Jenny Wiley's Heroic Escape from Indian Captivity, near Paintsville, Kentucky in 1788 (Ep. 3 of 3)

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  • @TC._Blair
    @TC._Blair 2 місяці тому +3

    Jenny Wiley is a cousin from my dads side of the family. My ancestors, Abuid fairchild, John Blair and Noble Blair were the first white men to settle the Johnson County area in what is now Paintsville and Staffordsville. Their Surnames are seen everywhere in the area. The Blairs are the same Blairs that Founded Princeton University and descend from the first families of Virginia at Jamestown. My surname Blair is one of the oldest in America. Jenny Wiley was kidnapped in a very very remote area, and the geography of the area had to make the search nearly impossible. I love that area, my old familys home. They married Rameys, and from those marriages, emerged loretta lynn, chris stapleton, Ricky Scaggs, and more. Music has been in my family since the Old World. Love this video!

  • @OlJarhead
    @OlJarhead 11 місяців тому +80

    My Amish ancestor, Jacob Hochstetler Sr., was captured along with two of his sons in Pennsylvania by the Delaware Indians during the French And Indian War. Jacob later escaped and had a similar dream that helped him in his escape. The entire story can be found in the book “Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler” by Harvey Hostetler.

    • @TexasBurningFlower
      @TexasBurningFlower 11 місяців тому +5

      That is amazing.

    • @wrangelinhabitant161
      @wrangelinhabitant161 10 місяців тому +4

      I hope His sons escaped too😢

    • @manleynelson9419
      @manleynelson9419 10 місяців тому +2

      I will look for the book. Thank you

    • @pegzoconnor7205
      @pegzoconnor7205 10 місяців тому +1

      Wow 😮 That is incredible and I believe it 100%

    • @DarrenMcginn-w7f
      @DarrenMcginn-w7f 9 місяців тому +1

      Sir I'm not from the USA' can you give me a truthful view on opinion of Native Americans nowadays. I'm just getting some statistics thank you for your time.

  • @LiquidLuke
    @LiquidLuke Місяць тому +1

    Proud to say my daughters are descendants of Jenny Wiley.

  • @mariamjehn7071
    @mariamjehn7071 6 місяців тому +12

    Jenny is a hero .. brave beautiful woman .. just so sad losing her children. What strength and bravery ..

    • @LibbySlaughter101
      @LibbySlaughter101 4 місяці тому +2

      It was terrible, but she mercifully had another family.🙏

  • @gabrielaescobido880
    @gabrielaescobido880 10 місяців тому +32

    Thank you for speaking the truth about history. I am indigenous, and I know history is not pretty. I like your uncensored approach to voicing of both sides

    • @thecook8964
      @thecook8964 10 місяців тому +6

      Humans are humans-some good, some bad...

    • @hanaluong2672
      @hanaluong2672 8 місяців тому +7

      It was a difficult time to live, regardless if you were white or native.

    • @Calatriste54
      @Calatriste54 7 місяців тому +3

      Hearty agreement.. Humanity has plenty of wickedness to go around..

  • @patrickpatrick9132
    @patrickpatrick9132 11 місяців тому +15

    I just bought Very old book. It was printed in 1819. A History of the Indian wars in New England. I should have it by Christmas.

  • @lisarobertls
    @lisarobertls 10 місяців тому +22

    Thank you for posting this information. My grandmother was very proud that Jenny was her gggg/gm.

  • @johnlea8519
    @johnlea8519 11 місяців тому +17

    Much more exciting than anything Hollywood thinks up....

    • @pegzoconnor7205
      @pegzoconnor7205 10 місяців тому +4

      That's the truth. I have watched all the old films, and now even channels like TCM will not show great movies for fear they will offend… So over it… Hasn't been a good new movie out in a long time no plats no stories no histories… Even the one about Lincoln was wrong. Connecticut didn't have slavery. I am enjoying this series and other history channels. And the fact that they're true is even more amazing.

    • @ericastier1646
      @ericastier1646 2 місяці тому

      Hollywood are the big Jays, you know the word, they had a different agenda even much more now. They want to undermine our ace and promote those who burden and plague us.

  • @cowboykelly6590
    @cowboykelly6590 11 місяців тому +13

    Unworthy History is Worthy . 🤠🖖♨️

  • @ropeburnsrussell
    @ropeburnsrussell 11 місяців тому +15

    Good series.

  • @dogparty-tt8qw
    @dogparty-tt8qw 11 місяців тому +8

    Awesome! Thanks👍

  • @lambastepirate
    @lambastepirate 11 місяців тому +9

    Great story thanks.

  • @joanwibberley5302
    @joanwibberley5302 11 місяців тому +7

    enjoying this page very much !

  • @Zionist_Eternal
    @Zionist_Eternal 11 місяців тому +8

    Well done and many thanks.

  • @brucescanlan1162
    @brucescanlan1162 11 місяців тому +12

    Scary stuff. Escaping from the Indians, and being tracked by them. What a nightmare.

  • @uthyrgreywick5702
    @uthyrgreywick5702 11 місяців тому +19

    Another great series! Thanks for the hard work.

  • @LuvBorderCollies
    @LuvBorderCollies 11 місяців тому +22

    The "messenger/rescue" type dream I've heard before. In the early 1800s a British ship got beached and wrecked on the northern west coast of Africa. The worst area to be stranded as the Sahara Desert runs right into the Atlantic. Plus the storm blew them too far off the shipping lane to be seen. I forget some details but the survivor got captured by Arab nomads who made him a slave and were physically abusive. He had to drink his own urine etc etc.
    He was losing hope when he started having a repeated dream. A man in a British type uniform, standing by a desk in an office kept encouraging him to endure and he would meet the slavers and rescue him. The slave holders decided to dump the sailor before he died on them, so they headed to a Mediterranean coast town. There just happened to be a British outpost in that town. To keep this short, a British officer found the sailor at the slave market. When the sailor saw him he knew this was the exact person who'd been in his dreams. The sailor was bought from his captors and he later returned to Britain.

    • @patdriver5696
      @patdriver5696 10 місяців тому +3

      I believe I read that book. But I don't remember the Captain having any dreams. I do remember 2/or 3 of his crew being rescued, as well as the Captain, after several years of captivity.

    • @pegzoconnor7205
      @pegzoconnor7205 10 місяців тому +2

      I totally believe. After a massive heart attack I felt my soul leaving my body. They got the clot I survived. However, some of my dreams since have been true foretellings coming from deceased relatives. I am pretty astounded by them that myself and they happen to me. There is much more than we know

    • @amberlynmarlowe8704
      @amberlynmarlowe8704 6 місяців тому

      What Whites endured as slaves of the Ottomans makes "Roots" look like summer camp.

    • @LibbySlaughter101
      @LibbySlaughter101 4 місяці тому +1

      Dreams from Heaven do happen though - I dreamt one night I was walking in a very large expanse with an angel - I had no idea where I was or where I was going but saw a man appear in the distance - I wondered who he was & the angel communicated with me 'Your father's friend' (my Dad was deceased) Finally I recognised him as a neighbour of my parents called Stan. Then I woke up, just after 3am - I didn't know what to think or do so finally said a short prayer for Stan & fell asleep. I was staying at my Mum's & related the dream to her over breakfast but of course she thought I was cuckoo. About an hour later the phone rang, my Mum answered & then looked straight at me - I whispered 'Stan?' & she nodded. It transpired that according to this other neighbour, Stan had taken ill during the night & fallen & hit his head. - So, things do happen that we can't explain. - I also had a pre-cognitive dream of my Dad's death (from a heart attack) & it occurred exactly as I had dreamt it about 10yrs prior.

  • @shakesalegsometimes9575
    @shakesalegsometimes9575 11 місяців тому +12

    I love this Unworthy History! Thank you for sharing it

  • @kneesusforjesus2879
    @kneesusforjesus2879 11 місяців тому +10

    Love your channel! God bless

  • @2gpowell
    @2gpowell 11 місяців тому +9

    Great series! Thanks for keeping this perilous time in our history alive.

  • @elainebrown874
    @elainebrown874 11 місяців тому +9

    Thank you for sharing all 3 episodes.

  • @rustynaild4247
    @rustynaild4247 11 місяців тому +5

    Great ending.👍

  • @APHill-ip8qt
    @APHill-ip8qt 11 місяців тому +9

    Outstanding content !

  • @paulpursell4177
    @paulpursell4177 11 місяців тому +8

    Thanks for the great story. I love learning about this type of history

    • @patdriver5696
      @patdriver5696 10 місяців тому

      Stories like this are at the Library.

  • @sueamos3860
    @sueamos3860 11 місяців тому +5

    This is so interesting thank you

  • @tonyholt90
    @tonyholt90 11 місяців тому +6

    Iove listen to your history channel it's very informative and some of your content is really gripping and I have to wait for other episodes of what was going on at the time. Very enjoyable 👍

  • @budmackes792
    @budmackes792 10 місяців тому +4

    Love this channel!

  • @speakupriseup4549
    @speakupriseup4549 11 місяців тому +11

    An incredible period of American history, wild, dangerous but wonderful

  • @debraanchante3661
    @debraanchante3661 6 місяців тому +2

    It’s very interesting to me.. at the time that this all took place , my ggg grandparents and family lived just west of where this happened in Berea. I wonder how safe they were where they lived.

  • @Faith63423
    @Faith63423 9 місяців тому +13

    I can't believe all she had to go through. She had 5 children and her 15 year old brother that got killed right in front of her. But when she got back from her journey, she had 5 more 😭😄

  • @patrickpatrick9132
    @patrickpatrick9132 11 місяців тому +1

    I’m waiting on An old book with a print date of 1813. It’s about the Indian wars in New England. I should have it tomorrow.

  • @gregwilliams2265
    @gregwilliams2265 10 місяців тому +1

    Great history so interesting

  • @annsee3805
    @annsee3805 5 місяців тому

    Great Series !

  • @deadhorse1391
    @deadhorse1391 11 місяців тому +7

    Another fascinating video, was interesting to see that the narrative touched on the fact that the captive was defiled maybe by the Indians and even came back pregnant
    They were hard times

    • @Dawn-fz5cu
      @Dawn-fz5cu 10 місяців тому +2

      He doesn't say that this was a fact just that there were other accounts that an Indian girl may have been born to her after her escape. He also points out that there were accounts of her being taken to another location and sold as a wife but that these have very little uniformity and appeared to be conjecture. From this I gather that there is no factual evidence of her giving birth shortly after her escape or that she was defiled.

  • @gabrielaescobido880
    @gabrielaescobido880 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @connieforth705
    @connieforth705 10 місяців тому +7

    My great,great…grandmother

    • @pegzoconnor7205
      @pegzoconnor7205 10 місяців тому +1

      ❤️🙏

    • @pegzoconnor7205
      @pegzoconnor7205 10 місяців тому +4

      Wow, you come from a strong family line. You should be very proud.

  • @shireecox122
    @shireecox122 10 місяців тому +4

    This horrible. What a horrific story

  • @primesspct2
    @primesspct2 8 місяців тому +4

    It is hard to believe one of my far back relatives was captured by Indians, inured grievously, and was scalped and killed at
    " Betsy's run" In west Virginia.; because she was bleeding out despite being tended by her captors. (the creek so named after her Elizabeth Dragoo) Her son lived with the Indians and married a squaw and died with them in Ohio at age 27. His 4 children were sent to live with white men, named Hayes, in a treaty with the Indians, and were taken back to the Appalachia in Kentucky.

  • @bonnieprincecharlie6248
    @bonnieprincecharlie6248 9 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting series glad I got to watch it, I’m curious did it ever mention the name of the Cherokee chief in the book at all? I’m assuming based on the time period that he was a Chickamauga chief.

    • @unworthyhistory
      @unworthyhistory  9 місяців тому

      No, to my recollection it never mentioned the Cherokee chief's name.

    • @elizabethbogle3533
      @elizabethbogle3533 8 місяців тому

      From the book by William Elsey Connoly I read his name was "Beige".

  • @charliepc56
    @charliepc56 11 місяців тому +4

    The Shawnee referred to Tias Harmon as the Little Devil with the Big Nose.

  • @imout671
    @imout671 10 місяців тому +8

    Sounds like Divine intervention.

  • @brianhawk1854
    @brianhawk1854 11 місяців тому +8

    Dreams and visions are the God spirit primary language

  • @Kyleinasailing
    @Kyleinasailing 4 місяці тому +1

    Correct me if I'm wrong but the Crown was kicked out of America because it wanted to tax the settlers, perhaps for other reaons too, but primarily to offset the increasing burden on the Crown of protecting the frontiers. After listening to this, I dont think that was such a unreasonable demand that the Crown was making.

  • @cunderw12
    @cunderw12 2 дні тому

    Are there stories about Natives being captured, and escaping? Or were they only murdered?

  • @healdiseasenow
    @healdiseasenow 3 місяці тому

    I keep getting unsubscribed and when I resubscribe it still has that I should get all of the uploads

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 11 місяців тому +6

    Why did you name your channel UNWORTHY History?

    • @mcmd2009
      @mcmd2009 11 місяців тому +4

      He explains that at the beginning of video.

    • @randomvintagefilm273
      @randomvintagefilm273 11 місяців тому

      Oh he changed it?

    • @unworthyhistory
      @unworthyhistory  11 місяців тому +1

      Skip to the end of any recent video to hear about that. It's also bc my last name is Worthy

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 5 місяців тому

    Possibilities of Happy Everafters ...

  • @HillBillyEarl
    @HillBillyEarl 10 місяців тому

    Horns are in Vansant!

  • @brianhawk1854
    @brianhawk1854 8 місяців тому +1

    The dead tree just happened to break n 3 pieces

  • @alexashworth3119
    @alexashworth3119 3 місяці тому

    👍

  • @FrolickerFashions
    @FrolickerFashions 7 місяців тому +1

    Skaggs dna suggest he descended from Isle of Man.

  • @inquisitive-
    @inquisitive- 11 місяців тому +3

    Does this narrative ever acknowledge the vast number of eastern European/western Asian presence in Kentucky by the mid 1700s? The more I learn about where and when certain groups established strongholds, like the Hessians, the more I question what I grew up thinking about our history and legends like this take on a propaganda glow. Kentucky had a lot of Spanish settlements, Celtic, Prussian and Gaelic tribes - some of which have been lost to American history almost entirely but still get mention in the fine print

  • @mariehillerman5579
    @mariehillerman5579 4 місяці тому

    karma is real. Whatever you do will come back to you it may take lifetime

  • @stephanieplatt6138
    @stephanieplatt6138 9 місяців тому +1

    I was having a peaceful sleep when i dreamed a messenger from god came and told me to go to mongolia i said to the messenger i cannot just get up and go i hsve to go to work in the morning i have responsibility i told the messenger to go tell the man in our guest room he was a doctor lawyer pscychiatrist i told the messenger to tell him to go to mongolia . and went off to sleep mad. The next morning the guest said at breakfast it came to him in the night to go to mongolia so he would be leaving 3 days later he was on his way or already there he went to study mongolian home remedies something i always had an intrest of

  • @nathanielradtke7590
    @nathanielradtke7590 5 днів тому

    Forget that psychology junk, I believe it was God.

  • @andreweden9405
    @andreweden9405 11 місяців тому +2

    Why did she leave her poor dog behind?! I don't even really like dogs, as I'm a cat person. But still... that just seems really wrong.

    • @GeorgeWedel
      @GeorgeWedel 10 місяців тому +9

      From courageous, intelligent, and resilient women to women who listen to this account and and wonder why she left her dog !!! Smh. Wow

    • @keeperofthedomus7654
      @keeperofthedomus7654 10 місяців тому +7

      Because her dog was likely to give her away, of course.

    • @pegzoconnor7205
      @pegzoconnor7205 10 місяців тому +6

      Think real hard and maybe you can come up with the answer 🙄

    • @amberlynmarlowe8704
      @amberlynmarlowe8704 6 місяців тому +1

      Your question is a very good one. The dog she left likely led the Indians straight TO her. Would it not have been better to take him?

    • @andreweden9405
      @andreweden9405 6 місяців тому

      @@amberlynmarlowe8704 , Good point for sure, and a fair one. I just know how the vindictiveness of American Indians didn't always stop with humans. They would often take out their anger on innocent animals as well, up to, and including "scalping" cats and dogs if they felt the need! So, that's what I have in mind when I feel so sorry for her poor dog. They may well have burned it alive at the stake, and I'm not joking when I say that!

  • @lylelookingbill6606
    @lylelookingbill6606 10 місяців тому +3

    It is apparent that you are of European descent, because in your 'story telling' you never once state that these poor white settlers were/had encroached upon lands that were clearly "Indian Land." They were not settlers they were trespassers. The whites were never victims of Indians, the Indians were the victims of white incursion.
    Your bias is typical of most "White History."

    • @elizabethbogle3533
      @elizabethbogle3533 8 місяців тому

      Lol, right.

    • @Meggiebeth19
      @Meggiebeth19 6 місяців тому +7

      He is reading a book, calm down; no need to bring racism into it. It’s history.

    • @0006trance
      @0006trance 3 місяці тому +1

      We get it, you're a liberal. Now settle down Karen.