Catharine “Katy, Kitty” EdelmanAge: 9317711865

Name
Catharine “Katy, Kitty” Edelman
Given names
Catharine
Surname
Edelman
Nickname
Katy, Kitty
Birth November 17, 1771 33
Source: 1860 census
Citation details: Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan
Text:
Catharine Harrow, age 90, born in Kentucky
Baptism December 11, 1771 (Age 24 days)
Note: Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 1742-1779.
Birth of a sisterCatherine Edelman
October 5, 1774 (Age 2)
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capture by Indians
1780 (Age 8)
Publication: Sourced in 2014.
Citation details: Community/Tourism
Text:
History ... In 1784 American forces Colonel and Frenchman Francois (Francis) Navarre was the first known European to come to Monroe. On June 3, 1785 Potawatomi Native American Indian chiefs signed a deed giving Colonel Navarre land on the south bank of the River Raisin. ...Sometime shortly after that date, French colonizers built a settlement called Frenchtown on the north bank of the River Raisin....
Note: She may have been captured at Ruddles Fort in 1780
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held in captivity by Indians
August 1783 (Age 11)
Citation details: August 13, 1783
Text:
Captain Dalton has given us a list of the unhappy people who are confined chiefly among the six nations....Katy Etelmaw, David Etelmaw, Daniel Etelmaw.....
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bought from Indians by Alexander Harrow for a keg of rum
1786 (Age 14)
Publication: Algonac, Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, 1905-1978
Citation details: 1 August, 1924
Note: was living with Chippewa Indians on Harsens Island.
Education
sent to school by Alexander Harrow
1787 (Age 15)
Publication: Detroit: Silas Farmer & Co.,1884. 1024 pp.
Citation details: p. 715
Text:
In 1775 mention is made of a schoolhouse just outside the fort to the west. "...1780, twelve shillings sixpence cash paid for schooling the children of the regiment."
Birth of a son
#1
John Harrow
1794 (Age 22)
Source: 1870 census
Citation details: Algonac, St. Clair County, Michigan
Text:
Harrow, John 76 Farmer Michigan Eliza 51 Ireland Elizabeth 11 Michigan
Note: 1860 census list's John's age as 64.
Birth of a daughter
#2
Catherine Harrow
1798 (Age 26)
Source: 1850 census
Citation details: Ira, St. Clair, Michigan
Text:
Catherine Dunlap, 52
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Harrow
April 26, 1800 (Age 28)
Religious marriageLieutenant Alexander HarrowView family
February 12, 1805 (Age 33)
Address: 3305 Sandwich St. Windsor, Essex, Ontario
Publication: 1909, Sandwich, Ontario
Text:
When Michigan was ceded to the United States in August 1796, many people preferring to remain loyal to the old flag, moved to the south side of the river, Sandwich became the rendezvous and known to these early settlers as South Detroit. Near the spot where the tower of St. John's Church now stands was erected a small log building... In this little building Richard Pollard as a Layman, held the services of the Church of England. in the year 1802 he was ordained.... As rector of Sandwich he was chaplain to the forces at Fort Malden, now Amherstburg.
Publication: Kent County Branch and Essex County Branch Ontario Genealogical Society, 1990
Citation details: p. 7
Text:
1805 Feb. 12 Married Harrow Edlemott Alexander Harrow, Esquire, late of the Navy Department on lake [Lake] Erie & Catherine Edlemott, spinster were m. by Lic. Feb. 12, 1805. Contr. Partn. Alex'r Harrow, her mark X Catherine Eldemott [Edlemott]. Wit. Atkin Pattinson, John McDonald, Archibald Wright.
Birth of a son
#4
George Harrow
March 20, 1805 (Age 33)
Source: 1860 census
Text:
Age 55, place of birth Michigan.
Text:
George Harrow (1805-1886)
Death of a husbandLieutenant Alexander Harrow
January 1811 (Age 39)
Citation details: August 2, 1962, p. 20
Text:
He died in his Algonac home in 1811 leaving his heirs besides property and and the brick distillery, eleven guns, two swords, pieces of silver and pewter, forty-one books (including the works of Swift, Burns and Sterne) and a collection of surveying and nautical instruments.
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held fort singlehanded
1812 (Age 40)
Publication: Chicago: A. T. Andreas & Co., 1883.
Citation details: p. 688
Text:
The Cottrellville settlement then built a stockade for their own protection..... every family went to Canada..... All went except Mrs. Harrow and she stubbornly held the fort alone.
Marriage of a childStephen B. GrummondMary HarrowView family
September 2, 1819 (Age 47)
Text:
This may certify that Stephen B. Drummond [sic] & Mary Harrow were joined in the bands of matrimony on the second day of September A. D. 1819. by me Charles Noble Justice of the Peace Monroe County
Death of a sonJames Harrow
before 1825 (Age 53)

settled estate
settled husband's estate
1851 (Age 79)

Note: Arthur John Robertson Esq. of Inshes, Inverness, Scotland, settled mortgage of $1,086.08 in exchange for land. Arthur John Robertson was born in Inverness in 1803, son of Masterton Robertson and Mary Shearer. (Source: family history center microfiche # 6025664) Arthur John Robertson was married to Marianne Pattinson who gave Harrow the mortgage.
Death of a sisterCatherine Edelman
April 15, 1855 (Age 83)
Publication: 1925 CD later
Citation details: p. 62
Burial of a sisterCatherine Edelman
1855 (Age 83)
Cemetery: St. James Cemetery
Publication: 1925 CD later
Citation details: p. 62
Text:
George Uncapher ... died March 12, 1834, in his sixty-second year, from an operation for gall stones, leaving besides his wife, his aged and widowed mother, who was a charge of his, to be cared for by his brother, Peter. His wife Catherine survived him for twenty-one years, her death occurring April 15, 1855, and both were buried in St. james Cemetery, Saline, Pa.
Death 1865 (Age 93)
Family with parents - View family
father
mother
 
Marriage: before March 30, 1763
9 years
3 years
younger sister
Family with Lieutenant Alexander Harrow - View family
husband
 
Marriage: February 12, 1805St. John's Anglican Church, Sandwich
-10 years
son
5 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
5 years
son
son

Birth1860 census
Citation details: Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan
Text:
Catharine Harrow, age 90, born in Kentucky
misc.www.monroemi.gov
Publication: Sourced in 2014.
Citation details: Community/Tourism
Text:
History ... In 1784 American forces Colonel and Frenchman Francois (Francis) Navarre was the first known European to come to Monroe. On June 3, 1785 Potawatomi Native American Indian chiefs signed a deed giving Colonel Navarre land on the south bank of the River Raisin. ...Sometime shortly after that date, French colonizers built a settlement called Frenchtown on the north bank of the River Raisin....
miscPennsylvania Gazette
Citation details: August 13, 1783
Text:
Captain Dalton has given us a list of the unhappy people who are confined chiefly among the six nations....Katy Etelmaw, David Etelmaw, Daniel Etelmaw.....
MiscAlgonac Courier
Publication: Algonac, Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, 1905-1978
Citation details: 1 August, 1924
EducationHistory of Detroit and Michigan
Publication: Detroit: Silas Farmer & Co.,1884. 1024 pp.
Citation details: p. 715
Text:
In 1775 mention is made of a schoolhouse just outside the fort to the west. "...1780, twelve shillings sixpence cash paid for schooling the children of the regiment."
MarriageThe Township of Sandwich, Past and Present
Publication: 1909, Sandwich, Ontario
Text:
When Michigan was ceded to the United States in August 1796, many people preferring to remain loyal to the old flag, moved to the south side of the river, Sandwich became the rendezvous and known to these early settlers as South Detroit. Near the spot where the tower of St. John's Church now stands was erected a small log building... In this little building Richard Pollard as a Layman, held the services of the Church of England. in the year 1802 he was ordained.... As rector of Sandwich he was chaplain to the forces at Fort Malden, now Amherstburg.
MarriageRegister of St. John's Church of England at Sandwich, 1802-1827
Publication: Kent County Branch and Essex County Branch Ontario Genealogical Society, 1990
Citation details: p. 7
Text:
1805 Feb. 12 Married Harrow Edlemott Alexander Harrow, Esquire, late of the Navy Department on lake [Lake] Erie & Catherine Edlemott, spinster were m. by Lic. Feb. 12, 1805. Contr. Partn. Alex'r Harrow, her mark X Catherine Eldemott [Edlemott]. Wit. Atkin Pattinson, John McDonald, Archibald Wright.
miscHistory of St. Clair County, Michigan
Publication: Chicago: A. T. Andreas & Co., 1883.
Citation details: p. 688
Text:
The Cottrellville settlement then built a stockade for their own protection..... every family went to Canada..... All went except Mrs. Harrow and she stubbornly held the fort alone.
Baptism
Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 1742-1779.
misc.
She may have been captured at Ruddles Fort in 1780 Your message posting regarding Catherine Harrow was sent to our list (Ruddlesfort). The Ruddlesfort group are descendants of the people who were captured by the British and Indians at Ruddell’s and Martin’s Station in 1780. Among those were the Eddleman family, which your Catherine may have been a member. This is what we know: David and Catherine Eddleman came to Kentucky about 1778 and lived at Logan’s Station. David served at Logan’s Station in Capt. Richard May’s company as a private in 1778-1779. About April 1779 he was transferred to Capt. Isaac Ruddell’s company and served until Oct of 1779. David died during the winter of 1779/80 as his wife Catherine received a settlement certificate for 400 acres of land in present day Bourbon Co., KY. Ruddell’s Station was attacked by British and Indians on June 24, 1780 and all the people were captured. It’s presumed that the Eddleman’s were still residing at the fort. The history of Decatur Indiana mentions Daniel Eddleman and his capture by the Indians, but does not specifically say he was at Ruddells. In a July 1783 issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette, there was a list of people who were still captives of the Indians. Listed were “Caty Etelmaw, Daniel Etelmaw” and “David Etelmaw.” It has been presumed that this was Catherine Eddleman (the mother), Daniel and John. However it could be your Catherine and her two brothers. We’re not sure David is the same as John or not. A bio of Daniel Eddleman mentions that his brother James may have been killed by the Indians. The names in the list were usually listed in order of birth. This would coincide with the birth of your Catherine (abt. 1765), Daniel (abt 1770 ) and John/David (abt. 1775). Catherine, the mother, later married John Burger about 1785, a fellow captive from Ruddell’s. They lived in Bourbon Co., KY for a while and later settled in Indiana. Catherine received her 400 acres in Kentucky, which was later transferred to John Burger her husband. Bio of Daniel Eddleman: ( History of Decatur Co., Indiana) “Daniel Eddleman, with his mother and brother, was sheltered in a strong cabin… and while there they were attacked by Indians and Daniel was taken by Indians to near Lafayette, where he was kept until 12 years old, when he was returned to Kentucky and claimed by his mother. It is thought Daniel's brother James was killed or burned to death by the Indians. Daniel died in Jackson County, Indiana, aged 98. He was a hunter, trapper, and loved hunting better than farming. He learned the Indian method of counting on fingers: ‘nequita, nesway, netheny, narroway, nollony, cutatha, nesothy, sathaky, sockaty, and metathy’ and then up to 100 or more by doubling the hands, etc. Eddelmans came to Decatur County in early twenties and settled in Jackson Township. Their log cabin was replaced...” Harold Eddleman is the expert on this family. You may want to contact him: http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/eg810.htm I hope this helps, Jim Sellars
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was living with Chippewa Indians on Harsens Island.
settled estate
Arthur John Robertson Esq. of Inshes, Inverness, Scotland, settled mortgage of $1,086.08 in exchange for land. Arthur John Robertson was born in Inverness in 1803, son of Masterton Robertson and Mary Shearer. (Source: family history center microfiche # 6025664) Arthur John Robertson was married to Marianne Pattinson who gave Harrow the mortgage.