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(ID. SIMON V., m. Eliza Ann Drake (dau. of James) ; lives at Hackettstown.
(III). HENRY, m. Mary Laquear and settled at Fox Hill.
(IV). WILLIAM S., m. Catherine Crater and has Alice, wife of Peter Wil- liamson, and Annie ; lives at Naughrightville.
(V). DEBORAH P., m. Henry Sovran ; lives at Pottersville.
V. MARGARET, b. 1 Mar., 1799, m. Rev. Samuel Hull, of Frenchtowu, N. J.
VI. HENRY, b. 1 Feb., 1801, m. Anna Johnson (dau. of William); settled at Sergeantsville, Hunterdon Co., N. J.
VII. CHRISTIAN, b. 13 Feb., 1803, m. Margaret Groff (dau, of Henry), b. 1809,
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d. 1848, at 39, lives uear Pottersville, N. J .; had ch .:
(I). AMos, b. 16 Oct., 1832, m. Caroline Vescelius (dau. of John).
(II). JAMES R., m. Mary A. Rhinehart (dau. of John).
(III). WESLEY R., m. Mary Hoffman (dau. of Peter). (IV). CYRUS A., d. 7 Feb., 1877.
VIII. WILLIAM, b. 15 Oct., 1808, m. Elisabeth Scudder ; settled at New Prov- idence, N. J.
IX. SUSAN, m. Amos Hoagland (s. of William) ; lived four miles below Flem- ington ; died at Newark, N. J.
X. NANCY, (first child by second wife), m. Hezekiah Huff.
XI. CATHERINE, m. Elias Baracroft.
XII. MANNING, m. Harriet Rittenhouse.
XIII. ISAAC, died young.
XIV. CORNELIA, m. as second wife Elias Baracroft.
XV. KEZIAH, m. J. Vandervoort Welsh (s. of William).
XVI. MELVINA, m. a Skelton in Pa.
XVII. SARAH, m. Edward Rittenhouse.
XVIII. HANNAH, d. 1840 at 18.
FISHER OF MT. LEBANON.
JOHN, s. of GEORGE 1ST, and brother of REV. GEORGE, b. 1770, d. 14, Dec., 1855, at 85, m. 7 April, 1803, Keziah Leigh, b. 1780, d. 21 Oct., 1855, at 75 ; settled near Mt. Lebanon, Lebanon twp., Hunterdon Co., N. J., and was one of the founders of the M. E. Church of that place ; had ch .:
I. SAMUEL LEIGH, b. 28 Mar., 1804, m. Clarissa (or Mary) Bunnel.
II. ICHABOD, b. 7 Aug., 1805, m. a Gulicks.
III. MARY A., b. 29 Jan., 1807, m. John Fine.
IV. LYDIA, b. 17 Jan , 1809, unmarried.
V. DANIEL FREEMAN, b. 22 May, 1810, m. Rachel Taylor.
VI. ANNA, b. 30 July, 1812, died young.
VII. JOHN W., b. 18 July, 1813, die-1 young.
VIII. LORENZO, b. 18 Oct .. 1814, m. Mary Jane Swazey (dau. of Benjamin). IX. ELISABETH. b. 22 Oct., 1816, m. George Beatty. X and XI. TWO SONS, b. 18 Oct., 1818, died young.
XII. SARA LEIGH, b. 14 Sept., 1819, m. (1) Anthony Drake ; (2) Thos. Lake. XIII. KEZIAH, b. 17 Sept., 1821, unmarried.
XIV. RENZELIA, b. 4 July, 1823, m. George Huff.
JOHANN MARTIN FISHER, widower, was m. 1742, on the 13th Sunday after Trinity, to Elisabeth Meyer, a widow ; he " came here four years since from Wurtemberg ;" she " came 31% years since from Zurich." (Records of Lutheran Church, New York). A MARTIN Fisher was naturalized in New Jersey, July, 1730, with two sons, JACOB and PHILIP. It may have been this latter Mar- tin, perhaps the son of the first by a previous wife, who is buried at Hacketts- town, and who was born 1714, d. 19 Jan., 1796, at 82 ; his wife Catharine was born 1707, d. 30 Sept., 1793, at 86. In 1770, Sept. 20, Martin Fisher, with others, was appointed to lay out a road on Schooley's Mountain. Nothing further is known of this family.
JAMES FISHER, b. Staunton, Aug. Co., Virginia, 11 Jan., 1790, came, 1809, to Beattystown; he was a saddler by trade and m. first, Hannah B. Bird (dau. of Elisha Bird), b. 8 May, 1753 ; second, Rachel Osmun, b. 7 Sept., 1751 ; at some time subsequent to 1817, he came to German Valley, and from there went to
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Budd's Lake, and afterwards lived for six years in N. Y. city. In 1831, April 1, he returned to Beattystown. He was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for five years ; died 12 July, 1870. He was the father of JOHN B., h. Hacketts- town, 10 July, 1817, m. 7 Feb., 1856, Sarah, dau. of William and Elisabeth (Hann) Hance, b. 4 Sept., 1823 ; has ch., James, a lawyer, and Hannah.
THE FISHER FAMILY
BY B. VAN DOREN FISHER, ESQ.
In the old graveyard at Larison's Corners, sleep many of the early German settlers of Hunterdon County. Rough, unlettered stones mark their graves, and only the stains of time and the covering moss give a clue to the years that have passed since they began their silent vigils.
Among these graves of early worthies, undistinguishable from those of his neighbors, is that of PETER FISHER. Whence be came to this country and when, we have not been able to determine. We find, however, from old records, that he could not have settled in New Jersey later than the year 1725, with the probability strongly in favor of his having arrived at a considerably earlier period.
Tradition has it that he married his wife from the old home in Germany ; but aside from the fact that her first name was Maria, we know nothing concerning her. Peter Fisher, upon his arrival in this country, settled first in Somerset Co., N. J., where he remained until the year 1730 when he purchased a farm about a half mile west of what is now Rocktown, in Hunterdon County, which farm is still owned by one of his descendants.
The deed for the premises mentioned bears date March 30th, 1730, and by it, Thomas - of Township of Amwell, etc., yeoman, on the one part, conveyed to Peter Fisher, now or late of the County of Somerset, etc., yeoman, of the other part, in consideration of one hundred and thirty-two pounds of lawful silver money of the King's Dominions in America, etc., two hundred acres of land besides the usual allowance for highways.
PETER FISHER had eight children, Anthony, John Wilhelm, Elisabeth, Chris- topher, John, Peter, Jacob and another daughter, name unknown :
I. ANTHONY, as appears by the baptismal record of Readington church, was baptized Nov. 14, 1725. He married Elisabeth Snyder and settled on a farm west of Mount Airy. He had eight children. He died May 31, 1800, aged 75 years, and is buried in the old grave-yard at Larison's Corners :
(I). JOHN, m. Mary Hoagland and had three sons, John, Tunis and Jos- eph. The descendants of these sons are settled in different parts of Hunterdon Co., along the Delaware, and Mahlon, son of Joseph, near Williamsport, Pa.
(II). CHRISTOPHER, m. Charity Boss and had six children, Tunis, Joseph, Peter, Hannah, Elisabeth and Catharine. The descendants of these children have not been satisfactorily traced.
(III). JACOB, m. Ann Wilson and had four children :
1. WILSON, married and went to Sussex Co.
2. CHARITY, m. Uriah Phillips.
3. ABBY, m. John Lambert ; she died childless.
4. REBECCA was born Aug. 4, 1794, and d. Nov. 10, 1873 ; she m. John C. Holcombe, b. June 9, 1793, d. July 23, 1882 ; they had two ch., Louisa and Edwin.
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(IV). TUNIS, m. first, Sarah Meloby and had by her six children, George, Henry, James, Jacob, Jefferson and Grace ; he m. second, Mary Larue, by whom he had a number of children.
(V). JOSEPH, m. a Miss Broom and went West.
(VI). MARY, m. a Housel who settled somewhere in Pennsylvania.
(VII). MARGARET, m. a Stryker and lived in Baltimore.
{VIII). ELISABETH, m. George Lott ; they settled West.
IL JOHN WILHELM, was bap. April 16, 1727, and m. first, Charity Young by whom he had three children ; second, Charity Youngblood by whom he had five children ; he settled on a farm near Wertsville :
(I). PETER, m. Alice Johnson ; he died Oct. 30, 1821, aged 63 yrs., 4 mos., 21 dys. ; his wife died Jan. 18, 1820, aged 57 yrs., 8 mos., 24 dys. ; had six children :
1. JAMES J., b. June 15, 1784, m. Rebecca Pidcock, d Nov. 1, 1854, aged 65 yrs., 8 mos., 18 dys .; he died childless Oct. 3, 1870.
2. ELISABETH, b. March 9, 1786, m. Mahlon Wambaugh and had two sons, Augustus and Peter F.
3. CHARITY, b. Aug. 13, 1788, d. Sept. 27, 1878, unmarried.
4. ANN, b. Sept. 9, 1790, d. Feb. 27, 1863, unmarried.
5. WILLIAM P., b. June 6, 1793, d. March 28, 1876, m. Sarah Wilson, d. Nov. 19, 1845, aged 43 yrs., 6 mos., 8 dys .; they had nine ch .;
(1). ALICE ANN, b. May 18, 1823, m. Isaac Matthews.
(2). JAMES J., b. July 2, 1824, m. (1) Mary Higgins, b. Dec. 2, 1929, d. March 8, 1871 ; by her he had 14 children, Uree, Asa H., Martha, Sarah, Mary Ann, Charity, Alice, Wil- liam J., James W., David, Franklin, Rebecca, Susan H. and Jesse B .; m. (2) Sarah E. Sutton, b. Feb. 8, 1835, and by her had one child, died in infancy.
(3). PETER, b. Nov. 15, 1825, m. Ann Holcombe.
(4). MARTHA, b. Aug. 11, 1827, m. Jordan Matthews.
(5). JOHN, b. March 25, 1830, m. Martha H. Fisher, b. Oct. 21, 1837 ; had nine children, Sarah M., Hiram L., Emma W., Thomas S., Mary B., Charles F., William, Vellie S. and Kate L.
(6). ELISABETH, b. Dec. 15, 1830, died in childhood.
(7). ISRAEL, b. Jan. 11, 1834, m. Mary Quick ; has three children, Belle V., Ella and Martha.
(8). WILLIAM P., b. Sept. 16, 1837, m. Elisabeth Manners ; had three children, Sarah, Carrie and Theodore ; he was killed by the cars at White House Station.
(9). SARAH L., b. March 9, 1844, m Aaron Baracroft.
6. CORNELIUS Q., b. May 16, 1799, d. Jan. 8, 1887, m. Gertrude Young, b. Jan. 1, 1803, d. May 5, 1883 ; had four children :
(1). MARIA, b. Oct. 14, 1829.
(2). CATHARINE, b. July 11, 1831.
(3). HARRIET, b. Sept. 12, 1835, m. Oliver Case.
(4). JAMES J., b. Oct. 2, 1840, m. (1) Ida Manners who died child- less ; (2) Catharine Skillman ; has five children, Henry, James W., Gertrude, May and Rena.
(II). MARY, b. June 22, 1753, d. Dec. 15, 1829, m. Abraham Hagaman, b.
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Jan. 24, 1751, d. April 19, 1836 ; had seven children :
1. CHARITY, h. Nov. 23, 1776, m. Joshua Housel and had five children, Abraham, Mary, John, Ollie and Lucretia ; they moved to Pa.
2. MARY, b. June 6, 1779, d. April 28, 1870, unmarried.
3. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 17, 1783, d. May 3, 1863, m. Hannah Phillips, b. Jan. 1, 1783, d. May 26, 1879 ; had eleven children :
(1). ELISABETH, b. Oct. 2, 1807, d. Feb. 29, 1871.
(2). CHARITY, b. April 22, 1809, d. April 29, 1878, m. William Fleming, b. Jan. 14. 1809, d. Feb. 14, 1873 ; she had 7 ch.
(3). EZEKIEL P., b. July 7, 1810, m. Elisabeth Duckworth ; had twelve children, John, Charles W., William, Anna M., Joseph H., Spencer A., Jennie H., Hattie E., Theodocia, Isaac, Sanford and Furman.
(4). HIRAM, b. Jan. 15, 1811, d. June 1, 1812.
(5). SARAH, b. Feb. 27, 1813, d. May 3, 1850, unmarried.
(6). MARY, b. Nov. 6, 1815.
(7). ESTHER, b. Aug. 22, 1817, m. a Bremer.
(S). REBECCA, b. Dec. 3, 1818, d. April 3, 1837.
(9). WILLIAM B., b. Nov. 24, 1820, d. Feb. 5, 1878.
(10). ABRAHAM R., b. Dec. 26, 1822, d. Nov. 13, 1823.
(11). MIRANDA, b. Nov. 22, 1824, d. in 1828.
4. ABRAHAM A., b, Jan. 1, 1786, d. Dec. 6, 1868, m. Elisabeth Wilson, b. Nov. 10, 1791, d. Dec. 20, 1875 ; had four children :
(1). MARTHA ANN, b. Feb. 4, 1815, m. Israel Higgins.
(2). LEWIS, b. Nov. 16, 1817, m. (1) Sarah E. Matthews by whom he had two sons ; one that died an infant and Lorenzo D .; he m. (2) Belle Smith ; Lorenzo D., b. Dec. 6, 1857, m. Car- rie Rockafeller.
(3). LORENZO, b. Sept. 6, 1821, d. Sept. 23, 1848
(4). CLARINDA, b. Feb. 24, 1822, m. Pierson Matthews, b. April 8, 1824, d. April 24, 1872.
5. JOHN, b. March 18, 1790, d. Aug. 2, 1839, m. Catharine Hankinson, d. April 23, 1833, aged 38 yrs., 7 mos., 3 dys. ; had ten children :
(1). ABRAHAM, b. May 18, 1813, m. Sarah Cole and had a son, Ross J.
(2). JOHN H., b. Nov. 15, 1814, m. Sarah Ackers and has two daughters, Kate and Lizzie.
(3). ARTHUR G., b. Oct. 22, 1816, m. Eliza Olden.
(4). JOSEPH H., b. Oct. 25, 1818, m. Mary Ann Olden.
(5). NANCY C., b. March 20, 1820, m. Joseph Hendrickson.
(6). THEODOCIA, b. July 20, 1822, m. Amos Martindale, d. March 18, 1865, aged 49 yrs., 11 mos., 18 dys.
(7). HARRIET H., b. April 1, 1825, m. Emmon Smith.
(8). THOMAS H., b. March 29, 1827, m. and had two children, John E. and Mary T.
(9). ASHER H., b. April 23, 1829, m. and has two daughters.
(10). THEODORE B., b. Jan. 16, 1832, m. and had several children.
6. ELISABETH, b. Sept. 1, 1792, m. Daniel Ackers, b. Jan. 5, 1788 ; had ten children :
(1). OLIVER, b. Oct. 14, 1813, d. Dec. 30, 1813.
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(2). MARY ANN, b. Nov. 25, 1814, m. Ralph Cornell who died July 25, 1849.
(3). CATHARINE, b. Oct. 19, 1817, d. June 10, 1830.
(4). AMos, b. Oct. 4, 1819, d. Sept. 19, 1867, m. Sarah Moore and had two sons, Alfred and Daniel.
(5). ABRAHAM H., b. March 2, 1823, d. April 9, 1849.
(6). MELINDA, b. April 20, 1829, m. Edward Flock and had two children, a son, dead, and a daughter Caroline.
(7). LOUIS, b. Oct. 21, 1831, m. Elisabeth Howell and had two daughters, Elizabeth and Sybilla.
(8). CATHARINE E., b. Jan. 17, 1834.
(9). LEVI, b. March 21, 1836, m. Henrietta Hill and had three daughters, two of whom are living.
(10). EMMA, b. Aug. 24, 1839, d. June 17, 1870, m. Charles Walker.
7. PETER, b. May 10, 1794, d. April 28, 1879, m. (1) Keturah Bake, b. June 5, 1802, d. March 18, 1864, and had by ber two children ; In. (2) Harriet Van Buskirk, b. Oct. 30, 1822, d. July 15, 1886 :
(1). JAMES MONROE, b. Dec. 21, 1842.
(2). LUCINDA S., b. Aug. 28, 1845.
. (III). ELIZABETH, committed suicide by hanging, probably in latter part of March, 1792, unmarried.
(IV). WILLIAM, b. June 21, 1768, d. Dec. 31, 1842, m. Lucretia Slack, b. Oct. 12, 1771, d. June 10, 1847 ; had five children :
1. AMos, b. July 9, 1795, m. a Miss Quick and had son Prall.
2. WILLIAM, b. July 14, 1798, m Mary Dilts and had two children, William and Mary.
3. JAMES S., b. Oct. 23, 1800, d. Sept. 22, 1879, m. Catharine L. Stout, b. Nov. 25, 1816 ; had seven children, Ellen S., Rebecca S., Caro- line S., Kate, William H., James S. and Claudius R. P.
4. CHARITY, b. Nov. 29, 1803, m. Judiah Higgins.
5. MARY ANN, b. Sept. 28, 1808, m. Nathan Stout, b. Dec. 31, 1812 : had five children :
(1). WILLIAM F., b. March 29, 1837, d. Sept. 18, 1872, m. Martha Harriman.
(2). HENRY H., d. May 10, 1864.
(3). SIMPSON S., b. Nov. 28, 1840, m. Julia H. Smith, b. Nov. 1. 1856.
(4). LUCRETIA F., b. Dec. 31, 1842, d. Sept. 17, 1872.
(5). MARY Y., b. May 18, 1844, m. Augustus F. Young.
III. ELIZABETH was bap. June 8, 1729. Aside from this we have no definite information concerning her.
IV. CHRISTOPHER, settled near Van Liew's Corner and had one son, also named Christopher and two or three daughters :
(I). CHRISTOPHER, m. Jane Stout and had a son named Christopher.
V. JOHN, m. a Miss Kuhl and moved to Pennsylvania.
VI. PETER, said to have been killed, probably when a young man, by a fall from a wagon.
VII. JACOB, inherited the homestead ; he m. Sarah Hoppock and by her had six children ; it is said that Jacob was twice married but the name of his second wife is unknown :
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(I). ANTHONY, died childless in Philadelphia.
(II). PETER, b. March 10, 1765, d. June 21, 1829, m. Ann Runk, b. April 24, 1764, d. Dec. 16, 1850 ; he first settled upon a tract of land in Delaware twp .; thence he moved to a farm situated along the turn- pike between Clinton and Annandale in this county ; upon this farm was a tavern which he kept at the same time that he tilled his land. For a long time he was a Justice of the Peace, and at one period was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. He had ten children :
1. JACOB P., b. Aug. 19, 1786, d. Nov. 12, 1845, m. Serah Stevenson, b. Nov. 14, 1792, d. Aug. 1, 1864 ; had one child :
(1). MARY ANN, b. March 27, 1814, d. June 5, 1878, m. Henry Matthews, b. Nov. 11, 1812, d. Jan. 21, 1886.
2. SARAH, b. Aug. 5, 1788, d. Jan. 11, 1859, m. John H. Hoffman (s. of Henry and Rebecca), b. Jan. 19, 1796, d. Jan. 19, 1869; had four children :
(1). PETER F., b. May 6, 1819, m. Catharine Runkle, b. Dec. 22, 1822.
(2). WILLIAM F., b. Jan. 7, 1822, d. March 9, 1856, m. Elisabeth Carhart, b. March 24, 1826, d. Nov. 16, 1866 ; had four chil- dren, Frances, Christianna C., Sarah F. and Lavinia.
(3). ELISABETH, b. - , d. Sept. 29, 1887, m. Theodore H. Risler, b. - , d. Nov. 5. 1867 ; had one daughter, Sallie, died a young lady.
(4). STEPHEN ADDISON, b. - , 1831, d. Aug. 27, 1851.
3. ANN, b. Jan. 11, 1790, d. Oct. 31, 1869, m. Thomas T. Holcombe, b. July 10, 1795, d. Aug. 20, 1888 : had four children :
(1). MIRANDA, b. Oct. 2, 1818, d. Feb. 24, 1843, m. Solomon Hol- combe, b. March 19, 1818, d. Jan. 4, 1879 ; had one child.
(2). SUSANNAH, b. Oct. 22, 1820, m. Philip H. Matthews, b. Sept. 21, 1814, d Sept. 29, 1886 ; has two children, Victoria and Josephine.
(3). ANN, b. Sept. 14, 1827, m. Peter Fisher, b. Nov. 15, 1825, d. Aug. 21, 1823 ; had five children, Theodore, Thomas H., Augustus, William E. and Anne B.
(4). THOMAS N., b. Aug. 8, 1834, m. Cornelia Taylor, b. Aug. 28, 1839 ; has two sons, Charles T., b. Feb. 3, 1875, and James S., b. May 1, 1879.
4. FRANCES, b. Nov. 19, 1791, d. March 9, 1865, m. Elias Holcombe, b. May 23. 1793, d. April 24, 1865 ; had four children :
(1). LEAH, b. May 21, 1815, d. March 7, 1872, m. John Hoagland, b. Jan. 5, 1812, d. Aug. 6, 1876.
(2). PETER O., b. Feb. 11, 1817, d. Feb. 28, 1886, m. (1) Catharine Kline Quick, b. Jan. 9, 1822, d. Aug. 1, 1848, and by her had one child, Ellen Kline ; m. (2) Martha Higgins, b. Apr. 14, 1832, and by her had four children, John Q., Henry, Catharine and Frances.
(3). CORNELIA ANN, b. July 3, 1820, d. Oct. 3, 1884, m. Joseph C. Sutphin, b. April 8, 1817, d. May 25, 1877 ; no children.
(4). FRANCES, b. Nov. 18, 1823, m. John Quick, b. July 17, 1820 ;
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bad one daughter, Cornelia Ann, b. Feb. 1, 1845, d. Oct. 1, 1849.
5. RACHEL, b. Jan. 2, 1794, d. Sept. 28, 1883, m. Jacob Kline, b. July 23, 1799, d. July 25, 1878.
6. JOHN, b. Aug. 14, 1796, d. Aug. 16, 1833, m. Susan Runkle, b. Dec. 16, 1796, d. Sept. 16. 1875 ; had three children :
(1). FRANCES, b. Feb. 18, 1822, d. Nov. 4, 1870, m. Derrick Sut- phin, b. Oct. 24, 1814, d. Dec. 9, 1891 ; had ch .:
(a). JOHN F., b. Feb. 5, 1844, m. Mary Anderson, b. Jan. 12, 1844 ; has two children, Frank F., b. Aug. 16, 1872, and Lewis A., b. Dec. 11, 1874.
(b). MARY F., b. Nov. 2, 1847, d. May 29, 1871.
(c). WILLIAM D., b. Aug. 30, 1851, d. July 27, 1880, m. Sarah E. Apgar, b. April 4, 1847 ; had six children, Charles, b. Oct. 12, 1870 ; Cora Frances, b. Sept. 26, 1873, m. Rev. Emile V. G. Hoelsche (and has one child Frances S., b. Feb. 16, 1894) ; William, b. Nov. 20, 1874, d. Aug. 4, 1875; Arthur D., b. July 13, 1876, d. July 30, 1877 ; Annie E., b. March 3, 1878.
(2). JACOB RUNKLE, b. Jan. 12, 1824, m. Dinah H. Van Doren, b. Jan. 20, 1825, d. Jan. 1, 1890 ; had five children :
(a). WILLIAM POHLMAN, b. Jan. 11, 1851, m. Frances D. Miller, b. April 4, 1862 ; has two children, Howard, b. Nov. 27, 1889, and Elizabeth Miller, b. Jan. 14, 1892.
(b). ANNA FRANCES, b. May 15, 1853, m. Simon J. Hegeman, b. May 30, 1838 ; has two children, John S., b. Oct. 31, 1880, and Runkle Fisher, b. Feb. 21, 1885.
(c). JOHN RUNKLE, b. Feb. 21, 1855, d. Dec. 37, 1858.
(d). BENJAMIN VAN DOREN, b. July 12, 1858.
(e). ELISABETH ALLETTA, b. Dec. 1, 1868, d. Aug. 2, 1870.
(3). WILLIAM, b. June 9, 1826, m. Mary Elizabeth Sieg, b. March 15, 1825 ; has one child, Kate Sieg, b. Nov. 23, 1859, m. Harry Strong Taylor, b. Jan., 1857.
7. PETER R., b. March 27, 1798, d. - , m. (1) Mary Ann Honeyman, b. Nov. 29, 1802, d. Jan. 15, 1847 ; by her he had one child ; (2) Francinka Lane, b. April 2, 1823, d. Dec. 31, 1874 ; by ber he had two children :
(1). MARGARET, b. Nov. 29, 1822, d. Feb. 12, 1844, m. William Duyckinck. b. Aug. 14, 1815 ; had one child, Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1842, m. Horace A. Van Derbeek, b. Dec. 15, 1828.
(2). MARY, b. Oct. 28, 1850, d. Feb. 20, 1887, m. Horace Lobb.
(3). KATE, b. April 26, 1859, d. Jan. 12, 1888, m. Erwin O. Blair, b. Oct. 16, 1880.
8. WILLIAM, b. April 18, 1801, d. Nov. 29, 1822.
9. JULIA, b. May 27, 1804, d. Feb. 20, 1871, m. Matthias Cramer, b. Sept. 19, 1800, d. April 27, 1849 ; had six children :
(1). PETER, b. Jan. 20, 1825, d. May 30, 1863, m. Margaret Traver, b. Nov. 7, 1829, and had two children, Julia Frances and Laura T.
(2). JOHN EDGAR, b. April 29, 1830, d. Sept. 4, 1830.
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(3). OSCAR, b. Aug. 6, 1832, d. Nov. 4, 1859.
(4). CHRISTIANNA, b. Jan. 27, 1836, d. Feb. 9, 1855.
(5). MARGARET FRANCES, b. Dec. 4, 1838. (6). SARAH E., b. Sept. 9, 1843, d. Oct. 14, 1864. 10. HIRAM, b. Dec. 3, 1806, d. Aug. 24, 1829.
(III). ANNA, b. Feb. 22, 1767, m. Caleb Farley, b. June 28, 1757, d. Oct. 6, 1808 ; had no children.
(IV). MARY, m. Nathaniel Wilson.
(V). SARAH, d. Sept. 18, 1831, in the 56th year of her age, m. Abraham Prall, b. Nov. 2, 1770, d. April 20, 1851.
(VI). JACOB, b. Oct. 19, 1779, d. Sept. 24, 1813, m. Anna Chamberlain, b. Jan. 17, 1784, d. Feb. 26, 1855 ; had five children :
1. SARAH, b. June 8, 1801, m. Gideon Quick, b. Feb. 17, 1793.
2. MARIA, b. Aug. 8, 1803, m. John W. Larison, b. July 11, 1801.
3. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, b. Sept. 19, 1806, m. (1) Catharine M. Skill- man, d. Feb. 9, 1844, aged 34 yrs., 11 mos., 28 dys. ; by her he had five children ; (2) Adaline Chamberlain and by ber had two ch .:
(1). JACOB, m. Louise Hunt ; has five children, Flora, Cornelia, John, Fanny and David Hunt.
(2). THOMAS, b. Nov. 12, 1830, d. Sept. 10, 1850.
(3). ANNA MARY, m. John Bowne ; has four children, James, Joseph G., Addison and Cornelia.
(4). MARTHA, (see John Fisher, son of Wm. P. Fisher).
(5). CORNELIA.
(6). JEANNIE.
(7). JAMES O.
4. CALEB FARLEY, b. May 6, 1809, d. - , m. Rebecca A. Holcombe, b. Sept. 7, 1810 ; bad twelve children :
(1). JACOB F., b. Aug. 23, 1830, m. Emma Carver ; bas seven children, Edward G., William L., Laura M., George L., Fred., Minnie and Harry.
(2). ANN ELISABETH, b. Dec. 8, 1831, m. William F. Holcombe.
(3). MARTHA R., b. Dec. 23, 1833, m. Charles Johnson ; has six children, Sarah F., m. George Holcombe ; Fisher C., m. Ellen Ashton; Rebecca, Mary, George and Ulysses S. Grant.
(4). JAMES J., b. Oct. 18, 1835, m. Sarah S. Servis ; had four chil- dren, Charles H., Samuel H., Farley F. and Annie F.
(5). SARAH Q., b. Dec. 29, 1837, m. George H. Larison.
(6). EMMA, b. Aug. 21, 1839, m. John N. Golden.
(7). FARLEY, b. Nov. 1, 1841, m. Ann Rebecca Sutphin ; has four ch., Bertha, Erwin, Otis Clifford and Lizzie Holcombe. (8). ROBERT H., b. Oct. 17, 1843, m. Cornelia B. Wilson ; has one son, Clinton W.
(9). LEWIS C., b. Ang. 21, 1845, m. Christianna Nixson ; has six children, Oakly, Laura, Lizzie, Margaret, Lulu Maud and Harry.
(10). JOHN L., b. Sept. 28, 1847, d. April 7, 1876.
(11). ALIDA, b. April 29, 1850, m. Jacob S. Sutphin.
(12). MARIA L., b. Oct. 11, 1853, m. Reuben Bird.
5. LUCRETIA ANN, b. Nov. 4, 1811, d. Sept. 24, 1813.
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WILLIAM FLEMING, b. 1765, d. 1838, Nov. 30, m. Ann Philhower, b. 1764, d. 1856, Dec. 22, bought, 1798, of John Snyder, 280 acres of land near Parker, Morris Co., N. J., had ch .:
I. ABBIE, died young.
II. LEVI, m. Mary Beam (dau. of John); had ch .:
(I). WILLIAM, m. (1) Catherine Howell (dau. of Isaac); (2)
(II). HENRY, m. Charity Hellebrant (dau. of Matthias).
(III). NICHOLAS, m. Merilda Brown (dau. of Rance).
(IV). DANIEL, m. Julia Hellebrant ( dau. of Matthias).
(V). GEORGE, m. Jane Sutton (dau. of Aaron).
(VI). SOPHIA, m. George Hellebrant (dau. of Matthias).
(VII). SUSAN, m. Jacob Farley (s. of Richard).
(VIII). ELIZABETH, m. George Farley.
III. BETSEY, unm.
IV. EFFIE, m. Richard Stephens, of Chester.
V. SARAH, m. William Sliker ; res. near Newton.
VI. CHARITY, b. 1800, d 1820.
VII. PETER, b. 1800, d. 1826.
VIII. GEORGE, b. 1807, d. 1830.
IX. JACOB, b. 1811, d. 1836.
X PHILIP, b. 1813, Feb. 10, d. 1889, Feb. 1, m. Rachel Convil (dau. of Joshua) ; had ch. :
(I). MERILDA, m. John Nunn (s. of William).
(II). KATURAH, m. (1) William Huston ; (2) John Jones.
(III). ADALINE, m. Daniel Skellinger.
(IV). HENRY, m. Ellen Hellebrant (dau. of Isaac).
(V). DANIEL, m. Carrie Philhower (dau. of Andrew).
(VI). MULFORD, unm.
(VII). MARTHA, m. Asa Hoffman.
(VIII). JANE, m. Robert Batron.
(IX). ELISABETH, m. - Tiger.
(X). MELINDA, m Philip Van Doren.
(XI). CHRISTIANA SYBELLA, m. Mansfield Eick.
(XII). MELISSA, m. George Lance.
XI. JESSE, b. 1814, d. 1835.
XII. MARTHA, m. Adam Apgar (dau. of William).
MALCOMBE FLEMING, d. in Ireland 1736. His three sons, Andrew, Thomas and William, came from Tyrone, Ireland, 1751, and brought certificates of membership in Presbyterian Church, of Cookstown, Ireland, and joined the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, near Clinton, Hunterdon Co. It is said that this family is no relation to the Flemington family.
ANDREW (s. of Malcombe), m. Rebecca ; had four ch. bap. in Bethlehem Church; rem. to near Cranberry, N. J .; had ch .:
I. WILLIAM, b. 31 May, 1769, d. 1833 ; had ch .:
(I). ELEANOR, d. 1878.
(II). JACOB, d. 1872 ; rem. to Ohio when young.
(III). THOMAS, deceased.
(IV). ANDREW, had ch .: 1. John, res. at Readington ; 2. Jane ; 3. Ann;
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4. George ; 5. Levi, d. 1875 ; 6. Robins; 7. Kate; 8. Asher. (V). JOANNA, d. 1880.
(VI). WILLIAM, d. Mercer Co., N. J., in 1873.
(VII). TYLEE, d., 1839, in La Grange Co., Indiana.
(VIII). ABBOTT, rem. to La Grange Co., Indiana.
II. ELENOR, m. a Butler, and has a dau. near Pattenberg, N. J.
III. MARTHA.
IV. MALCOLM. has a dan. in Ohio, and a son near Pattenberg, N. J. V. MARGARET.
THOMAS, ruling elder of Bethlehem Church, N. J .; dismissed 9 June, 1783 ; prob. rem. to Hope twp., Warren Co .; had ch .:
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