Jonathan Cain

GEDCOM Note

Biography == He was born on 01 Jan 1729/30 in England and he was the son of James Cain.

Jonathan CAIN married about 1755 in North Carolina to Barbery "Barbara" HARRELL ((d: 11 Jan 1814 daughter of Rebecca and Thomas Harrell) andtheir children were born in the Carolinas and included ...

1. Celia Cain, b: 1759; m: 15 May 1775 Dawson HULL
2. John Cain, b: 22 Jun 1760; d: 01 Apr 1835 Williamsburg, Wayne Co, IN
3. Abber Cain, b: 1762; d: 1816 Warren Co, OH#Amelia Cain, b: 1764; d: 1839; m: c1782 Mahlon PEARSON; b: 07 Apr 1761; d: 28 Jan 1839 PA #Elvira or Elvina Cain, b: 07 Mar 1767; d: 11 Mar 1870 West Elkton, Preble Co, OH (see story about her and husband John Townsend in Townsendsection).
4. Abijah Cain, b: c1768; d: Fountain Co, IN#Barbara Cain, b: 1771; d. 08 July 1857 (buried: Old Union Cemetery, Marion Co, IN) m: John PEARSON, Jr., b: 1766; d: GA
5. Harold Cain, b: c1773
6. Sarah Cain, b: c1775; d: Richmond, Wayne Co, IN#Delilah Cain, b: 09 Feb 1777; d: 19 Jan 1835 m1: Samuel PEARSON, d. 1800; m2: 1798 Philip WHITTEN, b: 13 Sep 1776; d: 03 Nov 1858 GA.
7. Hardy Cain, b: 1781; d. 1854; m1: Lettie ???; m2: Martha MILLER#Rebecca Cain, b: 1781; d: 1833 IN; m: 1797 Jacob PEARSON, b: 1780; d:1842. According to Cain family legend, Jonathan was a Quaker who refused to fight in the Revolution. Tradition says that his neighbors, feeling that his convictions against war should be overcome, took to the methodof trying him out on the subject. He was placed on a horse, his feet tied together with a rope under the belly of the horse and the horse turned loose without rope or bridle to guide it. Instead of running away and giving Jonathan a good shaking up as expected, the colt only wandered about. The neighbors became ashamed of their actions, caught thecolt and released Jonathan. Jonathan Cain died on 30 Nov 1784 in Union County, South Carolina, USA.

Sources

<references />* "From Phillip to YOU" compiled by Martha C. Braziel on Whitten family

GEDCOM Note

As a young single man, he came to America by booking passage on a sailing vessel bound for Philadelphia. On the way over, the vessel was becalmed and was able to make headway only by use of the Gulf Stream. The vessel was thereby taken off its course and when it finally landed, Jonathan Cain found himself near where the city of Charleston, SC now stands. Jonathan and Barbara were Quakers and when the Revolution broke out, declined to enter or assist. Tradition says that his neighbors, feeling that his convictions against war should be overcome, took to the method of trying him out on the subject. He was placed on a horse, his feet tied together with a rope under the belly of the horse and the horse turned loose without rope or bridle to guide it. Instead of running away and giving Jonathan a good shaking up as expected, the colt only wandered about. The neighbors became ashamed of their actions, caught the colt and released Jonathan. His oldest son, John, was about sixteen years old at the time and witnessed the episode. The son grew angry at the spectacle and told his father, Jonathan, that he was going to join the Continental Army. This he did in 1776 and served for seven years. On August 28, 1832, three years before his death, John began to receive his pension from the United States Government for such services in the Continental Army. He died in 1835 and his remains lie in the Williamsburg, IN Cemetery and marked with a D.A.R. marker.

Source: SLC Library US/CAN FILM AREA 1548951 - Item 3

• *************************** born 1 Jan 1730, England, died 30 Nov 1784, Abbeville Dist or Union Co, SC, son of James CAIN (928) and Delilah_(wife_of James Cain) ? (929). SOURCE NOTES: Ruby J. Man- ning says Jonathan Cain, the Pioneer, was born in England about 1730. As a young unmarried man, he booked passage on a vessel bound for Baltimore or Philadelphia, but calm winds forced them to land near where Charleston SC now stands. He first lived in the NC area and married Barbara Harold. Twelve children are the result. He was a devout Quaker.

F R O M T H E N O T E S O F L O R R A I N E A L M S T E A D

Jonathan Cain, found in Census records of Bertie, Edgecombe and Orange Districts NC with other Cain and Harrell families.

Believed to be a pioneer b.1730 England, came to America as young, single man, booked passage for Philadelphia or Baltimore on a sailing ship. On the way, the vessel was detained in a calm, moved only with the Gulf Stream, set the vessel off course. When landed, it was near where present-day Charleston, SC stands. He and wife were or became Quakers, opposed to war, declined to enter or assist. No rumor of him a Tory, but opposed war. Neighbors tried to make him pro-war by placing him on young horse, tying his feet under horse, turned loose without halter or bridle to guide it, believing horse would jolt his thinking. To surprise, when released, colt only wandered about and after- ward shamefaced men released colt and Jonathan. John Jr. 16 years old was mad, informed his father he could stay home and John Jr himself would join Continental Army. In 1776, joined and served 7 years. Ten of eleven children known to survive to adulthood. No known facts or records show Jonathan left the state of SC before his death.