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John, died 1694, had wife Hannah and four children.
Nathaniel died before 1702, his widow Mary married Potter. Children : Mary aud Elizabeth.
Dorcas, died young; Mary, married John Ward, had a son John and a grandson Lemuel, who married Han- uah Canfield. Jolin Ward married (2) Abigail Kitchel.
Benjamin Lyon (2) had wife Martha, born 1694, died 1749, had son Benjamin (3) born 1719, died 1758, buried at Eliza- beth churchyard.
Anna Lyou, who married Israel Can- field (born 1684 at Milford, died 1744 at Newark,) had children : Thomas, Esq., married Ehza Baldwin; David, died 1756; Ephriam, died 1759 ; Israel Abra- ham, Phebe, married Timothy Bruen ; Abigail, married. Beach ; Han-
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nah, married Lemuel Ward ; Sarah, married Joseph Hedden, Esq.
Joanna Lyon, who married John Pru- den (born at Milford 1675,) was son of Rev. John, the school master who gradu- ated at Harvard 1668. Children : Joau- va and Abigail, who married Deacon Samuel Alling.
Benjamin Lyou (3) had children : Ben- jamin (4) who married Mary Lum Nov. 18, 1747; Martha, married John Glover Sept 14, 1747; Mary, married Ezekiel Younglove May 16, 1746, who had daugh- ter Dorcas, who married Zenas Baldwin Ang. 31,' 1769. The tribe of Benjamin seems to have settled at an early date at Morristown and Meudbam, N. J.
Samuel Lyou, son of Benjamin, (2) born 1739, died 1780, married Phebe Chandler, born 1730. died 1781. Chil- dren: Samuel, born Sept. 19, 1753, died Dec. 31, 1776; Tappen, boru Feb. 15. 1756, died Dec. 15, 1776. Samuel and Tappen were captured by the British and confined in the Sugar House Prison in New York and died there. Phebe, børn Oct. 14, 1758, died Oct. 16, 1821 ; David, born Dec. 19, 1760, died May 21, 1845; Ann, born June 27, 1763, died Jan. 20, 1846 ; Aaron, born Sept. 7, 1766, died Oct. 31, 1768; Joauna, born Dec. 1, 1769, died Nov. 11, 1791 ; Caleb, born Sept. 29, 1771, died Apr. 27, 1854, removed to Selmectady, N. Y. Amos, born Sept. 23, 1775, married Charity Harrison, of Esous Farms, died Dec, 28, 1823. She was born Nov. 22, 1776, died Feb. 21, 1853.
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married John Wilson, of North Shields, Eng., died Feb. 1893 ; Julia Ann, born June 21, 1803, married Daniel Baker, of Irvington, N. Y., died July 16, 1852, Caleb, born Ang. 16, 1805, died June 14, 1807; Joseph, boru Oct. 12, 1807, settled at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, died about 1892 ; Phebe, born June 30, 1809, married Joshua Edwards, of Lickning county, Ohio, died Aug. 15, 1868; Caleb, (2) born Aug. 21, 1811, married Julia Ann Rabb, settled at Utica, Ohio, died Dec. 9, 1897; David, born Oct. 1, 1813. died Apr. 4, 1836; Hannah, born Jan. 31, 1816, died May 6, 1829 ; Jolu, born Mar. 17, 1818, married and settled in Broad- way, Hale county, Ohio, died Apr. 28, 1893 ; Elizabeth, born Aug. 21, 1821, died. Dec. 23, 1821.
Matthias, son of Benjamin (2) born 1738, was Revolutionary soldier, cap- tain in Col. Drayton's Regiment. He. had son Joseph, and died 1797, buried. at Elizabeth churchyard.
Daniel Lyon, son of Benjamin, (2) was Revolutionary soldier in Capt. Marsh's Troop of Lighthorse, married Eunice Fitz Randolph 1761. Children : Benjamin, born Sept. 23, 1763 ; Daniel, born Nov. 2, 1765 ; Sarah, born Nov, S, 1766; Rhoda, born Dec. 3, 1768; Matthias, born Sept. 26, 1771; Mary, born July 22, 1774; Simon, born Apr. 2, 1777 ; John, born Nov. 5, 1786.
[Conger's notes Ham Daniel Lyon and wife Eunice. Will 1796. Chidren : Abraham, Joseph, Jacob, David, Daniel, Aaron, Moses, John, Stephen, Crecy, Sarah, Phebe, Joanna and Anna.]
Matthias Lyon, son of Daniel and Eunice, married Mary Fitz Randolph
1796. Children : Charlotte, born 1799; Mary, born 1800; Sarah, born 1902. Rhoda, born 1803; Bulab, born 1804: Daniel, born 1806; Joel, born 180 ;; Abel, born 1808; Gilbert, born 1809; Simon Lyon, third son of Daniel, mar- ried Christinia Stewart 1805. Children : Maria, born 1806; Sarah, born ISus ; John, born 1809; Rebecca, born 1811; James, born 1812; Jacob, born 1814; Daniel, born 1816 ; Eliza, born 1818; Jo- sseph, born 1821 ; Margaret, born 1823.
Moses, son of Benjamin, (2) born 1731, died Mar. 27, 1813, married Mary Har- ris. She was born 1739, died June 1?, 809. Both buried at Elizabeth, N. J. Moses was Revolutionary soldier in Capt. Abraham Lyon's ith Company, Ath Battilion, 2ud Essex Regiment.
Children of Moses Lyon and wi !- Mary : James, born at Lyons Farms Aug. 31, 1755, emigrated to Ohio 1787, died Sept. 20, 1811, at the homestead !. Mill Creek Farmu, near Cincinnati, Chic. He was Revolutionary soldier in Co !. Jedadiah Baldwin's Regimeut of Artificers, and pensioned for three year- axctual service. He married (1) Eliza- beth Williams, of Newark, Apr. 2 !. 1782. She was born May 18, 1759, died at Cincinnati Sept. 10, 1800. (2) Mrs. Mary Hammel, Nov. 4. 1801. She died Nov. 13, 1813. (3) Mrs. Mary Williams. widow of Thomas Williams, the brother of Elizabeth. She was born Joue 22. 1763, died Dec. 22, 1834. No children by second aud third marriage.
Henry, born 1757, married Joanna E. who was born 1766. was Revolutionary soldier in Baldwin's
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Artificers and applied for pension for three years' service 1818, dismissed from Elizabeth First Presbyterian Church to Newark, N. J., 1831. His wife died at Newark, 1340, aged 74. Children : James, Henry and Hannah ; all died childless.
Moses, born 1761, died 1763, buried at First Presbyterian churchyard at Eliza- beth, N. J.
Moses, (2) born Dec. 21, 1763, at Lyous Farms, died at Prattsburg, N. Y., May 2, 1823, married Elizabeth Arnett at Elizabethtown May 1787. She was born Apr. 24, 1769, died at Plattsburg, N. Y., Apr. 7, 1822.
Children of Moses Lyou and wife Elizabeth : James. born Apr. 27, 1788, married Lydia Morely, died Mar. 15, 1864; Moses, born Mar. 18, 1789, mar- ried Sallie Benton, died Apr. 21, 1803; Mary Bowman, born Apr. 15, 1791, mar- ried William Words, died Apr. 13, 1873; Elizabeth Arnett, born Feb. 10, 1793, married Ebenezer Rice; Abigail Grum- mon, born Nov. 29, 1797, married Samu- el Rice, died Nov. 24, 1883; Robert Bond, born Sept. 27, 1796, married Catharine Bacon, died at Couneant, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1859 ; Abner Parcell. born Jan. 27, 1799,
married Helen Humphreys, died 1878; Thomas Bow- man, born Aug. 9, 1801, married Devia Smedley, died 1878; Sarah Gibbs, born 1803, married Norman Town, died 1884; Lewis Shexill, born 1805, died 1809; Charles Procter, born 1808, died 1809; Jane Ann, born 1807, died 1864, mar- ried Norman Little; Helen Reynetta, born 1811, married Dr. Ten Eyck Ganes-
voost, died 1880.
Obediah Lyon, born 1765, lived on a farm between Newark and Elizabeth, N. J., married (1) Catharine Crane, died Sept. 13, 1847. She was born 1768, died 1789. (2) Sarah Meeker, who was born 1765, died 1852. Children of Obediah , and wife Sarah : Stephen, born 1791, died 1864; David, born 1793 ; Elizabeth, born 1795; Catharine, born 1797 ; Harris, born 1599 ; Abigail, born 1803.
Richard Lyon, married (1) Sallie Hendrix, who was born 1784, died 1810. Children : Abigail, born Aug. 5, 1792, died at Osage, 111., 18SS, buried at Eliza- beth, N. J. Sarah, born Dec. 10, 1794, married. Asa Prior, died Feb. 1880; Richard, born Sept. 19, 1796, married Martha Waldron, died in Michigan ; Mary, born Jan. 10, 1790 ; Moses, born Feb. 25, 1802, died in New York City Aug. 31, 1844, married Catharine Wright; John Joseph, boru Nov. 15, 1809, died at sea. Richard Lyon mar- ried (2) Effie VanHouten. of Bergen, 1811. Children : Mary Harris, born Feb. 24, 1812 ; David Demorest, born Mar. 26, 1814; Aaron Grummon, born Feb. 9, 1816; Rachel Demorest, born Nov. 29, 1817.
Harris Lyon, died unmarried, was buried in the old church yard, Spring street, near Bleeker, in New York City. He was a merchant at New Orleans.
Hannah Lyon died unmarried aged 95. Mary Lyon, married (1) Capt. James Wheeler, Revolutionary soldier, born 1747, died 1777. Children were Joseph, Stephen, James and Phebe, who mar- ried William S. Pengington, governor
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of New Jersey. He died Sept. 17, 1826, in the 69th year of his age, buried at Newark, Mary married (2) Abner Par- cell, of Staten Island, had five sons.
Abigail Lyon, married Aaron Grum- mon (Grummon is a corruption of Ger- mond, a French Hugenot family, of Dutchers county, N. Y.) no children. As a widow she returned to the home of of her parents, Moses and Mary Harris Lyon, at Elizabeth, N. J., and was the companion of their old age.
Children of James Lyon born at Lyons Farms 1755, and wife Elizabeth Will- iams : Jonathan Williams, born Mar. 19. 1783, at Maiden Lane, New York City, removed to Hamilton, Ohio, with his parents 1787. He married Melinda Gard Lee, daughter of Peter Perrine Lee and Ruth Gard, at North Bend, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1806. He died Dec. 28, 1871. She died July 27, 1875. Both buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.
James, born Oct. 30, 1784, mimster, married (1) Sarah Davis. She was born 1782, died 1816. Children : James, Eliza, and Jonathan, who died in infancy. Married (2) Maria (Parker) Ogg, had children : Joanna, born Mar. 14, 1822, married Joseph Landon, of Cincinnati; Eliza, boru Feb. 2, 1824, died young ; Mary Ann, born Apr. 1825, married John Crosby ; James C., born Oct. 8, 1826, died 1862 ; Martha, born Jau. 25, 1829, married Mark Langdon.
Oliver, born Jau. 13, 1787, married Elizabeth Marsh, died Nov. 26, 184S. Their children were : Joanna, born Nov. 10, 1812, died 1812 ; Moses, born May 18, 1814, died 1854, never married ; Phebe,
born Mar. 27, 1817, died Aug. 20, 1811; Joanna, (2) born Aug, 20, 1820, married Hollowell ; Melinda, born July 20, 1823, died young ; Hannah Jane, born June 14, 1825, died Nov. 20, 1849. married Crosby ; Martha, born Feb. 21, 1830, married John Shields ; Lewis Lee, born Apr. 7, 1833; Adaline Biddenger; Oliver Rufner, born July 13, 1835, died 1836.
Joanna, born 1789, married (1) Elijah, Norton, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died 1820. Children : Joanna, married Capt. Colam. bus Hawk ; Elizabeth, married Capt. Jo- seph Hall, (2) Joseph Stewart.
Moses, born Apr. 22, 1794, married Eliza Ross, of New York City, died July 13, 1873. Children : Ann Eliza, born Nov. 13, 1818, died July 27, 1840 ; Mary Jane, born Oct. 6, 1820, married Jant'- Evens, died May 22, 1880 ; James, bor! Aug. 6, 1822, married Harriet Hull, died Sept. 20, 1841; William Heury, born Dec. 13, 1824, never married, died Mar. 27, 1859; Susan Emily, born May 14. 1827, married John Wiltsee, of Cincin - nati, Ohio; Isabella, born Nov. 28, 1820. married James Lupton ; Georgianna, born Aug. 28, 1838, died Dec. 18. 1633.
Elizabeth, born. June 14, 1797, mar- ried Lewis Huntington Lee, son of Peter Perrine Lee, died Apr. 13, 1855. Chil- dren : Caroline Brown, born May I. 1816, married William Perry; of New Castle, Ky. ; James Peter, born Feb. 5. 1819, married (1) Sarah Pillsbury, of Boston, Mass. (2) Lucretia Cowdry, of Texas.
Children of Jonathan Williams Lyou and wife Malinda Gard Lee : Oliver Ler.
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born Dec. 10, 1806, married Sarah Brown, of Boston, Mass., died 1882. Sidney Smith, born Aug. 4, 1808, died at his home "The Octagon" Jefferson- ville, Ind., June 34, 1872, from injuries received during the Civil War. He was major of 4th Kentucky Cavalry, de- tached as chief of engineers, successive- ly on the staff's of Gens. Buel, Burnside and Morgan, through Tennessee and Kentucky. Was at battles of Cumber- land Gap ; siege of Vicksbury ; built the fortifications at Cumberland Gap; planned and executed the famous "Re- treat of the Ten Thousand" from Cum- berland Gap to the Ohio river. In his youth was an artist of celebrity. Was geological surveyor of Kentucky, and as a scientist was world known. He mar- ried Honora Vincent Lyons at Louis- ville, Ky, Nov. 8, 1831. She was born Jan. 6, 1816, died Feb. 22, 1900. Julia Anu, born Sept. 10, 1810, married Theo- dore Williams, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died Apr. 4, 1892. Harriet Ruth, born June 10, 1812, married William Briant, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died Feb. 27, 1844. Elizabeth Williams, born Apr 14, 1814, married Mahlon Taylor, of Cincinnati, Ohio, still living (1900). James Harris, born Mar. 15, 1816, neyer married, died at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1879. Mary Jane, born Apr. 8, 1818, died July 25, 1819. Will- iam Parker, born Mar. 19, 1820, died Ang. 21. 1821. Elvira Amelia, born Jan. 6, 1823, married Harvey Denman, of Cin- cinnati, Ohio, died July 31, 1887. Martha Jane, born May 5, 1825, married Charles Betts, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Cornelia, born Mar. 31, 1827, died Aug. 26, 1828.
Frances Cornelia, born Jan. 17, 1829, married William Fullerton, of Boston, Mass., died at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 13, 1871. Laura Augusta, born May 19, 1831, married C. H. Rhodes, of Lancas- ter, Wis. Clara Huntington, born Apr. 23, 1833, died at Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1867.
Lyons not identified, but supposed, descendants of the Lyon families who settled at Morristown : Samuel Lyon, born 1781, died at Stockholm, N. J., June 26, 1860, buried at Lyons burial ground near Stockholm. His wife died Mar, 18, 1863. His sou Halsey was born 1804, married Harriet Denman, died June 24, 1871. She was born May 14, 1804, died Feb. 14, 1871, buried at Lyons Cemetery. Children : Sarah A., mar- ried William D. Rockafellow July 6, 1857, removed West. Jonathan, born June 8, 1837 married Maria E. Lyou. Ang. 13, 1864, removed to Ohio. Amos, born July 1, 1839, died Dec, 31, 1863, buried at Stockholmn. Margaret, born July 30, 1843, married John Nelson Kimble Nov. 10, 1864, removed to Chio.
Joseph Lyon, son of Asher, of Morris- town, born June 7, 1785, married Betsey Hill, daughter of John, of Franklin, N. J., Mar. 30, 1815, died May 5, 1858. She was born Dec. 13, 1796, died Aug. 13, 1868. Both buried at Rockaway. Children of Joseph Lyon and wife Bet- sey : Sarah L., born Dec. 15, 1815, mar- ried John Wilson, went to Western New York, died June 11, 1847. Johu Hill, born Sept. 5, 1817, married Mary Fordyce Dec. 22, 1842. She was born Mar. 18, 1817, died Sept. 22, 1893, buried
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at Rockaway. Phebe Jane, born Sept. 22, 1820, died Ang. 30, 1851; Alice, born Oct. 3, 1823,; married Job Allen Tal- madge as fourth wife Sept. 3, 1845, died July 28, 1887. Jacob L., born Jan. 23, 1827, went to Australia, married Anna Crane and settled at St. Louis. Nancy K., born Apr. 28, 1829, married Elisha Meeker, of Millbrook, May 22, 1853. He was born 1837, died Mar, 29, 1900. Philip Edward, born Feb. 11, 1832, mar- ried Anna Voss, went to Scranton, Pa., died June 25, 1897.
Isaac Lyon, born June 19, 1791, mar- ried Margaret Todd, daughter of Jacob and wife Hannah, died Dec. 3, 1865. She was born 1795, died Apr. 19, 1862. Both buried at Millbrook. Children of Isaac Lyon and wife Margaret : John S., born Dec. 1, 1815, married Mary E. Meeker, died Feb. 11, 1890. Both buried | Franklin. at Millbrook. Moses, never married ; Nancy, born Oct. 21, 1823, married Elias L. Palmer, died Mar. 19, 1860. He was born Oct. 21, 1808, died Dec. 9, 1853. Both buried at Rockaway. Amy.
married Henry Struble, died in Illinois.
Jerusha, married Nathaniel Anderson. died in Illinois. Julia, married Job A. Talmage (third wife). Both buried at Hill Cemetery. Margaret Ann, married Charles, son of William Smith.
Children of John S. Lyon and wife Mary E. : Julia Ann, born 1837, married Daniel Ayres, died at Franklin May 9, 1899. He died 1897. Both buried at Hill Cemetery ; Joanna, married Charles Hulbert, buried at Mt. Freedom. Hul- dah B., married David C. Hathaway, of Dover; Elizabeth, married Albert R. Talmage,; of Dover ; John Wesley, died young, buried at Rockaway : Isaac mar- ried Mary (Fordyce) Hill, daughter of Jacob H. and Catharine Fordyce, and widow of Lewis Hill, Dec. 21, 1871. Living on the old Lyon homestead.
Children of Isaac Lyon and wife Mary : Ida J., born Nov. 7, 1872, mar- ried Frank Mains; Kate Edna, boru July 4, 1876, married Charles Edward Sturtevant Sept. 1, 1897.
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Che Lindsley Family.
The Liudsley family like many others ] of the old Morris County families, first settled in Connecticut. John died at Guilford, Ct. 1650. The Branford, Ct., church yard has John died 1748, age 77; John died 1787, age 85, and Ebenezer died 1787 age 76.
The Second New Haven Church rec- ords record children of John : Francis Lindsley, married Susanna Culpepper June 24, 1655 ; John Liudsley, (2) mar- ried Sarah Pond July 6, 1756, lived and died at Branford, Conn. ; Thomas, mar- ried Hannah Nettleton May 22, 1667.
Benjamin, Joseph, born 1675, died at Whippany, N. J., 1753 ; and Jonathan.
The children of Elder John (3) were : John, (4) born 1604, died Mar. 9, 1750. His wife Sarah, born 1698, died Jan. 3, 1750. Daniel, born 1700, died Aug. 14, 1777. His wife Grace, born 1708, died Sept. 12, 1777. All members of the Mor .. ristown Presbyterian church. Daniel was also elder and deacon.
John (4) and wife Sarah bad children : Stephen, Junia, Caleb, Capt. John (5). Levi. Demas, Philip, Phebe, Hannah and Silenus. His brother Daniel and wife Grace had children : Moses, Maj. Joseph, Zenas, Elizabeth and Susanna, all of Morristown.
Francis came to Newark, N. J., in 1667, and died there 1704. Many of his children came to Hanover at an early date. Deborah, born at Branford 1656; Maj. Joseph Liudsley served as lieu - tenant in Morris County Militia under Col. Wm. Winds, and promoted to rank of major in Eastern Battalion Mar. 27 1778. He was born 1735, died at Morris- town Oct. 8, 1822. First wife Aune, born 1742, died Dec. 8, 1779. Children : Eunice, born Jan. 31, 1761. died at Ruth, born at Brauford 1558 ; Ebenezer. born at Branford 1664, died at Orange, N. J., 1743 ; John, (3) born at Brauford 1666, died at Morristown, N. J., Oct. 27, 1749, was elder of the Presbyterian church, married as second wife Eliza- beth (Freeman) Ford, widow of John. She was born 1881, died Apr. 21, 1772. [ Westown, N. Y., Sept, 14, 1845, mar-
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ried Lieut. Paul Lee Oct. 31, 1780, who was born 1768, died Apr. 6, 1864. Bathia, baptized May 1, 1763, married Israel Lee, a Revolutionary soldier, Oct. 31, 1780. A double wedding, two broth- ers with two sisters. Grace, baptized May 1, 1763, married the same year, Aug. 15, 1780, John Dickerson, also a Revolutionary soldier. He died at Madison, Ind., May 14, 1828. Susanna, baptized Oct. 14, 1764; Squire, baptized Apr. 1768 ; Jemima, born Nov. 15, 1769 ; Anna, born Nov. 23, 1771, died May 12, 1774.
Maj. Joseph married second wife Mary Gardiner Oct. 1, 1781. She was
born 1749, died Apr. 14, 1828. Chil- dren : Phebo, born 1782; Joseph M. born Aug. 13, 1783, married Phebe Dick- erson, died Sept. 26, 1856. Ira, born Apr. 21, 1785, married wife Rachel ; Mathew G., born Jan. 27, 1787, married Abigail Beers Feb. 7, 1810, died July 23, 1855; Mary born Feb. 20, 1789.
The Rockaway Church records have Amos 1770, who had wife Miriam, sons: Ebenezer, 1775; Samuel, 1781; Moses, 1793; and many others of later date. For burials of the Lindsley family see Cemetery Records. It is more than probable that many of the older Lind -- ley residents were buried here, but no records of death or barial.
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Ludlow, daughter of Gilbard, Apr. 5, 1781, had seven children. Phebe, bap- tized Mar. 11, 1759, married David Fithian, Sept. 7, 1775, went to Long Island, had two children, died Apr. 1, 1784. Sarah, baptized Aug, 17, 1761, married Daniel Coleman, of Chester, had three children, Hannah, baptized Apr. 1, 1764, married Elezier Miller Apr. 18, 1780, bad seven children. Zenas, baptized Sept. 27, 1766, married Phebe Headley July 15, 1787, went to Ohio, had one child.
the following children : Timothy,
born 1747, died Sept. 14, 1777: Edward, born 1749, married Phobe Byram May 11, 1778, died Jan. 13, 1827. She was born 1758, died Aug. 22, 1793, had three children. George, born 1751, married Mary Freeman Jan. 24, 1715, died Feb. 26, 1840. She was born 1753, died Mar. 15, 1825 ; Samuel, born 1756, had wife Phebe, died June 2, 1837; Daniel, baptized Mar. 1, 1761, married Susanna Pierson ; Sarah baptized Ang. 21, 1763 ; Phebe, baptized June 15, 1766.
Samuel Mills and wife Sarah had, married Isaac Drake Jan. 27, 178S.
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Che Percy Family.
Some years ago I became interested in my western cousins, and a curiosity as to what had become of the party whose name had been given me from some cause best known to my parents. The huuting up of ones ancestry is somtimes pursued under great difficulties. These parties had removed from the border lauds of Morris County in 1835, to the wilderness iu Ohio, the western fever at that date was strangely epidemic. In those pioneer days but few letters were ever exchanged, a new life had com - menced in earnest with them and the old lines were soon forgotten. After sixty years all traces of the family were lost. By chance I learned the address of one of the grand children, and from - this party I was referred to others. The result is before you.
The Percy family in England date back to the year 1100. Two brothers, William and Joseph, came over when quite young men. William settled at Paterson. N. J., learned the printers trade and went to Albany, N. Y., when
all traces were lost. Joseph set- tled near the border land of Morris County. He was born in England July 7, 1801, married Abigail Crane, daughter of John and Sophia (Myers) Crane, Dec. 1, 1825, removed to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1835, and to Preemption, Mer- cer county, Ill., in 1855, married Mary (Goff) Adams Oct. 1, 1845. Abigail Crane was born July 5, 1801, died Sept. 22, 1843, buried at Walnut Hill, about eight miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio. He died Dec. 26, 1856, buried three miles west of Preemption, Ill. Mary Goff was born July 14, 1814.
Children : George W., born Oct 29, 1826, married Kate Hawley ; (2) Miss Schell, removed to Peoria county, Ill., 1854, died Nov. 12, 1895, buried at Glass- ford, Ill., had four children. William, born Nov. 16, 1827, never married, died Aug. 3, 1843, buried at Walnut Hill, Chio. John, born Mar. 27, 1829, never married, died Feb. 14, 1849, buried at - Walnut Hill. Charles, born Oct. 17, 1830, married Catharine Beaty, dangh-
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ter of Samuel, Oct. 25, 1850. (2) Fanny Healey, had five children, removed to Hancock county, O., 1854, thence to Kingston Mines, Peoria county, Ill., and from theuce to Notaway county, Mo., in 1871, died there July 14. 1876. Julia E., born Apr. 8, 1832, died Oct. 29, 1855, buried at Walnut Hill. Fanny J., born Mar. 12, 1834; James C., born in Ohio June 28, 1836, died June 7, 1871, buried at "The Dalles," Oregon. Israel, born Oct. 12, 1837, died Nov. 7, 1860, buried at Preemption, Ill. Jeremiah C., born Dec. 15, 1839, married Jennie C. Lowe,
of Mercer county, Ill., 1867, living near Parnell City, Mo., served four years in Co. E, 7th Iowa Inf., was wounded at Resaca, Ga., in "Sherman's march to the sea." Samuel. born Aug. 19, 1S11. married Rohr, living at Columbus O. Frances Marion boru Sept. 20, 1843, married, lived in Franklin county, O., died Sept. 20, 1877. Martha Ellen, born Jan. 19, 1855, married Albert Whitaker, have two children.
My informants also gave the names and dates of grandchildren which are here omitted, also politics and religicu l of all the members.
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Che Strait Family.
Among the early settlers of Morris County, were Abraham Strait, his wife, name unknown, and family of five sons and one daughter. They came from Holland and settled at Milton, about 1750.
Abraham (2) settled at Cauisteer, Sus- sex county, N. J., then called Winches- ter. He married Charlotte Comer, who was born at sea, bought largely of real estate, and being a carpenter by trade, built the first frame house there, and the second forge about 1780. Many of these lands were located by Hartshorn Fritz Randolph Dec. 7,/ 764.
ried John, son of Anthony Dougherty, lived above Canisteer. Catharine, mar- ried Adam, son of John I. and Catha- rine (McCloud) Smith, July 20, 1816, lived at Canisteer. Lucinda, or Lucy as some of the records have it, married Paul Farber, Jr., who came from Rock- away, went to Ohio in 1830. died there. A daughter, name unknown, married James Paddock, lived at Cherry Ridge. Jane, married William, son of Samuel Dunn, lived Dear Canisteer. Stephen Strait, married and removed from Mil- ton, N. J., to Ohio. No records of chil- dren. John went to Tennessee, uo rec- ords. Ann married John Davenport, , who was connected with some of the { first forges near Milton. Christian, or Christoffel, name uncertain, remained at Milton. Some of the descendants settled
Children of Abraham (2) and Charlotte (Comer) Strait : David A., married Sarah Smith and lived near Canisteer. N. J. William C., married Sarah Brown, lived at Canisteer. John, married Bridget Shaw, lived above at Sparta, N. J., and from thence came Canisteer. Abraham A., (3) married to Rockaway. Jacob Strait, the young- Dulcena, daughter of Samuel and est of the family, born 1740, married Catharine (Estill) Dunn, lived at Canı- ' Abigail Gould, who came from Holland steer. Eliza, married John Paddock, June 16, 1774. He died at Beattystown lived above Cauisteer. Charlotte, mar- near the dividing line of Morris and
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