Vital Records of Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Birth: Andrew, s. Barnard and Jean, Aug. 15, 1751 "old stile"
Marr: McNitt, Andrew and Cloe Chapin, July 18, 1771
The MacNauchtan Saga, Volume One, V.V. McNitt, 1951, (pp. 33, 83)
John McNitt undoubtedly was a responsible family man, for in addition to his own flock he took in at least one nephew, Samuel, when his brother Andrew the Minute Man was killed late in 1778. We heard last of Andrew on June 15 of that year, when he deeded the last 17 1/2 acres of his late father's possessions to Seth Adams. According to Archie McNett of Columbia Cross Roads, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, one of his descendants, Andrew was murdered by a helper named Steele while driving a herd of cattle through the mountains. His family was broken up, and his widow Chole married again.
Two other sons of Andrew - Eli and Andrew 2nd - probably stayed with or near their Uncle John. A record of persons married in Rowe by the Rev. Preserved Smith includes the name of Samuel, who was only twenty when he took Hannah Foster as his bride on Sept. 22, 1792. Before removing from Rowe, Samuel and Hannah had a daughter Arenda, b. Jan. 27, 1795. Samuel's brother Eli and Lydia Bassett were married in Rowe on Sept. 27, 1796 when Eli was twenty-one. Lydia was not long for this world; she lost an infant at or soon after its birth in 1797, and that is the last we know of her.
Birth: Andrew, s. Barnard and Jean, Aug. 15, 1751 "old stile"
Marr: McNitt, Andrew and Cloe Chapin, July 18, 1771
The MacNauchtan Saga, Volume One, V.V. McNitt, 1951, (pp. 33, 83)
John McNitt undoubtedly was a responsible family man, for in addition to his own flock he took in at least one nephew, Samuel, when his brother Andrew the Minute Man was killed late in 1778. We heard last of Andrew on June 15 of that year, when he deeded the last 17 1/2 acres of his late father's possessions to Seth Adams. According to Archie McNett of Columbia Cross Roads, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, one of his descendants, Andrew was murdered by a helper named Steele while driving a herd of cattle through the mountains. His family was broken up, and his widow Chole married again.
Two other sons of Andrew - Eli and Andrew 2nd - probably stayed with or near their Uncle John. A record of persons married in Rowe by the Rev. Preserved Smith includes the name of Samuel, who was only twenty when he took Hannah Foster as his bride on Sept. 22, 1792. Before removing from Rowe, Samuel and Hannah had a daughter Arenda, b. Jan. 27, 1795. Samuel's brother Eli and Lydia Bassett were married in Rowe on Sept. 27, 1796 when Eli was twenty-one. Lydia was not long for this world; she lost an infant at or soon after its birth in 1797, and that is the last we know of her.
Vital Records of Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Birth: Andrew, s. Barnard and Jean, Aug. 15, 1751 "old stile"
Marr: McNitt, Andrew and Cloe Chapin, July 18, 1771
The MacNauchtan Saga, Volume One, V.V. McNitt, 1951, (pp. 33, 83)
John McNitt undoubtedly was a responsible family man, for in addition to his own flock he took in at least one nephew, Samuel, when his brother Andrew the Minute Man was killed late in 1778. We heard last of Andrew on June 15 of that year, when he deeded the last 17 1/2 acres of his late father's possessions to Seth Adams. According to Archie McNett of Columbia Cross Roads, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, one of his descendants, Andrew was murdered by a helper named Steele while driving a herd of cattle through the mountains. His family was broken up, and his widow Chole married again.
Two other sons of Andrew - Eli and Andrew 2nd - probably stayed with or near their Uncle John. A record of persons married in Rowe by the Rev. Preserved Smith includes the name of Samuel, who was only twenty when he took Hannah Foster as his bride on Sept. 22, 1792. Before removing from Rowe, Samuel and Hannah had a daughter Arenda, b. Jan. 27, 1795. Samuel's brother Eli and Lydia Bassett were married in Rowe on Sept. 27, 1796 when Eli was twenty-one. Lydia was not long for this world; she lost an infant at or soon after its birth in 1797, and that is the last we know of her.
Birth: Andrew, s. Barnard and Jean, Aug. 15, 1751 "old stile"
Marr: McNitt, Andrew and Cloe Chapin, July 18, 1771
The MacNauchtan Saga, Volume One, V.V. McNitt, 1951, (pp. 33, 83)
John McNitt undoubtedly was a responsible family man, for in addition to his own flock he took in at least one nephew, Samuel, when his brother Andrew the Minute Man was killed late in 1778. We heard last of Andrew on June 15 of that year, when he deeded the last 17 1/2 acres of his late father's possessions to Seth Adams. According to Archie McNett of Columbia Cross Roads, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, one of his descendants, Andrew was murdered by a helper named Steele while driving a herd of cattle through the mountains. His family was broken up, and his widow Chole married again.
Two other sons of Andrew - Eli and Andrew 2nd - probably stayed with or near their Uncle John. A record of persons married in Rowe by the Rev. Preserved Smith includes the name of Samuel, who was only twenty when he took Hannah Foster as his bride on Sept. 22, 1792. Before removing from Rowe, Samuel and Hannah had a daughter Arenda, b. Jan. 27, 1795. Samuel's brother Eli and Lydia Bassett were married in Rowe on Sept. 27, 1796 when Eli was twenty-one. Lydia was not long for this world; she lost an infant at or soon after its birth in 1797, and that is the last we know of her.
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