>From "The Friendship News". "Vol.21-No62---100Wickfield Road, Blacklick, Ohio 43004-9624---Oct. 2000 "Five Beautiful Friend Sisters " Excerpted from "The History of Larue County, Kentucky," provided by Leonard Morrison, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Friend Family Association: "A prominent early citizen in Kentucky was Phillip Phillips, for whom Phillips Fort was named. He was wealthy for those times, owning much land. He had the distinction of being Justice of Peace in several communities. He died in 1797, the year George Washington finished his second term as president. His wife was Savannah Friend. "Jedediah Ashcraft and his wife, Nancy Friend, and their children and Joseph Kirkpatrick and his wife, Eleanor Friend, were two other of the occupants of Phillips Fort. These two families had estates of several thousand acres of land. Joseph Kirkpatrick built a stone house which still stands in what then was a part of Virginia. The Ashcraft family later moved to the Corayson County region and took up some 1200 acres. Their brother,Isaac Friend, and family which included six sons, started the Friend generation in that section of Kentucky. Now only a few of name still live there. "In England, the Friend families had sixteen coats of arms. One that was brought to America had as its motto: AUDE ED PREDVAILIBUS meaning "Dare and you will prevail". "Master builder, John Friend supervised the construction of the first building for Harvard College in 1640. It was probable the largest building in New England. Earlier he had constructed the fort at Saybrook. John Friend charged "20 pounds and eight" for his services. (Reference for this is: "The Founding of Harvard College by Samuel E. Morrison, 1935 and reprinted from Friendship News, September, 1978. Further down in the same volume there is more.....I wanted you to read about the prominence of the Friend family. "Provided by Leonard Morrison, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Friend Family Association: "Savannah Friend was married to Phillip Phillips....repeated. Jedediah Ashcraft and his wife Nancy Friend, and their children and Joseph Kirkpatrick and his wife, Eleanor Friend, were two other of the occupants of Phillips Fort. These two families had estates of several thousand acres of land. Joseph Kirkpatrick had built a stone house which still stands in what then was a part of Virginia. The Ashcraft family later moved to Corayson County region and took up some 1200 acres of land on Bear Creek. Jedediah was killed by Indians in 1794. "Jonathan Cessna and wife, Mary Friend, settled at the falls of the Ohio River. He was killed by Indians and his wife, with her infant son, then joined her relatives at Phillips Fort. She was secured a grant of 300 acres of land. "And there was another Friend sister, Elizabeth, who married first a MR HINCH....who died soon after. SHE LATER MARRIED WILLIAM BROWNFIELD. "These five pioneer ladies were known as the five beautiful Friend sisters in the vicinity of their home, Friends Cove, Pennsylvania. "Their brother, Isaac Friend, and family, which included six sons, started the Friend generation in that section of Kentucky. Now only a few of name still live there." This site is: http://friendfamilyassociation.org/friendshipnews/october2000.html _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.