Rachel (Martin) Huddleston (abt. 1745 - 1831)

Born about 1745 in Pennsylvania

Wife of Daniel Huddleston — married before 6 Dec 1763 in Bucks, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1831 at about age 86 in Falls View, Fayette, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Rachel was born about 1745 in Bucks County, PA and married Daniel Huddleston there by 1763.

• Property: Dec 5, 1766 in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, PA, USA

  John & Hannah Barcroft deed of 150 acres to Daniel & Rachel Huddleston

• Moved to Bedford County, VA in 1769.
• Moved to Kanawha County, VA circa 1790.
• Burial: Feb 1831- Bottom across from Daniel & Rachel Huddleston's house between the Midland Trail and Kanawha River in Fayette County, WV, USA

  -> 1930-31 - Remains moved to top of the hill -> John Paddy Huddleston Cemetery, Falls View, Fayette, West Virginia, USA.^[1]

Research Notes

Disputed Origins & Dates

A previous revision of this profile had Rachel's birth year as 1744 and the date of her marriage just eight or nine years later, on 1 Feb 1753. Clearly both of these things cannot be true, and neither date was sourced. Her brother, Job, declared that he was born in 1753,^[2] so it seems that her marriage date was most likely wrong. She and Daniel were married before they made a deed together on 6 Dec 1766.^[3]
Daniel & Rachel's first child, Samuel, was born in 1764^[4] so it's likely they were married in 1763. Maybe the 1753 date was an old typo.

Entry submitted into the notes section of familysearch.com on 5 July 2014 by csterling2718173 - further investigation is needed Born in Bucks Co. Pa. Revolutionary War Veteran. Died on his Plantation up Witcher Creek. There is a hollow up there that's named after him "Job's" Hollow. A.3. Job Martin b. 1753 d. 1839 Job was born April 11, 1753 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Martin A.1. These early years in the Colonies are now shrouded in the mists of history. But for the first 14 years of his life Job spent his childhood in Bucks County, Pa. which in near Philadelphia. The records don’t reveal anything about his formative years, such as schooling , or what his father did for a living. No one knows what necessitated or inspired the move from Pennsylvania to Bedford County, Virginia in 1767, when Job was 14 years old. It is not known whether he moved there with his parents or whether he went on his own. It was only a short 9 years later that Job enlisted in the service of his new found home, Virginia. In 1776, under Captain Harry Ferrell, Job joined the Fifth Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line commanded by Colonel Josiah Parker. He served with this unit for 2 years. He was of the rank of Fifer and was paid 7 1/3 dollars per month. His first pay roll was from September 28 to October 28, 1776. He was marched from Bedford to “ Hoffs Hole,” then to Williamsburg, Suffolk, Kemp Landing, Wilmington, Delaware and then discharged at Williamsburg. From 1778 to 1781 he renlisted in his same regiment under Captain William Lovely, commanded by Col. Thomas Gaskins and Major John William at Cobham. Job fought with this regiment for the remainder of the war. Then on a day that was to go down in history, Job was with his regiment in Yorktown. The events that led up to that day were dramatic indeed. A naval warfare was being wayed off Yorktown between the mulish British Fleet and the American Ally the French Fleet under command of Lafayette and Rochambeau. The Americans were commanded by Washington on land. The American commander, learning the Admiral De Grasse had sailed from the West Indies to come to his aid, swiftly diverted his forces from New York and led them in a magnificent forced march to Yorktown. There corner allies, relying on British sea power, had based his army. In a five day, standoff battle marked by the disastrous adherence of Admiral Thomas Graves to the Royal Navy’s out moded Fighting Instructions, De Grasse out maneuvered the British. While Admiral De Grasse hovered off Yorktown, the Franco- American Army was pressing hard on the suddenly desperate Cornwallis. With escape by the sea impossible, he had one slim hope left, to get over the York River to Gloucester Point and drive north. But a violent Autumn squall blew up and cut that off too, and now the American and French guns began to rumble and roar. On October 17, 1781, smoke hung thick over Yorktown, but at 10:00 am a sudden hush set in. A white cloth appeared on the British Ramparts. General Earl Cornwallis was asking for terms of surrender. Two days later the surrender was signed , and past the quiet ranks of the Revolutionary Allies an entire British Army marched to stack its arms and turn over its 7,241 men, some 7,000 muskets, 200 cannon, 450 horses, 25 transports, quantities of supplies and $11,00 in cash. It would be nearly two years before the peace was signed, but the war was over. And Job Martin was there in Yorktown and watched the British Army and General Cornwallis march by. The historical information was taken from The life History of the United States Volume 2:1775-1789 The making of a Nation” pp. 99-101, published by Time - Life Books, New York. The Fall of 1781 saw Job and thousands of other Revolutionary soldiers journey back to their homes. Of course Job’s home at that time was on Bedford, Va. There he went back to farming for the next eight years. During this time Job’s daughter Rachel (probably named after Job’s sister), married Harris Standley. In a book I found in Archives in Charleston, West Virginia, Marriage Bonds of Bedford, County Va. 1755-1800” by Earl S. Dennis & Jane E. Smith,1932; pg. 64, I copied down this information: “Harris Standley and Rachel Martin September 28,1787, Joseph Martin, surety. Consent of Job and Elizabeth Martin, parents of Rachel.” Wondering what a surety was I inquired fo one of the assistants at the State Archives. She told me “that this person gave $150 to the state of Virginia for the bride to get married.” This Joseph Martin unknown to me at this time and I can only speculate that he may have been Job’s brother, which he was because he later on lived beside him on Kelly Creek in Kanawha County. Two years passed since Rachel’s wedding and Job then sold his land to Joseph Huddleston. December 30, 1789 Job and Elizabeth sold their land on Bore Auger Creek to Joseph Huddleston for 75 pounds. This property was 4 miles N. W. of Chamblissburg, Va. Near this land was the farm of Daniel Huddleston, Rachel Martin Huddleston’s husband. His property was 4 miles N. E. of Chamblissburg on the north side of the south fork of Enoch’s Creek. It is assumed that Job at this time moved his family to the Kanawha Valley in “Western” Virginia. He, no doubt, followed his brother-in-law David Huddleston there to the valley. I still have no record of where he moved to in the valley until I find in a deed dated 1809 where he bought land on Kelly’s Creek. The deed read as follows: “This indenture made on this 10th day of September in 1809, between John Morris of the one part and Job Martin of the other part witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to him in hand paid by the said Job Martin hath given granted and sold and by presents doth give grand bargain and sell unto the said Job Martin a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being the county of Kanawha on Kelly’s Creek and bounded as followeth: to wit Beginning on the line of the old survey opposite the upper end of the Buffalo Lick bottoms and from said line down the hill until it strikes the creek at the upper end of the bottom thence down the opposite bottom called Sugar Camp bottom thence out straight up the mountain to the old line on the opposite side of the creek thence with the old line on both side of the creek thence a line to be drawn in the direction of the branch across the bottom from the old line on one side of the creek to the old line on the survey on the other side of the creek to have and to hold the said trust or parcel of land to the sole use of him the said Job Martin and his heirs forever and the said John Morris dot by this presents find himself his heirs Executors to in the pined sum one hundred and ninety pounds to warrant and forever the right to said tract or parcel of land witnesseth my hand and seal on the day and year written above. Issac Dinkins, John Morris David Moore Kanawha County Court March 1818” This John Morris was the 6th son of William Morris, the first Settler in the Kanawha Valley. At this time Job bought this land he was 56 years old. Lest I forget to mention it, Job and Elizabeth had a son by the name of John born in the Kanawha Valley in the year 1799 I also found Job’s name in the 1830 census. It was rather confusing because it listed him 70 -80 years old, 2 males15 - 20 years and 1 male 10 - 15 years old but it didn’t list any females at all. And I know that Elizabeth was still living in 1837 when he made out his will, as her name was in his will to receive the remainder of his estate. For the next 25 years Job lived on his land up Kelly’s Creek. I assumed that he farmed the land. During this time in the Kanawha Valley the salt industry was starting to boom down around the town of Kanawha Salines, known today as Malden. Malden is about 3 miles east of Charleston on Rt. 60. Around Cedar Grove, which is at the mouth of Kelly’s Creek, at that time it was known as “ The Boat yards.” This was where they built the flat boa ts and barges to carry the salt to the Midwest cities, Cincinnati, Ohio ,Louisville, Ky.down the river to St. Louis Mo. ,then down the Mississippi River. Even the George Roger Clark Expedition to the West loaded up with supplies at “ The Boat Yards.” Some of the local men were recruited for this expedition. What is rather interesting to me in that today the land on which Job lived so long ago is the site of a natural gas compressor station, and up the “holler” of Buff Lick is a coal mine, and a railroad to haul the coal out to the tysple down at Cedar Grove. If this land had stayed in the Martin family we no doubt could have been independently wealthy. By leasing the land to these companies ; Columbia Gas Co. & Valley Camp Coal Company, the Martins would have been getting the lease money and the royalties from the coal and the natural gas. But alas, that is mere conjecture now. In 1834, when Job was 81 years old, he sold his lane up Kelly’s Creek to Aaron Stockton. This was the same man who built the Glen Ferris Inn which is still in operation and I might add a fine hotel and an elegant restaurant. It is located on rt. 60 beside the beautiful Kanawha Falls. If I might add an observation of my own here; I have traveled all over the United States and the Kanawha Falls area is one of the most beautiful, scenic areas that I’ve ever seen. It’s beauty defies description and is awesomely breath taking. In 1817, Job and his wife Elizabeth, sold a few acres to a Nathan Huddleston. He was probably Elizabeth’s brother. It is recorded in Deed Book E page 208. After selling his land to Aaron Stockton he moved to a plantation on Witcher Creek. This plantation was located about a mile and a half up the creek. The place today bears the name Jobs Hollow. I’ve searched all kinds of records trying to find out about that plantation but could not come up with everything. The only thing I found was that Job evidently rented it from a John Nugins who was of Indiana.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #86012728: accessed 08 February 2023), memorial page for Rachel Martin Huddleston (11 Feb 1739–11 Feb 1831), citing John Paddy Huddleston Cemetery, Falls View, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Sandy Cline (Littlejohn) (contributor 47152941).
2. ↑ RevWar Pension App S18496.
3. ↑ Bucks, Pennsylvania, Deed Book 13, pp. 266-267.
4. ↑ Huddleston Family Tables (1933, by George Huddleston), p 96

• A Brief History of The Huddlestun Family ( 1109 - 1940 )" By Ira w. Huddlestun Page 474 of: Author: Library of Congress. Title: Genealogies in the Library of Congress; a bibliography. Edited by Marion J. Kaminkow. Published: Baltimore, Md., Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. LC Call No.: Z5319.U53 http://mjgen.com/huddleston/2henry.html
• Huddleston Family Tables (1933 by George Huddleston)