A number of genealogical studies show Barbara as the daughter of Michael Adam See and Barbara Harness. [1]
Her birth date varies from Aug 1756, 1759 to Nov 1769 but none is documented. We do know that the family was then living on Lot #40 of the South Branch Manor along the South Branch of the Potomac, just west of today's Moorefield, Hardy Co, WV.
She married Capt. John Pancake, a neighbor on the South Branch and a veteran of the Rev War, around 1786 but there is no documentation as to the date. The couple appears to have had several children. According to descendant David Boucher, the list is as follows:
Children: 1. Sarah PANCAKE----- B. Abt 1787 VA/WV Sp: Robert GRAHAM M. 28 May 1808 Ross Co.,OH
2. Elizabeth PANCAKE---- B. Abt 1788/1790 VA/WV D. Aft 1860 OH Sp: William HULTZ-384 M. 4 Dec 1809 Ross Co.,OH
3. Delilah PANCAKE---- B. Abt 1795 VA/WV Sp: Thornton NICHOLS M. 13 Jun 1816 Pike Co.,OH
4. John PANCAKE ---- B. 23 Nov 1798 Randolph Co.,VA/WV D. 11 Feb 1871 Pike Co.,OH Sp: Jane
5. William PANCAKE---- B. Abt 1800 Sp: Prudence HARNESS-1392 M. 13 Jan 1829(div) Ross Co.,OH
6.Isaac PANCAKE--- B. 18 Sep 1801 OH D. 24 Dec 1881 ,OH Sp: Elenor "Ellender" WRIGHT M. 8 Nov 1825 Pike Co.,OH
7. Abner PANCAKE---- B. ,OH d. Abt 1833 Pike Co.,OH Sp: Martha "Patsy" NICHOLS m. 10 Dec 1822 Ross Co., OH
8. Milton PANCAKE D. Abt 1833 Pike Co.,OH Sp: Eleanor GRAVE M. 28 Jul 1830 Mercer Co.,OH
9. George PANCAKE---- B. Abt 1806 OH D. Abt 1848 ,OH Sp: Sarah Ann BERRY M. 2 Apr 1829 Pike Co.,OH
Correspondence with descendant and researcher Dave Boucher
The Ellyson Tribe", by Linda Nixon, 1983; copy at Iowa Genealogical Society
"Pocahontas Times", Marlinton WV, 28 Jan 1932; article by Georgia Dunlap Arnold
Margaret Elizabeth Ferrel Hayes and her ancestors by Ed Hayes, 1994 V2
A Chronicle of the See Family and their Kindred by Irene See Brasel.
Martin L. Yokum, The Harness Family, 1980, 31.
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