random ancestry note
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elionwyr..Because I'll probably forget where to find this again..
Distant relative Martha Hughes:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/i/l/Dennis-D-Miller/GENE5-0018.html
Notes for Martha Hughes:
Martha was captured by Indians in December 1787 (She was approx. 14), and released and returned in 1790. The family tradition is that she was too hard to control, so the indians returned her. Information about her capture and release are on her tombstone. The reality is that Her father, a famed Indian fighter and scout probably paid for her release.Wife of Jacob Bonnett and daughter of Jesse David Hughes, Sr. and Grace Tanner
According to the cemetery records, Martha was captured by Indians in December 1787 and held captive until 1790 when she was released and returned. *
* she must have been untameable by their standards ....... yea, we love your spunk!
Her tombstone reads:
Martha, daughter of Jesse Hughes, born December, 1773; made prisoner
by the Indians Dec. 1787; married Jacob Bonnett, 1792; died Dec, 1834;
aged 61 years.
Jacob Bonnett was a member of the family that owned the Bonnett Tavern just off the PA Turnpike. (Sadly, the Bonnett Tavern is no longer family owned.)
Jesse Hughes' history is a bit tough to read, but one fairly detailed biography can be found here:
http://www.muzzleblasts.com/archives/vol5no2/articles/mbo52-3.shtml
Distant relative Martha Hughes:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/i/l/Dennis-D-Miller/GENE5-0018.html
Notes for Martha Hughes:
Martha was captured by Indians in December 1787 (She was approx. 14), and released and returned in 1790. The family tradition is that she was too hard to control, so the indians returned her. Information about her capture and release are on her tombstone. The reality is that Her father, a famed Indian fighter and scout probably paid for her release.Wife of Jacob Bonnett and daughter of Jesse David Hughes, Sr. and Grace Tanner
According to the cemetery records, Martha was captured by Indians in December 1787 and held captive until 1790 when she was released and returned. *
* she must have been untameable by their standards ....... yea, we love your spunk!
Her tombstone reads:
Martha, daughter of Jesse Hughes, born December, 1773; made prisoner
by the Indians Dec. 1787; married Jacob Bonnett, 1792; died Dec, 1834;
aged 61 years.
Jacob Bonnett was a member of the family that owned the Bonnett Tavern just off the PA Turnpike. (Sadly, the Bonnett Tavern is no longer family owned.)
Jesse Hughes' history is a bit tough to read, but one fairly detailed biography can be found here:
http://www.muzzleblasts.com/archives/vol5no2/articles/mbo52-3.shtml
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Date: 2011-02-21 12:20 am (UTC)(I always lose track of the greats..)
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Date: 2011-02-21 04:20 am (UTC)(I love all the French and Native American stuff going on in the tree...and we have two Watsons, I think, which makes my geeky heart happy.)