The Runyon Shaker Genealogy

Joseph. Mercy, Martin, and Emley were the four adult children of Phineas and Charity Runyon who, along with their 30 children, joined the Shakers at Pleasant Hill in the early 19th century. Members who remained with the Shakers are shown in red; those who departed (or, “went to the world”) are shown in blue.

Phineas Runyon b: February 13, 1744 + Charity Coates b: December 23, 1744
and their children and grandchildren...

Joseph Runyon b: January 24, 1765  +Jane (aka Ginny) b: December 12, 1766
and their children...
    Charlotte (aka Sally C.) Runyon b: July 25, 1785
    Nancy Runyon b: May 27, 1787 + Ryan (left husband to live at PH)
        -Lawson Ryan  b: November 24, 1808 (twin), arrived PH May 1815
        -Wesley Ryan b: November 24, 1808 (twin), arrived PH May 1815
        -Nancy Ryan b: January 12, 1812, arrived PH May 1815
    Vincent Runyon b: August 16, 1789
    Marcy Runyon b: August 21, 1792
    George Runyon b: September 13, 1795
    William Runyon b: July 12, 1799
    Guilford D. Runyon b: January 8, 1802 (departed, returned, was expelled)-read more
    Matilda Runyon b: July 27, 1804
    Polly Runyon b: August 4, 1807 m. Sutton
        -Jane Sutton b: February 14, 1832 brought by her mother to PH June 7, 1834
        -James Sutton b: February 14, 1830 in Fayette Co., KY, brought by his mother to PH May 1834, departed Shakertown December 1849 and returned October 29, 1850
    Benjamin Runyon b: May 16, 1809

Mercy Runyon b: December 23, 1768 + John Badgett b. Nov. 23, 1766and their children...
    Charity Badgett b: October 15, 1791
    Prudence (aka Sally) Badgett b: October 14, 1794
    William Badgett b: November 15, 1795+Janie Hover
    Salome Badgett b: January 14, 1798
    John R. Badgett, Jr. b: April 3, 1800 + America Bosley
    Ginny (aka Jinny or Jane) Badgett b: September 13, 1802 +James C. Hutton
    Polly Badgett b: November 16, 1805
    Hardin Badgett b: January 19, 1808
    Katherine (aka Kitty) Badgett b: June 11, 1811
 
Martin Runyon b: April 20, 1778 +Patience Baxter b: September 17, 1782and their children...    
    John Runyon b: May 7, 1800
    Betsy (aka Elizabeth?) Runyon b: October 12, 1801
    Matilda (aka Rebecca) Runyon b: June 24, 1803 +Lewis Gillespie
    Asa G. Runyon b: June 20, 1805 +Mary F. Arthur
    Silas Baxter Runyon b: November 22, 1807 + Rebecca Tye + Cynthia Ann (aka Sintha) Cornelius
    Charity C. Runyon b: August 2, 1809 +Isaac N. Hawkins
    Peggy Runyon b: June 11, 1810
    Sally Runyon b: August 22, 1813 +? Philips  died Aug 24, 1876, age 63 in Garrard County, KY; listed in Vital statistics of Garrard as a "female, married, housekeeper, daughter of Martin & Patience Runyon, died of unknown causes.

Emley (aka Embly) Runyon b: September 22, 1784 + Lydia Burton  b: September 12, 1788and their children...
    Lawson Runyon b: October 10, 1807 +Emily Ross
    Amy Runyon b: August 25, 1809
    Robert (Comstock) Runyon b: February 4, 1812 + Betsy Thompson