When Barbara Devlin was born on January 17, 1751, in Virginia, her father, Robert, was 21.

She married Valentine Sasla Pfost / Pfostadecker in 1772 in Hardy, West Virginia. Their children in order of birth:  Jacob, George, Mary, Martha, Martin, Abraham, William, Glori, and Issac.

She died in 1831 having lived a long life of 80 years, and was buried in Jackson, West Virginia.