Hi!

For those of you interested in or related to Herman Husband, you might want to check the new book " The Whiskey Rebellion" by William Hogeland. There is a great deal of detail on Herman Husband. This man was descended from the Husband family that settled in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s.

By the way, my gr grandmother Ida Mae Husband Schneider was related to this Husband family of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.

Robert Schneider

Herman Husband married my husband's "however many" gg grandfather's sister Amy/Emey Allen. She was his 3rd wife I believe. She is mentioned in this book, but not her last name. I saw it at Powell's this summer and thought about buying it, but had some others I needed more.

Hi!

Thanks for your response. There's another fairly new book that has some info on Herman's role in the Carolina Regulator movement. "Breaking Away Together" I haven't gotten it yet, but I intend to.

It's kind of funny, but what got passed down in my family was that we had a gr grandfather who was a hermit and went off and lived in the trees. Not really fair to Herman.

I'm working now to figure out exactly how Herman Husband's descendants got to Ohio, which was where my part of the family ended up. As I learn more, I'll be glad to fill you in if you're interested.

I'll have to look for this other book as well. And would be interested in learning more about his descendants. They're not our direct line, but he was a "colorful" character and those have always fascinated me.

"Western Pa Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 20, #4, Spring 1994
pg. 13 "The Whiskey Rebellion: A Resource Manual...
pg. 15 ...Herman Husband, the most influential religious personnage of the rebellion, came to the area which became Somerset County after being outlawed in North Carolina for his role in the War of the Regulation in 1771-72. Husband, the Thomas Paine of the Whiskey Rebellion, had the ability to convert his religious zeal & political expectations into inspiring & motivating pamphlets. Widely known as a religious fanatic & called a lunatic by others, he styled himself a prophet of the New Jerusalem. ... he was able to frame the cultural & economic difference between East & West in terms easily understood by the frontiersman...
pg. 27...August 14,15, 1794 --Elected representatives from each township of the four western counties & neighboring counties of Va. meet at Parkinson's Ferry---226 delegates in all...Gallatin opposes Bradford's radical proposal to procure arms & raise an army...alternative solution to the crisis...resolutions are referred to a committee of four:
pg. 28...& Herman Husband... A standing committee of Gallatin...and Husband is appointed. Some historians assert that the results of the Parkinson's Ferry meeting was to break the power of the radical insurrectionary faction of rebels. The rebel flag first appears on this occasion....
pg. 32...October 20, 1794 -- The first arrests of insurgents are made. These include Bedford County residents: Herman Husband...
pg. 37...Herman Husband, another Bedford County resident taken to Philadelphia for trail, was a religious & political pamphleteer. A later home of Husband's stands on the southeast side of Somerset Borough. He purchased the property in 1782 & according to tradition built the present 2 1/2 story, two-thirds Georgian, log house...
pg. 54...
Mark H. Jones, "Herman Husband: Millenarian, Carolina Regulator, & Whiskey Rebel," Ph. D. Dissertation for Northern Illinois University, 1982...
pg. 55...
Calvin E. Pollins, "Whiskey, Ezekial & Herman Husband" (Trauger, Pa.:The Cider Press, 1945)...
pg. 58 "Whiskey Rebels according to Gallatin trail reports
...(name) Herman Husband, (county) Bed./Somerset, (Jailed) x, igoramus (Verdit)...
Note: the term ignoramus meant there was insufficient evidence for the jury tomake a decision....
pg. 68 ...Jerry A. Clouse..."

I just found this Herman Husband conversation and I wanted to let you know that Herman Husband is my 4th Great Grandfather. Yes, I am aware of the book "Breaking Loose Together ~ The Redulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina" by Marjoleine Kars which was very informative but I also enjoyed "The Wind in the Forest" by Inglis Fletcher. He was definitely quite the man with such a colorful background. Well, had to send this 'hello' and if I can be of assistance to you about something in his life, I will try to help, and yes Amy "Emey" Allen was Herman's 3rd wife married on Oct 15, 1765, Elsie "Mary" Cox was #1 married in 1745 and Mary Pugh was #2 married on July 17, 1762. Have a great day and sorry I just only now found this conversation.
Molly Carson

Hi!

Thanks for your reply! I wasn't aware of the book you mention. I will be sure to get it and read it.

In the last year, I found my 4th gr grandfather Husband in Muskingum County, OH census of 1820. His name was James. So I now have documented James, James, Andrew James, and Ida May (my gr grandmother, mother of my grandfather Edgar Schneider).

The question for me is, was Herman the father of James or grandfather? Right now, I'm leaning toward grandfather. I also suspect that I descend from his second wife. My 3rd gr grandfather James Husband had a brother named William. In 1880, living in Licking County, OH, he listed his father as having been born in MD and mother born in NJ. In 1880, James living in Union County, IA, listed his father as born in VA and mother born in VA. I'm inclined to trust William's census entry because the records indicate that James was in poor health by this time.

I'm still looking in Muskingum and Licking Counties in OH looking for documents. I also have found the Husband name in other counties in OH and KY from very early in the 19th century. Military land bounties are also a possibility.

If I learn more, I will continue to post!

Robert Schneider



http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/Robert-L-Sc...

The book "The Wind in the Forest" I believe is out of print but maybe you still can find it somewhere. It also has a Library of Congress Catalog Card number: 57-8692.
Do you have an approx birth year for the James Husband you found in the 1880 Census?
Molly Carson

The James Husband in the 1880 census was born 18 Aug, 1808. This date is taken from a headstone. His birth was in Virginia, current day West Virginia. I do not know the exact location. He died 16 Aug, 1884, in Afton, Union County, Iowa.

Just for the record, his brother William was born 1803, in Virginia, current day West Virginia. He died in Washington, Licking County, OH on 19 Aug, 1886.

The father of these two brothers, James, was born before 1775, going by the Muskingum, OH 1820 census. On my family page, I have a definite death date, but this actually applies to a James Husband who was in Berkeley County, WVA. At one time, I thought he was in my line, but now I doubt it.

I will definitely search for the book.

Robert Schneider

Better late than never, what is great about these message boards is that we can come upon good information from previous years, and still reply and hopefully those involved will also reply.

I bought the previously mentioned book last summer (2007).

Do you know which children were his by which wife?

I have a copy of "The Allen Family, Descendants of John and Amy Cox Allen With Allied Lines" by Lester M. Allen. In it he quotes a couple of articles in the "Laurel Messenger," which is apparently a genealogical and historical magazine, about Herman (or Harmon) Husband. Mr. Allen lists these children as belonging to Herman & Amy Allen Husband:

1. David Husband, b 1770, d 1840, md Elizabeth Kimmel
2. Amy (or Emy) Husband (no dates) md Evans Bennett
3. Isaac Toscape Husband, b 4m-25-1771 in Hagerstown MD md Ann King
4. Phoebe Husband b 10m-23-1776 in Hagerstown MD md Peter Kimmel

According to the Allen book, 8 children are listed in his will. The author did not know who was the mother of these children.

Mary Husband
Herman Husband Jr
John Husband
William Husband

The author of the Allen book does not attempt to trace these children any further.