 Abt 1710 - 1757 (47 years)
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| Name |
Robert Renick |
| Birth |
Abt 1710 |
Northern Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 Jul 1757 |
Purgatory Creek (maybe Purgatory Run, Tyler Co), WV |
| Person ID |
I25135 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
George Renick, b. 1675, Inniskillen, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland d. 1737, Paxtang, Dauphin County, PA (Age 62 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Margaret, b. Abt 1682, Germany d. 1747, Paxtang, Dauphin County, PA (Age 65 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F9469 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Archer, b. Abt 1722, of Greenbriar County, WV |
| Marriage |
Abt 1741 |
Virginia, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Robert Renick, b. Abt 1753, Greenbriar County, WV d. 1757 (Age 4 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Thomas Renick, b. Abt 1748, Greenbriar County, WV d. Aft 18 May 1779 (Age > 31 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Margaret Renick, b. 1752, Greenbriar County, WV [natural] |
| | 4. Robert Renick, b. 1757, Ohio d. 1835, Greenbriar County, WV (Age 78 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Nancy Renick, b. Abt 1744, Greenbriar County, WV [natural] |
| | 6. Betsy Renick, b. Abt 1759, Ohio d. Bef 1764 (Age < 4 years) [natural] |
| | 7. William Renick, c. 3 Jun 1745, Greenbriar County, WV d. 26 Mar 1815 (Age ~ 69 years) [natural] |
| | 8. Joshua Renick, c. Oct 1746, Greenbriar County, WV d. 1784, Detroit, Wayne County, MI (Age ~ 37 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F9471 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY page 165
Mrs. Dennis was detained by the Indians at Chillicothe towns till 1763, when she made her escape, as will be related. Mrs. Renix remained with the Indians till 1767.
The late Dr. Draper of Wisconsin, in unpublished notes to Withers' Border Warfare, gives some further account of the Renix, or Renick, family. Upon authority of the "Preston Register," he states that the date of the captivity was July 25, 1757. He obtained his information from various descendants of Robert Renick, who was killed, as we have seen. The son Robert, was about eighteen months old, and was carried by his mother the greater part of the way to Chillicothe. His crying, however, irritated the Indians, and they dashed out his brains against a tree. On arriving at the Indian towns on the Scotia, the prisoners were divided amongst their captors and scattered. Joshua, who was about five years old, * was taken to Piqua, reared in the family of Tecumseh's parents, and after the birth of Tecumseh was the companion of that celebrated Indian and his brother, the Prophet.
Soon after reaching the Indian towns, Mrs. Renick gave birth to a male infant and called his name Robert, after his murdered father and little brother; and in 1867, William Renick of Greenbriar, then seventy-five years of age, son of the child born in captivity, related the family traditions to Dr. Draper.
* Joshua was baptized by the Rev. Mr. Craig in 1746, and was therefore at least eleven years old in 1757.
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