| John Lewis Friend Sr. |
*Johannes Nilsson Friend married Anna Hendricksdotter, the daughter of Hendrick Coleman and Anna or "Bright Lightning". (Bright Lightning's father was Shawnee Chief: Big Thunder)
Johannes and Anna were the parents of Nils (Nicholas) Friend.
*Nils (Nicholas) Friend is believed to have married Mary Elizabeth (Lewis?) Levis, who may have been the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Clator) (Lewis?) Levis. Nils and Mary were the parents of John Lewis Friend (Sr.).
*John Lewis Friend Sr. was born 1732 in Chester, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, and died some time after 1808 in Friendsville, Garrett Co. (then Allegany Co.), Maryland.
He married Kerenhappuch Hyatt in 1751 in Hampshire County, Virginia, believed to be the daughter of Jost Heydt.
"John Friend of Hampshire County, Virginia was granted 194 acres on the Potomack River in said county. Surveyed by Mr. Thomas Rutherford.
Adjoins land of Neil (Nicholas) Friend. 2 Apr. 1763. Source -
Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, Vol. II, 1742-1775.
Compiled by Gertrude E. Gray.
John Lewis Friend Sr., who in 1764, a year after peace was formally established following Pontiac's uprising, left the Potomac River valley and hiked into the Alleghenay mountains, following the trail of a fur trader who followed a buffalo trace. After descending into the sole Indian village of the area, on the Youghiogheny. he bought land from the Indians, trading for several fields and primitive dwellings. He returned to the Potomac and a year later, in 1765, returned to settle on what is now known as Friendsville,
Garrett Co. Maryland.
John was soon joined by several brothers and other early settlers, and these early families' names can still be found among today's populace, such as Glotfelty, Broadwater, Wilt, Savage, Browning, Bittinger, Brenneman, Buckel, Beachy, Hershberger, Friend, of course, and others.
"John Friend's tract (in 1774) was "Friend's Fortune".
July 15, 1776, John Friend and his neighbors enrolled in the Washington
County Militia, Skipton Company, at Cumberland MD.
John Friend was allotted two military lots of 50 acres each as a settlre.
On June 1, 1808, Old John transferred the deed for "Friend's Delight" to
John Friend, Jr. This was Old John's last signature of record."....
Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen.
Friend, John, Sr, 1808, Pvt Wash Co Md Mil Rev War (Gov. marker). Source -
Maryland's Garrett County Graves, pg. 80.
Notes for KERENHAPPUCH HYATT:
Kerenhappuch (Hyatt) Friend died in 1798. Kerenhappuch had two sisters, Jemima and Keziah. Source - "Indian Blood", Evelyn Guard Olsen, pg. 86.
The three sisters were apparently named after the Biblical daughters of Job.
Children of JOHN FRIEND and KERENHAPPUCH HYATT are:
1) GABRIEL FRIEND, b: Jun.17.1752 in VA d: Jan.08.1854 in
Friendsville, Garrett Co. Maryland m: ELIZABETH BONNELL, Jul.28.1787 and
CLARISSA ANN "NANCY" (PECK) STEELE, about 1804-1810.
Gabriel Friend served as a 1st Lt. in the Washington Co. Militia in the
Revolutionary War.
2) SARAH FRIEND, b: about 1754 in VA? d: in Ohio
m: HENRY DEWITT. Sarah & her husband moved to Ohio about 1815.
3) REBECCA FRIEND, b: 1758 in VA?
d: Ohio? m: Joseph Butler. Rebecca and Joseph moved to Ohio about 1808.
4) NICHOLAS FRIEND, b: about 1759 in VA? d: 1776 in Garrett Co., Maryland, killed by Indians at "the Crossings"
5) CHARLES FRIEND, b: about 1762 in Hampshire Co. VA d: about 1832 in
Missouri m: PRUDENCE HALL, 1796 in Sang Run, Garrett Co. Maryland
Charles Friend settled in Sang Run (Cave Farm) about 1795 and in 1828
moved to Missouri where he died of Malaria.
6) JOHN LEWIS FRIEND, JR., b: 1764-5 d: May.23.1849 in
Sang Run, Garrett Co. Maryland m: ELIZABETH WARD, Feb.14.1795 in
Sang Run,Garrett Co. Maryland. John Friend, Jr. settled the "Friend's Delight"
farm at Sang Run, Maryland in 1795.
7) JOSEPH FRIEND, b: 1768 in Friendsville, Garrett Co, MD d: 1860 m: SARAH "SALLY" MARY GREEN, 1795 in Friendsville, Garrett Co. MD
Joseph Friend resided on "Friend's Choice" near Friendsville. He married
Sarah, daughter of John Green and they settled at the "Gleanings" (Sang Run).
The home of Joseph Friend became "the Crossings'" first Methodist meeting
place. Joseph Friend lost two children in a fire that burned his home at
Green Glade.
8) AUGUSTINE FRIEND, b: 1770 in Friendsville, Garrett Co. Maryland d: Missouri. Augustine resided at the Dunkard Bottom on the Cheat River in Garrett Co. MD
He then moved to Kentucky and then Missouri sometime after 1796.
7) SUSAN FRIEND, b: 1772 in Friendsville, Garrett Co. Maryland
m: ANDREW HOUSE, JR. Susan and Andrew moved to Columbus Co. Ohio
This is Friend special interest page:
* John Lewis Friend Sr.
Also check out these other Friend pages:
* Nils (Nicholas) Larsson Friend
* Anders (Andrew) Nilsson Friend
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