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John Rardin SR 1790 Allegheny Co. PA Census record lists for John Rardin: 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 2 females, 1 slave. (Jack Ross) RE: The Wives: "Ann, the 2nd or 3rd wife of John, apparently died in Campbell County, KY as that was were she moved to with most of the children and is mentioned in the 1795 tax list. However, it is possible that she remarried and perhaps moved. It looks like Nellie Freeland is only known from the D.A.R. records. J. K. Rardin's 1892 History of the Rardin Family only said that John was married twice and mentioned Anne as being his 2nd wife a couple of times. The Rardin/Woodruff records also mentions Anne as being his 2nd wife. The marriage record of Nellie Rardin, the youngest child of John Rardin (SR) states that Anne was her mother. I wish that we could clarify this matter as it is quite confusing." – Jack Ross 1982. RE: The Wives: "…… such as death of first wife or marriage to Nellie Freeland. There were Freelands in Maryland and a Nellie was mentioned in one of the brother’s will. I feel sure Nellie Freeland and Ann are the same person. She signed the marriage bond for Nellie Rardin to marry John Stephens. We have nothing on her death and she does not show up in any KY census so I am guessing she may have gone to live with one of her sons. – J. William "Bill" Stephens, Astoria, Illinois 1983 RE: The Wives: "…..John (SR.) came to America about the middle of the 18th century… He was evidently a widower as there is no mention of a wife. John (SR.) married again, presumably after coming to America, though we have no record of Anne's maiden name, where they were married or the date. Son William, who is believed to be the first child of the second marriage, was born in 1761." Rardin/Woodruff Files RE: The Wives - CAN WE PRESUME? - Since John (JR.) the 2nd son and last child born to John (SR.) and ________ Stewart was born at Harris Ferry, now Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in 1755 according to his Revolutionary War Pension Application and William the 1st child of John (SR.) and Nelly/Anne? was born about 1761, the 1st wife must have died between 1755 and 1760. Children of John Rardin SR and 1st wife
(presumed to be _______ Stewart) NOTE: This info is from Rardin/ Woodruff file: "states that John Rardin (SR.) born in Ireland, probably County Kerry,about 1720. He died in Allegheny Co., PA and his will was probated 5 April 1796. He came to America about the middle of the eighteenth century, and according to the best family information, came with three brothers and a sister. He was evidently a widower as there is no mention of a wife. One tradition has it that two brothers and the sister returned to Ireland, the sister dying at sea on the return journey. John's younger brother, Dennis Rardin, remained with him in America." (Rardin/Woodruff)
NOTE: This info is from the Knarr Family Genealogy found at www.familytreemaker.com/user/k/n/a/Lawrence-E-Knarr/GENE6-0011.html To the heirs of my own body, as each of them has got his own share and turned me out from among them and would not harbor me any longer, for this ingratitude I leave and bequeath them as follows: To my son Thomas I do leave one penny to buy snuff. To my son John I leave one penny. To my son William I leave one penny. To my son Moses I leave one penny. To my son Timothy I leave one penny. To my son Jacob I leave one penny. To my daughter Nellie I leave one penny. To Annie, my housekeeper, as she is the mother of all mischief and got her full pay when we parted. I will leave her two pence to give the doctor for setting her crupper bone, which I am informed she got broke. I do appoint my heir, John Withrow, after my decease to pay all my legacies as soon as demanded. March 16, 1796 his mark: John Rardon Witness: William Littell James Inglis Robert McElhenny Probated 5 April 1796, Samuel Jones~ Register, Pittsburgh, Pao APPRAISEMENT - Pair of old stockings, two shillings; two lindsey blankets ten shillings; old feather bed seven shillings six pence; old coverlid one shilling; bed quilt two shillings; patched pewter basin and three spoons, three shillings and nine pence; Dutch oven with broken lid two shillings three pence; pott 17 shillings six pence; old reasor and hone 2 shillings six pence; old silk hankerchief, one shilling; box and lock nine pence; bag and some leaf tobacco one shilling six pence; Total value 6 pounds ten shillings. John Withrow also reported he found ten dollars, one crown and 18 pence in cash, making in all 10 pounds 14 shillings nine pence. We the undersigned persons appraised the above articles to the best of our knowledge and belief, this 20 March 1796. Signed: William Littell & Michael Christian? (Wills, vol.1, p. 95)
"The Revolution Remembered - Eyewitness Accounts of the War for Independence" Edited by John C. Dann, University of Chicago Press, 1980 from the Clements Library Bicentennial Studies. Chapter 8 - The Indian Frontier, Excerpted from a 1841 Pension application by John Struthers (1759-1845), pages 253-254.
"Frontier Defense On The Upper Ohio 1777-1778" - Compiled from the
Draper Manuscripts in the Library of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Edited by
Reuben Gold Thwaites and Louise Phelps Kelogg, Madison 1912. Reardon's (Rorden)
Bottom, pages 4 and 44, also called Reardon's Runs. |
