Hannah (Fry) Burns (bef. 1745 - 1818)

Born before 19 Sep 1745 in Berks, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Conrad Burns — married about 1758 in Lincoln County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 1818 after age 72 in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

The birth date shown is actually her date of christening: christened 19 September 1745 at Zions Moselem Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Colony.^[1]

Hannah Fry married Conrad Burns at age fourteen as her son Philip Burns was born when she was about age fifteen. Conrad and Hannah (Fry) Burns migrated in 1760 from Pennsylvania to North Carolina with her parents and settled in the Clarks Creek area. Hannah abandoned Conrad Burns and had two children by Sebastian "Boston" Cline. Cline also had abandoned his wife and children. (see reference to court case below)

Note: Hannah Fry did NOT marry Sebastian Cline. They were both married to other people and they both abandoned their families, moved to Georgia, and had two children together.

During October 1774 Lincoln County court sessions a petition is filed against Bostian Cline Jr. stating he abandoned his wife and family and removed to Georgia with Hannah (Fry) Burns, wife of Conrad Burns. Lincoln County court records show that in 1787 and 1788 Hannah (Fry) Burns returns to Lincoln County with son Jacob Cline Burns, born 1777. Bostian and Hannah also had a daughter named Elizabeth born 1785-1786.^[2]

Hannah was excluded from her father's will, dated 11 Jun 1784 and probated 19 Jun 1784. Conrad Burns filed a petition on 10 Oct 1774 stating that his wife Hannah had abandoned him for Boston Cline. Hannah later returned to North Carolina. Her son Jacob Cline was bound to John Deitz at the age of 10 years and 7 months - he used the name Burns in adulthood. Her daughter Elizabeth Burns, age 7, was bound to Peter Mosteller.^[3]

Hannah Burns sued her father Nicholas Fry's estate for her inheritance.

April 1799, Lincoln County, North Carolina. Hannah Burns vs. Nicholas Fry's Heirs. "...goods, etc ... of Nicholas Frys heirs...sum of £8.0.8 adjudged to Hannah Burns for Costs & Charges in said suit ... have monies at Court first Monday July ... John Dickson, Clerk at Office first Monday April 1799. Fi.Fa. to July Session 1799. Expenses: Clerk 1.10.0, Sheriff 4.10.8, Atty. Smith 2.0.0, Total 8.0.8. This Service 0.9.4, Grand Total 8.10.0. Lawson Henderson, Sheriff.^[4] See also probate records of Nicholas Fry.^[5]

Court Record

From Court Minutes of Old Tryon County, NC: Petition to the Court by CONRAD BURNS dated 10 October 1774:
"To the worshipful Court belonging to Tryon County, hoping you will be spectators and Judge the character of BOSTIAN CLINE, JR of Rowan County. Where we under named subscribers, will with much veracity, endeavor to inform you, as if though we were upon our qualifications, whereas divers oaths and information hath been made to CAPTAIN BLACKBURN, when he was in the commission of the peace, setting forth that said BOSTIAN CLINE, a vagrant jude fellow, several times feloniously took away or seduced the wife of CONRAD BURNS from him the lawful wedded husband, and with her carried off divers goods and chattels, the property of said BURNS and that he, the said CLINE, had himself a lawful wedded wife and a family of small children. There is no stop or perimade in regard to his malignant carrid practices, but still keeps hankering after that lude woman, said BURNS wife and makes no industry for a living to support his small comers at home. Said CLINE ran off with said BURNS wife into Georgia Province and left his own poor distressed family to vindicate their own course as well as they could and stayed with said lude woman between one and two years. During that time, she became pregnant with child, which he, the said CLINE, had one Bastard child with her before he had the instigation or motive of breaking the Bonds of Matrimony between BURNS and his wife, and himself and his wife.

We humbly petition, Gentlemen, that you will be circumspect Students in relation to the whole above written, for such practice and carrying must of consequence, be pernicious and malignant in the sight of God and you yourselves may Judge what it is in the sight of man."
Given under our hands this the 10th day of October, 1774
Witnesses:
CH (CHRISTIAN) BECKMAN
PETER MOLL
Court Officials:
FRANCIS PALMER
"German Name"
RUDOLPH CONROD
(Note: All of the above were residents of what is now Burke County, North Carolina)

Death

Hannah died before October 1818 (when her estate was probated) and is probably buried at Old Hauss Cemetery in present-day Catawba County, North Carolina, near Newton.^[6]

Estate

Hannah's estate entered probate on 19 October 1818.

"Know all Men by these Presents, That we Jacob Burns, Jno Cline and Wm Bost are held and firmly bound unto Peter Hoyle Esquire Chairman of said court, in the sum of fifty pounds, Current money, to be paid to the said Peter of his successors; to the which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 19th day of October Anno Domini 1818.^[7]

THE CONDITION of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden Jacob Burns administrator of all and singular the goods and chattles, rights and credits of Hannah Burns deceased, do make or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattles, rights and credits of the deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, knowledge, or possession of the said Jacob Burns or into the hands or possession of any person or persons for him; and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited into Lincoln county court, within the time prescribed by law, after the date of these presents: And the same goods, chattles and credits, and all other the goods, chattles and credits of the deceased, at the time of her death, or which at any time here after shall come into the hands or possession of the said Jacob Burns or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him do well and truly administer according to law; and further do make, or cause to be made, a true and just account of his said administration, agreeable by law, after the date of these presents: and all the rest and residue of the said goods, chattles and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administration account (the same being first allowed by the Governor and Council, Superior or County Court shall deliver and pay unto such persons or person respectively as the same shall become due, pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the act in that case made and provided. And if shall appear that any will or testament was made by the deceased, and the executor or executors therein named do exhibit the same in court, making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly, it said Jacob Burns above bounded being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said letter on administration, approbation of such testament being first had and made in the said court) then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue." Signed Jacob Burns, Jno Kline, William Bost

The sale of Hannah Burns's personal property took place on 13 November 1818.^[8]

Clodfelter, Daniel ................ to a book and Sundrys .................$ .50
Clodfelter, Daniel ................ to a padlock and cotten ............... $ .31
Fry, Phillip .......................... to a parcel of tobacco ..................$ .29
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to Sundry ? ..................................$ .06 1/4
Fry, John ............................. to Sundry ? .................................$ .06
Huett, George ..................... to a pot of fatt ................................$ .23
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a pot of fatt ................................$ .23 1/4
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a pot of fatt ................................$ .15
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to 2 pails .......................................$ .32
Fry, John ............................ to 3 pails .......................................$1.12 1/2
Huett, George ..................... to a parcel of Soap ........................$ .33
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a dairy cow, Bacon ....................$ .29
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to 2 pots .........................................$ .09
Fry, John ............................ to a bag of coffee ...........................$ .50
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to flax and Sundrys .......................$ .30
Townsley, Aaron ................ to 3 bags dryed fruit ......................$ .61
Fry, John ............................ to a jug ...........................................$ .36
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a Honey Pot ...............................$ .60
Townsley, Aaron ................ to a fir hen ......................................$ .32
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a cask & ? ...................................$ .90
Rinck, John ........................ to an ascot ......................................$ .36
Huett, George .................... to 2 weeding hoes ..........................$ .32
Sullivan, Daniel ................. to ruff flax .......................................$ .30
Fry, John ............................ to a crout pickel ..............................$ .30
Townsley, Aaron ................ to a parcel of potatoes ....................$ .41
Townsley, Aaron ................ to a barrel ........................................$ .31
Fry, John ............................ to a chair .........................................$ .21
Huett, George ..................... to 2 chairs .......................................$ .66
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to one chair .....................................$ .65
Fry, John ............................ to a Table ........................................$ .14
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a pot ............................................$ .13
Cook, Abraham ................... to a small pot ..................................$ .60
Townsley, Aaron ................. to a small iron .................................$ .60
Cook, Abraham ................... to a skillett .......................................$ .50
Fry, John ............................ to a oven .........................................$ .80
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a straw basket ............................$ .04
Fry, John ............................ to a cow & calf .............................$ 15.12 2/3
Fry, John ............................ to a Heffer .......................................$ 6.50
Huett, George ..................... to 6 bushel of corn ..........................$ 4.00
Cook, Abraham ................... to cloathing .....................................$ 1.00
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a bead & steads ..........................$ 7.90
Moose, George .................. to a bunch of yarn ...........................$ 1.19
Moose, George .................. to 2 bags .........................................$ .12 1/2
Sullivan, Daniel ................. to 3 bags .........................................$ 1.00
Cook, Abraham ................... to a Chafflingg ................................$ .26
Rinck, John ........................ to a bag of cotten .............................$ .65
Fry, John ............................ to a shawl ........................................$ .35
Cook, Abraham ................... to a shawl ........................................$ .76
Roneny, James .................. to a ? & ? & 4 bales .........................$ .40
Cook, Abraham ................... to jargon & coffee ...........................$ 1.12 1/2
Fry, John ............................ to a small sherot ............................$ .42 1/2
Cook, Abraham ................... to a bag of Sundrys ........................$ .30
Fry, John ............................ to a gobblet & saucer ......................$ .36
Cook, Abraham ................... to a pepper mill ...............................$ .63
Cook, Abraham ................. to a vase with medicine & 2 books...$ .12
Fry, John ............................ to a pewter cason with ? .................$ .51
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a pewter cason ............................$ .90
Fry, John ............................ to knifes & forks & spoons ..............$ .14
Clodfelter, Daniel ............... to a dish ..........................................$ .79
Fry, John ............................ to a tea pot ......................................$ .81
Moose, George .................. to a chest & Sundrys ......................$ 1.15
Fry, John ............................ to a bunch of shell and grain ...........$ .38
Cook, Abraham ................... Corn to 20 wt of flour .......................$ .38
Cook, Abraham ................ and 7 of corn meal to a parcel of corn....$ .29
Burns, Jacob ...................... to 75 wt of corn poan at six and fourth cents
............................................ per pound ........................................$ 4.50
Burns, Jacob ...................... to the farming of corn, pound of flax.$ 1.00
Burns, Jacob ...................... to cash .............................................$ 1.56
Burns, Jacob ...................... to a parcel of oats ............................$ .12 1/2
Total .......................................................................... ........................$ 68.71 3/4
Signed Jacob his "J" mark Burns [Administrator]. Sworn to in open court, V McBee [Clerk of Lincoln County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions].

Name: Hannah Fry. ^[9]

Born 19 Sep 1745. Bucks Co., PA. ^[9]

Died 13 Nov 1818. Newton, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States. ^[9]

Buried Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA. ^[9]

• Source: S-581104085 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 60525
• Source: S-581157149 Ancestry Family Tree 90506523

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, Index, FamilySearch (accessed 1 November 2015), Elisabeth Papst in entry for Hanna Frey, 19 Sep 1745; Christening, citing Zions Moselem Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 496,551.
2. ↑ Derick S. Hartshorn III, compiler, database, Ancestors and Descendants of Sebastian Cline of Postorff, Alsace, Germany and North Carolina and Hans Georg Cline of of Postorff, Alsace, Germany and Monroe County, Ohio. Also, Lorena Shell Eaker, German Speaking People West of the Catawba River in NC 1750-1800 (Church Hill, TN: SCK Publications, 1994),
3. ↑ NC GenWeb, Catawba County Sixth Generation
4. ↑ Anne Williams McAllister and Kathy Gunter Sullivan, Lincoln County, North Carolina, Civil Action Papers 1771-1806 of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions (Privately printed, 1989), abstract no. 175; citing Hannah Burns's action versus the estate of Nicholas Fry.
5. ↑ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, Lincoln County, Fry, Nicholas (1784), digital images 1232-1233.
6. ↑ Find A Grave Hannah Fry Burns, Memorial# 99292974
7. ↑ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979 Lincoln County, Burns, Hannah (1818). Image 1.
8. ↑ North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979 Lincoln County, Burns, Hannah (1818), digital images 1638, 1639, 1640.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Source: #S-581104085 Ancestry Record 60525 #62614673