For Squire Boone, Jr. descendents. Virginia Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue VanCleave" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:27 AM Subject: [KENTUCKIANA-L] The Long Run Massacher > Hi. > I'm looking for information on The Long Run Massacre. > My husband's (Bill) gggg-grandparents is Aaron & Rachael VanCleave. There daughter Jane married Squire Boone, Jr. There son John (Bill's ggg-grandfather) lost his 1st wife and a couple of children in the attack. John remarried the widow Rachel (Demarest) Ryker (Bill's ggg-grandmother) how lost her 1st husband in the attack. > > Suzanne VanCleave > Federal Heights, Colorado > > > ==== KENTUCKIANA Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the KENTUCKIANA mail list - > new subscribers should check the mail list archives at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=kentuckiana > > ============================== > 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 >
Hi Virginia and Suzane, I can't help with the Long Run Massacre but in one of my old books (The Frontiersman, Pg. 444 by Allan W. Eckert, Little,Brown & Co. Boston,1967- There is an excerpt about Benjamin Van Cleave. With many of our Penington cousins related by other surnames - prehaps this will help someone. Dec. 13, 1796 - Tuesday, The face of the Ohio Territory was rapidly changing. Early in the year had come the sale of Pittsburge and Philadelphia of other parts of The Seven Ranges for nearly $50,000 and eager settlers were flocking to their new land. To the west, along the Great Miami River, the first of the settlers had begun to arrive at Dayton, both by land and by water. The first party came by boat and was lead by BENJAMIN VAN CLEVE, arriving on April 1, ten days after putting out from Cincinnati (presently Fremont, OH). PG. 456 May 25, 1799 - Saturday If the plans of BEN VAN CLEVE, the Reverand William Hamer and some of the other settlers in Dayton had worked out as expected, it might have resulted in a good bit of revenue and fame coming to the new frontier settlement. Throughout most of the last fall they had helped at building a large and well fashioned flatboat. In early winter they had launched it in the Great Miami and tied it fast to await the swelling streams with spring rains. From that time until mid-March they had concentrated on getting the cargo gathered for a maiden voyage to New Orleans. Over two thousand excellent fur skins- bales of beaver, otter, muskrat, bear,raccoon, skunk and mink pelts - constituted the bulk of the cargo and the remainder was made up of five hundred extra-good smoked venison hams, pickled pork, smoked bacon and a hundred large deerskin bags filled with shelled corn. Visions of Dayton becoming a major frontier shipping port danced in the settlers' heads. Everything went well at first. The rains came when expected and on March 25 the flatboat had shoved off with a crew of ten, commanded by David Lowery, the man who designed the craft. It was an interesting though basically uneventful trip. In fact, the only occurance of note came when they picked up an unexpected passenger - a youth clinging doggedly to a little homemade raft about ten foot square. His destination, he said, was New Orleans, so they took him on and he paid for his passage by providing them at each camp stop with fresh game downed under the flintlock rifle. But the big impression the settlers had hoped to make in New Orleans failed to materialize when they arrived two months after leaving Dayton. The cargo was sold easily enough, though for hardly as much as expected, and an attempt to pole back upstream met with such difficulty that they wound up selling the flatboat also and returning to Ohio on horseback. The youth they had picked up in midstream did not return with them. He wandered about, dazzled with the excitment of this extravagant, bustling city which was more colorful than his imagination could possibly have pictured. During that first evening he struck up an acquaintance with a youth three years his senior who seemed knowledgable about the sea. They ate at a crowded, dirty pub and the young traveler very near choked, much to his companion's amuzement, on the first mug of rum he had ever drunk. Not until their third mug each, when both were feeling heady and not a little silly, did the sixteen-year-old from upriver realize that he didn't even know his companion's name, nor that youth his. He stuck out his hand and grinned lopsidedly and his voice was a bit slurred when he spoke. "By the way, my friend, my name's KENTON. SIMON. What's yours?" The older youth took his hand and shook it strongly. "Welcome to New Orleans, friend," he said. "Mine's LAFFITE, JEAN LAFFITTE." Rene'e Davis ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "bvirginia76" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 12:31 PM Subject: Fw: [KENTUCKIANA-L] Squire Boone, Jr. - The Long Run Massacher > For Squire Boone, Jr. descendents. > > Virginia Brown > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue VanCleave" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:27 AM > Subject: [KENTUCKIANA-L] The Long Run Massacher > > > > Hi. > > I'm looking for information on The Long Run Massacre. > > My husband's (Bill) gggg-grandparents is Aaron & Rachael VanCleave. There > daughter Jane married Squire Boone, Jr. There son John (Bill's > ggg-grandfather) lost his 1st wife and a couple of children in the attack. > John remarried the widow Rachel (Demarest) Ryker (Bill's ggg-grandmother) > how lost her 1st husband in the attack. > > > > Suzanne VanCleave > > Federal Heights, Colorado > > > > > > ==== KENTUCKIANA Mailing List ==== > > Welcome to the KENTUCKIANA mail list - > > new subscribers should check the mail list archives at: > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=kentuckiana > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION List ==== > For more information about the PRA visit our Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > >
Rene'e, Thank you so much for that history lesson. I am a lover of history. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene'e Davis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKIANA-L] Squire Boone, Jr. - The Long Run Massacher > Hi Virginia and Suzane, > I can't help with the Long Run Massacre but in one of my old books (The > Frontiersman, Pg. 444 by Allan W. Eckert, Little,Brown & Co. Boston,1967- > There is an excerpt about Benjamin Van Cleave. With many of our Penington > cousins related by other surnames - prehaps this will help someone. > Dec. 13, 1796 - Tuesday, > The face of the Ohio Territory was rapidly changing. Early in the year > had come the sale of Pittsburge and Philadelphia of other parts of The Seven > Ranges for nearly $50,000 and eager settlers were flocking to their new > land. To the west, along the Great Miami River, the first of the settlers > had begun to arrive at Dayton, both by land and by water. The first party > came by boat and was lead by BENJAMIN VAN CLEVE, arriving on April 1, ten > days after putting out from Cincinnati (presently Fremont, OH). > PG. 456 May 25, 1799 - Saturday > If the plans of BEN VAN CLEVE, the Reverand William Hamer and some of the > other settlers in Dayton had worked out as expected, it might have resulted > in a good bit of revenue and fame coming to the new frontier settlement. > Throughout most of the last fall they had helped at building a large and > well fashioned flatboat. In early winter they had launched it in the Great > Miami and tied it fast to await the swelling streams with spring rains. From > that time until mid-March they had concentrated on getting the cargo > gathered for a maiden voyage to New Orleans. > Over two thousand excellent fur skins- bales of beaver, otter, muskrat, > bear,raccoon, skunk and mink pelts - constituted the bulk of the cargo and > the remainder was made up of five hundred extra-good smoked venison hams, > pickled pork, smoked bacon and a hundred large deerskin bags filled with > shelled corn. Visions of Dayton becoming a major frontier shipping port > danced in the settlers' heads. > Everything went well at first. The rains came when expected and on March > 25 the flatboat had shoved off with a crew of ten, commanded by David > Lowery, the man who designed the craft. It was an interesting though > basically uneventful trip. In fact, the only occurance of note came when > they picked up an unexpected passenger - a youth clinging doggedly to a > little homemade raft about ten foot square. His destination, he said, was > New Orleans, so they took him on and he paid for his passage by providing > them at each camp stop with fresh game downed under the flintlock rifle. > But the big impression the settlers had hoped to make in New Orleans > failed to materialize when they arrived two months after leaving Dayton. The > cargo was sold easily enough, though for hardly as much as expected, and an > attempt to pole back upstream met with such difficulty that they wound up > selling the flatboat also and returning to Ohio on horseback. > The youth they had picked up in midstream did not return with them. He > wandered about, dazzled with the excitment of this extravagant, bustling > city which was more colorful than his imagination could possibly have > pictured. During that first evening he struck up an acquaintance with a > youth three years his senior who seemed knowledgable about the sea. They ate > at a crowded, dirty pub and the young traveler very near choked, much to his > companion's amuzement, on the first mug of rum he had ever drunk. > Not until their third mug each, when both were feeling heady and not a > little silly, did the sixteen-year-old from upriver realize that he didn't > even know his companion's name, nor that youth his. He stuck out his hand > and grinned lopsidedly and his voice was a bit slurred when he spoke. > "By the way, my friend, my name's KENTON. SIMON. What's yours?" The > older youth took his hand and shook it strongly. "Welcome to New Orleans, > friend," he said. "Mine's LAFFITE, JEAN LAFFITTE." > > Rene'e Davis > ARD, Family Groups > PRA - Group 9 > Pennington Research Association, Inc. > www.penningtonresearch.org > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bvirginia76" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 12:31 PM > Subject: Fw: [KENTUCKIANA-L] Squire Boone, Jr. - The Long Run Massacher > > > > For Squire Boone, Jr. descendents. > > > > Virginia Brown > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sue VanCleave" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:27 AM > > Subject: [KENTUCKIANA-L] The Long Run Massacher > > > > > > > Hi. > > > I'm looking for information on The Long Run Massacre. > > > My husband's (Bill) gggg-grandparents is Aaron & Rachael VanCleave. > There > > daughter Jane married Squire Boone, Jr. There son John (Bill's > > ggg-grandfather) lost his 1st wife and a couple of children in the attack. > > John remarried the widow Rachel (Demarest) Ryker (Bill's ggg-grandmother) > > how lost her 1st husband in the attack. > > > > > > Suzanne VanCleave > > > Federal Heights, Colorado > > > > > > > > > ==== KENTUCKIANA Mailing List ==== > > > Welcome to the KENTUCKIANA mail list - > > > new subscribers should check the mail list archives at: > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=kentuckiana > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION List ==== > > For more information about the PRA visit our Web Site at > > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > > > > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > For more information about the PRA DNA Study, visit our Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org >
You're welcome. I love it also - just not enought hours in a day for it. Rene'e Davis ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "bvirginia76" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKIANA-L] Squire Boone, Jr. - The Long Run Massacher > Rene'e, > > Thank you so much for that history lesson. I am a lover of history. > > Virginia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rene'e Davis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 1:10 PM > Subject: Re: [KENTUCKIANA-L] Squire Boone, Jr. - The Long Run Massacher > > > > Hi Virginia and Suzane, > > I can't help with the Long Run Massacre but in one of my old books > (The > > Frontiersman, Pg. 444 by Allan W. Eckert, Little,Brown & Co. Boston,1967- > > There is an excerpt about Benjamin Van Cleave. With many of our Penington > > cousins related by other surnames - prehaps this will help someone. > > Dec. 13, 1796 - Tuesday, > > The face of the Ohio Territory was rapidly changing. Early in the year > > had come the sale of Pittsburge and Philadelphia of other parts of The > Seven > > Ranges for nearly $50,000 and eager settlers were flocking to their new > > land. To the west, along the Great Miami River, the first of the settlers > > had begun to arrive at Dayton, both by land and by water. The first party > > came by boat and was lead by BENJAMIN VAN CLEVE, arriving on April 1, ten > > days after putting out from Cincinnati (presently Fremont, OH). > > PG. 456 May 25, 1799 - Saturday > > If the plans of BEN VAN CLEVE, the Reverand William Hamer and some of the > > other settlers in Dayton had worked out as expected, it might have > resulted > > in a good bit of revenue and fame coming to the new frontier settlement. > > Throughout most of the last fall they had helped at building a large and > > well fashioned flatboat. In early winter they had launched it in the Great > > Miami and tied it fast to await the swelling streams with spring rains. > From > > that time until mid-March they had concentrated on getting the cargo > > gathered for a maiden voyage to New Orleans. > > Over two thousand excellent fur skins- bales of beaver, otter, > muskrat, > > bear,raccoon, skunk and mink pelts - constituted the bulk of the cargo and > > the remainder was made up of five hundred extra-good smoked venison hams, > > pickled pork, smoked bacon and a hundred large deerskin bags filled with > > shelled corn. Visions of Dayton becoming a major frontier shipping port > > danced in the settlers' heads. > > Everything went well at first. The rains came when expected and on > March > > 25 the flatboat had shoved off with a crew of ten, commanded by David > > Lowery, the man who designed the craft. It was an interesting though > > basically uneventful trip. In fact, the only occurance of note came when > > they picked up an unexpected passenger - a youth clinging doggedly to a > > little homemade raft about ten foot square. His destination, he said, was > > New Orleans, so they took him on and he paid for his passage by providing > > them at each camp stop with fresh game downed under the flintlock rifle. > > But the big impression the settlers had hoped to make in New Orleans > > failed to materialize when they arrived two months after leaving Dayton. > The > > cargo was sold easily enough, though for hardly as much as expected, and > an > > attempt to pole back upstream met with such difficulty that they wound up > > selling the flatboat also and returning to Ohio on horseback. > > The youth they had picked up in midstream did not return with them. He > > wandered about, dazzled with the excitment of this extravagant, bustling > > city which was more colorful than his imagination could possibly have > > pictured. During that first evening he struck up an acquaintance with a > > youth three years his senior who seemed knowledgable about the sea. They > ate > > at a crowded, dirty pub and the young traveler very near choked, much to > his > > companion's amuzement, on the first mug of rum he had ever drunk. > > Not until their third mug each, when both were feeling heady and not a > > little silly, did the sixteen-year-old from upriver realize that he didn't > > even know his companion's name, nor that youth his. He stuck out his hand > > and grinned lopsidedly and his voice was a bit slurred when he spoke. > > "By the way, my friend, my name's KENTON. SIMON. What's yours?" The > > older youth took his hand and shook it strongly. "Welcome to New Orleans, > > friend," he said. "Mine's LAFFITE, JEAN LAFFITTE." > > > > Rene'e Davis > > ARD, Family Groups > > PRA - Group 9 > > Pennington Research Association, Inc. > > www.penningtonresearch.org > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "bvirginia76" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 12:31 PM > > Subject: Fw: [KENTUCKIANA-L] Squire Boone, Jr. - The Long Run Massacher > > > > > > > For Squire Boone, Jr. descendents. > > > > > > Virginia Brown > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sue VanCleave" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:27 AM > > > Subject: [KENTUCKIANA-L] The Long Run Massacher > > > > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > I'm looking for information on The Long Run Massacre. > > > > My husband's (Bill) gggg-grandparents is Aaron & Rachael VanCleave. > > There > > > daughter Jane married Squire Boone, Jr. There son John (Bill's > > > ggg-grandfather) lost his 1st wife and a couple of children in the > attack. > > > John remarried the widow Rachel (Demarest) Ryker (Bill's > ggg-grandmother) > > > how lost her 1st husband in the attack. > > > > > > > > Suzanne VanCleave > > > > Federal Heights, Colorado > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KENTUCKIANA Mailing List ==== > > > > Welcome to the KENTUCKIANA mail list - > > > > new subscribers should check the mail list archives at: > > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=kentuckiana > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > > > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION List ==== > > > For more information about the PRA visit our Web Site at > > > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > > For more information about the PRA DNA Study, visit our Web Site at > > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > For more information about the PRA DNA Study, visit our Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > >