328. Whaley Newby
Notes for Whaley Newby:
Served as a coastal patroller in Louisa Co. VA. during the Revolutionary War.
330. Richard R. Pryor
Notes for Richard R. Pryor:
1754 served in Virginia militia was given 7 shillings for provisions.
1758 provided victualling as member of Virginia militia
1776 in a list of 52 Virginia militiamen
352. James Wright
Found in 1810 census of Hanover Twp., Luzerne Co., PA. Susquehanna Co. was not created until Feb. 10 1810, but the 1st census for Susquehanna wasn't until 1820.
James Wright is four (4) reidences from Joseph Waller.
James Wright is also found in the 1820 Census, Hanover Twp., Luzerne, PA.
358. Moses Tyler
Revolutionary War file #W25509, Bounty Land Warrant 524-160-55.
Elijah was an Orderly Sgt. in Bradley's 3rd North Carolina Batt. Enlisted 7/201778 discharged 3/1/1779
Elijah Hinson is found in the 1790 (first U.S. Census) in Wayne Co. NC, as well as in the 1800 NC Census.
369. Susannah Scrivens
Quaker.
372. Major Claude Noel Francois Romand De Lisle
Several websites indicate that Letita's son James was fathered by Claude Noel Francois Romand De Lisle, born 23 APR 1743 in France, rather than Henry Lisle. DeLisle was a Captain in the French Army, who was made Major of Artillery under George Washington, having come to America with the Lafayette Expedtion,in 1776. Returned to France in 1778 and was murdered.
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3599&enc=1> about Charles Noel Romand DE Lisle
Name: Charles Noel Romand DE Lisle
Birth Date: 174?
Volume: 104
Page Number: 460
Biographical Info: San Domingo, maj.
Reference: Historical reg. of officers of the Continental Army. By Francis Bernard Heitman. Washington, DC, 1914. (685p.): 353
373. Letitia Ingraham
May have emigrated from Ireland through Philadelphia, PA on the "Irish Volunteer."
Several websites indicate that Letita's son James was fathered by Claude Noel Francois Romand De Lisle. born 23 APR 1743 in France. DeLisle was a Captain in the French Army, who was made Major of Artillery under Geroge Washington, having come to America with the Lafayette Expedtion,in 1776. Returned to France in 1778 and was murdered.
Letitia later married George Hall and had several other children.
374. John Doudna
Immigrated from England to Edgecomb Co., NC. Was sailor, farmer, soldier.
A Kidnapping Incident Many years ago, while at the wharf of England, a little boy who had accompanied his father with a load of vegetables to trade with the sailors was induced to go aboard a ship, which furnished ample amusement for him until sometime after the ship left the shore. But as soon as the boy realized his situation, he burst into an agonizing fit of tears which was kept up until he cried himeself to sleep. The next morning he awoke to find himself very lonesome with out his parents, but ere long forgetting his troubles, he became helpful as a sailor boy, and quickly learned to climb to the top of the ships must also learned the meaning of the words sailors used. He would often ask his Master where his parents were, but would be put off by a promise that he would some day tell him. All that little fellow could remember was that his name was John Doudna, and that his fathers name was Henry and his mothers name was Elizabeth. John grew rapidly and soon became a trusty sailor, but as a sailors life is a very rought one, no attention is given to education except in the line of managing a ship and learning all they can about storms which influence sailors lives so very much. John Doudna was kept by the same sea captain for twenty years, and in all that time, never once heard from home. The Captain had not yet told him where his home was. He had reached his 26th year, when it was noticed one day that a great storm was arising. It proved to be a great ocean windstorm (hurricane), which finally wrecked the ship. But providentially our ancestor, John Doudna, with two others of the crew got astride some boards which served as a raft and succeeded in reaching a very small island on which they took refuge. As soon as the storm abated, they began to realize their situation. They were on a small island in the great Atlantic, with nothing to sustain life except a little rain water they found in the chinks of a rock which ws on the island. They waited patiently to meet their fate with some hopes however. But alas! their hopes were in vain. The morning dawned, but no ship came to view. They now began to long for something to appease their hunger but their longing for this was also in vain. The second and third days came and still no tidings and how it became apparent that they must starve to death if relief did not come. They were tempted to throw themselves into the sea, to shun such a death, but they waited on, with higher hopes for deliverence growing weaker without food or shelter for eight days. But on the eight day one of them sighted a ship, but being to weak to stand up, they in turn raised a hand or waved a hat to th ship. Soon they observed the ship had changed its course and was coming toward them. They were taken on board and were only allowed one teaspoon each of broth without any salt in it. This began to bring back their appetites again and they almost went crazy with hunger. At the end of two hours they were given two teaspoonsful each and at the expiration of every two hours the quantity increased until their severe hunger was satisfied, and in three or four days the ship reached port, and John Doudna was landed in North Carolina with not a cent of money in the world. According to a vow he had made, never to sail on the ocean again if he ever reached land, he started out to find a place to work for his board, until he learned how to manage farming implements. He had not proceeded far, until he met a girl on her way to school by the name of Sarah Knowis. This was the first girl he had met in this strange land and her kind words and sympathies made a deep impression on John, not soon to be forgotton. She directed him to her fathers house, and after working there less than two years, John Doudna and Sarah Knowis were united in marriage. John being 28 and she being 14 years of age. John took his young wife and settled in Edgecomb County, North Carolina, there to spend his time in peace and happiness. But in the year 1804, he with his wife and most of their children migrated to Belmount County, Ohio. He he remained the rest of his days, and in all probabllity helped to build the first meeting house that was ever erected in Warren Township for the public worship, near where Stillwater meeting house now stands. His wife survived him several years, being over 80 years of age at the time of her death. At which time there were 450 people who called her mother, grandmother, or great grandmother. The above account was taken mostly form an article written by J.H. Edgerton, a great grandson of the "Kidnapped Boy" and a descendent of his daughter Zilpha who married John Edgerton. In connection with this, an article wirtten by my father, Joseph W. Doudna, another great grandson, say "Our great grandfather settled about one and a quarter miles east of the Stillwater meeting house, on the farm that afterwards became the home of his son Hosea, who lived there until his death in 1888, aged 95 years and about 80 years after the death of his father. His oldest son Henry settled on a farm farther down Sandy Ridge, on or near the home of William H. Sears, where he built a barn before the days of cut nails. The roof was put on with wooden pins instead of weighting it down with poles, log cabin fashion. John Doudna, the second son, settled on a farm in the Ridge neighborhood near two miles south of Barnsesville. He was the father of William, John Jr., Isaac and Elisha (and grandfather of the writer) where he lived until his death in 1863 at the age of 90. Another son Knowis, settled at Leatherwood, where he raised a large family, which with his oldest sister Mary's family(she married Isaac Hall was the one of whom my mother Rosetta [Hall] Doudna was a descendant) composed the most of the Friends settlement there. Another son James died in boyhood before they left North Carolina, also a little girl Peggy (Margaret), between eight and nine years of age. Joel the youngest son remained within the limits of the Society at Stillwater. Anna and Elizabeth, the other daughters, both married and lived a Stillwater while Asenath settled within the limits of Ridge and Zilpha who was the grandmother of the writer of the early part of this History, married John Edgerton, and removed to Morgan County, Ohio where she lived until her death in 1858; age 62 years. We have never understood that any of these 450 descendents could ever trace their ancestry farther back than the particulars given in the foregoing account. Written by, Joseph H. Doudna Barnesville, Ohio Son of Joseph W. Doudna and 4th generation of the "Kidnapped Boy". Copied from the, "Little Home Histories in Our Early Homes, Belmont County, Ohio 1942".