Elizabeth Tennant was born Elizabeth Haught in 1748 to a man named Peter Haught. She was born in Rotterdam, Holland, but immigrated young and grew up on a plantation in America, and lived a steady farm girl life. In 1760, her father Peter bought the services of an indentured servant named Richard Tennant, who she later married. Richard was born in 1744 to Janet Wark, and Richard Tennant Sr., a soldier in the battle of Quebec, and had two brothers named John and William. Two years into his indentured servitude however, Richard and Elizabeth fell madly in love, and eventually married in 1768 in Moorefield of Hardy County, Virginia (Which later became West Virginia). “In 1775, [the couple with Elizabeth’s brother] Peter Jr. came to Jake Statlers …show more content…
The small cabins were built of logs, with one room and an attic. The spaces between the logs were closed with blocks of wood and stones, held in place by a plaster made of mud. Every article of furniture was handmade. Their chimneys were very spacious, often capable of holding logs ten feet long. They did not use stoves, but instead did all their cooking over the open flame. There were not many windows, and those they had were very small and were mainly only used to let sunlight in. These cabins got quite cold in the winter, since there were many places for the cold air to seep in. Although Elizabeth immigrated to America at a young age, she was still taught to be fluent in Dutch as well as in English. She also learned French from a private tutor. Her father, Peter Haught, was a rich entrepreneur from Germany, and found opportunity to own land in America. He had many indentured servants, but was such a good man, only made them work some of the time they were employed for. Elizabeth fell in love with Richard when she was only twelve years old, and at the age of twenty, the two were married. She did experience hardships