Joseph Runyon son of Thomas Runyan
Sept 23, 2003 8:38:18 GMT -5
Post by Mike on Sept 23, 2003 8:38:18 GMT -5
Amali Runyon daughter of Robert Runyon (Runyon Genealogy,1955) has a web site called Lots of Runyon Tidbits at home.satx.rr.com/runyontidbits/
On that site, she lists the following:
"Joseph Runyon of Frederick County, Maryland, on 7 December 1764, bound his "about" 10-year-old daughter Mary to Thomas and Eleanor Bowles of the same county until she turned 16. He received £20. The contract between Joseph and the Bowles was an indenture, but that didn't mean that Mary was an indentured servant. The Random House Dictonary of the English Language defines "indenture" as a "a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification." In reality, Mary was an "apprentice" who received from the Bowles "sufficient meat, drink, washing and lodging" and was to be taught "to read, write and sew" as well as be given "a gown of petticoat and hoop and her shoes and stockings & two caps and handkerchiefs." Some speculate that Mary was the sister of Isaac Runyon who may have been the son of Joseph."
On that site, she lists the following:
"Joseph Runyon of Frederick County, Maryland, on 7 December 1764, bound his "about" 10-year-old daughter Mary to Thomas and Eleanor Bowles of the same county until she turned 16. He received £20. The contract between Joseph and the Bowles was an indenture, but that didn't mean that Mary was an indentured servant. The Random House Dictonary of the English Language defines "indenture" as a "a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification." In reality, Mary was an "apprentice" who received from the Bowles "sufficient meat, drink, washing and lodging" and was to be taught "to read, write and sew" as well as be given "a gown of petticoat and hoop and her shoes and stockings & two caps and handkerchiefs." Some speculate that Mary was the sister of Isaac Runyon who may have been the son of Joseph."
Joseph RUNYAN
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1704 in New Jersey
Father: Thomas RUNYAN b: 1675 in Piscataway, New Jersey
Mother: Martha DUNN b: 13 JUL 1681
Marriage 1 Elizabeth ?
Children
Isaac RUNYON b: 1738 in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Benjamin RUNYAN b: BET. 1725 - 1738 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ
Note:
CAUTION - Joseph Runyan AKA Joseph Runyon may not be the father of Isaac Runyon. See notes for Isaac Runyon for another possiable relationship.
Harman R. Clark, Jr. indicates that his information on Joseph Runyan says that he was married and had 3 childern, the source of his data being Doris Coriell Horvath of Edison, N.J. whose Family Group Sheets can be found in the Piscataway, N.J. Library, and GSNJ Special Collections at Rutgers University. ( It should be noted that Harman lists the parents of Isaac as John Runyon and Elizabeth Freeman, with caution. )
For all practical purposes, it appears that almost nothing is known about Joseph Runyon. That being the case, documenting him as the father of Isaac Runyon will never be accomplished.
What information do you have relating to Joseph Runyon, son off Thomas Runyan and Martha Dunn?[/color]