Descendants of Richard BARNHOUSE of Maryland

Notes

15. Rudolph BARNHOUSE

RELATIONSHIP: Anne SMOOT, married Rodolph BARNHOUSE (from her brother Thomas' will); children were Frances BARNHOUSE, Elizabeth BARNHOUSE. Anne SMOOT was daughter of John SMOOT, born 1707 Westmoreland Co., VA and died 1789. John was executor of his step-father John AUSTIN's 1733 will and administrator of his mother's will in 1747 in St. Mary's County. He was married three times. Children by his third marriage were William, b. 1750 St. Mary's Co., Thomas SMOOT, d. St. Mary's Co. 1796, Hezekiah SMOOT, b. 1760 St. Mary's County, Alexander SMOOT, b. 1 Aug 1769 St. Mary's Co, d. 1826 Rowan Co, NC, Eleanor SMOOT, md. PRICE, Anne SMOOT married Rodolph BARNHOUSE, Elizabeth SMOOT, d. 1791. Elise Greenup Jourdan, comp., Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume 5, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1996), FHL 975.2 D2j v5.

OATH: St. Marys Quarterly, Vol. 4, Jul 1956, #7, page 41.
Information from Oath Record: 1778 St. Marys Co., Maryland. Subscribers to the Oath of Allegiance 1778 of St. Marys Co., MD. Included: Richard BARNHOUSE taken by Robert ARMSTRONG and Rudolph BARNHOUSE taken by Bennett BISCOE.

MILITARY: Archives of Maryland, Volume 18, "Muster Rolls & Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783," (Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1900), FHL 975.2B4m vol. 18, page 330. Information from Military Record: 1778 Jun 01 St. Mary's Co., Maryland. Musters of Maryland Troops, 3rd Regiment. "Rodolph BARNHOUSE, id rank, Enlisted 1 Jun 1778, discharged 4 August 1779." [Page 86] "Return of Substitutes, Drafts & Vagrants from St. Mary's County June 10, 1778," Rudolph BARNEHOUSE, entered Jun 10, 1778 served 9 months.

MILITARY: William H. Browne, ed., Archives of Maryland, Volume 21, "Journal & Correspondence of the Council of Maryland 1778-1779," (Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1901), Page 346, FHL 975.2 B4m vol. 21.
Information from Military Record: 1779 Apr 14 Maryland. ". . . Rudolph BARNHOUSE a 9mo Soldr. in the 3d Regt. Discharged the amt. of Twenty Pounds, five Shilling & Six Pence in Cloathing . . ."

CENSUS: 1790 Maryland (Washington Printing Company, 1902) Information from 1790 Census:
George BARNHOUSE, 121-06, Page 105
Richard BARNHOUSE, 115-09, Page 105
Rodolph BARNHOUSE, 102-03, Page 105

TAX: St. Mary's County, Maryland 1798 Tax Lists; Family History Library; MF 499903.
Information from 1798 Tax: Rhodolph BARNHOUSE, owner, living in St. Michael's, 100 acres, 5 slaves, number of slaves between age 12 and 50 - 2.

CENSUS: 1800 St. Mary's County, Maryland, Page 7.
Information from 1800 Census: Rodolph BARNHOUSE, head of household.
1 male 26 <45, Rodolph BARNHOUSE, b. 1774-1755
1 female <10, Frances BARNHOUSE, b. 1789/90
1 female <10, Eliza BARNHOUSE, b. 1790-1795

WILL:
Information from Will: "In the name of God Amen, I Rodolph BARNHOUSE bein sick and weak but of perfect memory think God for it I do make this my last will and Testament in man my will is that Hezekiah SMOOT shall be my hol Executor of my Estate. Item. I give my . . . to my Eldest Daughter Frances . . . Item. I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth . . . and the money to be divided between my two Daughters that is to say, Frances & Elizabeth also my will is that my two Children shall have one year schooling at the expece of my Execuotr and my will is that Hezekiah SMOOT shall have the use of all the negroes until my two Daughters come to the years of sixteen . . . as witness my hand and seal this 16th day of April 1801." Signed: Roldolph (X) BARNHOUSE. Witness: James WHITE, Philip HALL. "Item. I will is that my Brother George BARNHOUSE should have my Gunn and hat and pare of whit dimmity Britches and my sister SMOOT to have my linen wheel and wollin wheel." "On the back of the aforegoing was the following. to wit. Saint Mary's County to wit: the 19th day of May 1801. Then came Hezekiah SMOOT and made oath . . . that the within instrument of writing is the true and whole Last Will and Testament of Rodolph BARNHOUSE late of Saint Mary's County deceased . . ." 19th May 1801. "Then came Philip HALL one of the two Subscribing witnesses to the within last Will and Testament of Rodolph BARNHOUSe late of Saint Mary's County deceased and made oath . . . that he did see the Testator therein named sign and seal this will and that he heard him publish pronounce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament . . . Certified by Jeremiah JORDAN, Regtr. for Saint Mary's County."

Ann SMOOT

RELATIONSHIP: Anne SMOOT, married Rodolph BARNHOUSE (from her brother Thomas' will); children were Frances BARNHOUSE, Elizabeth BARNHOUSE. Anne SMOOT was daughter of John SMOOT, born 1707 Westmoreland Co., VA and died 1789. John was executor of his step-father John AUSTIN's 1733 will and administrator of his mother's will in 1747 in St. Mary's County. He was married three times. Children by his third marriage were William, b. 1750 St. Mary's Co., Thomas SMOOT, d. St. Mary's Co. 1796, Hezekiah SMOOT, b. 1760 St. Mary's County, Alexander SMOOT, b. 1 Aug 1769 St. Mary's Co, d. 1826 Rowan Co, NC, Eleanor SMOOT, md. PRICE, Anne SMOOT married Rodolph BARNHOUSE, Elizabeth SMOOT, d. 1791. Elise Greenup Jourdan, comp., Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume 5, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1996), FHL 975.2 D2j v5.

17. Frances BARNHOUSE

MARRIAGE: Helen Munro, comp., St. Marys County Maryland Marriage Licenses, 19 September 1794 to 31 December 1829, (Munro, 1940), FHL 95.241 V28m.
Information from Marriage Record: 25 Dec 1807 St. Marys Co., Maryland. Frances BARNHOUSE married Abraham PRICE.

Abraham PRICE

MARRIAGE: Helen Munro, comp., St. Marys County Maryland Marriage Licenses, 19 September 1794 to 31 December 1829, (Munro, 1940), FHL 95.241 V28m.
Information from Marriage Record: 25 Dec 1807 St. Marys Co., Maryland. Frances BARNHOUSE married Abraham PRICE.

18. Elizabeth BARNHOUSE

MARRIAGE: Helen Munro, comp., "St. Mary's County Maryland Marriage Licenses," 19 Sep 1794 to 31 Dec 1829 (Munro, 1940); Family History Library 975.241 V28m. Information from Marriage Record: Elizabeth BARNHOUSE married Bennet HEBB on 3 Dec 1813. [ed. daughter of Rudolph BARNHOUSE, d. 1801]

Bennett HEBB

MARRIAGE: Margaret K. Fresco, "Marriages and Deaths St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1634-1900," (Unknown publication information, 19??), Page 16. Information from Marriage Record: "Eliza [BARNHOUSE], m1. 1813 Bennett HEBB"

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