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 Abt 1710 - 1763 (53 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. |  Frederick Michael See was born about 1710 in near London, England; died on 15 Jul 1763 in Muddy Creek, near Alderson, Greenbriar County, WV. Other Events and Attributes:
- Deed: 22 Apr 1751, Muddy Creek, near Alderson, Greenbriar County, WV; granted 480 acres
- Probate: Aug 1764, Muddy Creek, near Alderson, Greenbriar County, WV
Notes:
The Muddy Creek Massacre
On Saturday, July 16, 1763, a party of 80 to 90 Shawnees, led by Hakolesqua, better known as Cornstalk, and assisted by the great war chief Puksinwah, crossed over the Ohio and swept up the Kanawha River on a murderous rampage. Without warning the Indians killed and scalped Fredrick Michael See and son-in-law Littleberry Roach. Records state that Catherine and seven children were taken prisoner by the Shawnee Indians and held captive at Old Town for about one year. Then there was a prisoner exchange however the youngest son of Catherine, John, was left behind and raised by an Indian family that had lost a son. Later Johns' uncle, Adam See, brother of Michael, rescued him and took John back to Hampshire Co., Va. and raised him. Adam made the arrangements for ransom for Catherine and the other children.
Daughter Elizabeth, a twin girl of Catherine, was held captive for another nine years as the wife of Chief Cornstalk. Later she either escaped or was ransomed by Adam and then married Peter Shoemaker.
Frederick married Catherine Vanderpol in 1744 in Warwick, Warwick County, NJ. Catherine was born on 30 Jun 1725 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; died in 1806 in Coshocton, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Mary See
 was born on 28 Dec 1761 in Greenbriar County, WV; died in 1823 in Warren County, OH.
- 3. John See was born on 10 Oct 1757 in Hardy County, WV; died on 2 Jan 1837 in Macon County, IL.
- 4. Margaret See was born about 1745 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA; died about 1815 in Coshocton, OH.
- 5. George See was born in 1755 in Moorefield, Hardy County, WV; died in 1835 in Warren Twp., Marion County, MO.
- 6. Michael See was born in 1750 in Moorefield, Hardy County, WV; died on 26 May 1792 in Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Macon County, WV.
- 7. Lois See was born in 1747 in Hardy County, WV.
- 8. Elizabeth See was born on 26 Feb 1754 in Hardy County, WV; died in 1791 in Adams County, Ohio, USA.
- 9. William See was born on 15 Jul 1763 in Hardy County, WV.
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Generation: 2
| 2. |  Mary See (1.Frederick1) was born on 28 Dec 1761 in Greenbriar County, WV; died in 1823 in Warren County, OH. Mary married Leonard Petro in 1783 in Hardy County, WV. Leonard was born about 1750 in Hardy County, WV; died in 1825 in Warren County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | John See (1.Frederick1) was born on 10 Oct 1757 in Hardy County, WV; died on 2 Jan 1837 in Macon County, IL. Notes:
John enlisted in the Virginia Volunteer Militia in 1776 under Capitan Arbuckle in Greenbriar County, Va. for the term of one year for the purpose of defending the western frontier from hostile Indians. He was stationed at Fort Randolph at the junction of the Kanawha River and the Ohio River. They were building the fort at this time.
While stationed there, Chief Cornstalk came into camp and offered to aid the settlers against the British, however many of the soldiers were under the influence of liquor and were making inflammatory remarks against the Chief, so the Capt. locked Chief Cornstalk and his son Ellinipsco and Chief Red Hawk in the jail for their protection. The soldiers overran the officers and sentries and took Chief Cornstalk out for execution. He bravely folded his arms while hit seven times by musket fire. Chief Red Hawk and Ellinipsco had the same fate of being shot by the drunken mob of soldiers.
After John's enlistment was up he joined for another three years, enlisting in the Colonial Army of the Virginia Line, 19th Virginia Regiment under General Scott's Brigade. They joined forces under General Washington at West Camp, Pennsylvania and wintered at Valley Forge in 1777-1778.
John participated in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth and the storming of Stony Point. At one time he was taken as a prisoner of war.
John applied for a pension in Henry Co., Indiana in 1832. The last payment was made on Jan 2, 1837. His pension claim number was S.17538.
John married Margaret J. Jarrett about 23 Sep 1780 in Charleston, Kanawha County, WV. Margaret was born in 1761 in Wolf Creek, Greenbriar County, WV; died in 1836 in Cass County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | George See (1.Frederick1) was born in 1755 in Moorefield, Hardy County, WV; died in 1835 in Warren Twp., Marion County, MO. Notes:
George was in the Revolutionary War. In a copy of John Kippers' Rev. War papers from Monroe Co., Mo. George said that he was 80 years old and that he knew John Kippers and that they were soldiers together. George named the battles and Arbuckle as the Captain and that he was in the army in 1777 and 1778. However DAR records state that he married Martha George in Greenbriar Co., Va.
George wrote in a letter that he had a brother named John See at Flat Rock, Indiana and Rev. John See did live in Flat Rock, Indiana at that time.
Letter sent to my father Joe B. See in 1956 stated that George went to Mo. about 1810. Some of his sons came later.
Another letter sent to Joe B. See in 1966 from a Harry See of Monroe City, Mo. stated that George went to Monroe City, Mo.. abt 1815 or 1818 and that George applied for a pension in 1835, about the same time John Kippers did.
DAR records state that their marriage took place on Oct. 25, 1777 even though he stated he was in the service at that time when filing for a pension later.
Joe See's research found that a George See disposed of his farm, 383 acres of land, in Hampshire Co., Va., and purchased 218 acres of the west side of Tygarts Valley River in the Caplinger Settlement in 1785. Several old genealogists wrote Joe and gave the list of his children.
This is an assumption on my part, Harold J. See, that it is one and the same George See (1998) so I will connect them until some one lets me know otherwise.
George married Martha George on 25 Dec 1777 in Alderson, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA. Martha was born before 1755 in Hampshire County, WV; died in 1810 in Logan County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 6. | Michael See (1.Frederick1) was born in 1750 in Moorefield, Hardy County, WV; died on 26 May 1792 in Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Macon County, WV. Notes:
They had five children not listed.
Michael married Elizabeth Morris about 1778 in Greenbriar County, WV. Elizabeth was born on 8 Aug 1753 in Culpepper County, Virginia, USA; died in 1793 in Mason County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 8. | Elizabeth See (1.Frederick1) was born on 26 Feb 1754 in Hardy County, WV; died in 1791 in Adams County, Ohio, USA. Notes:
Elizabeth See, her mother and siblings were captured by the Indians at Muddy Creek where her father was killed. They were taken to Chillicothe, Ohio.
Family/Spouse: Cornstalk. died in 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Elizabeth married Peter John Shoemaker on 4 Jan 1776 in Greenbriar County, WV. Peter was born about 1750 in PA; died in Jun 1804 in Adams County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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