Israel F. Friend

Israel F Friend

• BIRTH 1693
• DEATH 1753 (aged 59–60)
• BURIAL Friend's Family Cemetery Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland,

Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134531056/israel-f-friend

Children

Jonas Friend 1725–1807
Jacob Friend 1727–1818

(source: CarolKinney48) Israel Friend House

The Israel F. Friend house was built in 1737 and is located near Bakerton, West Virginia. The land was a gift to Israel from the Indian Chiefs of the Five Nations with an addition of a regal grant from the Governor of Virginia.

Friend's land encompassed 1672 acres. After Israel's death the land became a mining site for iron ore for the next 100 years. The land and site were owned by several people including President John Adams. The house was used during the Civil War as a military hospital. This picture was taken about,1988 and the land was owned at the time by Becky and Allen Sullivan who were restoring it.

(Ref: Mary Ann St. Louis 6th Great Grandaughter of Israel Friend LindaLabinoriginally submitted this to Labin-Mullenax Family Tree on 1 Jul 2009

Sources claim that Israel Friend arranged for John Valentine House to marry Israel's wife Sarah Bokavar following his death, to protect her and his children's estate, since Indians were not allowed to own property.) Sarah Bokavar's Second Husband 1700-1800 , DE, PA, MD, VA

Written by Linda L. Labin, PhD

Sarah Bokavar Friend's Second Marriage?

Some researchers have suggested that Sarah Bokavar, the wife of Israel Friend, was in fact an Indian (if so, probably a Shawnee, since these were the people who called Israel a "blood brother"). If true, then it is possible that claims she remarried after Israel's death may have merit. While descendants apparently never made reference to Sarah as an Indian, the prejudice of the time would have dictated the necessity of concealing this fact. Of course, "passing for white" became easier as spouses were white, the descendants having a very diluted strain of Indian blood. It has therefore been suggested that John Valentine House married Sarah Bokavar Friend after Israel's death, at Israel's behest, in order to protect his property and estate. In those days, Indians were forbidden to own property, so even if Israel left everything to Sarah and their children, someone could have contested the will under the guise of Sarah's Indian blood (and, thus, her children's) which would preclude them inheriting. It does make sense that Israel would provide for his family in this way, as the Friends had been ripped off before, when Lord Baltimore stole land they had bought from the Shawnee. Of course, the alternative argument made by Dr. Peter S. Craig, is that, according to the original court documents, after Israel's death, Sarah and her children did in fact receive their inheritance.

In an archived discussion of burial sites and tombstones of the Moore family, speculation arose about John Valentine House's possible grave in the Moore cemetery: "to show possible reasons why John House might be buried in a Moore family cemetery, ... Sarah Moore married John Harrod in Virginia about 1734. This Sarah Moore Harrod was the mother of James Harrod, founder of Harrodsburg, and of Nelly or Eleanor Harrod who married John Valentine House, and others. Sarah Moore Harrod had a brother named Simeon Moore who died in Mercer Co in 1814. He had a son named Thomas Moore who died in Mercer Co. in 1835. A will recorded in Mercer Co. for this Thomas Moore names daughters Isabella Bingham, and Ann Worley, also a daughter named Polly Harrod who married John Harrod, a distant relative, in 1809. ...Thomas Moore, Sr. who died 1835, was the nephew of Sarah Moore Harrod and a first cousin of Eleanor House, whose husband [was] John Valentine House.... They had the following children: 5 F iv. Nancy Eleanor HARROD-2591 born about 1734 in Lancaster, PA. She died about 1800 in KY.

"Eleanor Harrod, daughter of John Sr. and Sarah (Moore) Harrod, married John Valentine House, son of John House, who died in Frederick County, MD in 1752, and his wife, Susannah. Eleanor and John House lived in Frederick Co., VA in the area that is now Berkeley Co., West Virginia. Further definite information about this family has not been found, but it is believed that the four men who lived near the Harrods on Ten Mile Creek, now Greene County, PA, were their sons. They all had military service under Col. William Harrod, brother of Eleanor Harrod House. They were Levi, Samuel, John, and Andrew House. Thomas House.... ????-1795, John House...... ????-1799."

"John Valentine HOUSE-5331, son of John Valentine HOUSE-238 and Susannah Margaret EDWARDS -239 (MRIN:200), in 1757 in Frederick Co, . MD. John was born 1720 in Baden, Alsace, Germany. He died 1808 in Nelson Co., KY. JVH married Sarah Bokavar Friend by a prior arrangement with Israel Friend, her husband. This was immediately after the death of I. Friend, to protect her and her children and their property. Indians could not own property at that time. He was an Indian trader/trapper on Upper Potomac before coming to KY. JVH was best friends with Nancy Eleanor's brother, James Harrod, the founder of Harrodsburg in 1774, the first town in Kentucky. John and Eleanor House lived for a number of years in the part of Frederick County which became Hampshire County. Poll for the election of George Washington the Virginia House of Burgesses, July 24, 1758, shows: John House - vote for Mr. West. John House - Vote for Capt. Swearingen. In September 1758 he is listed as Sgt. John House in the Virginia Colonial Militia with brother-in-law William Harrod, in Bedford County, Virginia. John and his sons also appear in the 1776 petition against the state of Transylvania. In 1766 John with brothers George and William was a signer of the petition to Governor Horatio Sharpe calling for an assembly to pay bills to public creditors."

"In 1782 John and son John were in Hampshire County, Virginia, but John Sr. was gone by 1784. Mercer Co., KY--A list of Lands taken by Gabriel Slaughter, 1795--June 18 John House-135 acres second rate land-tax paid 1792-92. There may be some confusion between which wife is the mother of John V.'s children. JVH, his brothers Samuel and Andrew had military service under Col. William Harrod, brother of Eleanor Harrod House."

Another source repeats the story of John V. House marrying Sarah Bokavar: Israel Friend, a son of Andrew and Isabela (Helm) Friend, was born in Delaware County PA before 1693 and died near Harper's Ferry VA in 1753. His will was dated August 12, 1749 and names his children and his brother Charles. The will was probated in Frederick County MD June 5, 1753. His will is also recorded in Augusta County VA Will book 2, page 125. He married Sarah Bokavar. Sarah married John Valentine House after Israel died. Sarah died in Augusta County about 1764. Governor Calvert of MD commissioned Israel Friend as an Indian trader and ambassador to the Shawnee Indians on the Potomac River. The following deed is recorded in the Fairfax VA museum and is made out to Israel Friend:

"Whereas it be known to all manner of persons to whom it May concern that, we Cunnawchala, Taw Wenaw, Capt. Slvilite, Toile Hangee, Shoe Hays, Calakahahatt being Kings and Rulers of the five nations, for natural love and affection we bear to our brother Israel Friend.We give unto him and heirs, executors, administrators and assigns a certain piece of land lying between the Potowmack River beginning at the mouth of Aucictum [Antietam] Creek at Cox Elders, marked with three notches on every side and run up said river two hundred shoots as far as an arrow can be flung out of a bow and to be one hundred shoots right back from the river so containing its square until it intersects with the said creek again with aforesaid land against the mouth of the creek which said land we said Indians and our heirs do warrant and forever defend unto the said Israel Friend, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns forever with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging as fishing, fowling, hawking, hunting, and all other privileges thereunto belonging with paying unto some of us two ears of Indian corn for every year if demanded as witness our hands and seals this tenth day of January one thousand seven hundred and twenty seven. Cunnawchala (his mark) Seal Taw, Tenaw (his mark) Seal Capt. Sivilite (his mark) Seal Toile Hangee (his mark) Seal Shoe Hays (his mark) Seal Calakahatt (his mark) Seal". The deed was enrolled November 27, 1730. This land was on the Potomac River in Price George's County MD and later became the Civil War battlefield Antietam.

By 1734, Israel had built a mill in Frederick County MD. By 1748, the mill was owned by Christian Orndorff. Israel was an iron worker and had a smelting furnace on Antietam Creek in MD. In 1734, he was mining iron ore on a tract of land bordering the Potomac River in present-day Jefferson County WV. It is not known whether he had a furnace on this site or whether he took the ore to Antietam Creek for smelting. Israel cast a great number of bells, the finest on the market and each bore his initials. He was on the rent rolls of Frederick County VA for 1746. He owned an estate called "Keep Trust" [Keep Tryst] on the VA side of the Potomac River nears Harper's Ferry VA.

Children of Israel and Sarah Friend:

* 40. (1). Jonas b.c. 1725 d.Nov 15 1807 m.Sarah Skidmore 1754

• 41. (2). Jacob b.c. 1731. d. 1818 m.Elizabeth Skidmore Aug 19 1754
• 42. (3). Charles b.c. 1734 d.Nov 1811 m.Rachel Tackett Sep 20 1783; m. Agnes Holly Aug 31 1794
• 43. (4). Catherine b.c. 1736, Rockingham, VA.
• 44. (5). Mary b.c. 1738.m.Jonathan Clark
• 45. (6). James

By 1744 John House was beginning to have land surveyed for himself near the mouth of Antietam Creek in present-day Washington County (MD) and here he also purchased a part of Israel Friend's "Antietam Bottom." John House purchased a part of Israel Friend's "Antietam Bottom" in 1744.

Dr. Craig has identified the earliest American ancestor as Nils Larsson Frande, who came to New Jersey by 1650, as well as Nils Larsson Frande's wife, and their ten surviving children. Contrary to family legend, Gertrude, the grandmother of Declaration of Independence signer John Morton, was not one of the daughters. The Garret Co., MD Friends descend from Nils' son Johannes Nilsson, or John Friend, as he came to be known. The Pendleton and Randolph County branches of this family descend from Israel Friend, who died in Frederick Co, VA. Israel Friend was the son of Anders Nilsson Frande, or Andrew Friend, the oldest surviving son of Nils Larsson Frande. Copies of his manuscript can be bought from Dr. Peter S. Craig; 3406 Macomb St., N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20016-3160.

Additionally, in a Pension Claim for service in the Revolutionary War, Levi House presents evidence of service and indicates his parentage: Levi House, son of [John] Valentine House and Sarah Catherine Bachoffen/Bokavar, was born about 1754 in Ten Mill Creek, Frederick County, Virginia, and died 8 October 1846 in Ripley County, Indiana. He was buried in Napoleon, Ripley County, Indiana, Culver Cemetery. He married Sarah Presley/Pressley about 1782 in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. She was born 1765 in Virginia and died 1830 in Ripley, Jefferson County, Indiana.

Sources:

KYNELSON-L Archives-- http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/KYNELSON/2005-04/1114293526> "Dolores Kennedy" < mythmkr@bellsouth.net>

A.R. Ison ,researcher Harrodsburg Historical Society 1987

The Filson Club History Quarterly Vol. 32-No 2, page 124.

Harrod Family Genealogy and the Moore Family by B. B. Swainson.

Grace L. Tracy and John P. Dern. Pioneers of Old Monocacy, The Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland 1721-1743. Genealogical Pub. Co. The Filson Club History Quarterly Vol. 32 #3 page 281.

"Corrected Pedigrees" by Jeff Carr, http://pages.swcp.com/~dhickman/journals/V6I4/corrected.html

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/FRIEND.htm

Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, 1671 Census of the Delaware, Washington, DC: 1999.

Anne H. Lee, Franklin County, Kentucky Website, http://www.rootsweb. ancestry.com/~kyfrankl/LeviHouseRev.htm

Evelyn Guard Olsen, Indian Blood. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co. 1967.

(LindaLabinoriginally submitted this to Labin-Mullenax Family Tree on 18 Jun 2009 Swedish Colonial Historian relates story of Nils Larsson Frande/Friend and lists his offspring and Dr. Labin offers theories on the name Friend.)

Nils Larsson Frande/Friend, Progenitor of the Friend Family 1648-1678 , Sweden, NJ, MD, VA, DE, PA

Nils Larsson Frande/Friend, Progenitor of the Friend Family--In his article on "Nils Larsson Frande/Friend," Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, FASG, FGSP, the Historian of the Swedish Colonial Society, provides much valuable information about the Friends' progenitor. I have added my own comments about the surname Friend and the theories for the adoption of that name.

"One relatively unknown forefather, progenitor of the Friend family in America, is Nils Larsson, who arrived in New Sweden on the Swan in 1648 and served as a warden for Governor Rising 1654. Two years later, he married Anna Andersdotter (possibly the daughter of Anders Andersson the Finn) and settled at Upland (now Chester), where they raised a family of ten children. His house was also the location of the Swedes' quarterly court sessions after Armegot Printz sold the Printz family's Tinicum Island estate. Nils Larsson played a very prominent role in the Swedish community until his death at Upland in the winter of 1686-87. He became known as Nils Larsson Frände, meaning "kinsman" or "blood relative" in Swedish, possibly because of his influence among the Indians, who considered him a "blood brother." Under English rule, his adopted surname became anglicized to "Friend." In 1668, Nils and two other Swedes secured a permit from the govemor of the new province of New Jersey to buy lands from the Indians in present Gloucester County. The resulting acquisition led to a large Swedish settlement centering around Raccoon Creek (present Swedesboro)."

[Notes from Dr. Linda L. Labin: although Nils Larsson Frande may have been friendly with the Indians, other researchers have suggested that he was a "Friend," meaning a Quaker*, and that might be the reason he was given, then assumed, the surname Friend. Unlike other Protestants and Catholics who settled in America, the Quakers tended to view the Indians as humans, equals, and treated them accordingly. As the frontier accepted immigrants from other countries and religions, people who instead viewed Indians as savages, animals, less than human, in other words, the Indians grew more hostile, encouraged to do so when the French and English in particular began to war over the new colonies, and rewarded the Indian tribes that waged war on innocent settlers. Some settlers, not so innocent, created more problems by massacreing Indian villages, stealing land and food, and cheating the original inhabitants. The Friend family were generally on good terms with the Indians, true "blood brothers," until the French and Indian War instigated an inter-racial war. History shows that many of the early Friend family were respected by the Shawnee, and were the first--perhaps only--white men given title deeds to the lands they settled by the Indian chieftains. This sets them apart from other settlers, for obvious reasons.]

[*While the Quaker theory explaining Nils Larsson's name Friend seems plausible, according to research performed by Dr. Craig, historically speaking, the Quakers did not emigrate to America in large numbers until much later. Dr. Craig, Don Norman, Warren Skidmore, and others have shown that the majority of Swedish immigrants (including Finns) were members of the Swedish Lutheran Church, not Quakers. While this area still is in need of further research, we presently must accept the notion that the Friend family worshipped in the Lutheran church (the only one available in New Sweden early on), so probably were not Quakers. Why the "Friend/Frande" appellation, then? I would agree with Dr. Craig's argument that "Friend" was added first in the New World, not in Sweden, even though we can't as yet locate Nils Larsson's ancestors in Sweden. My alternative to the Quaker and Indian theories would be that Nils et al. introduced themselves to the Indians in this way--"I'm Nils Larsson, Frande/Friend." (I'm Nils son of Lars, a friend to the Indians). Some researchers think Nils added the name because the Indians considered him a kinsman, a blood brother, but that is doubtful unless one can prove some sort of inter-marriage with the Indian tribes. They did not award the term "blood brother" willy-nilly; a white man had to earn such a fond term--that took years of honorable dealings with the Indians, fair trading, and either taking of Indian wives or standing up for the Indians against other tribes/white men. I think Nils attempted to befriend the native Americans and that is the reason he called himself Friend. Then, his offspring continued to use it and the Indians did so, too, perhaps because he and his children & grandchildren lived up to the name, treating the Indians with kindness and respect.Then, under the influence of the newly arrived English and Scots/Scots-Irish settlers, the family adopted the surname Friend to simplify identification.]

"Nils Larsson Frände also acquired lands in present Bucks County, which he traded to William Penn in return for 800 acres east of Red Clay Creek in New Castle County. Penn built his Pennsbury estate on Frände's former land. At the time of his death, Nils Larsson was serving as constable for Chester township. His wife Anna survived him by about 40 years and was said to be over 106 when she died. Their children, with approximate birth years, were:

1. Brigitta, born 1657, who married John Cock (son of Peter Larsson Cock) and had nine children.
2. Anders (Andrew), born 1659, whose first wife was probably a daughter of Israel Helm. [Rebecca Helm? 1670-1703]. Andrew Friend died in Maryland after 1740, and had at least four children, including Israel Friend, a well-known Indian trader and interpreter.
3. Catharine, born 1661, who married Olof (William) Dalbo, and died at Raccoon Creek in 1721, the mother of nine children.
4. Maria, born 1663, who married Gabriel Cock (son of Peter Larsson Cock) and had eight children.
5. John, born 1666, who married Anna (daughter of Hendrick Coleman), and died in Penn's Neck, Salem County, NJ in the winter of 1737-38; nine children.
6. Susannah, born 1670, who married Enoch Enochson and moved to Gloucester County, NJ; four surviving sons.
7. Sarah, born 1672, who married Amos Nicholas of Chester County; at least four children.
8. Gabriel, born 1674, who married Maria Van Culin of Chester County; at least five children.
9. Lawrence, born 1676, who married Sarah Jaquet in Penn's Neck; at least four children.
10. Barbara, born 1678, who married Peter Longacre (son of Anders Petersson Longacre); at least three children.

Descendants of Nils Larsson Friend have an active Friend Family Association which owns and operates a Friend Family Library in Friendsville, Maryland, where many records of descendants have been collected."

Sources: Swedish Colonial News, Volume 1, Number 3 (Spring 1991), rep. http://www.colonialswedes.o rg/Forefathers/Friend.html

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