| A mighty maze! but not without a plan
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17. GEORGE4 BEAVERS ( Ann3 Clifford, George2, unknown Clifford1); born 31 May 1757; died 2 September 1820; married SARAH LANNING; born 1 November 1760; died 15 March 1841; buried in "New Stone cemetery, near Clinton, New Jersey." 289 Sarah was a daughter of Ralph and Elizabeth (Jones) Lanning of Lawrenceville, Mercer County, New Jersey. Sarah's siblings were Elizabeth Lanning (married Elijah Hendrickson), Samuel Lanning, Joseph Lanning, Mary Lanning (married Joshua Reed), Abigail Lanning, and Joshua Lanning. 290
Hunterdon Democrat (Flemington, New Jersey), volume 3, number 31, 31 March 1841: 291
On the 15th inst., Mrs. Sarah Beavers, age about 80 years. Long may the Bethlehem Church, of which she was a worthy communicant, remember she was a liberal supporter, and her large family descendants, her many lessons of instruction, and prayers for the present, and eternal happiness.
The funeral services of the above were performed by their affectionate pastor, Rev. H. W, Hunt.
According to Early Germans of New Jersey, George Beavers: "owned Pattenburgh (sic) Mill, now known as Beaver's Mill …" Probably our George Beavers was the George Beavers taxed in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in 1785 and 1786 and in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, in 1789 and 1790. 292 George Beavers was in the Revolutionary War, being a Commissary of Supplies for Sussex County, New Jersey. 293
Children of George and Sarah (Lanning) Beavers:294
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| Anna (Nancy) Beavers; born 17 September 1783; died 10 December 1861; married Benjamin Fritts.
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| Elizabeth Beavers; born 8 April 1787 (but see birth date of Joseph-iv); died 15 November 1812; married William Boss; apparently no issue.
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| Joseph Beavers; born 8 August 1787 (but see birth date of Elizabeth-iii); died 11 June 1845; married, Nancy Cook.
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| Mary (Polly) Beavers; born 22 May 1789; died 20 November 1871; married 21 August 1810 John Carhart.
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| Martha Beavers; born 30 April 1791; died 30 April 1875; buried in New Stone Cemetery, near Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Martha married, 15 December 1852,295 Jacob Cline; born 26 April 1791; died 1855.
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| Abigail Beavers; born 1 or 11 September 1794; died 1 May 1892 (age 98); married late in life Edward Johnston; born 16 August 1793; died 12 January 1867. In 1850, still single, Abby was living with her brother Samuel and family in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, Pennsylvania. Abby and Edward did not have children. In 1870, Abigail, head of household, was living with her sister, Martha Kline (= Cline) (#66), in Clinton Township, Hunterdon County (page 130). Abigail was referred to by Sönn (1948), page 88, as "the famous old lady, Aunt Abby."
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| William Beavers; born 1 March 1796; died 11 or 13 July 1817; married Sarah Apgar; born 9 June 1794; died 9 October 1865. In 1850, Sarah, widow, was living with her son, Peter Beavers and his family. William and Sarah had one child, (1) Peter A. Beavers, born circa 1817 in New Jersey, married 3 May 1838296 Rachel Fritts, born circa 1815 in New Jersey. Rachel Fritts was a daughter of George C. and Anna Mary (Derenberger) Fritts. Rachel's uncle Benjamin Fritts married Anna (Nancy) Beavers (#62). In 1850, Peter, Rachel and family were living in Clinton Township, Hunterdon County, where Peter was enumerated as a farmer; also in the household was Sarah Beavers, mother of Peter.297 In 1880, Peter and Rachel were living in High Bridge Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where Peter was enumerated as a justice of the peace. Children of Peter and Rachel (Fritts) Beavers:298 Mary Beavers, born circa 1841, died 29 April 1851; William C. Beavers, born circa 1843; and George F. Beavers, born circa 1848.
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| Samuel Beavers; born 19 September 1799; died 19 July 1858; married Amy Snyder.
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| Sarah Beavers; born 8 May 1803 in New Jersey; died 23 August 1893; married George W. Bonnell (Sr.); born 6 December 1807 in New Jersey; died 8 December 1891. "By the Rev. H. W. Hunt, Mr. George W. Bonnel, of Alexandria, to Miss Sarah Beavers, of Bethlehem, NJ on the 10st inst. [10 November 1838]."299 In 1880, George, Sarah and children John and Margaret were living in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where George was enumerated as a farmer.300 They had five children: (1) George W. Bonnell, Jr., married Sarah Beavers, a first cousin, being a daughter of Samuel and Amy (Snyder) Beavers, see #69; (2) William Bonnell, married Keziah Matthews; (3) Martha Ann Bonnell; (4) John George Bonnell, born circa 1850 in New Jersey; and (5) Margaret Josephine Bonnell, born circa 1852 in New Jersey, married Lambert Compton.
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19. MARY4 BEAVERS ( Ann3 Clifford, George2, unknown Clifford1); probably born circa 1755-1760 (an estimate) in New Jersey; died 1826 in Lewis County, Virginia (now West Virginia); 302 married ALEXANDER WHITE (II); born 4 June 1752; died 1814-1815 in present-day West Virginia. 303 Both Mary and Alexander have been reported buried in Jacksons Mills, Lewis County, West Virginia. 304 Is this Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, the boyhood home of Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson?
Sönn (1948) speculates that Mary Beavers married (first) [-?-] Clifford and (second) Alexander White. From Sönn (1948), pages 11: " … Mary Beavers first married a Clifford, first name not known but presumed to be related as a son or nephew of George Clifford [#2] whose will Col. Beavers drew up in 1757 a few weeks before George died… ." I can not suggest a nephew, but of course we do not have a complete genealogy of our early Cliffords. Nevertheless, the premise in my account is that Mary (Beavers) White did not first marry a Clifford.
Sönn (1948), page 134, mentions in the settlement papers of Colonel Beavers that Stephen Gano paid "Mary White" $505.16 in full settlement of her legacy on 2 November 1818. Seven years later, 1 March 1825, he paid $100 to Henry White [son of Mary] of Virginia "on account of his mother's legacy;" and then 3 weeks later, 22 March 1825, he paid an additional $150 to Henry White, attorney for Mary White of Lewis County, Virginia. In Mary (Beavers) White's will, 305 recorded 20 July 1826, she gives all the money that is coming from "my father's estate to my sons …" 306
Sönn (1948), page 135, apparently citing Roscoe White's (1939) "White family records," 1939 (updated by Arden White), states that Alexander and wife Mary went to Virginia some time before 1790, being induced to go by Alexander's brother Samuel White. According to Hardy County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Deed Book 2, page 182, Alexander purchased land from the Thomas Fairfax estate on 4 December 1790 (he sold the land to a John Bay on 11 October 1797). Starting in 1798 and until his death in 1814, Alexander's name appeared on the "list of tithabels" of Harrison County, Virginia, now Lewis County, West Virginia, near Jackson's Mill. 307
More on the Whites of Sussex County, New Jersey, and Hardy County, West Virginia, and a possible Mayflower connection
Alexander White (I) was born 8 September 1709, possibly in Yarmouth, Massachusetts; 308 died circa September 1776 in Greenwich Township, Sussex County (now Warren County), New Jersey; 309 he married 21 March 1736 Mary McMurtrie, born 11 April 1711 in Sussex County, New Jersey; 310 her date of death is not known. Alexander probably married (second) Mary Clifford, widow of George Clifford (#2). See under George Clifford for evidence of this marriage.
When Alexander White's will was written 40 years after marrying Mary McMurtrie, only six children (Alexander, Mary, Prudence, Elizabeth, Samuel and Sarah) were mentioned, with Samuel and Sarah not yet 21 (see Appendix 2. "Last will and testament of Alexander White" for the entire will). Could Alexander have had a first wife, or as suggested earlier, could the Mary White mentioned as his wife in his will have been a second wife-"the widow spinster Clifford." 311
Children of Alexander and Mary (McMurtrie) White (not necessarily all in order of birth): 312
(1). William White. 313 He married Martha Matilda Mason. William was not mentioned as an heir in his father's will, although William did not die until 1792. 314 However, a William White, probably his son, was one of the executors of Alexander's will.
(2). Alexander White (II), married Mary Beavers, see #19.
(3). Mary White. It has been suggested that she was the Mary White, first wife of Joseph Beavers. However Mary, listed as "Mary White," daughter of Alexander (I), was mentioned in her father's will written 1776 (with no indication she was deceased); 315 by this time the first wife of Joseph Beavers would have been dead for several years. Sönn (1948), page 10, suggests that the Mary White, first wife of Joseph Beavers, might have been a sister instead of a daughter of Alexander White (I). Alexander (I) apparently did have a half-sister Mary White, but this Mary White married James Russell. 316
(4). Prudence White; born before 1756; still alive in 1803; married (tentative) James Clifford. See under James Clifford (#7) for details.
(5). Elizabeth White.
(6). Samuel White; born 16 March 1758 in Sussex County, New Jersey; died late 1841 in Franklin Township, Franklin County, Ohio; married 4 April 1780 in Sussex County, New Jersey, Jane Stewart (daughter of James and Eleanor [-?-] Stewart), born 23 January 1764 in New Jersey; died 24 January 1849 in Franklin Township. 317 Samuel was "at Camp" and not yet 21 when his father's will was written in 1776. 318 On 29 September 1832, Samuel applied for a pension, having been in the Revolutionary War. 319 The pension application gives his birth as 16 March 1758 in Sussex County, New Jersey, and states that after the War, he lived in Sussex County, New Jersey, for 5 years; in Hardy County, present-day West Virginia, for 18 years, and in 1805 moved to Franklin County, Ohio.
Children of Samuel and Jane (Stewart) White (information obtained too late to recalculate all generation numbers):
a. Margaret White; born 29 April 1782 in Sussex County, New Jersey; died young.
b. James Stewart White; born 11 November 1783 in Sussex County, New Jersey.
c. Samuel M. White; born 21 September 1785 in Sussex County, New Jersey; died 11 February 1845 in Franklin County, Ohio. He married Nancy Ballenger (Ballinger?); one of their children was Mary White, who married Alexander White (#332), a son of William Wellington and Rachel (Paxton) White; hence Mary and Alexander were second cousins.
d. John McDowell White; born 17 March 1787 in Hardy County, Virginia (present-day West Virginia); died 17 November 1833 in Franklin County, Ohio.
e. Sarah White (twin); born 1 February 1789 in Hardy County; died 4 January 1849 in Franklin County, Ohio.
f. Elizabeth White (twin); born 1 February 1789 in Hardy County; died 5 October 1854 in Franklin County, Ohio.
g. Mary White; born 17 January 1791 in Hardy County, Virginia.
h. Alexander White; born 2 July 1792 in Hardy County, Virginia.
i. William White; born 16 April 1794 in Hardy County, Virginia; died 19 January 1854 in Franklin County, Ohio.
j. Rebecca White; born 26 July 1798 in Hardy County, Virginia; died 10 February 1859 in Franklin County, Ohio.
k. Jacob White; born 17 May 1804 in Hardy County, died 19 January 1872 in Franklin County, Ohio; married Eliza Alkire, who was a daughter of Emanuel and Sarah (White) Alkire, see #77.
l. George W. White; born 27 July 1807 in Franklin County, Ohio; died 1894 in Franklin County, Ohio; married Mary Baltimore.
(7). Sarah White; not yet 18 when her father's will was written in 1776; 320 that is, born no earlier than 1759. If Sarah's mother was born in 1711, she would have been age 48 or older when Sarah was born. Sarah White married Abner Calkins. 321
There apparently were other children of Alexander and Mary (McMurtrie) White not mentioned in Alexander's will, namely, Peregrine White, Henry White, and John White. 322
What about the ancestors of Alexander White (I)? His parents might have been Jonathan White, born 4 June 1658 in East Mansfield, Massachusetts, 323 died 22 February 1736 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; and Elizabeth Margaret (Marjorie) Alexander, born 18 January 1670, died 12 April 1718 in Massachusetts. 324 However Sönn (1948), pages 11 and 135, suggests Alexander's father was a Thomas White who built the Whitehall mansion in Sussex County (now Warren County), New Jersey. For more information on Whitehall Whites of New Jersey and more roadblocks into understanding the Cliffords-Beavers-Whites relations, see under Helen Permelia Frees (#139).
There is some evidence, although not conclusive, that Alexander White's (I) parents were Jonathan and Elizabeth Margaret (Alexander) White. Besides Alexander White, other children of Jonathan and Elizabeth Margaret (Alexander) White were William White, Martha White, and Elizabeth White (a second Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan White?). 325 The question is: was this Jonathan White the Jonathan who first married Hester (Nickerson) White, and therefore was the Jonathan White, direct descendant of William White who came to North America on the Mayflower. 326 For a sixteenth century Alexander White "associated" with Mayflower, see end note #326.
William White (died circa 1621-1622) and his pregnant wife Susanna [-?-] and son Resolved White, born circa 1615 (married, first, Judith Vassall; married, second, Widow Abigail Lord), came to North America on the Mayflower. 327 William and Susanna's son Peregrine White was born December 1620 on the Mayflower, while the ship was at anchor off Cape Cod. He was the first child of Mayflower passengers to be born in North America. He died July 1704 in Massachusetts. Peregrine White married Sarah Bassett, who died circa 1710-1712 in Massachusetts. Peregrine and Sarah had six children: (1) Mercy White (married William Sherman), (2) Silvanus White, (3) Daniel White (married Hannah Hunt), (4) Sarah White (married Thomas Young), (5) Jonathan White (see below), and (6) Peregrine White (married, first, Susanna [-?-]; married, second, Mary [-?-]).
Jonathan White, fifth child of Peregrine and Sarah White, was born 4 June 1658 in Marshfield, Massachusetts; died 14 July 1736 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts; he married February 1681 or 1683 Hester Nickerson, born October 16 1656 in Yarmouth, died 8 February 1702 or 1703 in Yarmouth. By Hester, Jonathan White had seven children: (1) Elizabeth White, died after July 1736, probably did not marry; (2) Jonathan White (married Dorcas Hamlin); (3) Ebenezer White (married Mary Smith); (4) Ester White (married [-?-] Drake); (5) Sarah White; (6) Mary White (married James Russell); and (7) Joseph White, born 1702, married Lydia Baker.
Some but not all White Mayflower genealogies, and with no connection to our Alexander White (I) line, mention a second wife of Jonathan White: Elizabeth [-?-], who died 12 April 1718 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, but these genealogies do not mention issue of Jonathan and Elizabeth. Was this Elizabeth the Elizabeth Margaret (Marjorie) Alexander who married Jonathan White and had son Alexander White (I). White workers believe so and therefore claim descent from William White of the Mayflower. Roscoe White (see #336) who did much of the early White genealogy work and had access to White bible records, submitted his records to The Mayflower Society for authentication, but the Society would not accept his documentation-not necessarily that the lineage was not correct. 328
The events needed for authentication happened many years ago, and it is doubtful that an original source will turn up now stating that Alexander White's father was Jonathan of direct Mayflower descent. But there is evidence for this being the case: (1) the bible records (but these apparently were composites from several bibles; no specific bible was named; 329 (2) the name Peregrine (not a common name) being listed in some White genealogies as a descendant of Alexander White; (3) the knowledge that Jonathan lived for over 30 years after his first wife, Hester, died; and (4) the "fact" that Jonathan of Mayflower descent did have a second wife Elizabeth [-?-]. Even though a formal authentication by a Mayflower organization will probably never be forthcoming, descendants of Alexander White have a cogent claim to Mayflower descent. Specific to our Clifford-line, these would be descendants of Mary (Beavers) White (#19) and Prudence (White) Clifford (#7).
However, there is one major stumbling block. Jonathan White of Mayflower descent did leave a will, written 14 July 1736, recorded 22 February 1737. 330 In the will, Jonathan White, yeoman of Yarmouth, mentions only his children by wife Hester (Nickerson) White: that is, eldest son Jonathan, third son Joseph, son Ebenezer, daughter Elizabeth White (single), daughters Ester Drake, Sarah White and Mary Russell, and grandson Jonathan Dell (he was a son of Mary White Russell). 331 Witnesses were John Jones, John Eldredge and Thomas Smith. It is hard to believe that Jonathan would have issue (namely Alexander, William, and Martha) by a second wife and not remember any of them in his will. We know that Alexander White (I) was alive when Jonathan White's will was written in 1737.
Children of Alexander (II) and Mary (Beavers) White (not all necessarily in order of birth):332
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| Henry White; did not marry. He apparently was the Henry White who acted as his mother's attorney in 1825 in Lewis County, Virginia (see above).
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| Margaret White; born 11 August 1780; married, 10 October 1800, Adam Alkire; born 11 April 1777; died 21 August 1862 in Franklin County, Ohio. Adam was a brother of Emanuel Alkire who married Margaret's sister Sarah White. Adam and Emanuel's parents were John and Christina (Wolf) (McCann) Alkire.333
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| William Wellington White; born 4 February 1783; died 29 January 1842; married Rachel Paxton (also spelled Paxon).
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| Sarah White; born 4 February 1786; died 5 January 1838; married Emanuel Alkire; born 8 November 1779; died 20 September 1849 in Franklin County, Ohio.334 One of their children was (1) Joseph Alkire, born 20 January 1818 in Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, married Almira Courtney, had child Irvin Alkire, born 18 July 1857 in Des Moines, Iowa, married Clarinda Deaton.335 Other children reported to be children of Emanuel and Sarah (White) Alkire:336 (2) Alexander White Alkire, (3) Mary Alkire, (4) John Alkire, (5) Jesse Alkire, (6) Eliza W. Alkire, (7) William Alkire, (8) Margaret Alkire, (9) Elias Alkire, (10) James Alkire, (11) George Alkire, and (12) Nancy Alkire.
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| George Beavers White; born 13 October 1788; died 1 October 1858; married Rebecca Jackson.
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| James White; born 19 June 1791; died 8 June 1858; married Mary (Polly) Coleman; born 2 October 1796 in Wood County, Virginia; died 29 December 1858. In 1850, James, Mary and family were living in Jackson County, Virginia, where James was enumerated as a farmer.337 Children listed in the 1850 census (all born in Virginia): (1) Rawley White, born circa 1827, enumerated as a carpenter in 1850; (2) Thomas White, born circa 1829, enumerated as a cabinet maker in 1850; (3) Nelson White, born circa 1831, enumerated as a farmer in 1850; (4) Isabella White, born circa 1837; and (5) Johnson White, born circa 1841. There was also a Cordelia White, born circa 1849, but Mary probably would have been too old to have been her mother. Other children listed in White genealogies to have been children of James and Mary (Coleman) White:338 (6) Jane White, (7) Matilda White, (8) Deborah White, (9) Mary White, (10) Nancy White, (11) Sarah White, (12) Charlotte White, and (13) Amanda White.
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| John White; born 2 May 1794; died 30 April 1875; married Catherine Jackson.
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| Joseph White; born 4 May 1795; died 8 February 1878; married Sarah Hall.
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| Robert White, no dates; "moved to Missouri and then California. Had a descendant, George White, who died near Lamar, Missouri."
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| Nancy White; born 8 May 1804; died 2 December 1889; married, 2 October 1836, William J. Bailey; born circa 1811 in Virginia. In 1850, William and Nancy were living in Lewis County, Virginia. where William was enumerated as a farmer.339 Also in the household in 1850 were Lena Ratcliff, born circa 1836, and Sarah McCloud, born circa 1829.
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22. CATHERINE4 BEAVERS ( Ann3 Clifford, George2, unknown Clifford1); born 4 February 1765; died 15 March 1849; married STEPHEN GANO (son of William and Sarah Gano); born 25 November 1759; died 2 March 1841. Stephen Gano was the active executor for Colonel Joseph Beavers' will. 340
Stephen and Catherine (Beavers) Gano had eleven children:341
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| William5 Gano; born 23 January 1788; married Jane Price on 17 April 1814.
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| John Gano; born 4 March 1791; died 21 September 1851; married Eliza/Elizabeth [-?-].
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| Joseph Gano; born 14 September 1792; died 24 January 1832; married Anna Crouse.
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| Stephen Gano; born 28 February 1796; married Eliza Cronce on 24 June 1835. There was a Stephen Gano, born circa 1802; married Catherine [-?-], born circa 1802. In 1850, this Stephen, Catherine, and family were living in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.342 Known children of this Stephen and Catherine [-?-] Gano in 1850 were (1) William Gano, born circa 1827; (2) Caroline Gano, born circa 1830; (3) female Gano (can not make out spelling), born circa 1832; (4) Sarah Gano, born 1837; (5) Jane Gano, born circa 1840; (6) Velinda Gano, born 1845; (7) John Gano, born circa 1834; and (8) Emma Gano, born circa 1845.
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| Sarah Gano; born 7 January 1799; died 6 January 1880.
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| Naomi Gano; born 12 October 1800; died 30 October 1881.
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| Samuel Gano; born 24 September 1802; died 17 January 1872; married, 3 December 1825, Rebecca Oaks.
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| Archibald Gano; born 3 February 1804; died 27 November 1877.
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| Benniah Gano; born 13 October 1806; married, 30 December 1841, Rebecca R. Large.
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| Mary Gano; born 3 June 1809; died 2 April 1836.
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| Robert Beavers Gano.
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23. ELIZABETH4 BEAVERS ( Ann3 Clifford, George2, unknown Clifford1); born 12 December 1767 in New Jersey; died 12 November 1855; married GEORGE BIDDLEMAN (although most of the census reports list the name as Bidleman; other spelling are Bindleman/Beidelman/Biedleman), son of Valentine Biddleman. George was born 5 December 1765; died 20 July 1817; 343 both Elizabeth and George are buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Greenwich, Sussex County (present-day Warren County), New Jersey. 344
In 1850, Elizabeth, widow, was head of household in Easton, Pennsylvania; also in the household was Rosanna Cortright, born circa 1822 in Pennsylvania, and Isabella ?Gascome, born circa 1820 in Pennsylvania. 345 Rosanna Cortright would have been Elizabeth's granddaughter, see #99
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| Valentine5 Biddleman; died 21 September 1793; buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery346 (perhaps Ann, #96, was older than Valentine).
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| Ann Biddleman; born 5 May 1791; died 26 March 1840; married Henry Jones; born 1788; died 12 August 1826. Their children were (1) Ann Cough Jones, (2) George A. Jones, (3) Abigail (Abby) Jones, (4) Marie Jones, (5) Edward Jones, and (6) Charles Jones.
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| Mary Biddleman; born 2 October 1794; died 1 February 1843; married Enoch Green.
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| Joseph Biddleman; probably the Johan Biddleman who was born 27 August 1796.
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| Sarah Biddleman; married Henry Cortright (plus other spellings); born 4 September 1792 in Pennsylvania.347 Henry was a son of Cornelius and Catherine (Kennedy) Kortright of Plains, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Their children were (1) Elizabeth Cortright, born 19 March 1816, died 28 September 1868, married John White; (2) Catherine Cortright, born 19 March 1819, married Joseph Gardner; (3) Rosa Cortright, born circa 1822 in Pennsylvania-in 1850 she was living with her grandmother Elizabeth Biddleman in Easton, Pennsylvania; (4) Margaret Cortright, born 10 January 1823, died 30 November 1882, married George W, Barber; (5) Winfield Scott Cortright, born 20 January 1825, died 10 November 1892, married Katherine Washburn; (6) Mary Cortright, born 1827, married (first) Henry F. Williams, married (second) Henry Mott, (7) William B. Cortright, born 17 March 1829, died 26 December 1898, married Julia Reinsmith; (8) Ellen Cortright, born 1830, died 26 June 1891, married William K. Phillips; (9) Charles W. Cortright, born 27 March 1836, died 27 May 1899, married Francis Augusta Colby; and (10) Henry Harrison Cortright, born 9 February 1837, died 11 October 1901, married Henrietta M. Burton.
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| William Biddleman; born 1802; died 1840-1843; married Hannah Roseberry; born 1800; died 1890. Both William and Hannah are buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery, New Jersey.348 In 1850, Hannah, head of household, was living in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey with children (born in New Jersey) Mary, Enoch and William.349 Children of William and Hannah Biddleman: (1) Mary Bissell Biddleman, born circa 1835; (2) Enoch Biddleman, born circa 1837; (3) William Biddleman, born circa 1839; (4) Joseph Biddleman; (5) George Biddleman; and (6) Henry Biddleman.
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| Rosanna Biddleman.
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| Margaret Biddleman; died August-September 1828; married Nathaniel Neville Elder. Their children were (1) Neville Elder, and (2) George Elder.
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24. ANN4 BEAVERS ( Ann3 Clifford, George2, unknown Clifford1); circa 1768; died 29 May 1824; married CHARLES CARTER; born January 1764; died 8 June 1834. 350 Both Ann and Charles are buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey. 351 Also buried in this cemetery are Spencer Carter, died 30 December 1812, age 70 years, and his wife, Sarah Carter, died 15 March 1822, age 74 years. They are probably the parents of Charles Carter.
We know that our Ann Beavers married a Charles Carter. But whether the children listed below are all those of Ann and Charles is tentative and based in part on circumstantial evidence presented by Sönn (1949), pages 138-141.
Children of Charles and Ann (Beavers) Carter (all should be considered tentative):
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| Elizabeth5 Carter. Elizabeth Biddleman Carter, daughter of Charles and Ann, was baptized in the Greenwich Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, present-day Warren County, New Jersey, on 19 December 180?4.352
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| Spencer C. Carter. There was a Spencer "W." Carter, born 1 August 1804 in New Jersey, died 7 April 1880; married Catherine [-?-], born 25 November 1809 in New Jersey, died 18 October 1866. They are both buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Greenwich, Warren County, New Jersey.353 In 1850, this Spencer Carter and family were living in Greenwich Township.354 He was living next door to John Carter, see #109. I am tentatively placing this Spencer Carter as Spencer "C." Carter. Children listed in the 1850 federal census (all born in New Jersey) were (1) William Carter, born circa 1831; (2) Mary Carter, born circa 1831; and (3) John Carter, born circa 1840. Other children of John and Christine Carter reported buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery: (4) Margaret Ann Carter, born 19 March 1833, died 3 March 1849; (5) George Carter, born 1 August 1840, died 29 August 1841; (6) infant son, died 24 March 1842; (7) Spencer Carter, died 17 February 1884, age 6 months, 3 days; (8) Micahel Carter, died 22 October 1845, 8 months, 9 days; (9) infant daughter, died 27 July 1847, age 17 days.
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| Sally Carter; married, 22 January 1823, John Robbins.
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| Mary Carter; married, 22 December 1810, Luther Colven (or Calven).355 At the time of marriage, Mary was listed from Hunterdon County and Luther from Sussex County.356
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| John O'Neil Carter. There was a John Carter, born 9 November 1808, died 19 January 1866, living next door to Spencer Carter in Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey, in 1850.357 I am tentatively placing him as John O'Neal Carter. His wife was Christine (also Christiann) [-?-], born 25 January 1813, died 17 October 1881. They are buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Greenwich, Warren County, New Jersey;358 and their children in 1850 were (1) Joseph Carter, born circa 1834; and (2) Sarah Carter, born circa 1844; also in the household in 1850, was a John S. Carter, born circa 1839 (?son), and a Polly [-?-]. Other children of John and Christine Carter reported buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery: (3) Martha Carter, died 22 December 1842, age 7 years; (4) Spencer Carter, died 8 December 1842, age 3 years; (5) John Carter, died 9 December 1842, age 1 year; (6) Mary Carter, died 1 January 1863, age 18 years; (7) Edward Carter, died 9 February 1847, age 6 months; (8) William Carter, died 3 December 1842, age 5 years; and (9) S. Annie Carter, died 29 May 1872 (possibly should be 1862), age 19 years. Note that four children died in December 1842.
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25. MARTHA4 BEAVERS ( Ann3 Clifford, George2, unknown Clifford1); born February or March 1769; died 2 February 1820; married RICHARD GANO; born 3 March 1764; died 28 October 1851. 359 Both Martha and Richard are buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery, 360 Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
Richard was a brother of Stephen Gano who married Martha's sister Catherine Beavers. Their parents were William and Sarah (Green) Gano of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. 361 These Ganos were "descendants of Francis Gayneaux, a Huguenot who escaped the massacre in France." 362 In 1850, Richard and apparently daughter Ann, enumerated as Nancy, born circa 1798, were living in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County , New Jersey. 363
Except where indicated, information on Richard and Martha (Beavers) Gano and their descendants is from "Descendants of Martha Gano," email report, 2004, by John Newman, who descends from Charles and Salome (Mettler) Gano (#114). John cites census records, cemetery records, New Jersey State Archive Death Records, death certificates, obituaries, and the will of Richard Gano and Charles Gano.
Children of Richard and Martha (Beavers) Gano (all born in New Jersey):
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| Elizabeth5 Gano; born 10 August 1794; married, 19 October 1820, Andrew Stull; born circa 1800 in New Jersey (see also under Enoch Clifford, #57). Both Andrew and Elizabeth are buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey,364 along with their daughter (1) Jemina Stull, born 1 December 1830, died 10 September 1836. In 1850, Elizabeth and Andrew, no children, were living in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, where Andrew was enumerated as a laborer.365 Also in the household in 1850 was a Joseph Thompson, born circa 1805 in New Jersey, no occupation given.
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| Joseph Beavers Gano; born circa 1798 in New Jersey; married Adaline Reeder in 1827; she was born circa 1804 in New York; she was a daughter of Stephen and Catherine (Drake) Reeder. In 1850, Joseph and family were living in Yates County, New York, where Joseph was enumerated as a farmer.366 Their children reported in the 1850 federal census (all born in New York): (1) Martha Gano, born circa 1834; (2) Joseph Eldridge Gano, born circa 1837; (3) Darwin Gano, born circa 1842; and (4) Emmet Gano, born circa 1846 (married Ruth Ann Hicks). Another child, probably first born, reported in the "Descendants of Martha Beavers" report of John Newman was (5) Frances M. Gano (married Joseph Bell).
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| Ann Gano; born May 1798; died 30 December 1854; buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery.367 In 1850, she was probably the Nancy Gano, born circa 1798, living with her father in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Her will was administered in 1855; she gave her entire estate to her niece Sarah Ann Wilson, wife of Joseph Wilson.
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| William Gano.
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| Charles Gano; born 14 August 1800 in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County; died 25 June 1871 in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County; married Salome Mettler; born 8 May 1807; died 20 December 1870; she was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Kels) Mettler. In 1850, Charles and family were living next door to Charles's father in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County.368 Their children were: (1) John Gano, born 1828, married Christian [-?-], born 1834 (child was Anna Gano); (2) Adaline Gano (see after Matilda Gano); (3) Joseph Gano, born circa 1837; and (4) Matilda Gano, born 1838, married Henry Miller.
Adaline Gano (2 above); born 20 July 1828 in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; died 29 November 1915 in Frenchtown, Hunterdon County; married (first) John Sine; their children were (i) infant Sine, (ii) Mary E. Sine, born circa 1849 (married George W. Opdycke); (iii) Christy Sine, born circa 1854; (iv) Peter Sine, born circa 1859; and (v) Emma Sine, born circa 1860 (married William Johnson). Adaline married (second) Edward G. Phillips; their children were (vi) Jonathan Phillips, born 10 August 1869, died 1942-1945, married Emma T. Higgins and had children Ethel M. Phillips (married John M. Pitchell), Oliver Phillips (married Margaret M. [-?-]), Milton Phillips (married Rose Woody and Edna Sauer), and Anna M. Phillips; and (vii) Henry Phillips, born circa 1872.
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| Holloway W. Gano; born 1810; died 1855; buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey;369 married (first) Laura Gano (relation to Charles, if any, not known); married (second) Liveria Johnson. In 1850, Holloway, Livenia and children were living two households from Holloway's father in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where Holloway was enumerated as a laborer.370 Children of Holloway and wives Laura and Liveria reported in the 1850 federal census: (1) George Gano, born circa 1838; (2) Martin Gano, born circa 1842; and (3) Cornelia Gano, born circa 1849. Child born after the 1850 census was (4) Joseph J. Gano; may have married Mrs. Alice Shager.
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| Sarah Gano; possibly married Hiram Mettler.
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| Henry Beavers Gano; born circa 1812 in New Jersey; died 1863; married Eliza Amanda Quick.
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| Richard Gano; order of birth in family not known. Richard was mentioned in Joseph Beavers' 1815 will, but not in the 1848 will of Richard's father, Charles Gano.
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26. REBECCA4 BEAVERS ( Ann3 Clifford, George2, unknown Clifford1); born 10 February 1771 in New Jersey; died 22 November 1853; married WILLIAM HUNT (son of Edward and Mary Hunt); born 14 June 1771; died 14 April 1820. 371 In 1850, Rebecca was living in the household of her son Joseph Beavers Hunt in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
The Hunts were an early North American family, with several branches in New Jersey. According to Sönn (1948), page 105, the founder was Ralph Hunt, from England and apparently a Royalist. He settled in the Newtown area, present-day Queens County, Long Island, New York. His son Samuel Hunt settled in the Lawrenceville (present-day Mercer County), New Jersey area. One of Samuel's son was Thomas Hunt who married Abigail [-?-]; they had son Edward, born 1734, who the father of William Hunt. I do not know how these Hunts relate to Martha (Armitage) Clifford's (#15) first husband, William Hunt.
Children of William and Rebecca (Beavers) Hunt:
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| Wilson5 Hunt; born 23 December 1793; died 27 November 1868.
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| Kathurah Hunt; born 29 March 1795; married [-?-] Fossbinder.
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| Nancy Hunt; born 23 November 1796; died 16 October 1836; married John Tomer. Their children were (1) Julia Ann Tomer (married [-?-] Rhodes), (2) Edward Hunt Tomer, (3) Richard Tomer, (4) Hugh Tomer, and (5) Mary Tomer (married Abraham Heller).
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| Sarah Hunt; born 18 June 1798; died 9 January 1878; married (first) Samuel Melick; born 13 April 1793; died 11 May 1832; married (second) [-?-] Smith; no children. Children of Samuel and Sarah (Hunt) Melick were (1) William H. Melick (married Mary Coe), (2) John Hughes Melick (married R. Jane Portius), (3) Mathias Melick, (4) Mary Elizabeth Melick, (5) Christopher Melick, (6) Martha Moore Melick (married Joshua Turner), (7) Samuel Melick (married Elizabeth Philips), and (8) Joseph Melick.
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| Ralph Hunt; born 22 February 1800; died 11 March 1877; married (first) Eliza B. Hughes; married (second) Mrs. Ann Woodruff.
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| Rachel Hunt; born 7 September 1801; died 19 September 1819.
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| Pleasant Hunt; born 16 October 1802; died 15 December 1881; married (first) William Hance; died 1847; married (second) Thomas Strepy; no children. Children of William and Pleasant were (1) Mary Hance (married Christopher T. Unangst), (2) John Hance (married Catherine Bird), (3) Charles Hance, (4) Anna Hance, (5) Joseph Hance (married Anna Unangst), (6) Jane Hance, (7) William Hance (married Emma Bush), (8) Elizabeth Hance, and (9) Margaret Hance (married Charles Dawkins)
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| Mary Hunt; born 8 December 1803; died 1819.
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| Permelia Hunt; born 24 July 1805; died 19 October 1857; married Louis Faughlevoy LaRoche.
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| Elizabeth Hunt; born 11 April 1807; married William Hamlin.
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| Joseph Beavers Hunt; born 1 December 1808 in New Jersey; died 28 April 1891; married Mary Hulsizer; born 19 August 1811 in New Jersey; died 12 January 1906. In 1850, Joseph and family, including Joseph's mother, Rebecca Hunt, were in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; by 1880, the family had moved to Byron, Ogle County, Illinois; in both places, Joseph was enumerated as a farmer.372 Their children (all born in New Jersey: (1) Lewis Laroche Hunt, born circa 1833, married (first) Mary Ann Sigafoos; married (second) Maggie Thornton; (2) Rebecca Ann Hunt born circa 1835, married Gleason Fillmore Briggs; (3) Wilson William Hunt, born circa 1835, married Althea Emily Dawes; (4) Henry Harrison Hunt, born circa 1840, married Eugenia Kimball; (5) Mary Ellen Hunt, born circa 1842, married Charles D. Irvine; (6) Joseph Hulsizer Hunt, born circa 1844, married Ann Porter; in 1880, Joseph, wife Annebelle, born circa 1856 in Pennsylvania, and children Edna Hunt, born 1880 and Grace Hunt (twin), born 1880, were living with in the household of his parents; and (7) Edward Sylvester Hunt (probably born after the 1850 federal census), married Mary McDowell.
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| Edward Hunt; born 24 December 1809 in New Jersey; died 1 September 1895; married Effie Bloom; born circa 1812-1815; died 15 August 1894. In 1850, the family was in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County; New Jersey, and in 1880 in Holland Township, Hunterdon County.373 Edward was enumerated as a farmer in 1850 and a retired farmer in 1880, when Edward and Effie were living by themselves. Their children (all born in New Jersey): (1) William Wilson Hunt (the only child not with the family in 1850); (2) John Bloom Hunt, born circa 1866, married Amy Coughlin; (3) Fannie Hunt, born circa 1868; (4) Matilda Hunt, born circa 1871, married Nathan Stiger Conover-they had daughter Fannie Conover, born circa 1854, who married Reverend Albert B. Williamson; in 1920, Nathan, Matilda and daughter Fannie Williamson were living in Union Township, Hunterdon County,374 but I can not relate this Albert Williamson to our Union Township, Hunterdon County, Williamsons, (5) Henry Sherwood Hunt, born circa 1874, married Sarah Booth; (6) Mary Jane Hunt, born circa 1876, married Jacob Charles Bloom; and (7) Sarah Ellen Hunt, born circa 1879, married (first) John Forman Godley; married (second) Willard Harvey Young.
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| Harriet Hunt; born 27 January 1811; died 10 December 1836; married John Seagreaves. Their children were (1) James Seagreaves, (2) William Seagreaves, (3) Charles Seagreaves (killed during the Civil War in the Battle of Antietam while in the Union Army), (4) Edward Seagreaves, (5) Samuel H. Seagreaves, (6) John Seagreaves, and (7) Mary Seagreaves. (If Harriet's dates are correct, she died at age 25 with seven children.)
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27. THEODOSIA4 BEAVERS ( Ann3 Clifford, George2, unknown Clifford1); born circa 1775; died circa 1810; married JOHN HAUGHAWOUT; born 21 November 1768; died 27 July 1845; he was a son of Peter and Leah (Van Camp) Haughawout. After Theodosia died, John married Sarah Ryan. 375
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| Peter5 Haughawout; born 13 May 1796; died 12 August 1872 in Rush Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; married Catherine Boone (or Catherine Kip); born 10 November 1798; died 25 December 1866. Their children were (1) Charles Haughawout; (2) Joseph Haughawout, married (first) Mary Mettler; married (second) Margaret Eckman; (3) Jasper Haughawout, married Clara Eckman; (4) George D. Haughawout, married Katherine Leisnering; and (5) Lewis D. Haughawout.
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| Ann (or Nancy) Haughawout; born 7 November 1799; died 30 November 1878; married William Hibbler Kase.
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| Joseph Haughawout; possibly married Abigail Wright. Known children of this Joseph and Abigail (Wright) Haughawout were (1) Joseph Haughawout; and (2) William J. Haughawout, married Susan Wright.
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| John Haughawout; born 10 November 1802; died 30 December 1869; married Julia Jones; born 2 January 1811 at Snydertown (probably Northampton County), Pennsylvania; died 8 August 1878 in Kansas. Their children were (1) Margaret Haughawout, (2) Naomi Haughawout, (3) Sarah Haughawout, (4) Peter Beaver Haughawout, (5) Anna Haughawout, (6) William Haughawout, and (7) Oliver Haughawout.
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| Margaret Haughawout; born circa 1804; died before 1845.
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Although the Haughawouts were mainly a Pennsylvania family, there was a John Haughawout, born circa 1818, enumerated in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in 1850, with Mary Haughawout (wife?), born circa 1820, Joseph Haughawout, born circa 1839; William Haughawout, born circa 1843; Mary Ann Haughawout, born circa 1845; Sarah Haughawout, born circa 1847; and [-?-] Haughawout, born circa 1849. I can not place these Bethlehem Township Haughawouts. Perhaps this John Haughawout, born circa 1818, was a son of John Haughawout and second wife Sarah Ryan.
28. NAOMI4 BEAVERS ( Ann3 Clifford, George2, unknown Clifford1); born 1780; died 1830s; she married on 4 December 1800 376 JAMES FREES (also Freese and other spellings); born 1771; died 1822. 377
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| Jane Frees; born 1812; died 1860 in New York City.
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| Julia Frees; born 14 March 1816; died 17 June 1872; married Edward Simmons.
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| Joseph Beavers Frees; born 6 June 1820; died 19 May 1896. Joseph had a drug store in New York City (179 Sixth Avenue); he did not marry.
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