Lyall married Gertrude Margaret Flagg.

     Gertrude married Lyall Burnett.

     John Stuart Burnett was the son of John Martin Burnett and Helen Hall Johnstone. John married Florence Joy Paladeni, daughter of Mike N. Paladeni and Mildred Arlene Bursch.

     Florence Joy Paladeni was the daughter of Mike N. Paladeni and Mildred Arlene Bursch. Florence married John Stuart Burnett, son of John Martin Burnett and Helen Hall Johnstone.

     Mike married Mildred Arlene Bursch.

     Mildred married Mike N. Paladeni.

     Sean Martin Burnett was the son of John Stuart Burnett and Florence Joy Paladeni. Sean married Niclole Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Lyle Robert Johnson and Betty Ann Ostendarp.

     Niclole Elizabeth Johnson was the daughter of Lyle Robert Johnson and Betty Ann Ostendarp. Niclole married Sean Martin Burnett, son of John Stuart Burnett and Florence Joy Paladeni.

     Lyle married Betty Ann Ostendarp.

     Betty married Lyle Robert Johnson.

     Shane Arthur Burnett was the son of John Stuart Burnett and Florence Joy Paladeni.

     Marian Louise Burnett was the daughter of John Martin Burnett and Helen Hall Johnstone. Marian married Gaylord Pease.

     Gaylord married Marian Louise Burnett, daughter of John Martin Burnett and Helen Hall Johnstone.

     David Gaylord Pease was the son of Gaylord Pease and Marian Louise Burnett.

      Helen Runyan Taylor was born on 24-Aug-1856 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. She was the daughter of Dr. Benjamin Rush Taylor MD and Caroline Smelt Mundy. Helen married George Haskell Mize on 15-Oct-1876 at Presbyterian Church, Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois; by the Rev. John Mize. Helen Runyan Taylor died on 6-Jan-1922 at Camas, Clark County, Washington, at age 65.

     George married Helen Runyan Taylor, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Rush Taylor MD and Caroline Smelt Mundy, on 15-Oct-1876 at Presbyterian Church, Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois; by the Rev. John Mize.

      Stella Haskell Mize was born at Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois. She was the daughter of George Haskell Mize and Helen Runyan Taylor. Stella married Andrew J. Umberger.

     Andrew married Stella Haskell Mize, daughter of George Haskell Mize and Helen Runyan Taylor.

      Nora Taylor Mize was born at Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois. She was the daughter of George Haskell Mize and Helen Runyan Taylor. Nora married Frank Sennella.

     Frank married Nora Taylor Mize, daughter of George Haskell Mize and Helen Runyan Taylor.

     Jane Mize was the daughter of George Haskell Mize and Helen Runyan Taylor. Jane married (Unknown) Conkey.

     (Unknown) married Jane Mize, daughter of George Haskell Mize and Helen Runyan Taylor.

      Addie Conkey was born on 27-Dec-1889. She was the daughter of (Unknown) Conkey and Jane Mize. Addie Conkey died in Oct-1983 at Hudson, Columbia County, New York, at age 93.

      Robert Hudson Taylor was born circa 1-Feb-1823. He was the son of Augustus Fitz Randolph Taylor MD and Catherine Schuyler Neilson. Robert Hudson Taylor died on 30-Aug-1825; of Tabes Mesenterica.

      Jannet Taylor was born on 7-Sep-1825 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Augustus Fitz Randolph Taylor MD and Catherine Schuyler Neilson. Jannet Taylor was baptized on 13-Jan-1826 at Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey; by the Rev. Joseph H. Jones.

     John Voorhees was baptized on 14-Jan-1750 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He was the son of John Voorhees and Christina Schuyler. John married Jane Williamson, daughter of David W. Williamson and Neeltje Schuyler, circa 1768. John Voorhees and Sarah Taylor obtained a marriage license on 25-Jan-1789. John Voorhees died circa 1800.
     He was also known as Johannis Voorhees.

     Catrintie Voorhees was baptized on 22-Oct-1752 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of John Voorhees and Christina Schuyler.

     Maria Voorhees was baptized on 14-Jan-1759 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Johannes Voorhees and Catlina Vanderbilt. Maria married Barent Stryker, son of Peter Stryker and Mary (Unknown), on 5-Jan-1779. Maria Voorhees died on 28-May-1841 at age 82. Maria was buried after 28-May-1841 at Gilboa, Schoharie County, New York.
     She and Barent Stryker resided at at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, before 1785. Maria Voorhees and Barent Stryker removed to at near, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, in 1785.

      Abigaeltie Voorhees was born on 14-Oct-1766. She was the daughter of Johannes Voorhees and Catlina Vanderbilt. Abigaeltie Voorhees was baptized on 26-Oct-1766 at Dutch Reformed Church, North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Abigaeltie married Frederick Outcalt on 6-Aug-1792 at Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Abigaeltie Voorhees died on 29-Sep-1845 at age 78. Abigaeltie was buried at Van Liew Cemetery, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
     She was also known as Abigeltie Voorhees.

     Abraham Voorhees was baptized on 16-Sep-1770 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He was the son of John Voorhees and Christina Schuyler.

     Koert Van Arsdale was baptized on 25-Jun-1749 at Dutch Reformed Church, Harlingen, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the son of Gerrit Van Arsdale and Lucretia Voorhees.

      Anna Van Arsdale was born on 20-Dec-1779. She was the daughter of Simon Van Arsdale and Rachel Banta.

      Theodorus Williamson Van Arsdale was born circa 1781. He was the son of Simon Van Arsdale and Rachel Banta.

      Eleanor Van Arsdale was born on 5-May-1786 at Ketchum Station, Shelby County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Simon Van Arsdale and Rachel Banta. Eleanor married Henry D. Banta, son of Daniel Banta and Anna Shuck, on 23-Jun-1803 at Kentucky. Eleanor Van Arsdale died on 22-Apr-1879 at Switzerland County, Indiana, at age 92.
     She was also known as Eleanor Van Osdol. AN OLD PIONEER
MRS ELEANOR BANTA-A BRIEF SKETCH OF HER LIFE-NARROW ESCAPE FROM THE INDIANS-HARD TIMES-REV. HENRY d. BANTA, ONE OF THE EARLY PIONEER PREACHERS OF SWITZERLAND COUNTY-INTERESTING ALLUSIONS TO EARLY TIMES

Vevay, Ind, May 4th 1878.

Editor "Reveille": -- Having some time since promised you that I would give you a short history of the life of one of the oldest settlers of this county, viz., that of my mother, Eleanor Banta, I therefore proceed to redeem that promise, and as much as possible will give it in her own language.

She was born in Ketcham Station, or Fort, in Shelby Co., Ky., May 4th 1786, and of course is 92 years old to-day, this being her birthday, and therefore as suitable a time as any for such history. When she was nine days old the Indians drove her mother, with the other women in the Fort, six miles back to the nearest settlement at that time, and they had to retreat in the night for fear of being shot down or tomahawked and scalped by the Indians, as she was afterwards informed by her parents. She resided in that section of the country until after her marriage. She married Henry D. Banta, and lived with him until his death, which occurred at the age of 81 years, they having lived together 64 years. Many of your readers will recollect him as the old regular Baptist preacher. Being a regular Old School Baptist, he never did, or would, receive a salary for preaching, believing it to wrong to do so. He preached regularly, as health permitted, for 41 years and 6 months, both in this State and Kentucky. He was pastor of Four-mile Church in Kentucky for years, and pastor of the Baptist Church in Vevay for 7 years; was pastor of Brushy Fork, Grant's Creek and other churches-I don't know how long. His membership was in Bethel Church, in Craig Township, for 41 years and 6 months, all of which time he was the regular pastor of the same up to the time of his death. He was buried in Bethel Cemetery. But I have left the history that I commenced writing, and have given part of that of another, I know, however, that your readers will pardon the digression, and I will return to the subject upon which I started out-that of the history of Eleanor Banta. She says: " My parents told me that the morning I was born one of my uncles was shot near the Fort, and the woods around the Fort was full of Indians. They were driven off however, and we had peace for a spell again. We remained in that section of the country until the year 1817, then moved to the State of Indiana, County of Switzerland, in Pleasant Township, near or perhaps on the farm now known as the George Hotchkiss farm. There we erected the first horse-mill in the settlement, which for many years was called the Old Dutch Settlement. We had to pay $4 per bushel for salt then, and carry it in sacks on the backs of mules from the salt licks, or furnaces, as they sometimes called them in Kentucky, and we had to pay in proportion for many other things. Before we built the horse-mill we had to grind all of our corn on hand-mills. They were a very simply constructed affair. The hopper, as it was called, would be a portion of a trunk of a large tree, two or three feet in diameter and three or four feet high; one end of this block would be chopped out or burned out deep enough to receive the mill-stones; the bottom stone would be securely fastened in this hopper, and a small hole cut in the side of the hopper, just at the top of the bed stone, and a small spout attached to carry of the meal; the top stone, or runner as you would call it now, had two holes in it, one in the center to receive the grain to be ground, the other near on side, in which was placed an upright pose, two or two and a half inches thick; the top end of the pole was place into a timber or beam overhead for that purpose, and the operator would take hold of this pole and turn it round, much the same as the apothecary would his pestle in a medicine mortar, turning with one hand and feeding the mill with the other at the same time. Many and many times I have ground my meal on the hand-mill, and that was the way we got all our corn ground in those days, for we had no wheat then. If we had had wheat, we had no mills but the hand-mills to grind it on, and I think they would have made bad flour.

"I recollect of the hearing my parents tell that my uncle Samuel Dure and his brother and his brother's wife were out some little distance from the house, and two uncles were cutting a tree for the purpose of building a hand-mill, when they were surprised by the Indians and fired upon, and all three fell mortally wounded and died in a few minutes. Dear me, folks now-days know nothing about trouble and hard times, for the Indians would frequently come into the settlements of nights and kill the milch cows and cut out a slice or chunk from their hams, and leave the balance for an aggravation to the owners. Talk about hard times, you know nothing about it. After the Indians were driven from the country, so there was not so much danger, I used to take my little spinning-wheel and go many times of nights and spin flax and tow by the light of the brush heap fires that my husband was burning in the clearing.

"In 1825 we moved from the Dutch Settlement to Craig Township. We bought 173 acres of land from George Craig, one mile from the Ohio River, now known as the farms of the Widow Elizabeth Banta and Zachariah Cotton. There we remained until the year 1840, when we moved to Vevay, and remained in the vicinity of Vevay eight years; then moved to the neighborhood of Allensville, in Cotton Township, and remained there nine years, and then moved back to Craig Township, near Braytown, on the farm now occupied by Dallas F. Banta; remained there until the death of my husband.

"I am now living with my son-in-law and daughter, Justus Thiebaud and Mary Thiebaud, on the Ohio River, three miles below Vevay. I live half of the time with my son and daughter-in-law, Jacob and Sarah Banta."

She was the mother of thirteen children, and raised twelve of them to have families-one died at the age of two years-leaving six girls and six boys. Now there remain but six children, viz.: Daniel, Jacob, Abraham, Mary Thiebaud, John W. and Eleanor Beach. She has had ninety-one grandchildren and eighty-one great grandchildren. She reads well without glasses, having her second sight, but prefers glassed for steady reading. She says she can sew very well and knit just as good as ever, but not quite so fast. Takes great pleasure in reading the Bible and Spurgeon's Sermons, and is a good Scripturian for one of her age. She has been a faithful member of Bethel Church ever since its organization, which is now upwards of fifty years. Her health is very good, and she retains her mind remarkably well for a person of her extreme age.

Respectfully,
(signed)
J.W. BANTA
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Re: Banta Books
Posted by: TAMMY HARP BANTA (ID *****9204) Date: May 25, 2002 at 20:30:37
In Reply to: Re: Banta Books by George Cole of 1156
George,
Here is a short excerpt I found in a book
Eleanor (Van Arsdale) Banta wife of the Rev. Henry D. Banta, said in later years, that she used to take her little spining wheel and go many times at night and spin flax and sew by the light of the brush heap fires that her husband was burning while clearing. In the early days the Indians would come into the settlements under cover of darkness and kill the milk cows and cut out a slice or chunk from their flanks and leave the balance for an aggravation to their owners. The morning Eleanor was born her uncle was shot near the Fort and the woods around were full of Indians. When she was 9 days old her mother and the other women in the Fort had to flee 6 miles back to the nearest settlement. They retreated at night for fear of being shot down or tomahawked and scalped.

      Lucretia Van Arsdale was born circa 1790. She was the daughter of Simon Van Arsdale and Rachel Banta.

      Jane Van Arsdale was born circa 1792. She was the daughter of Simon Van Arsdale and Rachel Banta.
     Jane Van Arsdale was may be one and the same.

      Sarah Monfort was born circa 1755. She was baptized on 6-Feb-1755. Sarah married John Van Arsdale.
     Sarah Monfort resided at at Ohio in 1805.