Er ist verheiratet mit Elizabeth Potts.
Sie haben geheiratet am 22. September 1778 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, er war 24 Jahre alt.
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Pvt. Robert Craig Barnhill Sr.<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: July 31 1754 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America<br>Military Service: 1780 - United States<br>Military Service: Sep 21 1780 - Pennsylvania, United States<br>Marriage: Spouse: Elizabeth Potts - Sep 22 1778 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States<br>Residence: 1790 - Water Street East Side, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States<br>Residence: 1800 - Philadelphia High Street Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States<br>Residence: 1810 - Philadelphia High Street Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States<br>Death: Aug 12 1814 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States<br>Burial: Aug 1814 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America<br>Occupation: Watchmaker - noted in advertisments - Between 1776 and 1778 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States<br>Occupation: Shopkeeper - 1791 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States<br>Parents: John Smith Barnhill, Sarah Barnhill (born Craig)<br>Wife: Elizabeth Barnhill (born Potts)<br>Children: Sarah Henry (born Barnhill), John Barnhill, Elizabeth Potts Weir (born Barnhill), Thomas Potts Barnhill, John Redman Barnhill, Robert Craig Barnhill Jr., Margaret Roosevelt (born Barnhill)<br>Siblings: Margaret Henry (born Barnhill), Jemima Davis (born Barnhill), Sarah Elizabeth Toland (born Barnhill), Ensign John Craig Barnhill<br> Additional information:
LifeSketch: Robert Barnhill apparently apprenticed as a watchmaker and advertised his wares in periodicals published from 1776, 1777 and 1778. In 1778 he married Elizabeth Potts. Her brother William Luken Potts (1771-1854) was also a maker of watches and compasses. Robert and Elizabeth Potts Barnhill are notably the great-grandparents of President Theodore Roosevelt.780 Robert Barnhill enlisted in the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Humpton's Company of the Continental Army. He was among the recruits primarily from Philadelphia and bordering counties who shored up furloughed members of the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment which had been captured at Fort Washington in 1776. Robert Barnhill served a standard seven months in and around Philadelphia. After the war he gave up watchmaking for mercantilism and became successful. 02. 1778, Sept. 22, Barnhill, Robert, and Elizabeth Potts. 13 Aug 18142561
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