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ABIGAL b. June 1, 1782 d. Mch. 11, 1786. ELEANOR WILLIAM- SON b. Jan. 28, 1784 md. May 7, 1805 Judge John Cooper ; one of her 4 children was John G. Cooper b. 1819 at one time a very successful dealer in Books, Stationery & Holiday Goods in Freehold. HENRY b. Jan. 24, 1786 md. Apr. 3, 1807 Esther Gilbert b. June 24, 1792 in Salem, N. Y. d. June 24, 1858 ; 12 children, one of whom Wm. Henry was a Methodist D. D. & a Prof. in Albion College, Michigan. DAVID WILLIAMSON b. Dec 17, 1789 d. Nov. 20, ISS5 in central Illinois, a soldier of the war of 1812, md. Margaret D. Reed, 4 children, a grandson Samuel Alden Perrine is a Baptist Missionary at Impur, Nagar Hills, Assam, India.
John Perrine md. his 2nd w. Mary Ely, had 7 children.
Lewis Perrine (Henry, Henry) b. 1758 d. July 23, 1804 bur. at Old Ten. md. June 19, 1786 Mary Woolsey b. July 27, 1759 d. Mch. 20, 1804 dau. Jeremiah of Pennington, N. J., had 6 children, they all moved to West Jersey :
HENRY. JEREMIAH WOOLSEY, of Lawrence, N. J. will pro- bated May 13, 1869 md. Mary -, 2 children. JOHN. MARY.
HANNAH. LEWIS.
Rev. Matthew LaRue Perrine (Henry, Henry) d. Feb. 11, 1836 bur. at Auburn, md. Nov. 28, 1797 Anna Thompson, no children. He was a faithful minister of the Gospel, called from a pastorate in a New York City ch. to the chair of Civil & Ecclesiastical History in Auburn Theo- logical Seminary, N. Y.
James Perrine (Henry) b. 1752 d. Aug. 12, 1835 a Wagoner in the New Jersey troops during the Revolution, md. Isabel Clayton b. Mch. 3, 1755 d. Dec. 4, 1825 sister of Jonathan Clayton, had to children :
HENRY b. Jan. 24, 1778. REBECCA b. July 5, 1779 d. May 9, 1861 md. David Clayton DAVID b. Apr. 21, 1781 d. Dec. 21, 1866. MARTHA b. Apr. 21, 1783 d. Feb. 8, 1806 md. David Erricson. WILLIAM I. b. Dec. 24, 1784 d. Oct. 20, 1847. MARGARET b. Jan. 21, 1790 d. Jan. 31, 1870 md. Edward Hulshart. ANNA b. May 6, 1791 d. Mch. 8, 1842 unmarried. CATHERINE b. Oct. 23, 1793. HANNAH b. July 22, 1795 d. Apr. 1877 md. Samuel Brand Jan. 20, 1838. ISABEL b. Oct. 20, 1798 d. Feb. 13, 1879 mnd. Levi Knott.
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David Perrine ( James, Henry) b. Apr. 21, 1781 d. Dec. 21, 1866 res. West Freehold. md. Mary Conover b. May 8, 1788 d. Feb. 25, 1854 dan. Lewis, had 5 children :
JAMES b. Sep. 2, 1817 d. Feb. 26, 1835. LEWIS CONOVER b. 1818 md. Catherine A. Dey d. Oct. 10, 1885 aged 57 years, dau. James, 6 children. RACHEL d. 1903 md. 1840 Jacob Lane Pitten- ger b. May 6, 1815 d. Sep. 12, 1892, 3 children. ISABEL Ind. Wm. H. Clayton, he d. spring of 1881, 5 children. ELEANOR b. 1830 d. Jan. 25. 1882 md Jan. 19. 1860 Charles A. Robinson, 4 children.
William I. Perrine ( James, Henry) b. Dec. 24, 1784 d. Oct. 20, 1847 md. Catherine Davis, had 8 children :
JOHN F. unmarried. JAMES W. b. July 25, 1813 d. June 2, 1893 mid. Deborah Ann Dey d. May 31, 1899 dau. Baird, 4 children. THOMAS, settled in Illinois md. Achsah Dey ( James) md. 2nd Helen Kelso Vanderburg : 4 children. DAVID died young. WILLIAM RUE b. 1818 d. July 13. 1855 bur. at Old Ten. md. Mary Conover d. Mch. 14, 1879 in her 67th year, bnr. at Old Ten., dau Joseph I., 2 children. ALFRED d. 1869, to Illinois & then further west, md. Mary E. Dey dan. James. MARY d. May 24, 1904 ind. Wm. W. Furman, 2 children. MARTHA d. 1882 md. James Robinson, 3 children.
Peter V. Perine, lived & died in Cranbury, N. J. one of the first five Ruling Elders of the First Pres. ch. of that place. Sworn date of will at Perth Amboy, N. J. June 7, 1776. mnd. Margaret -, children named in will:
PETER. WILLIAM. ISAAC. HENRY. ELIJAH.
MARGARET. SARAH. LYDIA. DANIEL, JR.
Peter Perine (Peter V.) b. Jan 5. 1737. Proof date of will Sep. 20. 1817; during the Revolution a Capt. in Middlesex Militia, N. J. Capt. Daniel Dey a son-in-law, Sammel Perrine a witness to the will; md. 1760 Saralı b. 1741, had 12 children :
MARGARET b. Apr. 4, 1761 md. -
- - Dev. ANDREW b. May
1, 1763 not named in will. CATHERINE b May 19, 1764 md.
Mcknight. MARY b. July 21, 1765 md. Joseph Perrine.
LEWIS b. Oct. 2, 1766 not named in will. JANE b. Nov. 14, 1767 ind. - Dey. ELIZABETH b. June 22, 1769 111d. Mount.
ENOCH h. Dec. 5. 1770 d. Sep. 29, 1853. REBECCA b. Feb. 20, 1772 md. Dey. SARAH b. Jan. 6, 1774 md Rue. PETER b. Nov. 4, 1776 not named in will. LYDIA md. Dey.
Peter Perine (Peter V.) md. 2nd. w. Hannah Holman.
Andrew Perrine (Peter, Peter V.) b. May 1. 1763 mld. Mary b. 1771 d. July 15. 1848, her will recorded at Freehold Nov. 14, 1845, she bur. in Baptist plot near Freehold, had 7 children:
SAMUEL b. Aug. 27, 1792 d. Aug. 14. 1845. DAVID A. b. July 31, 1794 d. Apr. 1. 1852 mid. Mch. 17, 1824 Gertrude V. Stults b Dec. 21, 1802 d. Jan. 18, 1862. 7 children. THOMAS b. 1809 d. Mch. 6. 1844. PETER. REBECCA b. June 10. 1812 d. Ang. 29, 1838 md. Charles Havens. ELIZABETH md. Feb. 18. 1818 Matthias Davison. ROSETTA b. Apr. 2, 1799 d. Oct. 19, 1865 md. Enoch Davison.
Samnel Perrine (Andrew, Peter, Peter V.) b. Aug. 27, 1792 d. Aug. 14, 1845, Deacon in First Pres. ch. Freehold, N. J. from April 14, 1841 to his deathi, md. June 19, 1816 Jane Griggs b. Mch. 5, 1791, had 7 children.
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ANDREW b. May 21, 1817 d. Jan. 22, 1898, a Ruling Elder in First Pres. ch. Freehold from Jan. 18, 1846 till his death, md. Feb. 22, 1844 Eleanor Forman Craig b. May 26, 1821 d. May 23, 1901 dau. James, II children. ELIZABETH md. William B. Reed, 12 children. DERRICK GRIGGS b. Feb. 9. 1821 d. Oct. 14. 1901 ind. Mch. 2, 1853 Isabelle Bergen b. Oct. 24. 1828 d. March 30, 1895 had 3 sons & one dau. Jane E. d. Mch. 6. 1861 aged 4 yrs. 6 da. MARY DAVISON b. June 7. 1824 d. April 23. 1895 md. John S. Davison. REBECCA b. Oct 28. 1826 md. Thomas Curtis. CORNELIA WOODHULL, b. Jan. 12, IS29. LYDIA GRIGGS b. July 2, 1834.
From a research by D. Van Derveer Perrine. Freehold, N. J.
Robert Rhea, the settler. "Bought headland in 1688 of John Keighn. In 1691 he had land from the Proprietors May 26, 1691 he had land from the noted George Keith who then lived in Philadelphia & in 1693 the Proprie. tors confirmed the title." Subsequently he is frequently named in ancient records & in some deeds he is called a carpenter. " The ancient Rhea farm since called the Kerr or Carr farm, & owned in late years by D. D. Denise is situated a short distance southwest of Freehold on the Hights- town road. On this farmi the main part of the Battle of Monmouth took place. and here the old family burying ground is situated." (Salter's His- tory &c). Note: Carr (not Kerr) was the tenant on the family. Robert d. Jan. 18, 1719 & was bur. in the family plot. His will in Sec. of State office, Trenton, Book A p. 119 was made Apr. 10, 1718, a memorandum taken May 27, 1719 & recorded June 20 1719 & gives the name of his w. and children as follows; w. Jannet. had 6 children :
DAVID. ISABEL. ELIZABETH.
MARY. CATHERINE. MARGARET.
The following taken from the journal of Geo. Keith as recorded in Ellis History of Monmouth p. 412. Jan. 4. 1703. I came to the home of Robert (Rhea) Rey in Freehold in East Jersey accompanied with Thomas Boels, and lodged at his house that night. At his & his wife's desire I baptized all his children, some boys & some girls in number five. His wife is come over to the Church, but he was not then thoroughly out of Quakerism.
Janet Rhe, w. Robert, d. Jan. 15, 1761 aged 93 years. Her will was pro- bated Sep. 4. 1761; she names in this will her s. David Rhe, her dan. Eliz- abeth?, her s .- in-law James English, her grand-daus. Janet Rhe, Margaret Gordon, w. John Yetman Anne VanSkyack & her great grand dau. Isa- bella VanSkyack dau John Yetman. This Janet Rhe, w. Robert, Sr., was the dau. John Hampton who came to America from Scotland prior to 1683 as he recorded the importation of his children in that year to Perth Amboy, viz. Janet, Elizabeth, Lydia, John & David: the mother of his children was Martha. Records show that John Hampton bought considerable land: he d. 1702 & Robert Rhe is named in his will as executor. Robert Rhe md. Nov. 9, 1789 Janet Hampton at Shrewsbury (see Quaker Records of Shrews- bury). About ISSo a relic was exhibited at Sandy Hook near Red Bank: "A large chair of dark wood supposed to be cherry, bearing the Rhe initials ornamented with Scotch thistle."
David (1) Rhea (s. Robt. Rhea & Jannet Hampton) d. May 15, 1761 aged 64 yrs. & 2 mos. bur. in Rhea family plot; was nominated Judge of Com- mon Pleas Mch. 16, 1756 by Jonathan Belcher; ordained Elder in Old Ten. ch. June 1, 1735 (see Ellis History p. 685); his will was recorded July 27,
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1761 naming as executor his sons John & Robert & Rev. Wm. Tennent, & mentions his wife & children. He ind. Anne - -, d. Aug. 26, 1777; he bought land of Geo. Hampton Dec. 16, 1731 & also of Win. Covenhoven Feb. 18, 1750 John Rhea a witness; had 7 children:
DAVID bap. Sep. 22, 1740 d. June 14, 1821 in Sist yr. unmarried, was Lient. Col. in Battle of Monmouth, sheriff of Monmouth Co. 1785. bur. at Old Ten. JOHN a merchant in Phila. Pa. d. 1773. ROBERT (2) (. Sep 21, 1777. ELEANOR bap. Dec. 30, 1733. JANET b. Apr. 10, 736 bap. May 16, 1736 d. Jan. 31, 1813 in 77th yr. bur. at Old Ten. ANNA bap. Mch. 6, 1743. JONATHAN bap. Sep. 26, 1731.
Catherine ( Robert ; supposed the dan of Robt. & Janet) d. Sep. 29, 1784 not known where bur.
Margaret (1 Rhea, dau. Robt. (1) & Jannet, md. Peter Gordon, had 3 children ;
JONATHAN RHIEA, b. 1717 ind. Margaret Cole dau. Wm. Cole (see "New Jersey Coast," Vol. 2 p. 182 ). ROBERT md. Patience - - . MARGARET md. John Yateman ( see Baptismal Record under Rev. Wm. Tennent).
Robert (2) Rhea of Allentown d. Sep. 21. 1777 s. David ( Robert ) & Anne Rhea, was a farmer; he & his w. 1772 owned land the title of wh began at Tennent parsonage; Robert's will was probated Dec. 8, 1777. md. Dec. IS, 1744 Mary Forman d. Sep. 24, 1777 dau. Jonathan & Margaret (Wyckoff ) Forman, marriage recorded at Trenton, had 10 chldr:
MARGARET bap. Aug. 24, 1746 d. Nov. 10, 1747 aged i yr. 3 1110S. 17 da. bur. in the family plot. DAVID bap. Sep. 18, 1748 d. Aug. II, 1752 aged 3 yrs. II mos. 20 da. bur. in family plot. MARGARET bap. Mch. 17, 1751 d. Aug. 16, 1752 aged 1 yr. 6 mos. 7 da. bur. in family plot. ANNE (2) bap. Sep. 9, 1753 named in will, md. as 2nd w. to Major Ben. Ledyard. MARY (2) bap. Dec. 6, 1755 not named in will, ind. Major Wm. Montgomery. JONATHAN (2) bap. Apr.
9, 1758 named in will, inherited 90 acres.
JAMES bap. Sep. 28,
1760 named in will. inherited 1/3 of farm = 350.
DAVID (3) bap.
Mch. 10, 1763 named in will, inherited 13 of fari=350. ROBERT (3) bap. Dec. 15, 1765 named in will, inherited !§ of farm=350 except 90 acres conveyed to Jonathan. MARGARET (3) bap. June 26, 1768 not named in will, md. Michael Johnson.
Eleanor Rhea, probably dau. David ( Robert) & Anne, d. Mch. 14, 1807 in 74th yr. bur. at Old Ten. ind. May 28, 1753 Win. Craig s. Archibald d. Oct. 18, 1806 bur. at Old Ten., had 12 children :
(See under Craig Notes ).
Janet Rhea. dan. David ( 1) & Anne, b. Apr. 10, 1736, d. Jan. 31, 1813 md. Feb. II, 1757 Aaron Davis d. Jan. 26, 1803 in Both yr., they lived on the John Bowne property near Freehold, & had 7 children :
ANNA b. Feb. 15, 1758 md. Alexander Low, a carpenter, owned Joel Parker property at Freehold. CATHERINE b. Dec. 25. 1759 1111- married. PHEBE b. Dec. 31, 1761. ELEANOR b. Mch. 15, 1766 md. Aaron Casler. ELIZABETH b. Dec. 28, 1768 md. Garret Denise s. Daniel. JANET b. Apr. 29, 1774 d. Jan. 16, 1858 md. Win Coven- hoven s. John. AARON b. Feb 25, 1777.
Jonathan (I) Rhea, yeoman, s. David & Anne, d. May 23, 1767 aged 35 yrs. 9 mos. I da. bur. in family plot, md. Oct. 8, 1753 Lydia Forman b. 1734
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dau. Aaron Forman b. 1693 & Ursilla, will recorded at Trenton July 8. 1767 children mentioned in the will :
DAVID (4) bap. May II, 1755. AARON bap. May 8, 1757 graduated
at Princeton Coll. 1776. JOHN (2) bap. Apr. 4, 1762 graduated at Princeton Coll. 1780. ESTHER bap. July 29. 1759. ANNE (3) bap. Oct. 25, 1767. They had another dau. named Anne who d. when 5 mnos. of age, bur. in Rhea family plot.
Anna (1) Rhea, dan. David (Robert) & Anna, md. Nov. 1, 1763 Henry Robinson, s. James, d. Apr. 3, 1768 in his 27th yr., recorded at Trenton, had issue :
CHARITY bap. Apr. 14, 1765.
One Anna Rhea md. to Jacob West, had issue :
ANN b. May 28, 1774 d. April 12, 1854 md. John Buck b. July 7. 1768 (see "N. J. Coast" Vol. 3 p. II).
Jonathan (2) Rhea, s. Robert (2) & Mary (Forman) Rhea, b. Apr. 12, 1758 md. Maria Matilda - -, had children :
Probably GERTRUDE MARIA Ist w. Major Hallet. ROBERT (4) IMLAY b. at Freehold 1783 admitted to Society of Cincinnati July 4, 1816 d. Dec. 12, 1816 at Charleston Harbor, So. Carolina. 3rd. A daughter md. Garret Dorset Wall b. Mch. 10, 1783 d. Nov. 12, 1850 at Burlington, N. J , s. James Wall.
Mary (2) Rhea, dau. Robert (2) & Mary (Forman) Rhea, md. June 13. 1778 Major Wm. Montgomery of Monmouth Co. b. 1750 d. 1815, had 7 children :
WILLIAM W. b. Dec. 7. 1778 d. 186- of New Orleans, La. md Marie Louise Pulcheri Augustine dau. Jean Baptiste Michael Piver d'Elin- court, Kings Atty. in San Domingo under Louis XVI. MARY b. 1784 d. 1862 md. Col. James Hay of Monmouth Co. ROBERT RHEA b. 1786 d. 1857 of New Orleans, La. md. Eliza Mccutcheon dau. Samuel of Louisiana. JONATHAN b 1788 of New Orleans,
La. unmarried. ANN b. 1790 d. 1861 ind. John K. Thompson of Iberville Parish, La. DAVID b. 1792 d. 1862 of Kentucky. MARIE MATILDA b. 1798 md. John Titus of Trenton, N. J.
Margaret (2) Rhea, dau. Robert (2) (David, Robert) & Mary (Forman) Rhea, bap. June 26, 1768 md. Michael Johnson about 1785 to 1790 & moved to Herkimer Co. N. Y., had children :
JANE md. Calvin Thayer. A second child, name not known.
James Rhea bap. Sep. 28, 1760 s. Robert (2) & Mary (Forman) Rhea, in 1790 lived in Miami Western Territory.
David (3) Rhea bap. Dec. 15, 1763 s. Robert (2) & Mary (Forman) Rhea, d. before June 9, 1801, living in Orangeburgh, So. Carolina.
David & Elizabeth Rhea signed a deed to Joseph Page Dec. 5, 1780: query, Which David Rhea had a w. Elizabeth ?
Esther Rhea, dau. Jonathan & Lydia (Forman) Rhea, d. Apr. 10, 1838 in her 79th yr. md. Major James Craig d. Sep. 28, 1839 in his 86th yr. had children :
ELIZABETH d. 1863 md. 1808 Thomas C. Throckmorton d. 1868. JAMES.
George Rhea member in Old Ten. Apr. 21, 1739, appointed constable for Freehold Jan. 1756, hrad 5 children :
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HISTORY OF OLD TENNENT.
See Baptismal Records under Rev. Wm. Tennent. Geo. Rhea's dau. Margaret md. Apr. 20, 1767 Samuel Henderson, had sons David & William, see Baptismal Records.
Hannah Rhea d. 1824 md. Joseph Hankinson s. Capt. Kenneth, had children :
ELIZA d. Mch. 18, 1858 in her 44th yr. ind. John Reid. THEODRE md. Hannah Wainwright, had sons John H. & William.
One James English ind. Elizabeth Rhea. Some students claim that James English md. Margaret Rhea. Query: Which is correct, or are both correct?
For further notes on Rhea Genealogy see Record Lists in this book. For information about the Rheas in the Revolution see Genl. Stryker's book "Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War."
From a research and collection by Frank C. Laird, Englishtown, N. J. with notes added by James Steen, Atty., Eatontown, N. J., and by Joseph T. Laird, Freehold, N. J.
Alexander Laird, it is said by ancestral tradition, came to America in the Caledonia, from the County of Fife, Scotland.
Probably it was William Laird that had 2 sons, Thomas and William who came to Monmouth and perhaps their father William came also. Thomas had 2 sons, William b. about 1730? & Moses bap. May 19, 1734.
William Laird d. Aug. 16, 1772 (see Map of seats in Old Ten. 1755) md. & had 10 children :
ALEXANDER b. 1733 d. Sep. 8, 1771 md. Lydia James dau. Robt. James. MOSES b. 1736 d. 1798 md. Sep. 4, 1765 Elizabeth English d. Sep. 1771 dau. James. SARAH md. Archibald Leard. JANE b. 1740 d. Sep. 23, 1823 md. Jan. 29, 1761 John Henderson d. 1815. ELIZABETH md. Jan. 21, 1763 Jonathan English. MARY md.
Moses Sproule. MARGARET. BEAVAN bap May 22, 1748 d.
Sep. 21, 1774. WILLIAM md. Sep. 18, 1765 Jane Mcknight. SUSANNA bap. Apr. 21. 1754 md. as his 2nd w. Moses Sproule.
Alexander Laird, s. Wmn., md. Lydia James dau. Robert James, had 6 children :
WILLIAM bap. 1756. ROBERT bap. 1758. RICHARD bap. June 22, 1760. AMIE bap. Sep. 26, 1762. ELISABETH bap.
Apr. 14, 1765. LYDIA bap. Apr. 7, 1771.
Robert Laird, s. Alex., b. Apr. 7, 1754 d. June 3, 1811 bur. at. Old Ten. md. Elizabeth b. May 12, 1754 d. Apr. 13, 1833. Their home was at Englishtown, & had 6 children :
JOHN A. b. June 5. 1779 d. in South. SARAH b. Aug 5, 1781 d. Mch. 8, 1845 md. Thomas Walton. BENJAMIN b. July 4, 1783 d. at Long Branch. SAMUEL b. Feb. 8, 1787 d. July 5. 1859. CHARLOTTE b. Apr. 6, 1790 md. James Herbert. ELISHA b. Feb. 24, 1792 d. Sep. 12, 1863 at Colts Neck.
Samuel Laird, s. Robt. b. Feb. 8, 1787 md. Eleanor Tilton, had II chldr : SARAH b. Sep. 12, 1815 d. Aug. 7, 1852. BENJAMIN b. Sep. 22, 1817 d. June 26, 1818. ALICE b. Oct. 6, 1819 d. Jan. 2, 1856. JOHN T. b. Nov. 26, 1821 d. Feb. 21, 1846. JOSEPH T. b. Feb. 12. 1824 d. Oct. 11, 1894. ELIZABETH b. Aug. 2, 1826 d. Sep. 3, 1855.
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JAMES. MALVINA b. Feb. 23, 1831 d. Feb. 29, 1848. MARY
b. Apr. 28, 1833 d. May 29, 1839. ROBERT. MARY S. b. Dec.
23, 1839 d. Sep. 4, 1863.
Moses Laird, s. Wm .. b. 1736 md. ist w. Sep. 4, 1765 Elizabeth English dau. James, had 3 children :
DAVID ENGLISH b. Apr. 15. 1767 d. Feb. 10, 1841 md. Rebecca Herbert b. Apr. 30, 1775 d. May 8, 1852 dau. Daniel & Ann Dorothy Herbert. WILLIAM b Oct. 9. 1768. MARGARET b. Sep. 25, 1770 d. June 21, 1857 ind. Feb. 1788 Joseph Reid b. 1767 d. Sep. 2, 1826.
Moses Laird, s. Wm., md. as his 2nd. w. Catharine (Hutchinson) English b. 1736 d. Nov. 12, 1829 dau. Wm. & Ann Hutchinson, & wid. of James English (this James English was a brother of Elizabeth English Ist w. of Moses Laird); they had children :
CATHARINE b. 1775 d. Jan. 14, 1852 md. Abram Tyson b. 1776 d. Nov. 30, 1841. LYDIA b. 1777 d. Jan. 24, 1841 md. Geo. Rankin b.
1782 d. Apr. 11, 1850. ELIZA d. 21 yrs. of age.
Note : The father of Elizabeth English, Ist w. of Moses Laird, was James English, was the original proprietor of the land on which Englishtown is built. and the town received its name from his family. Moses Laid is mentioned as one of the soldiers of the Revolution : he was a guide to Gen. Washington during the march before the Battle of Monmouth ; his wife and daughters prepared a collation of which Washington and his officers partook in the house lately occupied by John H. Laird deceased, and now the home of Win. E. Mount ; the house has been remodelled since that date, but contains considerable of the old material. Moses Laird was one of the signers in 1778 to articles of agreement for the pur- poses of retaliation on the pine robbers and tories, the original of which is on record in the office of the Sec. of State, Trenton, N. J.
William Laird, called "Gentleman Billy," s. Wm., md. Jane Mcknight bap. 1747 dan Win. & Sarah ( James) McKnight, mar. license dated Sep. 18, 1765, they had children :
ALICE b. Dec. 2. 1788 d. Feb. 22, 1864 md. 1808 Joseph W. Conover b. Aug. 3, 1786 d. May 2. 1849 s. Wni. P. Covenhoven b. Aug. 13, 1735 d. Feb. [4, 1823 & Altia Jewell b. 1744 d. Mch. 4, 1813; Jos. Conover was grandfather of Win. Laird Conover and B. Dey Conover of En- glishtown. ANN md - DeBow whose s., Wm. Laird DeBow b. 1815 d. Oct. 30, 1858 was a practicing physician in Englishtown. MARY md. John W. Maxwell. CATHARINE d. unmarried, aged So. ELIZABETH b. 1780 md. Denise I. Forman b. 1768 d. 1819.
Margaret Laird, dan. Moses, b. Sep. 25, 1770 d. June 21, 1857 md. 1788 Joseph Reid, had children :
ELIZABETH ENGLISH. JAMES. SARAH LAWRENCE b. 1792 d. Dec. 1, 1820 md. Abijah Appleton b. 1795 d. Nov. 7, 1821. ANN. MARY. HARRIET b. May 30, 1802 d. Nov. 2, 1883 md. John Reid Jewell b. July 17, 1802 d. Apr. 1890. SUSANNA SPROULE md. Gilbert H. Applegate. MARGARET ENGLISH md. Benjamin B. VanCleaf.
David English Laird, s. Moses & Elizabeth, b. Apr. 15, 1767 d. Feb. 10, 1841 md. Rebecca b. Apr. 30, 1775 d. May 8, 1852 dau. Daniel Herbert b. Aug. 18, 1743 d. Aug. 28, 1803 & his w. Ann Dorothy (Merchant) b. Sep. 15, 1750 d. Sep. 25, 1805; they had 5 children:
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ELIZABETH E. b. Mch. 3, 1794 d. Mch. 3, 18So mid. Stephen Voor- hees d. June 22, 1841. DAVID b. Mch. 9, 1797 d. Jan. 2, 1879 mnd. Eliza Herbert b. July 28, 1So4 d. Aug. 7, 1875. NANCY C. b. Jan. 11. 1799 d. Dec. 19, 1813. DANIEL H. b. Nov. 5. 1802 md. Mary Matchett. WILLIAM H. b. Sep. 5. 1805 d. May 8, 1852 md. Mar- garet Suydam who afterwards md. Solomon Sutphin and d. at English- town.
Note: Daniel Herbert was a private in Walton's Light Horse. Mon. Rev. War Battle of Monmouth : and 2nd. s. of James Herbert who died in New Brunswick in 1746.
David Laird, s, David E. & Rebecca, ind. Eliza Herbert dan. James & Sarah (Dey) Herbert; had to children :
MARY ELLEN b. Oct. 1, 1823 d. Mch. 7, 1897 md. John M. Rue b. July 14, 1822 d. Sep. 25. 1867. JAMES HERBERT b. June 27, IS27 d. Aug. 8. 1887 md. Catharine Herbert. REBECCA b. Nov. 11, 1832 d. Sep. 22, 1891 md. Cornelius E. Dey b. Oct. 16, 1833 d. Feb. 4, 1897. DANIEL E. b. Apr. 10, 1836 d. July 5, 1859 unmarried: he was Lieu. Col. on the staff of Gov. Newell, at the time of his deathi. WILLIAM H. b. Dec. 27, 1837 md. Mary Eliza Barkalow. JOHN H. b. Oct. 26. 1839 d. Apr. 20, 1895 mnd. Mary Conover. SARAH JANE b. Apr. 16. 1841 d. Oct. 20, 1891 md. Ransford E. Van Gieson. DAVID b. Dec. 16, 1842 md. Frances Keeler. GILBERT D. b. Apr. 4, 1846 d. Jan. 14, 1868 unmarried. ELIZABETH VOORHEES b. Oct. 4. 1847 d. Sep. 5, 1886 unmarried.
John H. Laird, s. David & Eliza, member of the Sons of the American Revolution and prominent in different County and State public offices. md. Mary Conover dau. Samuel b. 18OS and Matilda (Reid) Conover b. 1819; --- had children:
FRANK C. b. Mch. 19. 1860 ind. Sep. 4, 1904 Ethel M. Davison b. May 22, 1888. DANIEL E. md. Lillie Norman. GILBERT DEY mid. Georgianna Parrish. SAMUEL CONOVER md. Helen For- man. JOSEPHINE A. md. Geo. Haywood Carpenter.
Note: The Laird homestead occupied by "Gentleman Billy" Laird and his father Wm. before him, comprised what is now the Charles Woodward. John Okerson, & John A. Orr farms, about 500 acres. After the death of "Gentleman Billy" the Maxwells lived there for a number of years, and afterwards moved to California.
For further information about Laird see Record Lists in this book.
From a research by Geo. V. W. Voorhees, D. D. S., New Brunswick, N. J.
Richard Laird ind. Lucy Dey, she lived to be 102 yrs. of age bir. at Union Valley; they had children;
ALEXANDER b. May 7, 1786 d. Mch. 30, 1846. JOSEPH b. Feb. 6, 1796.
Ephraim Robbins md. Margaret --- , had i child:
RODAH b. July 6, 1787 d. Apr. 19, 1823 md. ist. Win. Holloway & had 4 children, John b. Mar. 7, 1811 was md. twice; William b. Sep 20, 1812 mid. Mary Robinson; Ann md. Hayes; Sarah ind. Ehrhardt.
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Alexander Laird, s. Richard, md. Dec. 29, 1813 Ist w. Mrs. Rodah (Robbins) Holloway wid. Wm., had 5 children:
EPHRAIM b. Oct. 2, 1814 unmarried. RICHARD b. July 6, 1816 md. Amelia Anu Emmons. GEORGE SNOWHILL, b. May 18, 1818 md. Sarah Havens. CAROLINE b. Nov. 29, 1820 mld. Joseph Cot- trell. RHODAH b. Apr. 11, 1823 md. John Robinson.
Alexander Laird, s. Richard, md. Oct. 14, 1824 Ann Van Deventer b. Dec. 20, 1787, had i child:
ELIZABETH b. Nov. 12, 1825 md. Jas. Longstreet Cole b. Jan. 10, 1825 d. Aug. 31, 1870, & had 4 children: Ann Elizabeth b. July 4, 1851 md. Aug. 11. 1875 A. Craig Voorhees, 2 children Dr. Geo. V. W. & Edward C. Edward b. Oct. 7, 1854 d. May 12, 1857. Mary Cath arine b. Mch. 9, 1858 md. Charles W. Harvey, 2 children Willard Craig & Mabel Elizabeth. Sarah Ella b. Aug 31. 1861 md. Jas. B Archer, 3 children Ellen Easton d. Jan. 10, 1889, Clara Elizabeth & Melita.
Joseph Laird, s. Richard, md. Phoebe Anderson b. Sep. 18, 1796 dau. Maj. Anderson. had 10 children :
JAMES R. b. June 27, 1815 ind. Ann Bergen. MARY A. b. Jan. 2. 1817 md. Ist John Carr 2nd James Ackerman. AMANDA b. Apr. 3. 1819 md. Jacob Waters. JOHN R. b June 2. 1821, living at Hightstown. ALEXANDER b. Aug. 28, 1823 d. June 20, 1900 nid Hannah White. WILLIAM P. b. Aug. 7, 1826 ind. Ellen Laird. HANNAH R. b. May 18, 1832 ind. Jos. Gibson. MATTHEW b. Mch. 10, 1835 ind. Ellen McChestnev. GEORGE K. b. Mch. 19, 1837, living at Dutch Neck. HARRIET P. b. Apr. I8, 1840.
Alexander Laird. s. Joseph & Phoebe, ind. Hannah White, & had 10 children :
MARY ELEANOR b. June 4, 1848 d. Sep. 20, 1852. JAMES A. b. Apr. 11, 1850 d. Sep. 22, 1852. THOMAS E. P. b July 23, 1853 md. 1. Naylor. JOHN C. H. b. June 28, 1856 mnd Carrie Van Note. SARAH A. Ind. Jacob Naylor. PHOEBE E. b. Nov. 13, 1860 d. Apr. 9, 1861. HENRIETTA ind. Edgar Gordon. FLORA md. Charles Gordon. CARRIE LOUISE md. Lyman Cronk. MARY E. K. b. Oct. 9, 1870 d. Nov. 29, 1872.
From Memorials prepared 1860 by Robert Patterson DuBois of New London, Pa. and Win. Ewing DuBois of Philadelphia ; but not containing a complete gene- alogy :- with added notes from records in possession of Henry William Herbert. Englishtown, N. J.
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