Family Migrations XII

It's time to turn to my paternal grandmother's line! Faucett, Clark, Cawby and Gulley.

Faucett: England, Scotland, Ireland, Ulster, Huguenot territory of France? All are possible origins for the ancestors of John Faucett. He was born in the Greenbrier Valley of (West) Virginia in 1751. John Faucett's family carved out their home in the western frontier of Virginia and it the heart of the country targeted by Shawnee raids during the French and Indian [Seven Years] War. Stories later related by two of Faucett's grand children's biographies tell of his family falling victim to Indian raids. John's mother and siblings lost their lives and John, about nine years of age, was adopted into the tribe, possibly growing up in the very territory he would later call home, SW Ohio. After several years, John was traded back to the whites. Whether he was reunited with his birth father or taken in by a farmer is not known. In the years prior to the Revolutionary War, young Faucett resided near old Redstone Fort in Western Pennsylvania. He served "ranger and spy" duty on the western Pennsylvania, northern Virginia and eastern Ohio frontier. During one tour of duty, John was attached to a Virginia Line unit which entitled him to a military pension. After the war, Faucett lived in Washington Co., Pennsylvania. By 1797, he had decided to move to southwestern Ohio Territory. John, pregnant wife Eve [Fry] and possibly a son Thomas took a flatboat down the Ohio River to Cincinnati and acquired land in what was to become Warren Co. [Joseph was born on the journey.] The urge to move west came again in 1824. John, now in his seventies, moved the family to Indiana. Adjoining tracts were purchased in what became Marion and Hendricks Counties. John died in Marion Co. in 1838. Son Joseph was a life-long resident of Hendricks Co. His son, Benjamin Franklin Faucett, moved the family to Indianapolis during the early 1880s. Benjamin's granddaughter, Mayme was my grandmother. As far as the country of origin goes, I tend to favor Scots-Irish roots for John. His frontier heritage and wanderlust fit the profile. (West) Virginia, Ohio?, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana

Clark: Yet another family of uncertain national origins. Samuel Clark was a native Pennsylvanian who migrated to Maryland and Kentucky, where his son Isaac was born in 1792. The Clarks settled in Butler Co., Ohio in 1807 and moved to Hendricks Co., Indiana in 1849. Daughter Nancy married Benjamin F. Faucett. Country of origin? Scotland and England are likely candidates. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana

Cawby: The family of a hundred or so surname spelling variations! Johannes Cabi or Cabe was of German extraction. He first settled in Philadelphia, then Maryland. By 1789, John Cawby had moved his family to the Catawba River country in North Carolina. John and sons Martin Sr, and David relocated to Jessamine Co., Kentucky in 1808 or 1809. Martin Jr. moved to Johnson Co., Indiana and later Decatur Co., Indiana. The family resided in Hendricks Co. for awhile and finally set down roots in Indianapolis. Elizabeth, daughter of Martin Cawby Jr. and Lucinda Gulley, married Charles E. Faucett. Germany, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana

Gulley: Englishman Thomas Gulley settled in Orange and Culpepper Counties of colonial Virginia. Thomas' son, Enoch had the wanderlust. Enoch left Virginia for Georgia, Tennessee and Madison Co., Kentucky, where he resided from at least 1820-1828. Enoch's next moved was to Shelby  Co., Indiana where he died in 1828 or 1829. Willis Gulley preceded his father to Kentucky. He served a brief stint in the army during the War of 1812. Willis moved to Shelby Co., Indiana with his father and would reside there and in Decatur and Hendricks Counties at various times before putting down roots in Decatur Co. in 1876. Daughter Lucinda married Martin Cawby Jr. and resided in Indianapolis, where she died in 1920.