Nicholas Pyle Sr. (1748 - 1829)

Born 1748 in Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Black) Pyle — married 1771 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died 1829 at about age 81 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Nicholas Pyle, son of John Pyle and Sarah Baldwin, born approx. 1748^[1][2]

He married Ann Black in 1771 South Carolina during the Revolutionary War^[3], and some of their children were born in South Carolina. Later the family moved to Christian County, Kentucky, traveling on horseback.^[1][4]

Nicholas, being a son of a Tory felt the wrath during his time fighting in the Revolutionary War fighting on the side of America.^[5]

Several families of Tories also came to the county, (Christian Co., Kentucky) but did not meet with much sympathy or countenance from the citizens at large. Among the number was Nicholas Pyle, who was the son of Col. Pyle of the British Army. He was very much depressed by the unfriendliness of his neighbors, and lived a life of comparative retirement. On the breaking out of the war of 1812 he was one of the first to volunteer in the defense of that country against which he had before fought. He was with Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, and deported himself so gallantly as to compel the admiration of all who knew him. Afterward his old neighbors took him into their favor, and were wont to say: "Nick Pyle is a gallant fellow, and has redeemed himself.”

More children were born, with total of 14 sons and 5 daughters (19) total. Later some of the children and parents moved to St Clair, Illinois where some of the children married.^[1][4]

Children born to Nicholas Pyle and Ann Black

1. Thomas Pyle 1772-
2. Son Pyle 1774-
3. John W Pyle 1777-
4. Nicholas Jethro Pyle 1781-1845
5. Jane Pyle 1783-1820
6. Susannah Pyle 1786-1861
7. Samuel Pyle 1787-1834
8. Jehu Pyle 1789-1856
9. Sarah P Pyle 1790-1876
10. Nancy Pyle 1792-1833
11. David Pyle 1792-1833
12. Edith Pyle 1797-1833
13. Son Pyle 1799-
14. Reuben Pyle 1799-
15. Abner Pyle 1800-
16. Byrd Buford Pyle 1802-1860
17. Thompson Pyle 1804-1870
18. Alfred Pyle 1806-1851

In 1825 Nicholas, Ann, and the 2 youngest sons moved to Sangamon County, Illinois settling 3 miles East of Auburn. ^[4]

Nicholas died in 1829, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois^[6]

Research Notes

PYLE - Deed Bk. C - 1783-1786 pg. 6, Mar. 15, 1783

JOHN PYLE to NICHOLAS PYLE, for 5 pds, specie, 220 acres, a part of the tract of land whereon I now live on both sides of Little Cane Creek.

JOHN PYLE

Wit:

JAMES ALLEN

OTHNIEL MCPHERSON^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Pyle Family History 1594-1954 #Pg 61 (Family No 24)
2. ↑ Family data collection for Nicholas Pyle
3. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Ancestry.com (membership required)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Pg 590; History of the early settlers of Sangamon County Illinois; retrieved 10-2-18 from: {https://archive.org/details/historyofearlyse00powe/page/590}
5. ↑ CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS; KY Genealogy
6. ↑ Death record for Nicholas Pyle; retrieved 10-2-18 from {https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190018739/nicholas-j.-pyle} MEMORIAL ID#190018739; Created by: Jill S. (Gasdorf) Topper; Added: 24 May 2018
7. ↑ Chatham County NCGenWeb ABSTRACTED DEEDS OF CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 1771-1786 http://www.ncgenweb.us/chatham/deeds/deeds2.htm#deedA

• Livingston, Lela & Tate, Florence & Pyle, Homer & Goodwin, R. Dean. Pyle Family History 1594-1954 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Pyle Family History 1594-1954

• Website: Christian County Kentucky Genealogy; https://kentuckygenealogy.org/christian/christian-county-kentucky-genealogy.htm

• Power, John Carroll 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), b. 1824 ; History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record"

• Edmund West comp..Family Data Collection-Individual Records [database online]. Provo, Ut, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. (Birth Year: 1748; Birth city: Hopkinsville; Birth state: KY. (Ancestry.com-Membership required)

• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. (Marriage Record for Nicholas Pyle and Ann Black-1771, South Carolina). Ancestry.com-Membership required

• Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

• Dunaway, Jane English (1959) Dunaway, Allder, Pyle family; Publisher Bloomington, Ind., (Pyle Chart) https://archive.org/details/dunawayallderpyl00duna/page/133

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 October 2018), memorial page for Nicholas J. Pyle, Sr (1748–1829), Find A Grave Memorial no. 190018739, ; Maintained by Jill S. (Gasdorf) Topper (contributor 46629902) Unknown.

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• Information came from ancestry.com public member tree/Bruce/Hayes/managed by lindabruce22/february 12/2013 (Membership Required)

• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Shows Birth year: 1748; Birth city: Hopkinsville; Birth state: KY (Membership Required)

• Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. (Membership Reqired)