married Elizabeth Conner 7 Feb 1770 Fauquier Co VA
In fathers Will was left 200 A. where he now dewells lying on Cromwells Run
& one negro boy.
REFERENCE: COMBINED HISTORY OF RANDOLPH, MONROE, AND PERRY COUNTIES ILLINOIS - Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers, Published by J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia 1883
The RECTOR family came to Kaskaskia in 1806, and were connected with the surveys of the public lands. There were nine brothers and four sisters, all born in Fauquier county, Virginia. REYNOLDS speaks of them as singular and peculiar in their traits of character; ardent, excitable and enthusiastic in disposition; possessing integrity and honesty of purpose in the highest degree; impulsive and ungovernable when their passions were aroused; true and devoted friends, but impulsive and energetic enemies; and the most fearless and undaunted people he ever knew, dangers, perils and death appearing to them, when excited, as only amusements. WILLIAM RECTOR, the oldest brother, was colonel of a regiment in the campaign against the Indians in 1812. In 1816 he was appointed surveyor-general for Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. STEPHEN RECTOR was a lieutenant in the ranging service in the war of 1812-14. NELSON RECTOR was captain of an expedition up the Mississippi in 1814, and had an engagement with the British and Indians at Rock Island. Dressed richly in a splendid military uniform, with a large red feather in his hat, he led his company from the boat, disregarding the fire of the Indians, especially directed to him as though their rifles were but pop guns. THOMAS RECTOR fought a duel with JOSHUA BARTON, a prominent citizen of Missouri, on Bloody Island, opposite St. Louis.
The establishment of the territorial government in 1809 brought to Kaskaskia many distinguished residents, among whom were GOV. NINIAN EDWARDS, NATHANIEL POPE, BENJAMIN STEPHENSON, JUDGE JESSE B. THOMAS, JUDGE ALEXANDER STUART, JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, and his brother, THOMAS P. CRITTENDEN, WILLIAM C. GREENUP and MATTHEW DUNCAN, who established, in the fall of 1809, the first newspaper in Illinois. The winter of 1809-10 witnessed more gayety, carousal and amusement at Kaskaskia than the town has ever since known. GOVERNOR EDWARDS and the territorial officers, soon after their arrival, organized a colony of their own, and located in the prairie in the bottom below Prairie du Rocher. EDWARDS, THOMAS, STUART, STEPHENSON and some of the RECTORS resided there.
In fathers Will was left 200 A. where he now dewells lying on Cromwells Run
& one negro boy.
REFERENCE: COMBINED HISTORY OF RANDOLPH, MONROE, AND PERRY COUNTIES ILLINOIS - Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers, Published by J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia 1883
The RECTOR family came to Kaskaskia in 1806, and were connected with the surveys of the public lands. There were nine brothers and four sisters, all born in Fauquier county, Virginia. REYNOLDS speaks of them as singular and peculiar in their traits of character; ardent, excitable and enthusiastic in disposition; possessing integrity and honesty of purpose in the highest degree; impulsive and ungovernable when their passions were aroused; true and devoted friends, but impulsive and energetic enemies; and the most fearless and undaunted people he ever knew, dangers, perils and death appearing to them, when excited, as only amusements. WILLIAM RECTOR, the oldest brother, was colonel of a regiment in the campaign against the Indians in 1812. In 1816 he was appointed surveyor-general for Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. STEPHEN RECTOR was a lieutenant in the ranging service in the war of 1812-14. NELSON RECTOR was captain of an expedition up the Mississippi in 1814, and had an engagement with the British and Indians at Rock Island. Dressed richly in a splendid military uniform, with a large red feather in his hat, he led his company from the boat, disregarding the fire of the Indians, especially directed to him as though their rifles were but pop guns. THOMAS RECTOR fought a duel with JOSHUA BARTON, a prominent citizen of Missouri, on Bloody Island, opposite St. Louis.
The establishment of the territorial government in 1809 brought to Kaskaskia many distinguished residents, among whom were GOV. NINIAN EDWARDS, NATHANIEL POPE, BENJAMIN STEPHENSON, JUDGE JESSE B. THOMAS, JUDGE ALEXANDER STUART, JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, and his brother, THOMAS P. CRITTENDEN, WILLIAM C. GREENUP and MATTHEW DUNCAN, who established, in the fall of 1809, the first newspaper in Illinois. The winter of 1809-10 witnessed more gayety, carousal and amusement at Kaskaskia than the town has ever since known. GOVERNOR EDWARDS and the territorial officers, soon after their arrival, organized a colony of their own, and located in the prairie in the bottom below Prairie du Rocher. EDWARDS, THOMAS, STUART, STEPHENSON and some of the RECTORS resided there.
married Elizabeth Conner 7 Feb 1770 Fauquier Co VA
In fathers Will was left 200 A. where he now dewells lying on Cromwells Run
& one negro boy.
REFERENCE: COMBINED HISTORY OF RANDOLPH, MONROE, AND PERRY COUNTIES ILLINOIS - Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers, Published by J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia 1883
The RECTOR family came to Kaskaskia in 1806, and were connected with the surveys of the public lands. There were nine brothers and four sisters, all born in Fauquier county, Virginia. REYNOLDS speaks of them as singular and peculiar in their traits of character; ardent, excitable and enthusiastic in disposition; possessing integrity and honesty of purpose in the highest degree; impulsive and ungovernable when their passions were aroused; true and devoted friends, but impulsive and energetic enemies; and the most fearless and undaunted people he ever knew, dangers, perils and death appearing to them, when excited, as only amusements. WILLIAM RECTOR, the oldest brother, was colonel of a regiment in the campaign against the Indians in 1812. In 1816 he was appointed surveyor-general for Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. STEPHEN RECTOR was a lieutenant in the ranging service in the war of 1812-14. NELSON RECTOR was captain of an expedition up the Mississippi in 1814, and had an engagement with the British and Indians at Rock Island. Dressed richly in a splendid military uniform, with a large red feather in his hat, he led his company from the boat, disregarding the fire of the Indians, especially directed to him as though their rifles were but pop guns. THOMAS RECTOR fought a duel with JOSHUA BARTON, a prominent citizen of Missouri, on Bloody Island, opposite St. Louis.
The establishment of the territorial government in 1809 brought to Kaskaskia many distinguished residents, among whom were GOV. NINIAN EDWARDS, NATHANIEL POPE, BENJAMIN STEPHENSON, JUDGE JESSE B. THOMAS, JUDGE ALEXANDER STUART, JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, and his brother, THOMAS P. CRITTENDEN, WILLIAM C. GREENUP and MATTHEW DUNCAN, who established, in the fall of 1809, the first newspaper in Illinois. The winter of 1809-10 witnessed more gayety, carousal and amusement at Kaskaskia than the town has ever since known. GOVERNOR EDWARDS and the territorial officers, soon after their arrival, organized a colony of their own, and located in the prairie in the bottom below Prairie du Rocher. EDWARDS, THOMAS, STUART, STEPHENSON and some of the RECTORS resided there.
In fathers Will was left 200 A. where he now dewells lying on Cromwells Run
& one negro boy.
REFERENCE: COMBINED HISTORY OF RANDOLPH, MONROE, AND PERRY COUNTIES ILLINOIS - Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers, Published by J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia 1883
The RECTOR family came to Kaskaskia in 1806, and were connected with the surveys of the public lands. There were nine brothers and four sisters, all born in Fauquier county, Virginia. REYNOLDS speaks of them as singular and peculiar in their traits of character; ardent, excitable and enthusiastic in disposition; possessing integrity and honesty of purpose in the highest degree; impulsive and ungovernable when their passions were aroused; true and devoted friends, but impulsive and energetic enemies; and the most fearless and undaunted people he ever knew, dangers, perils and death appearing to them, when excited, as only amusements. WILLIAM RECTOR, the oldest brother, was colonel of a regiment in the campaign against the Indians in 1812. In 1816 he was appointed surveyor-general for Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. STEPHEN RECTOR was a lieutenant in the ranging service in the war of 1812-14. NELSON RECTOR was captain of an expedition up the Mississippi in 1814, and had an engagement with the British and Indians at Rock Island. Dressed richly in a splendid military uniform, with a large red feather in his hat, he led his company from the boat, disregarding the fire of the Indians, especially directed to him as though their rifles were but pop guns. THOMAS RECTOR fought a duel with JOSHUA BARTON, a prominent citizen of Missouri, on Bloody Island, opposite St. Louis.
The establishment of the territorial government in 1809 brought to Kaskaskia many distinguished residents, among whom were GOV. NINIAN EDWARDS, NATHANIEL POPE, BENJAMIN STEPHENSON, JUDGE JESSE B. THOMAS, JUDGE ALEXANDER STUART, JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, and his brother, THOMAS P. CRITTENDEN, WILLIAM C. GREENUP and MATTHEW DUNCAN, who established, in the fall of 1809, the first newspaper in Illinois. The winter of 1809-10 witnessed more gayety, carousal and amusement at Kaskaskia than the town has ever since known. GOVERNOR EDWARDS and the territorial officers, soon after their arrival, organized a colony of their own, and located in the prairie in the bottom below Prairie du Rocher. EDWARDS, THOMAS, STUART, STEPHENSON and some of the RECTORS resided there.
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