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IV. PETER, of Lebanon, m. first, Cath. Clover, second, unknown ; had ch .:
(1). JOHN, b. 1768, Apr. 27, m. Elisabeth Emery.
(IT). JACOB, b. 1770, Sept. 4.
(III). FREDERICK, b. 1772, Aug. 30, d. 1856, Apr. 10, m. Annie Aller, dau. of Peter, b. 1777, Aug. 5, d. 1844, June 3 : had ch .:
PETER A., b. 1798, Mar. 4, m. first, Harriett Abbott, second, unknown : 2. HENRY A., b. 1801, June 8, m. Mary Roland ; 3. WILLIAM A., b. 1804, Sept. 8, mu. Ellen Hoffman, s. of Wm .; 4. FRED. A., b. 1806. Aug. 5, m. Eick, dau. of Tunis ; 5. GEORGE A .. b. 1808, Jan. 10, m. Martha Tiger, d. of Jacob ; Jacob ; 6. ANNA, b, 1809, Dec. 17, unm .; 7. SARAH, b. 1812, Jan. 12, unm .; 8. ISAAC A., b. 1813, Mar. 26, m. Anna Rodenbaugh. dau. of Andrew; 9. WINEGARNER, b. 1816, April 6, d. 1858, Aug. 16, m. Merilda Eich, dau. of Tunis.
(IV). SARAH, b. 1774, Dec. 30.
(V). HENRY, m. first, Mary ; second, Dina Hoffman.
(VI). WILLIAM, b. 1776, Feb. 6, prob. d. yg.
(VII). MARY, m. Smith.
(VIII). ELISABETH, m. Winegarner.
(IX). CATHERINA, b. 1781, June 12.
(X). PETER, (Ithaca).
(XI). ISAAC, (Ithaca).
(XII). PAUL.
(XIII). WILLIAM C., b. 1779, Nov. 5, m. Catherine Mc Kinney, b. 1771, Oct. 16; had ch .:
1. ABR. MCKINNEY. b. 1801, July 19, d. 1870, July 2, m. Margaret
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Castner, dau. of Daniel, b. 1796, Mar. 14, d. 1868, May 20; had ch .: Samuel, Eliza and Mary.
2. PETER CLOVER, b. 1802, Nov. 10, m. Annie Creveling, dau. of Wm .; had ch .: Cornelius Stewart, b. 1830, m. Sarah Terry- berry, dau. of Jacob; Eliza, b. 1832, m. D. M. Welsh, s. of David ; John C., b. 1834, Sept. 9, m. Susan A. Slater, dau. of Henry; Susan A., b. 1836, m. Wm. Miller, s. of Andrew ; Catherine, b. 1838, m. E. J. Rood ; George, b. 1840, m.
Prall, dau. of John ; Theodore, b. 1842, d. yg .; William, b. 1844, d. yg .; Amanda M., b. 1846, m. Samuel Fritts, s. of Elias ; Mary Jane, b. 1848, unm .; Samuel, b. 1851, unm.
3. MARY, b. 1805, Dec. 19, m. Joseph Francis, (Indiana).
4. JOHN, b. 1806, Nov. 7, m. Force, (no children).
5. CATHERINE, b. 1805, Nov. 7, m. Woodruff Lane.
6. NICHOLAS STILWELL, b. 1811, Jan. 22, m. Mary Rodenbaugh ; had ch .: Eli and dau's.
7. ISAAC GRAY FARLEY, b. 1813, Apr. 1.
8. ELISABETH, b. 1813, Apr. 1, m. Lewis Martenis.
V. JOHN PETER, will dated 1792, May 30, prob. July 7, same year, m. Elisabeth McCracken ; had ch .:
(I). CATHERINE, b. 1766, Nov. 1, m. John Apgar, s. of Herbert.
(Il) .¿ WILLIAM, b. 1769, May 20, (according to tombstone, 1768, May 22) d. 1835, Feb. 19, m. Mary Schuyler ; bad ch. (order uncertain) :
1. PETER, m. first, Cath. Trimmer, dau. of George; second, Hulda Hoffman, dau. of Fred., d. 1815 ; third, Hannah Hotrum, dau. of Fred.
(1). NATHAN T., b. 1818, Oct. 7, m. first, Mahala Swack- hamer ; second, Elisabeth Flotnerfelt, dau. of Leon N .; had ch .: George, m. first, Lebbie Trimmer, dau. of Geo. C., and second, Emma Neighbor, dau. of Leon G .; Catherine, m. Silas W. Hance : Melvina, m. Wm. Dellicker, s. of Casper ; Fred., m. Maggie Beavers, dau. of Wesley : Elisabeth, m. Isaac Sharp Vescelius, s. of Oliver ; Eliza Jane, m. Richard Philhower, s. of Aaron ; Willard, m. Mary Welsh, dau. of Samuel ; Lawrence, d. yg .; Aaron S., m. Lizzie Hopkins, dau. of Silas ; Martin Luther, d. yg .; Julietta, m. John Henry Slater ; Lyman, d. yg .; Emma, d. yg.
(2). CAROLINE, m. David F. Apgar, s. of Wm. C.
(3). ELIAS, unmarried.
(4). GEORGE, M. D., unmarried.
(5). STEPHEN, (by third wife) m. Mary J. Woolverton.
(0). JOHN, m. Adaline Lindabury.
(7). ELLIS, unmarried
(8). GILBERT, m. Adaline Fritts.
(9). ISAAC.
(10). ELISABETH, m. Mantius Apgar, s. of Jacob.
(11). WM. EUGENE, m. Louisa Sutton.
(12). AMos, m. Emma Apgar, dau. of P. K.
2. DAVID, m. Hannah Whitehead, Peapack.
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3. WILLIAM, m. Catherine Trimmer, dau. of George.
4. GEORGE, d. young (after 1835).
5. ELISABETH, m. Jacob Fritts, (Glen Gardner).
6. SOPHIA, b. 1811, Oct. 15, m. Phil. Hoffman, (Mountainville).
7. MARY, m. Conrad P. Apgar, s. of Fred.
8. CATHERINE, m. Jacob Apgar, s. of Fred.
9. JACOB HANCE (!).
(III). MARGARET, m. Herbert Lance.
(IV). JACOB, b. 1771, m. Mary -; bad ch .: Conrad, b. 1801, March 22 ; Mary, b. 1804, Aug. 6.
(V). EVA, m. Henry Crips.
VI. WILLIAM, of Clinton, N. J., b. 1752, d. 1836, April 9, m. 1774, April 17, Cath- erine Pickle, dau. of Conrad, b. 1752, d. 1831, Dec. 9.
[(I). JOANNA GERTRUDE, b. 1775, March 3.]
(ID). HANNAH, b. 1776, March 3, died young.
(III). ELISABETH, b. 1777, d. yg.
(IV). NICHOLAS P., b. 1779, June 29, m. Catherine Manning ; had ch .: James, George, John, Catherine and Maria.
(V). JAMES, b. 1781, Jan. 28 ; unmarried.
(VI). WILLIAM, b. 1782, Oct. 29 ; died young.
(VII). ELISABETH, b. 1785, June 12, m. Wm. Mettler, s. of William (!).
(VIII). SARAH, b. 1785, June 12, m. Isaac Bloom.
(IX). CATHERINE, b. 1789, Aug. 2 ; died young.
(X). NANCY, b. 1792, July 12, m. Samuel Manning, s. of Samuel.
(XI). WILLIAM, b. 1794, July 15 ; died young.
(XII). GEORGE P., b. 1799, m. Elisabeth McPherson (Brooklyn).
VII. ADAM, d. 1815, April, (letters of administration to Geo. Apgar and Nicholas Wyckoff), m. Anna Barbara Manning.
(I). JACOB, b. 1769, April 29, m. a Rowe ; had one son, Wm. Clark. (IN). PETER, b. 1771, Sept. 6.
(III). PETER A., b. 1773, Feb. 13, d. 1850, Jan. 10, at 76 years, 10 months, 27 days, m. Ann Stout, dau. of Samuel, b. 1782, Oct. 16, d. 1845, Aug. 6 ; had ch .: MARGARET, m. Adam Teats, s. of Adam ; BAR- BARA, m. John Philhower, s. of John ; THOMAS, b. 1806, Sept., m. Effle Hoffman, dau. of Peter M .; PETER, b. 1808, April 15, m. first, Sallie Merritt ; second, Elisabeth Apgar, dau. of Conrad ; DAVID, m. Effle Force, dau. James ; JONATHAN ; ELIZA, m. Morris Merrill, 1. of Benjamin ; ELLEN, m. Edward Buckley ; HARRISON, m. first, Mary A. Alpock, dau. of Wm. G .; second, Adaline Lance, dau. of Wm .; ELISABETH, m. Jacob Philhower, s. of John ; SAMUEL, m. a Philhower, dau. of Peter ; ISAAC O., m. Hannah M. Lindaberry, dau. of Casper.
(IV). ANNA CATHERINE, b. 1775, July 6, m. John Hoffman, s. of Jacobus.
(V). WILLIAM, b. 1777, July 31, m. Elsie Cath. Hoffman, dan. of John, b. 1774, Aug. 7 ; had ch .: JOHN, b. 1797, July 18, m. Hannah Pot- ter ; JACOB, b. 1799, March 17, m. Cath. Apgar ; GEORGE, b. 1800, Dec. 24, m. Vesie Conrad, (Indiana); ELISABETH, b. 1802, Oct., 13, m. Will Beam, s. of Daniel ; BARBARA, b. 1804, June 22 ; MAR- GARET, b. 1806, Jan. 23, m. David Jakewish ; WILLIAM, h. 1807, Sept. 12, m. Anna Beam, dau. of Morris ; ANN, b. 1809, July 11, m.
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Will Trimmer, s. of Conrad ; ADAM, b. 1811, July 15, m. Pattie Fleming, dau. of Wm .; MARY ORTS, b. 1813, March 13, m. Phil. Trimmer, s. of John ; FRANCES, b. 1814, Dec. 2, m. Benj. Robeson, B. of Cornelius ; PETER W., b. 1816, April 18, m. (1) Sarah Jane Robeson, dau. of Cornelius; (2) Sarah Ann Drake (Sussex Co.); PHILIP C. HOFFMAN, b. 1820, Jan. 5, died young.
(VI). JOHN, b. 1779, Dec. 31.
(VII). ELISABETH, b. 1782, Jan. 20, m. Wm. Apgar, s. of Peter.
(VIII). ADAM, b. 1790, Mar. 16, m. Catherine Potter, dau. of Daniel; had ch .: John S., m. Anna Lance, dau. of Wm., and had ch., (Eben., her son), Nathan, who m. Amanda Lance, dau. of Fred. (Little Brook), and Willard, who m. Bertie Philhower, dau. of Andrew, (White Hall); and Potter; Morris; Peter; Margaret; Mary; Christiann, who all went West and married.
(IX). MARY, m. Nicholas Wyckoff.
(X). MARGARET, m. George Apgar, s. of Herbert.
VIII. FREDERICK, settled in Alexandria twp., Hunterdon Co., b. 1753, Oct. 7, d. 1832, March 5, m. Elisabeth Philhower, b. 1753, July 15, d. 1848, Sept. 22 : had ch .:
(1). MARIA BARBARA, b. 1773, June 8.
(II). ANNA EVA, b. 1775, Aug. 9.
(III). CATHARINA, b. 1777, Feb. 5.
(IV). EVA. b. 1778, Oct. 20.
(V). FREDERICK, b. 1781, Aug. 9, d. 1861, April 22, m. 1803, Oct. 27, Elisabeth -, b. 1784, May 11, d. 1863, Oct 6 .; had ch .: John, b. 1806. Aug. 18 ; William, b. 1807, Feb. 15, d. a babe ; Levi, b. 1808, Nov. 10, ; Anna, b. 1810, April 5. d. 1832 ; Philip, b. 1812, Aug. 5 ; Mahlon, b. 1814, Aug. 30 ; William M., b. 1817, Dec. 30 ; Elisabeth, b. 1819, June 16 ; Sylvester, b. 1820, April 22 ; Absalom, b. 1823, Sept. 14 ; Hannah M., b. 1826, March 6 ; Wilson, b. 1830, June 14.
(VI). JOHN, b. 1784, d. 1852, April 6, at 68.
(VII). ELISABETH, b. 1787, May 25.
(VIII). SARAH, b. 1789, Oct. 16.
(IX). WILHELM, b. 1792, Jan. 29.
(X). JACOB, b. 1794, June 9. (XI). PAUL, b. 1797, April 2S.
IX. CONRAD, son of John Adam, m. first, Mary Farley, dau. of Minert, d. 1808, Feb .; second, Charity Sutton, dau. John, b. 1768, d. 1845, Feb. 20, at 77. Conrad exchanged hotel at Cokesbury for a farm (now Peter N. Apgar's), with John Farley ; hed ch .:
(I). CHARLES, m. Jane Gulick (Belvidere).
(II). MINERT, m. a Flomervelt, dau. of Peter, and went West.
(III). MARY, m. Garret Conover.
(IT). BARBARA, m. John Gulick, brother to Jane.
(V). JOSHUA, b. 1790, d. 1868, at 78, m. Jane Bauman, 4 years younger, dau. of Thomas ; had ch .: Thomas, b. 1809, m. Nancy Apgar, wid. of Paul, born a Todd, dau. of James ; Jane, died young ; Conrad, b. 1816, Dec. 22, m. Mary Apgar, dau. of Paul ; Mary, unmarried ; Parish, b. 1823, m. Mary Willett, dau. of Samuel (Mendham); George F., m. Emily Foss, born Fritts, dau. of George.
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(VI). ELISABETH, (by second wife), b. 1794, April 17, m. first, Jacob Phil- hower, s. of John ; second, Paul Apgar, s. of Herbert.
(VII). JACOB C., b. 1797, m. Maria Schureman.
(VIII). AARON, b. 1797, m. Catherine Brunner.
(IX). ANN, b. 1798, Mar. 12, m. Henry Hoffman, s. of Fritz.
(X). CATHERINE, (7) b. 1800, Jan. 22.
(XI). SARAH, m. Adam Hoffman.
(XII). HANNAH, m. Jacob Apgar, s. of Jacob.
(XIII). CONRAD, m. Sallie Hoffman, dau. of Henry (Califon) ; had ch .: Henry m. Fanny Lance, s. of William ; Charity; Fisher, m. - Sutton, dau. of David ; Simon, m. Mary Apgar, dau. of Matthias ; George, (Bernardsville); Lydia, m. John Johnson.
X. GEORGE, went West.
XI. CATHERINE, m. first, Jobn Emery; second, John Sharp, s. of Morris, 1st, of Upper Germau Valley.
APPELMAN.
JOHN PETER APPELMAN, arrived at New York, 1710, from Germany, by way of London, in the second emigration ; b. 1668 ; will "Som. Co., N. J." 7 May, 1742, prob. 5 Aug., 1745, (Trenton Lib. D, fol. 311), names children :
I. BALTES, or John Balthazar, b. 25 March, 1714 ; first Lutheran (German) child bap. in N. J .; had ch., named in will of his bro. John : (I). Peter ; (II). Elisabeth, m. Jacob Wyckoff ; (III). John; (IV). Christopher; (V). Matthias; (VI). Barbara.
II. JOHANNES, b. 3 May, 1716.
III. JOHANNES, b. 5 April, 1718 ; his will "Bridgewater" twp., Aug., 1801,, prob. 14 Mar., 1807, names w. Elisabeth and bequests of £10 to Rev. Wm. Graaf and £100 to church wardens of New Germantown Luth. Ch. "to buy the lot next to the parsonage."
IV. MATTHIAS, had ch. named in his bro. John's will: (I). David; (II). Lena; (III). Catherine.
[V. ANDREAS, m. Maria Atelia ; had at least John Leonard, b. 7 Aug., 1731.]
AREE.
AREE or AREE VAN GUINEA [Harry from Guinea] "a Moor," was a very respectable negro, who was a member with his wife of the Lutheran Church in New York, where he had a child baptised in 1705 ; afterwards removed to the Raritan Valley, where a child was born 1708. It was at his house that the first German Lutheran service in N. J. took place, Aug. 1, 1714 ; had wife Jora and children :
I. MARIA, b. Feb., 1705.
II. AREE, b. 3 July, 1708.
III. ADAM (!), m. Susannah ; will 1774, March 18, prob. Aug. 20 ; had ch .:
(I). ADAM, b. 4 July, 1721.
(II). ISAAC, b. 18 Feb., 1738, prob. died young.
(III). ISAAC, b. 12 April, 1741 ; m. Annatie ; had ch .: Adam, b. 27 Nov., 1763 ; Isaac, b. 13 Oct., 1765 ; Peter, b. 14 Oct., 1770.
(IV). ADAM.
(V). ELISABETH, m. - Day; had ch .: Abraham, Eve and Mary.
VI). JACOB, m. Catrina : had ch .: Jacob, b. 7 Jan., 1759 ; Mary, b. 6 Nov., 1763 ; Jacob, 10 April, 1768 ; Isaac, b. 23 Sept., 1770.
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AYERS.
The name in New England is generally spelled AYER ; in New Jersey generally AYRES ; in Old England EYRE ; it is also Eares, Eyer, Fyres, Eires, Eiris, Ayres, Aaire, and even Hayers.
JOHN, of Salisbury in 1640 ; removed to Ipswich, 1646 ; Haverhill, 1647, where he died 31 March, 1657 : will prob. 6 Oct., 1657 ; he was b. about 1596 and prob. came from Nottinghamshire, Eng., in 1637 ; had wife, Hannah, who died 13 July, 1686, and ch .: JOHN, NATHANIEL, HANNAH, b. 31 Dec., 1644 ; m. 24 March, 1663, Stephen Webster ; REBECCA, MARY, OBADIAH, ROBERT, THOMAS, PETER.
OBADIAH, s. of John, in Newbury, Mass., 1663, prob. d. in Woodbridge, N. J., 14 Nov., 1694, whither he had removed and where he had a tract surveyed to him in 1669, and in 1671 was a juryman in the first court in Woodbury twp .; "Oba- diah Hoits" was one of six schepens in a council of war at fort William Hendrick, 24 Aug., 1673 ; "Obadiah Hayers," a constable, Jan., 1686 ; " Oba- diah, Sen." on the records of the court, 11 April, 1694. Woodbridge was settled by people from Newberry, Haverhill and Yarmouth, Mass., as early as 1665. Obadiah m. Hannah Pike, dau. John, 19 March, 1660 ; d. Woodbridge, 30 May, 1689 ; bad children :
I. JOHN, b. 2 March, 1663 ; m. Mary ; removed with his family, except Thomas, to Woodbridge, N. J., where he died 1732 at 69 ; had ch .:
(I). JOHN, b. 1 April, 1691, prob. m. Mary Creshon, 17 Jan., 1716, and had at least one son.
1. JOHN, b. 14 June, 1719 ; d. 22 April, 1777, at Morris Plains ; m., first, Joanna -; second, Sarah Bayles (or Balley), 17 Jan., 1754 ; his will, "Morristown, April 14 and May 3, 1777," (Tren- ton, Lib. 18, fol. 317) ; had ch .:
(1). ENOS.
(2). SARAH, m. Silas Stiles.
(3). ISAAC, prob. b. 1737 ; d. 7 June, 1794, at 57; m. first, Johannah Coe, 8 Feb., 1769 ; d. 10 April, 1770, at 24 ; second, Mary Cooper, 27 Dec., 1770 ; d. 30 June, 1809, at 63 ; had ch .: Samuel, b. 29 Oct., 1773 ; Mary, b. 19 Oct., 1776 ; m. John Briant ; Anne, b. 8 July, 1779 ; Stephen Cooper, b. 16 May, 1782 ; Enos, b. 17 May, 1795 ; Isaac, b. 11 April, 1791 ; d. 30 Jan., 1807.
(4). JOHN.
(5). HANNAH, b. 1740 ; d. 14 April, 1771, at 31 ; m. 25 Dec., 1771, Epenetus Beach.
(6). MARY, b. 21 Sept., 1744 ; m. Fred. King, 23 Nov., 1762.
(7). SILAS, b. 1749 ; d. 29 Dec., 1826, at 77 ; m. Mary Byram ; d. 30 Oct., 1819, at 64 ; had ch .: Abigail, b. 28 Nov., 1772 ; d. 18 Feb., 1812 ; Ebenezer Byram, b. 11 May, 1774 ; m. Abigail Byram, (dau. Naphtali) 3 Nov., 1791 ; Sarah, b. 28 Nov. 1776 ; Mary King, b. 2 March, 1779 ; m. John Day, 12 Jan., 1799 ; Hannah, b. 12 May, 1781 ; m. Isaac Pierson ("both of What- nung"), 3 Jan., 1801 ; Huldah, b. 17 July, 1783 ; d. 15 Nov., 1783 ; Huldah, b. 1 Sept., 1784 ; m. John Ayers (s. John), 26 Feb., 1829 ; Silas Condict, b. 12 Feb., 1787.
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(II). THOMAS, b. 21 Jan., 1693.
(III). OBADIAH, b. 1695 ; removed to Warren Co., (then Sussex) ; one of Justices of the Peace at organization of the county, 20 Nov., 1753 ; will "Hardwick," 1 May, 1779, prob. Dec. 2, 1780, names wife Debora and three ch .; deeds land to Pres. Ch. near Helms Mills, (Hackettstown), 8 March, 1764 .; had ch .:
1. EZEKIEL, b. 23 Feb., 1730 ; d. 5 Aug., 1796, at 67 ; m. first, Anna Stark, (dau. Amos ?), b. 25 Jan., 1731 ; d. 27 Nov., 1778 ; second, Effie Van Wyne, the wid. Longstreet ; had ch .:
(1). OBADIAH, b. 10 March, 1753.
(2). EZEKIEL, 2D, b. 25 Nov., 1754, m. Lena Eick ; lived between Hackettstown and Danville ; had ch .: ROBERT, b. 8 Nov., 1788, m. Katie Olliver ; WILLIAM ; ABRAHAM, m. Mary Rarick, (dau. John); JOHN ; EZEKIEL, 3D, lived above Whitehall, Warren Co., b. 15 May, 1799, d. 22 Sept., 1849, m. Elisabeth Rarick (dau. John), b. 24 Oct., 1801, and had ch .: David, b. 1818, unm .; John Rarick, died young ; William, b. 1823, m. Emily Smith (dau. George); James, b. 1825, m. Merilda Trimmer (dau. Morris) ; Stewart B., b. 1827, m. Ann Day (dau. Jacob); John, b. 1831, m. Marg't Hann (dau. Will.); Elisabeth, b. 1833, m. Andrew Cum- mins (dau. Jacob).
(3). SARAH, b. March 9, 1757.
(4). AMos, b. 1 Jan., 1761.
(5). MARGARET, b. 2 Oct., 1763, d. 1842 ; m. Daniel Stuart, went from Hackettstown to Newton about 1780, d. 1822.
(6). AARON, b. 1 Aug., 1767.
(7). ANNA, b. 4 April, 1773.
(8). ARCHIBALD, (by 2d w.), m. Elisabeth Sutton (dau. Joseph). 2. PATIENCE, m. a Bloom.
3. RHODA, m. a Bell.
(IV). PATIENCE, b. 1697.
(V). FRANCIS, b. 15 March, 1698.
(VI). NATHANIEL, b. 1700.
(VII). BENJAMIN, b. 19 June, 1703.
(VIII). MOSES, b. 1706, d. 1750, Nov .; letters of adm. of est. of Moses, late of Som. Co., granted to Nathaniel Ayers of Som. Co., 19 Dec., 1750 ; has lot on Dead River, Som. Co., 4 Nov., 1729 ; m. 2 Nov., 1739, Jane Chambers, who afterwards m. Jacob Drake, of Mendham, who prob. brought up the fam .; had ch .:
1. JOHN, b. 19 July, 1740, d. 20 Feb., 1807, at Flanders, m. first, Phebe Dalglish, 5 July, 1763, at Basking Ridge, Som. Co., who d. 29 June, 1795, at 51 ; second, Anna Rhodes, 19 Jan., 1796 ; bot. 4% acres at Mendham 1 Dec., 1757, and sold it 1762 ; bot. 19 acres at Roxbury, 1763 ; had ch .: Mary, b. 1764, d. yg .; Keziah, b. 11 Feb., 1766, d. at 11; Mary, b. Feb., 1768, d. 21 Jan., 1845, m. first, Sam. Hull; second, Capt. Jonathan Olliver ; David, .b. 21 May, 1771, d. 9 June, 1806, m. Mercy Jennings ; Moses, b. 28 April, 1772, d. 7 Sept., 1796 ; Samuel, b. 4 March, 1776 ; Sarah, b. 12 July, 1780 ; Samuel, a twin to Sarah ; John, b. 20 Oct.,
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1782, m. first, Abigail Coe (dau. Ebenezer), 7 April, 1817, d. 26 Dec., 1827, at 44, second, Huldah Ayers (dau. Silas), 26 Feb., 1829, b. 1 Sept., 1784, d. 19 Aug., 1868 ; Elisabeth, b. 2 Nov., 1786, d. 16 Nov., 1855, m. Rhece Nicholas ; - by 2d wife, Anna, b. 21 Oct., 1796, m. Lum Foster, of Newton, N. J .; Jane, b. 3 Jan., 1799, d. 31 Dec., 1799.
2. MARY, b. 8 May, 1742.
3. DAVID, b. 8 April, 1744, m. Margaret McDowell (aunt of the well known Rev. Drs. John and William McDowell) ; bought a large tract, consisting of what is now four farms at Lower Mt. Bethel, Northampton Co., Pa., still in the possession of the family ; had ch .: (1) DAVID, rem. to Mannsfield, Ohio, and had William and Mrs. Evans; (2), MOSES, b. 14 May, 1770, d. 8 June, 1854, m. Mary Brittain (dau. Robert of Lower Mt. Bethel, Pa.), and had David, b. 11 Aug., 1796, d. 30 Dec., 1883, m. Margaret Simonton; Nathaniel, b. 11 Sept., 179% (?), d. 19 March, 1822 ; Moses, b. 1 March, 1814, d. 27 Jan., 1890, m. Charlotte Reed ; Rev. Samuel, b. 1811, d. 15 Dec., 1887, grad. from Princeton Coll. and Theol. Sem., m. Sarah Roy (dau. Chas. of Sussex Co.), and was pastor Ellenville, N. Y., and Bloomfield, Ohio : Levi, b. 1804, d. 1839, m. Margaret Broat ; Jane, b. 5 July, 1801, d. 11 Sept., 1875, m. Henry Broad : Elisabeth, b. 8 Oct., 1803, d. 3 Feb., 1877, m. Benj. Depue, father of HON. DAVID AYERS DEPUE, L.L. D., of the Supreme Court, N. J .; Margaret, b. 21 July, 1805, d. 6 March, 1872, m. Moses Depue ; Sarah, b. 31 Jan., 1809, d. 15 Jan., 1887, m. first, Harmen Dildine, second, Robert Ross.
4. LYDIA, b. March, 1746.
5. PHEBE, b. 18 Jan., 1748.
(IX). AARON, b. 14 July, 1708.
II. SARAH, b. 1664, d. 1683.
III. SAMUEL, b. 1667, m. 1694, Elisabeth ; had ch .: Rhoda, b. 12 April, 1700; David, b. 25 May, 1702 ; James, b. 2 May, 1716 (1706 ?) ; Samuel, b. 25 Oct., 1707 ; Rachel and Jacob, b. 19 June, 1710 ; Benjamin, b. 31 Oct., 1712.
IT. OBADIAH, b. 20 Oct., 1671, m. Joannah Jones, 28 April, 1694 ; lived at "Strawberry Hill"; will "Woodbridge," 27 Oct., 1728, prob. 27 May, 1729 ; had ch .:
(I). SARAH, b. 8 Jan., 1696.
(II). HANNAH, b. 18 Jan., 1698.
(III). MARY, b. 23 Feb., 1698 (?), d. 1704.
(IV). RACHEL, b. 23 May, 1701.
(V). OBADIAH, b. 25 Dec., 1703, prob. the one whose will "Woodbridge," 17 April, 1754, prob. 1 Feb., 1760, names wife Mary, Ezekiel Bloom- field, bro. of former wife, and ch .: Daniel, Susannah, (not 18) and Johannah.
(VI). JOANNA, twin to Obadiah.
(VII). ROBERT, b. 18 July, 1706, prob. the one whose will " Woodbridge," 5 Sept., 1740, prob. 4 June, 1741, names wife, "Hummers Ayers," sons Frazey and Robert, four other children, "my uncle John" and "my bro. Obadiah of Woodbridge."
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1. FRAZEE, (prob. s. of Robert and Hummers), b. 19 April, 1729, d. 1760, at 21, m. Phebe Bloomfield, who d. 12 Oct., 1815 at 86 ; had ch .:
(1). ELLIS, b. March, 1751, m. Sarah Mundy (dau. Gershom) and had eleven (3) ch .:
(a). ELISABETH, b. 2 Nov., 1775, d. 1777.
(b). FAYER, b. 28 March, 1779, m. Catherine Pitney.
(c). ICHABOD, b. 28 Nov., 1780, m. Elisabeth Keelly.
(d). SAMUEL, b. 1783, m. Sophia Marshall.
(e). DAVID, b. 1785, m. Phebe Force.
(f). PHEBE, b. 1787, m. Henry Mundy.
(g). EZRA, b. 10 Dec., 1788, d 30 Oct., 1863, m. Jane Lott (dau. Linn Lott and Euphemia Cazart), d. 9 July, 1877; had ch .: Ann Maria. b. 18 May, 1813, m. M. F. Car- men : Lebbeus, b. 21 Dec., 1814, d. 17 Aug., 1827 ; David, b. 12 Oct., 1816, m. Harriet Baber ; Jane, b. 15 Sept., 1818 ; Sarah, b 29 Oct., 1820, m. Thomas Afriend : Samuel, b. 11 Nov., 1822, m. first, Mary Campbell, second, Margaret Vail; Lebbeus, m. Ellen V. A. Groyer; Caroline; Emma, b. March, 1829, m. E. M. Hunt ; Mary, b. 27 July, 1831, m. Thos. M. Martin.
(h). JOHN, b. 1792, d. 1793.
(i). BETSEY, b. 1797, d. 1800.
(j). SARAH, b. 1805, m. Philip Quick.
2. ROBERT.
3. - 6. not named in will.
(VIII). MARY, b. 29 Sept., 1708.
(IX). REBECCA, b. 14 Nov., 1710.
(X) BENJAMIN, (or " Benaiah"), b. 17 Nov., 1715.
V. JOSEPH, b. 4 April, 1674, m. Phebe Camp, 5 Jan., 1698 (n), had ch .: PHEBE, b. 3 March 1097 (!): JOSEPH, b. 18 March, 1701 ; JONATHAN, b. 29 May, 1704, prob. the one whose will. " Bernardstown" Mar. 21, 1775, prob. 14 April, 1777, names wife Ann and ch .: John, Jonathan, Phebe, who m. Henry Allen, Siles (or Liles) who m. Jas. Moore, Stephen, Joseph, David, Gershom, Enos ; DAVID, b. 2 Jan., 1707 : ZEBULON, b. 4 Aug., 1708.
VI. THOMAS, d. Oct., 13, 1665.
VII. THOMAS, b. 17 Dec., 1676 (!) prob. the one whose will, " Woodbridge," April 25, prob. June 12, 1732, names wife Mary "my bros." John and Obadiah and ch .:
(I). ABRAHAM, (eldest sou).
(II). SARAH, (eldest daughter).
(III). PETER, (not 21).
(IV). MARY.
(V). LEVIE, perh. of Wantage twp., Sussex Co., 1755, who had cb .:
1. LEVI, m. 18 March, 1787, Phebe Bussel ; had ch .: Levi, Edward, Israel, Isaac, David and Caleb.
2. EDWARD, had ch .: Enoch, John, Jehiel and Edward.
3. ISRAEL, m. Margaret Hoppah, 1794, Feb. 11 ; had ch .: Elisha, Selah and Israel.
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4. ENOCH, had ch .: John, William, Thomas, Squire, Enoch, Jeffer- son.
VIII. MARY, b. Feb., 1680, m. Wm. Ilsley, June, 1700.
IX. ROBERT (?).
X-XII three children who died young.
Miscellaneous-MICHAEL in Stillwater twp., Sussex Co., 1757, came from Dover; letters of adm. of his est. given to Daniel Predmore and Ben. Griggs, 29 April, 1769; the latter guardian of Michael's dau. Lydia, 23 Feb., 1797 ; his est. divided among Anna, w. of Jas. Thompson, Susannah, w. David Layman, Lydia, w. James Mc- Mahon of Ohio. MOSES was freeholder, Sussex Co., 1764-9. Letters of adm. of est. of JOSIAH, Sussex Co., to Elias Ayers and Stephen Conkling, 24 Oct., 1781. PETER, a member of First Wantage Church, 1786, and mortgage given by him on land in Wantage twp , 28 Dec., 1773. On records of First Church of Wantage, near Deckertown, N. J., 22 April, 1803, are the following : Caty Ayers, w. Jac. Colm ; Hannah Ayers, w. Solomon Cortright ; Phebe Ayers, w. John Drake ; Levi Ayers, Jr ; Temperance Week, w. Levi Ayers, and Rachel Russell, w. Levi Ayers, Jr. From same records, married March, 1803, Richard Ayers to Anny Croel. In 1799, Levi, and 1803, Jacob Ayers were ordained elders of the above church.
Mr. Andrew Mellick, Jr., of Plainfield, the historian, claims that the Ayers, of Mt. Bethel, Pa., are descended from SAMUEL of Ulster Co., Ireland, a Scotch Covenanter, who came to Philadelphia with his wife and a dau. and rem. after his wife's death to the Scotch-Irish settlement at Deep Run, Bucks Co., Pa., where he died 1747. He had 3 daughters and 2 sons :
I. JOHN, died young.
II. WILLIAM, rem. 1773, with all his family, except Samuel and Charles, to what is now Middle Paxtany, Dauphin Co., Pa. ; he had,
(I). SAMUEL, b. 1749.
(II). CHARLES, h. 1750.
(III). JOHN, b. 1752. and two daughters.
AXFORD.
Three brothers of the name of Axford settled in Warren Co .:
I. JOHN AXFORD, of Oxford, Warren Co., N. J .; will 22 June, 1808, prob. 15 March, 1809, names w. Abigail and ch., Samuel, John, Jonathan, Abraham, Johannah, Sarah, Nancy, "my dau." Abigail Parks and her dau. Elisabeth Ayres MacCullum.
II. ABRAHAM, had ch .: Sarah and Nancy.
III. SAMUEL, a bro. of John ; will, Oxford, 12 March, 1805, prob. 23 Dec., 1811, names w. Sarah and ch .: John, eldest ; Jonathan's children, Jonathan, Abraham and Joseph ; brother JOHN's children, Samuel, John, Johannah, Jonathan, Abigail, Sally, Nancy and Martha ; brother ABRAHAM'S children, Sarah and Nancy ; Jonathan Howell son to my bro. Jonathan's dau. Jane ; Abram and Samuel Van Sickle sons of Samuel ; Ann Hageman and Sarah DeCow, daus. of Abraham DeCow, deceased ; Samuel Axford Boiles son of John Boiles : Sarah DeCow, dau. John ; Joanna Patterson, w. Alexander, and others.
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