The Conrad Huffman Family

As I mentioned last week, we are beginning to study our fourth great grandparents of our Shepard family tree today. Conrad Huffman and his wife, Charity Kuykendall, were both born in Germany. They married about 1744. Their first two or three children were born in Germany, also. The other children were born in Hampshire County, Virginia.

Adam unknown date and place
Elizabeth abt. 1747 in Germany
Benjamin        1750         " (?), our ancestor, [see text below]
Christopher    1753 Hampshire
John        1755 Hampshire
Henry abt. 1757       " 
Nancy Ann    1760       "
Conrad 23 Feb 1764  "
Sarah     1767  "
Philip   abt.    1769  "
Mary   abt.    1775  " ** See comments below



We could assume that Conrad and his family arrived in America c. 1752 when we notice that Christopher was born in Hampshire, VA. But, researcher, Alice Chilcote, a descendant of the Huffman family, found a record of Conrad and his family on the ship, "Saint Andrew", arriving in Philadelphia on the ninth day of September in 1749. She also found a record stating that Conrad bought 398 acres of land on the South Branch of the Potamac River on the 29th day of September 1749 from Lord Fairfax. These records contradict the birthplace of Benjamin, our ancestor.  He must have been born in Virginia, not Germany.

On the 1781 Tax List of Hampshire County, Conrad had no slaves. In the 1782 Tax List there were 12 Whites and 1 Black person living at the Conrad Huffman household. Family tradition says that Conrad died at age 101 sometime before the 20th of March 1817, the date that his will was proved.

**Since Charity died before 1770, Mary could not be her child. Perhaps Conrad had a second wife?

CONRAD HUFFMAN
BORN: abt 1715 in Maglebury, Pomerania, Germany
MARRIED: abt 1744 in Germany
DIED: before 20 Mar 1817

CHARITY KUYKENDALL
BORN:  abt 1726 in Germany
DIED: bef 1770 in Mill Creek, Hampshire, VA

SOURCES: 
United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Q-FWV : accessed 28 August 2018), Conrad Huffman, Hampshire, Virginia, United States; citing p. 801, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 181,429; 1781 Tax List of Hampshire County, VA; 1782 Tax List of Hampshire County, VA; Researcher, Alice Chilcote, sent Marjorie Shepard copies of records of land ownership and passenger list of Conrad Huffman family.

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THE FAMILY OF MR. AND MRS. BILLS

Mr. and Mrs. Bills were both born in the state of Maine. Mrs. Bills' maiden name was Mary Youngs. Their daughter, Ann Elizabeth Bills (our ancestor), was also born in Maine in 1824.

SOURCE: Elda Esch's book: "Benoni Dickinson and His Descendants"

ANDREW HILL AND FAMILY

There is not much to relate to you about this family because Andrew died about the same year that his only child, our ancestor, Mercy Hill, was born,  in 1800. All that is known about Andrew's spouse is her initial E., no name. They were probably married circa 1798 in Warren County, New York. 

ANDREW HILL
BORN: unknown
MARRIED:  abt. 1798 in ,Warren, NY
DIED:  abt. 1800 in Warrensburg, Warren, NY
SOURCE: Elda Esch "Benoni Dickinson and His Descendants"

SAMUEL DICKINSON

This third great grandfather was born in North Stonington, Connecticut on the 26th of December in 1748. He married his first wife, Mary, when he was age 22 in Greenwich, Washington County, New York c. 1770. In 1775, Samuel moved his family to the East Bank of the Hudson River to be further from the danger of Indians.

 On the sixth of June in 1776, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War at Cambridge, New York. He was a private in Captain Theodore Woodbridge's Company. He received an honorable discharge at Fort Hanyx, New York on the 15th of April in 1777.

In November of 1778, Hannah Crandall became Samuel's second wife. In 1779, Samuel served as a protector of his neighborhood for a half a month, while living near Saratoga Falls, Washington County, New York. In 1781, he was involved in three tours, each lasting one month under Captain Perrigo. At age 33, he enlisted in Captain Charles Miller's Company of Colonel Sam Canfield's Connecticut Regiment, in April  1782. He was honorably discharged on the 4th of April 1783.

In 1790, the Dickinson family was living in New Castle Twp., West Chester, New York when Samuel is age 42. In the later census of 1810, Samuel is living in Washington County, New York.  On Samuel's application for pension on the 23rd of March in 1819, he says he has no real estate or income. His personal property is as follows: a small 3 year old cow, a hand made shovel, a tobacco box, a jack knife, 2 pint bowls, an old carving knife, 3 small tubs, 2 pails and a pair of old spectacles. He and his wife, age 64, are living with their children for support. In 1820, in Chester Twp., Warren, NY Samuel is age 71, 9 months and 22 days old and is in open court to obtain his pension. He died at age 75.

SAMUEL DICKINSON
BORN: 26 Dec 1748 in North Stonington, New London, CT
MARRIED: 1) abt 1770 in Greenwich, Washington, NY to Mary (unknown surname); 2) 3 Nov 1778  in  ,Washington, NY to Hannah Crandall
DIED: 22 Jan 1824 in Warrensburg, Washington, NY 
SOURCES: Elda Esch Dickinson, "Benoni Dickinson and his Descendants" Repository: Marj Shepard residence; Death Date of Samuel Dickinson Bibliography: CD 16 Pedigree Resource File, Copyright 2000, Intellectual Reserve, Inc.;Marriage Information-Samuel DickinsonTITLE Benoni  Book, and Leon Stiles, historian for Stiles and Affiliated Families Assn.; Military-Samuel Dickinson TITLE: Benoni Book--At age 27 in the Revolutionary War; Tidwell,Eugene D. #328798-06211001337333484 E.Tidwell,Eugene D. E. Summer Hill Dr.Salt Lake City, UT edtidwell@netzero.net; Reproduced from Pedigree Resource File CD 16, Copyright 2000, Intellectual reserve, Inc.; Copy of Samuel Dickinson's Pension Record sent by way of researcher, Allen Kratzer.