Erin; My mind may be playing tricks on me, but I would have thought that I read that William, brother of Nicholas was born 1775, now I see that it says 1755. Maybe I don't have something, but maybe my on board computer is telling me to look here. I was wondering how a person born in 1775 could be in the 1780 Kennett Militia. Anyway here's the story. 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 8888 The Pyle line I'm working with goes back to John Pyle who was born in 1594 in Wiltshire, England and married Mary Withers. Their son, Nicholas N.2 (John1) was born 3-13-1625 in Wiltshire and died there 8-24-1691. He married Edith Musprat and they had 9 children, but I only have the following three names: Jehn Robert, b 1660 in Wiltshire, died 1730 Nicholas b 1666 in Wiltshire These three traveled to Chester County, PA in 1683. Nicholas3 (Nicholas N2, John 1) married in 1688 Abigail Bushell, daughter of John Bushell who died in Concord, PA in 1708. Nicholas and Abigail had 7 children. Again, I only have three names: Nicholas, b 2-26-1697, married Sarah Worrilow, daughter of John Worrilow and Ann Morris. Her sister Mary married Thomas Newlin. Samuel (Dr.), b 12-21-1700, in Concord PA, died 1749 in Kennett, Chester County, PA. Edith, married Nicholas Newlin. Samuel4 (Nicholas3, Nicholas N2, John 1), M.D. Samuel studied medicine in England and married Sarah Owen b 1702/3 in Burlington, NJ, d. after 1-26-1750 in Kennett, PA, daughter of Joshua Owen of Wales. Samuel and Sarah had 10 children: Nicholas, b 8-4-1722, married Mary Baldwin, daughter of John and Hannah B. Baldwin John b 8-4-1723 (or 1721) in Chester Cty, PA, died in Chatham Cty. NC, 1803/4 Edith, b. 2-3-1726 Abigail, b 10-4-1728 Sarah, b 15-1-1730 Mary, b 4-12-1731 Ann, b 13-1-1733 Samuel b 19-11-1736 William by 18-6-1740 Betty, b 23-2-1742 John5 (Samuel4, Nicholas3, Nicholas N2, John1),M.D. He was active in the regulator movement and Col of Loyalist forces attached to Tarleton in NC. For a description of the battle originally known as Pyle's Defeat, but later became known as Pyle's Massacre because of the criticism of Lighthorse Harry Lee's men, see "Oliver Wiswell" by Kenneth Roberts, a fictionalized account from the point of view of one of the Loyalist soldiers, pp 586-589, or for a more historic account, see "The Cowpen-Guilford Courthouse Campaign" by Burke Davis. Dr. Pyle married, in 1744, Sarah Baldwin, daughter of John and Hannah B. Baldwin John and Sarah had nine children: John, b. c. 1746 in Chester Cty, PA, married Sarah Brayshear, died c. 1818 in KY Samuel Susanna (Susan) Mary Edith Nancy Nicholas William, b. c. 1755 in PA, died in NC Jehu (Jehn) b 1766 in NC, died 1-1-1846 in OH Jehu(Jehn)6 (John5, Samuel4, Nicholas3, Nicholas N.2, John1) married Ruth Lindley, b. 1-7-1765 in Orange County, NC and died 12-12-1806 in North Carolina. She was the daughter of William Lindley and Mary Morton who moved to NC from London Grove Township, Chester Cty, PA. Jehu and Ruth had six children: Sarah John William, b 7-11-1788 (1783) in Chatham County, NC and died in Clinton County OH, 7-20-1875 Mary Jehu, b 12-25-1795(4) married Esther Stratton, and they had 11 children Edith William7 (Jehu6, John5, Samuel4, Nicholas3, Nicholas N.2, John1) married 12-19-1811 Mary Hadley, b 7-27-1792, in NC, died 2-7-1848 in Clinton County, OH. She was the daughter of William Hadley and Sarah Clark(e). William and Mary had nine children: Samuel, b 9-22-1812, NC, married Isabella Au(s)tin, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor. Jehu, b 9-8-1814, married Louise Carter, 3 children: Ruth b 8-15-1837 Samuel b 3-22-1840 Meriam b 4-17-1843. Mary, b 11-22-1816, married Thomas Austin Ruth, b 5-16-1819, married Isaac Hawkins John, b 11-21-1822, married Mary Ann Burnet David, b 1-16-1825 Sarah (Sally) b 11-9-1827, d2 dec 1901, married Moses Steddom b 26 Apr 1824, d 8 Aug 1893 William, b 2-3-1830, married Mary Carpenter Anna Maria, b 4-14-1837, Clarksville, Clinton County, OH. died 4-4-1871, Wilmington, OH Anna Maria8 (William7,Jehu6, John5, Samuel4, Nicholas3, Nicholas2, John1) married 11-26-1863/4 Calvin Pritchard, my mother's paternal grandfather. They had four children, all born in Wilmington, OH: William b11-14-1866 Edwin b. 2-27-1869 Carleton and Clifford b 10-17-1870. Most of this information came from unpublished family records, the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (North Carolina and Ohio editions), and The Newlin Family by Algie Newlin. >From the Biography of Calvin Pritchard by Esther Tuttle Pritchard: "Your grandfather (William6 Pyle), at his father's (Jehn/Jehu5) request, paid the latter a visit during his residence at Blue River, and they made a long horseback journey together over to Sangamon County, Illinois to visit Jehn's brother Nicholas(5). This was before either Indiana or Illinois were states." Parenthetical notes are mine. This trip would have taken place between 1814 and 1816. Jehn lived in Blue River from 1814 to 1818 and Indiana became a state in 1816. I don't have a birthdate for Nicholas, but he is always listed immediately before William who was born, in PA, c. 1755, and they were both listed as serving in the Kennett Militia in 1780. Carol Rowe Bradenton, FL 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99 So maybe we can get something from this. I would like to hear more about the scribbling concerning William Pyle, a direct Ancestor to Ernie Pyle, yes and Thank you Ron ---------- : From: Erin K Peters <peeters@juno.com> : To: piguy@goldrush.com : Subject: Re: William Pyle! : Date: Saturday, December 06, 1997 8:10 PM : : : On Sat, 6 Dec 1997 10:34:37 -0000 "Ron Pyle" <piguy@goldrush.com> writes: : >The reference says that he was a brother of Nicholas and they both : served in the Kennett Militia. : >Have you any reference to this? : : Ron: : : No I don't, but it looks as though I need to find some local history : research done about the "Kennett Militia". I didn't realize there was : one. Since they both served in that area, I'll look more closely at : Kennett sources. Did you need the info I had found scribbled on Ernie : Pyle again? I can find it.