1st,the Presbyterian churches of ne most Md had brothers,Rev James and Samuel Finley,from about 1740. Rev Samuel Finley became president of,now, Princeton .There was educated,in part,Rev Robert Wilkes Finley,of 1st,Bucks Co,Pa and years laterhe preached,and ran a school at Cane Ridge,8 miles n e of Paris,Bourbon Co,Ky 1791-96. That log church still exsists,enshrined in a modern protective building. He also ministered Concord,in Nicholas,or Fleming Co,Ky at the same time. Rev James Finley,above,had a son,Rev John Evans Finley,1st of the Fagg's Manor Presbyterian near Brandywine battlefield,and later lived in Mason Co,Ky and had Lawrence Creek Presbterian in Mason,and a very few miles north, Straight Creek,and White Oak Presbyterian in modern s Brown Co,Oho. He also surveyed,at a distance,downriver,and in Mason Co. Robert Wilkes Finley educated at Cane Ridge,the future Shaker leaders,John Dunlevy,and Richard McNeMarr. On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:48:09 -0800 Kathryn Weiss <buckeye@thegrid.net> writes: > Hi Herm, Thanks for the thought about Presby. ministers. Can you > tell > me the names of those Princeton-educated men, or a brief > background?? > Or about where they lived in relation to Falmouth? I'd been > considering > surveyors or engineers being highly trained/skilled in mathematics, > was > hoping for some names. I hadn't really thought about ministers > other > than the broad classical education that many received -- hadn't > really > connected them to math. > > Bob, thanks for replying, but I am not sure what point you were > trying > to make. Could you enlighten me? I do understand that 1,613 pop. > was > not all grown men. > > Any thoughts on who/where this "McClain" guy was? [variant > spellings, I > am sure!] > > Kathryn > > -------------------- > > > > Subject: Re: [KYPENDLE] Pendleton County 1800 > > Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:37:24 -0500 > > From: Hermon B Fagley <hermfagley@juno.com> > > To: KYPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > A Presbyterian minister?. I can think of Princeton educated > ministers in > > Mason and Bourbon.The one in Mason Co surveyed. Or,simply because > he was > > my ancestor, and thus > > had to be smart, and tall,dark,and handsome,Thomas Hitch. > > The county surveyor. > > > > ========================================= > Subject: Re: [KYPENDLE] Pendleton County 1800 > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:41:00 EST > From: BoMarRegan@aol.com > To: KYPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Kathryn: Check any of the census' of the 1800s or early 1900s. It > was > not unusual to find a farming family with 9 or 10 children. > Bob > ========================== > Subject: [KYPENDLE] Pendleton County 1800 > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:12:07 -0800 > From: Kathryn Weiss <buckeye@thegrid.net> > To: KYPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi folks, > I have a couple of general questions, maybe you can help me. > > I find reference to meeting at "McClain's Schoolhouse" in the 1797 > Forks > of Licking Church records. Who was McClain? Any chance anybody > knows > where McClains schoolhouse was? Was it in Falmouth? This, before > the > FOL Meeting House had been built, apparently. > > Which grown man in Pendleton County in 1800 was the most likely to > be a > teacher or a professional man, well-educated, particularly trained & > highly skilled in mathematics? Who among your ancestors was a > mathematician of one skill-set or another? Especially if there was > a > man who lived near the general area of the the Licking R., and north > of > Falmouth. > > Considering that in 1800 the population was 1,613, with a population > density of 2.7 people per square mile, I'd guess neighborhoods by > definition were larger than we are used to thinking of today. > > I'll be very interested in your responses. > > Here's another question, > Who, as a grown, likely successful man, in 1800 in Pendleton County > would have had books - philosophy, religion, mathematics, etc.? Any > mention in the later estate records of these guys, of books in the > inventory, [other than account books or Bibles]? > > Kathryn > > > ==== KYPENDLE Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain > letters, political announcements, current events, items for > sale, personal messages, flames,etc. (in other words - spam) > is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration > for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!