THE GENEALOGY OF ROBERT BARNHILL HENRY COUNTY KENTUCKY

Robert Barnhill, Sr.
Orange County
North Carolina.

Name: Robert Barnhill Sr. 2[William 1]
Born: June 7, 1758 Orange County North Carolina
Died: February 4, 1819 Jefferson County Kentucky
Spouse: Rachel Harper
Parents: William Barnhill, Sarah Wilson
Occupation: Farmer
Military Service: United States Army Revolutionary War
Interment: Barnhill Cemetery RT 53 Ballardsville, Oldham County Kentucky

ab4. Robert 2 Barnhill, Sr. [William 1], the son of William 1 Barnhill, Sr. and his wife Sarah [_____} Barnhill, was born: Place Date in Orange County North Carolina. He married Rachel Ann Harper in Orange County, probably 1779.

After death of his father November 1791 he migrated to Shelby County, Kentucky arriving there in about 1796 where he settled near Lynches Fort. This area of Shelby County later became Henry County Kentucky when it was organized in 1798. He died there: Place Date As his will was probated in that year. 2

Robert 2 Barnhill, Sr. and his wife Rachel Ann Hooper or Harper are reported to have had a family of six Children.

Source:
2 “Will of Robert Barnhill,” Probated February 1819, Henry County KY, Will BK, 2, Pg. 273.

Robert Barnhill, I Some Descendants and others by Arthur Virgil Barnhill, Jr. Second edition revised Edition: May 1999 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-79510
Pages 18-33

Pg 18-19
Second Census 1800 Kentucky
Robert Barnhill—Chapter B Pg. 15 Henry County Kentucky August 6, 1800

Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/browse/bookview.aspx?dbid=49057&iid=FLHG_SecondCensusKY-Robert&ln=Barnhill&st=g

Kentucky Census, 1810-90 about Robert Barnhill
Name: Robert Barnhill State: KY County: Henry County Township: No Township Listed Year:
1800 Record Type: Tax list Data base: KY Early Census Index Source: Kentucky Census, 1810-90 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=kycen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Robert+&gsln=Barnhill&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUSA&gs1pl=20%2cKentucky&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&h=8371320&recoff=1+2

Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution
Robert Barnhill Military service:

Pg 48. South Carolina Roster: Robert Barnhill—He served Capt. Robert Thomas and Col. Andrew Neel. In addition, he was under Lt. John Forbes, Capt Cunningham and Col. Hill during 1780

In 1781, he was under Capt. Henderson and Col. Bratton. He was under Lt. Harry Cresswell, Capt. John Henderson and Col. Bratton during 1782 A.A. 307: 1182; C.S.

Pg 929. Thomson, Robert He served as a Captain in the Milita under Col. Andrew Neel during 1786 [Robert Barnhill]

Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/bookview.aspx?dbid=49323&iid=FLHG_RosterSCPatriots-0953&desc=Robert+Barnhill&rc=1634,2842,1781,2880;1808,2842,1940,2877

Pg 929 Chapter T

http://search.ancestry.com/browse/bookview.aspx?dbid=49323&iid=FLHG_RosterSCPatriots-0072&rc=238,358,384,391;412,359,542,391&pid=92481&ssrc=&fn=Robert&ln=Barnhill&st=g

Pg 48 Chapter B
Sources:
1] http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3371044/person/-1743167314?ssrc= Robert Barnhill
2] http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3371044/person/-1743167313 Rachel Ann Harper
3] http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3371044/person/-1743166760?ssrc= Robert Barnhill
4] http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3371044/person/-1743165607?ssrc= Robert Barnhill
5] http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7225161/person/-1139145096?ssrc= Robert Barnhill
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American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) about Robert Barnhill
Name: Robert Barnhill Birth Date: 1750 Birthplace: North Carolina Volume: 09 Page Number:
487 Reference: Heads of fams. at the first U.S. census. NC. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (292p.):162 Source Information: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=240700&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t3371044_p-1743167314_g32768

Henry County, Kentucky Will Records for 1800 to July 1821
Source Page: 273
Robert Barnhill
My son, Robert My son, Joseph James , William , and Mary Burton My four sons, James , Robert , William , and Joseph , Exe. Witnesses: Benjamin Taylor , Harley Head , and Joshua Ellis , Written: 22 July 1818 Probated: February 1819

Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=bArnhill&gskw=&prox=1&db=henrkywillells&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=mp-Henrkywillells&gst=&so=3

WILL OF ROBERT BARNHILL [HENRY COUNTY KENTUCKY] WILL BOOK 2 PG 273

In name of God—Amen. I. ROBERT BARNHILL, OF Henry County, Kentucky, do make this my last Will and Testament.

I recommend that my soul Almighty God hoping for pardon and forgiveness of all my sins through merits and meditation, our blessed Savior Jesus Christ.

ITEM: I give to my son ROBERT BARNHILL , my nergo boy named Peter, also an old bay mare.

ITEM: My will and desire is that my son JOSEPH BARNHILL shall have this land whereon I now live, containing one hundred fifty acres—also a negro girl named Mariah and the loom.

ITEM: My will and desire is that my son JAMES BARNHILL shall have one negro boy named Benjamin

ITEM: My will and desire is that my son, WILLIAM BARNHILL shall have Lucky and Harrison, her child.

ITEM: My will and desire is that Mary Burton shall have the negro girl named Vilet to her and her heirs forever.

ITEM: My will and desire is that as soon as the money can be collected from the notes I have the William Taylor shall be paid out of that money.

I nominate and appoint my four sons, James Barnhill, Robert Barnhill, William Barnhill, and Joseph Barnhill my executors.

This is my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills heretofore by me made declaring this only to be my last will and testament.

In Witness WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd day of July 1818.

ROBERT X BARNHILL
X STANDS FOR HIS MARK

Signed: Record and Published as my X as mark [Last Will and Testament] in the presences of Benjamin Taylor Hartley Head and Joshua Ellis

Special Note: Probated 1819

Pg 286
Pg 162 Robert Barnhill who married Rachel________________
Pg 165 Children of Robert Will Henry Co. Ky.
Robert
Joseph
James married: Hannah Boone Buried Daviess County KY
William married: Ruth and was of Oldham Co,. Ky.
Mary Burton
Daughters of the American Revolutionary War [Emma Dunn Mastin] National Number 154, 512 Widow of Thomas Mastin

Robert Barnhill
Born: ABT 1758 North Carolina
Died: Henry County Aft Feb 1818 /Feb 1819

Wife Rachel—born before 1819 Prob N. Carolina
Pg 266
Application: 154,512---Emma Dunn Mastin’s

Pg 267 Children of REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTOR
JAMES BARNHILL
JOSEPH BARNHILL
ROBERT BARNHILL JR.
WM BARNHILL
MARY BURTON

Pg 268 STATE OF NORTH CARLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY SEAL

This is to certify that the following is an accurate copy from records in official custody of the State Department of Archives and History.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DR.

For Sundries furnished and cash paid the Militia of North Carolina Virginia and South Carolina as allow’d by the auditors of Hillsborough District in February 1782 as P Report No. 81

No. Ves Currency Sp---
1558 to Robert Barnhill……..432…3.9.3
From: Accounts of United States with North Carolina War of Revolution, Book C Pg 49

Raleigh____ April 4, 1952 Christopher Crittenden Director

The said ROBERT BARNHILL is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of Patriot.

“No. 6827 of N. Carolina 23 Aug 1781 Hillsborough Auditors Office: This certifies that Robert Barnhill his claim and was allowed Twenty Three pounds. John Nicholas 423 J. Watts Secy.

Pg 268
Barnhill Data
By Frank Clinton Barnhill Marshall County Missouri For Mrs. Emma Dunn MAstin, Owensboro, KY

ROBERT BARNHILL [WIFE RACHEL] of Orange County, North Carolina, acquired lain Rutherford N.C. by grant dated Jan 20, 1796. He probably never lived on the land, because the land was sold by deed dated Aug 12. 1797, executed by “Robert Barnhill of Shelby County, Kentucky” to Samuel Carter for 70 pounds.

This proves that our Robert Barnhill and wife Rachel, with their family of five boys and one girl, had removed to Shelby County, Ky. Prior to August 12, 1797.

Comment by Frank Clinton Barnhill
ISSUES OF ROBERT BARNHILL & RACHEL BARNHILL
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION MY FILES

I. James. b. 1780, died Daviess Co. Ky. 1825, m. in Shelby Co. Ky., to Hannah Boone in
1804.
II. Robert. B. 1781, d. 1852. m. ALyce France Adams
III. Mary Burton b. 1783 m. a. Burton
IV. William b. 1785 d. 1852 Oldham County Kentucky m. Ruth Boone. [Rev Paul, Roy, J.D. and Mrs. Keith Evans, all of New York City, descend from this William B.]
V. Joseph Barnhill B. 1789 m. Rebecca Hopkins, 1812 d. 1843 Oldham Co. Ky.

Pg 271
Deed Books BARNHILL—BOONE DATA

Deed Bk 7, pg 257
April 24, 1818 Wm Taylor of Shelby County, Ky. And Robert Barnhill of Henry Co., Ky. Charles Lynch sold to Robert Barnhill 200 acres of land where Robert Barnhill now lives sells for additional sum of $1.00. Deed Attested by Robert Barnhill and Joseph Barnhill

Deed Bk 7, pg 299
April 30, 1818 Robert Barnhill of Henry County, Ky. Sells to James Barnhill, his son for love and affective for the sum of $1.00 land on the waters of Floyd’s Fork in Henry Co. Ky. Which; is Robert Barnhill’s homestead. Robert Barnhill signs deed alone.

Deed Bk 7, pg 436
Robert Barnhill of Henry Co., Ky. To Jos Barnhill, his son, for love and affection and $1.00 paid 102 acres. Dated April 1818. Robert Barnhill Signs alone.

Deed Bk 7 pg 439
April 1818- Robert Barnhill of Henry County, Ky., Robert Barnhill, his son, for love and affection and $1.00, 100 acres Robert Barnhill signs deed alone.

WILLS HENRY CO.? KY.

DORCAS BOONE, WIFE OF EDWARD BOONE, SETTLED ESTATE OF ARCHIBALD WHITE

W.B. 2-page 274

ROBERT BARNHILL
Son Robert Barnhill
Son Joseph Barnhill
Son James Barnhill
Son Wm. Barnhill
Daughter Mary Burton
Four sons executors. Dated July 1818 Prob. Feb. Term 1819

Pg 281
Will of WILLIAM BARNHILL
Guilford County North Carolina November 1791
Pg 290 & 291

Source: Papers of Emma Dunn Mastin [1889-1973] Volume 1: Bristow-Barnhill-Powell-Dunn-Stinnett-Stearman-Early-Hardin Families Compiled By Jerry Long 1990. KRG MAST 3 3307-00108-3195 CONTENTS 2, 161-305

Thank you for the information. This is what I had for Robert Barnhill.
Gayle Londeree glond769@aol.com

Henry County, Kentucky Will Records for 1800 to 1821
Source Page: 273
Robert Barnhill
My son, Robert My son, Joseph James , William , and Mary Burton
My four sons, James , Robert , William , and Joseph , Exe.
Witnesses: Benjamin Taylor , Harley Head , and Joshua Ellis ,
Written: 22 July 1818
Probated: February 1819

Name: Robert BARNHILL
Lifespan: 1758-1819
Where Born: Orange County, NC
He is on the tax rolls for 1796; went through Cumberland Gap with his family, with a stop-over at Ft. Boonesborough.
Wife: Rachel Harper, of North Carolina
children: James, married Hannah Boone
William, married Ruth Boone
Robert, married Alcey Adams
Mary Ann, married John Burton
Joseph, married Rebbeca Hopkins
The family cemetery is in Oldham County, Kentucky, between Ballardsville and LaGrange. Family moved to Shelby County, Kentucky in 1795.
Researcher: Nancy K. Kilbourn
(from MIGRATIONS website)

Source: http://community.ancestry.com/messages/view.aspx?id=4973065&fId=0&rid=

My info on your Alice Adams and Robert Barnhill,Jr, b5-13-1779; d4-18-1852 Carroll Co OH;other info agrees with Dwayne Ancestors: Robert Barnhill, Sr, b1758, Orange Co NC; mar to Rachel A Hooper, b1762 Guilford Co NC; Wm. Barnhill, b1737 Belfast IRE. mar Sarah Wilson; Johne Barnhill, Sr, and Elizabeth born in Perth Scotland; Robert Gabriell Barnhill, born 1626 in Perth; mar to Janett Moore, E-mail fran.neil@juno.com

Source:
http://sonic.net/~danielh/familytree/d0008/I11854.html

[787] Robt. Barnhill, Sr., named in his will dtd. 22jul1818, prob. Feb 1819, in Henry Co., KY, WB 2, pp. 273-274, the following children: James, William, Robert [jr.] Mary Ann, and Joseph. He bequeath to son Joseph "this land whereon I now live containing 150 acres..." By some coincidence I drove to this farm today and to the Barnhill family cemetery located thereon. Sadly, it has been pretty badly desecrated, with virtually all stones scattered about the ground. Some that were identifiable were William and his wife America; Joseph and his wife Rebecca
[Hopkins].

The plot is some 70 X 120', and we probable would assume Robt., Sr. and his wife are buried there in unmarked

grave. The cemetery is on the back portion of the Clarke Pointe Subdivision [$200,000+ homes] on the west side of KY Hwy. 53, about half way between LaGrange and Ballardsville, KY, in

Oldham Co. Our interest in this family is that the above Jos. and Rebecca are my wifes 3rd. grt/ gr. parents. Will be glad to share.

Don Dearing
don2@home.com
Oldham County Kentucky was formed in 1824 With the help of Joseph, William, and Robert Barnhill Jr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldham_County,_Kentucky

Oldham County was established on December 15, 1823 from parts of Henry, Jefferson, and Shelby Counties. It was the 74th Kentucky county, and was named in honor of Col. William Oldham of Jefferson County, an Revolutionary War officer.

Name: Rachel Ann Harper
Born: January 1, 1762 Orange County North Carolina
Died: July 11, 1815 Jefferson County Kentucky
Spouse: Robert Barnhill, Sr.
Parents:
Occupation: Housewife
Interment: Barnhill Cemetery RT 53 Ballardsville, Oldham County Kentucky

Source:
Robert Barnhill, I Some Descendants and others by Arthur Virgil Barnhill, Jr. Second edition revised Edition: May 1999 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-79510
Pages 18-33

Pg 18-19

Married: 1778-9 Orange County North Carolina

Issues: James, Mary Ann, William, John, Robert, Jr. and Joseph.


1. James Barnhill
Born: August 18, 1780 Buffalo Creek Orange County North Carolina
Died: January 8, 1825 Philpot Daviess County Kentucky
Spouse: Hannah Boone
Parents: Robert Barnhill, Sr. Rachel Ann Harper
Occupation: Farmer
Interment: Old Barnhill Family Cemetery Leitchfield Road, Philpot Daviess County Kentucky

ab6. i. James 3 Barnhill [Robert 2, William 1], the son of Robert 2 Barnhill, Sr. and his wife Rachel Ann Harper, was born on the 18th of August 1780 in Orange County North Carolina. He married Hannah Boone on the 13th of December 1804. She was born on the 1st of November 1786, the daughter of Josiah Noah Boone II, a relative of Daniel Boone, and died on the 28th of January 1825, also in Daviess County, and both are buried in the Old Barnhill Family Burying Ground on Leitchfield Road, about one mile from Philpot, Daviess County, Kentucky.

James 3 Barnhill and his wife Hannah Boone had a family of eight known Children.

Source:
2 “Will of Robert Barnhill,” Probated February 1819, Henry County KY, Will BK, 2, Pg. 273.

Robert Barnhill, I Some Descendants and others by Arthur Virgil Barnhill, Jr. Second edition revised Edition: May 1999 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-79510
Pages 18-33

Pg 19

Married: December 13, 1804 S Forks of Elkhorn Church Shelby County Kentucky
Chapter S PG 260

Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/browse/bookview.aspx?

dbid=49156&iid=FLHG_ForksElkhornChurch- =James&ln=Barnhill&st=g

Will Book 2 PG 273 The Will of Robert Barnhill

ITEM: My will and desire is that my son JAMES BARNHILL shall have one negro boy named Benjamin

History of Daviess County, Kentucky : together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civ

1. Chapter XVIII. Boston Precinct 522, 523, 666, & 680
DEED BOOK A. PG 130

James Barnhill and Hannah Barnhill, his wife, convey to James Cummings in 1825 28th of February

Pg 293


2. Mary Ann Barhill
Born: June 2, 1783 Quaker Creek Orange County North Carolina
Died: September 25, 1865 Shelby County Kentucky
Spouse: John Burton
Parents: Robert Barnhill, Sr. Rachel Ann Harper
Occupation: Housewife
Age at Death: YRS: 82
Interment: Probably Grove Hill Cemetery

ab7. ii. Mary Ann, b.c. 1781: m, John Burton
Source: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3371044/person/-1743167312
Will Book 2 PG 273 The Will of Robert Barnhill

ITEM: My will and desire is that Mary Burton shall have the negro girl named Vilet to her and her heirs forever.
Mary Barnhill B…… D………. Married Twice………Burton
Pg 166
3. Mary 3, Barnhill who married a _____________ Burton [* a descendeant of this Mr. Burton married into the family later on and will be indicated by the star.
Pg 206
3. Mary Barnhill 3
Born:
Died:
Married: To________Burton* [A ]

Pg 211
Source: Papers of Emma Dunn Mastin [1889-1973] Volume 1: Bristow-Barnhill-Powell-Dunn-Stinnett-Stearman-Early-Hardin Families Compiled By Jerry Long 1990. KRG MAST 3 3307-00108-3195 CONTENTS 2, 161-305

Sources:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3371044/person/-1071444177?ssrc=

Special Note: Lucretia Jane Barnhill Davis Aunt Mary Barnhill married John Burton. They had a son named James Burton. James Burton had a son named: John B. Burton whom married Lucretia Jane Barnhill Davis’s Daughter Anna B. Davis.

In a letter dated July 19, 1912, from Mrs. Thomas Davis of Shelbyville, KY. She writes: [FRANK CLINTON BARNHILL]

“My Dear Nephew"
Your Letter was a surprise to me, agree ably so, it has been quite a long time since hearing from any of your family, not since the death of my dear husband and your Uncle Thomas. He passed away one year ago last May. You ask me to do something I know very little about I was quite young when my father died. His name was Joseph. His father’s named was John. They came from North Carolina to Kentucky. There were five sons, William, John, James, Robert and Joseph. One Daughter, Mary Barnhill. My youngest daughter, Ann Davis, married a Mr. Burton one year since. They live second door from us. His grandfather’s wife was this Mary Barnhill I speak of.

Lucretia Jane Barnhill wife of William Thomas Davis

Papers of Emma Dunn Mastin [1889-1973] Volume 1: Bristown-Barnhill-Dunn-Stinnett-Stearman-Early-Hardin Families Compiled by Jerry Long 1990

KRG MAST 3 3307-00108-3195

Page 222-223

3. William Barnhill
Born: October 4, 1785 Orange County North Carolina
Died: December 30, 1852 Ballardsville, Oldham County Kentucky
Spouse: Ruth Ann Boone
Parents: Robert Barnhill, Sr. Rachel Ann Harper
Occupation: Farmer
Cause of Death: Consumption
Age at Death: YRS: 67 MOS: 2 DYS: 4
Interment: Barnhill Cemetery RT 53 Ballardsville, Oldham County Kentucky

Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 about Wm Barnhill
Name: Wm Barnhill Death Date: 13 Dec 1852 Death Location: Oldham Residence Location: Oldham Age: 67 Gender: Male Birth Date: bt 1785 Father's Name: Robt Barnhill Mother's Name: Rachel Barnhill Source of Information: Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Source: http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1222&iid=KYVR_994051-0424&fn=Wm&ln=Barnhill&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1074114

ab8. iii. William
Will Book 2 PG 273 The Will of Robert Barnhill

ITEM: My will and desire is that my son, WILLIAM BARNHILL shall have Lucky and Harrison, her child.
Married: Forks of Elkhorn Church Shelby County Kentucky

Chapter S PG 260
Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/browse/bookview.aspx?dbid=49156&iid=FLHG_ForksElkhornChurch- =James&ln=Barnhill&st=g

Note Memo____Vital Statistic of Oldham Co Ky. “Wm Barnhill. Born Orange Co, N.C. Son of Robert and Rachel Barnhill Died: Oldham, Co. Ky. December 13, 1852

Pg 164
. iii. William 3 Barnhill [Robert 2, William 1], the son of Robert 2Barnhill, Sr. and his wife Rachel Ann Harper, was born on the 4th of October 1785 in Orange County, North Carolina. He married Ruth Boone in Shelby County Kentucky, North Carolina on the 22nd of February 1810. She was born on the 10th of February 1788, the daughter of Josiah Noah Boone II. A relative of Daniel Boone, and died on the 6th of December 1864. William died on the 13th of December 1852 in Oldham County, Kentucky and is buried on the Old Clark Farm on Highway 53.

William 3 Barnhill and his wife Ruth Ann Boone were the parents of the following seven children.

Source:
2 “Will of Robert Barnhill,” Probated February 1819, Henry County KY, Will BK, 2, Pg. 273.

Robert Barnhill, I Some Descendants and others by Arthur Virgil Barnhill, Jr. Second edition revised Edition: May 1999 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-79510
Pages 18-33

Pg: 19 & 20.
1. William Barnhill
Born:
Died: 1852
Married: Miss Ruth Boone Shelby County Kentucky
7Children

Pg 211
DEED BOOK B. PAGE 7
William Barnhill bought farm farm from Wm. Taylor in 1829 May 7

Pg 293
WILL BOOK 3 page 521

WILLIAM BARNHILL. OLDHAM COUNTY KY

WIFE RUTH:
CHILDREN
Rachel Byers
Deborah Bays

Nancy Love
Hiram Carl Barnhill
Mary I. Thompson
Sarah Love
James Barnhill

Executors Hiram Carl Barnhill and James Barnhill. Dated 28th Oct 1846 Probated Jan Term 1853 Witness Wm Barnhill and John Barnhill [Nephews of Wm Barnhill]

Pg 292

4. Robert Barnhill, Jr.
Born: May 13, 1790 Orange County North Carolina
Died: May 19, 1851 Kingston, Des Moines County Iowa
Spouse: Alyce Frances “Allie” Adams
Parents: Robert Barnhill, Sr. Rachel Ann Harper
Occupation: Farmer
Cause of Death:
Interment: Kossuth Cemetery in Kossuth, Des Moines County Iowa

ab10. Robert 3 Barnhill, Jr. [Robert 2, William 1], the son of Robert 2 Barnhill, Sr. and Rachel Ann Harper, was born in Orange County, North Carolina on the 13th of May 1790. In about 1796 he migrated with his father from Orange County North Carolina to Shelby County Kentucky. His father, Robert 2 Barnhill, Sr. was a veteran of the Revolutionary war. A few years later the family moved to La Grange, Kentucky, which is now in Oldham County, but was formerly a part of Henry County Kentucky.

On the 6th of April 1811 Robert 3 Barnhill, Jr. married Alyce “Allie” Frances Adams in Henry County Kentucky. 3 She was born on the 3rd of August 1793, the daughter of Hugh Frances Adams and Eleanor “Ellie” Ellender Bryan, 4 and died on the 12th of January 1874. In 1830 Robert 3 Robert Jr. took his family and moved to Montgomery County Indiana, where he acquired land the following year six miles south of the county seat of Crawfordville and the family remained there until 1846. He died on the 19th of May 1851. Both died at Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa and are buried in Kossuth Cemetery in Kossuth, Des Moines County, Iowa

Robert 3 Barnhill, Jr. and presumably his wife Alyce Frances “Allie” Adams were the parents of nine known children.

Source:
2 “Will of Robert Barnhill,” Probated February 1819, Henry County KY, Will BK, 2, Pg. 273.

3 Data on Robert Barnhill, Jr. was supplied by David L. Barnhill of Ottumwa, IA who is a descendant through Robert’s son William Harvey Barnhill

4 Eleanor Ellender “Ellie” Bryan [1751-1833 was the younger sister of Rebecca Bryan [1739-1813], the wife of Daniel Boone. She married three times, 1st to William Linvelle, Sr., who was killed by Indians; 2nd to Hugh Frances Adams, who was killed by riverboat robbers in 1807; and 3rd to Josiah Noah Boone 1st Cousin of Daniel Boone.

Robert Barnhill, I Some Descendants and others by Arthur Virgil Barnhill, Jr. Second edition revised Edition: May 1999 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-79510
Pages 18-33

Pg: 19, 20 & 21.
Deed Bk 7 pg 439
April 1818- Robert Barnhill of Henry County, Ky., Robert Barnhill, his son, for love and affection and $1.00, 100 acres Robert Barnhill signs deed alone.
2. Robert Barnhill 3
Born; 1781
Died: 1852]
Married: Alyce Frances Adams

Pg 211
I. Robert B…….. D…………Married 1811 pr 1819 Aislee Adams
Deed Book B.P. 178 Shelby County Kentucky

Pg. 167
DEED BOOK B. 178
ROBERT BARNHILL AND Alsey, his wife, convey land in 1830 Jan 8,

Pg 293


North Carolina Census, 1790-1890 about Robert Barnhill
Name: Robert Barnhill State: NC County: Orange County Regiment Township: First Company
Year: 1812 Database: NC 1812-1814 Muster Rolls Source Information:
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

Married: April 6, 1811 Shelby County Kentucky

5. Joseph Barnhill
Born: March 5, 1792 Buffalo Creek Guilford County North Carolina
Died: November 16, 1843 Ballardsville, Oldham County Kentucky
Spouse: Rebecca Ann Hopkins
Parents: Robert Barnhill, Rachel Ann Harper
Occupation: Farmer
Age At Death: YRS: 51 MOS: 8 DYS: 11
Cause of Death: Typhus Fever
Interment: RT. 53 Barnhill Cemetery Ballardsville Oldham County Kentucky

ab11. Joseph 3 Barnhill [Robert 2, William 1], the son of Robert 2 Barnhill: Sr. and his wife Rachel Ann Harper, was born in North Carolina on the 5th of March 1792. He married Rebecca Hopkins the daughter of George Hopkins of Tennessee, was born on the 4th of January 1813 in Henry County Kentucky. He died in Oldham County, Kentucky on the 15th of November 1843.

Joseph 3 Barnhill and his wife Rebecca Hopkins had five Children.

Source:
2 “Will of Robert Barnhill,” Probated February 1819, Henry County KY, Will BK, 2, Pg. 273.

Robert Barnhill, I Some Descendants and others by Arthur Virgil Barnhill, Jr. Second edition revised Edition: May 1999 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-79510
Pages 18-33

Pg: 19 & 21.

Married: January 7, 1813 Henry County Kentucky
1] http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3371044/person/-1743167311
Will Book 2 PG 273 The Will of Robert Barnhill

ITEM: My will and desire is that my son JOSEPH BARNHILL shall have this land whereon I now live, containing one hundred fifty acres—also a negro girl named Mariah and the loom.
Deed Bk 7, pg 257

April 24, 1818 Wm Taylor of Shelby County, Ky. And Robert Barnhill of Henry Co., Ky. Charles Lynch sold to Robert Barnhill 200 acres of land where Robert Barnhill now lives sells for additional sum of $1.00. Deed Attested by Robert Barnhill and Joseph Barnhill

Special Note: The Cause of death was stated in January 19, 1944 Cincinnati Ohio Publication: The Western Christian Advocate


Married: January 7, 1813 to Miss Rebecca Hopkins [Henry Co Records to whom five
children was born. William, Levi, John, Mary and Lucretia

pg 211,212 & 213`
NOTES: FROM OLDHAM COUNTY KY. COURT RECORDS, TAKEN AUGUST 15, 1931.

WILL BOOK 2, PAGE 447.

JOSEPH BARNHILL, OLDHAM COUNTY. KY.

Wife Rebecca Barnhill is to have two slaves Peter and Hannah etc. Farm to go to Rebecca, and Levi Barnhill. Farm bought from Joshua Goff, joining home farm in fee simple.

To my sons, Wm. Barnhill and John Barnhill Sons Wm. And John are to have land in Montgomery County Ind.

Son Levi Barnhill

Daughters, Mary Ann Barnhill and Lucretia Jane Barnhill,

Executors: John and Wm. Barnhill.

Dated: October 15, 1843------------------Probated November 20, 1843

Witness John R. Oldham A. Williams and I. W. Morrison.

Pg 292

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The Genealogy of Mary Elizabeth George

The Genealogy of MARY ELIZABETH GEORGE

A.K.A. Elizabeth George Speare

Name: Mary Elizabeth George
Alias: Marie Elizabeth George
Alias: Elizabeth George Speare
Born: November 21, 1908 Melrose Middlesex County Massahusetts
Died: November 14, 1994 Tuscan, Pima County, Arizona
Spouse: Alden Speare Sr.
Parents: Harry Allan George, Demetria Simmons
Occupation: English Teacher Private Schools/Novelist of Historical Fiction
Cause of Death: aortic aneurysm
Age at Death: YRS: 85
Number: 076-20-0167; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951
Find A Grave Memorial# 80172225
Interment: Union Cemetery Easton Fairfield County Connecticut, USA

New Papers:
October 15, 1961 Connecticut Post
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Social Security Death Index about Elizabeth Speare
Name: Elizabeth Speare SSN: 076-20-0167 Last Residence: 85718 Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States of America Born: 21 Nov 1908 Died: 14 Nov 1994 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951) Number: 076-20-0167; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_George_Speare

1910 United States Federal Census about Mary E George
Name: Mary E George Age in 1910: 1 Estimated birth year: abt 1909 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: Henry A Father's Birth Place: Canada English Mother's Name: Demetria S Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts Home in 1910: Melrose Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Melrose Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll T624_602; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 946; Image: 1236.

Source:
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1920 United States Federal Census about Mary E GeorgeName: Mary E George Home in 1920: Melrose Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts Age: 11 Estimated birth year: abt 1909 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: Harry A Father's Birth Place: Canada Mother's Name: Demitria Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Melrose Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll T625_715; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 343; Image: 823.

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http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/16/obituaries/elizabeth-g-speare-84-author-of-children-s-historical-novels.html?pagewanted=1

Elizabeth G. Speare, 84, Author Of Children's Historical Novels
By RONALD SULLIVAN

Published: November 16, 1994
Elizabeth George Speare, an author of historical novels for children, died yesterday in Northwest General Hospital in Tucson, Ariz. She was 84.

The cause was an aortic aneurysm, her family said.

Beginning in 1957 with "Calico Captive," Mrs. Speare wrote a string of novels that soon became familiar to thousands of American schoolchildren. Two of her early works, "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" (1958) and "The Bronze Bow" (1961), were awarded the Newbery Medal by the American Library Association.

Among her other novels were "Life in Colonial America" (1964) and "The Prospering" (1967).
Mrs. Speare's last book, "The Sign of the Beaver" (1983), also won the Newbery Medal, as well as the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

In 1989, Mrs. Speare was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for her "distinguished, enduring contribution to children's literature." The award cited her "vitality and energy, grace of writing, historical accuracy, and tremendous feeling for place and character."

Her novels have continued to be required reading in classrooms across the country. Her subjects ranged from a boy heroically trying to drive the Romans from Israel to another boy's efforts to survive alone in the wilderness of colonial Maine.

"I have chosen to write historical novels, chiefly, I think, because I enjoy sharing with young people my own ever-fresh astonishment at finding that men and women and boys and girls who lived through the great events of the past were exactly like ourselves, and that they faced every day the same choices, large and small, which daily confront us," she wrote in the New York Times Book Review in 1961.

Mrs. Speare was born in 1908 and reared in Melrose, Mass. She attended Smith College and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Boston University.

She wrote a number of magazine articles and two one-act plays before winning her first award in 1957 with the publication of "Calico Captive," the story of a young woman in 1794 who was carried away to Canada after an Indian raid.

Mrs. Speare is survived by her husband, Alden, and a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Carey of Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Correction: November 18, 1994, Friday An obituary on Wednesday about Elizabeth George Speare, an author of historical novels for children, misidentified an award received by her last book, "The Sign of the Beaver" (1983). It was a Newbery Honor Medal from the American Library Association, not a Newbery Medal. The association awarded its top honor, the Newbery Medal, to two of Mrs. Speare's other books.


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Name: Elizabeth George Speare
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Name: Alden Speare Sr.
Born: April 30, 1910 Brooklin Norfolk County Massachusetts
Died: January 17, 1999 Brookline, Norfolk County Massachusetts
Spouse: Elizabeth George Speare
Parents: Alden Herbert Speare Jr., Marion
Occupation: Sales manager
Cause of Death:
Social Security: Number: 023-05-1528;Issue State: Massachusetts; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Find A Grave Memorial# 80172217
Interment: Union Cemetery Easton Fairfield County Connecticut, USA

Social Security Death Index about Alden Speare

Name: Alden Speare SSN: 023-05-: 85718 Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States of America Born: 30 Apr 1910 Died: 17 Jan 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951) Source Citation: Number: 023-05-1528;Issue State: Massachusetts;Issue Date: Before 1951.

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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Alden Speare
Name: Alden Speare Arrival Date: 24 Sep 1928 Birth Year: 1910 Birth Location: Massachusetts Birth Location Other: Newton Age: 18 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Copenhagen, Denmark Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: United States Source Citation: Year: 1928; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_4348; Line: 23; Page Number: 108.

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1920 United States Federal Census about Alden SpeareName: Alden Speare Home in 1920: Newton Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts Age: 9 Estimated birth year: abt 1911 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: Alden H Father's Birth Place: Massachusetts Mother's Name: Marion Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Male Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Newton Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll T625_717; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 382; Image: 290.

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1930 United States Federal Census about Alden Speare
Name: Alden Speare Home in 1930: Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts View Map Age: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1911 Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: Alden H Mother's Name: Marion Race: White Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll 927; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 387; Image: 77.0.

Occupation: Sales Manager
Source:

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1.       Alden Speare Jr.

Born: December 25, 1939 Connecticut

Died: January 15, 1994 Tokoyo  Japan

               Mary Elizabeth George
Spouse: Mary Chapman

Occupation: Sociology Professor
Number: 041-32-0269; Issue State: Connecticut; Issue Date: 1956-1958.

Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Funeral:  First Unitarian Church

Age at Death: YRS: 55

                 Find A Grave Memorial# 38966902

              Interment: Lincoln-Noyes Cemetery Greensboro Orleans County Vermont, USA

Obituary:

http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/archive/1994/speare_alden_obit_1994.pdf

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Alden Speare Jr., 54, professor at Brown, dies on trip in Tokyo

Alden Speare Jr., 54, of Orchard Place, professor of sociology at Brown University, died Saturday in Tokyo, Japan, while traveling to Beijing, China, to present a lecture series on demography and marketing. He was the husband of Mary (Chapman) Speare.

Born in Hartford, Conn., a son of Alden and Elizabeth (George) Speare, he lived in Providence since 1969, and was a summer resident of Greensboro, Vt.

Professor Speare was a 1963 graduate of Cornell University, and earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1969, when he joined the Brown faculty as assistant professor. He became full professor in 1981. His tenure at Brown was marked by his continuing interest in and mentoring of graduate students in sociology.

In 1967-68, he was visiting assistant professor at Tunghai University, Taiwan, and served as a field associate, demographic division, The Population Council, at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Jakarta, Indonesia. In 1984-85 and 1991-92, he was a visiting researcher at the Center for Demographic Studies, Bureau of the Census, Washington.

He was a former deputy editor of Demography, and a frequent editorial consultant for Demography and The American Sociological Review. He was a former member of the executive committee of the Center for Energy Studies.

Professor Speare published more than 50 articles and research papers on demographic, economic, and social issues. He co-authored several books, including Residential Mobility, Migration and Metropolitan Change, and Regional and Metropolitan Growth and Decline in the United States. He also wrote Urbanization and Development: The Rural/Urban Transition in Taiwan (1988). He lectured throughout the world on sociological issues, especially those concerning the Far East.

He was a member of the Bristol Yacht Club and the First Unitarian Church of Providence.

Besides his wife and parents he leaves a son, Philip Alden Speare of Belmont, Mass.; a daughter, Laura Elizabeth Speare of Arlington, Va., and a sister, Elizabeth Speare Carey of Shaker Heights, Ohio.

A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the First Unitarian Church, Benefit Street.

Providence Journal (RI) - Tuesday, January 11, 1994

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Social Security Death Index about A. Speare
Name: A. Speare SSN: 041-32-0269 Born: 25 Dec 1939 Died: 15 Jan 1994 State (Year) SSN issued: Connecticut (1956-1958); Source Citation: Number: 041-32-0269; Issue State: Connecticut; Issue Date: 1956-1958.

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2. Mary Elizabeth Speare
Born: 27 Apr 1942  Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died:
Spouse: William Dahill Carey
Parents: Alden Speare Sr.
-----------Mary Elizabeth George
Occupation:
Cause of Death:
Interment:

Connecticut Marriage Index, 1959-2001 about Mary E SpeareGroom: Willi D Carey Groom's Residence: Hartford, Hartford, CT Groom's Age: 24 Groom's Race: White Bride: Mary E Speare Bride's Residence: Easton, Fairfield, CT Bride's Age: 24 Bride's Race: White Marriage Date: 27 Aug 1966 Place of Marriage: Easton, Fairfield, CT Note: officiator Other Clergyman

Source: Original data: Connecticut. 1959-77 Connecticut Marriage File. 1978-79 Connecticut Marriage File. 1980 Connecticut Marriage File. 1981-2001 Connecticut Marriage File.. Hartford, CT, USA: Connecticut Department of Public Health.

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1. What do you think the main themes of this book are?

1. The main theme of the book that women are capable of reading, and other task.
2. Also the growing Sense of Independence in the Colonies to Break away from England.
3. Religion: Puritan VS Quaker

2. What if people suddenly expected you to behave differently from what you are used to? What are some ways you, or others, might respond if the rules of acceptable behavior suddenly changed?

Kit knew her way she was not going to really change. That is why she told William Ashby she could not marry him. However: he would expect her to be the wife of a Wealthy prominent man. And trust would have been issue
Chapter 20 Pages: 228-230

3. It is obvious that men and women play different roles in The Witch of Blackbird Pond and, by implication, in colonial society. This is a basic historical fact. But what is striking about the novel is how Elizabeth George Speare reveals two truths: how men as well as women are trapped by their roles, and the emotional implications of these strict gender roles for all characters. Can you come up with some examples from the book?

When it came to the meeting house the men and women did not sit together during worship.
Chapter 5 Page 52 Inside the small building, on rows of benches, sat the good folk of

Wethersfield, men on one side and women on the other side.

4. Who do you feel the most sorry for in this novel and why?

Mercy, Prudence and Hannah

Mercy is a very beautiful person inside and she really loves Judith however, affair to stand up to her, that she wouldn’t take John Holbrook away from her.

Prudence Cruff—her mother is a bully and neglects her by not feeding her calling her dumb.

Hannah Tupper-Accused of being a witch, because she refuses to worship with the puritans. She is a Quaker. Being a Quaker doesn’t make her less of a Christian. She has a beat up bible in her home. Chapter 10 Page 105 Of Course, Hannah said matter- of factly and the fines for not going to meetings

5. In her attempt to help both Prudence and Hannah, Kit sometimes disobeys community and family rules. Was that the right thing to do and does that make her a good friend?

Yes it does, make her a good friend; she helped a child Prudence to read and gave a lonely old woman with wisdom friendship. In the end Adam Cruff Prudence father saw what became of that friendship his daughter can read. He is so proud and it helped him stand up against his wife Goodwife Cruff.

Chapter Nineteen Page 221—222 “All my life I’ve wished I could read. If I’d had a son. I’d of seen to it he learned his letters. Well, this is a new country over here, and who says it may not be just as needful for a woman to read as man? Might give her sum mat to think about besides witches and foolishness. Any rate I got someone now to read the Good Book to me of an evening, and if that’s the work of the devil, then I say tis a mighty queer thing for the devil to go working against himself.

6. When did you first suspect there might be something between Nat and Kit? How did Speare craft things so this relationship made sense?

When Nat is chopping wood for Hannah and he told Kit that he has to thatch
Chapter 12 Page 125 “Can I help?” Kit was astonished to hear her own voice. To help Nat with Thatching Hannah’s roof.

7. In the end, do you think Speare is saying keeping secrets is a good thing or a bad thing?

When she hid the fact that she was seeing and disobeyed her Uncle Matthew by seeing Hannah. Because he was a selectman and he had to turn her over to the constable for being a witch Chapter 18 Page 197

8. As Kit adjust to life in her new community, she must often ask herself whom must I be loyal to? How does that parallel our lives in this country today?

Kit realized her Uncle Matthew was not loyal to the King. Kit lived a life of privilege before coming to the New World. Now in order to survive she must obey her Uncle and she is learning the ways of the Puritans. She has not adjusted. She deems them to be prejudice people.

So she remained true to herself by hiding the fact that she became friends with Hannah Tupper, around Hannah she could be herself. As the year passed she realized with Nat that she didn’t have to change.

Her loyalties were clearly with Hannah Tupper, when she saved her from being killed by the towns people, Nat who came back to help her despite if he got caught he was would receive 30 lashes and Prudence to help her get an education behind her parents back.

9. In New England, witchcraft was a crime punishable by death. The first such trial and execution took place in Connecticut in 1647. Ten other similar trials and executions took place in Connecticut in the twenty years following. Three of those "witches" were from the real town of Wethersfield. Speare said, "I do not believe a historical novel should gloss over the pain and ugliness." Do you think the novel's conclusion was realistic for that time period?

Yes during Kit’s Trial the Town realized that their prejudice may have harmed an innocent person such as Hannah Tupper and Kit.

Chapter Nineteen Page 222 Especially when Prudence Father Adam Cruff said Any rate I got someone now to read the Good Book to me of an evening, and if that’s the work of the devil, then I say tis a mighty queer thing for the devil to go working against himself.

10. In the end, Matthew shows himself to be law-abiding, even though he is prejudiced against those with different ideas. Do you think it is possible for a good and decent person to have prejudices?

Yes it’s possible for a good decent person to have prejudices? However, in the end Matthew knew he was wrong about his niece and her friendship with Hannah. The prejudices with him was against the Quaker Religion

11. This book was written a long time ago, do you think it would still interest kids today? What books of our time might interest kids just as much on 50 years?

Yes I believe this is a great book. I do believe kids would be interested in this book if the adults of this world would leave out the politically correct ideology of what is write and wrong. Especially dealing with the Christian Religion.

The Obituary of Elizabeth George Speare New York Times

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Elizabeth G. Speare, 84, Author Of Children's Historical Novels
By RONALD SULLIVAN

Published: November 16, 1994
Elizabeth George Speare, an author of historical novels for children, died yesterday in Northwest General Hospital in Tucson, Ariz. She was 84.

The cause was an aortic aneurysm, her family said. Beginning in 1957 with "Calico Captive," Mrs. Speare wrote a string of novels that soon became familiar to thousands of American schoolchildren. Two of her early works, "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" (1958) and "The Bronze Bow" (1961), were awarded the Newbery Medal by the American Library Association.

Among her other novels were "Life in Colonial America" (1964) and "The Prospering" (1967).
Mrs. Speare's last book, "The Sign of the Beaver" (1983), also won the Newbery Medal, as well as the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

In 1989, Mrs. Speare was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for her "distinguished, enduring contribution to children's literature." The award cited her "vitality and energy, grace of writing, historical accuracy, and tremendous feeling for place and character."

Her novels have continued to be required reading in classrooms across the country. Her subjects ranged from a boy heroically trying to drive the Romans from Israel to another boy's efforts to survive alone in the wilderness of colonial Maine.

"I have chosen to write historical novels, chiefly, I think, because I enjoy sharing with young people my own ever-fresh astonishment at finding that men and women and boys and girls who lived through the great events of the past were exactly like ourselves, and that they faced every day the same choices, large and small, which daily confront us," she wrote in the New York Times Book Review in 1961.

Mrs. Speare was born in 1908 and reared in Melrose, Mass. She attended Smith College and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Boston University.

She wrote a number of magazine articles and two one-act plays before winning her first award in 1957 with the publication of "Calico Captive," the story of a young woman in 1794 who was carried away to Canada after an Indian raid.

Mrs. Speare is survived by her husband, Alden, and a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Carey of Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Correction: November 18, 1994, Friday An obituary on Wednesday about Elizabeth George Speare, an author of historical novels for children, misidentified an award received by her last book, "The Sign of the Beaver" (1983). It was a Newbery Honor Medal from the American Library Association, not a Newbery Medal. The association awarded its top honor, the Newbery Medal, to two of Mrs. Speare's other books.

THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND

The Character: Main Characters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond By Elizabeth George Speare

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1. Katherine [Kit] Tyler: Chapter 1 Page: 1/Page 6—an impulsive, headstrong sixteen year old orphan raised by her wealthy grandfather [now deceased] on his plantation in Barbados; flees to her aunt in Connecticut Colony to escape the clutches of an older man who wishes to marry her. Chapter 4 Page 47 [She tells her cousin Mercy]
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2. Nathanial [Nat] Eaton: Chapter Page 1 first mate of the Dolphin and the son of its captain: friend of Hannah, the old Quaker Woman; falls in love with Kit.
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3. John Holbrook: Chapter 1 Page 10: an earnest young Puritan Clergyman: falls in love with Mercy
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4. The Cruffs, a Family of husband, wife and child. Chapter one Page 6: Goodwife Cruff, is a scold and a bully Page 6/16: Prudence Cruff is underfed and abused. & Chapter Eighteen Page 198 Adam Cruff
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5. Rachel Wood: Chapter two page 20 Kit’s gray haired Aunt, worn out from years of hard work. [Her sister was Margaret Chapter 2 page 30]
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6. Matthew Wood: Chapter 1 page 11, her husband, a stern, fierce Puritan settler who opposes the rules of King James Page 61.
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7. Judith Wood: Chapter 3 Page 32: Kit’s beautiful, haughty cousin; at first, she loves John Holbrook Chapter 5 Page 57 but finally marries her true match William Chapter 21 Page 239
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8. Mercy Wood: Chapter 3 Page 32: Judith’s sister, gentle and sweet; lost the use of one leg as result of a childhood fever [perhaps polio] secretly loves John Holbrook Chapter 11 Page 122
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9. Reverend Gershom Bulkeley: Chapter one Page 12, Wethersfield’s long winded minister and doctor, a Royalist Chapter 6 Page 60

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10. William Ashby: Chapter 4 Page 41 Judith mention’s William Chapter five Page 57 & Chapter Six Page 65 Chapter 21 Page 239. Son of the wealthiest family in Wethersfield; at first he courts Kit but then falls in love with Judith.
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11. Hannah Tupper: Chapter Eight Page 91 a Kindly Quaker widow who lives in a tiny house by Blackbird Pond: suspected of witchcraft; outcast because she is a Quaker and does not attend Puritan meetings. Chapter Ten Page 10

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Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1867. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit. But Kit's friendship with Hannah Tupper, believed by the colonists to be a witch, proves more taboo than she could have imagined and ultimately forces Kit to choose between her heart and her duty. Elizabeth George Speare's Newbery Award-winning novel portrays a heroine whom readers will admire for her unwavering sense of truth as well as her infinite capacity to love.

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Question 1: Where is Kit from?

Saybrook
Wethersfield
London
• Barbados « your answer

Chapter one Page 1-2 Kit Hesitated. She didn’t want to admit how disappointing she found this first glimpse of America. The bleak line of shore surrounding the gray harbor was a disheartening contrast to the shimmering green and white that fringed the turquoise bay of Barbados which was her home.

Question 2: What is the name of the boat she is one in the first chapter?

the Witch
• the Dolphin « your answer
the Mermaid
the Haul

Chapter one Page 1: On a Morning mid-April, 1687, the brigantine Dolphine left the open sea, sailed briskly across the Sound to the wide mouth of Connecticut River and into the Saybrook Harbor.

Question 3: Who is her grandfather?

Reverand Gershom Bulkeley
Captain Samuel Talcott
• Sir Francis Tyler « your answer
Eleazer Kimberly

Chapter 6 Page 60: In the candlelight she looked bewitching, and Reverend Bulkeley smiled whenever he looked at her. But the greatest part of his condescension he had bestowed on Kit, once he had understood that her grandfather had been Sir Francis tyler,

Question 4: What is Nat's profession?

Painter
Bosun
Farmer
• First mate « your answer

Chapter one Page 1: Nathaniel [Nat] Eaton, first mate, but his mother called him Nat.

Question 5: Why don't Kit's Aunt and Uncle meet her at the wharf?

Her Uncle doesn't want her
Her Aunt thought she had died
• They didn't know she was there « your answer
Judith was jealous of her coming

Chapter two Page 27: Kit swallowed and gathered her courage. “Captain Eaton,” she said boldly, ‘my Uncle and aunt can hardly be blamed for

Question 6: How many trunks does Kit bring with her?

• 7 « your answer
2
5
6

Chapter Three Page 35: “Seven trunks of clothes, all the way from Barbados just for a visit?”

Question 7: Who has the most stunning eye's Kit has ever seen?

Aunt Rachel
Judith
• Mercy « your answer
William

Chapter Three Page 32: “And your other Cousin Mercy” The Second girl had risen more slowly, and at first Kit was only aware of the most extraordinary eyes she ever seen, gray as rain at sea, wide and clear and filled with light.

Question 8: Who comes to call on Kit every Saturday night?

Nathaniel Eaton
• William Ashby « your answer
John Holbrook
Eleazer Kimberly

Chapter Six Page 65: “There is another matter I forgot,” he said. “Young William Ashby asked permission today to pay his respects to my niece.”

Question 9: Why does Kit get dismissed from the school?

She doesn't go to church accept on holidays
• She play acts with the Bible « your answer
She's friend with the widow Tupper
She swears in front of the Minister

Chapter Eight Page 79: “The Most wonderful thing, Kit! Dr. Bulkeley has recommended to the selectman that you help me with the school this summer.”

Page 88-90 Mr. Eleazer Kimberley, the school master, and the Revenrend John Woodbridge. “What is the meaning of this disturbance?” demanded Mr. Kinberley. “We come to inspect your school, Mistress Wood, and we find bedlam.”
Mercy opened her mouth to explain in first. “It is all my fault, sir. I was trying out a new idea.”

“What Sort of Idea?”

“Well Sir, I was reading a story out loud to them from the Bible, and I thought instead it might be—more instructive maybe—sort of –well, to act it out and—“

“To act it!”

“Like a play, you know,” Kit floundered, confused by the increasing horror on both their faces. Mr. Kimberley seemed to be strangling.

“Play acting!” And with the a Bible!”

Page 89-90 Mr. Kimberley fastened upon her the look that was well known in his classroom. “Most assuredly you are dismissed, young lady,’ ‘he said coldly.

Question 10: Which colony was Hannah exiled from before she came to Wethersfield?

• Massachusetts « your answer
Connecticut
New York
Delaware

Chapter Eight Page 94: We walked from Dorchester in Massachusetts you see. Days on end we’d been, without seeing another human being. Someone had told us there would be room for us in Connecticut,.

Question 11: What is Hannah's husband’s name?

George
William
Jacob
• Thomas « your answer

Chapter Eight Page 94: My Thomas built this house.

Question 12: What is Hannah's cure?

Magical potion she brews herself
• Cake and a kitten « your answer
A walk through the meadow
Tonic

Chapter Eleven Page 109/ 117: “I believe there must be a morsel of blueberry cake for such a smart pupil,” Praised Hannah..

The morsel of cake vanished in a twinkling. “Hannah’s mage cure for every ill,” Nat had said. “Blueberry Cake and a Kitten.”

Question 13: Who is John in love with?
Kit
Judith
• Mercy « your answer
Hannah

Chapter Thirteen Page 139: “John! Why should you want to talk to Mercy?” His eyes twinkled. “Why do you think I come so often?” [John has feelings for Mercy and not Judith] He reveals to Kit.

Mercy had the same feelings for John as Well Chapter Eleven Page 122. Mercy was in love with John Holbrook.

Question 14: Why is Nat put in the stocks?

Stealing the charter
Defying Governor Andros
Defending Hannah
• Putting Jack-o’-lantern in Williams windows « your answer

Chapter Sixteen Page 165 “They illuminate his house,” he told them gravely. You mean they burnt it down?” gasped Rachel. “No. They well might have. They put lanterns in the window frames that are waiting for the new panes. Lanterns made out of pumpkin heads, with candles inside, and unholy faces cut in the sides to show the light.”

“Jack-O-Lanterns!” Exclaimed Judith.

Question 15: Who gets the red ear of corn at the husking bee?

Kit
Judith
• John « your answer
Mercy

Chapter Thirteen Page 134 Red Ears of Corn John Holbrook [Judith]

Question 16: Who is the first one in the Wood household to fall ill?

• Judith « your answer
Mercy
Aunt Rachel
Kit
Uncle Matthew

Chapter Seventeen Page 117: Five days after John Holbrook’s departure Judith fell ill.

Question 17: What does Kit help Nat within the meadow?

Cutting fire wood
• Thatching a roof « your answer
Planting a garden
Milking the goats

Chapter Twelve Page 125: The next job is some new thatch for the roof. Some Spots there’s not enough to make a decent mouse’s nest.”

“Can I help?” Kit was astonished to hear her own voice.

Question 18: Why does the Wood household assume William is going to propose?

He bought a ring
• He began building his house « your answer
He asked her uncle
He told Goodwife Cuff

Chapter 7 Page 72 “William said he was starting to build his house, didn’t he? What more could you want him to say?”

I agree that William was telling all of us—you most of all__that his mind is made up. Whether you like it or not, Kit, William is going to come courting.”

Question 19: Why do the townspeople go for the 'witch'?

Prudence is possessed
The crops failed
The rains caused the meadow to flood
• Illness is spreading « your answer
The cattle are dying

Chapter Seventeen Page 182: “We want you to come along with us. We’ re going for the witch.”

It is foolish that there’s scarce a house in this town but has a sick child in it? You’d do well to heed what we say, Matthew Wood. John Wetherell’s boy died today. That makes three dead, and it’s the the witch’s doing!”

Whose doing? What are you driving at, Man?” The Quaker Woman’s. Down by Blackbird Pond. She’s been a curse on this town for years with her witchcraft!”

“Now she’s put a curse on our Children.”

Question 20: Huddled on the riverbank what does Kit see come out of the fog?

A wolf
Indians
• A ship « your answer
Her Uncle

Chapter Seventeen Page 189-190 then unbelievably, out of the mist came the miracle. First two points of mast, then sails, transparent and wraithlike in the fog, then as Kit strained her eyes, the looming hull, the prow, and the curved tail of a fish. The Dolphin! Glory be to heaven!

Question 21: In the shed, who does Kit think will come and save her?

Judith
John
• William « your answer
Nat

Chapter Nineteen Page 209: William could help her?

Question 22: Which two people can most are credited with saving Kit?

Uncle Matthew & Aunt Rachel
Judith & William
John & Mercy
• Nat & Prudence « your answer

Chapter Nineteen Page 216: Nat! The wave of joy and relief was so unexpected that she almost lost her balance, but almost instantly it drained away and left a new fear. For she saw that beside him clinging tightly to his hand, was Prudence Cruff.

Question 23: Nat is captain of which boat?

The dolphin
• The witch « your answer
the Kit
He is not Captain of any boat

Chapter 21 Page 248: THE WITCH!



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