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From: "Amanda Kemen" <>
Subject: Re: [PIATT] 1807 Dearborn County, Indiana PIATTS
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 07:27:49 -0500
References: <12a.642f44c.2908864c@aol.com> <3BDCC5DE.5925BA63@worldnet.att.net>


Laverne,
Is this the same Benjamin Piatt that showed up in Scioto and Adams Co OH
about the same time as Lewis Jr. and John H. Piatt that we have not been
able to verify his origins?

Thanks,
Amanda
Cincinnati, OH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laverne Piatt" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [PIATT] 1807 Dearborn County, Indiana PIATTS


> For David Eckert:
>
> I am speculating here, not checking records, but believe that BENJAMIN
PIATT
> who was on the 1807 Dearborn Co IN voter list would have been BENJAMIN
> McCULLOUGH PIATT who married ELIZABETH BARNETT. This couple were parents
of
> the two men who built the Piatt Castles. They are buried in the family
> cemetery near Castle Piatt Mac-A-Cheek in Logan Co OH.
>
> ROBERT PIATT of the same area could have been the ROBERT PIATT who married
> NANCY JONES. Subsequently ROBERT PIATT built a grand house at East Bend,
> Boone Co KY. Both ROBERT and NANCY are buried in the cemetery at Piatt's
> Landing in Boone Co KY. Robert and Nancy's house was destroyed a number
of
> years ago by Cincinnati Gas and Electric for an electric generating plant.
> However, an architectural study of the house was made by the company and
it,
> along with a history, was published as _Piatt's Landing East Bend._ Floor
> plans and elevations exist for anyone who would like to replicate the
house.
>
> Lineages:
>
> .Rene Piatt and Elizabeth Sheffield (NJ)
> ..Jacob Piatt and Mary Hull (NJ, he to PA)
> ...John Piatt and Frances Van Vliet (widow Wyckoff) (NJ)
> ....Jacob Piatt and Hannah Cook McCullough (NJ, KY)
> .....Benjamin McCullough Piatt and Elizabeth Barnett (NJ, KY, OH)
>
> .Rene Piatt and Elizabeth Sheffield (NJ)
> ..Jacob Piatt and Mary Hull (NJ, he to PA)
> ...John Piatt and Frances Van Vliet (widow Wyckoff) (NJ)
> ....Daniel Piatt and Catherine Sherrard (NJ)
> .....Robert Piatt and Nancy Jones (NJ, KY)
>
> Benjamin and Robert were first cousins, their fathers having been
brothers,
> and two of the Five Revolutionary Brothers, sons of John Piatt and Frances
Van
> Vliet Wyckoff Piatt.
> --
> Laverne Ingram Piatt
> Ontario, OH
>
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