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David Binns
b.18 Jan 1780 Skipton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
d.25 Apr 1849 Harrisville, Harrison, Ohio, United States
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m. 4 Dec 1776
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m. 1803
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RELIGION: Christian - Religious Society of Friends. 1819 May 18 - Certificate received for David and son John from Otty MM, Yorkshire, England, dated 1818 Aug 10 - endorse to Redstone MM. 1819 - 4 Aug, received on certificate from Knasebarrowe (Knaresborough) MM, England dated 10 Aug 1818, endorsed by Short Creek MM. 30 Jun 1847 - Granted certificate to Short Creek MM, Ohio, USA. BIRTH: 1283.111 David Binns, son of Jonathan (currier and leather seller) and Sarah, of Skipton, born 28 xii 1781. WILL/PROBATE: Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Date 25 Jul 1846. Probate 22 May 1849. Wife - Mary (??) Children - Jonathan, William, David, Mary, Sarah, Ann. Executors - Jonathan Binns, CharlesKinsey. Witnesses - Abraham Stanley, M.O. Jones. (HistoricalCollections of Harrison County, Ohio, 1900) OCCUPATION: Mentioned as farmer and merchant. Living Stones also nominates him as a papermaker . Best known in America, however, as a cabinet maker. James Howard Binns says he found employment in Brownsville in this trade which kept the family there until 1847. Specific items mentioned are a secretaire and two grandfather clocks, the latter both brought over from England and with pictures of Skipton on their faces.. RESIDENCES: 1780 - At birth - Skipton, Yorkshire, England. 1818 - After migration - Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Abt 1840 - HarrisonCo., Ohio, USA [see note below]. MIGRATION: David and Margaret [Holden] Binns and their family, together with their cousins, Samuel and Hannah [Green] Binns and James and Alice [Thistlethwaite] Binns and their families left Liverpool on the ship "Juno" in August 1818. They arrived at Philadelphia Port of Entry on 21 October 1818 after a voyage of two months. [Data from J. Howard Binns] CONFLICT: Quaker records differ from Leicester and Sunderland by almost two years over the date of birth. MISCELLANEOUS_NOTES: The family decided that, as their parents were getting on in years, that they should come to join them in Ohio. Together they built a small house in Nathan Cook's yard so that they might live comfortably for their remaining years. See Nelson's Biographical Dictionary p.928 (extracted).J. Howard Binns tells of two grandfather clocks that were brought out by the family. INITIAL_SOURCE: Leicester. References
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