Joseph Friend Sr. (1741 - 1806)

Born 1741 in Bedford, Pennsylvania

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Died 18 Apr 1806 at about age 65 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Joseph Friend, Sr. was a private, Bedford County militia, in the American Revolution in Captain Patrick Haney’s (the 8th) Company, 1st Battalion of Bedford County militia. [See NSSAR 102713 and 115682 Supplementals (Friend)].

Sources

• United States Census 1790-1800

• Maryland Revolutionary War Records: Joseph Friend, Loc Service: Capt., Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania, U.S., Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952: 180 acres, Cumberland County

• "History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men", 1884, p. 354: Brothers John and Joseph Friend acquired title to tracts of land in Colerain, Bedford County; the area was known as Friend's Cove.

• Joseph Friend, Sr (1741-1806) on Find A Grave: Memorial #62694531 retrieved 19 July 2018

• Will of Joseph Friend (Will Book No. 1. 228), probated May 6, 1806, Letters of Testamentary issued to John and William Friend same day. "Testator gives all his estate, real and personal, to his wife Rachel (Rose) and his sons, John, Joseph, William, Jonas, and Jacob, and his youngest daughter Rose. He desires that his son Jacob and his daughter Rose be educated and supported out of the profits of the estate. He also desires that an indentured servant Rebecca Ann Miller should be paid her freedom dues. He also gives to his married daughters, Mary Drenning, Elizabeth Wilson, Sarah Williams, and Rachel McCaslin, the sum of 50 pounds each." Joseph Friend, Jr. and John Friend are witnesses to the will. (Source - FFAA Genealogy Report and President's Report, Summer 1997 - Vol. 1.2)