Geri, so nice of you to post all of the wonderful things you do. You mentioned the name Price. I am trying to solve a family mystery. My family insists that my gr.grandmother was half Portuguese and half Native American. Since your posting is in the region that I am researching, I thought maybe we have a link.This is the information I have. William Fratis b. 1847, married Mary A. Price b 1851. William was of Portuguese heritage, born in PA but parents were from Ireland according to the 1900 census in Philadelphia. Mary A. Price was born in PA, as were her parents, according to the 1900 census. Their daughter Anna Augusta Dorothea Fratis b. 1882 in PA was their daughter and my gr.grandmother. She died in 1944. William aparently died because we find Anna who is now married to John Rhoads b. 1884 living in New Castle DE with Mary A. Curtis, John's mother in law. I have no idea who Mary's parents are or where in PA they are from. Does any of this ring a bell for you? Rita Rhoads Maury ----- Original Message ----- From: "Honor Conklin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:29 PM Subject: [PACARBON] Indian captivity was 13th/9th Virginia (Gilbertfamily) > I would just like to mention that the book Walton, William. The captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family, 1780-83, provides a good blueprint for information on Pennsylvania people kidnapped in this time period by the joint forces of the Seneca, Lenape, and British. My Price relations were kidnapped during the same period from the Blue Mountains near Stroudsburg and what little I have been finding indicates they had the same experiences and travelled the same trails as the Gilbert family. > > Honor > > >>> geri brennan <[email protected]> 02/23/04 08:42AM >>> > I think you hit the right person. I happen to know a little about the > Gilberts. > > Mahoning Township-Carbon County, PA > The family of Benjamin Gilbert came to the valley of Mahoning in 1775, > and settled on the Mahoning Creek. His step-son, Benjamin Peart, located > about a half mile away. Benjamin Gilbert was of native of Beyberry, 15 > miles from Phila., where he was born in 1711. He was educted by the > Quakers and resided near his birthplace tilll he moved to the Mahoning > valley in 1775. He married a lady in his youth by home he had 7 > children. They arrivived at years of maturity, and several of them > settled there. About the year of 1748 he publised a treatise against the > war in answer to Gilbert Tennent. In 1769 and 1770 he publised two large > works on religious subject. After his death the contracted a second > marriage to Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin Peart, who also had several > children, > > It was some years after this second marriage that it was decided to move > north of the Blue Ridege. His sons and daughters, connections and his > friends were not strangers to the dangers to which they would be exposed > and earnestly besought them to remain in their midst. > > The journey was made. The party consised of Benjamin Gilbert, his wife, > Elizabeth, his sons, Joseph, Jesse. and Abner; Rebecca and Elizabeth, > daughters; Benjamin and Thomas Peart, sons of Mrs. Gilbert. After > reaching the place selected a comfortable log house and barn where > erected.. Later a saw-mill and a grist-mill were erected on the creek, > which drew custom from large extent of country and rended the position > of the family comfortable. After 5 years the quiet of the family was > surprised on the morning of the 25th of April, 1780, by a party of 11 > Indians and taken captive. The house was plundered and all the building > burned. The Indian the visited the house of Benjamin Peart, who a year > or two previous had marred and settled a half mile away, and captured > him, and his wife and his child. Abigail, a daughter of Samuel Dodson, a > neighbor, had brought from home to the mill early in the morning a > grist, and she was still there and captured with the rest. (An account > of their captivity and wandering will be found in the chapter of Indian > History. An account was verbally given by them on their return, in 1783, > and was writter by William Walton, published by Joseph Cruikshank in > 1784) > > Christ Church-Phila. PA > Pert, Bryan, son of Benjamin and Rachael, 2y 2m bp Dec 7 1728 > > Pert, Jane, d.o William and Mary, 3w born May 9 1729 > > Peart Rachael, born Dec 24, 1738, wife of Benjamin 46y > > Gilbert, John, s/o John and Elizabeth 5m 10d, born Dec 15, 1738 > > Marriages > Gilbert Benjamin to Elizabeth Pert March 14, 1760 > > Northampton > Estate of Benjamin Gilbert, Penn township, 5 tracts-request for > partition; the widow asked the court if it "would be pleaed to appoint > Michael Ohl, Philip Moser, Borick Moser, Francis Bailer, Daniel Warner, > Nathan Warner, John Snider, Josiah Thomas, gentleman or some other four > or more of them to make the partiton. Widow, Elizabeth, now of Phila. > County, children, Joseph, eldest son, Bejamin, John, Joshua, Caleb, > Jesse, Rachael, the wife of William Walton, Abigail, wife of Benjamin > Walton, Abrner, minor child, Rebecca, minor child, Elizabeth, minor > child, guardian for 3 minor children, already appointed-Jacob Comly- Dec > 16, 1783 > > Chester Co > Peart, Bryan, a whitesmith, from Harskip, in Yorkshire, England, died in > 1706 at Duck Creek, DE, leaving a widow, Jame, and serveral children. > Their son, Benjamin married Rachael, d.o Richard and Elizabeth (Rush) > Collet, and among other childre children had a son, Bryan,married Nov > 30, 1752 to Elizabeth Walton of Byberry, by whom there were Bejamin, > born 2//1753, Rebecca. born 12/28/1754 and Thomas, born 9/28/1756. > > After the death of Bryan Peart in 1757, in 1757 the widow married > (license Aug 18, 1760) Benjamin Gilbert, the Indian captive,and in 1775 > removed with him to Mahoning Valley, Northampton Co., PA. On Aprl 25, > 1780 Benjamin Gilbert and family, including the wife's sons, Benjamin > and Thomas Peart, were taken by the Indians, their dwellings burned, and > they were forced by weary marches to accompany their captors to the > northwest part of New York. Benjamin Peart was then married to Elizabeth > Jones, and their child, Elizabeth, aged 9 months, was one of the > captives. Benjamin Peart, after their return in 1782, resided several > years before moving to Ohio. Thomas Peart was adopted in an Indian > family on the Genesse River, in the place of a deceased member, but at > length obtained his release through the interference of Col. Johnson, a > British officer at Niagara. After his return he married Mary Robert, d/o > Lewis Roberts of Abington, and about 1790 moved to a farm in > Fallowfield, Chester Co., PA. > > Westmoreland Co. > The family was planted in the county by John Gilbert, of Cornwall, > England, who in or near 1682 came to PA as one of William Penn's > colonists and settled in Bucks Co. PA. > > In 1775 Benjamin Gilbert, a grandson of John Gilbert, the emigrant > ancester purchased land near the Mauch Chunk coal mines. In 1780 he and > his family, as well as some neighbors, some 15 in all, were captured by > a party of 11 Indians. The Indians then packed such good and provisions > as they desired on Mr. Gilbert's horses,after which they fired the > buildings. Then they followed a wearisome march over a wild, rough > country, to the vicinity of Niagara Falls. Atfer a time they were all > liberated, but owning to age and ever-fatigue Benjamin Gilbert died on > the way home and was buried on the band of the St. Lawrence River. One > of his sons, Benjamin, who had escaped capture, was instrumental in > assissting the family home, and not long after purchased land in > Westmoreland Co. Having no children he induced his half-brother, Abrner > Gilbert, one of the above mentioned captives, to join him and assist him > in buisness. This was in 1797. Abrner Gilbert died at age 65. > > Benjamin Gilbert, son of Abner, was born 1800, in Westmoreland county. > He married Lydia Cope, and their children were; Sarah A.,Samuel C., Mary > wife of Dillion Gibbons, Eliza G., married Joshua Cope, Susan married > Jesse Edgerton of Belmont County, Ohio, > > Now could this be the John you are talking about. Gilbert, John, not the > Rev. but in Northwest Indian War., Old War#10184, applied in > Westmoreland Co., PA. Soldier had been placed on pension roll of PA on > 14 April 14, 1814 > > I'll check to others. > > Best Wishes, Geri > > ______________________________ > > > ==== PACARBON 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 [email protected] > > ============================== > 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 > > >