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(XII). CATHERINE.
IV. PETER, b. 1756, d. 29 Dec., 1841, at 85, m. Annie Hoffman, 4 Sept., 1756, d. 1835, at 79 (dau, of Henry, 1st); will prob. 11 Jan., 1842; had ch .: JOHN P., m. Mary Bacon ; ELSIE CATHERINE, m. William Walters ; WILLIAM, m Mary Antone (dau. of Philip), b. 26 May, 1788, d. 26 March, 1876 ; FREDERICK, m. Mary Beatty ; MARY ELISABETH, m. John Walters (s. of Silas) ; MARGARET, m. Peter Bunn (s. of Peter).
V. ANTHONY, d. before 1838, m. Mary, and had JOHN and JACOR,
VI. MARY MAGDALENE.
[There was also a JOHN LANCE on records of Lebanon Church, who had wife Dina and ch .: Margaret, b. 3 May, 1771 ; John Wilhelm, b. 12 June, 1773 ; Rachel, b. 5 Jan., 1780 ; John, b. 25 May, 1782].
WILLIAM is said to have been the father of the other family, but it seems more probable to the writer that his name was John Peter. William had at least three sons :
I. HERBERT (or Hermet), m. Margaret Apgar (dau. of John Peter), and lived near Cokesburg ; had ch .: (1). ELISABETH, b. 20 Feb., 1779, m. James Hoffman (s. of "Cobe"); (II). ANNE, b. 8 March, 1781, unm .; (III). PETER, m. Elizabeth Dilley; (IV). WILLIAM, m. Sarah Taylor (dau. of Archie ; had ch .: Harriet, m. Andrew Cregar (s. of Andrew), at High Bridge, N. J .; Edgar, m. Caroline Cregar (dau. of Will.); John, m. Mary Wean (dau. of Peter); William, m. Elizabeth Richards (dau. of Thomas) ; Emily, unm .; Mary, m. Daniel Anderson (s. of William). (V). CATHERINE. b. 13 Feb., 1788, m. Peter Schuyler (s. of John and Elisabeth Sutton) ; (V1) MARIEN, m. Phil. Read (s. of Luke); (VII). GEORGE, m. Susan Schuyler (dau. of John and Elisabeth Sutton); had ch., David, m. Car- oline Beam (dau. of Bartram) ; Mary, m. John Pace (s. of John) ; Jacob, m. Julia Beam (dau. of Bartram); Catherine Ann, m. Nelson Howell (s. of Nathan) : William, m. Ann Wise (dau. of William) ; Margaret Jane, m. Leonard Dufford (s. of George) ; George, m. Catherine Miller (dau. of John) ; John, m. (1) Bridget Murray; (2) Elisabeth Demot ; (VIII). JACOB died young.
II. JOHN, m. the widow Jost and died in Pennsylvania.
III. PETER had HERBERT, died young ; CATHERINE, unmarried ; WILLIAM, m. Sarah Conover (dau. of Garret).
JACOB, of Sussex Co., was from Hunterdon Co., and belonged to the same family. He had a son JACOB, whose will was dated 14 Sept., 1820, prob. 18 Aug., 1827; who had ch .: 1. GEORGE, m. a Henn, (Sparta family) ; 2. PETER, rem. to Bradford Co., Pa. : 3. JACOB, rem. to Illinois ; 4. MARGARET, m. Peter Struble ; 5. SUSAN, m. Anthony Longcore ; 6. BARBARA, m. Susan's hus- band ; 7. SOPHIA, m. Peter Hendershot ; 8. ANN, m. a Smith ; 9. ELISA- BETH, m. an Anderson : 10. MARY, m. William Snook.
On John Peter Neitzer's ledger occur the names, 1763, of JOHN LANTZ, MAT- THIAS SHAFFER LANTZ and JOHN PETER LANTZ.
LARASON.
JOHN LARASON, a Danish nobleman compelled to flee and lose his estates by con- fiscation on account of a conspiracy, in 1660, because of taxes. He fled to Scot- land, and, hearing that a price was set on his head, came to America and pur-
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chased a large tract, about 1,700 acres, near Brooklyn, L. I. JOHN LARASON on rate list of Newtown, L. I., 1688 ; prob. m. (1) 22 May, 1683, Jemima Halsey ; (2) 20 Dec., 1686, the widow Mary Howell. Died at Chester (?), N. J., at an advanced age. He prob. had a son,
WILLIAM, whose name occurs on tax list of Hopewell twp., 1722, as assessed for 11 cattle and horses, 9 sheep and 160 acres. His will, dated April 7 and prob. May 30, 1749, (Trenton, Lib. 6, fol. 70), mentions five children : James, Wil- liam, John, George and the wife of David Stout.
I. JAMES, b 1695, d. at Hopewell, Mercer Co., 1792, at 97 years. Bought 242 acres of land in 1740 ; bad nine children, three of whom left male descendants :
(I). JOHN.
(II). ANDREW, b. 1738, d. 1800, m. - Severn ; had ch .:
1. GEORGE, m. Catherine Lambert.
2. JAMES.
3. ANDREW, b. 1776, May 17.
4. BENJAMIN, b. 1806, Jan. 5, and had, (1). George, M. D., res, at Lambertville, N. J .; (2). Cornelius W., Prof. of the University at Lewisburg, Pa .; (3). Andrew B., Rev., pastor of the Baptist Church, Ringoes, N. J .; (4). John D., a farmer at Stockton, N. J.
(III). ROGER, had three sons, James, Theodore and John.
(IV). WILLIAM.
(V). ELIJAH.
(VI). DAVID, had two sons, Amos and Jonathan.
(VII). ACHSAH.
(VIII). RACHEL.
(IX). CATHERINE.
Il. WILLIAM, d. 1777 ; his will prob. 1777, Sept. 1, m. Patience -; in 1745 bought, for £90, 210 acres near Pleasant Hill cemetery, on part of which widow Larason lives in Roxbury (now Chester) twp., Morris Co .; had ch. (order uncertain) :
(I). THOMAS, b. 1745, m. Mary, b. 1756, d. 1829, Sept. 20, at 73 years ; prob. had ch .:
1. SILVESTER.
2. JAMES.
3. MAHLON.
4. MARY STINSON, rem. to Knox Co., Ohio ; was in Revolutionary war ; perhaps had also,
5. THOMAS, rem. to Illinois, m. first, 18 March, 1819, Mary Howell (dau. of Samuel and Rachel Drake), b. 1 March, 1796, d. 5 March, 1825 ; second, 27 July, 1826, Charity Howell (sister to Ist wife), b. 7 Nov., 1791, d. 4 May, 1845 ; had cb .: (1). George, b. 22 June, 1823, m. Marietta Burnet, and had Nathan, b. 24 Sept., 1852, - Adell, b. 21 Sept., 1856 ; Anna, b. 27 Dec., 1860 ; Clarissa and Harriet ; (2). Mary H., b. 11 Feb., 1825, m. 28 Oct., 1845, Josiah M. Stark ; (3). Rachel Ann, b. 14 Aug., 1828, d. 27 June, 1874, m. 28 Oct., 1852, George W. Forsaitb, and had Ada M., b. 1856, m. 1881, E. D. Fisher, and Carrie A., b. 1862, m. W. W. McManis.
(II). ANDREW, b. 1755, Oct., d. 1803, May 7, m. 1775, Dec. 15, Sarah Hart (dau. of Benj.), b. 1751, May 24 : had ch .:
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1. MARY, b. 1777, Mar. 30, m. John Woodhull (s. of Rev William).
2. WILLIAM, b. 1778, Dec. 1, d. 1855, Dec., m. 1800, Mar. 2, Elisabeth Sharp (dau. of Morris), b. 1783, Dec. 9, d. 1852, Aug. 25 ; had ch .: (1). Darid W., b. 1801, Sept. 2, m. 1824, Nov. 4, Ann Naughright: (2). Mary, b. 1803, Sept. 23, m. 1820, Dec. 9, Lanson Howell ; (3). Sarah, b. 1806, March 25, m. 1829, May 23, Stephen Coleman ; (+). Susanna, b. 1809, Jan. 7, m. 1833, Jan. 12, Charles Ming ; (5). Morris, b. 1812, June 16, m. first, 1835, Dec. 26, Catherine Dor- land ; second, 1850, Sept. 4, Margaret Dickerson ; (6). Isabella, b. 1815, April 15, m. 1832, Jacob S. Welsh.
3. PATIENCE, b. 1781, July 3, m. 1800, April 7, William Alpock (s. of William).
4. SARAH, b. 1784, Sept. 13 ; unmarried.
5. BENJAMIN HL, b. 1786, Nov. +, m. 1807, May 17, Rebekah Larason.
6. DAVID, b. 1789, Oct. 26, m. 1806, April 17, Margaret Carlisle.
(III). JAMES, b. 1764.
(IV). ELISABETH.
(V). MARY.
(VI). NANCY.
(VII). DAVID.
III. JOHN, "came to Chester (?) N. J., and left seven sons."
IV. GEORGE, prob the one called Roger in some accounts of the family ; set- tled in Pennsylvania.
MISCELLANEOUS-LARS LARSSON is found at New Sweden (Southern New Jer- sey and Delaware) in 1693.
LAWRENCE.
The Lawrence (Lorentz or Laurents) family were probably from Rochelle. France. They may have joined the Germans from the Palatinate, at the port of their departure in Holland, or they may have come from the Palatinate, whither they had previously fled for protection from religious persecution in their native land. The latter seems the more probable from the fact that large numbers of Huguenots fled to Germany and particularly to the Palatinate, during the time of Louis XIV. The Laurents and Lucas families had come over together not only in 1710 but in the previous century. ANDRE' LAURENT, the ancestor of a noted family of South Carolina, son of Jean Laurent, married in London, 8 Mar., 1682. Marie Lucas, both being natives of La Rochelle. The latter was the daughter of DANIEL Lucas. The families seem to have been associated together for a long period. [Baird's Huguenot Emigration I. 282]. There is a German family bible now in the possession of Mrs. John M. Lawrence, of Brooklyn, N. Y., which contains the record of the family of the emigrant, Johannes. There seem to have been in New Jersey representatives of another German or Holland family of the name of Lawrence. There were members also here of the English family of that name, the Hon. Thomas Lawrence, of Hamburg, being one.
JOHANNES LORENTZ [Lowrentz, Lawrence] came over in the " second emigra- tion" of Palatines or Germans in 1710 and is found in New York at that date. The record is as follows : JOHANNES LORENTZ in New York, 1710, at age of 43, his wife Anna Margaretta, at age 39, his children Anna Elisabetha at 15, Magdalena at 13, Anna Barbara at 11 and Alexander at age of one year and
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a half. The old German family bible contains the record of baptisms of John's children. The will of Johannes Lowrentz, dated Peapack, 12 July, prob. 3 Dec., 1745 [Trenton Lib. I, fol. 16], names six children. He was b. 1661, m. 1691, Anna Margaretha, b. 1671 ; had ch .:
I. ABLOMIA, bap. Nov., 1692, the godfather being John Forbecker.
II. ANNA ELISABETHA, b. 1695, bap. 8 March, the godfather being Felder Slenderwine ; m. a Kealer (or Keller).
III. MAGDALENA, b. 1697, m. a Moore (prob. Johannes of Readington Records) ; according to the family bible MATILDA is bap. 28 Jan., 1698, godfather being Martin Ellerbin, the two names prob. being confounded with one another.
IV. ANNA BARBARA, b. 1699, bap. 3 Sept., 1700, godfather being Philip Steyel (or Steyse) ; m. a Besherer.
V. ALEXANDER, b. 1708, bap. 16 Ang., 1710, " on ship Medford," godfather being Alexander Rosinwater ; rem. to North Carolina.
VI. DANIEL, bap. 13 Dec., 1713, godfather being Daniel Shoemaker. (See his family below.)
VII. JOHN, bap. 15 Feb., 1716, godfather being John Pedelter ; removed to North Carolina.
DANIEL 1st, of Bedminster, son of Johannes, gives a mortgage, 1 July, 1768, to Jacob Woolf, of same place for 260 acres of land which was prob. situated at Drakestown, Morris Co. This Damel was the ancestor of all the Lawrences of this family remaining in this vicinity ; had ch .:
I. FRANCIS, whose will, Randolph twp., Morris Co., 3 March, prob. 31 March, 1810, names wife Hannah and ch .:
(I). BETSEY.
(II). LUTHER.
(III). AARON S.
(IV). HENRY S.
(V). ELIAS DAYTON.
(VI). EUNICE.
(VII). CALVIN (dec.).
II. BENJAMIN, had a dau. ANNA who married a Clark.
III. SILVANUS, bad ch .:
(I). DANIEL, b. 18 May, 1773, m. 7 Jan., 1796, Sibillar Doty, b. 15 April, 1779 ; bis property was divided 1840 among the following ch .: 1. Henry D,, b. 30 Mar., 1797 ; 2. Eliza Ann, b. 25 Sept., 1799, m. Dalrymple ; 3. Jemima D., b. 16 June, 1802 ; 4. Mary, b. 10 April, 1804, m. - Thompson ; 5. George W., b. 14 Oct., 1806 ; 6. Julia Ann, b. 1808, Aug. 20, d. - , m. Will. Y. Trimmer (s. of John), b. 1806, Oct. 26, d. 1879, Feb. 27 ; 7. Philemon D., b. 25 June, 1810 ; 8. Samuel T., 12 Nov., 1812 ; 9. Daniel H., b. 25 June, 1815; 10. William W., b. 2 Oct., 1823.
(II). PETER, of Hunterdon Co.
IV. BETSEY, m. a Young of Walnut Grove, Morris Co.
V. WILLIAM, b. 1743, d. 1816, March 2 at 73, m. Mary, b. 1753, d. 1828, Feb. 12 at 75 ; his will dated Roxbury, 1814, April 11, prob. 1816, Mar. 7, names
1. SILVANUS, b. 1777, June 19, d. 1853, Sept. 16, m. Nancy.
2. STEPHEN A., b. 1782, d. 1838 (or 1838) at 51, m. Estber Alward (dau. of Benjamin); had (1). Mary, m. Stephen Coleman ; (2). William
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m. a sister to Stephen Coleman ; (3). Sarah, m. William Wack (8. of -); (4). John, m. a Pool ; (5). Benjamin ; (6). Silvester (or Silvanus) m. a Smith ; (7). Amanda, m. Renjamin Alward (a cousin) ; (8). Stephen Jr .; (9). Jane; (10). Elisabeth, d. at 12 years of age.
3. HANNAH.
4. ELISABETH, m. - Lefoy.
VI. DANIEL came from Peapack, N. J., to vicinity of Dover, N. J .; bought from Isaac Hance, a Quaker, the house now occupied by the Hon. George Richards, which was finished at the time Cornwallis surrendered to Gen. Washington. From there he removed to Canada with most of his family; m. 9 July, 1769, Charity Mills ; had children, six daughters and three sons (order uncertain) :
(I). CHARITY, m. in Canada.
(II). ANNA, m. in Canada, John Loder.
(III). PHEBE, m. her sister Annie's husband for his second wife.
(IV). ADAM, m. a Tisdall in Canada.
(V). BETSEY, m. a Bell, of Hackettstown, N. J., who was a brother of John Lawrence's wife.
(VI) and (VII). Two other daughters whose names are not remembered. (VIII). JOHN went to the Redstone country.
(IX). ABRAHAM, lived 4 miles south of Sparta, in Byram twp., Sussex Co., N. J., m. Ann Dickson, an English lady who came to this country with her brother ; had ch .: 1. Sara, m. Mahlon Dickerson ; 2. Dickson, m. Laura (?) Leport ; 3. John, m Hester Edwards ; 4. Jacob, m. Annie Snyder and is a hardware merchant in Decker- town ; 5. Caroline, m. William Pinkney and res. in Newton, N. J .; 6. Amanda, m. Joseph Hill and res. in Newton, N. J.
(X). JACOB, b. 16 March, 1774, m. 22 Feb., 1802, Jennie Guerin (Jane Geering), dau. of Vincent (a French family res. near Morristown), b. 15 Dec., 1780 ; had ch .: 1. Harriet, b. 9 May, 1803, m. first. Helmah Cisco ; second, Jared Hathaway ; 2. Sarah, h. 18 Sept., 1804, m. Cenas Prudden ; 3. Nancy Guerin, b. 15 Dec., 1805, m. Harvey Ward, s. of Daniel, who res. near German Valley, N. J .: 4. Vincent Guerin, b. 20 July, 1807, m. Abbie Parker, dau. of Daniel ; 5. John R., b. 3 Sept., 1809, scalded to death at three years; 6. Eliza Bell, b. 14 Feb., 1812, m. George Gill and died in Parkers- burg, Virginia ; 7. Daniel N., b. 15 July, 1813, m. in New York city ; 8. Stephen P., b. 16 Dec., 1814, died young ; 9. Pamela, h. 25 Nov., 1816, m. Thos. Page, of Newark ; 10. Phebe Maria, b. 5 Dec., 1818, m. Robert De Rose near Hackettstown, N. J .; 11. Job Loder, b. 5 Dec., 1820, m, Mary Van Doren ; 12. Lydia Blackford, b. 26 Oct., 1823, m. Thomas Young ; 13. Theodore T., h. 26 Dec., 1825, died at two years.
GEORGE WILLIAM (or Urie William) Lourens was probably the William ou tax list Hopewell twp. in 1722 ; occupied farm on West Jersey Society tract 1735 ; may be a brother to Johannes ; m. Maria (or Maritje) ; had children (records of Readington) :
I. ELISABETH, bap. 1727, Oct. 8.
II. JOHNANNES WILLIAM bap. 1729, June 8.
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III. ADAM, bap. 1731, Mar. 28, bought 250 acres at Parker, Morris Co., of the Bowlsby tract, 1750 ; parents were George and Maritje prob. same as George William and Maria ; signed call to Rev. Albert Weygand, 1749 ; on list of Foxenburg (Fox Hill) district of the Lutheran congregation some date before 1749. There may have been therefore two of the name Adam, one a brother and the other a son, of George William.
IV. GEORGE, bap. 1733, June 10.
MISCELLANEOUS-LYDIA LORENTZ, m. 24 Dec., 1799, Maurus Zavering. ELIS- ABETH Laurentz, m. 1789, Stephen Darreberger. JAN Lawrence, a Norman came to New York with his wife in Feb., 1659. JAN LOURENS from Schoonder Woort with wife and two children at ages 7 and 4, to N. Y., 16 April, 1663. ELISHA Lowrence (perh. the son of Daniel Ist), gives mortgage, 16 Sept., 1785, to Guisbert Sutphin on land on Lowrance brook, near Peapack. ABRAHAM Lowrance and Rachel are witnesses.
LEEK.
AMOS LEEK [Liek, Leake], h. 1747 (?), d. 1822, at 75 ; res. Chester twp .; was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, m. Anne White ; had ch .:
I. AMOS, m. Deborah Corwin (dau. of Isaac), b. 6 June, 1780 ; had ch .: 1. HUBBARD ; 2. DANIEL, b. 1805, d. 1881, m. Saran Stout ; 3. JOSEPH, m. Harriet Case (dau. of James) ; 4. JESSUP, went Went ; 5. MAHLON, m. Matilda Clinton ; 6. HARRIET, m. a Sloat ; 7. BETSEY, m. John Emmons; 8. PEENIE, m. Will. Shankle (s. of Fred.); 9. NANCY, m. John Collins.
Il. DANIEL, b. 1783, d. 1856, m. Elisabeth Chipps ; had ch .: 1. THOMAS, m. Sallie Ann Huston, and had Talmage, Lydiette and two others ; 2. WIL- LIAM C., b. 19 May, 1809, d. 9 June, 1890, m. Martha T. Skellinger (dau. of William), and had Stephen H., Daniel and Lydia Esther ; 3. REV. FORDHAM, b. 13 Feb., 1814, m. Charlotte Drake (dau. of Elias), and had Elias Smith and Spafford ; 4. EMALINE, m. Deacon Elias Wortman ; 5. ESTHER, m. Joseqh Emmons (s. of Jacob) ; 6. SALLIE ANN, m. William Lewis ; 7. TALMAGE, died young.
III. JOHN, rem. to Lake country.
IV. BENJAMIN, m. first, Sallie Lanterman ; second, Sallie Hockenbury.
V. LEMUEL FORDHAM.
VI. NANCY, m. a Kenann.
VII. PARTHENA, b. 12 Aug., 1777, m. Jacob Skinner,
VIII. CHARLOTTE, b. 19 Sept., 1781, m. John Crater.
IX. ESTHER.
X. RUTH, m. Peter Melick.
MISCELLANEOUS-There was a Capt. SAMUEL LEEK, res. in Chester twp., b. 18 April, 1809, d. 18 Aug., 1873, m. first, Mary Ann Budd, b. 18 March, 1816, d. 18 Sept., 1855 ; second, Minerva Topping ; had one child, Mary Budd, who m. Linden Leek (s. of Stephen H.). Amos perhaps had brothers DANIEL, ADAM and JOHN, about whom nothing is known. The family probably came from East Hampton, L. I., where there was an Ebenezer Leek in 1675. Tradition says they came from Rhode Island.
LERCH.
ANTHONY LERCH, m. Anna Welsch (dau. of Johannes Wilhelm 1st, of German
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Valley), res. in Greenwich twp., Warren Co .; owned the land, upon which the Greenwich Presbyterian Church is built, and which he donated to the church will, 1798, Feb. 22, prob. May 9, names "bro. PETER" and eleven children (order as in the will) :
I. DANIEL, rem. to Wilkesbarre ; had a mill ; was drowned in his mill pond ; had ch .:
(I). ANNE, m. a Smith.
(II). PHILIP, m. a Winter.
(III). LEWIS, died unmarried.
II. DAVID, m. Nellie Jones ; res. in Penn., near Bethlehem ; had ch .:
(I). JOSEPH.
(II). NELLIE, m. Rev. Mr. Dups.
(III). SALLIE, m. a Bostchen
(IV). DAVID.
III. ISAAC, b. 1787, d. 1816, at 29, m. Elisabeth Daniels (dau. of Joseph from England) ; she married for second husband Wm. Cougle ; had ch .:
(I). ROBERT, died about 30, unmarried.
(II). PETER, m. Sarah Fishbaugh (dau. of Joseph).
(III). MARGARET ANN, m. Nicholas Neighbor Bowman (s. of Lambert).
IV. ANDREW, unmarried ; killed by an accident.
V. ANTHONY, m. Susie Stucker ; rem. to Reading, Pa .. where his grandsou Daniel is in business, while totally blind ; had ch .:
(I). WILLIAM.
(II). ROSINA.
(III). GEOROE.
(IV). ELISABETH.
VI. WILLIAM, rem. to Penn .; res. near Sackna, several miles below Easton.
VII. CATHERINE, m. John Boyer ; rem. to Penn .; had ch .:
(I). JOHN.
(II). ANNIE, m. a Knight.
(III). JACOB.
VIII. ANNE, m. Jacob Case ; res. below Flemington ; had ch .:
(I). LARRY.
(IT). JOHN.
(III). MRS. JOHNSON.
(IV). MAROARET.
IX. SUSANNA, m. Jacob Wack (s. of Rev. Caspar).
X. MARGARET, m. William Case ; res. at " The Forge," near Bloomsbury, Warren Co .; had ch .:
(I). JACOB, m. Rebecca Hunt.
(II). WILLIAM, m. Matilda Brackley.
(III). ANNIE, m. Robert Kelly.
(IV). ELISABETH, m. Brackley Winter.
(V). MARGARET, m. James Hulshizer.
(VI). MARY, m. John Adams ; rem. to Penn .; had five children.
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NICHOLAS LEINBERGER on list of emigrants who arrive at Philadelphia, 27 Aug., 1739. CONRAD and NICHOLAS LEINENBERG arrive at Philadelphia
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15 Sept., 1752, in ship Two Brothers, with Dils, Beam, Winegarden, Blom, Rodebagh, Seals (spelled Sehl), Himroth, Aller and other families, who settled in this part of New Jersey. It has been impossible to get any very complete information of the older generations of this family. The following is correct as far as it goes :
HENRY, prob. the son of Conrad, the emigrant ; prob. m. Catherine ; had ch .: I. CONRAD, b. 1785, d. - , lived at Pleasant Grove, m. 5 June, 1805, Annie Tiger ; had ch .: (I). HENRY, m. first, Mary Moore ; second, Thyre Seals ; (II). JACOB, m. Catherine A. Jones ; lives at Peapack ; (III). ELISABETH, m. a Bauman ; lives at Mendham : (IV). ANNIE, m. first, William Hart ; second, George Smith, of Pennville, Warren Co., N. J .; (V). GEORGE, m. Annie Walters (dau. of William), and lives Pleasant Grove, and has son William who m. Emaline Hoppler ; (VI). MARY, m. Peter Sauers and lives at Chester ; (VII). CASPAR, m. first, Elisabeth Bunn (dau. of Peter) ; second, Hattie Van Nest ; (VIII). CATHERINE, unmarried ; (IX). SARAH, m. George Skinner, of Anthony, Warren Co., N. J.
II. JACOB, b. 8 July, 1788, d. 29 March, 1860, m. Mary Bowman, b. 23 May, 1787, d. 21 Oct., 1851 ; had ch .: (I). GEORGE B., m. first, Emily Teats ; second, Esther Robbins (dau. of Andrew); (II). JANE, b. 29 March, 1811, died young ; (III). THOMAS, b. 9 Jan., 1814, died young ; (IV). WESLEY, b. 17 Oct., 1820, m. first, Mary Mckinstry ; second, Mary Nevius (the widow Lutes).
III. HARBERT, b. about 1789, d. 1874, at 84, m. Elisabeth Landers ; had ch .: (I). CASPAR, m. Fanny Tiger ; (II). ADALINE, m. George Wise (s. of George and resides at Fox Hill); (III). AMANDA, m. Matthias Apgar, of Phillipsburg ; (IV). HIRAM, m. Margaret Seals ; (V). LOUISA, m. John Seals, of High Bridge, N. J .; (VI). JOHN, died young ; (VII). ALETTA, m. Joseph Burris ; (VIII). MANCIUS S. H., of German Valley, N. J., m. Eleanor Wilson.
IV. ANN, m. Tunis Updike.
V. CASPAR, of Cokesburg, b. 29 March, 1795, d. 27 May, 1897, m. Betsey H. Bird ; had ch .: MARY JANE, CHARLOTTE ANN, and another daughter.
VI. JOHN, m. Betsey Rodenbaugh ; had ch .: 1. ELIZA, m. Fred. Terryberry ; 2. SUSAN, m. Will. Fritts ; 3. LYDIA, m. Chas. Carhart ; 4. SHERWOOD, M. D., m. Ellen Robeson (dau of Benj.) ; res. Bloomsbury.
VII. GEORGE H., of Fairmount, b. 17 July, 1799, d. 23 Jan., 1879, m. Mary Hoffman (dau. of Peter M.), b. 1799, d. 17 Oct., 1878, at 79 ; had ch .: 1. DAVID, m. Dorothy Schuyler (dau. of Andrew) ; 2. CHARLOTTE ANN and 3. GEORGE, died young.
VIII. EVA, m. Peter Hockenberry, of Fairmount.
CONRAD, prob. brother of Henry and son of Conrad Ist ; removed from near the Whitehouse to Hope, Warren Co., N. J .: m. [Esther ?] Cool ; had ch .:
I. ELISABETH, b. 7 May, 1766, prob. m. John Gardner (s. of Joseph).
II. ANNA MARGARET, b. 28 Feb., 1771, prob. m. Will. Hiler, of North Branch, N. J., who d. 29 Oct., 1843.
III. ANNA MARY, b. 3 Sept., 1773, prob. m. John Ferguson (s. of Hugh).
IV. JOHN, b. 1776, m. Elisabeth Kishpaugh ; had ch .: 1. ANNA, m. Daniel B. Brands (s. of Jacoh); 2. JOSEPH, m. first, Mary Gardner (dau. of David); second, Susan Hay ; 3. GERSHOM C., b. 3 March, 1813, m. Elisa-
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beth Ferguson (dau. of Will.); 4. CONRAD NELSON, m. Sarah McGarvey. 5. ARCHIELUS, m. Catharine Mackey (dau. of Joseph); 6. ELISABETH M., m. Philip Beck (s. of Jacob) ; 7. LETITIA, m. Samuel Brugler (s. of Peter); 8. CATHARINE MARGARET. m. Will. Lake (s. of Abram).
V. A. JULIA, b. 2 June, 177%, prob. m. Henry Kern,
VI. WILLIAM.
VII. ADAM, unmarried.
CASPER, prob. son of CONRAD 1st, m. A. Maria ; had at least three children : JOHN ANTONY, b. 8 March, 1773 ; JOHN NICOLAS, b. 8 March, 1778 ; GRITH (Griffith), b. 16 March, 1781.
JOHN NICHOLAS, prob, son of Nicholas, m. Louisa Margaret ; had at least two children : ANNA CATHERINE, b. 27 Sept., 1769 ; ANNA ELISABETH, b. 2 March, 1771.
JOHN LINBERGER, of Bernards twp., Somerset Co, N. J., names in his will, Jan. 28, prob. July 1, 1777, one child John (Trenton Wills, Lib. 18, fol. 583), prob. the following :
I. JOHN, of Middlesex, whose will, 7 Nov., prob. Dec. 24, 1789, names sons John and William and wife pregnant. (Trenton Wills, Lib. 31, fol. 384). GEORGE, lived at Whitehouse, N. J., m. Sarah Hoffman (dau. of John, of Leba- non), b. 31 May, 1777, d. 19 April, 1857, buried at Mt. Olive, Morris Co., N. J .; had ch .:
L JOHN, b. 1802, m. Barbara Wack (dau. of Jacob); had ch .: 1. WILLIAM L., m. Sarah Wise (dau. of -); 2. CATHERINE, m. George A. Smith ; 3. JOHN N., m. Catherine Mershon (dau. of Andrew); 4. JOSEPH, removed to Nebraska ; 5. MARY JANE ; 6. JACOB ; 7. GEORGE and 8. MARY unm. and died young.
II. HENRY, m. first, a Shotwell ; second, -, rem. to Michigan.
III. JOSEPH.
IV. GEORGE.
V. ISAAC.
VI. JACOB H.
VII. PETER H.
VIII. ANNA.
IX. SHAFER.
X. WILLIAM, m. Barbara Ann Wack (dau. of Andrew); rem. to Canton, Ill., about 1858 ; had ch .: 1. ANDREW, of Iowa ; 2. WILL. NELSON, m. Lida Sliker (dau. of John L., of Hackettstown): 3. MARY ELLEN, m. Leon. F. Apgar, of Middle Valley, N. J .. 4. CATHERINE, m. at Canton, Ill .; 5. MARY MAGDALENE, m. Dr. Strong ; 6 ELIAS and 7. GEORGE, m. out West.
LOMERSON.
This name is variously spelled, as Lomerson, Lammason, Lamersen. It is said to have been originally Lamberson and of Holland origin.
CONRAD LAMMASON lived near Unionville, Washington twp., Morris Co., N. J., m. Nancy; had ch .:
I. JOHN, lived at Round Valley.
II. CONRAD, m. Elisabeth Hoffman (dau. of John); lived near Whitehall, Hunterdon Co, N. J .; had ch .: 1. JOHN, m. Polly Roelofson (dau. of Isaac); lived for years on the farm of the writer's grandmother, Mrs.
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John Frelinghuysen, of Raritan, N. J., and was highly esteemed by the whole community ; 2. NANCY, m. Adam Hope (s. of Richard); 3. CON- RAD, m. Ruth Crammer (dau. of John) ; 4. ELISABETH, m. George Eick (s. of George) ; 5. MARGARET, m. Harmon Hoffman (s. of Henry ?); 6. CATH- ERINE, b. 1 March, 1812, m. Harmon H. Hoffman (s. of Frederick), b. 7 Feb., 1805, d. 7 Sept., 1882 ; 7. ELLEN, m. Samuel Crouse.
III. JACOB, b. 23 Oct., 1778, d. 17 May, 1847, m. Charity Schenckel (dau. of Adam), b. 17 April, 1785, d. 27 Dec., 1827 ; had ch .: 1. BETSEY, m. David Crater (s. of Morris) ; 2. CONRAD, m. Susan Stackhouse ; 3. JOHN, m. Huldah Emmons (dau. of Abram) ; 4. NANCY, b. 30 March, 1814, m. first, a Stout ; second, Isaac Heldebrant ; 5. SARAH, m. Aaron J. Sutton ; Kansas ; 6. CATHARINE, unmarried ; 7. ADAM, m. Ruth Emmons (dau. of Abram) ; 8. JACOB, m. Matilda Praster (dau. of George); died in the army ; 8. CHARITY (twin to Jacob), m. Philip Abel (s. of George) ; 9. ELLEN, m. Isaac Heldebrant ; 10. JOSEPH, m. Amanda Apgar (dau. of Matthias).
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