Placed in the D.A. R. Cabinet, Lancaster, County Library Lancaster, S C August   1957 In Memory of Mrs Rosa Bennett; Heath Springs, SC by   Mr. and Mrs Ben C. Hough THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY Pennsylvania  - Virginia  - South Carolina By Raymond Martin Bell Washington and Jefferson College Washington, Pennsylvania 1957

2 Dedicated To My Wife PREFACE      Two hundred years ago on July 29, 1756 tragedy struck the family of William Baskins, when he was killed by the Indians on Duncan's Island at the mouth of the Juniata in Pennsylvania. His wife and two children were taken prisoners. William was one of three brothers who settled there about 1750. The name in Ireland was Baskin, but in this country it soon became Baskins, except for the southern branch. The writer's great-grandmother Priscilla Martin Bell was a great-granddaughter of William Baskins.      The writer has been gathering data on the Baskins for many years. He published three mimeographed sheets in 1934. He has attempted to list the children of all the Baskins born before 1800. An outline is given showing the various relationships. Help has been received from many sources. See under Acknowledgements. As much as possible modern township and county names are used. The islands where the Baskins first settled were in Paxton (now Reed) Twp., Lancaster (now Dauphin) Co. The west shore was Rye (now Penn) Twp., Cumberland (now Perry) Co.      This account attempts to give the history of one family in Colonial and early America - a record of pioneers. In the Revolution the Baskins fought against King George. In 1861-1865 they were on both sides, with Baskins dying for the gray, and Baskins dying for the blue. Many national events have greatly influenced the lives of members of the Baskin(s) Family. Raymond Martin Bell Washington, Pennsylvania

3   THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell CONTENTS Page 1. The Surname 5 2. The Juniata Settlement 6 3. Indian Wars 7 4. The New Purchase 10 5. The Revolution 11 6. Later Years 11 7. Baskins Families of Pennsylvania 14 8. Timothy Murphy of Ontario 22 9. Alexander Stephens of Georgia 24 10. Baskin Families of Virginia 26 11. Baskin famiies of South Carolina 29    Pennsylvania 32      Atkinson, Finley, Hullings,      Kilgore, Martin, McCoy,      McGinnis, Stephen, Watts    South Carolina and Virginia 36      Calhoun, Pickens, Craig, Stuart 13. Genealogy 37 14. Documents and Maps 59

BIBLIOGRAPHY Land Office, Harrisburg, Pa. Court Records, many counties Cemetery Records; Bible Records; State archives; Census Records; Family Records Egle: Notes & Queries Timothy Murphy by M. J. O' Brien Chalkley: Cronicles of the Scotch-Irish (Augusta Co., VA.) The Detroit Society of Genealogy Hanna: The Wilderness Trail Many County Histories including: Jones, History of the Juniata Valley, 1889 Rupp, History of Dauphin and other Cos., 1846 Hain, History of Perry Co., 1922 History of Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys, 1886 Egle History of Dauphin & Lebanon Cos., 1883 History of Morrow Co., Ohio, 1880 History of Steuben Co., NY, 1879 History of Tioga, Chemung, Thompkins & Schuyler Cos., NY 1879 History of Butler & Bremer Cos., Iowa

4   THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Official Sources Charles H. Seidel, Land Office, Harrisburg, Pa. Henry H. Eddy, Pa. Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg Henry J. Dubester, Reference Department, Library of Congress, Washington Mrs. May G. Bryan, Dept. of Archives & History, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Lucretia Garretson, Ia. Dept. of History, Des Moines, Edna L. Jacobsen, Manuscripts & History Section, N.Y. State Lib'y, Albany Mrs. Hermione D. Embry Tenn. State Library & Arcihves, Nashville Mrs. Mabel C. Garner, Dept. of Archives & History, Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Elleine H. Stones, Burton Collection, Detroit (Mich.) Public Library The Society of Genealogy, London David P. Botsford, Fort Malden National Historic Park, Amherstburg, Ont. Mrs. E. J. MacManus, Dept. of Archives & History, Jackson, Miss. Margaret C. Norton, Illinois State Library, Springfield Carolynne Wendel, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Mrs.Ruth L. Douthit, Ohio State Library, Columbus Sarah Guitar, State Historical Soc'y of M.., Columbia The Presbyterian HIstorical Soc'y of Ireland, Belfast Public Record Office, Belfast Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah H. G. Jones, Dept of Archives & History, Raleigh, N. C. Major Assistance Dr. George J. Davis, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Mrs. Peggy Baskin Polatty, Archives Dept., Columbia, S.C. Dr. Eldridge Baskin, Florence, S.C. Mr. Thomas P. Baskin, Anderson, S.C. Mrs. Virginia P. Hicks, Lakin, Kansas Mrs. B.J. Baskin, Cameron, Texas Many Individuals Mrs. Paul Carriger, Bakersfield, Cal. M.L. Heisey, Lancaster, Pa. R. B. Ellenberge, Camp Hill, Pa. F.G. Gaffney, Harrisburg, Pa. Mrs. Guiles Flower, Carlisle, Pa. Mrs. Margaret Baskins Kline, Marysville, Pa. Mrs. Edna Liggett, Washington, Pa. Mrs. G.H. Womble, Los Angles, Cal. Mrs. Alma D. Croxton, Heath Springs, S.C. Mrs. Rena C. Fitzgerald, Washington, D.C. Dr. Robert G. Stephens, Washington, GA. Mrs. Hazel B. Williams, Wilminton, Ohio Mrs. Dorothy J. McConnell, Caistec, N.Y. Mrs. C.E. Quirk, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Mrs. H. H. Lazenby, Midland, Ohio Mrs. Magnolia Baskins Curtis, Waverly, Ia. W.B. Roddey, Richburg,S.C. E.H. Pope, Fort Worth, Texas William C. Hudson, Royal Oak, Michigan Mrs. Grace Baskins, Bierhals, Woodstock, N.Y. James G. Kahle, Columbus, Ohio Mrs. Margarette Franks, Baskin, La. Mrs. Rosa Guess, Rock Hill, S.C._____________________ Senator Wm. P. Baskin, Bishopville, SC Mrs. Carimae Baskin Wright, Jacksonville, Ala. Mrs. Mildred Darsey,Sarasota, Fla. Mrs. W.L. Williamson, Jacksonville, NC H.L. Carlisle Calhoun Falls, SC Mrs. Mary Lou M. Elliott, Colo. City Texas Mrs. Ethel R. Atkinson, Bedford, O. Eugene D. Buchanan, Highland Park, Ill. Dwight L. Baskin, Waukegan, Ill. R.H. Baskin, Lebanon, Tenn. Jno. R. Baskin,E. Cleveland, O. Mrs. A.S. Diven, Elmira, NY Mrs. Carl E. Wheeler, Stoneboro, Pa. Prof. R.L. Marshall, Londonderry, N.I. Miss Abigail O'Daniels, Watkins Glen, NY W.L. Hutcheson, Houston, Tex. R. S. Baskin, Dublin, Eire Rev.A.E. Scott, Ramelton, Eire Mrs. Jas. R. Alfonte,Wsh. D.C. (Thos. of Va) Mrs. Ben C. Hough, Lancaster, NC Mrs. Russell C. Stevens, Atlanta, Ga Mrs. E.J. Landers, Jacksonville, Ala.

5 THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell 1. The Surname -----The name BASKIN evidently had more than one origin. It first appears in England in 1642 when there is a marriage recorded June 17 of Jane Baskin and Edward Tayler, both of the parish of St. Dunstane in the East, London (Parish Regiser).On August 13, 1732 John, son of John and Susannah Baskin of Grays Inn Passage was baptised at St. George the Martyr Queen Square, Holborn London (Parish Register). -----In Scotland the name BASKEN appears in Banffshire in 1653 where James Basken was collector. In 1675 Alexander Baskin and in 1678 John Baskin, both sons of James Baskin, of Ord, were apprentices in Edinburgh. Ord may have been in northern Banffshire. On March 8, 1722 in Edinburgh Jane Baskin married William Reid, Tailor. The ending - kin is diminutive. The prefix Bas - often meant Red. Nisbet in his A System of Heraldry (1722) gives for Capt. Thomas Baskin of Ord, in the Lyon Register: gules, a fesse vair crest, a sword and stalk of wheat crossing each other saltier-ways, the last being depressed of the former moto, Armis & diligentia -----In Ireland the name BASKYN appears in County Dublin in 1439 when John Baskyn owned 1/2 acre in Kilminham. In 1449 his sons John and James sold thir interest to John Thundry. (Bellew Documents) Another origin of the name was in County Clare now the barony of Moyarta, County Clare. The name also appears as O'Basken. (O'Hart: Irish Pedigrees) Emily Lawless in her poem Fontenoy 1745 speaks of Corca Bascinn in Clare. From Clare some of the family moved to County Donegal, according to Ronald S. Baskin, of Dublin, whose grandfather was from Co. Donegal. There are Baskins now living in Ardara, County Donegal. In 1810 there were Baskins in County Leitrim. -----The name Basquin is found near Charleston, South Carolina in 1770; in Middlesex, England in 1796; and in Quebec and France Today. There is likely some connection with the French Basques. -----Tradition says that John and William Baskin who settled in Pena. in the 1730s were born in northern Ireland. The William Baskin who settled in Yates Co., New York was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1776. The Calhouns were associated with the Baskins in Penna., Virginia and South Carolina were from County Donegal. The probable that John and William came to America from County Donegal. The spelling of the name has remained BASKIN in some branches and has become BASKINS in othrs. Today the name Baskin is also carried in Britain and America by members of another faith and origin. -----The first record of William Baskin is in 1732 when his name appears on the tax list of East Nottingham Twp. Chester Co., Pa. John Baskin is listed 1735 and 1736. In 1735-6 John paid 1/3 and William paid 1/9 in taxes. Both names are gone in 1737. They no doubt moved to the paxton region just opening. all indications are that William and John came fro Ireland to Pennsylvania, William about 1731; John about 1734. Both were married. They likely landed at New Castle, Delaware. East Nottingham was about 15 miles to the west. Paxton was a center for the Scotch-Irish. Many settlers there, after a few years, move southwest along the Blue Mountains to Augusta co., VA. -----It is likely that William did this, for his name is in the Virginia records in 1740. The Pickens, Reid, and Calhoun families did the same. William may have gone because of his wife's people, the Stuarts, who lived in Virginia. Archibald Stuart went from Ireland to Pennsylvania 1727; 1738 to Augusta Co. As for John there is no

6   THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell further record. It is likely that he died about 1740 at Paxton. William, the younger, was at Paxton in 1744. He had brothers, James and Francis, and possibly Thomas. These were likely sons of John. William's oldest son was named John: John went to South Carolina from Pennsylvania. -----A Robert Baskin died in Augusta County, Virginia 1750. His estate was administered by William. He was likely a brother of John and William and likely went directly to Virginia. He may have been the father of Andrew. Andrew's name appears on Augusta Co. records 1752 fro the first; later in Kershaw Co., S.C. A widow Baskin lived near Thomas Baskin in 1761. "Not liking their Dutch neighbors," many of whom moved into Augusta Co., William Baskin and his six sons planned to move to South Carolina in the 1760s. Thomas died just about the time they were ready to go. John died soon after arrival. Charles returned to Virginia where his ties were stronger. This left William, Hugh and James in the Abbeville region of South Carolina. 2. The Juniata Settlement -----The Paxton region was purchased from the Indians and thrown open for settlement in 1736. This was the land south of the Blue Mountains. A flood of Settlers, mostly Scotch-Irish moved in and rapidly took up claims for land. Many did not leave a permanent record for they pushed on southwest into the Cumberland and Shenandoah Valleys. Among the families to come were the Baskins. The first record is of William b c1722 who in 1744 joined a group from Paxton, including Francis Ellis and Thomas McKee, sent to investigate the murder of John Armstrong, an Indian trader near Mt. Union. William would not have gone had he been a recent immigrant fro Ireland. It is likely that his father, probably John, move to Paxton from Chester county about 1737. William was in the militia 1747-28 under Capt. Thomas McKee -----In 1749 the land east of the Susquehanna and north of the Blue Mountains was purchased from the Indians. Settlers moved in rapidly again. In the 1750 tax list for the Narrows of Paxton Twp., Lancaster (now Dauphin) Co. are listed James, William, and Francis Baskins. They were at the mouth of the Juniata, on or near the two large islands. Francis is listed as a trader. A possible forth brother, Thomas was younger and not married. A deed at Harrisburg (1839) recites: "In the latter part of the year 1749 Joseph Thornton, Michael Paxton, George Clark and Francis Baskins settled and made improvements upon the island called the Big Island." William Baskins settled on adjoining Duncan's island, and James Baskins on the west shore.

7  THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell -----In 1733 John Harris and in 1742 Thomas McKee had been Indian traders on Big Island. In 1745 David Brainard, a missionary, found Conoy Indians on Big Island. In June 1750 the white settlers on the west side of the Susquehanna were moved out by the provincial authorities. Yet in January 1767 James Baskins said that he had settled at the mouth of the Juniata 16 years before - likely the fall of 1750. When the Proprietaries had Big Island surveyed Nov. 13, 1760 it was known as "Baskins Island." On the southern tip was marked "Old Conoy Town." -----In 1762 Marcus Huling drew a map which showed the location of the three brothers. In 1754 the land north of the Blue Mountains and west of the Susquehanna was purchased from the Indians. At the same time the French expansion led to Washington's defeat at Fort Necessity. The defeat of Braddock in July 1755 loosened the floodgates and in a matter of weeks all had fled to Paxton, which was under attack by October. 3. Indian Wars -----The provincial authorities were reluctant to do anything before this, but now troops were authorized and forts were planned. Fort Hunter was already defending the gap in the Blue Mountains through which the Susquehanna flowed. Another fort a few miles up the river was planned at Armstrong's (now Halifax, Pa.). On June 7, 1756 they began to fell timber for the fort, which was built where there was lots of pine. 200 logs, 30 feet long were squared. On July 1 there was an officer with 30 men at the fort, called Fort Halifax. William Baskins supplied 1660 feet of pine boards. The Province paid his estate £6-12-0 for them on April 15, 1757. -----Evidently before William Baskins fled in October 1755 to Fort Hunter or Paxton he put in a crop of wheat. In July 1756 he returned to Duncan's Island to try to harvest it. Indians were rather active, having appeared to challenge Fort Granville (now Lewistown) on July 22. On Thursday, July 29, the Indians came down the river and killed William Baskins and took as prisoner his daughter, Margaret, age 7 and son, age 3. The next day Fort Granville was attacked and burned. Cumberland County and Paxton were panic stricken. On August 21 the inhabitants petitioned the authorities at Philadelphia for help. -----Colonel Armstrong marched from Carlisle to Kittanning and defeated the Indians, relieving some of the pressure. It was not safe t return to the Juniata. It was necessary to run boats of supplies from Harris' to Fort Augusta (Sunbury). Among the "battoe men" were Thomas Baskins and Francis Ellis 1757-58, as well as other neighbors. -----The outbreak of the Pontiac War in July 1763 once more drove all the settlers south of the Blue Mountains. Margaret (Peggy) Baskin is listed November 15, 1764 as one of "sixty prisoners surrendered by the Indians" and "taken by Captain Charles Lewis from the English Camp at the Forks of the Muskingum to fort Pitt." Not until after Bouquet's invasion of Ohio in the fall of 1764 did the settlers try to return. Fewer seemed to return the second time, beginning in the spring of 1765. Francis Ellis married William Baskins' widow. The situation is summed up in David Ross' petition regarding Duncan's Island and in Marcus Hulings' letters.

8   THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell Petition May 5, 1767 When David Ross Ren'd The island of the Widow Basquin's, ...all the Buildings and Fences was all burnt, ye Place lying six or seven years & no person Living on it, was as hard to Clear when Ross came on it as Ever it was. He hired hands & with his own Industry cleared Fifteen Acres, Fenced it & put Grain in ye Ground, and Builded a House on said place, and Before he Received and Benefit thereof the Indian War Broke out, he was Forced to Fly, Loosing several of his creatures which he left Behind him. Two years he worked Day Labour to maintain his family..... -----Neccesity doth not make Francis Ellis Distress this poor man in the Manner he is agoing to do, for he and his wife has two Large Frams of their own Besides the iland Ross lives on..... William Richardson, Saml Goudy, Marcus Hulings, James Reed, Samuel Cochran, Abraham Jones, Sarah fforester, Thos fforeser, Samuel Hunter [Egle, Notes 7 Queries 1881, p. 208} Letters Fort Pitt May 7 & 17, 1762 -----a Place I emproved and lived on one Year and half...till the enemyes in the beginning of the last Warrs drove me away...the place called the Onion bottom...where I lived six months before I moved to the other place. Marcus Hulings    {Egle, Notes & Queries 1881, p. 98} -----James Baskins by his location at the mouth of the Juniata had an excellent place for running a ferry. It is not known when he started it, but it is mentioned first in January 1767. In this year the children of William and Francis were living nearby. Two of James' daugher were married. The oldest, Chaterine Stephens lived on the Big Island. Acccounts of William Baskins' Death "We have Advice from Cumberland County, that on the 22d ult. about 60 Indians appeared before Fort Granville, and challenged the Commander of it to come out and fight them; but that he being but weak handed, did not think proper to accept of the Challenge; that they fired at, and wounded, one of the Men that belonged to the Fort in the Thigh,who happened to be a little way from it, but not so badly but that he got safe in; that they lurked about the Place for some Time, expecting to catch some of our People, but they being upon their Guard, were disappointed; and that then they went off, after shooting down all the Cattle they could find. -----"We hear further from the Place, that on Thursday last twelve Indians(Part of those that were at Gort Granville) went to the Planation of one Baskins, near Juniata, whom they murdered in a cruel Maner, burnt his House, and carried off his Wife and Children: That one Hugh Carroll and Family were made Prisoners about the same time by some Indians, who asked Carroll a great many Questions, particularly with respect to the Strenght of Harris's, Hunter's and McKee's Forts; and said they would soon shew him a great Number of French and Indians, who, they

9 THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell told him, were coming down to fall upon this Province; but that he, notwithstanding they thought they had tied him very securely, made Shift to untie himself in the Night, and made his Escape." This dates it as July 29, 1756. (B) The first printed reference to the murder of William Baskins is in Gordon's History of Pennsylvania, 1824, (p. 619): "The Indians were lurking around Fort Granville (Lewistown, Pa.) in the summer of 1756. Sixty of them appeared before the fort July 22. They challenged the commander to fight and wounded one man. The challenge was not accepted so they divided themselves into small parties, one of whom attacked the plantation of one Baskins, near Juniata, whom they murdered,burnt his house and carried off his wife and children." Gordon copied this from the Pennsylvania Gazette. -----Letters of administration in Cumberland County were issued to James Baskins in the estate of William Baskins in August or September 1756. (c) The second printed account is in Rupp's History of Dauphin and other Cos., 1746 (p. 338). Mitchell Steever of Newport reported: "At one time when Mr. William Baskins, granduncle to Cornelius and James Baskins, having a crop of grain on what is now called Duncan's Island (having however previous removed his family to Fort Hunter for security) returned with part of his family to cut the grain; and while engaged, all on a sudden they were startled by a yell of whooping of Indians, who were hard by; however, on discovering that they were neighbors, their alarms were quieted; but, alas; they were deceived; for the barbarous savages, as soon as near enough, gave them distinctly to understand that their object was their scalps; At this moment, they all fled in consternation, hotly pursued, towards the house, and when there, Mr. Baskins, in the act of getting his gun, was shot dead and scalped; his wife a daughter of about seven, and a son three years old, were abducted." "Mrs. Baskins effected her escape from the Indians somewhere near Carlisle; the daughter was taken to the Miami country, west of the Ohio, then an unbroken wilderness, where she was detained for more than six years, when in conformity to a treaty made with the Indians, she was delivered up, and returned. She was afterwards married to Mr. John Smith, whose son James is now residing in Newport, Perry County, and to whom I am indebted for this interesting tradition. The lad, that was take at the same time, was carried to Canada, where he was raised by Sir William Johnson, not knowing the name of the boy, when he was baptised by a missionary, was named Timothy Murphy. He was afterwards discovered by Alexander Stephens, Mr. James Stephens' father, who resides in Juniata Township, Perry County, by some peculiar marks on his head. He has visited his friends in Perry. James Smith, his nephew, when at Canada in defence of his country, during the late war (1812), visited him and found him comfortably situated near Malden in Upper Canada (Ontario), and the owner of a large estate." -----The inventory of the William Baskins estate lists "9 bushel wheat £1-13-9". The accounts mention "1600 ft of Pine Boards sold by the dec'd in his Life time for the Province use £6-12-0". (The Provincial Papers say that these were delivered at Fort Halifax.0 The William Baskins estate lists "to cash paid Funeral Expences £0-6-4" (85 cents!)

10   THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell -----(D) James smith's daughter Isabella was born February 16, 1814. On January 29, 1898 she wrote from New Bloomfield: to John P. Jones) "Our grandmother was taken prisoner by the Indians, when seven years old, was 14 when they got her back. Her brother was five years old, him they never got. Their name was Baskins. Rachel Finley was her first husband's child She was a half-sister to your mother and my father. Agnes was Mitchell's girl's mother. Mary was your mother's name Rachel died a maiden lady. After the parents died she spent her time among her half sisters and brothers. John Smith was the youngest brother, lived with his brother James, when he lived in Lewistown; learnt the chair making himself as his trade, died at Father's in lewistown, is buried in the old Presbyterian graveyard i Lewistown. "William Baskins that is a witness to the will is a brother (should be cousin) to our grandmother. Our grandparents are buried in Dick's Gap graveyard on the road leading to Clark's Ferry, an old Presbyterian church. when grandmother was taken prisoner they lived on what is now called Duncan's Island. Her father was killed by the Indians and scalped in his own wood yard and the two children taken prisoners. His wife jumped on a horse and swam the river and made her escape with one child on the horse before her." _____This account is a little more plausible than than the account which Steever got fro her father. It is unlikely that Mrs. Baskins escaped near Carlisle, for the Indians likely followed the Juniata. Isabella's account says that the boy who was captured was five rather than three. The child who was not captured was Ann (Nancy) who later married Joseph Martin. (E) Account given by William Baskins in Iowa in 1914 as heard from his grandfather George Baskins, a nephew of William d. 1756 (in error William thought it was George's father rather than uncle); William b 1826, George 1761-1852. "When a small boy he and his brother who was almost a young man went early one morning into the woods to hunt for their horses. Their mother had been called to attend to a sick neighbor the night before and took the baby, a little girl, with her. The boys heard shots fired and crept to the edge of the clearing to see their father and the other children dragged out by Indians. All but one or two children were killed and these were carried away captive. Their house was burned. The boys hid in the brush and so escaped." (F) Account by J. Harry Smith 1932: -----Margaret Baskins Smith was held captive in Ohio for several years. The Indians liked her black hair. 4. The New Purchase -----The influx of settlers into Pennsylvania put pressure on the authorities to make more land available. The New purchase made available in 1769 land to the north, up the Susquehanna in what became Northumberland Co. in 1772. -----In 1770 Alexander Stephens, Isiah Jones, and some of the neighbors moved up to Turbot Twp. James Baskin in 1774 entered a claim here for some land. In the meantime, William's oldest son, John had gone to South Carolina, and two of Francis' daughters, Mary and Susannah, went to south western Pennsylvania about 1777.

11   THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell      The summer of 1778 brought new Indian attacks and many of the settlers fled south to the Juniata, including Stephens, Jones, and Cornelius Atkinson. After the Revolution some moved north again. This included Robert Baskin and his brother, Thomas. In 1784 Robert married Catharine McGinnies of White Deer Twp. In 180 Thomas was likely in Turbot Twp.      The estate of William Baskins was not settled until 1770. The children named were John, Moses,Margaret and Ann. The youngest boy was given up for lost. The children of Francis from land records are William, Margaret and George - with Mary and Susannah as other possibilities. At the end of the Revolution all the children of William and Francis except John, Mary and Susannah were living nearby - as were all of James'. 5. The Revolution      The Revolution was fougth in far away Quebec, mass. and New York until July 1777 when the Indian attacks moved close and every able-bodied man was called into the militia. 1776  William Baskins, Gilbert McCoy and Thomas McCoy who marched under Capt. Robert Adams to Quebec where Thomas was taken prisoner. 1777  Capt. Joseph Martin who died on a tour of duty. In the second group who fought the Indians were: 1778  Capt. Thomas Clark; Mitchell Baskins 1778-79  Capt. James Clark; Isaiah Jones 1779  Capt. Gilbert McCoy; Mitchell Baskins, JOhn Diven, John Smith 1780  Capt. Matthew McCoy; Mitchell Baskins, Cornelius Atkinson, Alexander Stephens 1781-82  Capt. john Buchanan: John Diven        Liet. Beatty; Mitchell Baskins, Cornelus Atkinson, John Smith,       Alexander Stephens 1782  Capt. William Johnston: Henry Dougherty, Wm. Baskins, John Diven, Isaiah Jones.      The second group protected the settlement against the Indian attacks. Troops were stationed mainly in Northumberland, Union, Centre, and Huntingdon Cos. Practically all the Baskins and the sons-in-law were in the Service.      The Grays served in Greene Co. as Indian scouts. David was in Capt. James Archer's militia company 1782. John Baskins, son of William, served in Washington Co., Tenn. In later militia are listed: 1786 William Baskins; 1793 Thomas Baskins, Mitchell Baskins. 6. Later years      In 1786 Alexander Stephens left for Georgia. In 1788 James Baskins died -- his will nameing four daughters and two sons, Mitchell an Francis, the latter an invalid. By 1790 the only Baskins left were Mitchell and William. George had gone to what is now Greene Co., Pa. Robert and Thomas were likely i Northumberland County.      In 1793-94 Capt. John Diven had a company of 32 riflemen in the Dauphin Co. militia,"who marched against the western insurgents from Dauphin County in the autumn of 1794.' George Clark was lieutenant. Gilbert McCoy and Cornelius Atkinson were privates.

12   THE BASKINS-BASKIN FAMILY - Raymond Martin Bell      William Baskins and John Diven were dispossessed of their land on Baskins Island and moved to New York in 1802. This scattered the last of Francis' family. His widow had died about 1786. Only Margaret and Ann were left of William's family. Of James' Elizabeth McCoy and Sarah Dougherty remained. The Jones' moved North; (first to Tioga Point, Pa.; then Lindley, N. Y.) In 1825 Jane Jones lived with her son, Wm. B. Jones, in Addison, New York.      In 1813 Andrew B. Stephens came North from Georgia t visit his relatives. Mitchell Baskins had died in 1809. He saw where Mitchell and James lay buried in the Baskinsville graveyard (now Duncannon). He mentions Cousin Hezekiah (or Hosiah) Martin, and Cousin Nehemiah Kilgore of path Valley and a cousin, James Kilgore. These could possibly be children of Baskins' women, who were sisters of James, Williams, Francis. Andrew B. wrote home in April; in June he witnessed some Garrett deeds for his brother James.      In 1808 Robert Baskin moved from Northumberland Co. to Buffalo Twp. a few miles above the Big Island. In his will 1813 he speaks of his "dear brother Thomas" of Northumberland Co. Robert is buried west of New Buffalo at Hill Church.      Robert had three sons who lived nearby: John, Oliver, Robert. Two of Mitchell's sons married and lived near: James, Cornelius. The ferry was run for many years by James Sr., then Mitchell, and Cornelius.      In the latter part of the 1770s a large westward movement carried many from central and eastern Pennsylvania over the mountains into sourtwestern Penna. - now Fayette, Greene and Washington Cos. This was organized in 1781 as Washington; 1785 as Fayette; 1796 as Greene. To the region now known as Richhill Twp., Greene Co. went Mary and Susannah, daughters of Francis Baskins with their husbands, David and Matthew Gray. This was before 1779. Where they settled is now known as Graysville, In 1780 they fled to Fort Jackson during an Indian uprising. While here Matthew ventured to return to his farm, but was ambushed and killed by Indians on March 9, 1781. David Gray served under Capt. James Archer in 1782.      About 1790 George Baskins moved from the Big (Baskins) Island at the mouth of the Juniata to Richhill Twp., joining his sisters. About 1795 he married Rachel, daughter of Francis Braddock. About the same time some of the Atkinsons and Stephens came west. James, Charles, and William Atkinson were sons of the pioneer Cornelius. Charles had married Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Stephen (Rye Twp. 1766-88), a cousin of Alexander Stephens who married Catherine Baskins, daughter of James. Andrew Stephen and family came over the mountains. He had at least four sons, Alexander, Andrew, Elijah, and John. Andrew Sr. died in 1798. Cornelius Atkinson Sr. and Alexander Stephens were associated in may endeavors from 1756 until Stephens went to Georgia in 1786. Margaret Atkinson, daughter of Cornelius, married Mitchell Baskins, son of James.      In the 1794 Washington Co. Militia James Seal was captain of a company which was in service for nine months. James Atkinson was a sergeant; so was John Brown. Among the privates were: Alexander Stephen, Charles Atkinson, William Jackson, Henry Jackson, James Jackson, James Brown, Andrew Stephen. James Atkinson married Mary Brown; William Atkinson married Mary McCoy, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Baskins McCoy. The Atkinsons and Stephens about 1799 moved a few miles west to Monroe Co., Ohio. About 1824 George Baskins went to Morrow Co., Ohio.      George Baskins, his four sons and his son-in-law James Kerr settled in North Bloomfield Twp., Morrow Co., Ohio in 1824. In this same township lived the grandfather and father of Warren G. Harding. Here he was born in 1865. George and wife Rachel are buried at Ebenezer Methodist Church, 4½ miles south of Galison; but the sons moved on to Iowa.