General Notes

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The Family lore handed down through the generations was of a beautiful Iri
sh girl named Honor O'Flynn, who was kidnapped from Ireland and broug
ht to this country, and who was married to a Logsdon.
It is through her that the Catholic element appeared in the Durbin lin
e.   These quotes were taken from some Catholic records pertaining to o
ne Father Elisha Durbin, son of John D. Durbin and
Patience Logsdon.  This information was submitted to Mrs. Ernest F. Schuc
hert of Chester, Illinois from Mr. Howard Steiner of Harrisburg, Pennsylva
nia.             page 15 Extracted from: DURBIN -
WITT - WAGERS - RICHARDSON - STEPHENS AND
RELATED FAMILIES VIA MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY AND
MISSOURI;     compiled by Pearl M. Cox 1987
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..........................................................Honora was a bea
utiful and vivacious Irish girl who was kidnapped
in Ireland and brought to Maryland by a sea captain for barter. She was b
ought by William Logsdon and later became his wife. Most of the kidnapp
ed girls were traded for tobacco. Honora was a pious
Catholic and is was through her that the Catholic faith appears in the fa
mily line. Extracted from:  ANCESTORS OF PHILLIP J. DIETZ, JR.    ema
il - pjd@@zai.com
http: //www.family treemaker.com/users/d/i/e/Philip-J-Dietz/index.htmlJu
ne 1999  lhr
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Family lore has it that William Logsdon at about age 50 in approximately
1702 selected a young Irish lass, Honora O'Flynn to be his wife. It is
believed that Honora was kidnapped from Kerry County Ireland and brought
aboard ship against her will to become a wife of an unmarried planter
in Maryland. Later, a footnote in the "The Centenary of Catholicity
in Kentucky" by the Hon. Ben, J. Webb stated: "Neither were the Durbins
nor the Logsdons descended from stock that was known to be Catholic
beyond a couple of generations previous to the appearance in Kentucky
of these families. An ancestor of one of the families intermarried
with one Honora O'Flynn, an Irish girl of great piety and it was through
her, no doubt, that is to be traced the Catholic faith." The records
of St. Paul's Church of England established in Baltimore include the marri
age
of Ann Logsdon to Samuel Durbin under date of July 4, 1723. Marriages
during these times were required to be performed in the Protestant
Episcopal Church instead of the Catholic Church. An intermarriage between
Ann Durbin and Ralph Logsdon, both grandchildren of William Logsdon
and Honora O'Flynn, they were first cousins, caused the above writing
as intermarriages in the Catholic required approval of the church.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5429/dur/logsdon.html**********
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****************************Extracted from:  Tracy
Logsdon's Genealogy Web Site http://www.one-eleven.net/~tracydai/famhist.
html tracydaisy@@one-eleven.net      
February 2002