Richard David Tennant, II

Richard D. Tennant, II BIRTH Jan 1744 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland DEATH 18 Dec 1822 (aged 78) Jakes Run, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Richard Tennant Cemetery Jakes Run, Monongalia County, West Virginia

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RICHARD & ELIZABETH (HAUGHT) TENNANT

                                                                       RICHARD TENNANT, II RICHARD TENNANT (1744-1822) Monongalia Co. Estate Inventory and Wills, Vol.], page 392 shows his will written Dec.18, 1822 and probated Jan.31, 1823. His estate settlement was Jan.26, 1829.

Richard Tennant, II was born near Glasgow, Scotland in 1744. In 1760 he came to America. He sold his service for seven years to pay for his passage to this country. Peter Haught, of near Mooresfield, VA purchased his labor. In  1769 Richard was married to Peter's daughter, Elizabeth Haught.

Richard served as a drummer in Captain James Parsons' company in the army of Lord Dunmore, in 1774. He also served as a drummer in Captain David Scott's company in that same year. In 1778 he was a drummer in Captain James Daugherty's company, in the McIntosh Campaign. In 1775, Richard and his brother-in-law, Peter Haught, came to Jakes Run in what is now Monongalia County, WV. There they claimed land under a grant from Lord Dunmore. Records show that 400 acres of land was granted to Richard Tennant. Richard later purchased 200 acres from a Michael Core, for $200.00; and still later obtained title to 300 acres nearby. This made his land holdings 900 acres; and all this he kept until his death in 1822.- Memories, Vol. J, page 7, Monongalia Co. Inventory, Jan.31, 1823.

• A roadside marker commemorating Richard Tennant and his family has been erected near the site of his first cabin on Jakes Run, Clay District, Monongalia Co. WV. Note: Jakes Run and Statlers Run are one and the same stream. Named for Jacob Statler, an early pioneer on this same creek in 1770.

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RICHARD & ELIZABETH (HAUGHT) TENNANT

                                                                       RICHARD TENNANT, II RICHARD TENNANT (1744-1822) Monongalia Co. Estate Inventory and Wills, Vol.], page 392 shows his will written Dec.18, 1822 and probated Jan.31, 1823. His estate settlement was Jan.26, 1829.

Richard Tennant, II was born near Glasgow, Scotland in 1744. In 1760 he came to America. He sold his service for seven years to pay for his passage to this country. Peter Haught, of near Mooresfield, VA purchased his labor. In  1769 Richard was married to Peter's daughter, Elizabeth Haught.

Richard served as a drummer in Captain James Parsons' company in the army of Lord Dunmore, in 1774. He also served as a drummer in Captain David Scott's company in that same year. In 1778 he was a drummer in Captain James Daugherty's company, in the McIntosh Campaign. In 1775, Richard and his brother-in-law, Peter Haught, came to Jakes Run in what is now Monongalia County, WV. There they claimed land under a grant from Lord Dunmore. Records show that 400 acres of land was granted to Richard Tennant. Richard later purchased 200 acres from a Michael Core, for $200.00; and still later obtained title to 300 acres nearby. This made his land holdings 900 acres; and all this he kept until his death in 1822.- Memories, Vol. J, page 7, Monongalia Co. Inventory, Jan.31, 1823.

• A roadside marker commemorating Richard Tennant and his family has been erected near the site of his first cabin on Jakes Run, Clay District, Monongalia Co. WV. Note: Jakes Run and Statlers Run are one and the same stream. Named for Jacob Statler, an early pioneer on this same creek in 1770.

 In Peter Haught, II's pension application records (file S 6981) there is an interview of the then 75 year old Joseph Tennant (son of Richard) varifing Peter Haught & Richard Tennant's military service record. His recollections are most interesting and establishes both Tennant and Haught descendants as eligible for membership in the Daughters of American Colonists. Quoting from these records written by a lawyer, W. G. Singleton: "..I took some notes of his recollections as derived princibally from his father, Richard Tennant who died in 1822 at the age of about 83 years. Richard Tennant was the progenitor of the large family of Tennants in our County. Joseph Tennant refered to is a man of incorruptible honesty, unquestionable veracity, and withal remarkable for the strength and tenancity of his memory. I obtained from him the following history of his own and the Haught family. They are so interwoven that the history of one is the history of them both. 'My father, Richard Tennant, emigrated from Scotland with others in his sixteenth year to the then colony of Virginia in the year 1755, and settled soon afierwards on the South Branch of the Potomac, not far from the present town of Mooresfield. He here became accainted with frequency of Indian atrocities and were taught a certain amount of military discipline. My father, and Peter Haught II, the later then not more than 16 or 18 years of age, were out in the Dunmore Campaign in 1774, under a Captain Summers in General Lewis' division.

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Son of Richard D. Tennant & Janet Wark. Husband of Elizabeth Haught.

Family links:

Spouse:

 Elizabeth Haught Tennant (1748 - 1830)

Children:

 Mary Tennant Lowers (1770 - 1824)*

 Peter Tennant (1773 - 1847)*

 Richard D. Tennant (1777 - 1824)*

 William Agustus Tennant (1778 - 1869)*

 Alexander Tennant (1780 - 1869)*

 Joseph S. Tennant (1782 - 1872)*

 Adam Tennant (1784 - 1878)*

 Elizabeth Tennant Cannon (1785 - 1860)*

 Abraham I. Tennant (1786 - 1875)*

 Margaret Ann Tennant Varner (1788 - 1857)*

 Jacob Aaron Tennant (1792 - 1874)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Richard Tennant Cemetery Jakes Run Monongalia County West Virginia, USA

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Richard Tennant II of Scotland immigrated to the American Colony of Virginia in 1760 indentured to Peter Haught under the English Headrights system. He married Peter Haught's daughter, Elizabeth, in 1769. They begat Elizabeth Tennant-Cannon, Margaret Tennat-Varner, and eleven other children. Richard served in Royal Governor Lord Dunmore's war against the Indians in the western portion of the colony in 1774 as a Drummer in Capt. James Parson's Company & Capt. David Scott's Company, Army of Lord Dunmore under Capt. Summers in Gen. Lewis' division. In the Revolutionary War in 1778, he served as a Drummer in Capt. James Daughtery's Company during the McIntosh Campaign where they traveled to the country's interior to stop the attacks by Indians allied with the British. He & his father-in-law joined 2,000 men at Ft. Duquesne (now Pittsburgh) by order of the Continental Congress, and traveled to the future states of Ohio and Indiana where they built Ft. Lauren. There is the Tennant Memorial commemorating the family's contribution to the nation during the Revolutionary War & the War of 1812, located on County Road 29 in Jakes Run, West Virginia, Monongahela County, where the family cabin used to be located.

    When his wife's brothers, Tobias & Henry Haught, were killed during the Revolutionary War he inherited their land, adjoining his homestead.  In records at the West Virginia State Archives it states Richard Tennant II, "was a man of incorruptible honesty, unquestionable veracity, considerable strength, and tenacity of memory.  Descendants qualify for membership in the DAR.

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Photo by: KAL, added: Sep 1, 2009 to Find A Grave Memorial# 41452699

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Birth: Jan., 1744 Glasgow Glasgow City, Scotland Death: Dec. 18, 1822 Jakes Run Monongalia County West Virginia, USA

Son of Richard D. Tennant & Janet Wark. Husband of Elizabeth Haught.

Family links:

Parents:

 Richard D. Tennant (1712 - 1759)

Spouse:

 Elizabeth Haught Tennant (1748 - 1830)

Children:

 Mary Tennant Lowers (1770 - 1824)*

 Peter Tennant (1773 - 1847)*

 Richard D. Tennant (1777 - 1824)*

 William Augustus Tennant (1778 - 1869)*

 Alexander Tennant (1780 - 1869)*

 Joseph S. Tennant (1782 - 1872)*

 Adam Tennant (1784 - 1878)*

 Elizabeth Tennant Cannon (1785 - 1860)*

 Abraham I. Tennant (1786 - 1875)*

 Margaret Ann Tennant Varner (1788 - 1857)*

 Jacob Aaron Tennant (1792 - 1874)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Richard Tennant Cemetery Jakes Run Monongalia County West Virginia, USA

Created by: KAL Record added: Sep 01, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 41452699

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Richard Tennant, born near Glasgow, Scotland in 1744, emigrated to America about 1760. He settled on the South Branch of the Potomac River near present day Moorefield, Hardy County, WV. Indentured to Peter Haught for seven years to pay for his passage, Richard would eventually marry Peter's daughter, Elizabeth, and become the progenitor of a large family that is scattered throughout the U.S.

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Richard D. Tennant, II BIRTH Jan 1744 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland DEATH 18 Dec 1822 (aged 78) Jakes Run, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Richard Tennant Cemetery Jakes Run, Monongalia County, West Virginia,

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Children Photo Mary Tennant Lowers 1770–1824

Photo Peter Tennant 1773–1847

Photo Richard D. Tennant 1777–1824

William Augustus Tennant 1778–1869

Photo Alexander Tennant 1780–1869

Photo Joseph S. Tennant 1782–1872

Photo Adam Tennant 1784–1878

Elizabeth Tennant Cannon 1785–1860

Abraham I. Tennant 1786–1875

Photo Margaret Ann Tennant Varner 1788–1857

Jacob Aaron Tennant 1792–1874

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