| Sarah (Steiner) Eisaman was descended from an old Westmoreland county family also. Her grandparents on the maternal side having been Catherine Franks, of French birth, who married, about 1770, Frederick Henry, a resident of Northampton, Burlington county, New Jersey. In time they removed to Westmoreland county, settling near Harrold Church, where they made a clearing and erected the necessary cabin and out-buildings. Three children were born of this union. Some time about the year 1780, while the husband was absent, a band of Indians burst on the settlers, burned the Henry cabin, murdered the wife and infant child, and carried the daughter and younger son away. Immediately upon the return of Henry a posse of settlers was formed to trace and if possible re-capture the prisoners. The Indians were fol1owed to their camp upon the present site of Pittsburg, a fierce skirmish ensued, the children retaken, the murderer of the wife and child identified, tied to a tree and despatched by the daughter, Anna Margaret. Anna Margaret Henry was born September 20, 1771, in the New Jersey home. In 1793 she married Adam Steiner, and of this marriage was born Sarah Steiner, who became the wife of George Eisaman.16 |