #929.273 E951.Received one of the first Capon Valley grants given by Lord Fairfax 26 May 1748. A fort was built around a spring on Joseph Edwards' Land. Virgina
Archives gives the location "Where the Dillon Run connected with the Great
Cacapon". Historians refer to Joseph Edwards as "Joseph Fort Builder Edwards".Fort was built 1746-1748. Edwards Fort was built between the Wappacoma Indian Path and the Cacapon River. Will probated 14 May 1782, copy in possession of Jo An Sheely. Also a copy of the Lord Fairfax Land Grant 23 Jul 1760. Land Surveyed by George Washington.
Joseph Edwards stated in his will that his grandsons, Samuel and Jesse Pugh sons of Robert and Mary Edwards Pugh should cast lots for the land on which the dwelling house stood. His willed named 400-acre tract located on both sides of the river where Capon Bridge now stands.Historical Records of Old Frederick Co., Va. by Dr. Wilmer Kerns, 1991 Edwards, Joseph, was born circa 1695 and died on his Capon Bridge farm in 1682. His wife was named Sarah. The first road leading west from Winchester, VA, in 1750, crossed his farm, known later as a wagon road. An old graveyard was located on the west bank of the Cacapon River, near the road, but has been lost in time, or destroyed. I and others have done extensive onsite research of the EDWARDS real estate. The northern half of the town of Capon Bridge, W. Va. lays on one section of his former 400 acre Fairfax grant. It is believed that EDWARDS emigrated from Chester Co., PA to the Cacapon Valley circa 1734-35.
One researcher contends that Joseph EDWARDS was a son of Joseph and Mary
(HICKMAN) Edwards of Chester Co., PA. A very compelling argument has been made in a research paper by: Mrs. Marie QUISENBERRY, 5140 Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad, Calif. 92008.Larry Anderson Hiatt Book p. 9.
Edwards, Joseph, was born circa 1695 and died on his Capon Bridge farm in 1782. His wife was named Sarah. The first road leading west from Winchester, Va., In 1750, crossed his farm known later as a wagon road. An old graveyard was located on the west bank of the Cacapon River, near the road, but has been ,lost in time, or destroyed. I and others have done extensive onsite search of Edwards real estate. The northern half of the town of Capon Bridge, W.Va. lays on one section of his former 400-acre Fairfax grant. It is believed that Edwards emigrated from Chester County, PA to the Capon Valley circa 1734-35. One researcher contends that Joseph Edwards was a son of Joseph and Marry (Hickman) Edwards of Chester County, PA. A very compelling argument has been made in researce paper by: Mrs. Marie Quisenberry, 6852 Alderwood Drive, Carlsbad, CA. 92008.
Larry Anderson Hiatt Book p. 9.